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DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK’s Double Shot of Steelers: Run game reality

DK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

DK Pittsburgh Sports

Hockey, Steelers, Penguins, Football, Nfl, Matt Williamson, Nhl, Pittsburgh, Mlb, Baseball, Dejan Kovacevic, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports, Pirates

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode: The Steelers can say they aim to run the ball, but can they? Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's three Daily Shot podcasts -- one each on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates -- every weekday morning, plus the all-new DOUBLE SHOT show that follows up at 4:00 p.m. Eastern!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to double shot of Steelers.

0:11.3

I'm Dan Kovachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports, soon to be joined by Chris Halleck.

0:16.3

And we'll be talking about the fifth day of OTAs.

0:21.6

They have strange methodology for counting these days.

0:24.6

This is the second day of week two.

0:27.6

But actually, OTAs have been going on for quite some time.

0:31.6

It's just they only start counting once we reporters are allowed in whatever.

0:38.3

It doesn't matter.

0:40.1

Next week is mandatory minicamp.

0:41.4

That's Tuesday through Thursday.

0:44.4

That's when all eyes are going to be on all situations,

0:49.2

including the one related to, you know, quarterback. I want to talk about a circumstance today that really doesn't rely that much on the quarterback position,

0:57.7

and that's the running game. And I have a question first to ask you, and that is, do you feel

1:06.8

comfortable? And I'm using that word advisedly because Mike Tomlin likes to say we don't seek

1:12.3

comfort. I'm not trying to hide in comfort or anything here. I don't need comfort in this. So he

1:18.0

doesn't necessarily use that as a positive. But are you comfortable in the Tomlin context

1:24.5

with the running game? And if you are, why?

1:30.7

Why?

1:33.1

Look, this was a good, not a great, but a good running team in 2024.

1:42.0

The Steelers ranked, I'm looking right at it here.

1:58.0

11th in the league in yards per game. 127.4. That's not bad. Touchdowns, middle of the pack.

2:02.5

14. Pretty much dead center. Fumbles, very, very few.

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