What to Expect from the Steelers vs Browns game tonight on TNF

TELL YOU WHAT MIKE McCARTHY HAD TO SAY. WE BEGIN WITH GAME DAY NEWS. ON PRIME VIDEO, MITCH TRUBISKY TRYING TO GET THE STEELERS OFFENSE ROLLING. NICK CHUBB AND THE CLEVELAND BROWNS TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD AND TAKE OVER FIRST PLACE IN THE AFC NORTH AHEAD OF THE BENGALS AND RAVENS GETTING ON THE FIELD ON SUNDAY. THE BROWNS HAVE WON FOUR STRAIGHT GAMES. I WILL START WITH YOU. AT THE STADIUM WHERE THE STEELERS ARE TRYING TO GET THEIR OFFENSE ROLLING. I KNOW IT IS ONLY A COUPLE OF GAMES, BUT THERE ARE ALREADY CALLS IN PITTSBURGH FOR KENNY

PICKETT. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THEIR QUARTERBACK SITUATION? >> MIKE TOMLIN HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION IF HE IS CONSIDERING A QUARTERBACK CHANGE VERY EARLY IN THE SEASON. HE IS STICKING WITH MITCH TRUBISKY. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU ARE 30th IN THE NFL OR YOU ARE NOT RUNNING OR PASSING EFFECTIVELY, INEVITABLY YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FRUSTRATION. I UNDERSTAND THAT AT THIS POINT THIS IS A WEEK TO WEEK EVALUATION. THE PLAN IS GOING TO BE DICTATED BY HOW TRUBISKY PLAYS, BEGINNING TODAY AGAINST THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. OTHER PLAYERS LOVE TRUBISKY, BUT THOSE PLAYERS ALSO LIKE TO PUSH THE BALL

DOWN THE FIELD AND GET IT INTO PLAYMAKER’S HANDS. HIS TIME IS COMING EVENTUALLY. COULD IT COME IN A WEEK FOLLOWING A THURSDAY GAME? YOU CAN’T RULE ANYTHING

OUT. BUT AGAIN, IT IS GOING TO BE DICTATED BY HOW TRUBISKY PLAYS. TRUBISKY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THE BALL DOWNFIELD TO OTHERS. >> HE HAD ONE EXPLOSIVE PLAY LAST WEEK TO GEORGE PICKENS, ONE GUY THEY HAVE TO GET MORE INVOLVED. HE COULD BE A STAR IN THIS LEAGUE. THEY HAD A VICTORY AGAINST CINCINNATI, AND THEY HAD TWO CHANCES IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO COME BACK

AGAINST THE PATRIOTS AND THEY COULDN’T PUT ANYTHING TOGETHER. THEY BELIEVE, LOOK, WHAT YOU SAID, TOM, IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE. THE TEAM AND ORGANIZATION, THEY KNOW THAT KENNY PICKETT CAN SEE THE FUTURE. HE SEES THE FIELD VERY, VERY WELL. MAYBE THEY NEED THAT GUY TO SPARK THE PASSING GAME. THAT IS GOING TO STRENGTHEN THE TEAM, AND THEY HAVE TO GET THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD. IF THEY ARE STRUGGLING IN THE FIRST HALF, TOM, IT WOULDN’T SURPRISE ME AT ALL TO SEE THEM GO TO PICKET IN THE SECOND HALF. >> THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD THING TO PUT

ON YOUR RESUME. IT IS MITCH TRUBISKY FOR NOW. MAYBE THE CLEVELAND SECONDARY IS WHAT MITCH TRUBISKY NEEDS TO GET SOME OF THESE BIG PLAYS. THAT IS THE STORY LINE THERE THIS WEEK, TOM. IT IS NOT JUST THE BOOING, IT IS WHAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE BILLING. IT IS THE BUSTED COVERAGES WEEK IN, WEEK OUT. A HUGE WIN LAST WEEK WITH THE JOE FLACCO COME BACK. >> THERE WERE TWO MINUTES TO GO , AND ALL OF A SUDDEN COREY DAVIS IS RUNNING TOWARDS ME AND THERE IS NOT A SINGLE BROWNS JERSEY NEAR HIM. IT IS ONE OF

SEVERAL COVERAGE BUSTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS FOR THIS BROWNS DEFENSE. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A POINT OF FRUSTRATION IN THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER THE GAME. YOU HAD GUYS LIKE THE VETERAN SAFETY SAYING, WE GOT TO LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYES AND TALK ABOUT THE CALLS. WE HAVE GUYS WERE NOT PLAYING THE SAME DEFENSE AS THE OTHER GUYS WHO WERE PLAYING. WALKER SAID THAT AS A LINEBACKER, HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNICATION, HE HAS GOT TO GET FIXED. I TALKED TO HIM, AND HE SAID THAT THEY GET TOGETHER AS PLAYERS

AND TALK ABOUT IT. I ASKED WHAT THE ROOT OF THE ISSUES IS. HE SAID IT IS ABOUT COMMUNICATION. THEY ARE HOPING THEY CAN DO A BETTER JOB CLEANING THOSE THINGS UP. THEY ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT SHORTHANDED WITH JADAVEON CLOWNEY OUT FOR THIS GAME. THEY WILL HAVE MYLES GARRETT, EVEN THOUGH HE DID NOT PRACTICE THIS WEEK BECAUSE OF THE NECK ISSUE. >> WHAT IS FRUSTRATING IS THAT THE SECONDARY WAS HANDED THE GAME. IT’S OVER HERE. THEY HAVE RUN FOR 400 YARDS IN TWO GAMES. THEY HAVE 180 INTO STRAIGHT GAMES. >> BAKER MAYFIELD DIDN’T

PLAY THAT WEEK, BUT YOU GET MY POINT. THE FORMULA IS THE SAME. RUN THE BALL. >> EVERY WEEK, BILL CALLAHAN, THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND THE OFFENSIVE LINE COACH, HE HAS A SERIES OF PLAYS THAT HE LIKES TO PUT IN. THEY ARE REALLY GOOD AT RUNNING. YOU CAN TEACH THE RUNNING GAME IN FIVE MINUTES, ANDREW. IT’S NOT HARD. I HAVE CLIPS HERE. WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THAT THERE ARE STAPLE PLAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND. IT STARTS WITH THEIR ABILITY TO REALLY RUN THIS WIDE ZONE. EVERYBODY IS GOING TO PULL

TO THE RIGHT RIGHT HERE. REALLY, IT IS UP TO THE BACK BEHIND THE LINE TO FIND THE DAYLIGHT. THEY KNOW IT’S COMING. CAN YOU STOP IT? CAN YOU PENETRATE? YOU SEE RIGHT HERE THAT THERE IS NO PENETRATION FROM THE JETS. THEY LOVE THE INSIDE TRACK GAME. THEY ARE EXCELLENT AT THIS RIGHT HERE. NICK CHUBB SEES IT. HE CAN SEE THE FUTURE RIGHT THERE. HE IS LOOKING AT THE NEW LOGO RIGHT THERE IN CLEVELAND ARE NOT RUN, ON THAT PLAY RIGHT THERE. ONE BACK, THREE TIGHT ENDS, AND HERE THEY COME ON THIS LITTLE COUNTER STEP. THE

KEY TO THIS PLAY IS THAT THE PLAY COULD BREAK ANYWHERE, AND HERE IT BREAKS AROUND THE CORNER. FINALLY, THEY LOVE THIS PLAY. I CALL IT THE GUT PUNCH. BITONIO GETS A KICK OUT BLOC

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