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Former Champion Gives Steelers LB Early DPOY Endorsement
PITTSBURGH — It doesn’t take an expert to see that Pittsburgh Steelers’ linebacker T.J. Watt is on a mission this season. Despite the eye test and statistics showing he’s the best edge rusher in the NFL by a wide margin, Watt’s been continuously passed over for individual awards and recognitions the last few seasons.
All the Steelers and Watt care about is winning, so the individual accolades or lack thereof don’t bother the star LB. However, his week one performance showed that the two might go hand in hand. Watt was an absolute force in their week one victory over the Atlanta Falcons. He had four total tackles, a sack, and a fumble recovery. He also had a game-wrecking strip sack called back due to offsides, but the call was a borderline one that could have gone either way.
Another part of Watt’s game that stood out was how effective he was on running plays. Former NFL player and current analyst Chris Long pointed out how much he disrupted the Falcons’ rushing attack. Speaking on his Green Light with Chris Long podcast, Long discussed how impressive Watt was.
“Atlanta tried to pound the ball, and they should, running away from Watt,” he said, “Who was simultaneously wrecking their game. He was on a razors edge of wrecking the game the entire first half. But they’d run the ball away from him. I mean they ran the ball probably 80% of the time to left and when they did run the ball at Watt, he forced the penalty early in the game…It felt like Pittsburgh was at home.”
Watt’s performance has Long thinking about DPOY already. While acknowledging how many good defensive players there are in the NFL, Long believes watching Watt is something totally different.
“You want to talk about DPOY?” he said. “There were a lot of great defensive players. (Aidan) Hutchinson was great, Micah (Parsons) was Micah. You know, some guys had some good days. But watching T.J. Watt,” Long smirked as he failed to finish his sentence.
The compliments kept rolling on the show for Watt. Long’s co-hosts discussed how much game planning goes into competing against the LB, only for most teams to struggle against the Steelers’ pass rush regardless. The Steelers are hoping that their star defender can continue his reign of terror entering week two, and he can continue building his DPOY campaign.
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Gas prices continue to sit near the $5 mark for the better part of the Pittsburgh region. Not only is it impacting people’s wallets, but it’s also hitting the bottom lines of first responders’ operations.
While gas prices are not impacting day-to-day operations, budgets are always tight, and if prices stay high, it could have some long-term impacts. First responders say they’ll still come when you call 911, so there’s no need to panic, but there is some concern behind the scenes.
“We can’t charge more for our services. The only way to weather the storm is to become more efficient,” Regional Emergency Support Quick Response Service director Mike Gallagher said.
RESQRS said gas is normally about $2,500 to $3,000 a month. From March to April, it was $5,500. The ambulance they wanted to get this year is now on hold as costs go up.
“It definitely has affected other parts of the business and how we operate,” Gallagher said over Zoom.
It’s the same for volunteer firefighters. Southern Allegheny Valley Emergency Services had its bill go from $300 to $400, up to $1,000 last month. This price spike was, of course, never anticipated when making the budget last year.
“It absolutely wasn’t. We just have to take money from other things and reprioritize,” SAVES fire chief Mike Daniher said.
Medic Rescue in Bridgewater, Beaver County, covers that county and takes patients to Wexford and Pittsburgh hospitals. They easily rack up hundreds of miles a day driving. Insurance doesn’t cover gas spikes, and fuel reimbursements are set from the prior year.
“I don’t see how it would be sustainable in the long term without some changes in financing,” Medic Rescue director of operations Bill Pasquale said.
An immediate impact for many services is putting new equipment on the back burner. While grants can be used for that, there’s no guarantee it’s accepted.
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Pittsburgh will have afternoon storm chances on Wednesday with gusty winds and lightning
It will be stormy this afternoon, and then cooler for the rest of the work week.
Temperatures then warm up with record-setting temperatures possible early next week. It’s going to be a busy stretch of weather. Let’s get right into it.
Rain chances today are low overall. The headline is the storm chance that occurs this afternoon. Gusty winds, frequent lightning, and isolated but intense downpours are expected as a narrow line of storms develops and rolls through Western Pennsylvania. The line of storms will be intensifying as it moves from the west to the east.
Right now, it looks like the storms will roll through between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
By the time you see this blog, our best chance for morning rain should have come and gone. Rain totals will not be very impressive today; most will see less than 0.05 inches of rain.
That excludes rain coming from afternoon storms.
Afternoon storms could add another fifth of an inch of rain for those who see the most ‘intense’ cells sliding through their areas. Temperatures in the morning are in the 50s. We will quickly rise up to the mid-60s for temperatures this afternoon ahead of storms. Temperatures will then dip back down to the 50s for the rest of the day, with brisk winds coming in from the northwest at around 15 mph.
Thursday highs will only hit the mid-50s.
We stay cool through Friday morning. We’d have to worry about frost on Friday if it wasn’t for the cloud cover that’s expected. Friday highs will be near 70°. Saturday and Sunday highs are expected to hit the low 80s both days.
A perfect ‘storm’ of low humidity levels, plenty of sunshine, and a strengthening sun angle will allow us to potentially see record highs early next week. I have high temperatures in the 90s on both Monday and Tuesday next week.
The record high for Monday is 91°, and that is what I am forecasting for a high.
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