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5 min readThe Steelers' Offense Is a Wreck, Vrabel Gets Defensive, and Stroud's Empty Stats
The Pittsburgh Steelers scored three points against the New England Patriots on Sunday, losing 20-3, and Aaron Rodgers finished 23 of 39 for 187 yards with four sacks—one of them a blindside hit that Ben Maller said the 42-year-old quarterback "will feel when he is in his 60s." Through two games, Rodgers has thrown exactly one touchdown pass on 79 attempts, and the Steelers are averaging eight points per game. "That's not really an offense when you score eight points a game," Maller said. "That's a clerical error."
The Rodgers-McCarthy Reunion Is Not Going Well
Maller zeroed in on Rodgers's postgame comments, which he read as classic passive-aggression. Rodgers said he needs to "make sure Mike knows what's working, what's not working" so the coaches "can call stuff that we feel like there's a better chance." Maller's translation: Rodgers is saying "Mike McCarthy is a boob and doesn't know what he's doing, and so I have to spoon-feed Mike McCarthy because he's bad at his job." The coach had said before the game he was trimming back the playbook, which Maller interpreted as a coach's way of saying "my players are idiots and they don't know the playbook." At eight points per game, he added, "you could print the playbook of the Pittsburgh Steelers on a Waffle House placemat."
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What you'll learn
- 1 (04:13) **Show Open & Lead Stories** - Ben Maller kicks off hour four, previewing the three main topics: Mike McCarthy's Steelers offense with Aaron Rodgers, Mike Vrabel's defensive reaction to Drake Maye questions, and whether CJ Stroud gets a mulligan in the Texans' loss.
- 2 (07:06) **Steelers Offense: A "Hot Mess"** - Maller breaks down Pittsburgh's 20-3 loss to the Patriots, focusing on Aaron Rodgers' passive-aggressive blame and the offense's failure.
- 3 (11:26) **Mike McCarthy's Offensive Woes** - Maller argues the Steelers' offense is fundamentally broken, scoring just 8 points per game, and questions the logic of reuniting Rodgers and McCarthy.
- 4 (15:42) **Patriots Win & Mike Vrabel's Reaction** - Maller examines the Patriots' costly 20-3 win and Mike Vrabel's defensive response to a reporter's question about Drake Maye pressing.
- 5 (20:32) **CJ Stroud's Misleading Stats** - Maller argues that CJ Stroud's 353-yard, zero-touchdown performance in a 6-20 loss to the Bengals is a classic case of "empty calories."
- 6 (24:42) **Chargers 0-2 Start** - Maller briefly notes the Chargers are also 0-2, calling it the "worst start in a hundred years" given their opponent, and contrasts it with the Texans' decision not to pay Stroud yet.
- 7 (32:18) **Jerry Jones & Tom Brady Segment** - Maller teases a segment on Jerry Jones getting cozy with Tom Brady and Jeff Bezos, and a story about Brady potentially violating federal law.
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Ben Maller talks about how things are looking for Mike McCarthy's Steelers offense with Aaron Rodgers' performance, if Patriots coach Mike Vrabel exposed himself by getting defensive over a perfectly legitimate Drake Maye question, Maller Militia Feud, and more!
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