DK's Daily Shot of Steelers: Don't block this one out
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- Don't dare try to block this one out.
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Let's also include running into 8, 9, and 10 men in the box all the time.
This is the key. Running into stacked boxes all night. I was legit saying audible out all night
❤ big issue for years now 🤔
Right lol I was screaming "they're stacking the box".
That is the maddening thing. On the broadcast, they said that Schwartz was doing that and they ran into it. As for pass pro, I suggest rewatching the game. Most of the sacks was RW holding the ball too long
Exactly. We dont have the OL we think we have and Najee is not Hulk...
Every true Steelers fan knew this was going to happen 😂
Yep 😂
Eh I'm a true yinzer and I was hoping it wasn't gonna happen.
Told my mom before the game it's either Browns win a close ugly game or Steelers by 30. No in between
Trap game ! 😂
💯
You hit the nail on the head DK. The OLine was getting destroyed all game. I’m so tired of watching this consistently inconsistent offense.
After a big completion pass, why do they run the ball? It’s not working.
Yeah? Well as bad they played, with a competent head coach and OC that’s a W.
Oh yeah. It’s so obvious
Oline was getting smacked
Same happened against the Ravens too. The O-Line has been terrible these past 2 games
I, and most Steelers fans, ASSUMED they would lose this game. It's all anybody has been talking about for days. Classic Steelers. CLASSIC!
I'm a Steelers fan and I assumed they would win the game
The standard is the standard
I, myself, personally don't know once dealer fans that thought they were going to lose this game. You don't know what you're talking about. This is a2 😊and 8 we're playing.
This 1 was on the coaches & offensive line
I have to go to Cleveland today to see my wife’s family and I already know they are going to hold it over my head.
The Tomlin special. I'm not even mad, just defeated that this man is still the head coach after doing this year after year.
FACTS !!!!
Yet, people like DK claim he doesn't.
@@mikebarton8671 of course not. The media people can't and won't admit it
🎯🎯
18 years as the head coach and still has no idea how to use time-outs
This one was painful to watch
When the Steelers had the lead after the Calvin Austin III touchdown. The defense was great up to the 4th quarter with 5 minutes left.
Very messy game
This is what we meant when playing down to the opponent 😂
They played far below this particular opponent
I really like DK. But the worst, most inaccurate part of his reporting is that he tells people, "Don't believe your eyes. There's no such thing as a trap game or 'playing down' to your competition."
The Steelers lose to bad football teams. And they beat good football teams. It's not rocket science, even though he tries to make it out like it is. The Colts, Cowboys, and now the Browns. Don't believe your eyes, folks.
Hold him accountable 💪🏻
I agree with your premise. Everyone loses a bad game or two. Baltimore lost to Las Vegas and Cleveland.
Nail on the head dude! I like DK also. His prob is sometimes being too optimistic at times, which leads to a "cheerleading" of sorts. Did the O line suck? LORD YES! However, this "elite" D gives up far too many long drives at inopportune times. O takes lead late. THAT'S when you need the three and out. What's Fields doing throwing a 50/50 deep ball on a 3rd and 4? Also DK still thinks Watt is DPOTY worthy. Where was he last night? Check your milk carton. There's much more wrong with this team than there is right. You all, if your being truly honest, know how this will end. One and done in playoffs.
I could write paragraphs bout the inadequacies of this team. But I don't get paid to do so. Ergo, I ain't gonna bother. That what y'all pay DK to do. So listen to him. He 's got good analysis. But, when he gets all sunshine and rainbows, get ready for the disaster. Once again, I like you DK. But i think your too close to players as people to see the forest for the trees. Be blessed y'all! Yashua rules!
DK is a Tomlin boot licker. Last week, we are Super Bowl contenders. Now? Our O LINE is apparently a huge problem. Each week his story changes.
"If you have two quarterbacks, you actually have none."
-John Madden
Hopefully, this loss put an end to the Fields special package experiment. It would take a lot of convincing to change my mind about that 3rd and 4 Fields deep ball. I'm convinced that was called because Smith got too cute and wanted to show that Fields can throw a "moonball".
Who? This isn't 50 years ago. In today's NFL few QBs play a full season. YOU NEED AT LEAST 2 QBS.
""You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky" - Michael Scott
@ImranRahiem12 You need 2 QB's in case of injury. You don't need to substitute them in and out of drives. Neither the Ravens nor Browns were fooled by the Fields packages, and no team considers his arm a threat.
The play calling stunk!! I knew what they were doing from Florida
Totally agree
Here's a concept... put Connor Heyward on the next bus out of town ASAP! On a regular basis, he repeatedly misses blocks, and always finds a way to kill us with penalties. Zero production... We've seen enough!
He blows but it’s cams brother not going to happen that’s why this team will never win another Super Bowl
Ok he can stay but don’t give him a helmet on game day
He's getting the Derek Watt treatment. Neither bring anything positive to the table, but they're little bros to our "star" defenders.
We don’t live in our fears, we live in fantasyland
😂😂
Tthe browns receiver's and TE's ran route's that were open all day. Why can't our receiver's and te's run route's that consistently get open?
Because they run their routes, then stand there like dumb deers in headlights looking back at the QB. It's honestly pathetic.
Theres no rhythm. I was at the game. Muth and GP are constantly subbed out for no reason
Theres no rhythm. I was at the game. Muth and GP are constantly subbed out for no reason
In case you haven't already been convinced, this game should prove to you that Mike Tomlin is a subpar coach
Tomlin is untouchable and he knows it.
Can't wait for the day it ends
The Fields packages were wasted downs. As soon as he came in they packed the box knowing he was gonna run.
The wasted time outs. The 3rd and 7 instead of 4th and 2. Horrid
This was the most predictable loss all year.
Tomlin's biggest weakness as a coach is getting the team up for games "they are supposed to win".
We've lost games to awful teams throughout the years (while beating good teams). It's inexplicable.
Tomlin in a nutshell and I get shutdown every time I bring it up. I never said he was a bad coach, he is just stubborn/never changes
Cant lie DK those 1st Down runs going nowhere drives me CRAZYYYY!
The definition of insanity..? 🤦🏻♂️
I lost hope to win the game when I heard the announcer mentioned how the WR's were not doing anything to get open when Russ would scramble out of the pocket. How is that possible in week 11?
Good question ! Along with many other questions regarding our crazy team.
Wow! 24hrs sure changed your dialog.
Oh....that was Smith? I thought Canada was back......
Where is the bootlegs in this offense keeping Russell Wilson in the pocket On crucial downs with this line is insane
Real conversation needs to be had about Najee
he needs a good o line to be functional and our o line is not that
@ you need to rewatch this game. Some is on the old line, especially when he gets hit in the backfield, but there are openings. He is not hitting and is not assuming will develop like Warren has been. He sits in the backfield like he’s Le’Veon Bell. And it doesn’t work.
@@eskii6565 true he needs to be more decisive cuz he’s not that fast but he can be good with a decent o line if he does that
DK the amount of times Rob King on the radio broadcast uttered the phrase “Harris hit in the backfield” in the five minutes I was in the car during the game last night, told me all I needed to about the O-line’s push. They know we want to run it up the middle everytime 22 is in the game… maybe have a curveball?
These tosses to Najee are hilarious. He doesn’t have the speed to get outside. So easy for the defence.
Can't get a yard because Najee is always running right into a pile of guys back to the line of scrimmage instead of finding room to burn it up.
I feel you DK
Jamis taught me last night that you can circumvent intentional grounding by committing an ineligible receiver penalty. Just hit a lineman in the back.
It's the rule... Can't be mad 🤷🏾♂️
@fredmagic09 I'm only mad that I didn't think of it first. Like, "hey, quarterbacks.... do this".
DK I read a report where Darnell Washington said that Broderick’s problem stems from his days @ GA where the 2 of them never had to hone their skills because they played next to each other and simply physically bullied the guys in front of them. Washington realised quickly that wasn’t going to fly @ the NFL level so he made it a priority to hone his blocking skills but Broderick is still just relying on trying to physically bully the guy in front of him but he’s the one getting outmanned at times and that’s why his play is so inconsistent.
That's interesting. Do you know where and when Washington said this?
I understand the idea the Russ holds the ball too long. However, depending on what playcall it is, it may need a considerable amount of time for the play to develope. Therefore, your QB needs time in the pocket. And this O-line is not affording Russ that time. Let's go back. When Russ made that pass to William's for the game winning TD. He made that pass while running backwards with a defender in his face and took a hit after. Goff for the Lions holds the ball long as well. The difference is.... he can. Because his O-line affords him that. The Steelers got to get it together up front. They also need to stop putting LGs on the Right, RTs on the left and vice versa. This continued experiment has not worked in the Steelers favors. You draft them high for a particular side. Let the play on that side. Moore was horrible last night, Sunday and against the commanderss. Just once, put B. Jones on his natural side. Lastly. The offense really needs to get deep into scramble drills. Russ scrambles and no one is trying to get open. Run their routes and stop. Move the hell around for god sakes. Love the show DK
They also were changing coverages at the last minute. He was trying to be safe then sorry with the wrong pass.
the narrative doesn't reign true for this game. He was quicker with the ball and taking shots when he needed to. All of the sacks were from immediate pressure.
@charlesaskew8619 sorry sir. You're incorrect. The 2 shots. One to Pickens ( incomplete) the TD to Austin. Those were the only two out off all the snaps he took. And to my point, he got hammered after release to Austin. He is not throwing deep from a clean pocket. Give that man his credit. He takes the punch in the mouth to push the ball downfield. He's been doing it since he started at QB. The Offensive line is patchwork. They may give Russell two or 3 plays were they actually look good. Watch the games. Go back and watch the games. Jets, Giants, Washington, Baltimore. Then watch teams with good O-lines and THEN make the comparisons. And trust me, you will see the difference.
15......that offense has given up 15 sacks in four games. But, nah....its Russell. 15 sacks and he still managed to come out of 4 out of 5 games.
@@tfcollect2690 no I was saying the holds on to the ball narrative wasn’t true for last night. Also you’re right if he had a little more room he could’ve hit Calvin Austin in stride on the deep ball in the first half.
So true !!
Some of the oline’s issues are related to the highly predictable play calling
Which I know you identified, but it has to be discussed, because no team can consistently win in the trenches, if the opponent know what you’re about to run
I'll be curious as to what Ramon Foster has to say about this game. He mentioned right at the beginning of the season that it takes a while for an offensive line to gel, and I think we are seeing that. At the same time, I think, once again, that the offense is too predictable on 1st and 2nd down, and all teams just crowd the line of scrimmage... Ignore the middle of the field which is often open... And just win the line of scrimmage on numbers. And on obvious passing downs opposing defenses often stunt or blitz which makes it even more difficult for Young offensive lineman to adjust to. On the other hand, our defensive line pretty much sets up in the same way every time. 4 rushers, almost no blitzing, and no stunting. You've got a pocket passer and you want to make it this easy for the offensive linemen on the other side? This team is getting close to making TJ Watt irrelevant on passing downs because there is no change in the schemes and all you need to do is chip him or double him and maybe double Cam or Herbig or whoever and then you're giving the quarterback too much time to find the open man in what is often soft coverage...and even Matt Williamson has mentioned this! Now if your own defense doesn't do this, is it any surprise that the offensive line has no idea what to do when an opposing team does it in a game?
Ive been saying for awhile I hate how Teryl Austin calls this defense...yeah its good but we hardly blitz, switch schemes or anything seems like we play conservative whenever we get a lead which tends to result our defense giving up the lead thus they give up momentum and I agree TJ Watt gets doubled or chipped every game and we make little to No adjustments to help we just watch it happen and say "well I guess thats it" like no help that man!
I’m not going to lie I’m pretty depressed, because our HC, OC and DC are terrible.
Any hope I had is drifting away.
Omar Khan has to be frustrated as hell.
The Bengals can end our season
Well Omar Khan is the one that thought it was a good idea to hire a guy the cultureless Atlanta Falcons didn't even want, he decided to give the HC three more years, he decided to not address the DC position and he decided that he was actually happy with WR room they have. Smdh🙄😤
Our O line look like Maitre D's on a night out welcoming Garratt and company to the backfield!!
Went to this game. Had a blast until the last 4 mins. CP played catch with me in section 104 right before the game. Lifetime kind of memory that will be tainted due to the performance.
Hi DK. Don’t you think the real problem here is that this FO/HC decided long ago that they would play “bully ball” and keep running the football no matter how predictable it may be-and despite that this Oline is not equipped to be the “bully?”
If they're fortunate enough to split within the division, they'll be 10-7 & prob heading to Buffalo again.
I'm sure that'll go well.
THANK YOU!!!!!!! I SAID IT TWO WEEKS AGO THE WHOLE STADIUM KNOWS ON " EVERY"" FIRST Down WE ARE GONNA RUN THE BALL OMG. IT GETS ME SO UPSET CAUSE JUST FOR THAT HE SHOULD GET FIRED ....THE PLAY CALLING AND THE
I kept saying “nice we got the first down run up the gut for absolutely nothing out of the way, now we can call a real play.”
Then the amount of times it happened on 2nd down too was absolutely sickening.
They care more about trying to play bully ball than they do scoring points.
Whelp, I hope Double Shot tomorrow is centered around the game Tomlin coached, because it was lousy. Yes, the OL was terrible, but I would say the DL did their best to out terrible them. You’re right DK, if the Steelers needed a yard they couldn’t get it. If the defense needed to make a stop on 4th down they couldn’t.
This game was a tough one and it really doesn't matter what is the Browns record. Every divisional game will have this caliber. The steelers actually did have a chance to win this game when it was already lost without any hope. Red zone for this type of environment, I would have used more Justin than Russel. Nice game to the end!, loved it
I was nervous b4 this game even started & my nerves did not get any better as the game went on. Tomlin, Smith & o line lost this game & why the hell didn't they have Washington by Moore to help with Garrett?! Brutal game & loss.
J1Q. On the final drive for Cleveland, Winston threw a ball that was CLEARLY intentional grounding but an OL touched it. My question, is there some obscure rule that Illegal Touching overrides IG? IG comes with a loss of down so the Browns would have been faced with 4th and 13 instead of 3rd and 7, despite all our woes last night that call was huge! I stayed up watching to see if anyone could explain but I got nothing. I'm thinking the league may end up apologizing 😎
The o line played good enough especially going up against the browns defense!! Russ ran into sacks they gave him time the announcer said he has to either throw it away or get it out fast we gave up 4 sacks in the first half them 0 in the second miss me on o line play they played ok
This is AFC north football, it really doesn’t matter what the records are, anyone can beat anyone
We have one of the worst o-lines in the league you can't change my mind. And top 5 worst secondarys in the league you can't change my mind about that either. Idk what the coaching staff came into this game thinking tonight. But it was piss poor at best from them. This team isn't close to being a Superbowl contender. Go Steelers! But we're not ready!
I expected this. I knew it was on schedule when Tomlin elected to send Boz out there in the swirling wind and Boz missed it in the early part of this game.
I knew the letdown was on its way and the entire team kept confirming it all game long. Even the punter got in on some of that sweet losing action.
On to the Bengals. Lol.
If they make the playoffs, with that performance, it WILL be 1 & done! That was the 2-8 Browns, the Bills, Chiefs, Chargers, Ravens, will embarrass us!
Good Friday morning Dejan
I know the vid is about the Offense, particularly the O-line and I don't disagree with what was said here. But this is the second time the game is on the line and its up to the highest paid D in the league to get a stop and.......they dont.
Yes the offense left plays on the field, not going to get an argument from me there. They need to be better than what they showed if they want to make noise in the playoffs. But I don't hold the Offense in the same regard as the Defense and I dont think I'm alone in that.
All I know is in the Cowboy game and this one, 2 min left, Steelers have a lead, and the better, more veteran, higher paid unit is on the field and doesn't get it done. And I would argue this is worse than the Cowboy game better the conditions in this game favored Defense. Im starting to lose confidence in the D in that scenario.
Now let the comments roasting me commence!
Nah mate, I’m in 100% agreement with you.
Well the most expensive Defense is because of three players. Other than that it's a bunch of older players and some players on a rookie contract. The schemes are terrible and it's been like this for yrs
They let free rushes come right in. Looks like our left guard isn’t healthy
I've been thinking the same
The vid is about the offense because the offense is and has been the problem for years. No defense has a magic wand they can wave and shut out teams when needed. This yearning for such a defense is killing the Steelers. Stop using the defense to give this pitiful offense slack.
DK,
Agree 100% with your comments regarding the OL. The conservative and predictable way the Steelers want to run the offense (especially on 1st and 2nd down) would work if they had the personnel upfront to execute it, but they don’t. And I’m not sure that any NFL team does. It’s an antiquated approach to offense. It lacks the creativity that we see in every other playoff caliber team in the NFL.
Once i saw Boswel missed the FG, i knew this game was going to be crap for us, lol
It was bad all around. It was the perfect storm. No pun intended. Bad play calling. Bad clock management. Bad coverage bad ball control. Missing key play. Short week. Bad weather. It happens. Dust it off and get ready for next week.
STILL GO STEELERS
The next two games will probably be like last night's game. Divisional trap games 😆😆😆
Russel a G....he gave us a chance....NO BLOCKING...
When are we going to acknowledge that losing to bad teams is a Tomlin PATTERN!!!!
A tightening up of the AFC North race😮... 👑💜🖤😏!
I saw Seumalo get blown up twice, that I noticed, on short yardage. Straight backwards. Tomlin always says watch the way the pile falls.
I think you have to begin acknowledging that 39 has to start having a much bigger impact on the game one way or another. Whether that is by coaching scheme and/or better performance. He's getting paid a lot of money for having very little impact.
Hey DK my my question is what happened to TJ and Steelers pass rush. Hardly getting great pressure and TJ sacks lately. Do we need to send more guys in on the blitz?
Biggest issue with the line being this bad is how many resources have been spent there the last couple years.
Knew it when I saw the schedule
Uuuggghhhh!! 😤😤😤 #PSFL
Oline kills drives by themselves whether it’s not getting push in the run letting up quick pressures in the pass and then penalties. Like you said we make everyone’s front 7 look like pro bowlers. It’s sickening.
The receivers have no clue what to do when Wilson rolls out no type of scramble drill synergy. Receivers not named Pickens and Williams bc we haven’t seen him much runs lazy routes , muth and Washington route running terrible but both have good hands. Connor heyward is terrible not good at anything trrrible run blocker , mid hands terrible routes.? Get him outta there.
Arthur smith where is the quick out routes the slants on fourth down when the defense plays off.. why keep running the ball right up the strength of the defense… like come on man..
what we go get Williams for if we throwing deep to Patterson ..
Front four disappointing outing against a team allowing 46 sacks on the year back up tackles .. minkah get your head right bruh you been out of place in coverage all season , great in run defense but subpar in coverage .. Porter you too big and physical to not be getting hands on Jeudy ! Jackson and Elliot fight for the ball don’t just let your guy go up and get it!!
Thanks DK ...They looked like the old Steelers and I was never sold on this team even making it to the playoffs....Let alone the Superbowl! Tomlin called a terrible game .
The play calling was absolutely awful, Canada 2.0 until we were in desperation mode then we scored two TDs. Arthur Smith got a F grade.
Since the beginning of the season I've been saying Broderick Jones doesn't belong at RT, and we need to pass more on first down, here we are approaching December and unfortunately these things have still not been addressed. As for RT, nothing was done at the trade deadline, so the Steelers are stuck with Broderick for at least the remainder of the regular season.
Other teams leave extra blocking in to help
Don’t let that punter off that easy DK. That shank late in the game was critical too. They got 11 days too get over it or let it define them.. Let’s see which they choose.
Honestly two teams played yesterday and only one of them wanted to win. That team did win
Its not about Russ holding the ball its about a soft offensive line, they don't get any push up front. Then there WRS that don't get separation and get open. Russ is trying to let WRs get open and they don't. And leave Justin off the field.
Arthur Smith is looking like Matt Canada again.
The same common denominator in Tomlin mandating what type of offense we’re going to run
30 is not an every down back. He is also turnover prone. He balls out primarily when he is not the feature back.
I’m chalking it up dog we were on a crazy wind streak riding high. I mean we had to lose at some point.
Plus the weather along with just for some reason we struggle with Cleveland every time I don’t know why it’s like the ravens versus Pittsburgh
We move onto Cincinnati.
Agreed. I’m more interested in how this team responds to a demoralizing, embarrassing loss
There were many different variables going into this game that lead me to believe this would be an upset. And I’m not even sure where to begin. But what in the world happened to our vaunted defense ? I mean, I suppose we can expect the anticipated failures from that unreliable O line, but I can’t agree more with your assessment of Tomlin and Smith acting as though the problem will suddenly disappear. If our team is to be a contender, they really need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Two things: our OL is not what we think it is, and coaching. We lost it on coaching.
Imagine my surprise...
Jameis Winston is officially at Cleveland Quarterback after beating the Steelers, I'm not sure I would take that as a badge of honor.
Offensive line was the story. Totally man handled. Russell was killed last night.
This where we should have had fields go once snow fell .fields runs the ball
I just can't wrap my mind around trotting an ineffective Harris out there playing after play and the mind-boggling clock management and waste of timeouts in the final minutes. My wife and I have had a running joke for, oh, probably eighteen years now about Tomlin burning second-half timeouts when his defense is on the field in a one-score game. One of us will turn to the other and say "good timeout, we aren't gonna need that" when the offense really could use it. I think it was Romo and Nantz on the Chiefs/Bills call talking about how they always make sure their defense is on the right page and always save their timeouts for the endgame. I'm pretty positive the Steelers burn one every week in the third quarter and they're lucky if they still have one by the final possession.
Anyway, between burning the timeouts and not having the situational awareness to let Chubb score when he got that big red zone run late and letting the Browns run an extra 35 seconds off the clock gave the offense :50 and one timeout instead of 1:20+ and two timeouts....setting yourself up to fail.
I don't understand why people think that the Steelers play down to their competition. Tomlin has a great record against sub 500 teams. Look it up.
Broderick Jones you say?? Geeze Left Guard #73 Isaac Siamalu didn't block anyone all night!! Should have left him in Pittsburgh he was AWFUL!!
Just got beat. No excuses. Show over.
I don't want to go overboard on this but I am begining to see something concerning in relation to Broderick Jones
Lets call it the "Chuks effect"
Back me up on this DK, Chuks was an immensely gifted individual, who did pretty well because of his gifts but never really had to push himself too hard so he never did.
Contast that to a Hines Ward or AB who worked INSANELY hard to make up for the fact that perhaps they weren't the most elite atheletes at their position but THEY MADE THEMSELVES ELITE PERFORMERS.
Some people are so gifted that they can be really good players without pushing themselves to the limit & beyond
Joe Greene is a legend because he was and did both!
Are there any stats on what % of carries Najee gets stopped for a loss? Is he #1 in this stat?
i genuinely think. if we started fields this game even at half, we win this game. not a shot at wilson i just think the weather and the struggles in the OL. this game was built for a QB of fields style
Punch or bite that pillow DK? I don't have Prime, listened to the game on radio, and I was cringing and looking at the floor for half the game. The Steelers got screwed, blued and tattooed in Cleveland last night.
A 58 yard fg try in those conditions? Ok😅
I've been saying we need a new o-line coach for a few years, none of our linemen have developed except Dan Moore
With those weather conditions, I'd rather have the ball in 22s hands. I know he fumbled too but he has been proven to be more reliable in that regard, and less injury prone
I think it’s a little hard to judge the line after only getting a few days in between an already physical game and a blizzard. But that’s just me
I would have bet my house on the Browns to cover, if I wasn’t a Steelers fan.
They looked tired. DL was getting blown off the ball nearly every play. It would be nice to see our OL push the line of scrimmage 2-3 yards fwd to help our RBs the way Cleveland's did
Connor Hayward too 😵💫
That’s the one thing I didn’t like. You could see the Steelers run plays from a mile away and even the field packages were predictable. It was effective in the redzone but they have to find a better way to make it all flow. It is crazy the defense wasn’t able to stop the 4th down plays though.
We need to implement way more screens to Pat, Jaylen and Najee especially on first down. Russ just sits in the pocket and doesn’t step or move…Myles Garrett should have had 0 sacks, they were all on Russ holding on to the ball too long and not moving one inch within the pocket.
Joe Burrow is licking his chops! 😢
I agree with the issues we're having. Where I am disappointed with your assessment is with the line. The line is what and who it is. We have NO viable options to replace those players with a higher quality player out there. So the only option is to scheme and build them as a unit, and we know that it a prpcess which they are going through. Men find a way, and that is what they're doing. 8-3 Let's enjoy this journey and stop comparing it to the past. They're maturing before your eyes. We have 3 young linemen starting with 1 year or less years of experience. They're doing fine and are on pace to be very moody, tough and dominant players.
You remember from High School or College, we grew, found our identity and became a Championship team. From that point and the following seasons we started the season knowing we were dominant. Enjoy the Journey and don't blink.