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The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Take - Episode 1364 - November 27, 2024

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Football, Sports

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

November 27, 2024 - For Episode 1,364 on this Wednesday afternoon, Alex Kozora discusses how NFL teams don't just scout opposing teams, but they also spend time gaining insight on the officiating crew, too, and what the ref for Sunday's game against the Bengals tells us. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

You know what that is.

0:04.0

An ice cold beer.

0:07.0

What's different?

0:09.0

It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season.

0:14.0

Best enjoyed with your best buds.

0:20.0

Cheers to that. Budweiser, Lackenosa. Best enjoyed with your best butts.

0:22.3

Cheers to that.

0:25.3

Budweiser, like no other.

0:26.8

Please drink responsibly.

0:28.5

For the facts, visit drinkaware.com. Welcome to the Terrible Take, a daily segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

0:35.6

I'm Alex Kizora.

0:39.9

Something new we've done this year on Steelers Depos track the details of the officiating crew calling each Pittsburgh Steelers game. We were aware of it

0:46.4

before, but usually didn't get a feel for their exact style, how many penalties they called,

0:51.3

what they did, and didn't flag most often, the frequency the home team

0:55.6

won, and the results from the previous Steelers games in which that crew worked.

1:00.1

And that stuff is important. Pittsburgh is not just scouting their opponent at Cincinnati

1:04.5

Bengals this weekend. They're scouting the referee and their crew. Like an offense or defense,

1:10.0

they have their own tendencies. Obviously,

1:13.0

this is a lot less nuanced and requires far less time to investigate. We're not worried about how

1:18.2

fluid Cleet Blakeman's hips are, but it's a component of game planning. And some of the

1:23.5

things we've written about have rung true. Home teams having the edge when Brad Allen calls a game is the most recent example against Cleveland. Some of the things we've written about have rung true. Home teams having the edge when Brad

1:27.7

Allen calls the game is the most recent example against Cleveland. Some of that, to be fair,

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