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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Steelers Nation. It's the Drive on Steelers Nation

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Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network. West Huuler and Matt

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Speaker 2: Williamson with you here for the next two hours on

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Speaker 2: a Tuesday. And Matt, Finally, after a crazy week that

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Speaker 2: involved the Steelers playing a game four thousand miles away

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Speaker 2: in Dublin, then followed by a bye week, then kind

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Speaker 2: of a really quick turnaround of Cleveland and the short

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Speaker 2: week in Cincinnati, we once again have Mike Tomlin and

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Speaker 2: his weekly press conference on a Tuesday afternoon, and it's

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Speaker 2: normal kind of time slot in time period that just

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Speaker 2: some kind of Tomlin press conference news of the day

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Speaker 2: to get us started.

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, I'll be one hundred percent honest. I have

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Speaker 3: not heard it yet, so I'm excited to hear what

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Speaker 3: you have to say today. I love injury stuff, all

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Speaker 3: that could stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yep, yep. I was down on the South Side doing

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Speaker 2: kind of the the preview in the wrap up show

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Speaker 2: with Jerry Dulac and here's some of the kind of

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Speaker 2: key things to uh to take to deduce, to hit upon,

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Speaker 2: to discuss namely, I mean the biggest thing that I

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Speaker 2: always went out of these press conferences is injury. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, that's the the most pressing for the upcoming

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Speaker 2: And sometimes a lot of the other stuff can just

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin is far from the only person in the

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Speaker 2: league that does that. But I think you're only going

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Speaker 2: to get so much at press conferences. But one thing

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Speaker 2: that these guys kind of have to be upfront and

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Speaker 2: hodest about is the injury reports. And Matt, I mean,

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Speaker 2: for being six games into the season, for being at

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Speaker 2: I think pretty optimistic in that regard for the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: He said, Calvin Austin will practice this week with that

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Speaker 2: hasn't practiced yet.

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Speaker 3: That sounds about right if you're gonna be under four weeks.

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Speaker 2: And Mike Tomlin said, and I quote, as I stand

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Speaker 2: here today, I'm optimistic talking about Calvin Austin's status for

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Speaker 2: Sunday night, And then he added, we may have some

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Speaker 2: other veterans who have some bumps and bruises and get

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Speaker 2: some rest days and miss some practice, but other than that,

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Speaker 2: all should play.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 2: I think again, for being six games into this thing

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Speaker 2: that's about, you're going to have bumps and bruises. You're

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Speaker 2: gonna have guys who are missing some time, sure, but

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Speaker 2: nothing debilitating, nothing long term, not to you know, your

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Speaker 2: quarterback or one of those guys on defense that you

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Speaker 2: would really hate to lose, or a DK Metcalf about

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Speaker 3: And you got a couple extra day's rest, and I'm

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Speaker 3: sure there's some embarrassment on the defensive side of the

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Speaker 4: Uh.

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Speaker 3: The injury stuff is wonderful. I know we have a

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Speaker 3: bunch of new listeners over the last couple of weeks,

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Speaker 3: thank you. So a guy like killer Brew wouldn't be

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Speaker 2: I should have mentioned that as well too. Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 2: That regard, again, that's not something that you want to see,

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Speaker 3: Charger losing both tackles and Chargers.

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Speaker 2: Losing both tackles and both running backs. You know, in

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Speaker 3: Commanders didn't play with McLaurin or Debo, right, exactly right,

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Speaker 3: exactly real quick on Austin just wanted to comment on

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Speaker 3: Tuesday morning is probably fifty percent of Matt's stats. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I always wait till after Monday night football because are

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Speaker 2: Helpful, very helpful, good good performance. I think to be

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Speaker 2: page plenty and previewing that big Sunday night matchup against

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Speaker 2: the Green Bay Packers. Last thing that I wanted to

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Speaker 2: hit on with you here, Matt, to kind of set

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Speaker 2: the scene before we get to Chris Adamski. In the

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Speaker 2: next segment, Mike Tomlin highlighted three areas where he thought

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Speaker 2: cost the Steelers against the Bengals. The first was failure

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Speaker 2: close game. That is a quote catalyst for losing, according

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Speaker 2: to Mike Tomlin. And then he said number three, we

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Speaker 2: were highly penalized again, way too many penalties called on

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Speaker 3: Two weeks in a row after being like the best

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Speaker 2: I think in the Browns game, you could at least say, okay,

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Speaker 2: it's Ron Tolbert's crew. Look at that scouting the officiating.

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Speaker 2: He's like his crew throws I think the most flags

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Speaker 2: a one off, but then two starts to become a pattern.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, And I don't remember a lot of calls.

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Speaker 3: remember a lot of calls that I thought, Man, the

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Speaker 3: Seeters got screwed on that. Yeah, like you earned it.

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Speaker 2: It might have been a couple of fifty to fifty

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Speaker 3: Every game, but they earned the high penalty, you know,

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Speaker 3: I think so too. So it's obvious Tomlin's very aware

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Speaker 2: the key areas going against them last Thursday and why

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Speaker 2: they lost that one score game. We'll discuss all of

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Speaker 2: this and more with Chris Adamski when we return. On

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 2: Back on the Drive here on a Tuesday, getting to

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Speaker 2: the news of the day. Mike tom Press conference in

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Speaker 2: the books, joining us now to discuss everything from Tomlin Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: looking back a little bit at the Bengals, maybe ahead

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Speaker 2: a little bit to the Packers. It is our friend

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Speaker 2: Chris Adamski, of course covers the Steelers for the trib

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Speaker 2: and as the co host of the Steelers Blitz with

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Speaker 2: Tom opp for min at noon every single day right

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Speaker 2: here on the Steelers Audio Network as well. Buzz, thank

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Speaker 2: you for taking the time. As always, let's jump right

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Speaker 2: into it. Seems like fairly good news, listen. I don't

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Speaker 2: think there was a ton of good news that came

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Speaker 2: from the from the Steelers performance Thursday in Cincinnati, but

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Speaker 2: at least sounds like they got out of pay Course

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Speaker 2: you know, kind of very importantly could be getting Calvin

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Calvin even on even yesterday at the facility, seemed optimistic.

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Speaker 4: He seemed like he was he knows, defer to coach

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Speaker 4: Tomlin for any official word, and of course, as everybody heard,

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Speaker 4: Tomlin did say that he's optimistic that that would be

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Speaker 4: he'd be able to come back this week. So it

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Speaker 4: does look like that's because I mean, how many catches

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Speaker 4: production like you got this past Thursday, I guess you

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Speaker 4: But yeah, it would be certainly be much better, especially

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Speaker 4: to kind of unlock more of what's there with DK

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Speaker 4: if you had a viable another wide receiver on the field.

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Speaker 3: Chris, I should know this off the top of my head.

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Speaker 3: And hugua question I just asked Dale but the long week,

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Speaker 3: treated like a normal week of prep, right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. It's funny because I was confused myself yesterday because

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Speaker 4: same format. But no, there was no practice yesterday, And

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Speaker 4: they gets part of the yeah for Thursday night, which

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Speaker 4: is different than the it's been. It's been so irregular

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Speaker 4: with the Dublin trip and a Thursday game and a

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Speaker 4: bye week, it's been. It's finally gonna get routine here

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Speaker 4: knock on wood for the next uh next few Sundays.

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Speaker 2: I guess, Chris, Uh, there was some locker room availability,

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Speaker 2: I believe, and you know I I we you know,

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Speaker 2: Matt and I are obviously not in those in those situations,

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Speaker 2: one thing that kind of struck me and everything that

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Speaker 2: I've seen from the players that performance Thursday night is

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Speaker 2: like that, but it really does seem like there is

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Speaker 2: optimism amongst this offense, and I think particularly the offensive line,

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Speaker 2: like it felt like the first couple weeks of the season,

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Speaker 2: anytime we'd hear Broder Jones or Zach Frasier, Troy Faltanu

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Speaker 2: always a little more I don't want to say down trodden,

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Speaker 2: those guys seem confident. Those guys seem excited. Those guys

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Speaker 2: seem like they are gelling and improving and they know it.

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Speaker 2: Do you sent some optimism around this offense and I

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Speaker 2: think in particularly with that young offensive line, that finally

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Speaker 2: feels like they found some footing.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, that's a great point about the offensive line.

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Speaker 4: And it's still crazy because how it feels as if

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Speaker 4: for success.

435
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Speaker 3: So they've had so many big name additions, and I

436
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Speaker 3: know we're deeper in the season for this conversation Rogers

437
00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,920
Speaker 3: metcalf Ramsey, et cetera. I feel like the first round pick,

438
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 3: this doesn't get discussed as much as most years, and

439
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,479
Speaker 3: he's played well. I have no reason to doubt him.

440
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Speaker 3: But do you get the impression from the organization that

441
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Speaker 3: they're very happy with Derek Harmon.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's crazy because there's been It is crazy these

443
00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 4: last couple of years, just in terms of the guys

444
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Speaker 4: who have been. Of course, you have players you know,

445
00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:27,919
Speaker 4: Watt and future Hall of famers and probably Randy the

446
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,840
Speaker 4: future Hall of Famer and all that, and so I

447
00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:31,360
Speaker 4: think that's part of it. Part of it is too

448
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:34,879
Speaker 4: that just the nature of generally defensive tackles aren't going

449
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,360
Speaker 4: to have the gaudy numbers or the you know, generally

450
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,719
Speaker 4: a right, they're not they're not gonna have you know

451
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Speaker 4: that some of them might, I guess if were Hall

452
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Speaker 4: of Fame level, if you're gonna be Aaron Donald, I

453
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Speaker 4: suppose you're gonna expect them to get twenty sacks or whatever.

454
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Speaker 4: But I'm not gonna do that. But yeah, I don't

455
00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:52,879
Speaker 4: think there's again, you know, the well this last week, notwithstanding,

456
00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:54,679
Speaker 4: I was gonna say, when Harmon came back into the

457
00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,879
Speaker 4: line up, the arrow pointed up on the run defense,

458
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Speaker 4: and I think that wasn't a coincidence either. So well, yeah,

459
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Speaker 4: I don't sense any sort of you know, I'm dissatisfaction

460
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Speaker 4: with him on any level or anything like that. So

461
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Speaker 4: I think he's been good at this last game. I

462
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Speaker 4: guess I don't have I definitely because I wrote about

463
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,520
Speaker 4: him talk about bad timing, right, we And there's a

464
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Speaker 4: thing called newspaper. You're familiar with a newspaper like it's

465
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:21,199
Speaker 4: a it's uh, but we still have to actually account

466
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:23,440
Speaker 4: for that. So there's an early addition in these late games.

467
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Speaker 4: I have to write a story, so anyway, so I

468
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Speaker 4: post a story that gets in the fine readers of

469
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Speaker 4: you know, Turenum or Greensburg or whatever we're reading about,

470
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Speaker 4: how this is the Steelers run defense. It is pointing

471
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Speaker 4: up and Derek Carmer is a big reason why.

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Speaker 2: I probably, you know, in the night.

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Speaker 4: Before, thinking like I just watched Chase Brown run for

474
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Speaker 4: like one hundred and fifty yards. You know that happens

475
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Speaker 4: sometimes I guess right.

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Speaker 2: That it does. That it certainly does. And uh last

477
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Speaker 2: one I've got for you, buzz just uh man, a

478
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Speaker 2: massive early season game coming up here for the Steelers,

479
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Speaker 2: I think, especially in the backdrop of what happened Thursday night. Hey,

480
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Speaker 2: if you're five and one and you drop one to

481
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Speaker 2: the Packers in the fall to five and two, it's

482
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Speaker 2: another NFC loss. You're still undefeated in the AFC, not

483
00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 2: the end of the world. If you follow the Packers

484
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Speaker 2: on Sunday night, now you're four and three and only

485
00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,040
Speaker 2: one game above five hundred, and you've got the Colts

486
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Speaker 2: coming to town the following week, it is very much

487
00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:17,600
Speaker 2: a kind of crossroads. Which way is the narrative gonna

488
00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:20,840
Speaker 2: go with the rest of this team season on Sunday night,

489
00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,280
Speaker 2: this this feels like it is just October, still October

490
00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:29,199
Speaker 2: it's not even Halloween yet, but this feels like a

491
00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,240
Speaker 2: pretty big kind of heat check, temperature check, gut check

492
00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:35,520
Speaker 2: type game for the Steelers at home Sunday night at

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Speaker 2: Extra Stadium.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's and you hate, you know, we'll look back

495
00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:41,200
Speaker 4: or whatever. It's the nature of the league and there's

496
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,440
Speaker 4: you know, one possession games everywhere and all that, of course,

497
00:23:43,480 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 4: but there was so much, man, they're right there to

498
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 4: be five and one, and then you can kind of

499
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,680
Speaker 4: afford a mulligan or a slip up or you know,

500
00:23:49,920 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 4: you know, a little mini's looting streak here or something,

501
00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:53,919
Speaker 4: and you and you, I mean, the vision would be,

502
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,080
Speaker 4: you know, all been wrapped up and you could really

503
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,920
Speaker 4: go through this three game gauntlet here, three pretty good teams,

504
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,879
Speaker 4: playoff caliber team games and think, okay, well whatever, you know,

505
00:24:01,880 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 4: if we just go one and two even we're still

506
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:05,560
Speaker 4: sitting here at six and three and have a multiple

507
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 4: game leading our division, and all of a sudden, now

508
00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,719
Speaker 4: it's it's I mean, no, the question that the Bengals

509
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 4: could be, that could could be for first place here

510
00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 4: in three or three and a half weeks when the

511
00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 4: Bengals come to Pittsburgh and the Bengals got well, they

512
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Speaker 4: have the Jets and the Steers, and they have another

513
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 4: team in front of me that isn't that good. And

514
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:23,440
Speaker 4: the Steelers got three games that even if they play well, right,

515
00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:26,119
Speaker 4: I got out and play a real good game against

516
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:27,879
Speaker 4: you know, the Packers of the Colts and still lose,

517
00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 4: and and all of a sudden, then then of a sudden,

518
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,680
Speaker 4: this season starts to what we look so promising. But hey,

519
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:34,919
Speaker 4: that's in the past. And yeah, and you know, I

520
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 4: heard Tim Ben say this filling in for Mark yesterday,

521
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Speaker 4: and it made a lot of sense to me, Like

522
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Speaker 4: this does feel like a game the Steelers win. If

523
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Speaker 4: you talk prime time against an NFC team after a loss,

524
00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,920
Speaker 4: there's sort of some It seems like anytime there gets

525
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:52,280
Speaker 4: like the negative ball rolling in the middle of the

526
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 4: season like this, they usually bounce back with the win.

527
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Speaker 4: And so you know, they'll probably be one of their

528
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,359
Speaker 4: underdog I think I don't even know, but I assume

529
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,640
Speaker 4: they're an underdog. So there's sometimes that these are the games.

530
00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,359
Speaker 3: The Steelers do win.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, you're right, it's not only just this game.

532
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,119
Speaker 4: It's more than I look for look ahead of the

533
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,879
Speaker 4: next two games after that, All of a sudden and

534
00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:12,200
Speaker 4: man like I said, you could play a good game

535
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 4: against the Colts and to extend the Chargers too and

536
00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 4: still lose and all of a sudden, you're you know,

537
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,359
Speaker 4: you're you're really trying to and all of a sudden,

538
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 4: you got a hole you got to start digging out of.

539
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,760
Speaker 4: So it's getting to win after losing the losing the

540
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:25,639
Speaker 4: Vision game like he did is big, especially for you know,

541
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Speaker 4: for just for being it was a week eight and

542
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Speaker 4: in the actual season.

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Speaker 2: Well said three and a half points. By the way,

544
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Speaker 2: the Packers. Packers open his favorites Sunday night football at

545
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Speaker 2: Afrosure Stadium. Yeah against uh Aaron Rodgers, his old team

546
00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 2: coming to town. Three and a half is the opening number.

547
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Speaker 2: Chris and Damski has been our guest here on this Tuesday.

548
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Speaker 2: Of course, check out all his work and coverage in

549
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Speaker 2: the trip. Listen to him and Tom. That's a newspaper

550
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Speaker 2: that is That's one of those things. It's it's like

551
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Speaker 2: it's like a tree.

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Speaker 4: I have to talk my kids about it. It's like

553
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Speaker 4: a tree that they cut really really thick and stuff

554
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Speaker 4: called ink. I think it's like colored and it goes.

555
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Speaker 4: It's not. They're like it's all on your phone. No,

556
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 4: it's on your phone. No no, no, no, no wait, why

557
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:07,119
Speaker 4: can't I put my finger on?

558
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 2: I moved the words down.

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Speaker 4: No, it doesn't work that way.

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Speaker 2: That's like you guys will be yeah. Yeah, I've got

561
00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,880
Speaker 2: the from the two Super Bowls and the three Stanley

562
00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:18,800
Speaker 2: Cups that the Penguins and the Steelers have one in

563
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Speaker 2: my lifetime. I've got all the front pages of the newspapers,

564
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: you know, like in frames, down in my basement, and

565
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Speaker 2: I can't wait till one day my my daughters are

566
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Speaker 2: four and two that they come downstairs and they're like, Daddy,

567
00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:33,640
Speaker 2: what are those things with Ben Roethlisberger and Sidney Crosby

568
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Speaker 2: hanging on the wall?

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Speaker 4: What?

570
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Speaker 2: What are those things there? What is that a newspaper?

571
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Speaker 2: What the heck is that?

572
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Speaker 3: Uh?

573
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Speaker 4: They try to take their two fingers and try to

574
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Speaker 4: make it bigger like I want Ben.

575
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Speaker 2: Like hold down and click save image here? Where is that? Dad?

576
00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 4: Uh?

577
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Speaker 2: Chris and Damski always work in the trip him and

578
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Speaker 2: Tom at noon on the Steelers Bullets on the Steelers

579
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Speaker 2: Audio Network every single day.

580
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Speaker 3: Buzz, thanks for the time best Mars Lebo combination on SNR.

581
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Speaker 2: That's right, yeah, right, Wow, during the offseason, we're gonna

582
00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 2: have to have some some type of charity royal rumble

583
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Speaker 2: here between the programs.

584
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Speaker 3: Team battle.

585
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Speaker 2: That's right. That's right, Buzz, Thanks for the time, man.

586
00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:13,720
Speaker 2: We'll talk to you.

587
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:15,840
Speaker 4: Soon, all right, care any time, guys.

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00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 2: There he goes Chris and Damski. That's right. We got

589
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:21,000
Speaker 2: two of our two of our shows here have Libo

590
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 2: and mars co hosts. You gotta love it. Good stuff

591
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:27,920
Speaker 2: from from Buzz as always, Matt. Let's get to a

592
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Speaker 2: break here, close down the first hour. Let's go around

593
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Speaker 2: the league a little bit, if that's cool with you,

594
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,400
Speaker 2: talk about some of those the two Monday night games

595
00:27:35,480 --> 00:27:38,960
Speaker 2: last night, and some news of the day here around

596
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Speaker 2: the league as well too. We'll get into all of

597
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Speaker 2: that when we return. On the other side. It is

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Speaker 2: The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network,

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Speaker 2: your tunes.

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Back on the Drive here as we close down the

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Speaker 2: first hour of the program on a Tuesday, and let's

604
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 2: go around the league a little bit, some league news,

605
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,000
Speaker 2: and of course, Matt after a doubleheader last night on Monday,

606
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Speaker 2: Night Football Week seven now officially in the books. We'll

607
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Speaker 2: do our Tuesday power rankings and Hour number two certainly,

608
00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 2: but last night a battle of four teams that could

609
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Speaker 2: absolutely be in a playoff spot, three teams that I

610
00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,960
Speaker 2: think might be the three best along with Philly and

611
00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 2: the nfcpetitive right now, it sure is. At the beginning

612
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 2: of the year, it looked like the NFC was going

613
00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,400
Speaker 2: to be wide open in the a f C was

614
00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 2: going to be a gauntlet. That shoe is kind of

615
00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 2: on the opposite foot where it looks like the NFC

616
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 2: is looking like the gauntlet in the a f C

617
00:29:17,520 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 2: is wide open.

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00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,160
Speaker 3: And one of those teams, Houston I think is quickly

619
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Speaker 3: falling out of.

620
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, you mentioned this yesterday. If the the Jags playing

621
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Speaker 2: the way that they have, you know, in losing a

622
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Speaker 2: couple of games here, still like there's still a wild

623
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Speaker 2: card window open for Houston. Absolutely, Baltimore is far behind.

624
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 2: Jacksonville's fallen a little bit this, you know, the Steelers

625
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:44,560
Speaker 2: potentially what happens, I guess they're still in line to

626
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 2: win the division. But to me, yeah, Houston is not

627
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:53,720
Speaker 2: in a great spot certainly considering what the cults, Yeah,

628
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Speaker 2: especially for I think what is a pretty good defense

629
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Speaker 2: uh in Houston, but they drop a eight point decision

630
00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 2: last night in Seattle. The Seahawks, Man, I tell you

631
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Speaker 2: what they continue, Sam Darnold, Jackson, Smith and Jigba I am.

632
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 2: I am very impressed. You know, we talked a little

633
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Speaker 2: bit yesterday about teams like the Colts that have been

634
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 2: much better than everybody thought, teams like the Raiders that

635
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 2: have been much worse than everybody thought. Yeah, I think

636
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 2: Seattle certainly deserves credit in that regard to I don't

637
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 2: think many people saw this coming. What looks like one

638
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 2: of the best teams in the NFC.

639
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I truly think they are. Smith and Jigba. I

640
00:30:32,240 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 3: threw it out on Twitter last night. I mean, is

641
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 3: he a top five type receiver at this point this year?

642
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:39,320
Speaker 2: Like right now, Like if we're doing the power rankings

643
00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:41,000
Speaker 2: States for wide receivers.

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Speaker 3: I mean, who's had a better year? Not maybe Puka

645
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 3: and that's about it, you know.

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Speaker 2: Doing this on the fly here right now, but maybe

647
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Speaker 2: for best of the West tomorrow, I'll do top ten

648
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Speaker 2: receivers in the NFL right now.

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Speaker 3: I like it, And unfortunately too of them got hurt

650
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Speaker 3: last night. Evans and Nico I know, and I was.

651
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Speaker 2: Gonna bring up that that Mike Evans, but that's a

652
00:30:57,160 --> 00:30:59,719
Speaker 2: big boss for Houston at a time when their offense

653
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 2: is still trying to figure it out.

654
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, Kirk's been out, They're counting on rookies. Their offense

655
00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:04,760
Speaker 3: is a tough watch.

656
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 2: They were one of those groups that early in the

657
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,520
Speaker 2: season you thought maybe the Steelers can nab one of

658
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: those wide receivers, you know, at point at the end

659
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,040
Speaker 2: of the year, But now they've lost two of them short.

660
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, they need all the offensive help they can get. Period.

661
00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 3: Kind of feel bad for their defense. And I can't

662
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 3: tell Stroud's part of the I'm gonna stick with huston

663
00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 3: this for a second. I can't tell Stroud's part of

664
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 3: the problem or solution, and I really lean towards solution.

665
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 3: But it's like step one of when I used to

666
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:39,640
Speaker 3: really back up Trevor Lawrence, you know, like it's like,

667
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,480
Speaker 3: I'm still a big fan of his work, He's in

668
00:31:42,520 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 3: a tough situation. I'm a believer, godly take on Steelers,

669
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 3: you know, that type of thing. But it feels like

670
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 3: first step of that conversation of yeah, but there's a

671
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 3: lot of bad stuff happening two years in a row,

672
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 3: two different coordinators, two new lines, But I still blame

673
00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:00,560
Speaker 3: his surroundings more than I blame him. That game was

674
00:32:00,600 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 3: interesting to me though, too. Smith a JIGBB by the way,

675
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 3: I'm glad we brought him up because I want to

676
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 3: bring up one more thing about him too. But like

677
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,680
Speaker 3: I was just buzzing through the general stats of that game,

678
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 3: and Seattle had four turnovers compared to one for Houston

679
00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 3: and still really controlled the action. Yeah, and both those

680
00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 3: teams were miserable on third downs, miserable with penalties, and

681
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:29,120
Speaker 3: you felt that watch in the game, and it still

682
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 3: didn't matter. Seattle still pretty much dominated despite all those

683
00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 3: hidden yardage type things.

684
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 2: Yes, they did double digit penalties on each team. Yeah,

685
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 2: four turnovers for Seattle, like you mentioned, two interceptions, two

686
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 2: fumbles lost, but Seattle was still able to have over

687
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 2: thirty two minutes time of possession. Yeah, Hicht, which I

688
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,760
Speaker 2: thought was big, but yeah, listen, when you're you know

689
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 2: you're Houston. They only had one rushing first down. They

690
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 2: were two of fifteen on third down third downs. Yeah,

691
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:04,200
Speaker 2: I mean, but that's a tough way. That's a tough way.

692
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 2: To live like like, we like.

693
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 3: That how they've been for a couple of years because

694
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 3: they're always bad on early downs because they don't run

695
00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 3: the ball well and they're always in third and long.

696
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,760
Speaker 2: You know where I was going to say, they're leading

697
00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 2: rusher last night was c J. Stroud on two carries

698
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 2: for twenty five yards.

699
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:19,640
Speaker 3: It's not going to do it.

700
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 2: You're not going to win many games, particularly on the

701
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,720
Speaker 2: road against a defense like that rus playing that way,

702
00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:29,120
Speaker 2: it yeah, no chance. And so Houston falls to two

703
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,160
Speaker 2: and four and suddenly once again, you know, after two

704
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,719
Speaker 2: wins and getting the you know, maybe the train back

705
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 2: on the tracks, it feels like they've gotten derailed now

706
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,080
Speaker 2: and have to dig themselves out of a pretty big

707
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 2: hole once again. For Houston.

708
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,080
Speaker 3: And we mentioned I mean, considering the state of the AFC,

709
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 3: maybe they can still sneak in the in the but

710
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 3: get this, here's what's on deck for here. They got

711
00:33:50,560 --> 00:33:51,719
Speaker 3: a really hard upcoming schedule.

712
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, home against the Niners, home against the Broncos. Yeah, okay,

713
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,640
Speaker 2: if you can find a way to split those, but

714
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 2: then then you're still two games under five hundred. Then

715
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 2: you got the Jags coming to town. That will be

716
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 2: a big one for both teams. Titans, Okay, you go

717
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 2: to Nashville, you better take care of business there. Then

718
00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:12,280
Speaker 2: they got the bills. Then they go to the Colts,

719
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 2: then they go to the Chiefs.

720
00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 3: I mean, you better start winning games now.

721
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 2: Right of their next seven games, they're gonna be favored,

722
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,479
Speaker 2: maybe in one of those against against the Titans, maybe

723
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 2: at home against the Jags. There'll be a one half

724
00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:29,080
Speaker 2: close right now, but you know, I mean they they

725
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 2: might only be favored twice in their next seven games.

726
00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 3: It's first place schedules, so you're to get the bills

727
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:38,360
Speaker 3: that you you know, it's getting early late for the them.

728
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,240
Speaker 2: And yeah, they are in a tough spot once again

729
00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:43,439
Speaker 2: the early year.

730
00:34:43,520 --> 00:34:45,160
Speaker 3: Quick Smith jam I want to throw out there too,

731
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 3: just kind of scouting is when I watch him, I mean,

732
00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 3: I he's leveled up this year. And they even mentioned

733
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 3: it on the broadcast that those other Ohio state receivers

734
00:34:59,600 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 3: Revere or him, like he was the best of them all.

735
00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,399
Speaker 3: Like if you interview Harrison or a law of area, like, yes,

736
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,439
Speaker 3: End's the guy, yeah, you know, like and I don't

737
00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 3: think he's thought of in that light. And I also

738
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:11,920
Speaker 3: think he's thought of as boy great slot, not really

739
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 3: an outside guy. He's awesome outside now and he attacks

740
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 3: all levels. He's converting on explosives and deep deep passes

741
00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,600
Speaker 3: at the highest rate in the league. And to really

742
00:35:22,640 --> 00:35:25,239
Speaker 3: nerd out when I watch him like the or think

743
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,279
Speaker 3: about him, the first thing that comes to mind was

744
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:31,239
Speaker 3: he had an elite three cone drill at the combine

745
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,400
Speaker 3: and you would be like, okay, but he reminds me

746
00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 3: of a b in a way where the way I

747
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,600
Speaker 3: was describing it today was it's like he's driving a

748
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 3: fast car and can make a right hand turn without

749
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:45,919
Speaker 3: ever touching the brake.

750
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 2: You know, like just he's driving a fast car, but

751
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 2: he can do like the zero turn radius one mower thing.

752
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, he doesn't even need to touch the break. Yeah right,

753
00:35:54,560 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 3: you know. I mean, it's really something in the body control.

754
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,959
Speaker 3: And maybe he's not the fastest in a straight line,

755
00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:03,759
Speaker 3: but he's so twitchy, he's so smooth he is.

756
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 2: He is tough to cover, tough to guard right now.

757
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:11,399
Speaker 2: For sure, Detroit takes care of business not to pat

758
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 2: ourselves on the bat back mat, but we both kind

759
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 2: of thought, hey, this could be a game tough spot

760
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,360
Speaker 2: for Tampa Bay. Detroit does what Detroit does and barries

761
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 2: a team and it wasn't an embarrassing blowout loss.

762
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 3: Or anything but that they were pretty impressive.

763
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 2: But the Lions are pretty impressive. They win by fifteen.

764
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,640
Speaker 2: They frustrate Tampa all day. Tampa loses Mike Evans in

765
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 2: that game, and the for was it early second half

766
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 2: or late first at whenever it was, I mean concussion

767
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,200
Speaker 2: and shoulder. He is unfortunately going to miss a large

768
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:48,959
Speaker 2: chunk of time, maybe potentially a long long time, which

769
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,319
Speaker 2: will all but end his uh, his quest for a

770
00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 2: what would have been an eleventh, I believe or twelfth

771
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 2: consecutive thousand yard season. He's tied with Jerry Rice for

772
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 2: the most of all time. Doesn't look like, unfortunately, he's

773
00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:05,480
Speaker 2: going to be able to surpass that. But man, Jamiir.

774
00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 3: Gibbs had losses.

775
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: They've had so many injury and that makes it impressive

776
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:09,880
Speaker 2: that they're five and two and still in a good

777
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 2: position at this point.

778
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 3: But maybe they can overcome this one too, but eventually

779
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:13,760
Speaker 3: you just can't.

780
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 2: At some point. It's like you can only plug so

781
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:18,000
Speaker 2: many leaks in the ship before you start to sink

782
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:21,879
Speaker 2: a little bit. Detroit, though an ef fishing performance from

783
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 2: GoF another great performance from Jamiir Gibbs. I mean, they

784
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,000
Speaker 2: have they had no common They had to take a

785
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,359
Speaker 2: couple of lumps early in the season. They lost both

786
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 2: their coordinators, they lost some key pieces on that offensive line.

787
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:36,120
Speaker 2: They've had some some significant injuries too. But they have

788
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:38,280
Speaker 2: now turned that thing around and they are humming.

789
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 3: Yeah. And I'm glad you mentioned the losses because I

790
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 3: spent a lot of time on it. You know, boy

791
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,040
Speaker 3: that he lost a lot on the interior line, he

792
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 3: lost both coordinators. The chances that you go backwards is

793
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:55,000
Speaker 3: pretty high, but not no. I mean, I have doubts

794
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,000
Speaker 3: about Campbell, but I just thought this was going to

795
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 3: be a very telling season for Campbell, Like were you

796
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:04,480
Speaker 3: able to replace those things and keep the same aggressiveness

797
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 3: and the mindset that they play with. And it's one

798
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,879
Speaker 3: thousand percent true, really good on both sides the ball.

799
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 3: Last night. I thought Saint Brown was great as ever

800
00:38:13,320 --> 00:38:16,960
Speaker 3: and Gibbs was amazing. I mean, Tyler mentioned that he's

801
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 3: hit twenty two miles an hour now in two different games.

802
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,360
Speaker 3: He's done that. I mean, he's flying me moves like

803
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 3: differently than most people too. And I just thought the

804
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:28,400
Speaker 3: defense made a lot of plays, like when Baker would

805
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 3: almost complete one and someone would just get a fingertip

806
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:33,760
Speaker 3: on it, or I like everything was like almost close

807
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 3: to making a play. The Lions d really did a

808
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:37,479
Speaker 3: nice job.

809
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 2: Yes, it did. Impressive performance from them. We're going to

810
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 2: do our power rankings an hour number two, like I said,

811
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 2: and I got a feeling they're going to be pretty

812
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 2: high on the list. They might even be at the

813
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:48,200
Speaker 2: top of the mountain.

814
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 3: It's hight point could understand it. I mean, they lost

815
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,919
Speaker 3: in Kansas City last week and not embarrassing fashion at all.

816
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,400
Speaker 3: I wouldn't have any problem if they were won.

817
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll get to that in a little bit. Finally, Matt,

818
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,560
Speaker 2: last thing I wanted to run by you here. We

819
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 2: all saw the news last week that Zadarius Smith retired

820
00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:10,080
Speaker 2: from the Eagles kind of surprisingly. I think there was

821
00:39:10,120 --> 00:39:12,120
Speaker 2: some talk about could they be in the market for

822
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:16,799
Speaker 2: one of these Trey Hendrickson times. Yeah, maybe even a

823
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:23,080
Speaker 2: Max Well today this morning, Tuesday morning. Brandon Graham, of course,

824
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 2: had spent fifteen years with the Eagles and retired after

825
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,600
Speaker 2: that Super Bowl win last year. Two time Super Bowl

826
00:39:30,680 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 2: champ Brandon Graham has ended his retirement and will return

827
00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:39,320
Speaker 2: for his sixteenth season on a one year deal with Philadelphia.

828
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 2: This kind of surprised me a little bit. He is,

829
00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 2: he is extremely beloved and respected in that organization, as

830
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 2: he should be. He has made He made arguably the

831
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 2: biggest play in franchise history at the end of that

832
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 2: Super Bowl in twenty eighteen when he stripsacked Tom Brady

833
00:39:57,960 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 2: at the end, you know, to put that thing on

834
00:39:59,840 --> 00:40:02,239
Speaker 2: I for the Eagles, for them to win their first

835
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 2: Super Bowl in franchise history. He is. It's hard to

836
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 2: think of an example because we haven't done the like

837
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 2: the Steelers have won a ton of championships, the Penguins

838
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,920
Speaker 2: have won a ton of championships. For him to be

839
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 2: the guy that had the big moment to finally get

840
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,319
Speaker 2: Philly over the hump, for them to finally win that

841
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,160
Speaker 2: Super Bowl. Like, he's like beloved there, yeah, cult status.

842
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:27,440
Speaker 2: He might have a statue one day. He'll be in

843
00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:29,840
Speaker 2: the Ring of Honor, Hall of Fame, all that stuff

844
00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:30,479
Speaker 2: one day.

845
00:40:32,640 --> 00:40:32,960
Speaker 1: Matt.

846
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 2: I am though a little surprised because the Eagles are

847
00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:39,880
Speaker 2: an aggressive franchise that yea, you know they the the

848
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 2: woer sick them thing like they always sick them. They are,

849
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 2: They are always willing to be aggressive, to be bold,

850
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 2: and I just thought that they would swing a little

851
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:52,200
Speaker 2: bit more for the fence. This This feels like a

852
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 2: safe single into left field where I thought they might

853
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,320
Speaker 2: swing for a home run with you know, with a

854
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:01,640
Speaker 2: Trey hendricks center, a Max Crosby type and so there's

855
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 2: that element of it. And then also kind of just

856
00:41:04,640 --> 00:41:07,960
Speaker 2: Hendrickson Crosby still out there. Will anybody else bite on

857
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:09,680
Speaker 2: those guys potentially being available?

858
00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, real quick on Hendrickson. I would bet, just knowing

859
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,239
Speaker 3: the Bengals organization, that beating the Steelers could be enough

860
00:41:16,320 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 3: to say not open for business right now. You know,

861
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 3: maybe they will be if one more loss or two

862
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:24,399
Speaker 3: more losses or whatever. But I would think he's gone

863
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 3: hard to hard to pry away. Plus they're the hardest

864
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 3: team in the league to deal with a lot of rumors,

865
00:41:30,120 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 3: talk whatever. That Crosby's starting to heat up a little bit,

866
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Speaker 3: Dallas Niners Detroit would make a lot of sense. You

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Speaker 3: can you imagine that defense was throw Max Crossby on there.

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Speaker 3: I'd probably give you basically anything you wanted at that point.

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Speaker 3: If you're them now, I guess signing Graham. Doesn't mean

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Speaker 3: they're done, but it implies.

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Speaker 2: It, at least that position.

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Speaker 3: That position, yeah, I mean it implies it though. I mean,

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Speaker 3: because there's only so many roster spots. You laid it

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Speaker 3: out well. I wanted to let people know about that too, Like,

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Speaker 3: I don't think Graham is going to the NFL Hall

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Speaker 3: of Fame, but he is a Eagles Hall of Famer,

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Speaker 3: Ring of Honor guy to no end, you know, cornerstone

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Speaker 3: of the organization. And you you lived in Philly. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm sure he is loved and you see Graham.

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Speaker 2: Jersey almost like that, like a debo type player. I

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Speaker 2: know he never won Defensive Player of the Year, but

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Speaker 2: there's right, right, he was a big personality. Everybody loved him.

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Speaker 2: He's probably not going to the NFL Hall of Fame,

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Speaker 2: but he's in the NFL Hall of really good right,

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Speaker 2: right right, And he's a multiple time super Bowl champion.

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Speaker 3: And when they signed him, I thought, I didn't even

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Speaker 3: think of the angle of you know, well, maybe they're done,

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Speaker 3: maybe they're done now from Hendrickson Crosby. I just thought,

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Speaker 3: I think they just want him in the locker room.

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Speaker 2: Also, also might be a very fair point.

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Speaker 3: You know, like if Cam Hayward retires and it's week

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Speaker 3: seven of that year and he's like, hey, can I

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Speaker 3: come play twenty snaps a game? Like yeah, and you

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Speaker 3: can have your locker back and you can be in

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Speaker 3: charge of the Yeah yeah, yeah, right right, and Graham

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Speaker 3: could have his retired one day.

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Speaker 2: I don't know, you know, maybe absolutely, but that was

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Speaker 2: an interesting one for me. You're right, that's an important

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Speaker 2: angle of this too. He's the type of guy he

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Speaker 2: walks in the locker room. Everybody respects him. Everybody sits

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Speaker 2: up straight.

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Speaker 3: And AJ Brown shuts up a little bit, a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and the defensive guys take a few extra notes

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Speaker 2: in the meetings when he's sitting next to him. But certainly,

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Speaker 2: if there's a trickle down effect for some of the

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Speaker 2: pass rushers that could be on the market, that'll be

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Speaker 2: something to keep an eye on with this.

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Speaker 3: There's a position that it might be somewhat plentiful, you know,

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Speaker 3: Like I bet you could get Phillips are Chubbed from Miami.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I bet there's five or six edge rusher

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Speaker 3: names out there that aren't crazy to ask for right now,

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Speaker 3: you know, led by Crosby.

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Speaker 2: I think that market will start heating up here, certainly

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Speaker 2: sooner rather than later. Hour in the books, another hour ago,

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Speaker 2: we have got to do a little fantasy football focus,

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Speaker 2: and hour number two we've got to get to our

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Speaker 2: power rankings. And Matt had a really fun idea for

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Speaker 2: a quarterback exercise to kind of preface are around campus

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Speaker 2: that we're going to do tomorrow. Yes, so all of

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Speaker 2: that and more in our number two A lot coming

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Speaker 2: at you, West Wheeler, Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on

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