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Speaker 1: The Penguins reunite their Hall of Fame on Saturday when

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Speaker 1: the Penguins legend. He is former coach and general manager

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Speaker 1: Eddie Johnston e J. Congrats on the honor. When you

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Speaker 1: arrived in Pittsburgh as the coach in nineteen eighty did

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Speaker 1: you think then that Pittsburgh would wind up being your

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Speaker 2: Mollibawas hurting because it was a great honor, and Jenny

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Speaker 2: and my family loved it. And you know, anytime you

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Speaker 2: get an opportunity like that, and then the opportunity came

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Speaker 2: up to be as be the GM and and pick

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Speaker 2: MARYO is a special day for not only for me,

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Speaker 2: but for the city of Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 1: Now, I want to talk about drafting Mario in nineteen

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Speaker 1: eighty four because it wasn't that simple. There wasn't YouTube.

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Speaker 1: Scotting was different and uh, you went personally as general

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Speaker 1: several times? Correct you wanted to be sure?

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I saw him play. I was saying maybe

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Speaker 2: had lessons six points, but you know, and then, but

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Speaker 2: the very great thing is was his personality. And I

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Speaker 2: and he said, talk about leadership, he was. He was

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Speaker 1: It's worth noting too that people, hockey people, a lot

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Speaker 1: It was all offense, not a lot of defense. And

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Speaker 1: Kamuller instead? There was a.

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Speaker 2: There was a couple, but I had watching Mario one

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Speaker 2: no other choice.

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Speaker 1: What what did the scott say? Why did they want

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Speaker 1: can't imagine the argument they made. EJ.

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Speaker 2: Well, it wasn't a very good one.

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Speaker 3: I told you that.

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Speaker 2: But the you know, the a lot of them are

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Speaker 2: they didn't spend as much time as they should have

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Speaker 2: them long they get turned around to why Mario was

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Speaker 1: Now you got some crazy trade offers for that lem

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Speaker 1: you pick, didn't you? I mean out of this world right?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? Well, Quebec off for me three Stassinly brothers plus

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Speaker 2: Philly offered me kennercheck Lonsbury the defenseman and their first rounder.

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Speaker 2: Montreal told me whatever Quebec offers you, that we'll do

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Speaker 2: better no matter what they offer you. You know, in

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Speaker 2: the three staffs and the brothers plus the first round

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Speaker 2: lot of very positive reports on him. I'm both on

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Speaker 1: Now that the Barnoll family owned the peng was at

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Speaker 1: that time, eja, if you would have traded for the

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Speaker 1: and the team would have lost less money. What did

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Speaker 1: ownership think? Did did did the Bartolo family ever put

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, the very first time, mister de Barlolow, very

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Speaker 1: It was pretty obvious pretty quickly. Now the number that

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Speaker 4: What did it?

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Speaker 1: What made you think though, that he could score right

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Speaker 2: Well, I I saw him. He was able to chase peace,

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Speaker 2: for twelve years he'd done to me and asked me

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Speaker 1: We're talking to Eddie Johnston AJ goes in the Penguins

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Speaker 1: Hall of Fame tomorrow Saturday night. Pardon me at PPG

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Speaker 1: painte Radom EJ. I want to talk about your goaltending

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Speaker 1: because you played six and NHL games and goal including

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. How much has the position changed because I

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Speaker 1: look at video from back when you played. It's almost

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Speaker 2: Well, there was no question then and there's not too

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Speaker 2: many goalkeepers wear number one because all six of us

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Speaker 2: we all wore number one. That was our IQ because

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Speaker 2: we never we never wore a mask, so didn't tell

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Speaker 2: you how sharp you had to be. But back then,

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Speaker 2: with the six teams, there was no man back then,

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Speaker 2: you know, and it was and it was stuff. It

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Speaker 1: Now it's worth noting too how much the equipment's changed.

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Speaker 1: And not only did it figure nowt EJ. But your

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Speaker 1: equipment was heavier, right, it would get water logged and

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Speaker 1: you couldn't get it, get it, get it the lightened

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Speaker 2: No, the pads, the pads were brutal.

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Speaker 5: I mean.

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Speaker 2: They would get soaking wet, and there'd be some oh god,

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Speaker 2: so much more heavier, and even the paths on your

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Speaker 2: You know, now the equipment is terrific. You can you

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Speaker 2: You couldn't lift them in a hundred years back then.

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Speaker 1: What's your take on the Penguins goaltending now? And I

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Speaker 1: know you've seen the morishoff kid, the Russian guy and

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Speaker 1: the miners. Uh is he the real thing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's good. He's got to watch him at camp

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Speaker 2: again and he's good. He's gonna be Eventually, he's going

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Speaker 2: to be. He'll be the I think he'll get in,

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Speaker 2: could be the number one guy and you know, after

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Speaker 1: Now, you played goal in the Original Six when there

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Speaker 1: was only six teams in the league, and you've been

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Speaker 1: with the Penguins and they become like a big time franchise,

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Speaker 1: five cups, Sid Mario, all that credibility, dude. The Penguins

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Speaker 1: almost feel like an Original six franchise now, like they

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Speaker 2: No, there's no question marks. You're right. You know, back

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Speaker 2: then it was only sixties. But now you know what

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Speaker 2: come up, I'll tell you right now, no hole league

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Speaker 2: just paid attention right away, you know, and Mary Old

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Speaker 2: then all of a sudden they got the very opportunity

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Speaker 2: look out, guys, look out the whole league. You know,

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Speaker 2: when you have those two guys.

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Speaker 1: Each j before we wrap up, I'd be remiss if

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Speaker 1: I didn't bring up because I'm I was lucky enough

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Speaker 1: as a kid to see your Boston teams play. You

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Speaker 1: won two Stanley Cups as a goaltender for Boston the

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Speaker 1: orin Esposito era. Do you think that still is one

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Speaker 1: of the greatest teams of all time?

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Speaker 6: I do.

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Speaker 1: You guys had a short prime because guys left to

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Speaker 1: play in the World Hockey League. But but but that

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Speaker 2: Oh, there's no doubt about it in my mind. You know,

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Speaker 2: back then when that team was as good as any

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Speaker 2: and you know you got over. You get Johnny Busic

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Speaker 2: because Stanfield you had Tellis Smith. You know, every player

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Speaker 2: n A jail and tough too.

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Speaker 1: I mean just tough as nails every every way you

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Speaker 1: wanted to play. You guys could play right, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And if you you never got out of the line,

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Speaker 2: you know, because you got out of the line, somebody

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Speaker 2: who's going to challenge you all right away?

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Speaker 1: EJ. Thanks for coming on and thanks for everything. Like

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Speaker 1: I've often said, you should be in the Hockey Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame, let alone the Penguins. You've taught me more

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Speaker 1: about hockey than anybody ever. And and Saturday is going

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Speaker 1: to be great. Thanks again. I'm looking forward to it.

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Speaker 2: Markie, Thank you. It's always great to be around you.

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Speaker 2: I enjoy your enjoy your company. God bless you.

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Speaker 1: We'll see you Saturday night. That's Eddie Johnston. EJ. An

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Speaker 1: all time great Penguin. I'm Mark Madden. I'm all time

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Speaker 1: great at something. I guess get some calls in now

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Speaker 1: it's the time. Uh eight three to three four nine

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Speaker 3: Nice date, Thank you for making my day.

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Speaker 1: He showed me in the Hockey All Fame. He was

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Speaker 1: on Team Cannon in seventy two the first time they

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Speaker 1: played the Russians, won two Stanley Cups. Last goalie to

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Speaker 1: up good numbers as a goalie. Great coach, great general manager.

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Speaker 1: Drafted Mario and like like we talked about, like I

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Speaker 1: said earlier in the show, drafting Mario wasn't that simple.

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Speaker 1: Hockey was built by guys like Eddie Johnston. I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's such to me, he's such an obvious choice for

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Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. Guys like Barry Melrose build hockey.

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Speaker 1: Don Cherry, you know, different reasons, but but EJ built hockey.

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Speaker 1: I'll give an example. I hate to pick on somebody,

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Speaker 1: You know, he got in the Hall of fame because

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Speaker 1: the stats he scored, like five hundred goals. I don't

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Speaker 1: remember one goddamn goal Matt Sundean scored. Nobody does.

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Speaker 6: You know?

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Speaker 1: It's about It's about the game what you did for it.

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Speaker 1: And EJ put up put in more than he could

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Speaker 1: ever take out. So I'm grateful to have known him

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Speaker 1: all these years. And this thing Saturday night is gonna

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Speaker 1: be absolutely fantastic. So your thoughts any of that? Uh,

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Speaker 1: du Lek talk and Steelers. I went like on a

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Speaker 1: ran about the Steelers earlier and I'm getting some some

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Speaker 1: stick for it on Twitter. But like, I mean, do

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Speaker 1: you really think they're gonna win a playoff game this year?

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Speaker 1: Do you really keep their head in the right direction?

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Speaker 5: You know, stopping the run, Mark, I think they'll do that.

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Speaker 5: Well, where they are lacking at safety? Is it free

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Speaker 5: we're going to find out, Mark, because it'll be two

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Speaker 1: I don't think they have great receivers, but they do

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Speaker 1: have a bunch of good receivers.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and and they have a lot of them, you know, Mark,

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Speaker 5: I haven't con i haven't count, and shame on me

439
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Speaker 5: because I'm curious. But last year the Packers kept eight

440
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Speaker 5: wide receivers on their on their fifty three and they

441
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Speaker 5: just kept bringing and rolling them into the game because

442
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Speaker 5: they are a pass oriented team. Jordan Love I have

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Speaker 5: from the minute I saw him in the last game

444
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Speaker 5: at the Akroscher Stadium, you know, and even though I

445
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Speaker 5: believe they lost that game, what I saw from him,

446
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Speaker 5: I was extremely impressed. And he's gotten better every year.

447
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Speaker 5: So you know, you could talk all you want about

448
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Speaker 5: Josh Jacobs. It's also to me the big key is

449
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Speaker 5: going to be limiting their passing game, and if you

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Speaker 5: ask me, they'll probably come out throw the ball early

451
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Speaker 5: to run it a little bit later. But uh yeah,

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Speaker 5: I mean, the Packers are four to one and one

453
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Speaker 5: for a reason. They've been able to score points, and

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Speaker 5: these next two games and even the next three because

455
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Speaker 5: it's in LA against the Chargers, even though they struggled

456
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Speaker 5: to score points lately. I think these next two games

457
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Speaker 5: in the next three are going to test that defense.

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Speaker 5: And there are no issues with the offense. There are several,

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Speaker 5: you know, issues, nagging problems with the defense.

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Speaker 1: Oh, no question about that. I mean They've only four

461
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Speaker 1: seventeen hunts on the air. They just can't get off

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Speaker 1: the field.

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Speaker 5: Jerry, Yeah, second fewest in the league. Mark, And that's right.

464
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Speaker 5: And so the other thing that's that is concerning about

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Speaker 5: that to your point about the punts in the last

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Speaker 5: four games, Mark, the opponents of average nearly twenty plays

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Speaker 5: more a game. It's it's seventy five and something, No

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Speaker 5: seventy two and something to fifty three point nine or

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Speaker 5: fifty three point two. It's nearly twenty plays a game.

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Speaker 5: Over the last four games. The Browns did not score

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Speaker 5: a touchdown. They had they ran seventy five plays. I

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Speaker 5: think the Bengals ended up running seventy three. And so

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Speaker 5: you know, the league average is sixty one plays a game,

474
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Speaker 5: and these teams are going twelve thirteen, fourteen plays over

475
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Speaker 5: what's the league average. And that's you know, you cut

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Speaker 5: it however you want. And you know, Mark, sometimes Mike

477
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 5: Tomlin likes to point the penalties. There's the second least

478
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Speaker 5: penalized team in the league in terms of number of

479
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,160
Speaker 5: penalties and even in yards of penalties. So I don't

480
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Speaker 5: want to hear about that. And it's not exactly like

481
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Speaker 5: they're turning the ball over. Aaron Rodgers has five interceptions.

482
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Speaker 5: He had two the other night. One of them really

483
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 5: wasn't his fault. And they are one of only two

484
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Speaker 5: teams who haven't lost a fumble yet this year.

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Speaker 11: So to me, all that.

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Speaker 5: Says is their defense can't get off the field. Yeah,

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Speaker 5: they've had some quick strike touchdowns. I get that. I

488
00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 5: get that, But seventy four averaging seventy four to seventy

489
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Speaker 5: five plays to the opponent the last four games is really,

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Speaker 5: Mark unconscionable.

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Speaker 1: We're talking to Jerry Dulike, brought to us by Bud Light.

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Speaker 1: Easy to drink, easy to enjoy. Now, on the offensive

493
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Speaker 1: side of the ball, the Steelers going to cope with

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Speaker 1: Mikeah Parsons, who is clearly a juggernaut. That said, I

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Speaker 1: look at him on green Bay's defense and I compare

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Speaker 1: it to Garrett on Cleveland's defense, and the Steelers did

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Speaker 1: okay against that group.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, they will gain plan against Micah Parsons the way

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Speaker 5: they gain plan against Miles Garrett. And as you know,

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Speaker 5: Mark never heard his name. You know, pretty much a

501
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 5: zero stat line. One tackle I think did not disrupt

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Speaker 5: the game. The quarterback, the backfield, and that's because the

503
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Speaker 5: Steelers game planned against them, and they will do the

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Speaker 5: same with Michael Parsons. I think the problem with Michaeh Parsons,

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Speaker 5: maybe a little bit more so, is that he moves

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Speaker 5: around a lot. You know, he'll come from the inside,

507
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 5: will come from the left side, he'll come from the

508
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Speaker 5: right side, and I think that's going to be a

509
00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:32,280
Speaker 5: little bit more problematic. But there's no question he's one

510
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,960
Speaker 5: of those red letter guys Mark that they'll they will

511
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:37,880
Speaker 5: make sure that they are always aware of what he's

512
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Speaker 5: doing and make sure that they're not giving him lanes

513
00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:43,680
Speaker 5: and opportunities to run player at the quarterback and the

514
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Speaker 5: Steelers have been very good Mark the last four games.

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Speaker 5: Rodgers has only been sacked twice. Three of those four

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Speaker 5: games they did not allow a sack. You saw how

517
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Speaker 5: much time I know Trey hendricks Hendrickson didn't play in Cincinnati,

518
00:27:56,840 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 5: but he had so much time back there. He could

519
00:27:58,960 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 5: dance and move around, he could go left, he could

520
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:04,600
Speaker 5: go right, and you got to give the offensive line props,

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Speaker 5: especially those two tackles.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers says he doesn't feel any extra pressure playing

523
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Speaker 1: against Green Bay for the first time, did you buy that.

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Speaker 1: I think it might start out that way.

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Speaker 5: Well, I think that the pressure is internal. Mark, Like

526
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Speaker 5: he said, it's not a revenge game, and why would

527
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Speaker 5: it be a revenge game. Look, he can't possibly have

528
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 5: anything against the Packers because he came into the Packers

529
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Speaker 5: the same way he left the Packers. And by that

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Speaker 5: I mean he watched for a year or two while

531
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Speaker 5: Brett Favre was there, and then he eventually moved on

532
00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 5: from Farv and Farvin turned it over to Rodgers, and

533
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,760
Speaker 5: the same thing happened with Jordan Love. They brought Jordan

534
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Speaker 5: Love in, he sat for a couple of years, watched

535
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Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers, and they were eventually going to move on

536
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Speaker 5: from him. So he can't have any bitterness toward the Packers,

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Speaker 5: and I don't believe that he does. But I don't

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Speaker 5: think there's any question. He wants to show them, He

539
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 5: wants to show the whole league, but he really wants

540
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Speaker 5: to show the Packers that he can still do it.

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Speaker 5: So his pressure will be internal. Like, you know, he

542
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 5: really wants to play well, and you know, we'll see

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Speaker 5: how he navigates that throughout the game. He's been he's

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Speaker 5: been really good, though, Mark, I mean, you know, stakes

545
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Speaker 5: him to the ten to nothing lead in Cincinnati, you

546
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Speaker 5: think it's going to be a blow up. The defense starts,

547
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,600
Speaker 5: you know, going into the hole, and then he has

548
00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 5: to bring him back twice from ten point deficits, and

549
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Speaker 5: it looked like they were going to win the game

550
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Speaker 5: after that crazy play and throw to Pat Fryarmouth for

551
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Speaker 5: the long touchdown.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I give Rogers almost zero blame for what's gone wrong. Jerry.

553
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Speaker 1: I think he's been brilliant. I think he's been incredibly smart.

554
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Speaker 1: I mean just his pre snap adjustments alone. And I'm

555
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Speaker 1: not smart enough to know when he does and doesn't

556
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Speaker 1: do it. I just know the Steelers have been trapped

557
00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 1: in very few blad plays all season, plays that just

558
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Speaker 1: got blown up right off the snap.

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00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 5: Yeah, and one of them was that a flea flicker

560
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:56,040
Speaker 5: that obviously Jalen Warren or somebody didn't get the right

561
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Speaker 5: call because as soon as they laddled it back to

562
00:29:58,800 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers, he just threw within the turf. But Mark,

563
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 5: to your point, you watch him in a pre snap

564
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Speaker 5: when he comes to the line of scrimmage, You're seeing

565
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 5: more bodies move around, and that's not just pre snap,

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Speaker 5: no motion. That's him having guys directing them where to

567
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Speaker 5: go and what to do because of what he's seeing

568
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Speaker 5: when he comes out of that huddle. So yeah, he's

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Speaker 5: the best in the NFL at that not surprisingly after

570
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Speaker 5: twenty one years, and that's been a big, a big

571
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Speaker 5: advantage for them.

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Speaker 1: How big is this Green Bay game all of a

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Speaker 1: sudden because I the Cincinnati game is when they really

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Speaker 1: needed to win, and I think you need to win

575
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Speaker 1: at home against contenders of your serious team. But now

576
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Speaker 1: this game, because of the Cincinnati lost Jerry, it feels

577
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Speaker 1: that much more important.

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Speaker 5: Well, I think the significance of it mark And we

579
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Speaker 5: discovered this last year when the Steelers were ten and

580
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Speaker 5: three heading into December, and you know, we're seven and

581
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Speaker 5: one with Russ averaging twenty nine points a game. And

582
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Speaker 5: you say, okay, but who have they beaten in terms

583
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Speaker 5: of a quality team. I know, they beat the Commanders

584
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Speaker 5: early in the year before they got on their run,

585
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Speaker 5: you know, and they beat the Ravens but they were

586
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Speaker 5: looking really good. But they never no, they didn't beat

587
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Speaker 5: the Ravens at that point. But nonetheless, they never proved

588
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Speaker 5: that they could beat a quality team. And we know

589
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Speaker 5: what happened in those three games in eleven days against

590
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Speaker 5: three of the best teams in the league. They just

591
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Speaker 5: they weren't. You found out that they just weren't good

592
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Speaker 5: enough to compete with those teams. And while Green Bays

593
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Speaker 5: not the elite of the league, are still very good

594
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Speaker 5: and Indy right now, I'm not sure they're an elite team,

595
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 5: but their record says they are. And so you have

596
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Speaker 5: to win these types of games to show you have

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Speaker 5: the type of team capable of beating teams who have identical,

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Speaker 5: identical or better records than you. And we haven't seen

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00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 5: that a lot from them. But that's the significance of

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Speaker 5: this game and even the next game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and that Cincinnati lost year, that's gonna bug me

602
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Speaker 1: all year until it until it shouldn't until they get

603
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Speaker 1: to where they want to go anyway, But now it

604
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 1: feels like Cincinnati. I mean, they're going to beat the

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Speaker 1: Jets on Sunday, They're going to be four and four.

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Speaker 1: The Steelers lose to Green Bay, maybe Cincinnati's the team

607
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Speaker 1: that hangs in the race.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, And that's why they got Joe Flacco mark because

609
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 5: they thought that by getting him, they you know, that

610
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Speaker 5: maybe we can still hang around, unlike the Browns who

611
00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 5: made the trade and effectively were giving up on their season.

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Speaker 5: And yeah, and you're right about that. And look, the

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Speaker 5: Steelers still have a two game lead in the division.

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Speaker 5: We see every week, Mark, We saw three occasions two

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Speaker 5: weeks ago when the Bills lost to Atlanta and the

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Speaker 5: Eagles lost to the Giants, and I can't remember the

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Speaker 5: other game. It happens all the time. Who would have

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00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:55,200
Speaker 5: thought that Eagles would lose, Eagles would lose by seventeen

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Speaker 5: points to the Giants.

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Speaker 1: It happens.

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Speaker 5: It happens every week and the NFL. And you know,

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00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 5: the Bengals beat the Steelers, especially with a division game,

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Speaker 5: that's never surprising when a division team beats another division team.

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Speaker 5: So that's why, you know, I'm certainly not dismissing it,

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00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 5: is that you know, the loss doesn't matter, but every

626
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 5: team could probably go back and go, oh my god,

627
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 5: how did we lose that game? And it could cost them,

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Speaker 5: But every team goes through it because that's the NFL.

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Speaker 1: No no question about that. What's your field year? Who

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Speaker 1: wins this game? Mark?

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Speaker 5: I think it's going to be you know, when you

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Speaker 5: think of that game Thursday night, two forty year old quarterbacks.

633
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Speaker 5: That's going to be as good of a passing show

634
00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 5: that the league is going to see all year. And

635
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Speaker 5: I think it's going to be another And it was

636
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Speaker 5: a very entertaining game despite what the Steeler fens might

637
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Speaker 5: might not like the loss. I think this week's going

638
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Speaker 5: to be the same. I think it's going to be

639
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Speaker 5: a shootout, and I think it's going to be who

640
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,000
Speaker 5: has the ball last. And I think, you know, we

641
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,360
Speaker 5: see the Steelers and their ability to score fast. They

642
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 5: scored early, and they scored late, they have those lulls

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Speaker 5: in between. I think the Steelers are going to beat

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Speaker 5: him in a shootout.

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Speaker 1: Mark, Jerry, great stuff. I'll look forward to talking to

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Speaker 1: you next week.

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Speaker 5: You got it, Mark, Always good being with you.

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Speaker 1: That's Jerry Delke. Brought to this by bud Light. Easy

649
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Speaker 1: to drink, easy to enjoy. Now it's time to ask

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Speaker 1: Mark anything dow eight three three four one two w xdx.

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Speaker 1: That's a three three four one two wxdx. Or you

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Speaker 1: w xdx one oh five nine.

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Speaker 1: It's The Woody Show weekday morning six to ten.

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Speaker 4: On one oh five nine, The eighty four.

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Speaker 1: Time to ask Mark Anything. Brought to us by People's

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Speaker 1: dot com. Uh, let's go to Roberts Ask Mark anything.

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Speaker 13: Hey, question about twenty thirty five?

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Speaker 5: Will Tom and retire, not to be bought, not be

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Speaker 5: brought back? Or being nude through twenty thirty six?

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Speaker 1: I have no idea, but Mike Como will coach as

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Speaker 1: long as he wants to. He will never be fired

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Speaker 1: by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thank you for the call, yep uh.

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Speaker 1: By the way, don't forget I'm a shark. He's at

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Speaker 1: Latrobe tonight to watch the Penguin Game of its celebrations

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Speaker 1: and Imperial Sunday to watch the Steelers in Green Bay

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Speaker 1: and uh. At the top of the hour, right after

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Speaker 1: the list, we have a guy, what's his name, Jimmy DeNardo,

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Speaker 1: who is a member of the Acroshur Stadium ground crew,

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Speaker 1: who's going to talk about the process to prepare the

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Speaker 1: field for Steelers game and how much impact Pitt playing

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Speaker 1: there has had on the playing surface at Acreshore. That's

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Speaker 1: at the top of the hour. Let's go to Lisa.

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Speaker 1: Lisa ask Mark anything, Hey, Mark, this.

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Speaker 9: Is Lisa from eggs or US. I had heard that

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Speaker 9: you were trying to get Snoop Dogg on your show,

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Speaker 9: and I'm also trying to get Snoop Dogg to come

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Speaker 9: to eggs r US. How do you feel about teaming

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Speaker 9: up on this and making it happen.

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Speaker 1: We've tried to get Snoop Dogg for so long, Lisa,

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Speaker 1: that I've given up on it, but I will stop

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Speaker 1: an eggs or Us sooner than later. Let's go to Ricky.

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Speaker 1: Ricky ask Mark anything.

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Speaker 5: Hey, big Sexy.

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Speaker 13: I was wondering if a thirty three year old Mario

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Speaker 13: Lemieux with average two points in today's NHL.

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Speaker 1: Why are you saying thirty three year old.

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Speaker 13: Well toward the end of his career when he swow

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Speaker 13: down and didn't move as well.

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Speaker 1: Mario Lemieu in the year he came back, okay, when

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Speaker 1: he should have been MVP, but they felt he didn't

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Speaker 1: play enough games. Thing Mary Lemneu that year two thousand

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Speaker 1: and two thousand and one would lead this league in scoring. Wow,

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Speaker 1: no question, no, not even a dot in my mind.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to Donnie. Donnie, you're out of your.

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Speaker 14: Element, Tyma walrus Hey, Mark Eddie Johnson not being in

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Speaker 14: the Hockey Hall of Fame seems.

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Speaker 1: Like a dereliction of duty for that committee.

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Speaker 5: I know that he didn't have the playing.

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Speaker 1: Career, No, I understand. I understand why they do it, though,

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Speaker 1: and EJ did have the playing career.

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Speaker 4: Look at his numbers.

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Speaker 1: He won two Cups too, and he was an original

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Speaker 1: sixth goalie, played every minute of every game, the last

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Speaker 1: goalie to do that in the season. But they just

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Speaker 1: look at numbers, raw numbers like Matt Sundane scored five

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Speaker 1: hundred goals. Nobody remembers even one of them. EJ built hockey.

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Speaker 1: That's the kind of guys that deserve to be in there,

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Speaker 1: more than just the guys who score a bunch of

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Speaker 1: meaningless goals. Like Matt Sundeen.

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Speaker 13: Well, to me, yeah, he does to me merit the

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Speaker 13: builder category.

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Speaker 1: He might not have been a Hall of Fame. No,

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Speaker 1: he just merits to be in the Hall of Fame period.

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Speaker 1: There are a bunch of different reasons why whatever category

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Speaker 1: he should be in.

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Speaker 5: I agree, and Eric Lindross probably shouldn't be.

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Speaker 1: Well, no, I actually I remember stuff Eric Lindross did.

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Speaker 1: I just don't remember anything. I'm picking on Matt Sundean.

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Speaker 1: There are a bunch of guys that just scored goals

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Speaker 1: and meant nothing to the game that if they had

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Speaker 1: not played in the league at all, it would not

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Speaker 1: have mattered even a little bit. Let's go to a talkback.

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Speaker 8: Virginius, Eric and Toledo. So we've established the Steelers defense sucks.

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Speaker 8: So was the games against Cleveland and Minnesota and anomaly

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Speaker 8: and the games earlier in the season and against Cincy

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Speaker 8: the real Steelers defense thought, well.

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Speaker 1: The real Steelers defense stinks. The Cleveland game was Cleveland.

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Speaker 1: They're just arguably the worst offense in the league. And

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Speaker 1: Minnesota just had to screwed up situation a quarterback with

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Speaker 1: McCarthy hurt and Donald gone and uh Carson wentz. I

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Speaker 1: thought he'd play better than that, but maybe he never will.

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Speaker 1: So I think the real Steeler defense is the one

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Speaker 1: that stinks. Let's go to our good friend, the Egyptian Magician. Hello,

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Speaker 1: my friend, how are you?

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Speaker 3: Hey?

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Speaker 1: Man?

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Speaker 11: I guess I just want to tell me I agree

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Speaker 11: on that. As far as Penguins, I really like this.

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Speaker 11: That good sizes that we've got big sizes, especially Malkin

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Speaker 11: line for change. Malkin is not the biggest guy in

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Speaker 11: that line. And as far as the Steelers, I'm saying, yeah,

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Speaker 11: the defense sucks.

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Speaker 10: You're right, But because of that, Steelers needs to accomplish it,

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Speaker 10: and the time of position, in my opinion, is the

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Speaker 10: most important because these guys cannot do what the young

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Speaker 10: dudes can.

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Speaker 1: It's important if you play the way the Steelers do, Bob,

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Speaker 1: if you're a quick strike team and could score fast,

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Speaker 1: which is the theme of the most NFL teams, then

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Speaker 1: it becomes kind of dicey from week to week how

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Speaker 1: much it means. If that makes any sense.

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Speaker 10: My point is, if we have the time of position,

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Speaker 10: use these two running back you know, the foolest.

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Speaker 11: And have Rodgers manage the game.

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Speaker 10: Is Steamer's defense have a chance.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but we brought in Rogers to manage the game.

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Speaker 1: We want to be this prehistoric running team with seven

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Speaker 1: offensive lineman. No, Bob. I mean, here's the solution. The defense,

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Speaker 1: which is the highest paid in the league, and all

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Speaker 1: these big mouth big names like Watton Hayward, they got

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Speaker 1: to play better. They're gonna get their head out of

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Speaker 1: their high placed ass and play better. That is the solution.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to David.

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Speaker 14: Hey, Mark, I was wondering, do you think that McKinnon's

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Speaker 14: too good of a player to not win the Cup again?

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Speaker 5: Or am I overrating him in that regard?

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Speaker 1: He's won the Cup once, right, Yeah. I think McDavid's

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Speaker 1: too good a player to never have won at all.

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Speaker 1: And I think with thirty two teams it's tough to

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Speaker 1: win the Cup period. I think the line of demarcation,

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Speaker 1: I think you got to win once. If you win

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Speaker 1: more than that, you're special. I think you're overrating McKinnon

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Speaker 1: just a little bit. McKinnon ain't Crosby, McKinnon, ain't even McDavid.

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Speaker 1: Thank you for the call. Let's go to Rick. Rick.

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Speaker 14: You're on with Mark, Hey, Mark, I just wanted to

787
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Speaker 14: ask you with your criticism of rightly deserved of the

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Speaker 14: Steelers in general and some of the management in particular.

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Speaker 14: Have you ever received like brushback from like your management

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Speaker 14: at iHeart and and what happens when you do?

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Speaker 1: Steve mister, there was only there was only one thing

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Speaker 1: I ever said that they asked me to not say again,

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Speaker 1: and that's so many years ago, and I understood, and

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Speaker 1: I haven't said it since. Some callers have. I've never

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Speaker 1: went into the art Rooney anywhere. We don't travel in

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Speaker 1: the same circles. And honestly, I'm gonna say what I

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Speaker 1: want until I'm not on the air anymore.

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Speaker 14: Okay, I mean, so like your manager or anything, who's

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Speaker 14: never said anything to you about Hey, you should have

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Speaker 14: said that being his sister station.

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Speaker 1: No, No, just like this, the one thing years ago

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Speaker 1: in particular, which wasn't that big a deal. But I

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Speaker 1: understand why to not say it. Thank you for the call.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to a talkback. Do you believe that Cam

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Speaker 1: Hayward and TJ.

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Speaker 13: Watt have earned their respective contract extensions and if not,

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Speaker 13: what should coach T do about it?

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Speaker 5: Well?

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Speaker 1: Cam just got the ookie dough, he didn't get no money.

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Speaker 1: He ain't gonna reached his bonuses. As far as what

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Speaker 1: Tomin can do about it, nothing. He wanted them to

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Speaker 1: get it. It's on him too. He didn't want them

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Speaker 1: to get it. They would not have the Watt thing especially,

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Speaker 1: and I say again they should have told what to

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Speaker 1: play out his existing deal and then franchised him as necessary.

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Speaker 1: That would have been logical and best for the team.

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Speaker 1: But then poor TJ would have had an unpleasant moment,

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Speaker 1: and we can't have poor TJ have that his brother

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Speaker 1: might cry on television one five nine X. Now it's

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Speaker 1: time for a very interesting guest because the playing surface

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Speaker 1: at Akrossur Stadium has been shall always say, less than

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Speaker 1: perfect a few bad moments. So joining me now to

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Speaker 1: discuss is a member of the Agroishur Stadium's ground crew.

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Speaker 1: His name is Jimmy DeNardo. Jimmy, are you any relation

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Speaker 1: to Dirk DeNardo, the legendary former chief of the grounds crew.

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Speaker 3: I have no idea who that is.

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Speaker 1: Really. How about Joe DeNardo, the legendary Channel four weathermen.

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Speaker 13: Oh, I don't watch the news, but I don't have

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Speaker 13: any relatives that we're weathermen, So I had no clue

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Speaker 13: what that is.

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Speaker 1: Okay, well, let's get down to brass tax about the

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Speaker 1: playing surface at Aquasshure. What is the process to prepare

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Speaker 1: the field for Steeler game? How many people work on it?

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Speaker 1: How many hours are put in? And why have there

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Speaker 1: been problems with the field recently?

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Speaker 11: Oh?

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Speaker 13: Okay, so it's kind of complicated. I don't know if

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Speaker 13: people understand how this works. But you know, the groundskeeper

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Speaker 13: crew is a is a union. The union work and.

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Speaker 1: Okay, would would you characterize it? Would you characterize it

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Speaker 1: as a powerful union?

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Speaker 3: Yes, the groundskeepers union is a very powerful union.

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Speaker 10: Uh.

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Speaker 13: And I don't know who did the collective bargaining agreement

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Speaker 13: with the stadium owners and the groundkeepers. But they don't

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Speaker 13: do a lot of work. They get a lot of breaks,

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Speaker 13: they get a lot of lunch time. So to you know,

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Speaker 13: to alleviate the uh, the lack of work.

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Speaker 3: That's being done.

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Speaker 13: I've had my mom, she's been working on the on

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Speaker 13: the field most of the time. You know, we we

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Speaker 13: had a great yard growing up. She started working on

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Speaker 13: the field.

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Speaker 1: And wait, wait wait, wait wait wait wait, your mother

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Speaker 1: is preparing the surface at Acrossore for Steeler games. Your mom, Oh, she.

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Speaker 13: Loves she loves working on the yard. And like this

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Speaker 13: is this is a big this is a big yard.

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Speaker 13: And so, uh, you know, she she loves she's eighty five.

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Speaker 13: She's actually celebrated on her birthday today.

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Speaker 1: Oh well, happy birthday, misses the Norwich.

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Speaker 13: Yeah, wish are having president. Thank you. I appreciate that.

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Speaker 13: She appreciate that too. She listens, she'll listen.

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Speaker 3: She listens to your show. She's a big fan, big

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Speaker 3: fan of the show.

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Speaker 1: Oh that's nice. So she's eighty five and she's working

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Speaker 1: on the field. What about you? Do you help her?

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Speaker 1: Are you in the union? Is she in the union?

868
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:20,360
Speaker 13: Well, no, no, I'm Mom'm super I'm super vision in

869
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:25,080
Speaker 13: an administration, so I oversee the work. My mom loves

870
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 13: doing the work. I mean, that's what you gotta understand.

871
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,239
Speaker 13: Which is funny because the union workers love my mom

872
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,680
Speaker 13: because you know, they when they try to do the work,

873
00:45:34,320 --> 00:45:36,719
Speaker 13: my mom will oversee the work, and then when they

874
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 13: don't do a good job, she'll just get in there

875
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 13: and do it herself. The only thing my mom does

876
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 13: not like doing is mowing the law, and because it

877
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 13: takes forever, she can't stand mowing.

878
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 1: The lawn, mowing the field.

879
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,480
Speaker 13: In other words, yeah, mowing the field. Excuse yeah, so

880
00:45:49,680 --> 00:45:50,719
Speaker 13: how much work does she do?

881
00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 1: How many hours does she put in? She's an eighty

882
00:45:52,719 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: five year old woman. This seems unbelievable.

883
00:45:56,160 --> 00:45:58,799
Speaker 13: Oh, she is at least sixty to seventy hours a week.

884
00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:02,640
Speaker 13: But she she loves the work. You know how mother

885
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,400
Speaker 13: You know how mothers are. You can't tell them not

886
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 13: to work on the yard. And now she has this

887
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:08,440
Speaker 13: big field that she has to take care of. Now,

888
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 13: the problems lately had been exacerbated because my mom is

889
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 13: a great cook, you know, Italian family, grown up. She

890
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,879
Speaker 13: loves to make the sauce. And the union workers love

891
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,520
Speaker 13: my mom's cooking. So what's happened lately is we've been

892
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,840
Speaker 13: getting caught behind schedule because my mom is had to

893
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:29,239
Speaker 13: take take time out to cook for for the for

894
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 13: the for the staff, the crew of the union work. Right,

895
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 13: she's a nice old lady. She makes great sauce. They

896
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 13: love Italian food. And also what happened recently was, you

897
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:42,880
Speaker 13: know a lot of the workers stopped showing up when

898
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,320
Speaker 13: when they h you know, they had the ice the

899
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:50,360
Speaker 13: ice rates, so so for some reason people stop come on,

900
00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:53,319
Speaker 13: come on, no, no, well I don't know they stop short,

901
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 13: but they're Italian which is weird.

902
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:58,279
Speaker 1: We we we are staying around is weird. Let's move

903
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: on to something else. So if your mom puts in

904
00:47:00,760 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: seventy five to eighty hours a week and you're supervising,

905
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 1: how many hours did the union workers put in each

906
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 1: per week?

907
00:47:09,960 --> 00:47:14,560
Speaker 3: Oh it's five maybe, I'm you know, not a.

908
00:47:14,600 --> 00:47:17,799
Speaker 13: Lot and a lot of spend a lot of time

909
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 13: taking breaks. They get a lot of breaks, and that's

910
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,640
Speaker 13: been collectively bargained, which is weird. You know that they

911
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:26,760
Speaker 13: would get that many breaks to absurd. To be honest

912
00:47:26,760 --> 00:47:28,439
Speaker 13: with you, my mom lo does to work.

913
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, you keep saying now now, but there have been problems.

914
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:34,960
Speaker 1: Miles killer Brew of the Steelers, the Special Team's captain,

915
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 1: blew out his knee on a flawed portion of the

916
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 1: Acrosur Stadium. Turpey's out for the year.

917
00:47:40,080 --> 00:47:41,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I.

918
00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:44,600
Speaker 13: Said, he's just a special teams guy. Though you know

919
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,040
Speaker 13: he didn't been like you know, he could do what

920
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:48,960
Speaker 13: he wants. I'm sure you're probably like till you can

921
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,000
Speaker 13: get some some you know, gets some legal counsel. But

922
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 13: you know he doesn't make no money. No, he can't

923
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:54,400
Speaker 13: ssume me.

924
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:58,000
Speaker 1: So he's just a special teams guy, doesn't matter.

925
00:47:58,760 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 3: That's it.

926
00:47:59,120 --> 00:47:59,640
Speaker 13: It doesn't matter.

927
00:47:59,680 --> 00:47:59,960
Speaker 3: He can't.

928
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,040
Speaker 13: He doesn't make enough money to sue me. So, like

929
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,160
Speaker 13: you know, it doesn't really matter.

930
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:03,960
Speaker 1: Or your mother.

931
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:07,399
Speaker 13: Or my mom ether are not going to sue my mom.

932
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:08,879
Speaker 13: My mom's indemnified.

933
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,399
Speaker 1: Now Chris Boswell slipped.

934
00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:14,320
Speaker 3: Too, Oh in her contract is iron clad.

935
00:48:15,280 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: Okay, Chris Boswell slipped when he was attempting a kick.

936
00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: What if he had been injured?

937
00:48:21,320 --> 00:48:21,480
Speaker 2: Oh?

938
00:48:21,600 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 13: He who caress, He's a kicker. There's a million kickers

939
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,759
Speaker 13: out there, Like every every week, somebody's kicking a sixty

940
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:30,560
Speaker 13: yard field goal. And I don't know who these guys are.

941
00:48:30,719 --> 00:48:31,880
Speaker 13: So they go and plus you.

942
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,000
Speaker 3: You know, he he doesn't make enough money, he can't

943
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:34,360
Speaker 3: sue me.

944
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: Does your does your do the players like your mom?

945
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 10: Oh?

946
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:39,359
Speaker 13: They love my mom.

947
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:39,799
Speaker 3: Don't cook.

948
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:42,879
Speaker 13: They'll cook for the team sometimes cook for the team.

949
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,680
Speaker 1: Now here's the big question, because this is the topic

950
00:48:45,760 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: of controversy. As you're well aware of being a supervisor

951
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:51,919
Speaker 1: down there of your mother, who's eighty five, who works

952
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:56,200
Speaker 1: eighty hours a week, You say seventy, So I don't

953
00:48:56,200 --> 00:49:00,840
Speaker 1: want to exaggerate. People say that because us pit plays

954
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: there as well as the Steelers, that the extra wear

955
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 1: and tear caused by pitt is the.

956
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:14,200
Speaker 13: That's a pain in the ass because what these I

957
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:14,680
Speaker 13: don't don't know.

958
00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:17,760
Speaker 1: How do the pit games damage the field?

959
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:21,560
Speaker 13: No, the pick games do not damage the field. But

960
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:26,719
Speaker 13: the problem that we're having is is on Thursdays, these uh,

961
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,239
Speaker 13: these pit players off and every other week or so,

962
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,759
Speaker 13: like they come in there and with all their mil

963
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:35,320
Speaker 13: money and I are having underground right, they're having n

964
00:49:35,360 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 13: al all their naal money they're making, they're having underground

965
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:40,280
Speaker 13: monster truck races.

966
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:43,280
Speaker 3: And that creates a humongous problem.

967
00:49:43,360 --> 00:49:45,239
Speaker 13: It's kind of fix up. My mom has to wake

968
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,000
Speaker 13: up early on Friday morning to go out there and

969
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:52,000
Speaker 13: fix the field. Mississc. It's a catastrophic mess. And you know,

970
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 13: in the union and she likes to get out there

971
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:57,080
Speaker 13: early in the morning to work. It's like six a m. Well,

972
00:49:57,160 --> 00:49:59,520
Speaker 13: the union workers don't show up till ten and they

973
00:49:59,560 --> 00:50:01,880
Speaker 13: get a break, make it ten thirty. So it's like

974
00:50:01,960 --> 00:50:04,200
Speaker 13: it's very difficult to get caught up on fixing the field.

975
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 1: Wait, wait, right back back up. So pit players with

976
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,200
Speaker 1: trucks they purchased with their nil money are having monster

977
00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,920
Speaker 1: truck rallies on the turf. And actressure every other Thursday.

978
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:20,120
Speaker 13: Underground monster truck races.

979
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:24,680
Speaker 1: How much does that must?

980
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,320
Speaker 13: I think they've posted some of I think they've posted

981
00:50:27,360 --> 00:50:29,759
Speaker 13: some of the videos on YouTube, but I think they

982
00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:30,640
Speaker 13: got taken down.

983
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:34,880
Speaker 1: It being underground and everything right right right.

984
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:38,080
Speaker 13: I mean you could like like the the evidence is there,

985
00:50:38,120 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 13: but they took it down, so like you can probably

986
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,719
Speaker 13: look it up, but I think they keep taking it down.

987
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:46,920
Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate you, uh you uh giving us the

988
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: inside scoop, mister Donardoa.

989
00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:50,400
Speaker 13: Well, I just want to just want to reiterate my

990
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:52,440
Speaker 13: mom wanted me to let you know, wanted me to

991
00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 13: let you know, okay, that that.

992
00:50:55,040 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 3: She she grew up.

993
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:00,880
Speaker 13: She was a big Packers fan growing up. Okay, she

994
00:51:01,040 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 13: was a big Aaron Rodgers fan, Okay, and so she's Garrett.

995
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:06,440
Speaker 13: She she wants me to let you know that the

996
00:51:06,520 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 13: field is going to be in perfect condition come Sunday

997
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 13: night for the big game. And then she would like

998
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,280
Speaker 13: to welcome you back to the house along because Aaron's

999
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 13: coming over afterwards and she's gonna be cooked for for

1000
00:51:16,040 --> 00:51:18,160
Speaker 13: for for Aaron and the team, and if you're you're

1001
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:19,040
Speaker 13: welcome to come along.

1002
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:24,840
Speaker 1: That's stummy DeNardo Atrosser Stadium groundskeeper. I'm Mark Madden one

1003
00:51:24,880 --> 00:51:27,479
Speaker 1: oh five ninety X, Bye straight, Tako,