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Speaker 1: Rolling along here on the drive, closing down the first

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Speaker 1: hour on this Tuesday, and we are pleased to be

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Speaker 1: joined by our friend Chris Adamski, of course, co host

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Speaker 1: of the Steelers Blitz every day at noon right here

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Speaker 1: on the Steelers Audio Network and covers the Steelers for

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Speaker 1: the trib. Chris, thank you for taking the time as

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Speaker 1: always partner. I you know, I think I asked you

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Speaker 1: a similar question to this after that crazy Steelers win

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Speaker 2: But let's run it back one more time. You've been

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Speaker 2: on the Steelers beat for a little over a decade.

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Speaker 2: How does that atmosphere, how does that ending? How does

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Speaker 2: that just insane time capsule, instant classic that we witnessed

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Speaker 2: on Sunday night, kind of ranking the pantheon of all

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Speaker 2: the games you've covered in your career.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'll start with you said the atmosphere, and I

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Speaker 3: don't know, bitter world overall. Like I was like, oh boy, this,

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Speaker 3: Like I think I even said something, if they fall

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Speaker 3: probably last week, and they did. They fell beyond ten

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Speaker 3: nothing and the first drive, the first play, and I'm like, oh,

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Speaker 3: this could this could be combustible. But I was impressed

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Speaker 3: with the fans were supportive and loud throughout, even through

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Speaker 3: obviously that roller coaster fourth quarter where twice it looks

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Speaker 3: I the atmosphere I was impressed with, and it seemed

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Speaker 3: like everybody stayed, the stands were was full towards the

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Speaker 3: end of the game, which is what you expect to

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Speaker 3: hope for in a playoff game. But they definitely so

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Speaker 3: I'll give some kudos to the to the Stealer Nation

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Speaker 3: for that part of it. Yeah, the game, it can't

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Speaker 3: compare to that. And that was a that's a literal player.

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Speaker 3: This is a literal playoff game. In the reference to

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Speaker 3: Bengals game in twenty sixteen, uh, that was just or

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Speaker 3: at fifteen. I get them see whatever. You know what

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Speaker 3: I'm saying. It was about a decade ago, where was

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Speaker 3: have a franchise icons assistant coach getting involved and essentially

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Speaker 3: drawing a flag that puts them in the field will

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Speaker 3: go ranging the whole aspect that these are the Bengals

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Speaker 3: who you know couldn't get over the hump because of

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Speaker 3: it's real talented roster. But they it's just hilarious that

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Speaker 3: in a playoff game. And the way that fourth quarter

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Speaker 3: and offensively and everything. I certainly didn't have it at

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Speaker 3: that point. You asked me at halftime that we ended

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Speaker 3: involved four lead changes all via to what touchdown right

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Speaker 3: in the fourth quarter, back and forth, everybody kind of

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Speaker 3: moving the ball. It will and I mean the Ravens's

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Speaker 3: if they needed to score, they have scored there too.

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Speaker 3: It would have been the five possessions in a row.

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Speaker 3: So It was just kind of that aspect of it

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Speaker 3: big arrival with even the Bengals. You put it all together,

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Speaker 3: it was miskicks. I mean, in today's day and age,

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Speaker 3: how good the kickers are. Yeah, to have two kicks

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Speaker 3: you didn't even think about it, like he missed it,

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Speaker 4: So we were talking buzz a little bit about was

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Speaker 4: were praising both quarterbacks, but especially Rogers for their fourth

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Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying, yeah, I do see.

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Speaker 3: What you're saying with that to I go, I get

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Speaker 3: Fox though with him, and he's that prepared and that

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Speaker 3: But then just comparing them to the roster he had

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Speaker 3: that's probably although I say that and you know people

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Speaker 3: I mean, there was some of those throws, but the

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Speaker 3: I don't want to diminish that his arm is the

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Speaker 3: But I also think his brain and what he's doing

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Speaker 3: I could see that would take Sam adjustine to both

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Speaker 5: And just like Jeopardy, it just seems like he's always right.

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Speaker 2: You know what is? What is? He's always right? Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Twenty fifteen Aaron, Oh, sorry, buzz go ahead.

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Speaker 3: I'm not going going that's a good oh good ways.

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Speaker 2: I was just gonna say twenty fifteen, he won Celebrity Jeopardy,

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Speaker 2: I'm not familiar with his game as much. To win

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Speaker 2: invited back to guest host for two weeks in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty one, calling it a dream job and a major

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Speaker 2: honor to be part of Alex Trebek's legacy. He said

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Speaker 2: to Up he meticulously studied old Jeopardy episodes. Taking notes

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Speaker 3: Yeah and again watching him now and the way he

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Speaker 3: In some way, it's almost even a I don't want

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Speaker 3: to say it's a detriment, but it can't like like

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Speaker 3: I have single covers there. That's where I'm supposed to go.

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Speaker 3: That's what I'm supposed to do that that's the smart play.

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Speaker 3: And I don't know if necessarily in the end, I mean,

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Speaker 3: just knowing that that all, but you just said there

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Speaker 3: would study Alex Trebek's mannerisms and that job, you know

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Speaker 4: He wasn't just like reading Encyclopedia's I know they don't

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, from from one veteran on the Steelers offense

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Speaker 2: the Steelers defense buzz. There's boxed wine, there's fine wine,

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Speaker 2: and then there's Cam Hayward. I mean, what this guy

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Man, And he's already played offense too, right, that's

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Speaker 3: And I just mentioned all I talked there for whatever

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Speaker 3: I still don't know what hands it hit both hands

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Speaker 5: Through that? Like the first segment we.

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Speaker 2: Went, we we kind of broke this down. It was

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Speaker 5: Yeah, Cam did end up touching it.

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Speaker 3: It's wow that there's two because then did you guys

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Speaker 3: the Boswell extra point blocked at all? Because that's it.

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Speaker 3: There's there's a point of contentionent with that, dude.

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Speaker 2: I saw somebody posted on Twitter earlier today.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I know the official statistician changed it this morning

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Speaker 6: with the official record right right there, that is blarred.

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Speaker 6: I don't know, yeah, I could do the Naked Eye

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Speaker 6: that night, certainly, and then you watch it again and again,

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Speaker 3: To the bottom of. Pretty importan stuff there in playoff

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Speaker 4: Right heck yeah, So this is gonna be a much

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Speaker 4: Those edge rushers are nasty and I'm actually excited to

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Speaker 4: But do you agree that the offensive line for the

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Speaker 3: You know, yeah, I'm really glad you said that, Matt,

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Speaker 3: especially because just a good validated by you, because you're

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Speaker 3: I would be. I feel like, I'm almost oh, they're

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Speaker 3: Dylan Cook was rated as the second best left tackle

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Speaker 3: I think I could that hasn't been talked about enough

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Speaker 3: feel really good about thinking Frasier McCormick and Tad too

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Speaker 3: Marcus Gilbert howeverever you want to, uh say it, to

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Speaker 3: And yeah, I think and and a lot of it

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Speaker 3: That that's one of the one of the better stories

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Speaker 4: It might be their best player asset in the whole

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And I get I'm getting way ahead of myself here,

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Speaker 3: this is what you're even talking about. But I mean,

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Speaker 3: I mean, I gues said, I don't Cook at this point,

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Speaker 3: certainly as the conversation is this your left talk with

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Speaker 3: the future, right, I don't know for sure if you

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Speaker 3: I mean what, we've got a four game sample size,

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Speaker 4: Mean, did a minimum he's got to be in a

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Speaker 5: Yeah it camp and a minute, yeah, I would say.

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Speaker 3: So if you're talking about asset management there again, this

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Speaker 3: your broder Jones still as a talented guy, that would

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Speaker 3: it's better for all parties involved if you decide that

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Speaker 3: I don't think Jones was terrible by any means, I don't.

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Speaker 3: I think Jones is certainly amongst the monkst the top

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Speaker 3: I'm saying. He's a starter by that definition for sure.

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Speaker 5: So there's a lot of teams playing with a lot worse.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And then and then you look at

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Speaker 3: I mean, Sayamala has been I think he was really

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Speaker 3: good Sunday Night and Ben and looks like a starter,

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Speaker 3: you know, at it can be a starter caliber player too.

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Speaker 3: So the way he you know, just see seeing him

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Speaker 3: you could really use him out in space, use him,

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Speaker 3: he moves is so it's highlight of course in this role.

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Speaker 3: But you know, you think he could be a starter too.

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Speaker 3: So there's some depth there. And another thing, I know,

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Speaker 3: But yeah, you're right in terms of youth, and hey,

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Speaker 3: it's right it should. I mean they spent four top

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Speaker 2: You're right, certainly is and I think it's really paid

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Speaker 2: off having Kris Adamsky as our Tuesday guest throughout this

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Speaker 2: regular season, and we will continue that next Tuesday, hopefully

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Speaker 2: celebrating a divisional or a wildcard round part of me

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Speaker 2: victory and looking ahead to the divisional round. But Chris,

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Speaker 2: thank you for the time today, partner. Great stuff as always,

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Speaker 2: and we'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 6: All.

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Speaker 3: It's a pleasure, boye talk to you about her.

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