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The Terrible Take - Episode 1404 - January 6, 2025

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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January 6, 2025 - For Episode 1,404 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle is surprised the Steelers haven't used the Justin Fields package much this season, and calls for it to be used in the playoffs. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.0

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0:07.0

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0:13.0

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0:17.0

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0:20.0

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0:22.2

Conditions apply.

0:25.5

Seven night minimum stay outbound only from selected airports for up to six people,

0:26.3

Atoll protected.

0:33.7

Welcome to The Terrible Take, daily segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

0:34.7

I'm Ross McCorkle.

0:37.8

I would admit nothing about the quarterback situation for the Pittsburgh Steelers has played out the way that I expected it to. Once Russell Wilson came back

0:42.4

into the lineup healthy as the starter, I thought it would make perfect sense to have a head start

0:46.8

on using Justin Fields in a package of plays throughout the season. He did lead them to a four

0:51.4

and two record to start the season after all and looked like a better

0:54.4

version of his Chicago self in the process. It'd be one thing if Fields never started and they had to

0:59.5

try to work him onto the field for five to seven snaps per game, but he got meaningful experience

1:03.8

both in training camp and in the regular season for them to play around with what works.

1:08.2

That seemed like the perfect setup to get Fields involved in just about every game to force opposing teams to prepare for both quarterbacks. That isn't the way

1:15.2

it played out at all. He did not play in four games and was inactive with injury in three games.

1:21.3

He only saw at least one offensive snap in four games off the bench and the last instance was

1:26.2

one snap in which Fields got injured

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