The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting ready for the Cincinnati Bengals Saturday afternoon in Week 16. What better way to get you ready for the game than with the Steelers Preview crew talking game predictions, playing the Over/Under game, and of course some difficult Steelers Trivia!!
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All right Steeler fans welcome back it is time for the well sometimes good best segment I don’t know half of the show where we do the over under game we talk about our predictions and we do some Steelers trivia and Dave I’m looking at my sheet here I don’t even know if I
Want to hear how I did because it was rough oh because you pounded the over whole time I was yes I was just hammering the over last week and boy did I look stupid one you got one that’s about only the only one got was Steeler
Sachs yes you took you over so up Brian and I each got three hey good for you so my overall lead opens up a little bit more but Brian and Jeff are much closer now Brian’s only one behind Jeff so it’s Brian with 26 Jeff with 27 and I’m at 32
Okay so this one’s tough uh the Steelers are just so unpredictable right now oh wait one thing I was going to say yeah you’ve got to give some kudos to the odds makers out there not you particularly this time jeff which you hit some some good lines in the past but
What was what was the over under on this game the last game was 42 and a half and what was the total last week yeah 42 and a half no what what was the actual total oh oh oh oh what was it what was the final 30 to
10 no was 30 to 13 30 to 13 dang they do know what they’re doing they do know what they’re doing like that’s why brought I missed an over under on Sunday because who was it that freaking missed the extra point that caused it to go under instead of over you mean Boswell
Oh no no no on a Sunday game oh I missed the over under on a Sunday game because of a missed extra point well you were also the one that said how much does Mike Tomlin have on the over when he called those timeouts at the end of the
Colts game and they were like fine you’re gonna call time kick a field goal yeah all right let’s do this over under for Steelers versus bungal in week 16 here we go let’s go with uh with Brett Rudolph the third um to uh we’re just doing passing yards here I got
25.5 205 point5 and I’ve I don’t know I’ve got a hunch here but we’ll let Brian go first I’m gonna over because I think he’s gonna sling the pig I just don’t feel like uh I don’t know if it’s gonna be a winning effort but I think
He’ll complete a whole lot more than what Mitch would all right Dave all right I’m making sure I get this down right you said 205.50 correct correct yes Brian took the over that one’s tough that one’s tough believe it or not I think I’m gonna take the over because I think if
This was a team that I felt they could just run the ball and run the ball and have the lead I don’t expect steers had lead so I think he might just have to fling it you know maybe connect on one or two deep ones I’m G to take the over
Going under oh breaking the breaking the trend going under I thought that last week you know but heck Mitch was trailing and you think they got to throw it to come back in the dude didn’t what he have like 150 yards passing last week or something like it was bad oh my I
Don’t even want to look it up I don’t even want to look it up okay let’s go with Pittsburgh Steelers team rushing yards 120.5 120.5 Brian over under I am actually going to go with the under here I I feel like they can penetrate but I don’t know how deep so
I’m just GNA go ahead and say under I’m gonna say that’s what she said and let’s go Dave what is your uh penetration prediction here for the Steelers rushing yard I I probably should have taken the under on the on the on the Rudolph because I am going to take the over on
The rushing I don’t know know that the Steelers are going to get anyone rushing more than 70 yards but I think they can hit 121 as a team I’m going to go over as well I think the Steelers do run the ball well DJ reer not being in the lineup should
Help this offensive line because he’s a monster all right next go to the third one Pittsburgh Steelers sacks of Mr Browning or any Bengals quarterback set it at two and a half let’s go over with the three okay Dave this I mean the Steelers they haven’t even hit 40 sacks yet this year
Uh you know what I’m gonna go I’m G to go under because I think they’re going to be throwing the ball quick enough based on the weak middle of the field in the passing game I’m gonna say that TJ watt might do this himself but uh I I’m going over I’m
Going to go over I think that they are uh they’re due and TJ watt typically plays well against Cincinnati he Ty plays well against Cincinnati if you look at what we have so far every single one of them we have two overs and an under and a different one of us has been
The under every time so well let’s see if this this trend continues Steelers takeaways I’ve got the line at one and a half what do you think Brian I don’t like this for take alwayss especially with the disarray I’m going to have to go under Dave Bengals are tied for first
In and protecting the football least amount of turnovers this season I’m going under I too am going under because I listened to the stat geek this morning and uh if they get one they’re doing well yeah they might not even do that absolutely and let’s go with uh let’s
Have a fun one hey Christmas Is Here folks uh defensive touchdowns set it at a half Brian does the defense break bre through and actually score a touchdown I’m gonna have to say under Dave you can’t change it now I’m taking the under but if you would have said defense or
Special teams I might have taken the over I’m taking the under I don’t think that they score although if they do that would be awesome that would be awesome includ they it would be really awesome if like Joey Porter Jr had a pick six in this game and because he’s in because
They’re playing the Bengals and because of history with his dad and he was at the William Gay era and Christmas coming up he does the old remember William Gay’s antler uh dance and stuff and that would be fun I say this though speaking it into existence Jeff if you were the
Cincinnati Bengals and you look at the Steelers defense why would you throw anywhere close to Joey Porter I don’t know Jake brownie might not be the smartest cat ever I think he knows well enough what he’s doing Maybe we’ll see with no Jamar Chase I mean he targeted when Jamar
Chase was in the lineup when that’s Jamar Chase I get it but T Higgins does he trust T Higgins like he trust Jamar Chase we’ll see we’ll see last game there was no T Higgins this game there’s no Jamar Chase correct so we’ll see but remember T Higgins was the one who who
Who accused him of giving up yeah last year was that last year Well Tyler Boyd had some poin in comments no you’re right it was Tyler Boyd it was it was the for talking again this week saying that this team camaraderie is no good anyways let’s talk about some
Predictions now the Cincinnati Bengals the line that I had uh might have changed but this got the Bengals minus two in Pittsburgh so the Steelers are home dogs here with a total of 37 37 all right Mr Davis go ahead what’s your prediction I am going to go with
The under here and I’m going to go with unfortunately I’m going to go with a Pittsburgh Steeler lost here so let’s go ahead and say I’m trying to do the math in my head 37 so we’re gonna go uh 24-13 oh is it 37 and a half no it’s just if
That happens that’s gonna be absolutely awful you took the push you took push oh I took a push well then I don’t no you’re fine 2416 that put you actually you know what I like 237 let’s go with that which one is it I have no clue I can’t do math in
My head spin the wheel see what we get okay 40 answer final answer the total is 37 okay 24 233 2333 okay that’s a good one okay Dave what’s your prediction um I I I don’t know I just something about this tells me that the Steelers might score score some more points than
They have because like we said the Bengals defense isn’t that great but they do keep teams from scoring points I think the Steelers could get up there with their points better than they have been but I still don’t think that it’s enough to win the game I’m majorly
Pounding the over on this one and I’m going Bengals 30 to 24 Bengals 30 Steelers 24 wow they put up keep giving up 30 might as well they put up 24 that would be just like huge for that Steelers team and you be like oh they scored points but the defense
Couldn’t what a Breakout game that would be for the Steelers which is funny um okay so time for the real fan to make his prediction and I’m gonna you this is a game I thought this would have been last game where you’re kind of like man this is a
Tomlin special right you no one’s predicting him all this stuff backs against the wall team in turmoil so to speak and it didn’t happen last week we know that but I think it happens this week I I think that the Steelers and their pass rush they’re going to have to
Lean on that pass rush really really uh to the max like it’s going to be Paramount on defense and then on offense I think they run the ball well enough I’ve actually wrote this down before I looked up the total Steelers 20 Bengal 17 which is a straight up push in the
Over under with a total of 37 and so uh I just I think the Steelers aren’t going to go down I don’t think they’re going to lose the rest of their games I think if there’s a game that they could win I think it’s at home here against the
Bengals we’ll see if it plays out but there you go I take the Steelers 20 to 17 but but look at the Steelers progression oh it’s not good you well you could assuming Baltimore is going to have something to play for you could look at the Steelers last six games and
Make an argument that the that the ease of the game has gotten more difficult each and everyone I mean it’s a tossup between Arizona New England Indie Cincinnati who I I think is a little bit better than Indie then Seattle who I thought was really falling off until
Monday night which I didn’t watch it in that game though and then Baltimore so it’s you keep saying this is when they could come back each week it seems like it’s just a little bit more difficult than the week before we’ll see we’ll see all right let’s do some Steelers trivia
To finish out the show Brian go ahead all right so this game is being played on December 23rd at home and it’s the 51st anniversary of the Immaculate Reception yeah the Pittsburgh Steelers did not play on that anniversary last year they played a day later and they
Did play the same team but how many times do you think the team has played since that fateful day at the Confluence of the three rivers and what do you think their record is so the record on the 23rd of December yes since the 1972 I’m gonna say they’ played I don’t know
Talking Eight I’m I’m gonna go I’m gonna go 10 and I’m gonna say their record is eight and two gentlemen you both went over it’s actually six six and their record is 4-2 in that time okay unfortunately the last they were 4-0 and the last two games were
Losses one of those games not the last one the last one was that Juju fumble in New Orleans oh yeah where they lost that game 28 to 31 but the game before was 2012 and it’s going to be played on the 11th anniversary of the Steelers losing
13-10 at home to the Cincinnati Bengals yeah before that 1990 Cleveland 35 nothing 2001 Detroit 47 to4 Tampa Bay the the famous Monday night game the paper Champions game 17-7 in 2010 27-3 all in all in that time 164 to 68 is the point total so the
Steelers have scored 164 only given up 68 and this is the Steelers last home game last regular season home game of the year what do you think their record is since 1970 excuse me I’m sorry in the Mike Tomlin era 20 on their last game of the
Year their last regular season game of the year since 2007 last regular season home game of the year last regular season home game oh they’ve been winning a lot of those I’ve been at several of those let’s see um because when I think of them dropping the last one of the seasons
Those were like were on the road like in 2019 I’m gonna say they only have three losses in those games so we’re talking we’re talking is this is it f okay 2007 and now is it 16 or 15 that we’re talking about because we hav this one
I’m trying be 16 this will be 16 right this will be 17 so they play that’s what I thought so they have 16 so I’m going to say they’re 13 and three they win a lot of their last home games Jeff I said three losses as well so
You’re going 13 and three it’s 14- two oh wow that’s crazy I’m not surprised all right thinking back on them good trivia Brian when’s the last time they lost their last home home game Brian of the Season well actually in um with with Mike Tomlin the uh the very first loss
Was his very first season and I don’t believe that it happened again until recently oh I could tell you when it was Dave and I we spooned that night it was that last home gameon their last home game they played their last two games at New York Jets and at Baltimore you’re
Right they were Road game the Wild game yes yes yes so you’re right that one was that cuz I I know it was earlier than we were now so it’s like okay um I didn’t I didn’t think about that being their last home game of the season so all right
Dave what’s your trivia okay My Trivia is this i w i decid i was going back all the way to 1970 and it was just taking a good bit of time so I decided to um ask a question that Jeff probably has no chance at answering and Brian ran away
Ah no so um no because you can actually guess number I decided to just go back to 2000 going back 2000 the Pittsburgh Steelers are scheduled to I got to say this they are scheduled to start their third quarterback of the season this this week yeah that this year they
Will have three three the third starting quarterback um of of the season in the 24 seasons including this one so you can count that one as one in the 24 seasons from 2000 through 2023 how many times have the Steelers started three different quarterbacks during the year well definitely
2019 yep because I I ask you if you know what year but yeah 2019 and well I told you we’re going to go ahead and give you 2023 we’re going to go ahead and count this one the year what was that 2010 no yes 2010 10 because wasn’t that Ben
Got suspended that year so they had to play Dennis Dixon Charlie Batch also played so that was one yes 2010 and let’s see did you get and it was yeah batch started two Dixon started two and rothos Berger started 12 what about what about 09 Ben was Ben had a concussion I
Remember that that year I think he got knocked out of a couple games that one he only missed one game at 09 Dixon started that one I am going to go with 2004 because if I’m not mistaken did Brian St Pierre start a game there Brian St Pierre did not start for
The Steelers Maddox came back in that last week okay yeah so it was not gotta be there’s got to be one I remember uh Landry Jones playing in Kansas City and it was atrocious um and I’m just trying to think if there’s a third quarterback that that started that season I think
That was like so far you guys have three how many are there that was my question how many are there we were just kind of trying to figure it out let’s say five take you’ll say Bri say five Jeff will take the shot of four Byron started you’re missing three
So there’s six so there’s six you’ve got three and there’s three what was the year that leftwood started against the Ravens and got hurt on that Scamper down the field That season with Michael Vic and Ben I think started some games that year what year was that Brian that would have been
Three uh 2015 2015 yeah because is a correct year and Ben 2015 is is one of the years but who did you say the three were I saidon I said Byron but I missed that one that wasn’t the Byron year it was Landry Vic and Ben are correct Landry Vic and Ben in
2015 so you’re missing two years what year was the Byron left which year because I Byron I think Byron left witch only ever started one game for the Steelers yeah so my question is was there another was in a year where they had three that’s what I’m saying I’m
Pretty sure that was a year that Byron left which was starting and it’s like well Charlie Batch wasn’t there or he didn’t show up until like 200 you named you know the three quarterbacks you just got to know the year yeah that’s the that’s the I’d say 12 let’s go with 12
You’re right it’s 12 it was was that the year left witch Ro left witch one batch two and rothberger 13 gosh which is the what is the year that Landry Jones started in Kansas city that is I think that’s the one you already got 2015 2015
Yeah yeah because they had the uh the theaters game he started again and then Ben had to come in and release of him and that was 38 game that brown game Jones in the first drive the Raiders game the Raiders game Landry came in relief Ben got hurt in the Raiders game
The 38 to 35 when Antonio Brown set records so we missing one you got one more year if I told you the three quarterbacks I bet you you would get the year I’m sure we would so same Pierre never started nope was there another year that it was Dixon batch and and
Ben no now 2005 madx Ben and batch in this year what are you saying Brad was it 2005 with Maddox batch and Ben yep that’s it that’s the other one what game did what game did Maddox start he started two games that year no no I mean batch start because I know I
Know batch started two games that year too okay batch was two mat was two rothberger was 12 okay I have a follow-up question I’m so if the Steelers out of six out of 24 they had Seasons they had three quarterbacks start how many seasons from 2000 through
2023 did they have one quarterback start every game since 000 to 23 Ben did it recently wasn’t it Ben’s last season didn’t Ben Start every game in 2021 I think so first I’m ask in you for how many oh no not start every game in
200 we didn’t even get the last one did we yeah you did 2005 because Brian you were at the game in 2021 that he didn’t start oh yeah yeah I was that’s right the tie yeah oh the tie H okay so how many how many seasons
Do you think they had where they had only one quarterback start games two no one yeah I I’ll just go two but I I think 2020s than one of them all right okay are you ready same answer as before six wow good Lord six seasons in there that they only
Had one quarterback start 2020 that is negatory because in 20120 um Mason Rudolph started one as well okay Rudolph started a game in 20 and in 2021 that’s correct because it was a loss against the it was a loss they should have I mean they almost knocked the Browns out of the playoffs
That game because they all but Mason did everything to win that game what about 2003 2003 that is correct one Jefferson you Harman Tommy Gun started all 16 and didn’t he also start in uh 200 was it one didn’t he he didn’t miss a game that year did
2001 no that was Cordell year correct answer but not it was Cordell so um so the honest so as you guys have figured out the other four are all been so what years did Ben Start every game well it’s not 2006 cuz he was out um 20 2007 I’m going to
Say 2007 he started 15 batch had a start ah 0808 with 08 yeah started all 16 and 08 there REM more 14 14 is correct Jeff did you say something I was to say 11 um 2011 they had um he started only he started 15 bat started one yeah I’m out of
Guesses I’ll go with 18 2018 is the most recent one that’s correct and the one you’re missing was just before they actually went back to Ben went backtack years of not missing a game 17 nope in 2013 2014 okay there you go there you go and I
Went back to 70 and at least going back to 70 the Steelers have never started four quarterbacks in a season so I hate to tell you that Trace Murley there’s still hope all right tell me there’s a chance yeah okay let’s finish with some final thoughts here Brian go
Ahead we are all frustrated as hell with this football team we are already a lot of us are talking about next year about this being tomlins last year about trading George Pickins a win this week would mean a whole lot being that it is on that special anniversary and it could
Give a lot of people a Merry Christmas in the steel city and Beyond wherever you’re following this team so I am I picked against this team but I would love I I’m GNA be rooting like hell because I don’t care if I’m wrong on this show and I’m wrong a lot on this
Show and one thing I do is I own it and the reason I own it when I’m wrong is we owe that to you the fans that stick with this team and the fans that stick with us and have made Steel Curtain Network successful so again we can’t do this
Without you and we thank you so much for all the support um Jeff Hartman Dave scoffield two of my best buddies in the world I look forward to this every single week whether it’s a holiday whether whatever it is whether it’s just a regular day in June man we’re usually
With each other on a Thursday night and if we’re not one of us is calling in so you guys are brothers to me I appreciate y’all hope your families have a very merry Christmas to our live chat and anybody just driving down the road right now or two days from now listening to
This show God bless you we love you all and thanks for being a part of our Steel Curtain Network family Dave scoffield final thoughts final thoughts a lot like what Brian said it’s it’s not that the Steelers can’t win it’s that they’ve really developed a pattern of not pulling it through both
Offensively and defensively for the last three games so therefore it’s it’s difficult to pick the team to win because they’re not a winning football team right now what the great thing about the NFL we can see that turn around the Steelers I said it on statek this morning the Steelers are one of
Three teams that are on a three- game losing streak and the other two game other two teams are in the playoffs right now if it were to start right now and the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Philadelphia Eagles so they’re in Good Company wow but it just kind of goes to
Show that you can hit that area and what’s what’s so bad with the Steelers is that it was the level of competition what they lost to now does it mean that they can’t turn it around no they can turn it around does it mean they will
Turn it around I don’t think many are expecting them to but on Saturday we’ll get an opportunity to see even if they don’t turn it around until the very final game heading into the off season that’ll still make me happy about it going forward but I I I want to see this
Team turn it around even if even if the the the the talk of the postseason the possibility that is gone I’m fine with that I just want to see this team so that they can get back on track at some point so I’m hoping to see it Saturday
I’m not going to fall forward if they go up again 13 to nothing early uh just because of everything but sometimes you can just get a feel of how the team is playing regardless of the score and that’s what I want to see on Saturday so I’m ready to come back Saturday night
Talking about this team hopefully saying man look at how they they they changed their their way of what they were playing um whether it changed the come or not my early Christmas wish list is simple I just want to see an exciting game where the Steelers are scoring some
Points I can watch with my kids and they can cheer and say like this is fun and not 13 points in the first quarter and then nothing nothing this team is unbelievably boring just give us excitement for once it’s all I want it’s all I want all right good show as always
Brian Dave Merry Christmas everyone watching live in the live chat or wherever you’re seeing this or listening to this hope everyone has a Merry Christmas be safe this holiday season festiv is for the rest of us let’s not forget that’s the 23rd of December every year we can talk about that the post
Game Happy festiv us yes we’ll I’m gonna decorate the poll and we’ll have an airing of grievances I’m sure so yes make sure you tune in that yeah Brian has a different type of poll that he likes never mind all right Dave why don’t you send us how you always do hey
We’ll see you next week on another Steelers preview
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I swear in 2004 Maddox got hurt then batch did so then ben started