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TJ Watt is officially out against the Dolphins due to his lung issue. Who is right? Mike Tomlin speaks, but says very little. Dry needling, what is it, how in the world could someone mess up this big to have Watt in the hospital? How did this happen? Plenty of D.P.T.'s chime in and say someone messed up big somewhere.

Former Penguin Rob Brown joins the show, as he is an analyst in Edmonton. He says that people in Edmonton were more upset at losing Kulak than they were Skinner. He breaks down the trade from the Oilers side. He says that Kulak is going to be a bright spot for the Penguins and Skinner is younger than Jarry and should be thought about as a possible long term answer in net for them.

12-12 PM Team 2pm Hour: Tristan Jarry is traded from the Penguins to the Edmonton Oilers

93.7 The Fan Penguins Analyst Tyler Kennedy joins the show! TK gives the trade a B-. He is the first person to have a somewhat negative reaction to the trade. He is unsure of what is next for the Penguins. Do the call up Sergey Murashov and send Skinner down? He is waiting to see the other falling pieces before giving a full grade.

Tristan Jarry has been traded to the Edmonton Oilers for Stuart Skinner, Brett Kulak, and a 2029 second round pick. Poni and Mueller grade the trade. Both say that this is a home run and a slam dunk of a trade. Kyle Dubas has turned around his reputation with one move. He started off slow but has redeemed himself as time went along.

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The latest on TJ Watt. It sounds like he will NOT play Monday, according to the biggest insider in football. In fact, Adam Schefter made it sound like it would be a borderline miracle for the Steelers to get their star edge rusher on the field. Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo from the PG joined the show. Ray is having a hard time thinking TJ Watt will be able to play Monday night, but it won’t be because he doesn’t want to. Ray isn’t ready to rule Watt out yet with a few days to go before the game. What caused this to happen? Ray didn’t want to speculate, but he brought up a similar situation with Jerome Bettis before a playoff game in 2001. If Watt can’t go, Ray said the Dolphins have a truly threatening run game. Does Ray think they can backfill there? Ray believes there is a real chance Roman Wilson does not play again this season. Ray went through some of the other injuries on the report from this afternoon and who they could be getting back, like Derrick Harmon. Ray thinks the Steelers win. Total Re

Rodgers Rebuttals – What did Aaron Rodgers say to the media today? A fun Christmas music quiz between Poni and Chris. Donny Football Debrief – It sounds like Joe Burrow is working his way out of Cincinnati.

It sounds like Derrick Harmon will be back on Monday night. Given the defensive rushing stats, they will welcome him with open arms. The numbers make the argument that Harmon is the team’s MVP. They allow roughly 100 fewer yards against the run with Harmon in the lineup. The guys talked about the draft structure that has changed since Kevin Colbert retired and why they like the working relationship between Omar Khan/Andy Weidl and Mike Tomlin throughout the process that culminates in late April. A review of their 2024 draft class looks good, for the most part, nearly 2 seasons complete. KDKA TV’s Bob Pompeani joined the show. Bob reacted to the TJ Watt health scare that took place earlier this week and how much that impacts the game on Monday night. Bob is excited to see Nick Herbig see an uptick in snaps and wondered how much we see Jack Sawyer. Was Bob able to spell Tua Tagovailoa on-air? The guys asked Bob to rank the Steelers edge rushers by how they are playing right now. Injuries aside, Bob thinks the

A scary situation out of Steelers practice as TJ Watt was sent to a local hospital after a lung concern that took place while getting treatment at the facility. The Steelers have a 1-11 record, including the playoffs, without Watt on the field. Are they better backfilled than they were in the past? This is a big opportunity for Nick Herbig and possibly Jack Sawyer on Monday night. We compared it to the Tyrod Taylor situation with the Chargers back in 2020 that led to Justin Herbert getting his first start. An ESPN update on TJ Watt doesn’t tell us much new. We revisited the 1 win the Steelers have without TJ Watt on the field. PG writer Jason Mackey joined the show. After the Pirates missed on big hitters the MLB Winter Meetings, Jason thinks they are truly in on conversations with the Rays for power-hitting infielder Brandon Lowe. He doesn’t expect it to take a ton in return. Jason isn’t sure if the Buccos will pull in a big-time guy, but thinks names like Jorge Polanco or Eugenio Suarez are possible. Wh

Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo from the PG joined the show. Ray is having a hard time thinking TJ Watt will be able to play Monday night, but it won’t be because he doesn’t want to. Ray isn’t ready to rule Watt out yet with a few days to go before the game. What caused this to happen? Ray didn’t want to speculate, but he brought up a similar situation with Jerome Bettis before a playoff game in 2001. If Watt can’t go, Ray said the Dolphins have a truly threatening run game. Does Ray think they can backfill there? Ray went through some of the other injuries on the report from this afternoon and who they could be getting back, like Derrick Harmon. Ray thinks the Steelers win.

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KDKA TV’s Bob Pompeani joined the show. Bob reacted to the TJ Watt health scare that took place earlier this week and how much that impacts the game on Monday night. Bob is excited to see Nick Herbig see an uptick in snaps and wondered how much we see Jack Sawyer. Was Bob able to spell Tua Tagovailoa on-air? The guys asked Bob to rank the Steelers edge rushers by how they are playing right now. Injuries aside, Bob thinks the Steelers will win Monday night.

It sounds like Derrick Harmon will be back on Monday night. Given the defensive rushing stats, they will welcome him with open arms. The numbers make the argument that Harmon is the team’s MVP. They allow roughly 100 fewer yards against the run with Harmon in the lineup. The guys talked about the draft structure that has changed since Kevin Colbert retired and why they like the working relationship between Omar Khan/Andy Weidl and Mike Tomlin throughout the process that culminates in late April. A review of their 2024 draft class looks good, for the most part, nearly 2 seasons complete.

PG writer Jason Mackey joined the show. After the Pirates missed on big hitters the MLB Winter Meetings, Jason thinks they are truly in on conversations with the Rays for power-hitting infielder Brandon Lowe. He doesn’t expect it to take a ton in return. Jason isn’t sure if the Buccos will pull in a big-time guy, but thinks names like Jorge Polanco or Eugenio Suarez are possible. What else could be headed in the Pirates’ direction?

A scary situation out of Steelers practice as TJ Watt was sent to a local hospital after a lung concern that took place while getting treatment at the facility. The Steelers have a 1-11 record, including the playoffs, without Watt on the field. Are they better backfilled than they were in the past? This is a big opportunity for Nick Herbig and possibly Jack Sawyer on Monday night. We compared it to the Tyrod Taylor situation with the Chargers back in 2020 that led to Justin Herbert getting his first start.

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Steelers three-quarter-season awards. 93.7 The Fan Sports Director Jeff Hathhorn joined the show. Has Roman Wilson played his final game with the Steelers this season? Maybe. Has Wilson played his final game with the Steelers ever? Jeff isn’t ready to go that far yet. Jeff hopes it’s a bit of a wakeup call for Wilson and other young receivers. Jeff can’t quite figure out why Wilson is so far in the doghouse. Jeff does not believe the starting QB in Week 1 next season is on the roster right now. Jeff is disappointed by how little the TEs get used outside of Darnell Washington. Even though the first two RBs have been good players, why haven’t we gotten anything out of Kaleb Johnson? Jeff does not believe the team will make a massive move in the draft and trade up for a QB. Jeff thinks Will Howard still has plenty to prove to be the team’s future starting QB. Judge Donny – Will Philip Rivers play well for the Colts?

Will we see Aaron Rodgers next season? We also got notable NFL Draft news that the 1st round clock will drop from 10 minutes to 8 minutes per pick. That could be the night the Steelers draft their next QB. We know the Steelers won’t show their hand early, but is Rodgers in their plans for next season? Will the Steelers still do everything they can to move up and take one of this year’s QBs? Chris suggested allowing the fans to have their dream Mason Rudolph bridge season. There are not many (or any) attractive free agent QBs. ALL ACCESS w/ Aditi – Christmas music began the conversation with Aditi before it jumped to the future for old QBs like Aaron Rodgers and Philip Rivers. What should the strategy be for the Steelers going into the draft? If Rodgers doesn’t trust Roman Wilson, what does that mean for his future? Aditi talked about the Dolphins pre-snap motion that is ‘a lot of eye candy.’ Aditi gave a bit of a scouting report on the Dolphins as they come into town Monday night. She said the offensive lin

A big question in the direction of Art Rooney II made its way to the Gerry Dulac chat. The answer gave us another example of the owner leaning back on the organization being better than the mean of the league. Does he hear the fans growing tired? Maybe. But Gerry gave a pretty good guess as to how Art would answer things – telling fans to get off their backs because they are in first place, just in nicer words. Does he make a point? The guys think the team is still stale and the owner should show more emotion more than just simply wanting them to win more than they lose, on average. It sounds like Art would puff his chest out because the Steelers have been in first place since the beginning of the season – which is factually incorrect. The guys pointed out some of the better teams in the league that are better than the Steelers, but they aren’t leading their own division. The Fan vs The Fans. Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk joined the show. The conversation started with Christmas cookies before it shift