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Paul Zeise's sports chat: 11.12.20
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Zeise
11:58
Well we are a couple of minutes early but let’s get it started!!
MD_Steelers_Fan
11:58
Will we get updates on any COVID-19 test results for Ben before Saturday?
Zeise
11:59
My guess is only if it is positive. If he is negative I’m pretty sure we won’t hear anything other than “he is off the list”
Jeff Z. South Side
11:59
Happy Belated Big Paulie! Do you think if we get back tyson & mike hilton. The run stopping will vastly improve or is that simply hog warsh and the 11 in just weren't getting it done? Thanks
Zeise
12:00
I absolutely think getting those two back will help. In a big way. But I also think the other guys have to play a lot better. That’s one thing that people don’t seem to understand - the Steelers are winning but they need to play better or they are gonna lose soon
Jeff Z. South Side
12:00
How do you See Coach Capel doing in year 3? Think i seen Them picked to finish 13th i believe. Seems a little low. Thought he'd of gotten a lil bit of Love by now.
Zeise
12:02
I had Pitt maybe 9th, 10th at the worst. I don’t think there are 12 better teams than Pitt. I also don’t think the ACC is very deep. Beyond FSU, Duke and Virginia, I’m not even sure how good anyone else is.
Jeff Z. South Side
12:04
Does Tiger win any more Majors in your opinion?
Zeise
12:07
I would love that as anyone who follows these chats know I am a huge fan. But I don’t think he plays enough any more and he doesn’t work on his game as much because he has other priorities so no. I would probably say he won’t win again on the tour, period, but counting him out is not a way to go  usually.
TP Ranger
12:07
Hi Paul. We all know that Tomlin will not sit Ben this week as long as he clears Covid protocol. While your idea to keep him fresh for the playoffs has merit, have you seen the Ravens closing schedule? They don't play a team with a winning record over the past five weeks. The Steelers play three opponents with winning records over the same stretch. Plus, the Bengals are a divisional opponent. It's not a good week to sit the big guy.
Zeise
12:08
But if the Steelers sit him they still play the Ravens in a few week. If they win that game they have a huge lead in the AFC North plus the tiebreaker!
TP Ranger
12:08
I've heard locally that Pitt's basketball team should be much improved. Then they are ranked No. 13 in the ACC. Who is right?
Zeise
12:10
That’s just a preseason poll, nothing more and nothing less. And there is some recency and regency bias at work. I think Pitt will be better than that
Scooter Pie
12:10
Hi, Paul!  Just wondering who pays for MLB players’ surgeries?  Nick Burdi’s situation made me think; he needs TJ surgery, but he’s a FA.  Is it covered by the union?
Zeise
12:12
Great question. I’m not sure. I would assume there is some sort of health care provision in their contracts and since he got hurt while working for the Pirates it probably isn’t on his dime
North side Jim
12:12
Top three teams in NFL, Chiefs, Steelers, Ravens all in AFC.  Can't figure out the top team in NFC, what say you?
Zeise
12:13
Maybe the Saints? I have no idea. I’m not sold on the Ravens right now. Lamar Jackson needs to show me he can win against a top team
TP Ranger
12:13
What in the world is going on over at Penn State football?
Zeise
12:15
It is just a bad start in a strange year. I am probably in the minority but I think so much has happened this year to disrupt the routines and the preparation that it is hard to read too much into the results. I just don’t think this is a normal year and There are too many variables to make too much of the results
TP Ranger
12:15
Must watch TV over the weekend: Masters, or anything football?
Zeise
12:16
Not a good question for me because it is not even close - I would rather watch golf than anything else, especially the masters.
Paul rosenberg
12:16
If I live to be 100 years old- cannot believe Tomlin did not go for the field goal to make the game lay 8
Zeise
12:17
it made sense not to kick the field goal. The kicking game was brutal and the only way the Cowboys were winning was if they got some kind of a fluke play like a blocked kick.
KnutsRockKnee
12:18
What is the reason for making a player whose helmet comes off leave a football game for one play? One play can'r be long enough to check for a  concussion, can it? And is it only an NCAA rule or does the NFL do it too>
Zeise
12:19
Just part of the concussion protocols and whatnot. It is more for show than anything else I think
TP Ranger
12:19
Mason Rudolph took some heat for his cameo against Dallas. I think he made good reads. He just didn't zip the ball the way he should have. People need to cut this kid some slack. No one else is going to be Ben, so stop the comparisons. He's not elite, but he can win games with a good team around him, which is all that most NFL QBs can do.
Zeise
12:20
He came in to a crazy situation and played a couple of snaps. It is a meaningless sample size
Georgie
12:20
Paul what’s your view on Mason? I think that 99 percent of the times right from basically the get go you can see as fan more as an NFL coach I guess if you have it or not.. it’s really bad watching him in there, he seems like great kid, but not the answer in my view as starter or backup. what’s yours?
Zeise
12:25
I don’t know I haven’t seen enough  of him one way or the other. I would like to see him go through the entire training camp as the starter and have all of his players around him healthy for a good portion of the year
Greg Kingston
12:25
How possible it would be to let Ben run the offense or change every play if before snapping he see something in there.. seems like our OC calls so many bad plays really .. look at the Chiefs how good they are in that aspect!
Zeise
12:26
He does change the plays, according to him in fact he draws up plays in the dirt in the huddle! 🤦🏾‍♂️
Chuck
12:26
Why is it the national media isn’t buying into the Steelers?  Albeit they’ve looked sloppy at times, they find a way to win. Isn’t that what good teams do?
Zeise
12:27
It is but you answered your own question - they have looked sloppy and not overly dominant. They have struggled with bad teams. When you do that you get overlooked
Jock Sutherland
12:27
Hi Paul.  I’m headed over to Rivers Casino.   Hou
Zeise
12:28
Tell me how the poker room is
Jock Sutherland
12:28
Hey Paul. I am headed over to Rivers Casino.   Do you have more predictions where Steelers would have to “play their z game” to lose?   I’m
going to take that team and the points!!!
Zeise
12:30
Well I’m not sure what you mean? Did the Cowboys win or something? The Steelers DID play their Z game and the Cowboys plays about as well as the can and guess what, JUST LIKE I WROTE, the Steelers still won. That was my point - the Steelers could play a bad game and still beat the Cowboys, that’s how bad the Cowboys are. Do better.
Marky Muscles
12:30
Do you think the loss of Tyson Alualu has been the receiving why our run defense has been absolutely gashed for yards the past two weeks? Any chance he's back this week?
Zeise
12:31
Yes I think that’s a part of it. He is a really disruptive football player and really makes a lot of plays in there. He will certainly help the cause. He was still limited yesterday so we will see how he progresses
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