Best of The Ben Maller Show
The Ben Maller Show
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4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 24 December 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Brian Noe is in for Big Ben and talks about Steelers WR DK Metcalf's 2-game suspension getting upheld, why Mike Tomlin should get more credit for 19 straight winning seasons with the Steelers, Lamar Jackson needing to tough it out with his back "contusion", and more!
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| 0:36.1 | Look, I'll dive knee-deep into my D.K. Metcalf thoughts here. |
| 0:41.8 | I'll just give you the Cliffs Notes version right now. |
| 0:45.0 | Okay, so D.K. Metcalf, the Steelers' wide receiver, his suspension was upheld. |
| 0:51.0 | He's going to be suspended for two games, and he's going to miss the final two regular |
| 0:55.6 | season games for the Steelers. They need one win in these final two games to clinch the division |
| 1:01.8 | and to get a playoff spot. So they take on the Steelers and the Ravens. Those are their final two |
| 1:07.4 | games. And so having D.K. Metcalf in uniform for either of those two games would help a lot. |
| 1:13.4 | It's been a house of horrors for the Steelers at Cleveland. |
| 1:16.7 | If you can believe that, they've lost many, many, many, many times in Cleveland. |
| 1:23.0 | And so to not have their top receiver hurts. |
| 1:26.0 | If they don't beat Cleveland this weekend, then they host the Steelers for the division. |
| 1:31.8 | Obviously, Pittsburgh doesn't want it to come down to that, but that's the scenario. |
| 1:36.3 | So, D.K., he now loses $55,000 for missing these final two games. That's what he's docked in salary. And also |
| 1:47.9 | his guaranteed money is voided. The $45 million in guaranteed money that he had on his contract |
| 1:53.5 | is voided. And so that throws a wrench into things. Do the Steelers think about moving in a different |
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