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Speaker 1: Stephen Jones Joints is now in the fan and a

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Speaker 1: good afternoon, sir, How are you good afternoon and doing

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Speaker 1: doing good? Right on, right on? Man? Just you know,

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Speaker 1: despite the records, this is one of the most history

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Speaker 1: rich matchups between an NFC and AFC team. How cool

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Speaker 1: is it for you to see the black and yellow

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Speaker 1: it's going to be outstanding. And of course, hats off

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Speaker 1: to the Steelers and coach Thomlin and the Rooney family.

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Speaker 1: They've they've really done a good job of putting this

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Speaker 1: and certainly, uh you know, it seems like every time

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Speaker 1: it'll be interesting. I think we'll probably have our biggest

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Speaker 1: of good work this week, we feel like, and hopefully

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Speaker 1: Obviously some challenges there at the quarterback position for us,

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Speaker 1: but we're ready to ready to get after it. Stephen,

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Speaker 1: I hate I hate myself for the question and I

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Speaker 1: hate the question, but here it comes, uh T J. Watt.

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Speaker 1: You had obviously an opportunity to draft and decide it

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Speaker 1: either wouldn't fit or there was somebody you liked better.

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Speaker 1: Twenty nine of the teams passed two. But do you guys,

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Speaker 1: do you ever look back at that and go, dang it? Absolutely,

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Speaker 1: you always do that if you're truthful in your honest

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Speaker 1: uh what your Mike could have been. You know. The

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Speaker 1: harder part of that is he was in serious contention,

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Speaker 1: and I you know, I think the biggest issue was,

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Speaker 1: with Rod, and Rode was concerned about, you know, some

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Speaker 1: and uh didn't have that same concern with Taco. But obviously,

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Speaker 1: wish we would have done that, and of course you'd

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Speaker 1: fit even probably better, and some of the things we're

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Speaker 1: So you know, he's obviously a great player. He's already

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Speaker 1: on his way to a great career, not unlike his

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Speaker 1: brother and I congratulate the Steelers forgetting him, Stephen. As

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Speaker 1: the trade deadline came and went. Obviously you didn't get

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Speaker 1: blown away by any offers for your players, though, But

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Speaker 1: you know, in the scouting circles there's some kind of

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Speaker 1: seeing that maybe you guys held a little bit of

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Speaker 1: and maybe that's why you didn't trade with them. Is

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Speaker 1: that true or not? Or is that is that something

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Speaker 1: that scouts are just talking about. Let's just talk. I

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Speaker 1: think the world of John Snider, think the world of

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Speaker 1: the Seahawk organization, coach Carroll. There's zero grudges there. You

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Speaker 1: don't get anywhere in business in life if you hold grudges.

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Speaker 1: And certainly if there was anything there that made any

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Speaker 1: been as well. So that's just strictly not true. Stephen

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Speaker 1: I know you guys don't like to comment on negotiations

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Speaker 1: and contracts or anything, but does Aldon Smith make sense

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Speaker 1: good about. And you know, we'll evaluate those things at

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Speaker 1: the landscape's going to be in terms of the salary

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Speaker 1: make decisions based on that. How important are the next

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Speaker 1: we played better and we made strides, but uh, you know,

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Speaker 1: Steelers love to run it, they're physical and uh, but

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Speaker 1: arrived and we're getting this now. It's Stephen Jones here

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Speaker 1: with us at the fan. Generally speaking, at corner, are

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Speaker 1: doesn't get the takeaways. That's a great question. Uh, you

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Speaker 1: know what, you're what I'm comfortable with, you know, boom

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Speaker 1: or bust or you know that part concerns me. But

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Speaker 1: I do think young players you give up big plays

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Speaker 1: think it's the case with Diggs that he's going to

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Speaker 1: gonna continue to have success with, you know, making plays.

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Speaker 1: Then I'd rather have that versus a player who's not

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Speaker 1: gonna make plays on the ball. Be consistent, especially if

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Speaker 1: we think he's going to develop into the player that

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Speaker 1: does make plays and rarely gives up the big plays. Stephen.

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Speaker 1: We asked Joe Looney this yesterday in honor of Halloween

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Speaker 1: his top three candies, and he picked Almond Joy as

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Speaker 1: his favorite, which was really disappointing to everybody when you're

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Speaker 1: stealing candy from one of your kids or a family member.

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Speaker 1: What are what are the three favorites? Well, I'd have

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Speaker 1: to say Butterfinger for sure as the top of my list,

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Speaker 1: probably followed real close by A Reese's Peanut Buttercup. And

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Speaker 1: if I got to throw a third went in there,

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Speaker 1: I'd have to give it to the Snickers Bar. Hey,

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Speaker 1: how are you very good? Stephen? Sounds like a good

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Speaker 1: time to let you go. Man, give him hell over there,

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Speaker 1: we'll be pulling for you. Sound good.