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Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI. He is

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Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and it is now time for the

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Speaker 2: Fantasy Football Focus and Matt it being a it's a

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Speaker 2: Thursday here we got to take a look who's in

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Speaker 2: and who's out this week. And the first guy on

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Speaker 2: the list here a mere Abdullah with a foot sideline

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Speaker 2: to practice today for the Raiders. Since here McCormick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean looking like he might be the dude

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Speaker 3: probably the only show in town, give or take. And

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Speaker 3: their offense hasn't been that terrible, you know. I mean

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Speaker 3: I think that's something to look into.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a little speedy, uh act that Yeah, got

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Speaker 2: some run last week and was there's to be had?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know right.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't. I don't know that i'd start him this week.

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Speaker 2: I mean there are six teams off this.

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Speaker 3: It depends what you make up of your team. Is

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Speaker 3: might be a flex type guy, but.

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Speaker 2: He's definitely somebody to look at in DFS. Yes, he's

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Speaker 2: going to.

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Speaker 3: Be cheap, He's gonna be cheap.

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Speaker 2: I'ld imagine Aidan O'Connell with an illness was a non

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Speaker 2: participant Thursday for the Raider, So keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 3: Pretty late in the week for that. But you think

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Speaker 3: he's gonna be okay? Uh.

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Speaker 2: Trey Palmer with a hip was added to the injury

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Speaker 2: say that had him limited, So keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 2: But he's not really fantasy room now. But I thought

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Speaker 2: he'd be better this year.

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Speaker 3: I thought he'd be better that you kind of started

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Speaker 3: the season sort of being a factor. But they need

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Speaker 3: a receiver bad and he's somebody else. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 3: mconky looks like a star. Yeah, but he's going to

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Speaker 3: be an injury report. So maybe Palmer would have been

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Speaker 3: if mconkey couldn't go. But still I wouldn't do cart

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Speaker 2: Uh. In Tampa Bay, No Tristan worfs mm hmm. Bucky

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Speaker 2: Irving still sideline with the hip and back issues.

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Speaker 3: Wow, seeing that right?

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Speaker 2: So if he doesn't go, I.

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Speaker 3: Mean he's a clear starter at this point.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think it's.

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Speaker 3: Probably close to a fifty to fifty split. I think

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Speaker 3: White does all the passing down stuff. Yeah, you get

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Speaker 3: him run too a little bit. Yeah, he'll get fifteen touches,

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Speaker 2: Bub means downgraded to a d MP on Thursday, So

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Speaker 2: don't go throwing him in the lineup. Kendre Miller, however,

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Speaker 2: in the right direction. Yeah, not going to start him yet.

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Speaker 3: But I heard this indirectly, but the interim head coach

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Speaker 3: about Kendre Miller, who he really didn't have a lot

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Speaker 3: of interaction with the right team, you know, and basically

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Speaker 3: I might play him, yeah, you know, I would think

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow absolutely Calvin Austin we didn't mention that with the cushion.

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Speaker 2: So that's try men that yeah, right, and he's kind

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Speaker 3: He cuts a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: He's got touchdown catches in each of the last two games,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I do worse. I was thinking if you you

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Speaker 3: You know, he's gonna get a couple of targets. Wilson

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Speaker 2: Travis Hunter is gonna go the defensive tackle from Michigan.

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Speaker 2: Dalton Kincaid officially limited on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: Missing practice on a Thursday is not good.

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Speaker 3: A concussion is much different than he's probably gonna play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Who else we got here? Just Avian Sanders limited

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Speaker 3: Probably, but I don't like any of the Jets vibes

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Speaker 3: No, I mean like, if you have Devant Adams, you're

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Speaker 2: But looks like Orlando Brown Junior is doubtful to playing

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Speaker 3: Did he leave the game at all? He did not.

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Speaker 3: reinjured into practice or fought through it. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Mike Evans with the hamstring and calf missed practice on Thursday.

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Speaker 3: No, the older guy. If it comes again, time decision

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Speaker 2: Got some late news out of the West Coast teams here.

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Speaker 2: Kenneth Walker with the ankle and calf injuries. Was limited

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Speaker 3: He's had an ok year, but I expected more out

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Speaker 2: while DK Metcalf was limited on Wednesday with the shoulder issue.

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Speaker 3: Okay, js N has been thriving, he has been on fire. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, unfortunately I traded him, but.

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Speaker 3: I traded him in a Dynasty League halfway to the season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I will showed a held on to him, but

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Speaker 2: it is what it is. Lad Mconkie with the knee

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Speaker 3: I don't like the chances of really even competing with

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Speaker 2: Weapons Uh, let's go ahead and take a look at

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Speaker 2: the showdown for tonight. We got a single game on

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Speaker 2: the schedule tonight and in DFS you got the Green

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Speaker 2: Bay Packers at Detroit. This is a great DFS game

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Speaker 2: to play, So let's go ahead and down together. A

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Speaker 2: chair a mon Ross Saint Brown is.

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Speaker 3: Fifteen three, consistent every week.

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Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs is fourteen to seven.

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Speaker 3: He's been really good here too.

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Speaker 2: Jayden Reid eleven four, Jamison Williams ten to five. Watson

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Speaker 3: They've kind of there's some some you know, coach comment

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Speaker 2: Green Bay is twenty six against opposing tight ends as well.

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Speaker 2: Tucker Craft is eighty one hundred.

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Speaker 2: Jake Bates seventy eight hundred. In the captain's chair. You

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Speaker 2: can get McManus at seventy five hundred. The Lions defense

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Speaker 2: Then you get some guys there like Tim Patrick. Right,

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Speaker 2: you can get Wilson for three thousand.

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Speaker 3: We're getting a little fur down for captain's chair.

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Speaker 2: So what do you like there? I like both running

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Speaker 3: I like those two in Laporta if you want to

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Speaker 2: What was Laporta was eighty four hundred?

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Speaker 3: Yea, the captain noticeably less.

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Speaker 2: Let's plug that in for now and see if that gives.

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Speaker 3: Us all right, we should be able to be.

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Speaker 2: Pretty I think you want Saint Brown in the game.

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Speaker 2: Not playing tonight, right right right? You said you want

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Speaker 3: I don't. I was just saying you could go get

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Speaker 2: Montgomery's a little cheaper than Gibbs. Yeah, I'm gonna plug

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Speaker 3: Okay, No, DJ reader, right, Josh Jacobs.

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Speaker 2: Is he's ninety. Saint Brown was ten to two and

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Speaker 2: You need, uh, seventy six hundred, so we probably need

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Speaker 3: I was also thinking about Jacob's backup. He plays here

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Speaker 2: Yeah he Wilson is two thousand.

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't even mind putting him and Jacob's in. Go

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Speaker 2: Well, if you do that, then you're gonna probably you

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Speaker 2: won't you want enough to spend unless you pivot and

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Speaker 2: we don't have either quarterback in, so we need one

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Speaker 2: cheap play that we think is going to be worth it.

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Speaker 3: Good. I'm fine with Craft. I just didn't think he'd

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's fifty four hundred, So that gets us back

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Speaker 2: the last two spots. And that gets you Jacob's is

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Speaker 2: ninety eight hundred, Golf is ninety six hundred, Love is

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Speaker 3: So who do we like a little below the.

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Speaker 3: There, what's he cost?

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Speaker 2: He is seven thousand?

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Speaker 3: Okay, I and say someone in like the seven ish neighborhood, and.

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Speaker 2: Then that would give you ten to four and you

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Speaker 3: So we have Saint Brown and Laporta.

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Speaker 2: Actually we could pivot and get Gibbs at nine thousand.

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Speaker 2: Then we have ten thousand toll. That still gives us

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Speaker 3: Rust I figure that I don't love.

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Speaker 2: But we've got two tight ends. We three running backs

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Speaker 2: you think you have to have a quarterback?

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Speaker 3: Huh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah I do.

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Speaker 3: What about a kicker?

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Speaker 2: I don't. I don't know that we need a cheap,

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Speaker 2: some one of these other guys.

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Speaker 3: But which quarterback do we want?

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Speaker 2: I definitely think you want Golf.

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Speaker 3: I think Goff's definitely worth.

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Speaker 2: More ninety six hundred. So let's if we take let's

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Speaker 2: take Saint Brown plugged golf in and see how we

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Speaker 2: can we still have eight hundred dollars left over. We

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Speaker 3: You pulled Craft out that in the movie, have two

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Speaker 2: Now, we'd have sixty two hundred. That would get us

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Speaker 3: That's not a good one. Yeah, old Jamison out since

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Speaker 2: Now, okay, that would get us the seventy eight hundred

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Speaker 2: that would get us Jaden Reed or Jamison Williams.

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Speaker 3: Did we turn Gibbs into Montgomery or.

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Speaker 2: I already already upgraded that. What if we go back

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Speaker 3: Okay, there's not a there's some big gaps there, obviously. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: what's our lineup look like the port in the captain

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Speaker 2: Let's see if we if we instead of having Craft

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Speaker 3: Okay, kickers cheaper than Craws.

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Speaker 2: A lot to each cheaper than Craft. That gets just

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Speaker 3: Mean it's in a dome. I think there doesn't get

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Speaker 2: What about one of the defenses the Lions defense is

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Speaker 3: Did we put the cheaper kicker in, manager, I.

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Speaker 2: Took him back out. I'm going even cheaper than that. Yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 2: if I put the Lions defense in, that gives us

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Speaker 3: I think that's a better build.

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Speaker 2: I think it is too those guys score touchdowns. So

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Speaker 2: Montgomery at eighty six hundred, the Lions defense at forty

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Speaker 2: at ninety eight hundred. We have no money left. I

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Speaker 2: think it's money well spent.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: The only thing I would love to have Saint Brown

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Speaker 3: But but we do have his quarterback. I mean we

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Speaker 3: benefit if he has a good game. Yeah, Neil catch touchdown, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that'd be huge. No, I like it. I think that's

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Speaker 3: we get some quality in there. All right, I'm entering

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Speaker 3: it slucked in. Okay, there's our dfaceline for tonight, and

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Speaker 3: we want lots of points on the ground. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: we'll see how that goes.

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Speaker 2: But that's going to do it for the Fantasy Football focus.

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

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Speaker 2: to the Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network, Matt

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Speaker 2: and I'll be back with more right after this.

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Speaker 3: At least.

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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

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Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale Lolly. He is

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Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the

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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 3: We're just talking about our sons, talking about our sons

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Speaker 3: and some of the stupid stuff that they do. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and I did too at that age. Absolutely I still do,

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Speaker 3: but you know, yeah, wow, grow out of some of

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Speaker 3: that size, Yeah, some of it. Mind's eighteen years older.

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Speaker 2: But yeah he's twenty five now and he still does.

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Speaker 2: Actually the older when the twenty eight year old does.

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Speaker 3: Even more dumb stuff. Yeah, just kind of Well, there.

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Speaker 2: Are times when I wondered if they would make it

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Speaker 3: Well they did, but I'm sure my dad could be

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Speaker 3: having the same conversation my fifty one year old still

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Speaker 3: doing dumb stuff.

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Speaker 2: So Matt, I thought in this segment we would take

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Speaker 2: a look. We have a pretty good idea of what

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Speaker 2: the AFC playoff field is going to look like.

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Speaker 3: It sure is taking shape, probably at least six of

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Speaker 3: those are the seven. Yeah, you know, I'm.

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Speaker 2: Looking here at the ESPN's football analytics stuff. They're efficiencies

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Speaker 2: two overall at seventy two point three.

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Speaker 3: Kay, Detroit one.

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Speaker 2: Detroit is one at three is the Eagles?

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Speaker 3: Is there a gap after those three? I kind of

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Speaker 2: Actually, Minnesota is at sixty, Philadelphia's at sixty nine point four. Okay,

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Speaker 2: Minnesota is at sixty nine point three. Well, it's a

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Speaker 3: I mean, I guess if you're just doing analytics and stats,

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Speaker 2: Well they're number one in defense by a pretty good margin. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I bet the Eagles are catching up quick though too.

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Speaker 3: At five.

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Speaker 2: Is Los Angeles the Chargers. Really, they're overall their overall

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Speaker 2: Yeah. At six are the Steelers at sixty four point two.

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Speaker 3: Okay. I mean I guess when when they heard Chargers

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Speaker 3: Herbert has one interception and they turn They're real high,

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Speaker 2: Well, here's what it doesn't. So if you look at

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Speaker 3: That's about right. Probably trending the wrong way though, too.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers are at forty eight point four, which is

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Speaker 3: But they're going off to the right one the other way. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Defensively, the Chargers are six at sixty six point two.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers are fifth at sixty six point nine. Pretty helpee,

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Speaker 2: they're pretty even there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: In terms of special teams, the Steelers are number one,

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Speaker 2: sixty five point seventy if they weren't. The Chargers are

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Speaker 3: Four, you'd think they'd be ahead of the Chargers, and.

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Speaker 2: You'd think they would be yeah, right, because they're only

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Speaker 2: slightly ahead of them on offense less than four points,

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Speaker 3: Is there overall score a big difference.

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Speaker 2: No, it's sixty four point seven to sixty four point two.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so we're in the same name obviously, then you

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Speaker 2: Though then you've got Green Bay at seven, Kansas City

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Speaker 2: Baltimore's at nine ups and downs man, Yeah, and then

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Speaker 2: teams we think are going to be in the AFC playoffs,

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Speaker 2: Buffalo is two, the Chargers are five, the Steelers are six,

448
00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,800
Speaker 2: Kansas City's at eight, the Ravens are at nine, and

449
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Speaker 2: Denver's at eleven. Houston's at twelve.

450
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Speaker 3: Okay, I think that all adds up. Houston's having a

451
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Speaker 3: rough year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you look at Houston, they are eighteenth offensive efficiency,

453
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 2: which is the worst. Well, no, Denver, Denvers twenty first,

454
00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,600
Speaker 2: so it's not the worst of the AFC playoff teams,

455
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:08,800
Speaker 2: but it's not far off.

456
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

457
00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 2: Defensively they're fourth, Denver second.

458
00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been good. Special teams are bad.

459
00:21:15,000 --> 00:21:16,200
Speaker 2: Special teams are nineteenth.

460
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 3: Okay, I thought that was a problem.

461
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:18,520
Speaker 2: Denverse fifth.

462
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,119
Speaker 3: I don't know how much they factor these kind of

463
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Speaker 3: things in, but they're the top of league in penalty.

464
00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:24,480
Speaker 3: Ravens in Houston have a ton of penalties.

465
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Speaker 2: That's the interesting thing about this because I saw this today.

466
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Speaker 2: I think Barmewall had a pick piece today talking about

467
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Speaker 2: the AFC wild Card race.

468
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I didn't read it yet.

469
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Speaker 2: And I think over the last four weeks Baltimore's offense

470
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Speaker 2: has fallen off to now to the point where they're

471
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Speaker 2: like fifteenth over the last four weeks, where the defense

472
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Speaker 2: has been eighth over.

473
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Speaker 3: The last four weeks. Yeah, they're still past defense issues,

474
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,800
Speaker 3: but it's getting a little batter, getting a little bad.

475
00:21:51,840 --> 00:21:55,159
Speaker 3: They're working some things out, but the offensive offense is

476
00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 3: keeping up there. Into the bar going into Steelers Ravens,

477
00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,359
Speaker 3: I believe the raven were the best offense in the League.

478
00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:02,880
Speaker 3: I don't now.

479
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:03,719
Speaker 2: I think it's Detroit.

480
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Speaker 3: I think it's Detroit. Yeah, I think it's Detroit. And

481
00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 3: there's probably since He's.

482
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Speaker 2: Might be better and might be a couple at this point,

483
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Speaker 2: Buffalo might be better. Buffalo scored less than thirty points

484
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,280
Speaker 2: this year like twice. It's critization.

485
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Speaker 3: I mean, like so many of people look at it

486
00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 3: through like a fantasy lens who's having You know, Derek

487
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,879
Speaker 3: Henry is having a huge year, Barkley blah blah blah,

488
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,720
Speaker 3: and and there aren't really any Bills that are just

489
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,920
Speaker 3: lighting it up, but they can contribute contributions from everywhere. Yeah,

490
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Speaker 3: and they have a good offensive line now and great quarterback.

491
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Speaker 2: And over the last six weeks, if you look at

492
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Speaker 2: what the Steelers have done offensively, oh, they gotta be skyrick.

493
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Speaker 2: They're in like top five.

494
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that would make sense. I mean if you just

495
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Speaker 3: do it since Wilson is, which is how you.

496
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Speaker 2: Should view It's the same thing when you're looking at

497
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Speaker 2: the Browns. You should look at the Browns with Winston

498
00:22:44,080 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 2: as opposed to not having Winston.

499
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Speaker 3: So I believe the Wilson led Steelers is a top

500
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Speaker 3: ten defense, yeah, or offense? Yeah, I mean I think

501
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Speaker 3: it is. I mean, I think that he's played that well.

502
00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 2: They'll probably end up finishing the season twelve or thirteenth overall. Yeah,

503
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Speaker 2: they continue to play like they have played.

504
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's not insane for the season, right,

505
00:23:09,320 --> 00:23:11,119
Speaker 3: right right. I'm assuming they'll get hit two hard with

506
00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,960
Speaker 3: injuries or anything like that, and the road isn't going

507
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 3: to be easy going forward to get the Bengals again.

508
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:20,080
Speaker 3: But I mean that was frankly about as easy as

509
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Speaker 3: a defense as you could play against.

510
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:22,560
Speaker 2: But you carved it up.

511
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:26,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I was going to look at on

512
00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:31,880
Speaker 3: the EPA site, you can search for certain weeks, which

513
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Speaker 3: week did was Wilson's starting week was a nine?

514
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Speaker 2: He's no, it'll been weak earlier in that seven is

515
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Speaker 2: the Jets game seven or eight, whichever one that is.

516
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Speaker 2: Let me let me take a look here. I can

517
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Speaker 2: tell you. So they're by in week eight, So he

518
00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,800
Speaker 2: started the Jets game, So it was week seven.

519
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Speaker 3: Week seven till now, if you search and update it,

520
00:23:55,960 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 3: if we just do team tiers, they are. It's formulating

521
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Speaker 3: here radio. Oh yeah, they are.

522
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 2: It's been great.

523
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Speaker 3: It's been much it's been much better. I mean, they're

524
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Speaker 3: in the top quadrant. They are considered. Wow, the fourteenth offense,

525
00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:14,560
Speaker 3: I would have thought higher.

526
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Speaker 2: A couple of down games there.

527
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean so a little head head of Minnesota,

528
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Speaker 3: behind the Rams, behind Denver, behind Cincy over that stretch

529
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Speaker 3: and they have them as the which defense here it's

530
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Speaker 3: a slow site. Here we go the ninth defense. I

531
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Speaker 3: would say the offense is trending much differently than that

532
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Speaker 3: if we would search over like this the last couple

533
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Speaker 3: weeks or whatever.

534
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Speaker 2: Well, here's the thing with the guy with Wilson at quarterback,

535
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Speaker 2: they've scored thirty seven, twenty six, twenty eight, eighteen, nineteen

536
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Speaker 2: and forty four.

537
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

538
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Speaker 2: I think when this is all said and done, we

539
00:24:51,600 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 2: might look at the eighteen and nineteen and say, yeah,

540
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Speaker 2: those were the kind of the outliers.

541
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Speaker 3: Yeah. I tend to think so too. So I also

542
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,719
Speaker 3: just did it by quarterback, so since he became the

543
00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:04,520
Speaker 3: starter too, is number one in EPA, and they rushing

544
00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 3: has a lot to do with it. Hurts is two,

545
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 3: Lamar's three, Allen's for Wilson's five. Yeah, I mean that's

546
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 3: how he's played, right ahead of the Darnald Murray, Burrow Mahomes.

547
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Speaker 3: You know, he's playing like the fifth best quarterback in

548
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Speaker 3: the league.

549
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Speaker 2: So if you start looking at things offensively, just looking

550
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:25,480
Speaker 2: at the offenses, not defenses or anything else, Baltimore is

551
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:28,439
Speaker 2: still number one in offensive efficiency, but it's getting closer.

552
00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 2: Detroit's closing in on him.

553
00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 3: Yeah.

554
00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 2: Buffalo's number three.

555
00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:36,160
Speaker 3: Okay, they've been pretty consistent all year or two.

556
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,359
Speaker 2: Kansas City's number seven, which is kind of.

557
00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,000
Speaker 3: Well, they're super efficient, Yeah, they're just not splashy.

558
00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:48,240
Speaker 2: Then you have or the AFC playoff teams, the Chargers,

559
00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:54,320
Speaker 2: the Steelers, the Texans, and the Broncos. So the Steelers

560
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,679
Speaker 2: are kind of middle of the pack there, but again

561
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Speaker 2: that's taking the whole season into account. Yeah yeah, which

562
00:25:59,560 --> 00:26:03,639
Speaker 2: is rough like they're better than the Chargers offense right now?

563
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:06,480
Speaker 3: Oh yeah yeah. I mean to be fair too. One

564
00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:08,960
Speaker 3: thing I like about the VOA too is they also

565
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Speaker 3: do they wait the more recent stuff too? I mean,

566
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Speaker 3: does it really matter what the Chargers did in Week

567
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Speaker 3: one or the Chiefs. I mean I'm talking about onees

568
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,760
Speaker 3: that donated the quarterback changes, you know now, I mean

569
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Speaker 3: all those ones, how are you playing now? You know?

570
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:22,680
Speaker 2: Yeah?

571
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:26,320
Speaker 3: And the coaches look at things usually the last give me,

572
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 3: let's watch the last four games.

573
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Speaker 2: If we look at that playoff field by quarterback, it's

574
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Speaker 2: a good group. You've got Allen in Buffalo. I think

575
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:45,240
Speaker 2: he's number one right now. Yeah, Lamar's had a great season. Yeah,

576
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:49,239
Speaker 2: you still have Burrow or you still have Murrow at

577
00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:54,360
Speaker 2: my homes, I should say in Cincinnati is right there? Wilson.

578
00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:56,600
Speaker 3: Oh, you're talking about who's.

579
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Speaker 2: The teams that are going to be in the place.

580
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Speaker 3: I would still have Herbert over Wilson, but I would

581
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,600
Speaker 3: have Wilson over Stroud, which I'm shocked that's coming out

582
00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 3: of my mouth, to be honest with.

583
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 2: And then right now, Nick's last is last.

584
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:13,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, good for a rookie. Yeah, but last. Yeah, so

585
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 3: he's what fourth, fifth, fourth or fifth?

586
00:27:16,600 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: And yeah, and he gives you the opportunity because that

587
00:27:20,320 --> 00:27:21,600
Speaker 2: was one of the knocks on the student. Well they

588
00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,080
Speaker 2: don't have a quarterback to compete with those guys. Well,

589
00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 2: he can get he can get you close enough, and

590
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 2: in some case he outplayed Jackson here a few three

591
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:32,320
Speaker 2: weeks ago.

592
00:27:32,680 --> 00:27:36,119
Speaker 3: Yes, and outdo old Burrow. Yeah, very recently too. Who

593
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:38,959
Speaker 3: if if they, if by chance they figured out how

594
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:42,440
Speaker 3: to win games on any list would be ahead of Wilson.

595
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 3: But he beat those guys.

596
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,880
Speaker 2: Right, he gives you that opportunity to beat those guys.

597
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,160
Speaker 2: Here's the other part of the equation.

598
00:27:48,760 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 3: You know, round one, you may have a distinct quarterback advantage. Yeah,

599
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,080
Speaker 3: you know, it's not pick it going to arrowhead or whatever.

600
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 3: You know.

601
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, made some Rudolph in Buffalo.

602
00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing. Right.

603
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 2: Defensively, Denver's number two.

604
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:05,679
Speaker 3: I get that.

605
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 2: In defensive efficiency, who's one Minnesota? Yeah, yeah, Houston is

606
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 2: number four. They better be because both of those teams

607
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:18,760
Speaker 2: had better have those kind of defenses because the quarterbacks

608
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:19,360
Speaker 2: aren't as good.

609
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

610
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Pittsburgh is number five.

611
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 3: That adds up.

612
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,080
Speaker 2: Then you get the Chargers at six, and then you

613
00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 2: go all the way down to thirteen to get to

614
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Speaker 2: the Chiefs.

615
00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 3: They're falling off too. Yeah, their pass rush is really dwindling.

616
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 3: Baltimore's at nineteen, the probably rising. Oh, Buffalo is at nine.

617
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,960
Speaker 3: Buffalo is pretty yeah, Buffalos at nine. Okay, they've had

618
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 3: some injuries on defense too, but they've overcome them pretty well. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: In terms of the special teams rankings, obviously, the Steelers

620
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Speaker 2: are number one, Denver's number five. The Chargers are six.

621
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Speaker 2: The Bills are not there as well.

622
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Speaker 3: It's interesting to me think of those four head coaches,

623
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: they've won a lot of games, won.

624
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Speaker 2: A lot of games. Kansas City is fourteenth, Houston is nineteenth,

625
00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:14,960
Speaker 2: and Baltimore is all the way down at twenty nine.

626
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Speaker 3: They're horrible. It's mostly Tucker. Yeah, but I think all

627
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 3: their phases have been great. Right right, that's very unharball like.

628
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: So when you talk about can the Steelers a get

629
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Speaker 2: to the AFC Championship, these numbers would suggest that they can. Yes,

630
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 2: can they win the AFC Championship? They these numbers suggested

631
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 2: they have a chance to do that.

632
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 3: Puncher's chance. Yeah, I agree, a.

633
00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:45,280
Speaker 2: Much better chance than they've had the last couple of years.

634
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 3: Like just looking at positions on the field, if you

635
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Speaker 3: told me, okay, what do you want most going into

636
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 3: the playoffs? Well, I want my homes, I went Alan,

637
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: you know, I mean, give me a quarterback, of course,

638
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:58,640
Speaker 3: give me Ben, give me Bradshaw, whatever, But second would

639
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:01,400
Speaker 3: be d line for me. It would be my choice.

640
00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:04,960
Speaker 3: And I promise you the Steelers are won there. You

641
00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 3: know there's some good ones. There's Will Anderson and you

642
00:30:07,560 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 3: know Buffalo's good and Chris Jones, and of course playoff teams.

643
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 3: That shows five sacks this year and he's got nothing

644
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 3: around him at the moment.

645
00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 2: And they move him all over and try to get him.

646
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, matchups, and it's Hayward's been better.

647
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 3: Hayward's been better. I think Hayward's been the best defensive

648
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 3: tackle in the league this year. PFF just put their

649
00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 3: three quarters of the season Pro Bowl Team. It was Jones, Hayward, Watt,

650
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,200
Speaker 3: and Garrett Or. They're front four. I think Jalen Carters

651
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,440
Speaker 3: in that conversation. You know, Hutchinson and Lawrence both got hurt.

652
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 3: They were guys two are the four, right, and not

653
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 3: to mention now you got hurt and Smiths back and

654
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:49,600
Speaker 3: all these guys. But I'll take the Steelers front and

655
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 3: pass rush against all those guys. I don't care what

656
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 3: the sack numbers. Take him and run stuffing too. When

657
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:56,120
Speaker 3: Hayward's on the field, teams do not run the football.

658
00:30:56,440 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 3: You're right, you know, when he's not on the field,

659
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:00,120
Speaker 3: that's when you give up the forty yard runs to

660
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 3: Chase Brown. And even like this week, maybe in run situations,

661
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 3: Preston Smith's out there a little bit and then her

662
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 3: big comes at his replacement, and then you're bringing in highs,

663
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,479
Speaker 3: you know, just mixing and matching, you know, seeing how

664
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 3: it's working. They've got a lot of options.

665
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Speaker 2: They definitely have that. But yeah, I look at these

666
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:20,000
Speaker 2: these rankings, these you know, even if you start looking

667
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:24,680
Speaker 2: at the projections, the Steelers now projected to be out

668
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 2: to eleven point four wins, Baltimore's at ten point seven

669
00:31:29,920 --> 00:31:32,720
Speaker 2: makes sense. You win this week against the Browns, I'd.

670
00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 3: Say it goes a long way.

671
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,840
Speaker 2: If you win this game and you beat the Ravens down,

672
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,200
Speaker 2: You've got a lot of down in Baltimore. You're going

673
00:31:41,240 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 2: to win a division.

674
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 3: Win division. Yeah, I mean, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

675
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,520
Speaker 3: But if you can the two most winnable games on

676
00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 3: the schedule to me are the two Ohio teams. Yeah,

677
00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:56,640
Speaker 3: if you get both them, you probably win the division. Yeah.

678
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,560
Speaker 2: I don't want to turn into a tiebreaker situation. Yeah, Baltimore,

679
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 2: if you can them another loss.

680
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 3: That'd be awesome. Yeah, but those two might be enough.

681
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 2: If you win your three division games, you're gonna be

682
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:06,840
Speaker 2: a you're AFC North champion.

683
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 3: And if one of them, if it's two and one

684
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 3: of them is Baltimore. I think you're a FC North champion.

685
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, because that would be a six loss for

686
00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:14,600
Speaker 2: the Ravens. They couldn't lose another one.

687
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 3: And you'd swap them. Yeah. I mean, that's the most

688
00:32:18,880 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 3: important game of the year. But you get this one

689
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 3: that you're favored in, and that Bengals one your favorite in,

690
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:25,520
Speaker 3: you're probably division champs. Yeah.

691
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 2: And I still think, like right now, Kansas City's projection

692
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 2: is thirteen point nine and three. Well, they got one

693
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 2: loss right now, So where are you getting too three

694
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: losses at right? There's not that many games, not that

695
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 2: many games left to play. I bet they beat the

696
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:43,680
Speaker 2: Chargers this week, but that's a game they could lose.

697
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 2: They could lose them, They could lose the Steelers, and

698
00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 2: you start looking. I mean, and if you're the three seed,

699
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: if you're a division champ, that's probably the Chargers right here.

700
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,320
Speaker 3: If you're the three, if you're the three, I would

701
00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:58,280
Speaker 3: think that it's probably the Chargers. Yeah. Yeah, And the

702
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 3: Ravens will probably get go to Houston, where I think

703
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:02,240
Speaker 3: they'd be favored. Yeah.

704
00:33:02,280 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 2: Here's what here's what Casey has left the Chargers at

705
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 2: home this week at the Browns. The Texans at home

706
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:09,080
Speaker 2: at the.

707
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 3: Browns could be sloppy, messy, yeah, you know.

708
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 2: Then they're at the Steelers on Christmas the Texans, Uh,

709
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 2: Texans at home. That's that Saturday game. So they get

710
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:19,200
Speaker 2: to plan a short week.

711
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:20,480
Speaker 3: Okay.

712
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 2: Then they come to Pittsburgh on the road Christmas Day,

713
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 2: and then they're at the Broncos on January fifth, so

714
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 2: they get some tough games.

715
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, I bet they have another loss when they before

716
00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,280
Speaker 3: Christmas Eve, one of those three.

717
00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 2: See, I'm already I'm already on record of saying the

718
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:40,400
Speaker 2: Steelers are going to beat them.

719
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 3: So right, right, I mean that could be. They could

720
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 3: be three losses.

721
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, So you know, I'm not saying you're you're going

722
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:48,560
Speaker 2: to go You're the Steelers aren't going to have three

723
00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:50,200
Speaker 2: losses when they get at the end of the season.

724
00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 2: Not picking the winning but in Philadelphia, right, it's not

725
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:54,480
Speaker 2: going to happen.

726
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,400
Speaker 3: And I'm sure there'll be a dog on Christmas. I'm

727
00:33:57,440 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 3: sure they will be and they'll probably be a dog

728
00:33:59,040 --> 00:33:59,760
Speaker 3: in Balton.

729
00:33:59,800 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 2: I'm sure there'll be a dog in Baltimore because they

730
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 2: were a dog last week in Cincinnati.

731
00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:04,520
Speaker 3: Yeah.

732
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was ridiculous, right, right, right, they've just been

733
00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 2: you know, dog after the dog.

734
00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:10,480
Speaker 3: I mean, Baltimore is good stuff. I play.

735
00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 2: They're nine and three. I bet you they've been underdogs

736
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 2: as much as probably as much as Cincinnati has been

737
00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 2: this year, probably equal, probably even more, especially at the

738
00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:23,120
Speaker 2: end of the year. Yeah, they've definitely been an underdog

739
00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 2: more than the Jets. The Jets are three wins.

740
00:34:26,280 --> 00:34:28,880
Speaker 3: Jets were favored against Steelers crazy yeah, yeah, yeah, and

741
00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh your minds are they the probably the worst

742
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,799
Speaker 3: betting team of the year. I would bet that if

743
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:38,879
Speaker 3: you bet on the Jets with the spread, you probably lost.

744
00:34:43,120 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 3: I mean, obviously you bet the money line against them. Yeah.

745
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,360
Speaker 2: San Francisco might be up there. Yeah, they were probably favorite.

746
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,040
Speaker 2: They were favored in every one of their games until

747
00:34:50,080 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 2: this past week. I think.

748
00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 3: Really Yeah, since he's another one though, keeps thinking they're

749
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 3: they're better than you think. The better you think, eventually or.

750
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 2: Not eventually, you are what your record says you are

751
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:00,759
Speaker 2: in they're four and.

752
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,560
Speaker 3: Eight, four and eight. Can't play the defense well earned, Yeah,

753
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:08,120
Speaker 3: but that uh, let's look at the competition coming up here.

754
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:12,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, can you get to the two seed?

755
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:14,879
Speaker 2: Can you get to the one seed? Yeah, but it's

756
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:19,120
Speaker 2: gonna I mean, you need some you need some help. Yeah,

757
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:21,760
Speaker 2: you need a lot of help. I could see Buffalo's remaining.

758
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,320
Speaker 3: I could see.

759
00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 2: Buffalo losing in Detroit in a couple of weeks.

760
00:35:24,239 --> 00:35:26,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I knew they have that tough one coming. I

761
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 3: don't have the rest of that bad.

762
00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,040
Speaker 2: They're at the Rams this week, then they're at Detroit

763
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 2: next week. Okay, Patriots at home, Jets at home at

764
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 2: the Patriots. The last three year, they're gonna be the

765
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 2: They're gonna be the number one seed. I wonder if

766
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 2: they're even resting starters in week eighteen. Yeah, I think

767
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,239
Speaker 2: they're going to be the number one seed.

768
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 3: I do too, so, but then you don't get them

769
00:35:47,200 --> 00:35:49,399
Speaker 3: for a while, right then you don't if you're like three,

770
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 3: you do only get them in the AFC Championship. Yeah right, yeah, Okay,

771
00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 3: take the chances, take the chance. Someone might knock them up. Absolutely,

772
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,440
Speaker 3: and the city could have gone there and beat them, Baltimore.

773
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:02,359
Speaker 2: Baltimore could have gone there and beating them, and next

774
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:05,279
Speaker 2: thing you know, maybe you're hosting an AFC championship. Who knows.

775
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, win a division go a long way, especially

776
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 3: for like the second round of games, and you know, yeah,

777
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 3: it could go into Houston. Wouldn't be terrible, No five seed.

778
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:16,240
Speaker 2: No, I think Houston's right for the picking.

779
00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think they lose to Baltimore or Pittsburgh.

780
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:23,879
Speaker 2: Yeah I do too, but uh yeah, so that's it's

781
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 2: not crazy when you start looking at this, if you

782
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 2: look at their the the projections, and you just look

783
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 2: at the to win the division, the Steelers are now

784
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,800
Speaker 2: at fifty point one or make the divisional round to

785
00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:38,759
Speaker 2: win a division at seventy one point five percent.

786
00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, so they should be way over fifty, way over.

787
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:44,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, they they are much higher. Favorite. Baltimore's at twenty

788
00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,120
Speaker 2: eight point six percent.

789
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 3: They're much more even have to beat the Steelers.

790
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, to make the divisional round of the playoffs, Steelers

791
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 2: have a fifty point one percent chance. That means win

792
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 2: a playoff game, win your first round playoff game. To

793
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 2: make the conference championship, they're twenty one point five percent.

794
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:03,799
Speaker 3: Seems fair.

795
00:37:04,600 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 2: To make the super Bowl, they're at nine point two percent.

796
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 3: Pretty good.

797
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 2: To win the Super Bowl three point six percent, they

798
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 2: were not there.

799
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,560
Speaker 3: Well, it sounds like numbers, folks. Yeah, that's it's a

800
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 3: big to go from one percent to three point six

801
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 3: percent in the Super Bowl or whatever.

802
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:22,919
Speaker 2: We're you know, one percent to get to nine point

803
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 2: two percent to make it to the Super I.

804
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 3: Mean, it would not be an easy run, especially the

805
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,760
Speaker 3: quarterbacks you gotta play against. But it's possible.

806
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 2: It's doable.

807
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's possible.

808
00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:34,320
Speaker 2: Now, there's nothing that says right now that the quarterbacks

809
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 2: who are playing in the league right now will be

810
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 2: the ones playing a month from now.

811
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 3: True, true, true, true.

812
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 2: Lots of games still have to be played and injuries happen.

813
00:37:43,719 --> 00:37:44,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I do so.

814
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:48,000
Speaker 2: Anyways, let's get to a break. He is the Matt Williamson.

815
00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 2: I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here

816
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network. And no, we're not wishing

817
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,880
Speaker 2: for injuries on anybody. No, but they do happen. Uh,

818
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,960
Speaker 2: We're gonna take a break. We'll be back with more

819
00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 2: right after this.

820
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

821
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:08,719
Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

822
00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation.

823
00:38:11,239 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 2: Radio And welcome back to the Drive. I am Dale Lolly.

824
00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 2: He is the Matt Williamson. And some interesting situations here

825
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 2: in the college ranks. Matt Nope, I'm not report a

826
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: report on Pro Football Talk that says that they're picking

827
00:38:31,600 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 2: up somebody else's report that Bill Belichick has interviewed for

828
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,279
Speaker 2: the vacant North Carolina head coaching job.

829
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:42,439
Speaker 3: Wow, that just doesn't add up to me. However, maybe

830
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:44,480
Speaker 3: you bring him in and you know, maybe he knew.

831
00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:46,800
Speaker 3: I'm just saying from his perspective, you know, like I

832
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 3: think you want to get back in the league, and

833
00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 3: I would think that the he definitely would have an

834
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 3: opportunity next year Giants, Jag It.

835
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 2: May have been a favor for somebody, and yeah, you

836
00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:57,480
Speaker 2: can come in and talk about our program. Where do

837
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 2: we need to go here?

838
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,480
Speaker 3: Oh, that kind of stuff would make a lot of sense.

839
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 3: We toured that campus. It's beautiful. I mean, it would

840
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:10,440
Speaker 3: be a wonderful existence. You could probably propel them to

841
00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 3: acc dominance not that difficult and kind of like Dion,

842
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 3: I'm sure it'd be a heck of a recruiter if

843
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 3: he wanted to be, you know, come play for Belichick,

844
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,399
Speaker 3: you know, I mean, it's pretty attractive to the kids.

845
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: I don't know if he could do the cell on

846
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 2: that stuff though, though I think it'd hate it. Come

847
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:26,719
Speaker 2: on into our campus, and you really like it here,

848
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 2: and you got a nice atmosphere, and yeah, I won't

849
00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:30,799
Speaker 2: have any fun.

850
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 3: But I can't Imaginehm as a college coach.

851
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:35,879
Speaker 2: No, I can't imagine that either.

852
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 3: You think he'll be an NFL coach next year? I do.

853
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 3: I do too.

854
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:39,399
Speaker 2: I think somebody will.

855
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they'll be how many coaching openings do

856
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:43,000
Speaker 3: we think?

857
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 2: And they might regret he might regret it, but I

858
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:48,040
Speaker 2: could see him in like Jacksonville.

859
00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:50,520
Speaker 3: Jacksonville and the Giants are the ones I keep thinking about.

860
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:53,239
Speaker 3: I don't think he'd work for Jerry Jones, but they

861
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:55,840
Speaker 3: link those ones together. I'm not sure that won't even come.

862
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,240
Speaker 2: I don't think McCarthy gets fired.

863
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:58,040
Speaker 3: I don't think he should.

864
00:39:58,120 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 2: They've played, they continue to play hard.

865
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I say I would run it back. Yeah, I

866
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,759
Speaker 3: don't think that one opens. How many do you think

867
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 3: do open?

868
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:06,919
Speaker 2: It'll be six or seven at least.

869
00:40:06,960 --> 00:40:09,080
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, he like publicly has said he hates

870
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:09,880
Speaker 3: the Jets organization.

871
00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's he's not gonna go. He will not be

872
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 2: coaching THEE He.

873
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 3: Will not work for that ownership, that's for sure. Yeah,

874
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 3: but jackson would make sense. I mean, if I was

875
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 3: Seoan Kahn say take it all.

876
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, we're gonna throw a bunch of money at you.

877
00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 3: Yeah right. You know, people are saying the Bears is

878
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 3: the best job to coach the Bears of the Jags.

879
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,920
Speaker 3: I mean, division's brutal. Yeah, but they got a lot

880
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:34,320
Speaker 3: of cap money. If you love Caleb Williams. But you

881
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 3: might not love Caleb Williams.

882
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 2: I mean, I hope nobody takes offense at this, but

883
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:38,680
Speaker 2: I don't love Chicago.

884
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:39,760
Speaker 3: Mmmm.

885
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 2: It's a tough place to get in and out of

886
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 2: in the stadium, Like.

887
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:44,959
Speaker 3: You wouldn't want to live there? You may no, Okay,

888
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 3: so you're saying, yeah, that makes sense. It's a tough, tough.

889
00:40:48,880 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 2: Division to win in, tough division to win in.

890
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 3: Yeah. We were having this conversation on a podcast earlier

891
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 3: this week. It's like, I guess it came out. A

892
00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,920
Speaker 3: lot of people are saying the Bears are saying it's

893
00:40:58,960 --> 00:40:59,480
Speaker 3: the best job.

894
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:00,480
Speaker 2: Of course, of course.

895
00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 3: Yeah.

896
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 2: I'm like, come with, come see us work. We get

897
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,160
Speaker 2: the best job.

898
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 3: If you're going to dedicate yourself to giving me Linemen, yeah,

899
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 3: I'm done with paying Swift and Keenan Allen and all

900
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 3: these guys. Give me guards give me a defensive tackle.

901
00:41:14,719 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 3: I mean, it's a sloppy environment, it's windy. I need

902
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 3: to win in the trenches, and they don't do it

903
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:20,880
Speaker 3: that way, you know.

904
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:26,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, U c l A has parted ways with Eric

905
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:31,439
Speaker 2: Bienneman heard their offensive coordinator. Wasn't that long ago people

906
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,080
Speaker 2: were complaining that Eric Banemy couldn't get a head coaching

907
00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 2: job in the the NF in the NFL, and now

908
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 2: he has been let go as an offensive coordinator at

909
00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:40,359
Speaker 2: the college level.

910
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 3: He's had several jobs since Chiefs and was the.

911
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 2: Offensive coordinator in Washington that didn't work out, No, and

912
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 2: he was bad at him. Yeah, and now he's so

913
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:50,960
Speaker 2: maybe it was Andy Reid.

914
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 3: Right, I mean, he was Andy Reid's right hand man,

915
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,520
Speaker 3: but he was not even sure calling the plays. He

916
00:41:56,640 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 3: wasn't calling the plays. You're right. And I don't think

917
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,520
Speaker 3: go ever be an NFL head coach or coordinator again.

918
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, he might, somebody might as maybe maybe.

919
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 3: I don't think he's a great interview from what I've

920
00:42:09,160 --> 00:42:10,120
Speaker 3: been told either. Yeah.

921
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 2: Well, and when you get fired twice now in the

922
00:42:13,200 --> 00:42:15,640
Speaker 2: last couple of years as a offensive coordinator, that doesn't

923
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 2: bode well for you.

924
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean at the college level too. Yeah, if

925
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:23,719
Speaker 3: you can't, I was like, youation have better players too,

926
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 3: like they were, they have traditioned. I mean, it's there's

927
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:27,719
Speaker 3: a very.

928
00:42:27,680 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 2: Fertile ground college football now is nobody cares anymore. That's

929
00:42:32,239 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 2: why I can't imagine a guy like Belichick going back

930
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,960
Speaker 2: to the college ranks now, given the state of college football.

931
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 3: I would it is a point. It is. I would

932
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 3: say about this the other day, like I would dislike

933
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 3: my job that I had it, Pitt so much more

934
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,359
Speaker 3: now than then. I really enjoyed it then.

935
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 2: It's not about just recruiting now, it's it's essentially what.

936
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 3: We've got Larry for a year and then to go

937
00:42:56,560 --> 00:42:57,280
Speaker 3: to Ohio States.

938
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 2: You know what I mean, what they've done here now

939
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,879
Speaker 2: is just said, okay, everybody can cheat.

940
00:43:02,239 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, basically right, it's just instead of hiding it or

941
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 3: whatever or handing out sanctions or whatever. So this is

942
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:12,320
Speaker 3: a much bigger conversation we have time for. But I

943
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 3: heard something today I thought was really smart was quarterbacks

944
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,359
Speaker 3: should never come out early now because you're getting two

945
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 3: million a year, Go be Bo Nicks, go be Panix,

946
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 3: and just work on your craft. Be big man on campus.

947
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 3: Even if it's two different schools, three different schools, and.

948
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:35,400
Speaker 2: Now we're seeing guys go to four different schools, right,

949
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 2: it doesn't matter.

950
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 3: War goes from Washington to Miami and gets better, you know,

951
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 3: Nicks goes from Auburn to Oregon gets better. You know, Like,

952
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,040
Speaker 3: don't come out early. I mean the NFL is too

953
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:52,160
Speaker 3: hard and then the expectations are way different. I think

954
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:53,879
Speaker 3: you'll see a lot less quarterbacks coming out.

955
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:56,040
Speaker 2: Early, probably so can get paid. Well.

956
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean it's very similar to a rookie contract.

957
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, I know. I was gonna say, uh, Larry

958
00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 2: Ogan Joby the Steelers nominee for the Walter Peyton Man

959
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:10,080
Speaker 2: of the Year.

960
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:12,400
Speaker 3: Oh wow. I mean it's been CAM for how many

961
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:12,960
Speaker 3: years in a row?

962
00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 2: CAM for a bunch of years, and he won it

963
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:17,960
Speaker 2: last year, so you're not going to nominate him again obviously.

964
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 2: Russell Wilson has also won that award, by the way,

965
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 2: and now Larry Ogunjoby is the nominee.

966
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:25,520
Speaker 3: Okay, so good for Larry. I don't know if you know,

967
00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:27,759
Speaker 3: because I don't. Does he have a lot of off

968
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:30,960
Speaker 3: the field interesting stuff in the community.

969
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, he does a great job of that. You don't.

970
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,839
Speaker 2: You don't get nominated for that award if you don't

971
00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:36,000
Speaker 2: do it.

972
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 3: I just assumed you did, you know, right, I mean

973
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 3: I knew he was not, you know, being an axe murderer.

974
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:40,400
Speaker 3: You know.

975
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, Aaron Rodgers said he has nothing to prove over

976
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,439
Speaker 2: the final few weeks here as the Jets season comes

977
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:49,880
Speaker 2: to an end.

978
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 3: I mean he's proved he was.

979
00:44:53,040 --> 00:44:56,560
Speaker 2: Talking if he's talking about Aaron Rodgers the career, right, Okay.

980
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:59,840
Speaker 3: Legacy, nothing to prove. But if you want to have

981
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 3: some pride and be the leader of the team.

982
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 2: You still want to play next year? Something to prove.

983
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

984
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 2: Do you think he's a Jets quarterback?

985
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:07,600
Speaker 3: No? I don't either.

986
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 2: Do you think he is a quarterback?

987
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,839
Speaker 3: No? I tend to think he hangs it up. Yeah.

988
00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:13,000
Speaker 2: I think he's probably done.

989
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,280
Speaker 3: Yeah, just trying to read the t leaves.

990
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,920
Speaker 2: One last final thing here, Matt. The NFL and the

991
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:21,920
Speaker 2: NFL Players Association have agreed to important changes in the

992
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:25,920
Speaker 2: league's drug policies that go into effect this week. The

993
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,279
Speaker 2: NFLPA sent a memo Wednesday to player agents announcing and

994
00:45:29,400 --> 00:45:35,040
Speaker 2: explaining the changes. The policy are changes in the testing procedures,

995
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 2: finds and other discipline associated with violations of both performance

996
00:45:39,600 --> 00:45:44,560
Speaker 2: enhancing drugs and the policies on substance abuse, most notably marijuana.

997
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:48,719
Speaker 2: The level of THCHC required to trigger a positive test

998
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,600
Speaker 2: has been increased from one hundred and fifty nanograms from

999
00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:53,240
Speaker 2: Milla Leader to three hundred and fifty.

1000
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 3: You definitely go up.

1001
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:57,239
Speaker 2: And while that might most people.

1002
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:59,880
Speaker 3: Say, I don't know what that is on nano leads, Basically,

1003
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:00,400
Speaker 3: what that.

1004
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:06,520
Speaker 2: Means is that if you if you partake on a Monday,

1005
00:46:07,719 --> 00:46:11,439
Speaker 2: basically by that Friday, you're at three hundred and fifty

1006
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:11,920
Speaker 2: or below.

1007
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,480
Speaker 3: Okay, where but if you're an everyday user, you're still gonna.

1008
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:16,920
Speaker 2: You're gonna test over three to fifty.

1009
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:21,680
Speaker 3: Okay, Okay, And again not exactly my specialty, but I've

1010
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 3: had some experience. I mean, I know it's not a

1011
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,360
Speaker 3: wa water soluble drug. It's a fat soluble drug, so

1012
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:30,040
Speaker 3: it doesn't get an in and out of your system

1013
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:32,520
Speaker 3: like super quick, you know what I mean, But I

1014
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 3: mean it hangs around. Yeah, okay, I mean it's definitely

1015
00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:38,399
Speaker 3: going the right direction. I've said this for a while.

1016
00:46:38,600 --> 00:46:42,160
Speaker 3: Like my son, maybe you're even your son who's older,

1017
00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 3: is going to be like our Tamis Bryant's career was

1018
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:49,319
Speaker 3: ruined because of the rules of back then it wasn't

1019
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 3: that long ago or I mean, I don't even remember

1020
00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 3: exactly what he did, but like someone can't play football

1021
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,840
Speaker 3: because they smoke or ass I mean, like come on.

1022
00:46:57,320 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, so we'll see where that goes with that. But

1023
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 2: obviously easing things up in regards to that, and nobody

1024
00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: wants to see guys suspended.

1025
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,920
Speaker 3: For sort of their career in Jeopardy wins pretty much

1026
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 3: legal in most the entire country. Yeah, yeah, but still

1027
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,680
Speaker 3: hard to find. No, it is not, never has been,

1028
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,040
Speaker 3: but it's even easier to find now.

1029
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 2: That's gonna do it for the show today, Matt one more,

1030
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:24,879
Speaker 2: We got one more for the week we'll have we'll

1031
00:47:24,920 --> 00:47:27,640
Speaker 2: be back tomorrow. We'll have our picks, we'll review all

1032
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,719
Speaker 2: the games. We'll be joined by Missy Matthews and uh,

1033
00:47:30,840 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 2: lots of good stuff. Pick our DFS lineup absolutely game tonight.

1034
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Speaker 2: We got our DFS line up for that. But for

1035
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Speaker 2: my partner Matt Williamson for CJ. Wolfley here on site,

1036
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Speaker 2: jumping in on the Justin Miller hotline and running that

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Speaker 2: it's not an easy job. You gotta be able to

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Speaker 2: do the Justin Miller hot line and for Tyler Viittmeyer

1039
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Speaker 2: making sure our video gets out there on YouTube. Go

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