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Speaker 1: canna get that right? Um? How are you this morning? No?

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Speaker 1: and and maybe it's the locker incident that everybody's heard

426
00:21:36,040 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: about where the guys went and grab shoes and stuff

427
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 1: like that. But it seems like maybe the locker room

428
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,480
Speaker 1: wouldn't be welcoming him back, even as great a player

429
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,760
Speaker 1: as he is, and boy is he good. Um that

430
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,960
Speaker 1: maybe maybe the players were done with it too. Huh

431
00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,720
Speaker 1: oh yeah, for a lot of reasons. He didn't communicate

432
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:58,600
Speaker 1: at all with his teammates, and they took that as

433
00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,320
Speaker 1: an a front. You know, Um, Okay, you want to

434
00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 1: do what you have to do with your contract. Um,

435
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,359
Speaker 1: but you know, if I text you, how about getting

436
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 1: back to me. He didn't respond to anybody, including Ben

437
00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:15,920
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger's final text wishing him well. Um, so yeah, they're done.

438
00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,879
Speaker 1: He saw them. Rating is plundering. As I described his

439
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 1: locker yesterday. You know, all those shoes piled up over

440
00:22:23,359 --> 00:22:25,320
Speaker 1: the past year. He hasn't been there for a year

441
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,760
Speaker 1: almost and you know, Nike keeps that in shoes and

442
00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:31,720
Speaker 1: everything else, and they're pile and before they rated, those suckers,

443
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 1: I don't Yeah. And then with the drop up of

444
00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:38,520
Speaker 1: James Conner, it doesn't seem that there's much drop off

445
00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:40,440
Speaker 1: at all. It seems like he's had a really successful

446
00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: season and it's kind of just carried the load. I

447
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:48,760
Speaker 1: actually that's correct. Um. His numbers are every bit as

448
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:54,160
Speaker 1: good as Bells, if not better. Um. His average receiving,

449
00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:56,639
Speaker 1: for example, is a couple of yards three yards. I

450
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,880
Speaker 1: think higher to or three yards is average per care

451
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 1: his four seven Bell average four point zero last year.

452
00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:05,920
Speaker 1: He's catching a lot of passes, which is you know,

453
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 1: something Bell did, which is why he wanted so much money.

454
00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,480
Speaker 1: He said he was a receiver as well as a back.

455
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,520
Speaker 1: Um he's he's picking up the blitz um and he's

456
00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 1: scored a lot more touchdowns than than Dell did. So yeah,

457
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 1: Bell would have been They would have welcomed him back,

458
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:26,639
Speaker 1: but only as an insurance policy if something happened to Connor.

459
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,479
Speaker 1: And you know now they don't have that, and they

460
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:34,800
Speaker 1: have a couple of you know facts who frankly aren't

461
00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,520
Speaker 1: very good behind him. Um, so his health is now

462
00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:41,640
Speaker 1: their major concern keeping healthy. You know, a year ago,

463
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,760
Speaker 1: after that game in October, up there where been through

464
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: the five interceptions, and you know, the storyline was maybe

465
00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:50,720
Speaker 1: I should retire, and everyone kind of wondered about that.

466
00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,120
Speaker 1: And then I watched him last Thursday night and I thought,

467
00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:57,280
Speaker 1: why would this guy even think about retiring? And I

468
00:23:57,359 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: get it. It was really it was a highper efficient game.

469
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:02,199
Speaker 1: But he looked as good as I have seen him

470
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,119
Speaker 1: in a long time. Where is Ben Roethlisberger right now?

471
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 1: Just like what you just said, Brian, what happened was

472
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:14,080
Speaker 1: here's what he mentioned retirement once and it was two

473
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,879
Speaker 1: days after they lost in New England. And from what

474
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,960
Speaker 1: I understand, the Todd Haley, the coordinator at the time,

475
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,960
Speaker 1: was rough on him after that game, and he was

476
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,760
Speaker 1: frustrated and he said, I don't even know if I'm

477
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,840
Speaker 1: gonna keep on, you know. And then after that taxial game,

478
00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 1: he didn't mention retirement, but he said maybe I don't

479
00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:37,240
Speaker 1: have it anymore. It was kind of a sarcastic comment.

480
00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:41,439
Speaker 1: I was right there listening to it. Um, and uh,

481
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,520
Speaker 1: but he's at the top of his game, it really is.

482
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: And I think the change in coordinators has helped him. Um.

483
00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 1: He's spreading the ball around a lot more. He's not

484
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,440
Speaker 1: just throwing it to Antonio Brown. Um. And a lot

485
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,719
Speaker 1: of receivers are benefiting from it, and they've been healthy. Um,

486
00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 1: They've that's been a big key for them. And Juju

487
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,680
Speaker 1: Smith Schuster. As much as we talked about Antonio Brown,

488
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:09,359
Speaker 1: and we do a lot. It just seems like he's

489
00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:11,359
Speaker 1: maybe been a difference maker in their offense to a

490
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,359
Speaker 1: guy that's really tough to match up with. Yeah, he

491
00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,240
Speaker 1: came on the second half of last season. Brian was

492
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: really good for them, and he's just blossomed. Um. You know,

493
00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,639
Speaker 1: he's a tough guy. Mike Tomlin and the others have

494
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:27,480
Speaker 1: compared him behind the board and that's exactly right. He's physical,

495
00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: he goes over the middle, he'll operate out of a slot,

496
00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:34,440
Speaker 1: he'll go outside. He blocks. I mean when he first

497
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,600
Speaker 1: as a rookie, he was throwing the illegal blocks, just

498
00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,840
Speaker 1: drawing them everywhere, and they had to like, you know,

499
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 1: common Donaldo, but hey, that's against the rules. Um, so

500
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,720
Speaker 1: he Yeah, he's good in this rookie they got in

501
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 1: the second round this year. James Washington has been slow

502
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:55,879
Speaker 1: to come along, but he has um the last few games, um,

503
00:25:56,200 --> 00:26:00,199
Speaker 1: showing that why they drafted him in the second round. Well,

504
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,200
Speaker 1: how long ago does it seem like Hines Ward played.

505
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:04,160
Speaker 1: I guess that tells you how long Ben Roethlist has

506
00:26:04,160 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 1: been playing. That word has been out of the game.

507
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: He seems more like a broadcaster than a former football player. Now, yeah,

508
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: I think this is his third year, Um eligible for

509
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,120
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame and you have to be out

510
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 1: five years to do that. Yeah, so you're talking. He's

511
00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: been gone for a while, and obviously a quarterback like

512
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:24,120
Speaker 1: Roethlisberger just creates opportunities for receivers to become great. Let's

513
00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:28,959
Speaker 1: let's flip the script for us Um Ryan Cheesier. They

514
00:26:29,000 --> 00:26:32,399
Speaker 1: haven't replaced him in the defense, or have they? And

515
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,879
Speaker 1: how have the outside linebackers taken the heat off of

516
00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 1: that because it seems that there are just too many

517
00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 1: guys to block that they haven't miss Chaser as much

518
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,679
Speaker 1: as they might because other guys have stept their game up.

519
00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,359
Speaker 1: Is that an accurate statement? Yeah, you know what what

520
00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 1: happened was they lost er Um and uh, you shouldn't

521
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,959
Speaker 1: replace him that kind of talent. So they went out

522
00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:01,000
Speaker 1: and signed John bostock Um, a veteran inside linebacker whose

523
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 1: career has been really I mean he's been around for

524
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: five years or so, it's been really derailed by injuries. Well,

525
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 1: he's been injury free. He's playing that spot and he's

526
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,159
Speaker 1: he's a solid guy. He's not Chase here Um. What

527
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:18,040
Speaker 1: they did, they've they've kind of remade their whole defense

528
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:23,160
Speaker 1: in different ways. Brian, they flip flopped those outside linebackers.

529
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 1: They thought the Prix would be better on the right side.

530
00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 1: He played on the left last year and t J

531
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 1: want better on the left. And it has. It has worked.

532
00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:35,240
Speaker 1: It took some time. It also took some time for

533
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:39,480
Speaker 1: Bostick to work his way in for Morgan Burnett, another

534
00:27:39,560 --> 00:27:42,480
Speaker 1: free agent they signed from Green Bay in a in

535
00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 1: a first round pick, Terrell Edmonds, both strong safeties. They've

536
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 1: been kind of um sharing that position. Um. They they

537
00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:55,320
Speaker 1: moved Sean Davis from free safety to strong safety, where

538
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 1: Mike Mitchell was last year, and everybody down there remembers

539
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,440
Speaker 1: Mike Mitchell for his Atlantics on the day of that

540
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 1: playoff game. Um, he's gone. And they cut Williams Gay

541
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,440
Speaker 1: and they they benched already Burns their first round picked

542
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 1: two years ago at cornerback. And this Cody sense of

543
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: balls plan a solid spot there. So there's been a

544
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: lot of moving cards, a lot of new players put in,

545
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,919
Speaker 1: and this defense is really coming together now. It almost

546
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 1: looks it they are as playmaking though as any defense

547
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,239
Speaker 1: I've seen up there in a long time. I mean,

548
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 1: they just have so remember the days when we're talking

549
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,320
Speaker 1: about about Kevin Green on one side, and and and

550
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 1: I mean, you know Greg, but it just seems and

551
00:28:42,280 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: that's the thing about Pittsburgh And I was trying to

552
00:28:43,640 --> 00:28:46,080
Speaker 1: explain it to Ashland. Is it it doesn't matter who

553
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,280
Speaker 1: the names are, they go find guys for their system.

554
00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:50,360
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter who the defensive coordinator is. It's the

555
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: way that they play. Where does that come from? How

556
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 1: is it that this organization just um, I think it's

557
00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 1: just you know, there's a locker room kind of Um,

558
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,840
Speaker 1: we're not a locker room, but that's different. But there's

559
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 1: just a system that they keep putting guys into. Now,

560
00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 1: Keith Butler, their defensive coordinator who succeeded Dick la Bow,

561
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,040
Speaker 1: has been around as their linebackers coach, you know, since

562
00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin came in. And it's just one follows the

563
00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:26,600
Speaker 1: other and they just plug guys in. It's it's one

564
00:29:26,640 --> 00:29:29,960
Speaker 1: of the reasons and I don't understand other teams sometimes, Brian,

565
00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,600
Speaker 1: you know, they'll fire a coordinator or the head coach

566
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 1: and they have to start all over again with different systems,

567
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: different philosophies. And the Steelers have been famous for, you know,

568
00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: keeping their head coaches and um, you know, just just

569
00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: staying with the system. They've run the three four different

570
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:55,560
Speaker 1: defense now, different varieties since the catchman was covering the

571
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: team now and that's but that's the thing, is it?

572
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: There are there? I don't think there's another franchise in

573
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: the NFL. And people get confused with New England because

574
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:08,760
Speaker 1: they've had such continuity there with Parcels and Belichick. But

575
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:11,520
Speaker 1: the reality, and it's kind of like Pittsburgh is, is

576
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:14,240
Speaker 1: that it doesn't matter who the head coaches, It doesn't

577
00:30:14,240 --> 00:30:18,479
Speaker 1: matter who the assistant coaches. The system belongs to the Steelers. Right.

578
00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: Is there anybody else in the NFL that is so

579
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: system oriented like Pittsburgh that it doesn't matter who the coaches? Well,

580
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,880
Speaker 1: they you know, I'm not going to say it doesn't matter,

581
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,320
Speaker 1: because I think the head coach still really matters. Um.

582
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,760
Speaker 1: And they've been able to find the right ones, uh

583
00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 1: since Nolan sixty nine. But um that they have evolved

584
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: on offense, Bryan because of Ben in the passing game

585
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:48,120
Speaker 1: and the league rules and everything else. Um, you know,

586
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: they're not a pounded team anymore. They just don't come

587
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,600
Speaker 1: out and pound it. Um. You know, with Bettis and

588
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 1: even a little bit after him. That's how that's what

589
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 1: they do. UM. Bill Coward had a record of a

590
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: hundred and six one and one when his team led

591
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: at any point in the game by more than ten points.

592
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,400
Speaker 1: He lost one game in his entire career that way.

593
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: It's a U but I don't. You can't do that anymore.

594
00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:17,480
Speaker 1: You just you just can't. That's not the way the

595
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: games played. And uh, they're fortunate to have Roethlisberger. To

596
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 1: UM take advantage of that. Before we let you go,

597
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 1: and we greatly appreciate your time this morning. You have

598
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 1: a Hall of Fame vote. Does Tony Boselli belong in

599
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame? And do you think he'll ultimately

600
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: get there? Yeah? I do, UM, And I voted for

601
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:38,360
Speaker 1: him last year. And when I say I voted for

602
00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,560
Speaker 1: him up until he you know, he didn't make the

603
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:45,080
Speaker 1: final five, so he wasn't available then. UM. And you

604
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:48,600
Speaker 1: know it's a strange vote. We vote like three one

605
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: to three different times on that Saturday before the Hall

606
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 1: of Fame. UM. Yeah. And what's helping him, I think

607
00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: is some other short termers UM have gone in Brian Um.

608
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:08,640
Speaker 1: You know, Terrell Davis was one of them, um who

609
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:12,080
Speaker 1: who got in, and Joe Jacoby dropped out last year

610
00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:14,800
Speaker 1: because he's no longer a modern candidate. So there's another

611
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,880
Speaker 1: Cackle that won't be going up against Tony. There are

612
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:21,080
Speaker 1: there are a lot of offensive linement. We don't one

613
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,800
Speaker 1: here Alan Fanna, he's a guard, but there I think

614
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 1: there's gonna be. There were five last year, some facility

615
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:31,520
Speaker 1: or enough facility. Jacoby drops out, so that leaves four.

616
00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 1: I think eventually he will. But in this Hall of

617
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: Fame stuff you never can tell. I mean we're talking

618
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 1: about we're just talking about a guy heinz Award, who

619
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,920
Speaker 1: people here thought would be a shooting for the Hall

620
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 1: of Fame. He hasn't even made the final fifteen yet,

621
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,040
Speaker 1: you know. And it took your own Bettis, who was

622
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,280
Speaker 1: the fifth leading restaurant all the time when he retired.

623
00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: It took him five years to get it. And he

624
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,360
Speaker 1: played a lot of playoff games, and I know that's

625
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: one of those things that they look at, and Tony

626
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 1: didn't get as many playoff games. And we with tackles

627
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 1: so much with tackles, so Brian, so that everyone down

628
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: here is wondering. You know, it's it's just when did

629
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 1: the Jaguars get it? Basely's obviously that guy. I guess

630
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:17,440
Speaker 1: every time we have you on, we'll ask until we

631
00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 1: get him. Just we'll keep pasting at Yeah. Yeah, well

632
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 1: you still had it. So thanks for your time this morning.

633
00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,080
Speaker 1: We appreciated you know, our fantasy this dealer is quite

634
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 1: a bit, but the insight we can't get anywhere else.

635
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:33,080
Speaker 1: Have a great day. I look forward to seeing you

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Speaker 1: You are a very smart man, and the weather is

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Speaker 1: great song. I actually think I have a chance to

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Speaker 1: win this week. Oh mist huh No, No, I'm just

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Speaker 1: gonna go random because when I study it didn't help.

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Speaker 1: Let's just guess. Yeah, right, But that's the fun part

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Speaker 1: of it, just guessing, because if you go study for

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Speaker 1: I do try. I just try. There's language, right, I mean, guys,

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Speaker 1: A word here, a word they're kind of gives you

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00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 1: a clue what's going on? Um, although being much much older,

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Speaker 1: I sometimes I don't understand the word. It's yeah, I

683
00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 1: just yeah, I gotta go with you. I'm getting there.

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Speaker 1: Well it's because I hang with you. Pretty cool too,

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Speaker 1: thank you very much. My wife picked him out. Um. Okay,

686
00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:39,080
Speaker 1: so before we start that let's do a little preview

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Speaker 1: of Thursday night football, right, Um, the Packers and the Seahawks.

688
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,840
Speaker 1: When they put this one on the schedule, they had

689
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 1: to figure both of these teams were just full on

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00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,239
Speaker 1: legitimate contenders. Um. And of course in the NFC, I mean,

691
00:36:52,280 --> 00:36:54,439
Speaker 1: it doesn't look like anybody's contending except maybe the Saints

692
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:57,000
Speaker 1: in the rams. Um. But you have Aaron Rodgers and

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. I mean, that's that'll make me watch on

694
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Speaker 1: a thursty and I haven't for a game that I

695
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: really don't care about, wouldn't make you. Yeah, absolutely to

696
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: see two guys that that level and then playing and

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Speaker 1: if you go look at their history and what they've

698
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,160
Speaker 1: done for the organization their teams. I mean, you gotta

699
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: watch rather than just ask you what you think about

700
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 1: the game. You played with one of the great quarterbacks,

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00:37:17,800 --> 00:37:19,480
Speaker 1: one of the top three or four quarterbacks to ever

702
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,520
Speaker 1: played the game. Give us an appreciation for Aaron Rodgers

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Speaker 1: from what you've seen and what it what would be

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Speaker 1: like to play with the guy with an arm that

705
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: can make every throw and by the way, the hood

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Speaker 1: spot if that's the right word to go and make

707
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Speaker 1: any he doesn't care. I mean He's an unbelievable talent.

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Speaker 1: And to think, you know when they drafted him what

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Speaker 1: they had. I don't think they knew exactly what they had.

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00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: They probably pretty confident when they let Brett Farve go.

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Speaker 1: It's like, Okay, this guy hasn't missed a beat from

712
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 1: what Brett has done and what they've accomplished in Green Bay.

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Speaker 1: And to say that he's one of the great ones,

714
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: no argument. Um, tremendous talent. He makes everyone around him better.

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Speaker 1: He's a leader, he's a competitor, he does things the

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Speaker 1: right way. And what I've what I've gathered, Um, I

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00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,319
Speaker 1: would love to have, you know, lace it up and play.

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00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: Tell you what I tell people all the time if

719
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 1: they want to know why the struggles that the Jaguars

720
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: went through in the mid part of the two thousands

721
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: until the last couple of the last year. Um, they

722
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Speaker 1: passed on him. They took a wide receiver and Matt Jones,

723
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Speaker 1: who was a quarterback at Arkansas instead of him. Um,

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Speaker 1: when you passed on him, by the way, they passed

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Speaker 1: on Ben Roethlisberger too. Um. But they had drafted Byron Leftwich.

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Speaker 1: So but that was understandable. You can't make mistakes like that,

727
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Speaker 1: and and people back in two thousand and five when

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00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 1: he came out, they called him a system quarterback. He

729
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:39,280
Speaker 1: played for Jeff Tedford who was at cal and Jeff

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Speaker 1: Tedford had been Achilles Smith's quarterbacks coach offensive coordinator at Oregon,

731
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Speaker 1: And so they said, well he had Achille and I

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Speaker 1: mean watch the take, see the arm. And then of

733
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Speaker 1: course he sat for three years, which he needed a

734
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Speaker 1: little time. They were patient with him. And now they've

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Speaker 1: got a Hall of Fame quarterback and a guy that

736
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Speaker 1: you just love to watch play. And I'm sure you

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Speaker 1: keep in touch with Mercedes. I do too, Um. And

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Speaker 1: when you say, how's the plane for Aaron, he just

739
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Speaker 1: text back, you know, the emoji with a great big

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Speaker 1: smile in the sunglasses. You know, I mean, how could

741
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Speaker 1: it not be? How could it be exactly right? Um?

742
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Speaker 1: To sit and watch Brett for three years and to

743
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Speaker 1: achieve what he's done since Brett left Green Bay to me,

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00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 1: is remarkable. Now the other guy they passed on him

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Speaker 1: as well as you know, long time suffering Jaguars fans

746
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Speaker 1: will will remember that they took a punterer, Brian Anger instead.

747
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Speaker 1: They had drafted Blane, They had drafted Blane Gabbett the

748
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Speaker 1: year before they messed that one up to and so

749
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Speaker 1: they were never going to take Russell Wilson. Ever. Um

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Speaker 1: Gus tells the story, or told the story when he

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Speaker 1: was here about the very first team meeting when Russell

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Speaker 1: Wilson was UM, I don't even know if he'd taken

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Speaker 1: if he'd taken Matt Flynn starting job yet. Um, I

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Speaker 1: don't recall whether he was the starter in opening day

755
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,120
Speaker 1: or just after that. But he opens up his notebook

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Speaker 1: to take notes, and on the left side of his

757
00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: note book, because gustaid he was standing behind him, are

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Speaker 1: his season goals, his three year goals, his five year

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Speaker 1: goal and and Gus said he knew right then that

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson was going to be a star quarterback because

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Speaker 1: he wanted it so badly. And who knew that a

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Speaker 1: five ft eleven quarterback could come into this game and

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Speaker 1: dominate it like he has in so many respects. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and I like to ask the gurus in this industry

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Speaker 1: that they thought when Russell Wilson was a rookie or

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Speaker 1: drafted that he would be as good as he is now.

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Speaker 1: For what you just said, five eleven quarterback been to

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Speaker 1: a couple of college teams and we let's take a

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Speaker 1: spin on him. Let's take a flower on in the

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Speaker 1: fourth round. Who would have thought he has been right?

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Speaker 1: You know, and the Seahawks got him in the third round,

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Speaker 1: and well, I mean, look what, yeah, yeah, look what

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Speaker 1: he did. What he's done with it. I'll watch the

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Speaker 1: game and watch and I watched a bit of the

775
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Speaker 1: Steelers game just because I knew we were going to

776
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:49,879
Speaker 1: see them next, but generally Thursday Night him on other things.

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00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 1: To have two guys like this, like that, and let

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Speaker 1: alone you know, the defenses and all that stuff. But

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Speaker 1: those two guys, it, it's a great matchup. And I

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Speaker 1: want to see Mercedes and I guess does still play

781
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:02,520
Speaker 1: with the Seahawks will be pretty good. Cool. All right,

782
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: So that's your Thursday Night preview from the perspective of

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Speaker 1: the quarterbacks. Let's play this game big week week. I'm

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Speaker 1: up right, Yeah, sure, thank you. I kind of lost track. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm up one. He's up one. He's keeping trapped. Sorry, Brian,

786
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Speaker 1: what Yeah, Well, I figure if you're going to win,

787
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Speaker 1: you gotta keep scoring. Yeah, I yielded about five minutes ago.

788
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Speaker 1: I thought I had one, but whatever I yield I give,

789
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Speaker 1: I'm winning good. All right, let's see the first one

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Speaker 1: of who said it? Two things I hate the most

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Speaker 1: one when someone lies to my face. Two vegetables. I

792
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,279
Speaker 1: feel him on that. I hate vegetables as well. I

793
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Speaker 1: love vegetables. On that's weird of you to say I

794
00:41:45,440 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: can eat a plate of vegetables and no meat. That's gross.

795
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Speaker 1: Oh that is gross with two things, lying and vegetables.

796
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 1: In vestable character telling Marcus that you like vegetables. Oh yeah, vegetables.

797
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,600
Speaker 1: Maybe that's why you're really healthy. And maybe maybe I

798
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:12,640
Speaker 1: should take some face from you. Did I stump you?

799
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Speaker 1: I think you good? Guess? Okay, let's see an mp

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Speaker 1: DJ close but no Miles, no, oh, I got it?

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Speaker 1: Now close and last week one more write it, write it.

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Speaker 1: I'm about the show mine and I don't want you

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Speaker 1: don't get another guess we've learn from Guy Steaks. Let's

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Speaker 1: see yours. Yes, I should have got it on the

805
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Speaker 1: McDonald's thing from last week. That's right, he don't eat healthy,

806
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Speaker 1: he hates med schools, loves McDonald's. That is a professional athlete.

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00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,279
Speaker 1: It must be nice. I'm down on that one. All right,

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00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:07,040
Speaker 1: you can come back yeah, I don't call it come back.

809
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 1: All right, let's see the next two sets. If I

810
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Speaker 1: say I'm going to call you back, just go enjoy

811
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Speaker 1: the rest of your day. Seeing that's the i'm a.

812
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Speaker 1: This is exactly how it was tweeted. I double checked

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Speaker 1: for you, Brian, because I know you're a big language guy,

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Speaker 1: and then I'll give you a little bit of a hint,

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Speaker 1: I would think. So let's see it MP. Okay, Brian,

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Speaker 1: I got it. Yeah. You know why I guess that, Well,

817
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Speaker 1: i'm a because he's not a Queen's English guy. Um.

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00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:48,759
Speaker 1: But the other is is he doesn't Last week he

819
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Speaker 1: was going to talk to the media and he didn't.

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Speaker 1: He decided not to talk, and I thought, well, I

821
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Speaker 1: can I call him back? So I went with him

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Speaker 1: Lendon for NET. There we go, type breaker, don't call

823
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Speaker 1: it back? Oh boy, Hey, anybody know what Jason Whitlock's

824
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:07,759
Speaker 1: handle is on Twitter? I need to tell him something.

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports one Sports analyst calling him out on Twitter.

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Speaker 1: I didn't like what he had to say. Apparently. Do

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Speaker 1: you know I got a good guest though, it has

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Speaker 1: to be someone in the defense. M. I don't know

829
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Speaker 1: about that, Marcus. Your comment, Okay, it's not I guess

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Speaker 1: do you need do you guys need a hip? I

831
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Speaker 1: need to know? Okay, give us it isn't it. It's

832
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Speaker 1: someone who has not been on this team but is

833
00:44:48,239 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 1: working out at the moment. He's not been on a team.

834
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Speaker 1: That's what. Well, he is on the team, but you

835
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Speaker 1: know what I mean, he's not working out. He has

836
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Speaker 1: been injured. Got it? Got it? Tiebreaker? Did I give

837
00:45:04,080 --> 00:45:09,800
Speaker 1: it too much away? Austin's I knew you're going to

838
00:45:09,880 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: work him in this week because he's back, so I

839
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: guessed him earlier. Because the whole I hate it when

840
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 1: people lie to me. Because Marcus had Jalen, I shouldn't

841
00:45:16,960 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: have given it away. You would have won Brian when

842
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,719
Speaker 1: you said you needed more of a hint. Yep me out,

843
00:45:23,840 --> 00:45:28,200
Speaker 1: Thank you. Pat. I tried, but it's it's and you

844
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Speaker 1: don't have a fourth one. Do you know? I thought

845
00:45:30,760 --> 00:45:32,600
Speaker 1: for sure Brian was going to take the cake this week.

846
00:45:34,880 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: This whole season is just going to be a tie. No,

847
00:45:37,360 --> 00:45:42,799
Speaker 1: I'm still up one, and don't forget it, and don't

848
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,440
Speaker 1: you forget it? And I don't think you'll let me

849
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: forget it. As always, it's one of the most enjoyable

850
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 1: segments of the week. Thank you. Eventually, I'm going to

851
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:52,959
Speaker 1: tie the whole thing. I'm just letting you know I'm coming,

852
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,520
Speaker 1: all right. I like it. I don't like chase because

853
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:57,319
Speaker 1: if I'm being chased, that means I'm out in front.

854
00:45:57,360 --> 00:45:59,800
Speaker 1: I like it. Watch your back end peace right. Okay,

855
00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 1: the man who once competed on the Amazing that's good.

856
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:06,160
Speaker 1: Did you know that? I didn't even know that he's

857
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:08,800
Speaker 1: a celebrity. I'm not going to be in his presence.

858
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Speaker 1: All right, Let's get out of here because he's got

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00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:17,200
Speaker 1: and I you know, I think I said on this

895
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 1: show on maybe yesterday that I was not really happy

896
00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:23,399
Speaker 1: on Monday in the locker room because I didn't think

897
00:48:23,400 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 1: guys gave us their best effort. They didn't come in

898
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:29,840
Speaker 1: when Sean and and you know Malik, we left Calais alone,

899
00:48:29,920 --> 00:48:32,319
Speaker 1: by the way, just a plug for Clay's He comes

900
00:48:32,360 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 1: in and talks every day and he always has something

901
00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,480
Speaker 1: to say. We gave him a break on Monday and

902
00:48:37,520 --> 00:48:39,920
Speaker 1: Malik said, hey, I gotta run. He ran through. But

903
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:42,200
Speaker 1: yesterday guys were in the locker room, and guys are

904
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:46,360
Speaker 1: willing to talk. And today uh, Jalen's talking, Leonard's talking.

905
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: It's big week and it's good to see them coming

906
00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:50,640
Speaker 1: back to it and willing to step up. I don't

907
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:52,440
Speaker 1: know what they're gonna say. I don't really care. We

908
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 1: just need their insights on it. Um. But we have

909
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 1: some guys from the locker room yesterday and very worthy

910
00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,640
Speaker 1: of the title the best of the locker room. Yes,

911
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:01,920
Speaker 1: all right, So we know center Brandon Linder out for

912
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: the remainder of the season, Coach Marone, so that surgery

913
00:49:04,200 --> 00:49:06,279
Speaker 1: went well for him. Blake Bortles, we know, is a

914
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: good friend of Brandon's and has played with him for

915
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,239
Speaker 1: many years. Talks about the loss of the captain. You know,

916
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,480
Speaker 1: anytime you're starting centator goes down, that's that's a bit

917
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: of a challenge. But Shatley's got a lot of experiences,

918
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:17,240
Speaker 1: played a ton of games the center and a guard.

919
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,200
Speaker 1: UM get a chance to work with them, you know,

920
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,759
Speaker 1: throughout the week. So you know, I got all the

921
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 1: confidence in the world. And when we actually played Pittsburgh

922
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,239
Speaker 1: last year during the season with Shatley at center, so, um,

923
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,400
Speaker 1: he's got some familiarity with this team and blocking these

924
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 1: guys up front. I knew Blake was going to go

925
00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:33,400
Speaker 1: there with Shatley. Um, I wasn't so sure. And there

926
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:36,759
Speaker 1: was a little before that um of him talking about

927
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:38,839
Speaker 1: the loss of Linder. And then you remember that Linder

928
00:49:38,920 --> 00:49:40,360
Speaker 1: is one of his closest friends on the team, and

929
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 1: you're on the sidelines like I am. And you see

930
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,080
Speaker 1: that whenever they're about to start a drive, especially when

931
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:47,239
Speaker 1: they are in adverse situations, which they've been in plenty

932
00:49:47,239 --> 00:49:50,080
Speaker 1: of the last five or six weeks. Um, those two

933
00:49:50,120 --> 00:49:52,440
Speaker 1: are the ones that are turning and working together for

934
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,200
Speaker 1: two of them to get everything organized and get guys

935
00:49:55,280 --> 00:49:58,080
Speaker 1: ready to go. Um. I thought it was telling they

936
00:49:58,120 --> 00:50:00,560
Speaker 1: are very close personal friends. You may or may not

937
00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:03,160
Speaker 1: know that. Uh and and two guys that work together.

938
00:50:03,200 --> 00:50:06,320
Speaker 1: Obviously it's the quarterback and center. Um. I thought it

939
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,959
Speaker 1: was interesting that that he went, he's normally Blake doesn't

940
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:11,080
Speaker 1: do that, you know. Uh No, it's not that he's

941
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:14,360
Speaker 1: not telling you everything he thinks. It's just he doesn't

942
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,600
Speaker 1: go into that personal depth like he did yesterday. Right,

943
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 1: but still looking forward to Shotlee and again. And he

944
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,520
Speaker 1: pointed out that they won in Pittsburgh with shot Lee

945
00:50:22,600 --> 00:50:24,719
Speaker 1: while Brandon was dealing with the illness last year. So

946
00:50:25,239 --> 00:50:27,920
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens. All right, Let's go to Calais

947
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,120
Speaker 1: and Miles Jack, two guys that are always vocal in

948
00:50:30,160 --> 00:50:33,040
Speaker 1: the locker room talking about the upcoming matchup. This is

949
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:34,759
Speaker 1: the team that I have a lot of respect for,

950
00:50:35,080 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: you know. And that's really a team that can get

951
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: us going. You know we can get that a big win.

952
00:50:40,239 --> 00:50:41,839
Speaker 1: I guess team like this, you know that that might

953
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:43,719
Speaker 1: be able to That might be the spark we need

954
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:46,120
Speaker 1: to make this runt. Even though a record doesn't show,

955
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:48,759
Speaker 1: We're two silence teams going at each other. So, I mean,

956
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:51,759
Speaker 1: guys are gonna step up. It's gonna be guys superstars

957
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:53,839
Speaker 1: on the field. So it's gonna be a high, high

958
00:50:54,000 --> 00:50:57,520
Speaker 1: caliber game. Yeah, And see, that's that's what gives me

959
00:50:57,920 --> 00:51:00,560
Speaker 1: a little a little juice thinking on day this team

960
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 1: is gonna come out and play well because they understand.

961
00:51:02,960 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 1: I mean, you're playing the Pittsburgh Steelers. You have CBS

962
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 1: is number one crew in here. But beyond that, you

963
00:51:09,880 --> 00:51:15,400
Speaker 1: are seeing Antonio Brown and Juju Smith Schuster and Ben Roethlisberger.

964
00:51:15,719 --> 00:51:17,600
Speaker 1: And despite the fact that you know, you saw Andrew

965
00:51:17,680 --> 00:51:19,840
Speaker 1: Luck last week and the Colts have good players and

966
00:51:19,880 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: the Eagles have good players, on Sunday, you're seeing a Yeah,

967
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,239
Speaker 1: you're seeing a team at the top of the a

968
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:29,400
Speaker 1: f C that everyone measures other teams against. And you know,

969
00:51:29,440 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 1: I mean Eve in Kansas City right as good as

970
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:34,279
Speaker 1: they are different, it's that's a little different. Yeah. Uh,

971
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: and so that's I kind of think that. Now. One

972
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 1: more thing to point out here. Calais was asked did

973
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:43,000
Speaker 1: he think that the Steelers would bring in, you know,

974
00:51:43,040 --> 00:51:45,799
Speaker 1: a little a little little burr under the saddle from

975
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: the two games from last year, And his comment was,

976
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,800
Speaker 1: I know I would, Right, I had to say, I

977
00:51:51,880 --> 00:51:54,239
Speaker 1: know I would probably wouldn't say it, but I'd be thinking,

978
00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,000
Speaker 1: I know I would, I would say it. All right,

979
00:51:57,760 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 1: let's go to what we've been talking about for a

980
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,960
Speaker 1: lot of this O Tyler Shotley. Now the starting center

981
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:06,600
Speaker 1: isn't looking back to two thousand seventeen. You know, Uh,

982
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: what happened last year doesn't care over to this year.

983
00:52:09,160 --> 00:52:11,880
Speaker 1: So right now we're just trying to win the next game. Well,

984
00:52:12,000 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: no matter who who is against, we're just going to

985
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,239
Speaker 1: try to prepare as well as we can and win

986
00:52:16,320 --> 00:52:19,359
Speaker 1: this week. And you know, here's the funny thing about

987
00:52:19,520 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: about Chaplin. Um, if you're standing there, the camera's off

988
00:52:23,080 --> 00:52:26,320
Speaker 1: and there's no microphone around, I mean, and he just

989
00:52:26,440 --> 00:52:28,680
Speaker 1: wants to keep going and give you But when the

990
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: microphone comes up, he wants to say the right thing.

991
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:32,880
Speaker 1: And I get that, right, especially as a backup lineman,

992
00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:35,560
Speaker 1: stepping into Brandon Linder the captain's rule. You don't want

993
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:36,840
Speaker 1: to make it about you. You just want to go

994
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:40,080
Speaker 1: and do your job. Totally respect that. But this is

995
00:52:40,120 --> 00:52:42,400
Speaker 1: a guy with great football insight. I mean, he has

996
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:45,160
Speaker 1: been around here a number of years, has worked himself

997
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: into a rule. He very well could could be a

998
00:52:48,239 --> 00:52:50,000
Speaker 1: starter for you. I mean, if a j kNN went

999
00:52:50,040 --> 00:52:52,799
Speaker 1: down or something happened, you're well, you don't worry about

1000
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:55,000
Speaker 1: you got to have that sort of utility infield or

1001
00:52:55,040 --> 00:52:57,400
Speaker 1: the guy that can get things done. This team has

1002
00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:00,560
Speaker 1: a ton of confidence in what she at Lee can do.

1003
00:53:00,800 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 1: From you know, Blake, who's going to take the snap

1004
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,360
Speaker 1: from him, to the offensive coordinator, to the guys on

1005
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:07,360
Speaker 1: the defensive side. I remember Todd wash saying to me

1006
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,799
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago in Nashville that he thought

1007
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:12,960
Speaker 1: that the next starting center. This is when Brandon was

1008
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 1: playing guard. He thought Chadley was going to be that guy.

1009
00:53:16,320 --> 00:53:18,399
Speaker 1: He has that much respect for Shadley, and the guys

1010
00:53:18,440 --> 00:53:21,399
Speaker 1: on the defensive line do as well. So we'll see

1011
00:53:22,440 --> 00:53:24,279
Speaker 1: I would imagine the Steelers do based on what this

1012
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:27,439
Speaker 1: team did against them last year. Alright, and we're done.

1013
00:53:27,600 --> 00:53:30,200
Speaker 1: Were done tomorrow on Jack's Drive Time coffee with head

1014
00:53:30,239 --> 00:53:33,280
Speaker 1: coach Doug Marone. We will also have he will, he won't,

1015
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 1: he might pick one and pick it and fantasy football.

1016
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:38,640
Speaker 1: So a big Friday to wrap up a week of

1017
00:53:38,719 --> 00:53:42,320
Speaker 1: broadcast was excellent. We had a good week. Ye in

1018
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: the bagne. All right, we're signing it off, thanks so

1019
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,879
Speaker 1: much to Joe Forgnado when stone cold in the other room.

1020
00:53:48,520 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow with Jags Drive Time on

1021
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:52,760
Speaker 1: a Friday