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Speaker 2: And we are back. I'm Dale LOLLI he is the

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and it is time for the Fantasy football

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Speaker 2: focus and Matt. Looking here at the top waiver wire

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Speaker 2: pickups this week. I'm using Rodoballer here their top waiver

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Speaker 2: wire options. This first one here is interesting. I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: throw quarterbacks out here this week because we get a

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Speaker 2: bunch of.

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Speaker 3: Guys hurting, a lot of hurts and six teams on

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Speaker 3: behind six TEMs this week.

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Speaker 2: I guess this is a huge one. This is by mcgeddon.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like, if you have an okay quarterback,

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Speaker 3: you might be fine this week. Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 2: The top waiver wire option though, is Kyler Murray. He's

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Speaker 2: rostered twenty three percent of leagues. The cargo's of the

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Speaker 2: kind of stayed relevant here.

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Speaker 3: Though, Yeah, I mean it didn't go as we expected.

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Speaker 3: If boy, they're sitting there Winless clearly going to get

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Speaker 3: the first overall pick. I don't know where they pick

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Speaker 3: as it stands now, but I know the Bears have

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Speaker 3: the first two picks, and Denver has a third pick,

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Speaker 3: and so those teams have to lose a lot of

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Speaker 3: games to get you know, Caleb Williams relevant, and Murray's

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Speaker 3: a huge contract, so why not play them? Not to mention,

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Speaker 3: if you if I'm the Vikings and I want to

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Speaker 3: trade for Kyler Murray in the off season, wouldn't you

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Speaker 2: Him, see him play that You'd like to see something

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Speaker 2: on the tape this year? You don't want to. What

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Speaker 2: you don't want is at de Shaun Watson's situation, because

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Speaker 2: everybody just saw how that looked.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he didn't play for a year.

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Speaker 2: Oh good.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, his contract's terrible enough as it is. Murray's. Let alone,

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Speaker 3: if I have enough tape on him since his injury,

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Speaker 3: that's brutal. I just haven't heard anything about him.

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Speaker 2: No, I have neither.

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Speaker 3: And you're getting some things like Jalen Ramsey's trending the

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Speaker 3: right direction, you know, some of these two guys that

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Speaker 3: were injured before the season, But I have not heard

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think, I think think maybe he ends up

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Speaker 2: being active from like in December. I don't know if

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Speaker 3: It starts it's time to start thinking about time to

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Speaker 2: And we're halfway through, almost halfway through the fit and

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Speaker 3: And he's a very fantasy relevant quarterback.

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Speaker 2: When especially if you're you know, if you're dealing with

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Speaker 2: you know, top quarterbacks this year have not produced.

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Speaker 3: And what you could also do is some leagues have

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Speaker 3: an injury reserve and if you have a spot, throw

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, uh, Sam Howe, he's rostered in thirty

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Speaker 3: So it's funny. We just did our locked on Dynasty

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Speaker 3: show last night. We were talking about quarterbacks to pick

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Speaker 3: nothing to do with how It's just he's on pace

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Speaker 3: He's not gonna last. I mean, he's been a good

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, but if you need him for a week,

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Speaker 3: he produces, he runs, He have good weapons.

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Speaker 2: H Baker Mayfield is rostered in twenty nine percent of leagues.

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Speaker 2: He kind of came back to earth last week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but it could be one of those weeks where

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Speaker 2: Jordan Mason rostered in four percent of the leagues. Okay,

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Speaker 2: see like he's advice was healthy last week. Yeah, and

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Speaker 2: That's the big problem.

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Speaker 3: That's why I really stress that is handcuffs are an

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Speaker 2: I was in that same situation last week with Sakuon

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Speaker 3: And your fingers crossed that he doesn't that he dresses,

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Speaker 3: That's definitely the best way to do it. Yeah, but

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Speaker 2: You have to pick up somebody who's playing in the game,

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Speaker 2: That's the problem with Elijah Mitchell's rostered in twenty eight

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know if that's an anomaly or who

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Speaker 2: They probably if if McCaffrey sits out, they probably probably

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they just play a much more traditional style.

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Speaker 2: He got twelve carries last week to Jerome Ford's seventeen.

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Speaker 3: Doesn't look good to me, No me, neither.

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Speaker 3: Should he be in most twelve team Standard leaguers? I

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Speaker 3: guess yes. I'm not gonna spend all my fab to

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Speaker 2: No, Latavious Murray's rostered in fourteen percent of the leagues.

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Speaker 3: Well four Nette's visiting today. I think he is, and

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Speaker 3: he's a goal line back. He's goodte He was in

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Speaker 3: That's wrong? Don't ever let that happen. They use him

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Speaker 2: He's playing like fifty on the snaps.

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Speaker 3: Spears a guy who like actively trade for it right now?

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Speaker 3: Oh he let alone if he's on the waiver wire.

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Speaker 2: Looks like David Montgomery's out this week with of injury.

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Speaker 3: Then he won't be a workhorse either way.

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Speaker 2: Craig Reynolds has a great value this week.

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Speaker 3: The problem with all these guys and such a running back,

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Speaker 3: for a one week Reynolds, I mean, if that, if

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Speaker 3: cut them in two weeks. Did you really gain anything?

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Speaker 2: Uh? Justice Hills roster in forty two percent of league's.

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Speaker 3: I don't want to there, guys. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: He has a chance to have a breakout game.

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Speaker 3: This isn't the week to have that luxury. Yeah, but

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Speaker 3: Got more run than Pierce this week for the first time.

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Speaker 2: He played thirty four. He played thirty four snaps. Pierce

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Speaker 2: At wide receiver Rashi Rice rostered in forty five percent

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Speaker 3: He should be in every league. I mean, I guess

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they played the Chargers this week too. I

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Speaker 2: You know, Josh downs Russ roster in thirty three percent

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Speaker 3: Him and Wandel Robinson are very similar to me, like

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Speaker 2: Get the ball out of your hands. Quick, guys, it's

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Speaker 3: Everyone's saying pick up Samuel Dotson's cut a bowl until

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Speaker 3: next week when when Dotson has a big game and

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Speaker 3: No, No, they can. Every time they throw it, somebody

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Wan del Robinson is the other guy.

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Speaker 2: Quentin Johnston rostered in thirty two percent of leagues. Williams

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Speaker 3: Palmer's more valuable when healthy, went healthy, went healthy. But

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Speaker 3: long game. Yeah, he from what I understand, he's highly

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Speaker 3: inconsistent and was basically drafted with next year in mind

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Speaker 3: they're not. But they might need him. I mean, he's

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Speaker 2: The last guy on here is Jamison Williams, owned in

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Speaker 3: I'm interested in him than most these guys.

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Speaker 2: He only played sixteen snatch last week and ran nine

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Speaker 2: routes on forty eight drop backs.

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Speaker 3: But he had three targets of them was out there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, one of them was a long touchdown. He's just

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Speaker 2: he's obviously better than yeah, Josh Reynolds exactly.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's just a matter of time, I think,

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Speaker 3: kind of shape he's in all that stuff, and why

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's gonna happen at some point. Or yeah,

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Speaker 2: wait for him though a tight end. Michael Mayer rostered

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Speaker 3: I'm a believer. He looks really good. They've used him

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Speaker 3: more and more and more and more. You know, we

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Speaker 3: always saw about Porter and Jones and these rookies. You

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Speaker 3: know that they don't why don't they use them right

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Speaker 3: to be Laporta this year or anything, but he could

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Speaker 3: be a top twelve guy easily.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. And then Trey McBride, the other guy one rostered

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Speaker 3: Mcbrine about the same thing as I just said with

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Speaker 2: Really, he's really kind of taken over that they're not

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Speaker 3: With zach Ertz no first sight and drafted a year ago.

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Speaker 3: I mean they like them, they need to use them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, they got to find out what they've got there.

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Speaker 2: You know, they don't have a plethora of targets either, So.

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Speaker 3: No, right, right, So no, I got no problem putting

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Speaker 3: those guys on your bench, and they may be starters

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Speaker 2: Looking at this week's schedule, we've mentioned the Jaguars are

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Speaker 3: Night, both with a banged up Lawrence.

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Speaker 2: That sounds like a twenty to seventeen game all day long.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if Lawrence doesn't play, Saints are one of

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Speaker 3: those defenses. I might not cut on their bi either.

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Speaker 3: They're pretty good Lawrence doesn't play rev them up. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think you played the Jags. Jags. He's coming around

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Speaker 3: the saying, is CJ.

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Speaker 2: Bethard if they if?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they're both probably in the top twelve.

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Speaker 2: He got the at one o'clock on Sunday, Lions at Ravens.

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Speaker 3: Not the Ravens. I think I play the Lions. It's

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Speaker 2: The Ravens again, they play that style football that keeps

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Speaker 2: the score down, which helps their defense. Yeah, they play

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Speaker 2: fewer plays and I'm sure.

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Speaker 3: Their defense is a top twelve to one to date.

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Speaker 2: Baltimore's largely because they don't allow a bunch of yards.

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Speaker 3: Because the Lions offense. Though.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you got the three and three Raiders at the

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Speaker 3: You can't play the Bears D. I'm sorry you have

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Speaker 2: Tyson Badge making his first career.

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Speaker 3: Start with the Raiders these very Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You gotta stream the Ravens. Raiders defense.

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Speaker 3: Crossby's gonna have eight sacks.

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Speaker 2: He might, he might. People be talking about him as

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't believe. I don't, but I would play

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Speaker 2: The three and two Browns are at the three and

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Speaker 3: I'm playing Browns no matter what until further notice. Colts.

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Speaker 3: I don't. I'm thinking Watson plays. Don't you think? I

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Speaker 3: don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's so weird you see differing reports coming out of there.

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Speaker 3: It's you know, it's like almost been a month.

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Speaker 2: It's almost like they're they're to some degree floating stuff

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Speaker 3: It's there's more going on than just you know, like

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Speaker 2: I think this is a massive letdown game for the Browns.

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Speaker 3: Oh. I could see that too, Like they.

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Speaker 2: Celebrated beating the forty nine ers like they had just

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Speaker 2: ready to handle that kind of If they come out

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Speaker 2: here and blow the blow the Colts out, I'll eat

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, it's like our Charger conversation. Some organizations need

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Speaker 3: to prove differently. If Watson doesn't play, I think I'd

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Speaker 3: play the Colts t I mean I wasn't impressed with

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Speaker 3: the Browns offense. Oh they moved the ball now? No, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I hear it.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's from about another seventeen to fourteen game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely.

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Speaker 2: Uh the four and two Bills are at the Patriots.

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Speaker 2: I mean you're firing the Bills up regardless.

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Speaker 3: You can't use the Patriots anymore. No, the offense killed

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Speaker 2: Imagine if you drafted the Patriots defense this.

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Speaker 3: Year and they were definitely drafted and some took them high. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: like when I did. I never take the guys high,

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Speaker 3: but they were like my third defense when I ranked them.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna be one and six one and six ooh

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Speaker 3: Might pay up for the Bills defense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, three and three commanders are at the one and

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Speaker 3: Was able to use the Giants for sacks potentially, they

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Speaker 2: They're the second highest blitz per sent his team.

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Speaker 3: I mean, how gets sacked eight times a game?

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Speaker 2: What's the score of this game? Ten to three?

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Speaker 3: Or is it thirty to forty? I mean's ripping off

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Speaker 2: Look at now through an NFL prison is something in

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Speaker 3: Like give me the points in that game. I don't

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Speaker 3: even know what the spread is or who's at home,

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Speaker 3: it doesn't matter. I guess both these are usable.

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Speaker 2: I guess.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you're nervous, especially with six teams on the by

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Speaker 2: But okay, you got the three and three Falcons at

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Speaker 3: I don't love either, not that I'm saying that's gonna

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Speaker 3: be forty to fifty, but.

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Speaker 2: I might play the Buccaneers. Yeah, Ridder will throw the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Falcons D hasn't been bad. Bucks D hasn't been bad.

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Speaker 3: I don't fear either offense. Yeah, I just doubt either

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Speaker 3: one who follow my top twelve with how we've been

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Speaker 3: talking through these games.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you got these Steelers at the Rams. Both Rams

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Speaker 3: Really bad. Yeah, it's bad for fantasy. I don't love either. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean, if I had to play one, I'd play

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Speaker 2: the I'd play the Steelers because they'll get sacks.

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Speaker 3: And sacks are more likely, and I think turnovers are

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Speaker 3: more likely. I don't project the high scoring game.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't either. You know you got the one

445
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Speaker 2: in five Cardinals at the three and two Seahawks. I

446
00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:23,800
Speaker 2: fire up the Seahawks defense.

447
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it wasn't great this past week, but it's okay.

448
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Speaker 2: You have the two and three Packers at the one

449
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Speaker 2: in five Broncos. You're firing up the Packers defenses.

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Speaker 3: Coming off of buy. I'm gonna give them a benefit

451
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Speaker 3: of the doubt there. Their defense always disappoints me considering

452
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Speaker 3: it's all first round picks. But I think Denver's broken

453
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Speaker 3: and may even trades Judy or something between now and then.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you got the two and three Chargers at the

455
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Speaker 2: five and one Chiefs.

456
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Speaker 3: Chargers begetting sacks. But no, and no, I think I

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Speaker 3: play the Chiefs.

458
00:19:55,680 --> 00:20:01,760
Speaker 2: The Chiefs and every week starter Chargers. Chargers our second

459
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Speaker 2: best the second lowest scoring opposing defense unit.

460
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Speaker 3: Are they Yeah, they.

461
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Speaker 2: Don't give up a bunch of sacks. They only turned

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Speaker 2: the ball over in key moments.

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Speaker 3: I don't love either in that game.

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Speaker 2: I don't either.

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Speaker 3: I don't project shootouts nowadays much, but maybe that is.

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Speaker 2: The Chiefs have played low scoring game. The Chiefs have

467
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Speaker 2: been under twenty points twice already this year.

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Speaker 3: I bet they're.

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Speaker 2: Averaging twenty four points per game this year.

470
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Speaker 3: I bet they're unders have hit like every game crazy,

471
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Speaker 3: They're always gonna be high and it shouldn't be.

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Speaker 2: The five and one Dolphins are at the five and

473
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Speaker 2: one Eagles. Can you play the Eagles defense this week?

474
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Speaker 3: Dolphins d has been bad, but it's been okay for

475
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Speaker 3: fantasy for sacks and playing with the lead and all that.

476
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Speaker 3: I think I went neither.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if I want to play either

478
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Speaker 2: one of those.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. I mean, would you play the

480
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Speaker 3: Browns defense versus the Dolphins, like if they were playing right?

481
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Speaker 3: This week? I don't want any one against the Dolphins.

482
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Speaker 3: I mean you talk about running up the score. Yeah,

483
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Speaker 3: they don't ever sit on the ball. You know they can't,

484
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Speaker 3: right right? They can't run the running all day long?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? No, probably I don't want. I don't play either.

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Speaker 3: One by anybody against the Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: You got on the Monday night game. The five and

488
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Speaker 2: one nine Ers are at the two and four Vikings.

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Speaker 3: I think the Niners win by one hundred and are

490
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Speaker 3: mad and the Vikings can't use their defense.

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Speaker 2: It's indoors, so party doesn't have to worry about the

492
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Speaker 2: wind or the elements. Right, So Flora's gonna blitz, and

493
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Speaker 2: Floria's is gonna blitz like crazy. The team's want to

494
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Speaker 2: buys this week. The Panthers, the Bengals, the Cowboys, the Texans,

495
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Speaker 2: the Jets, the Titans.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's not the worst ones in the

497
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Speaker 3: league in terms of fantasy guys like Panthers don't have

498
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Speaker 3: a ton of dudes, Titans don't have a ton of dudes.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's brutal.

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Speaker 2: Bengals, Cowboys, Texans are kind.

501
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Speaker 3: Of Yeah, we're decent. Yeah, I mean, anytime there's six,

502
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Speaker 3: it's gonna be.

503
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Speaker 2: I mean there's those are three Easton defense is that

504
00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:04,600
Speaker 2: if they're playing the right The cow Boys are starting

505
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,879
Speaker 2: every week, but the angles in the Texan Texans, there

506
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Speaker 2: are certain matchups you're looking for.

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Speaker 3: I wasn't thinking defenses. I was thinking, you know, running

508
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Speaker 3: backs and receivers and guys that everybody starts.

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Speaker 2: Oh, it's gonna hurt. I mean, everybody's gonna have guys

510
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Speaker 2: off this week. Yeah without that's just the reality of it.

511
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Speaker 3: And then there's a lot of injuries.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, anyways, let's uh, that's what was the fantasy football focus.

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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lollie. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. Come back.

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Speaker 2: It is Power Rankings Day. Where are the Steelers at

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Speaker 2: this week? Find out right after this.

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Speaker 1: When you want Black and Gold football talk, you want

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Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale Lolli. He is the Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: It is time here to get into our power rankings

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Speaker 2: for this week. Met and well see where the Steelers worth.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Let me throw one thing at you because we

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Speaker 3: on my podcast today we kind of did a super

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Speaker 3: super duper abbreviated power ranks, and I wonder if you

527
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Speaker 3: agree with these four statements the that it's pretty clear

528
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Speaker 3: Denver's the worst defense in the league.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I can I can live with that.

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Speaker 3: And the Browns are the best. No ooh, I disagree

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Speaker 3: with that.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I don't think they're the best.

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Speaker 3: Oh I do. I think they're clearly the best. I

534
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Speaker 3: also think the Dolphins are clearly the best offense in

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Speaker 3: the league. Yes, and surprisingly the Patriots are the worst.

536
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Speaker 2: The Patriots are the worst.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so we agree on three out of four.

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Speaker 2: I still think San Francisco's defense is pretty darn good.

539
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Speaker 3: You think it's neck and neck at least, like it's like.

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Speaker 2: The Browns don't have Fred Warner, they don't have a

541
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Speaker 2: guy in that and that second level that really ties

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Speaker 2: everything in. And you know, I just I don't think

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Speaker 2: they're the best. Okay, Okay, I think they're I think

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Speaker 2: they're in the top five for sure. Yeah, maybe top three,

545
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Speaker 2: But I can't say they're number.

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Speaker 3: One, Okay, fair enough. So I think some of that is,

547
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Speaker 3: like I think those four are clear when I.

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Speaker 2: When I watched the game on Sunday against against San

549
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Speaker 2: Francisco once again, and we see this three three times

550
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Speaker 2: a year in Cleveland. Weather affects the game so.

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Speaker 3: A huge way, yeah, huge way, And that team now

552
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Speaker 3: is built for weather defense, and yeah, I mean yeah,

553
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Speaker 3: without doubt. So all right, let's stage in. Okay, let's

554
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Speaker 3: there's some of that. It's also getting to the point

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Speaker 3: where it's on the October seventeenth, but these bottom five, six,

556
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:45,879
Speaker 3: seven teams should really start considering selling assets. Yeah, I

557
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Speaker 3: mean it's really that there's some that are the scene's

558
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Speaker 3: over for Giants teams like that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I agree. So looking at this week's power

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Speaker 2: rankings by Eric at Home on the NFL dot Com,

561
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Speaker 2: Caroline Panthers still number three two.

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Speaker 3: It's not clear to me, but I have no problems

563
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Speaker 3: with that at all.

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Speaker 2: I might have New England.

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Speaker 3: New England, they're really horrendous. Yeah, they're pretty darn bad.

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Speaker 3: Like you said, they're gonna be what one and six

567
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Speaker 3: half this week, we'll assume they lose a Buffalo.

568
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Speaker 2: At thirty one is the Giants.

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Speaker 3: They're pretty bad too. I mean this past week was

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Speaker 3: a sign they shot some fight.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, they got Saquon Barkley back, who's.

572
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Speaker 3: As currently constructed. They might be better than New England,

573
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Speaker 3: the Bears, Arizona. Yeah, a couple of these teams were

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Speaker 3: gonna mention Giants might be.

575
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Speaker 2: Nobody ever wants to put the Patriots down in that spot.

576
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Speaker 3: I get it, but you gotta analyze how they're playing.

577
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Speaker 2: This ain't two thousand and six, Bill Belichick.

578
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Speaker 3: I mean they're doing Eliite Cunningham experiments and stuff like,

579
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Speaker 3: oh yeah, they're searching. Yeah.

580
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Speaker 2: At thirty of the Bears.

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Speaker 3: Without fields, yes, they may be thirty two. Yeah, I

582
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 3: mean they have a bad quarterback now, Like I don't

583
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Speaker 3: know if Bryce Young is a bad quarterback.

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Speaker 2: At twenty nine are the Patriot it's holding steady.

585
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Speaker 3: After I mean, I don't see it.

586
00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 2: I don't see it either. I think it's a really

587
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:09,000
Speaker 2: bad football team. At twenty eight, no signs of life,

588
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,320
Speaker 2: the one in five Denver Broncos.

589
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Speaker 3: Because of their offense, I think they beat those teams

590
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Speaker 3: we mentioned, and as bad as their defense is, it's

591
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Speaker 3: not the worst defense I've ever seen, ever, ever, ever.

592
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Speaker 2: The seven games, Yeah, you know, they're slowly climbing back

593
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,840
Speaker 2: to respect not respectability, but towards the towards the pack

594
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Speaker 2: after giving up seven hundred yards and seventy points in

595
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Speaker 2: one game.

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Speaker 3: Then they'll trade their good guys.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh. At twenty seven the Arizona Cardinals.

598
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Speaker 3: I would have them ahead of everyone mentioned, but I

599
00:26:37,760 --> 00:26:39,200
Speaker 3: really think they're going the wrong director.

600
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Speaker 2: They're settling into where we thought they were. The arrow

601
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Speaker 2: was pointed down at twenty six, down three spots the

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Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans, who you.

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Speaker 3: Don't quite think of them there, but I would have

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Speaker 3: them ahead of everyone you mentioned. But I don't think

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Speaker 3: that's offensively this week, right right? I mean, no line,

606
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Speaker 3: no quarterback is it's a problem good.

607
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Speaker 2: Recipe recipe at all. No. At twenty five the Vikings.

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00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 3: That's about where they're at too, I mean without Jefferson.

609
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:13,119
Speaker 3: I mean we joke about the blitz happy defense, but

610
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:15,800
Speaker 3: it's really it's all lay Yeah, it really is.

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00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:21,360
Speaker 2: At twenty four, up two spots, the Commanders.

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Speaker 3: Vikings are commanders to have a preference. I mean, they're

613
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Speaker 3: all the same tier.

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Speaker 2: It's really see would below both those yeah splitting hairs.

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00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,640
Speaker 2: At twenty three up a spot the Raiders.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I'd never respect them. If they don't

617
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 3: have Jimmy they that's about the problem they can go.

618
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,719
Speaker 3: And he hasn't played well either though at least they

619
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Speaker 3: have some good moment this week.

620
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Speaker 2: Do yeah four and three, and he'll bump them up

621
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Speaker 2: to fifteen in his yeah power.

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Speaker 3: And then we're twenty six a week after that.

623
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Speaker 2: At twenty two, down six spots. And this is a

624
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Speaker 2: perfect example that this team was one of the big

625
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 2: risers last week because they one. Now they lose and

626
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 2: they drop six spots. The Falcons. This is who they are.

627
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 3: Their quarterback is a problem. Yeah, yeah, like this is

628
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 3: who they are. London and Pits are starting to look

629
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 3: good and the quarterback holds them back bad.

630
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:18,919
Speaker 2: Same thing here down four spots, the Indianapolis Colts at

631
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Speaker 2: twenty one. You bump these teams up when they go,

632
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,159
Speaker 2: you know, beat somebody, and then you bump them back

633
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:25,360
Speaker 2: down when they get smoked.

634
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, they shouldn't move that much from week to week.

635
00:28:29,320 --> 00:28:31,399
Speaker 3: Mins choose a problem too. I mean he's a backup

636
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 3: all day long.

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00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh. At twenty down two spots. They were off

638
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:38,440
Speaker 2: this week and the Packers move down to twenty.

639
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:41,960
Speaker 3: They're okay, but Jordan Love has not been an.

640
00:28:41,880 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 2: Ass played well two and three and he has not

641
00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 2: played well like the really heading their own way now.

642
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,400
Speaker 2: They played Denver this week. Denver, No, I'm I getting

643
00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 2: that right?

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00:28:52,760 --> 00:28:54,320
Speaker 3: I think so. Yeah, coming off a bye, we were

645
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 3: talking about that, the defense segment. I mean, they should

646
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 3: win that game, but they might not. It's at anverg Yeah.

647
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 2: Not easy place to play at nineteen up a spot

648
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,160
Speaker 2: the Steelers.

649
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 3: Nineteen doesn't bother me. There isn't a team you'd mention

650
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 3: i'd have ahead of them.

651
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 2: No, but that was part of the problem before, when

652
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 2: he had the Colts yea, and the Packers at Atlanta

653
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 2: ahead of a Steelers.

654
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 3: Like that's what that's where I took a like, No,

655
00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 3: they were fro gates yea.

656
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 2: Get real here, and there's still a couple teams ahead

657
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 2: of them here, then I might have a.

658
00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 3: Problem if anything. Nineteen is too low. I mean, there's

659
00:29:27,760 --> 00:29:29,600
Speaker 3: not a team you mentioned i'd have ahead of them.

660
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 2: At eighteen down four spots are the Saints.

661
00:29:33,320 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 3: I don't like what Car's doing at all. Now.

662
00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 2: He's complaining about the offensive coordinator.

663
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 3: And I don't know if their head coach is a

664
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,080
Speaker 3: head coach either. He might be a defensive coordinator. Yeah,

665
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,520
Speaker 3: they're solid, though. Are they the best team at the division?

666
00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,719
Speaker 3: I mean, ye default, Tampa still hasn't been mentioned, But

667
00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 3: I don't know who the best team at.

668
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:57,480
Speaker 2: The Steelers are better than Tampa for sure, I think so. Yeah,

669
00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:00,640
Speaker 2: it's seventeen up five spots here we go get the Rams.

670
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,120
Speaker 2: Come on, man, five spots for beating the for beating

671
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 2: the Cardinals at home.

672
00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:08,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know if i'd have the Rams ahead

673
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 3: of the teams mentioned or not. Ram Saint Steelers is

674
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 3: all about the same for me.

675
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 2: All about the same.

676
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 3: Again, if getting cut back helped, it helps.

677
00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 2: But that doesn't. Now you lost, Karen Williams. Karen Williams,

678
00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 2: you know you don't have a running back? They sign another?

679
00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 2: They just signed another running back?

680
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:27,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, who was it? It was? I'll dig it up

681
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 3: here in a second. Noteworthy to tell you they got

682
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:33,120
Speaker 3: They took Miles Gaskin off the Vikings practice. They made

683
00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 3: three running back moves today today.

684
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 2: I'm sorry. Running backs still do matter?

685
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 3: No, I know, I just don't. They've had a solid

686
00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 3: year though.

687
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 2: Now No, I'm not like, okay, but do you bump

688
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,800
Speaker 2: them up five spots for beating the ramp, for beating

689
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 2: the Cardinals at.

690
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 3: Home because teams around them lose or whatever.

691
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 2: You come on, it's sixteen up five spots again. You

692
00:30:56,360 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 2: you bump them down when they lose, You move them

693
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 2: back up when they Houston Texans.

694
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:04,200
Speaker 3: Might be a little rich.

695
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:05,680
Speaker 2: This is where he had them two weeks ago after

696
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 2: they beat the Steelers and they lose, and you bump

697
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,280
Speaker 2: them back down then they win again. This is what

698
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 2: young teams do. They're inconsistent.

699
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the last three teams Texans, Rams, Saints.

700
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 3: I don't know who the best team of that group is.

701
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 3: I don't know either.

702
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 2: That's the inconsistencies. Yeah, it's fifteen up four spots. The

703
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: Jets come on.

704
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:36,400
Speaker 3: Man. Yeah, Wilson's playing okay, but that kind of I

705
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,800
Speaker 3: think that game's more of a one off. I don't

706
00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 3: trust the offense at all, not at all, No, not

707
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 3: at all. I mean it's a bottom six or seven offense. Yeah, yeah,

708
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,120
Speaker 3: and would they would be like six spots.

709
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 2: They're not even really trying to run the football now, no.

710
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 3: I mean to stacks of box like crazy. You're trying

711
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 3: to hit big plays to Garret Wilson at fourteen overreaction.

712
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 2: Fourteen down one spot are the charge.

713
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:02,959
Speaker 3: I'm okay with that. But they have a losing record.

714
00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 2: They're two and three. Yeah, and they're going to be

715
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 2: two and four after this week because they played the

716
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 2: Chiefs in Kansas City.

717
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, his seats warm.

718
00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 2: He'll bump them down one more spot and the coach

719
00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 2: will get fired, you know.

720
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,240
Speaker 3: Then they're a tough team to rank. But man, they're disappointing.

721
00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 2: At thirteen up, two spots, the Bengals.

722
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would have them over every team you've mentioned

723
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 3: so far. Yeah, I agree with that. I like the defense.

724
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 3: I work with the line.

725
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 2: At twelve only down once so that the team that

726
00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 2: beat them takes a big jump up. Oh no, I'm sorry,

727
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 2: this was I get is wrong. Okay, they play Atlanta

728
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 2: this week. They lost to Detroit. Twelve down. One spot

729
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 2: is Tampa Bay. They weren't even competitive in that game.

730
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,480
Speaker 3: No, they got beat up back in their own building.

731
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 2: They got smoked at home.

732
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 3: They would be noticeably lower for me. They're not a

733
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 3: good football I think the Saints are better than them.

734
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 3: Just sticking in the division.

735
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 2: They scored six points, they were two for twelve on

736
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 2: third down.

737
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 3: Not a good and Bakers had an average year at best.

738
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:01,840
Speaker 3: And I bet that that's we'll be lucky if we

739
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,080
Speaker 3: say that at the end of the year. Yeah.

740
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:06,520
Speaker 2: At eleven down two spots, Seattle.

741
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,960
Speaker 3: I'm cool with it. I mean they really went neck

742
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 3: and neck with since he in their own place couldn't finish.

743
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 3: I think I would have them over all the teams mentioned.

744
00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 3: Definitely over Tampa.

745
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:18,720
Speaker 2: Genus Smith's not playing well.

746
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 3: I don't believe in him either.

747
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:21,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, not playing well.

748
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 3: No, he cost him that game.

749
00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 2: Yeah at ten up two spots Cleveland.

750
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 3: I'm cool with that.

751
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 2: That's fine, you win, Yeah, I get it.

752
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:32,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, defense is strong.

753
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 2: Here's their problem is that they've already played four home games.

754
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 2: We talked about this earlier in the week. They're three

755
00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:39,680
Speaker 2: and two and they played four home games.

756
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, you'd rather have home games.

757
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 2: Half your home schedule is now gone.

758
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a weird schedule. Anomally there.

759
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,160
Speaker 2: At nine up a spot, Baltimore, would they.

760
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 3: Be your number one in the North? No? Who would be.

761
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 2: Warming up to Cincinnati?

762
00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,320
Speaker 3: They've been warming up to Cincinnati too.

763
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,120
Speaker 2: Again, I watched I was not impressed with Really, I

764
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 2: wasn't impressed with any of the three AFC North teams

765
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:06,560
Speaker 2: this weekend. And I guess people Cincinnati ste Cincinnati's defense

766
00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:09,000
Speaker 2: at least played better this week. They won because of

767
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 2: their defense, and I.

768
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 3: Think that's real. I mean, that's three years in a

769
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:13,400
Speaker 3: row of having a good dye their defense.

770
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,279
Speaker 2: There's defense played like I expected it too. Not the

771
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,920
Speaker 2: best defense in the league, but not like the They

772
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 2: shouldn't be a problem. They were playing badly early on

773
00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 2: in the offense was also playing.

774
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,759
Speaker 3: Their defense was really good this week, and it's a

775
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 3: good offense. I just I'm not sure I could put

776
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 3: since he one right now, but I think they'll get

777
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 3: there soon.

778
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 2: I think the Ravens are doing it with mirrors right

779
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,399
Speaker 2: now too. And you can say the same thing about

780
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:38,040
Speaker 2: the Steelers.

781
00:34:38,160 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 3: I now, I say this, but one.

782
00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,400
Speaker 2: The Steelers are at three and two and they're nineteen

783
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 2: in this and the Ravens and Browns are at nine

784
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 2: and ten. They all have the same record, basically.

785
00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:52,520
Speaker 3: Saying I might put them, I might put them at fourteen,

786
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: fifteen sixty seven still exactly. I was gonna say twelve,

787
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 3: thirteen forty to fifteen and just put them all there

788
00:34:57,040 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 3: together in same with like.

789
00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,640
Speaker 2: I can't have any of them in the top ten

790
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:00,240
Speaker 2: right now.

791
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:04,400
Speaker 3: No, Baltimore's not in ten in top ten or nine

792
00:35:04,920 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 3: was ten. Yeah, it's hard to come up with ten

793
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:07,560
Speaker 3: good teams.

794
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,479
Speaker 2: I understand that. Like I will say this, the AFC North,

795
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 2: for everybody that's trashing it right now, is the only

796
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,399
Speaker 2: division in football where all four teams are above five

797
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:18,680
Speaker 2: hundred five hundred are better.

798
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's the only division of football and even I

799
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,200
Speaker 3: don't even care about record. I think it's the only

800
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 3: division that doesn't have a garbage team. Yeah, you know,

801
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 3: like Patriots are garbage, you know, right, I mean every

802
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 3: every division has a bad team except the North in

803
00:35:32,040 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 3: my opinion. Yeah.

804
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,200
Speaker 2: And you can say, well, I think the Steelers are

805
00:35:35,200 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 2: a bad team. Well, they've beaten the they've beaten the

806
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: Ravens and Browns, and they do have a winning record,

807
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:41,439
Speaker 2: and they've got a winning record and they're healthy right now.

808
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,759
Speaker 3: Your record is what it says you are, how you're

809
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,600
Speaker 3: where you're at right now. And the Steelers aren't a

810
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:46,680
Speaker 3: bad place right now.

811
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,160
Speaker 2: I just I get it. The Ravens are four and two.

812
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think i'd have them one in the division

813
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 3: this second.

814
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: I just don't know that.

815
00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:56,680
Speaker 3: I don't believe in the.

816
00:35:56,719 --> 00:35:59,080
Speaker 2: Like would I would I take the Seahawks ahead of them.

817
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 3: It's a coin flip. It's a coin flip. Yeah, I

818
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 3: wouldn't have Tampa Bay. But now I think Tampa's too h.

819
00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 3: I mean, coming up with ten good teams, that's.

820
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 2: Part of the problem. I get it. I get it.

821
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 2: At eight is Dallas.

822
00:36:11,520 --> 00:36:13,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're at the bottom, holding steady.

823
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, at seven, down a spot is Buffalo.

824
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,080
Speaker 3: Not in a great place right now? But that seems

825
00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 3: a little harsh. Yeah, I mean if they're what's the

826
00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 3: whoever is ahead of them one spot? I bet they'd

827
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 3: be favored on neutral field against.

828
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 2: Ahead of the one spot is Jacksonville. So yes, I

829
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,319
Speaker 2: believe that's the case. Yeah, yeah, yeah, there they moved

830
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,399
Speaker 2: up a spot to six and Buffalo moved down.

831
00:36:34,520 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 3: It's Jacksonville better than Dallas. No, I don't think No,

832
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:39,399
Speaker 3: I don't think so either.

833
00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:43,560
Speaker 2: At five down three spots is Philadelphia?

834
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:47,040
Speaker 3: Real quickly, I would put Jacksonville over all the North teams. Though.

835
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 3: If I'm power ranking, I guess eight or nine. Yeah,

836
00:36:52,239 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 3: who was least in Philadelphia? They have problems, but they'll

837
00:36:57,560 --> 00:36:57,960
Speaker 3: be fine.

838
00:36:58,040 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 2: They'll be they'll get it worked out.

839
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 3: I think they'll be all right.

840
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,600
Speaker 2: That's down three spots. At four up a spot is Detroit.

841
00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:08,440
Speaker 3: I you think, have no problem with that?

842
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 2: Detroit is better than Philadelphia right now?

843
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 3: This minute's yes, okay, this minute, they have fewer problems.

844
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:15,560
Speaker 3: Both sides of the ball are quite good.

845
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:17,279
Speaker 2: David Montgomerynge is big.

846
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,720
Speaker 3: It is big. It is big.

847
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,040
Speaker 2: I mean he is a flipping workhorse. I mean he's

848
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 2: getting the ball twenty five times every game, and I

849
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,680
Speaker 2: don't care who they're playing against. They're just gonna keep

850
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 2: pounding them into the line.

851
00:37:27,760 --> 00:37:27,920
Speaker 3: Yep.

852
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 2: Soon later, yeah he starts breaking those those four yard

853
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:33,799
Speaker 2: runs become eight yard runs.

854
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, dom, I convince the Lions will be

855
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 3: a top five team when we do this two months

856
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 3: from now. Maybe not. This might be their ceiling, but

857
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 3: I'm in.

858
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 2: Okay at three up one spot. I can actually respect

859
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 2: him for this is Miami.

860
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:49,880
Speaker 3: They would be three from me.

861
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 2: I can't put them at number one.

862
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 3: I put them one.

863
00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:55,800
Speaker 2: I understand everybody else lost and they won, yeah, except

864
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 2: for Kansas City, But I can't put them at one.

865
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:02,560
Speaker 3: The defenses. Their defenses below average, I mean well below average.

866
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,279
Speaker 3: I don't know if the Chiefs are better, though. I

867
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 3: think we're both gonna agree the Niner should be one.

868
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 2: I think I think Chris Jones would wreck a game

869
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 2: against the Dolphins.

870
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:21,040
Speaker 3: Yeah they Yeah, Kansas one. I don't know who i'd

871
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 3: put two, is my question. I don't think it's easily

872
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 3: the Chiefs.

873
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:24,799
Speaker 2: I don't think it is either.

874
00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 3: But I might even still be Buffalo.

875
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:31,359
Speaker 2: It might be because when they played Miami just two

876
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:32,799
Speaker 2: weeks ago they smoked them.

877
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 3: I Miami's got a bad D and a grade O.

878
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 3: Buffalo's got well above average both.

879
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 2: Yeah.

880
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:40,399
Speaker 3: You know, there aren't a lot of teams you could

881
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:43,799
Speaker 3: say are clearly well above average both other than the Niners.

882
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I agree. Yeah, that was Eric Edholmes uh Power

883
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Speaker 2: rankings for which is when I'm sitting here complaining about this,

884
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Speaker 2: I'm going through this in my mind and going, Okay,

885
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 2: who are my top ten teams?

886
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Speaker 3: Being Complaining's real easy. I've been the right and it's like,

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Speaker 3: all right.

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Speaker 2: Well, maybe I said twelve through sixteen for the AFC

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00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 2: North teams. It might be eleven through, It might be

890
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Speaker 2: eleven through right exactly exactly somewhere in that range.

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Speaker 3: But it's hard enough. It's hard a couple ten good ones.

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Speaker 2: It really is. But we're gonna get to a break.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back with more on the Drive.

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Speaker 2: at shop dot Steelers dot com. And why wouldn't you.

907
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Speaker 2: They've got all the good stuff there. Yeah, great, I

908
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Speaker 2: expect to see a lot of that this weekend. You

909
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Speaker 2: think he'll be pretty heavy in Los Angeles?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do. It's they They never talk about it

911
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 3: on the air, but it sure seemed like Dallas.

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Speaker 2: Dallas told Night everybody who goes to LA takes over

913
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Speaker 2: that stadium.

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Speaker 3: Best fan base like Dallas, exactly exact.

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Speaker 2: There's no fans in Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: Do you watch the whole game? I mean, do you

917
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Speaker 3: think it'll be similar in terms of yeah, steeler, maybe

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Speaker 3: even stronger. I do.

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Speaker 2: I mean the last I mean think about the last

920
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Speaker 2: two games of Steelers were in Vegas and then they

921
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Speaker 2: were in Houston and boast now Houston or I'm sorry,

922
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Speaker 2: Vegas was like sixty five seventy Steeler fans.

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Speaker 3: Was that as about as strong a contingency as you've seen

924
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Speaker 3: at a road game. Yeah.

925
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Speaker 2: Period in Houston was about fifty to fifty, and I

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Speaker 2: expect something similar to that in LA.

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Speaker 3: I would think if I was a better chance, I'd

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Speaker 3: go to LA than Houston as a Steeler.

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Speaker 2: Have you been to LA?

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Speaker 3: Well, not because of it, not because of that, I

931
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Speaker 3: just mean because it's easier.

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Speaker 2: Probably it depends on where you live at. I think

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Speaker 2: a lot of it is that. I mean, that's the

934
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Speaker 2: kind of the misconception. There are some Steeler fans from

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Speaker 2: Pittsburgh who fly to the games like that. And you

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Speaker 2: said when the Steeler fans travel, When you're talking about

937
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Speaker 2: Steeler fans traveling, you're talking about all the Steeler fans

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Speaker 2: who are probably listening to our show right now, absolutely

939
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Speaker 2: outside of Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 3: And those are the ones who Steeler fans and live

941
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Speaker 3: in Jacksonville.

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Speaker 2: Or their dad was a Steeler fan in the seventies,

943
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Speaker 2: but the family moved and so the kid they grow

944
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Speaker 2: up Steeler fans. That's or there are younger people who

945
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Speaker 2: became fans in the nineties and two thousands, oh there's

946
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Speaker 2: a lot of that as well.

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Speaker 3: Right, So I consider myself fortunate because I want to

948
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Speaker 3: live in Pittsburgh the rest of my life. But I

949
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Speaker 3: have for ninety nine percent of my fifty years on

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Speaker 3: this planet. But all my buddies that live elsewhere and

951
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 3: all these people tell us us too, there is a

952
00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:52,480
Speaker 3: true Steeler bar in every town every day. I mean

953
00:41:52,719 --> 00:41:55,680
Speaker 3: every town. So if the Steelers come to that town and.

954
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Speaker 2: A lot of towns, there are several exactly.

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Speaker 3: I mean. So it's not like, yes, I want to

956
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Speaker 3: go to Vegas and party it up and see Vegas,

957
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Speaker 3: but it's probably more like, instead of going sealer bars week,

958
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Speaker 3: I'm going to go see the game because I'm a fan.

959
00:42:08,719 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, because you can go. I mean again, they don't

960
00:42:10,920 --> 00:42:13,520
Speaker 2: go west all that often, so if they're in your backyard,

961
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Speaker 2: you want to go. Yeah, I get it.

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Speaker 3: And I bet there is at least as many that

963
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Speaker 3: fly from Pittsburgh to the game as opposed to, oh,

964
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Speaker 3: they're coming to my hometown and I'm a Steeler fan.

965
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Speaker 2: There's probably way more than that. Yeah, to do that.

966
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Speaker 2: Keeper mentioned the scoring thing situation in the league.

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Speaker 3: Matt.

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Speaker 2: We talked a lot about it yesterday. Last night's game

969
00:42:34,080 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 2: did nothing to change my mind on any of this stuff.

970
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:39,399
Speaker 3: And you can say, we want about Herbert and Dak,

971
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 3: but they're top ten quarterbacks and they got weapons.

972
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Speaker 2: And you had Herbert and Dak Prescott last night squaring

973
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Speaker 2: off on.

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Speaker 3: Each other, Eckler and Allen and Lamb and Pollard and

975
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Speaker 3: good offensive lines, and there's no excuses, and.

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Speaker 2: It's a twenty to seventeen game, Like, yeah, what is

977
00:42:55,960 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 2: going on here? It's so many reasons. But that was

978
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Speaker 2: a perfect example, and that one doesn't even have the

979
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Speaker 2: boy it was a rookie quarterback against Jordan Love who's

980
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:07,239
Speaker 2: only played three games or whatever. You know. I mean,

981
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:09,799
Speaker 2: there were a lot of penalties in that game last night,

982
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Speaker 2: twenty of them. Twenty penalties is too much.

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Speaker 3: I mean, twenty five in Niners Browns is sort of

984
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Speaker 3: way too much. Twenty is too many. Twenty is pushing

985
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Speaker 3: in Come on a primetime game.

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Speaker 2: I can live with fifteen or fewer in a game

987
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Speaker 2: like I don't want to see everything called no. And

988
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,920
Speaker 2: as a fan of the game no, you know, I

989
00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,759
Speaker 2: tweeted out about the Steelers the Steelers Ravens game a

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00:43:32,760 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, like, you know, don't expect a

991
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Speaker 2: lot of penalties in.

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Speaker 3: This game because of the crew.

993
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,280
Speaker 2: Because of the crew, they called five combined penalties.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and one of them was.

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Speaker 2: For TJ wf for taking his helmet off after they

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Speaker 2: had the game.

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Speaker 3: Winning you know, the game winning play there doesn't matter, right.

998
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:50,840
Speaker 2: Let the players play. Let the players settle the game.

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00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,480
Speaker 3: On the field like it almost. I don't know if

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Speaker 3: it counts or not. But like if there's a fight

1001
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Speaker 3: and there's three or four penalties and they offset, who cares,

1002
00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 3: They don't even change stuff doesn't matter. But holds an

1003
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Speaker 3: illegal men down field and hands of the face and

1004
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Speaker 3: you know, just goofy stuff. Some of the quarterback hits

1005
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Speaker 3: too or going a.

1006
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Speaker 2: Little far and more than a little far.

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Speaker 3: You know, I know when you're trying to protect these

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Speaker 3: guys and we don't want sixty nine quarterbacks to start

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Speaker 3: again when you're affecting the game.

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Speaker 2: The outcomes of the games, which the crew in San

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Speaker 2: Francisco Cleveland absolutely.

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Speaker 3: Did, yeah, yea yeah.

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Speaker 2: The penalty that was called on Tayshawn Gibson decided that game.

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Speaker 3: And I don't think that it was favored the Browns

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Speaker 3: start to finish. No, it was that one came in

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Speaker 3: a game in a key moment exactly.

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Speaker 2: Because you're looking for everything, for everything, let the players play.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's an issue. We should almost do

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Speaker 3: a segment or at least discuss the officiating crew every

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Speaker 3: week now every week, Yeah, because it really matters. Now. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and there's a lot of data. But if you're an

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Speaker 3: officiating crew, I don't know. If this is a case

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Speaker 3: and you're throwing twenty percent more flags than the second

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Speaker 3: most officiating crew, you need to talking to.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you need somebody needs to be brought in, has

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Speaker 2: some spleening to do. Exact, every game that you have

1027
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Speaker 2: every week is not the most penalty riddled game.

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Speaker 3: Just like we said, I'm not flying to LA to

1029
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Speaker 3: watch you throw flags. I'm watching to see this game.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely, But Matt, that's going to do it for

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Speaker 2: our show today. So for my partner, Matt Williamson, for

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Speaker 2: Brian Lamartine here on site, I'm Dale Lollie. We appreciate

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Speaker 2: you listening to this edition of the Drive on Steelers

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Speaker 2: Nation Radio.