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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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

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Speaker 1: and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 2: and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt,

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Speaker 2: it is time for the Fantasy Football focus here and

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Speaker 2: we'll take a look here at our DFS lineup. We

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Speaker 2: still have one guy out tonight. Okay, so right now

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Speaker 2: we have one oh eight point eight two points. The

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Speaker 2: key thing this week is if he didn't have somebody

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Speaker 2: in the Falcons Houston game.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Scores were kind of suppressed because of that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of bad quarterbacking. Yeah. And weird

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Speaker 3: fantasy week.

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Speaker 2: For sure, really weird fantasy bye. I started my own

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Speaker 2: fantasy lineup. I ended up with one hundred and eighty one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you killed it with that one points.

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Speaker 2: I finished second my contest because I had Tank Dell

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Speaker 2: on the lineup. I you know, obviously the Colts defense

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Speaker 2: was k was a killer. So looking at our lineup tonight,

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Speaker 2: so we had Joe Burrow. He was started in forty

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Speaker 2: seven point four percent of the league.

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Speaker 3: Wow, you look great, and how many points.

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Speaker 2: He end up with twenty five point three two.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, ran a little bit throwing really well. Yeah, so

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Speaker 3: even with Chase banged up a little bit in that game,

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Speaker 3: it was Chalky though, that was the that's probably yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we had amazing We had Jonathan Taylor in the lineup.

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Speaker 2: He was at twenty five point four percent ownership, seventeen

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Speaker 2: point nine points. Okay's taken over that, Yeah, rightfully, So

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Speaker 2: this is the one that's cure. We had Remondre Stevenson

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Speaker 2: in the lineup. He had twenty two point nine points,

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Speaker 2: eleven point four percent ownership, So that should help us overall.

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Speaker 2: Why aren't they giving him the ball more? Why is

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Speaker 2: why is he not.

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Speaker 3: By far their best player on offense?

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Speaker 2: They're messing around with Ezekiel Elliott.

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Speaker 3: I know, and he is a good receiver. I think

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Speaker 3: he's a really good player. I think he's one of

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Speaker 3: the few people that shouldn't be blamed for their offense

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Speaker 3: being so bad. I don't quite get it.

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Speaker 2: I don't get it at all. No, so we still

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Speaker 2: have Garrett Wilson left to play tonight.

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Speaker 3: He puts up no matter what. Yeah, he's that good. Uh.

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Speaker 2: We had Jamar Chase in the game unfortunately instead of

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Speaker 2: t Higgins came down really four for forty one. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that was a tough one, but he was started in

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Speaker 2: fifty nine point six percent of league, So that was

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Speaker 2: the hook went for that stack and so doesn't hurt

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Speaker 2: us all that badly. We had Brandon Cooks in the lineup.

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Speaker 3: He was going on there either.

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Speaker 2: He barely they barely used him.

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Speaker 3: It's all Ferguson and Lamb and like Paulard's underachieving gallup Cooks.

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Speaker 3: I mean, Lamb's great, but you gotta get the ball

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Speaker 3: more than two people.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just didn't get that one. He had one

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Speaker 2: point seven points. He was just out the end right,

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Speaker 2: eight point eight percent ownership. Michael Mayer at tight end.

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Speaker 2: That didn't really work out either. Two catches for eleven yards.

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Speaker 2: They didn't throw the football.

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Speaker 3: He was an inch away from scoring too, Yeah, which

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Speaker 3: that would have helped. It would have helped. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: With Josh Jacobs in a lineup though, Yeah, that worked

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Speaker 2: out well. He was owned in thirty eighth.

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Speaker 3: That part just handed to him over and over against Yeah, team.

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Speaker 2: Thirty five point one percent ownership. We got twenty one

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Speaker 3: And it's not so great.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, eight points and points road right, So right now

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Speaker 2: we have one hundred and eight point eighty two points

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Speaker 2: out of our lineup. We probably yeah, we probably need

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Speaker 2: about I want to say, I'm going to say fifteen

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Speaker 2: points out of Wilson tonight to finish in the money possible.

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Speaker 2: So we got a chance.

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Speaker 3: He gets targets no matter what, and he gets.

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Speaker 2: Oh he's I heard today, he's get like sixty percent

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I heard for him. It's like all him, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, anything that they throw beyond the line of scrimmage

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Speaker 3: So the Jets aren't as good as I don't think

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Speaker 3: they're a great team. I don't think they're a playoff team.

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Speaker 3: They got dealt a really rough hand with the Rogers thing.

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Speaker 3: But they get the ball in their two best players hands.

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Speaker 3: I mean give them credit. They funnel everything through that

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Speaker 2: The only thing that gives him a chance to keep

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Speaker 2: them close. And well, the Chargers pass defense isn't great.

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Speaker 3: It's not great. No, I guys could do okay.

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Speaker 2: Their run defense, it was surprisingly they give up like

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been bad lately, I mean previous years. I

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Speaker 3: didn't realize it got that much better.

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Speaker 2: So we get fifteen twelve to fifteen points, we should

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Speaker 3: So and probably a lot of you are too.

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Speaker 2: I did notice there were I think four or five

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Speaker 2: people in that particular contest, which wasn't a big one.

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Speaker 2: There was only like two hundred entries in the contest,

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Speaker 2: and their names now I'm sorry, one hundred and fifty

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Speaker 2: entries in the contests, and they all had the same

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Speaker 2: exact score as us. I looked at him.

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Speaker 3: They were in their names.

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Speaker 2: So you're hoping for Garrett Wilson to do well.

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Speaker 3: You have plenty of you listening. Then their names are

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Speaker 3: ghost Steelers or I Love the Drive, Mattindale rule.

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Speaker 2: Looking at this week's Fantasy leaders, well, obviously CJ. Straub

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Speaker 2: with nuts four to seventy and five touchdowns. If you

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Speaker 2: had him in your lineup, you were in great shape.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Probably not a lot of people did though.

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Speaker 3: That It was about It's funny, we've been doing this

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Speaker 3: he's on a lot of benches. But there was a

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Speaker 3: lot of us that would have killed for Stroud Sunday morning. Oh,

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Speaker 3: I mean because some of the quarterback stuff was so bad.

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Speaker 2: I had just start Jordan Love.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I was thrilled that Deshaun Watson got

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Speaker 2: And the guy was playing against had Lamar Jackson and

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Speaker 2: Jordan Love finished with more points.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, but no, I mean there was some stretches,

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Speaker 3: like I started picking in one league, you know, just

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Speaker 3: sounds like Kyler's gonna play this upcoming week. Stafford should

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Speaker 3: be back, Fields might be back soon. So there are

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Speaker 3: some dudes that might make that better. Well.

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Speaker 2: The interesting thing here is the three guys that we

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Speaker 2: the DFS lineup. Stroud four to seventy and five. Dak

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Speaker 2: Prescott was number two with three seventy four and three.

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Speaker 2: Joe Burrow was third of three forty eight and two.

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Speaker 2: We had the not we had the right guys.

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Speaker 3: And Burrow wasn't a bad call, obviously, but no, we

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Speaker 3: were close to having the home run.

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Speaker 2: Oh we would have.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we would hit the right we were. We were

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Speaker 2: We were in the right right ballpark there.

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Speaker 2: Then you had Sam Howe with three twenty five, one touchdown,

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Speaker 3: Is he a top twelve guy?

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Speaker 2: I can't go there.

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Speaker 3: I think I can. I mean, I don't know. Once

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Speaker 3: Kyler Field, Stafford, all these dudes come back, he's better

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Speaker 3: for fantasy in the real world, is my point? Right?

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Speaker 2: He runs, there's a weapon that's definitely, definitely the case.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know that the touchdowns are going to

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I like his weapons and I like his guts.

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Speaker 3: But he's the next one that you start and he

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Speaker 2: Heineke had to sixty eight in a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: A long one to John Who, which wasn't necessarily a

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Speaker 3: great quarterback play, but that helped the stats a lot.

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Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield on the other end of that Houston game

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Speaker 3: He's kind of usable. Yeah, he's got Evans having a

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Speaker 2: Uh you had Will Levis with two sixty two no touchdowns, right,

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Speaker 2: he's running like crazy.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Then you had Jordan love with two twenty eight in

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Speaker 3: Good enough, good enough?

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Speaker 2: Tyson badgin't two twenty two touchdowns, three interceptions, two sacks,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they turn them all over five times.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's that's a problem.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not sticking in there looking at some of

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Speaker 2: the other quarterbacks that uh well, if you started him.

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Speaker 2: Uh so you had Uho Gino Smith is just not good.

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Speaker 2: One fifty seven, one touchdown or no touchdown. He's an interception,

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Speaker 2: It's problematically. Yeah, Gardner Minshew one twenty seven and a touchdown,

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Speaker 3: Ball well yuck. But like Hurts and Mahomes didn't have

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Speaker 3: huge games, Lamar didn't have a great game. No.

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Speaker 2: I mean the guys at the bottom are the guys

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Speaker 2: you'd expected them. But you know, Hurts was two o

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Speaker 2: seven and two touchdowns. Again, they won the game.

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Speaker 3: They won the game, and he'll always get the right, He'll.

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Speaker 2: Always get the what are they calling it now, the Philly.

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Speaker 3: Oh, the touch push, but the Philly special.

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Speaker 2: Not Philly, it's the Philly special.

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Speaker 3: It's the something of brotherly love, I think.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the shove of brother brother Lee shoves, burly shove.

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Speaker 3: That's bad.

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Speaker 2: I like it better than touch push. Yeah for Philly

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Speaker 2: brotherly shove.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Uh, two was not great. One ninety three in a touchdown. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Mahomes was not great.

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Speaker 3: No, any won.

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Speaker 2: And two touchdowns? Like it was a quarterbacks tough this year.

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Speaker 3: Quarterbacks really tough this year. They're dropping like flies too.

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Speaker 3: And what's awful is when they get hurt mid game, right,

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Speaker 3: that just kills you. If your tight end gets hurt

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Speaker 3: mid game, you could still win your game, but you

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Speaker 3: can't with your quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Looking at the rushing leaders. One player over one hundred

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Speaker 2: rushing yards this week, well, and he played thirteen snaps.

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Speaker 2: Who was it, Keaton Mitchell?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, nine carries, one hundred and thirty eight yards, one touchdown.

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Speaker 2: He had a sixty yard run. He played thirteen snaps.

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Speaker 3: So it's he's gonna be the hot waiver wire.

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Speaker 2: Oh, without a doubt.

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Speaker 3: And I understand it because running backs are important, but

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Speaker 3: it was. He did some good things early, but almost

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Speaker 3: the whole game was garbage time. Yeah, I mean it

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Speaker 3: was never close. He's tiny, folks, but he's very, very fast.

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I can't go play thirty.

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Speaker 2: Let me just say thirteen snaps.

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Speaker 3: Thirteen snaps, right, and Gus is gonna is going nowhere.

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Speaker 2: Gus is going nowhere. Justice Hill played the most snaps

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he is. He's number three. They're gonna throw him

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Speaker 3: A while, but he's gonna have some stinker.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna be like Rashid Shaheed. He's a raid Shaheeda running.

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Speaker 3: Backs Sean Jackson Yeah again, you know right, you're right.

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Speaker 2: So don't run? I mean I would you fab No, No,

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Speaker 2: I get it. Everybody's looking for run back right now.

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Speaker 3: But but he's not even an injury away from being

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Speaker 2: Like he can't be the guy. No, you got Josh

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Speaker 2: Jacobs had twenty six for ninety eight and two touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: You'll take that other Yeah, Yeah, didn't catch any passes though.

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Speaker 2: he's just not going to throw the ball to the backs.

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Speaker 3: Who knows. I was thinking might be a new coaching

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Speaker 2: Could be too. Yeah, who knows. Uh, sixteen for ninety.

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Speaker 3: Touches aren't gonna be a problem. No, no, sporting casting.

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Speaker 2: He still catches the football. Yeah, that's all they got.

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Speaker 3: They didn't give him the ball, so he's usable. Oh,

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Speaker 2: Jaylen Warren actually had the fourth most rushing yards last week.

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Speaker 2: That's up eleven eighty.

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Speaker 3: It's a low week for rushing, but you get a

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Speaker 3: good game.

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Speaker 2: Ramandre Stevenson. We mentioned this when we were talking.

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Speaker 3: About Warren a flex. Yeah, he's not an RB.

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Speaker 2: Two, no's he's a flex play. Ramondre Stevenson had eighty

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Speaker 2: seven yards on nine carries.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: What always, that's coaching.

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Speaker 3: That's my practice, right. He should be an RB two

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Speaker 3: every week, maybe a high end RB two.

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Speaker 2: Like he's have double those touches every week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, every week. All they got.

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Speaker 2: They lost that game twenty to seventeen. It's not like

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Speaker 3: The raven situation where it's like I will just set

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Speaker 3: you down. I mean like he's they need him in

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Speaker 3: a close game. He's the only good guy. And I

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Speaker 3: don't get that at all.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Mostard had twelve for eighty five in a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Most of that came into fourth quarter. I mean he

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Speaker 2: didn't have anything.

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Speaker 3: He comes back to earth a little Biteah, sort of predictably.

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Speaker 2: Deontay Foreman twenty for eighty three.

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Speaker 3: I don't know that Roshawn Johnson's ever.

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Speaker 2: Gonna be Roughshawn Johnson.

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Speaker 3: I think that's droppable.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The question is what do they do when Herbert

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Speaker 3: I don't know, because that's got to be soon.

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Speaker 2: It's well, you think, are they going to rush him back?

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Speaker 2: First of all?

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Speaker 3: And then Field goes back to Foreman's playing well? Foreman's

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Speaker 3: playing well. Yeah. I don't think their line's terrible.

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Speaker 2: I mean he did that against New Orleans.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, But does Fields hurt him?

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Speaker 2: I don't know that he does, because he's the powerful

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Speaker 2: little bit. They might run the ball more. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: They may run for two hundred fifty yards a game. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I saw at the end of last year. He opened

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Speaker 3: things up for him. Derreck Henry seventeen for seventy five.

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Speaker 3: Aaron Jones you mentioned, twenty for seventy three all around

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Speaker 3: game a touchdown. His long run was nine yards, so

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Speaker 3: but his usage was way up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Rashad White twenty for seventy three and two touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: I owned him nowhere, but he's okay. He catches the

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Speaker 3: ball lot, he's a volume guy. Yeah. Yeah, I don't

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Speaker 3: think he's a great player.

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Speaker 2: Tyson Badger had eight for seventy Maybe it's just that

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Speaker 2: offense could be just take off and run.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean that's field.

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Speaker 2: Nause Harris sixteen for sixty nine in the touchdowns. I

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Speaker 2: think he's starting.

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Speaker 3: To Yeah, RB two for fantasy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I definitely started him this week.

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Speaker 3: I think this is a good week for him too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Dobbs had seven for sixty six in a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Isaiah Pacheco sixteen for sixty six. That's just kind of

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Speaker 2: what he does every week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's a little underwhelming lately too.

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Speaker 2: Brian Robinson eighteen for sixty three in a touchdown. Point

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Speaker 3: They scored.

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Speaker 2: Uh the Chupa Hubba Hubbard. Yeah, Hubba Chewba Hubbard. It

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Speaker 2: took a little detour, it did. Yeah, they ended up

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Speaker 2: using them both. They named Hubbard the starter on Friday

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Speaker 3: It made sound like he was going to be the guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: and then Sanders got a lot of touches, and then.

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Speaker 2: Sanders ended up They e didn't have the same number

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Speaker 3: They also are getting blown out. Yeah, so maybe they

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Speaker 2: I mean, sixteen for fifty eight. He was running okay, okay, yeah,

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Speaker 3: It's a bad offense.

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Speaker 2: B Jean Robinson eleven for fifty one.

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Speaker 3: That's so disappointing.

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Speaker 2: You know who else had eleven carries on Sunday. Taysom

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Speaker 2: Hill had eleven for fifty two. Taysom Hill had the

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Speaker 3: Is he a top five tight end if.

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Speaker 2: He's going to get eleven carries every week? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because I mean because he.

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Speaker 2: Gets the goal line carries too. He had a goal

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Speaker 2: line carry. He threw a touchdown pass, he caught it

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Speaker 2: touchdown pass. Yes, I mean they're Taysom Hill is a

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Speaker 2: real thing. Now we say that, and if you play him,

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Speaker 2: pick him up and play him this week nothing, that's

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Speaker 2: the problem.

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Speaker 3: But that's a tight end thing too. Kelsey did nothing

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Speaker 3: this week. I mean, oh Kelsey was yeah. I mean

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Speaker 3: that's not gonna They were not going to let Kelsey

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Speaker 3: beat them. No, I mean there are going to be

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Speaker 3: tight ends that have a down day. Looking at the

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Speaker 3: Hills a starter.

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Speaker 2: The receivers this week, Matt only seven one hundred yard receivers.

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Speaker 2: This tells you what kind of fantasy weekness was. And

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Speaker 3: Three of them on the same team.

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Speaker 2: Okay, three Houston receivers at one hundred yards receiving and

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Speaker 3: And he did his share too. He was fine, Yeah, like,

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Speaker 3: don't worry about it. He's still there one in my opinion,

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Speaker 3: But it's a good group of receivers to del Collins

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Speaker 2: Ceede Lamb had eleven for one ninety one.

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Speaker 3: And you're you gotta be a little jack. He didn't score, yeah,

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Speaker 3: but he was killing him.

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Speaker 2: Noah Brown six for one fifty th three in a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: He got free a couple times.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, uh, he'll be a hot pick up this week.

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Speaker 3: He will, And I don't know that it would be

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Speaker 2: They're not going to do that every week. Amari Cooper

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Speaker 2: Dalton Schultz ten for one thirty in a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: Good guy to trade I think right now. But I

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Uh. Tank Dell like Certain Schultz or Taysom Hill Schultz.

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Speaker 3: Do you think schultzels is really appealing.

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Speaker 2: The last the last like five weeks, consistent he's had.

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Speaker 2: He's been in double digits all five weeks, I think, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think Hill's pretty tasty though, too. But I was

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Speaker 2: Tank Dell had six for one to fourteen and two touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's good.

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Speaker 2: You had t Higgins at eight for one ten.

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Speaker 3: He looks healthy again and picked up the Chase slack

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Speaker 3: and he played very well.

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Speaker 2: The final one hundred yard receiver was another tight end,

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Speaker 2: John new Smith five for one hundred and a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: I think he had like a seventy yarder for you

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Speaker 2: Pits owners. That's just that's the Pits.

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Speaker 3: It's and john who actually is a guy I think

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Speaker 3: don't feature Pits and especially Dejon More. It just makes

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Speaker 2: Jake Ferguson just missed at seven for seven for ninety

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Speaker 2: one in a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: He's still every week starter too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, Deontay Johnson seven for ninety in a touchdown,

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Speaker 3: He came this close.

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Speaker 2: I think, Yeah, that's what you have Mike Evans there

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Speaker 3: That's kind of his floor and you know basically what

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Speaker 2: Darnel Mooney had five for eighty two. Is he backing

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Speaker 3: I don't know. I don't have to study that one.

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Speaker 3: I didn't realize he was that he must have got

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Speaker 2: Dalton Kin kid had ten for eighty one.

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Speaker 3: I'm a believer there. He's an every week starter, maybe

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Speaker 3: even a top five tight.

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Speaker 2: End Mark Andrews nine for eighty.

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Speaker 3: He's definitely tight end two to me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Pepper quarterback Pepper Ye, Hawkinson's not. I don't know

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Speaker 2: if he's usable at this point. Uh. He had Terry

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Speaker 2: We were on board with Kate Aughton last year.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. So my son has a pretty good team and

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Speaker 3: we sit there every Sunday and watch game. He started

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Speaker 3: he played against Kate Aughton. He's caught his second touchdown.

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Speaker 3: I thought something was gonna go through a window. It's

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Speaker 3: like Kate fn and I'm like, just bad luck, dude.

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Speaker 2: It happens. Now we say Hawkinson's eh. He had seven

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Speaker 3: He looks as good as ever. I mean, I think

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Speaker 3: Dobbs helps him, he doesn't.

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Speaker 2: It's always under ten yards per catch.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, and it is for the season. Yeah still yeah, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: John Dowson did it again, four for sixty nine Ers score.

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Speaker 3: I think he's.

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Speaker 2: Kind of a flex slash wide receiver. Three.

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Speaker 3: I hope he gets lucky with a big play.

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Speaker 2: Kyle Phillips said, four for sixty eight against the Steelers. A. J.

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Speaker 2: Brown is the slow week? Is you finally saw his

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Speaker 3: It's kind of his score. Yeah, right then whining for you.

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Speaker 2: AJ Brown owners Michael Pittman at eight for sixty four.

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Speaker 3: He's pretty consistent too.

447
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he gets targeted a lot downs.

448
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Speaker 3: Didn't last he started and then quickly Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's scared me about that one. Jackson Smith and

450
00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,439
Speaker 2: Jake bud six for sixty three in that game against Baltimore,

451
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Speaker 2: he was their best. He was working against Arthur Mullett

452
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Speaker 2: a lot, Yeah, and he was eating him alive and

453
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Speaker 2: they just couldn't get him the football.

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Speaker 3: The Metcalf and Lockett were disappointing, and Gino's disappointing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you attacked the Ravens, you get to

456
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Speaker 2: attack Arthur.

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Speaker 3: Malett, Yes, yes, yes, yes, he had a good.

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Speaker 2: Matchup Tyreek Hill eight for sixty two for.

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Speaker 3: Him, that's terrible, but he stillk its ball eight times.

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Speaker 2: Uh, Hopkins had four for sixty in the game. Means

461
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:06,400
Speaker 2: the Steelers ka Darryl Hies had three for sixty.

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Speaker 3: I'm not involved.

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Speaker 2: I was gonna say, Uh, Darius Slayton had four for

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Speaker 2: fifty nine.

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Speaker 3: And those guys are okay, but not with the veto.

466
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Speaker 2: This is one guy I wanted to talk about her.

467
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Speaker 2: Khalil Shakir had four for fifty seven. This is a

468
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Speaker 2: couple of weeks in a row now where he's been

469
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Speaker 2: used a little bit more.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think the Bills have figured it out that

471
00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:27,359
Speaker 3: they're gonna they're gonna have a running back. They're gonna

472
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Speaker 3: have Gabe Davis run deep routes. Digs is gonna be Diggs.

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Speaker 3: Kencaid's really the two now, Yeah, and Shakier's the full

474
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Speaker 3: time slot finally, which makes him relevant.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean, so they're four are out there a lot.

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Speaker 2: I think Gabe Davis is you go on, you go along.

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Speaker 3: I think he caught zero this year. Yeah, I think

479
00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:48,960
Speaker 3: he he's again, he's he's he's Boomer. Bob DeShawn Jackson

480
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Speaker 3: a very good player really, Yeah, I mean, just does

481
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Speaker 3: one thing. He's not great at it.

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Speaker 2: No, No, on the defensive side of things, Man, if

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Speaker 2: you were if if you started gold the Colts defense,

484
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Speaker 2: you were golden. The Browns defense was golden.

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Speaker 3: Like there are terrible quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: There are because all these bad quarterbacks playing. And we'll

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Speaker 2: talk more about this later in the week here when

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Speaker 2: we do our streaming defense. Look, you want to start

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Speaker 2: teams against the Giants defenses against the Giants, you want

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Speaker 2: to I don't know.

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Speaker 3: They don't walk anybody, they don't have a quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I mean you were if you if you

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Speaker 2: played that, you know, this is one of the ones.

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Speaker 2: We talked about. The Raiders defense, which isn't good, but

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Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. It didn't matter against that.

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Speaker 3: No, Arizona is bad. I mean there's a handful that

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Speaker 3: you just start against them, I think, no matter what. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: even if it's a bad defense.

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Speaker 2: The same thing with Carolina, Just Carolina's start your defense.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna score a lot of points.

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Speaker 2: The Patriots fire them up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're not gonna score a lot of points. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean there's at least five offenses.

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Speaker 2: Like I picked up the Colts defense in our league

505
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Speaker 2: last week. They're playing the Patriots this week.

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Speaker 3: I'm just gonna ride.

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Speaker 2: There's no reason to get rid of them.

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Speaker 3: Are there any defenses that are so bad that you

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Speaker 3: wouldn't play them against the Giants? Hmm? I don't think

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Speaker 3: that charge.

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Speaker 2: The Chargers defense is rough. I don't know if I

512
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Speaker 2: want to have to play them.

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Speaker 3: I play them against the Giants. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 3: think they'll.

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Speaker 2: Be They'll get sacks. Yeah, they'll get sacks.

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Speaker 3: Like if Arizona played the Giants.

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Speaker 2: I'm not starting Arizona's defense.

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Speaker 3: I'm known. Okay, they're that bad. Okay, I'm with that.

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Speaker 3: I'm with you there the boy. Those offenses are.

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Speaker 2: So brutals, brutal. I think the Steelers defense will be

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Speaker 2: a great.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they may be an every week starter. At this point.

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Speaker 2: I think they're h I mean the way consistently getting

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Speaker 2: the turn yash like.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if I'm starting them against the Bengals,

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Speaker 3: but I mean I think I am Brown's cold Cardinals.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think so, Yeah, yeah, I think so. Anyway,

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Speaker 3: I don't want to I get it wrong every time?

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Speaker 2: Well, here it is John Henry Johnson, Okay, or Rashad

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Speaker 2: Mendenhall more rushing yards during their career as a Steeler.

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Speaker 3: Johnson, He's a Hall of Famer. Some times were different

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Speaker 3: back then, but I'm going Johnson he's a Hall of Famer.

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Speaker 2: Right, Okay, I think he's a Hall of Famer. Yes, yeah,

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Speaker 2: John Henry Johnson is in the Hall of Fame.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm going Johny feel good about that one?

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Speaker 2: Feeling good about that one?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Those are more am up my Alley, who had

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Speaker 3: the best game ever against the Browns, lifetime achieving stuff.

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Speaker 2: I'll be all right on Okay, uh, Matt, it's mid

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Speaker 2: season point, it is. And so Bill Barnwell and ESPN

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Speaker 2: is announced his he got his picks here.

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Speaker 3: For the major awards. Major awards.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, so I thought we'd take let's do that.

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Speaker 3: I think there's a couple that are easy.

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Speaker 2: But first up here on his list is Coach of

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Speaker 2: the Year.

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Speaker 3: I have given these no thought.

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Speaker 2: Number three he has Nick Sirianni pretty strong. He's got

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Speaker 2: the best record in the league and they're.

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Speaker 3: Still figuring things out, and he's figured out that.

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Speaker 2: Number two is Dan Campbell strong. We're kind of expected

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Speaker 2: to be this.

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Speaker 3: His blemish is going to be who I'd vote for, Okay.

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Speaker 2: Number one is Mike Tomlin.

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Speaker 3: Wow, I was gonna vote for Harbaugh. That's pretty impressive, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I mean I thought Tomlin should be in the top three. Ish,

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Speaker 3: I was gonna go with Harbaugh. Here's what he has

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Speaker 3: to say.

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Speaker 2: If you've been reading this column for a few years now,

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Speaker 2: you know me. Yeah, he doesn't like anything that the

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Speaker 2: Steelers do. I can tell you that very rarely.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I mean he's an analytics guy and he

577
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Speaker 3: sees the game a little differently.

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Speaker 2: I like rationality. I want to understand what's helping teams

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Speaker 2: win or causing them to lose. I want there to

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Speaker 2: be clean reasons things are occurring. Football is complicated, but

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Speaker 2: if you look hard enough, you can usually find reasons

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Speaker 2: under the hood to explain things.

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Speaker 3: We do that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and then there's the Steelers, whose quarterback ranks twenty

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Speaker 2: ninth in the league, and QBR whose lead running back

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Speaker 2: is averaging three point eight yards per carry, whose defense

587
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Speaker 2: is good, of course, but his twelfth in points a

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Speaker 2: lot per game. The turnover differential matters. The Steelers are

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Speaker 2: plus eight through eight games, but even that doesn't fully

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Speaker 2: explained how they were over five hundred while being outscored

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Speaker 2: thirty points per game and outgained in every single game.

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Speaker 3: We've already talked about that one.

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Speaker 2: At this point, Tomlin feels inevitable as a coach who

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Speaker 2: will bend the football universe to his whims and coach

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Speaker 2: a successful season out of a flawed football team. The

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Speaker 2: Steelers aren't like the old These Steelers aren't like the

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Speaker 2: old ones. They've gone from being a team full of

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Speaker 2: drafted and developed talent to one of the teams with

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Speaker 2: the least homegrown talent in football. But we still see

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Speaker 2: some of those draftees shine every year. First round draft

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Speaker 2: pick Broderick Jones has been in and out of the lineup.

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Speaker 2: That's not really true. He wasn't in the lineup in

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Speaker 2: the first part of the season. He's only played two

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Speaker 2: of the last three games. But second round defenders Joey

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Speaker 2: Porter Junior and Keonu but Benton looked like stars. Pittsburgh

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Speaker 2: has managed to overcome going without Deontay Johnson, make a

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Speaker 2: Fitzpatrick and Cameron Heyward for stretches. I don't think that

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Speaker 2: gets talked about. It important, and not just stretches. They

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Speaker 2: were missing Deante Johnson and Cam Hayward for a big

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Speaker 2: stretch on They were both on IR for a big

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Speaker 2: stretch of the season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's a big deal.

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Speaker 2: Tomlin has never one Coach of the Year and hasn't

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Speaker 2: even appeared in the top five in voting at any

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Speaker 2: point during his career, which seems which seems bizarre. Right,

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Speaker 2: these awards shouldn't substantiate or substitute as a lifetime achievement

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Speaker 2: awards or makeup calls from mistakes from years past. But

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Speaker 2: I don't see many people doing more with less than

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Speaker 2: what he's doing with this roster. Well, first of all,

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Speaker 2: I don't know that he's doing more with I think

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Speaker 2: the roster overall is good.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's a bad roster, right, overcome in

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Speaker 3: some circumstances.

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Speaker 2: They've overcome some stuff. Again, you take you take your

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Speaker 2: top wide receiver and you're all pro defensive lineman off

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Speaker 2: of most teams and they fold.

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Speaker 3: For a month. Yeah, right, and that's half the season.

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Speaker 2: And they fold and that didn't happen. Then you take

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Speaker 2: makea Fitzpatrick out of the equation you get, you get

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Speaker 2: Hayward back, and you lose.

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Speaker 3: Makea Fitzpatrick's like a right, just when I thought we're

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Speaker 3: gonna se everything together, right, yeah, like no offense to

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Speaker 3: Cole Holcombe, but everybody those kind of yes. But three

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Speaker 3: or you know, it's a big big deal.

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Speaker 2: If you were making a list of the top six

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Speaker 2: or seven players that you wouldn't want to have to

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Speaker 2: play games without, those three would be on that list.

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Speaker 3: The top four.

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Speaker 2: They might be in the top four. I am amazed,

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Speaker 2: And I didn't think about this the twenty nineteen season,

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Speaker 2: how Mike Tomlin didn't get wasn't in.

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Speaker 3: I almost just flat out interrupted you as I often do,

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Speaker 3: and just was like and the duck gear like you know,

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Speaker 3: like you couldn't he was playing with non quarterback, I

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Speaker 3: mean with a non NFL quarterback.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they went three and three with Duck Hodges at quarterback.

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00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:39,879
Speaker 3: Then better winning record.

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Speaker 2: Yet again, let's take a Tyson Badgin't basically and putting

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Speaker 2: him at quarterback and winning games. The Bears have played

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Speaker 2: that way. They're not winning though, right Maybe worse offensive

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00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 2: rookie of the year it's Stroud. Number three is Bejeon Robinson.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean he's getting nine touches in a game.

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Speaker 3: Sorry, I need usage. There's got to be somebody else

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Speaker 3: out there, as I think off the top of my head,

656
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:08,800
Speaker 3: is who's the best rookie receiver? It's not Addison, it's

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Speaker 3: not Smith and Jig, but Pooka, Pookah maybe he's on

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Speaker 3: the list.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, pok Pooka would be high on the list.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's coming back to Earth unfortunately, but.

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Speaker 2: I think Devin and Chan could still win it. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: based on what he did and you know in those

663
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,359
Speaker 2: three games were I mean, he was unbelievable in those three.

664
00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:26,840
Speaker 3: Year But if you were giving the award out today today,

665
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:33,880
Speaker 3: I understand Kincaid. Kincaid, Uh coming around strong, tank Del's tank.

666
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,880
Speaker 3: Del's had some big games. The porter has been good.

667
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,360
Speaker 2: They never win. The number two on the list is

668
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,680
Speaker 2: Pooka Nikua. Yeah, it's coming back to earth a little

669
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 2: bit here the.

670
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 3: Last few weeks.

671
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: Uh. And then number one is c. J. Stroud.

672
00:28:46,320 --> 00:28:47,480
Speaker 3: Sure that's an easy one.

673
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, defensive Rookie of the year.

674
00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 3: Mm hmm.

675
00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 2: He's got Byron Young number three.

676
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 3: This is not a very good class.

677
00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,920
Speaker 2: I Joey Ford Junior can end up winning this thing.

678
00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:03,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, he couldn't give it to him now, not right now.

679
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 3: But if he has a strong second half like this,

680
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:06,960
Speaker 3: he's got a real shot.

681
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 2: Yeah.

682
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's not a great sack guy that

683
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 3: I off the top of my head. I mean, Willie

684
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 3: Anderson's fine, but he's not terrible.

685
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 2: Young is the one who's probably he's probably on the

686
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,000
Speaker 2: list because he's leading rookies and sacks.

687
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 3: I would think he's been good.

688
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been fine. Uh. Jalen Carter at number two,

689
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 2: he would.

690
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 3: Be my pick. Maybe I'm forgetting somebody at one, but

691
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:31,640
Speaker 3: carterspe he's been really good. The top two are strong. Yeah,

692
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 3: the top are strong.

693
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,560
Speaker 2: Although I did see Witherspoon kind of you run over

694
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 2: yesterday by something. I'm trying to think they were. I'm

695
00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:42,200
Speaker 2: listening to Romo and do that game yesterday. Everything was

696
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 2: the greatest thing that he's ever seen. It was unbelievable.

697
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 3: He's really changed as and he's gotten so bad. Like

698
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,600
Speaker 3: my favorite thing was to'd be like, oh, this is

699
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,280
Speaker 3: a slant to him, you know, yeah, I think he's

700
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,040
Speaker 3: not allowed to do that now or someone gave him

701
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,959
Speaker 3: a hard time, But I wanted his knowledge, not as

702
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 3: this is the best thing ever and these guys are

703
00:29:58,880 --> 00:29:59,360
Speaker 3: the greatest.

704
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,440
Speaker 2: And like he's talking about the Ravens, He's like, well,

705
00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 2: the Ravens have to have Super Bowl aspirations, No kidding, Tony, Yeah,

706
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 2: everybody has super Bowl aspirations.

707
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:09,400
Speaker 3: But he was doing a lot of things like no

708
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 3: one can come in here and beat this team.

709
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:12,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know how. I don't know you can

710
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 2: stop this Ravens offense. I'm like, they scored ten points

711
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 2: a few weeks ago against the Steelers. You can stop it.

712
00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's good.

713
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 2: But it looks great against the NFC teams. It's not

714
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 2: like it's you know, two weeks ago against Arizona, it

715
00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:26,719
Speaker 2: wasn't the best offense on the on the planet either, like,

716
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 2: and it's so good. It's a good it's a good offense.

717
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 2: They're a good football team.

718
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:35,360
Speaker 3: I don't think they're an unstoppable avalanche. No, Carter bet

719
00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 3: my defensive ro of the year.

720
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,920
Speaker 2: Though, Uh, Defensive Player of the Year.

721
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 3: Okay, I bet he's gonna bet. I bet he's gonna

722
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,720
Speaker 3: vote for Garrett just my hunch.

723
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:49,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, he said. This is by far the toughest award

724
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 2: to nail down. At least half a dozen incredible candidates

725
00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:54,800
Speaker 2: to finish number one, let alone in the top three.

726
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 2: I won't be able to get someone like Ravens defensive

727
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 2: tackle Justin Mattabuque, who is playing out of his mind

728
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:02,200
Speaker 2: in dominating games.

729
00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 3: He's he's been good. Yeah, but he's not defense player.

730
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:07,000
Speaker 2: He's not Defensive Player of the Year or Viking's edge

731
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 2: rusher Danielle Hunter leads the league in sacks. The Giants

732
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,400
Speaker 2: Dexter Lawrence is doing things nose tackles shouldn't be able

733
00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 2: to do please for the garbage team too, and the

734
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 2: Jaguars pass rusher Josh Allen's having a career view.

735
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 3: He mentioned those dudes because.

736
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,719
Speaker 2: That's why I wanted to go through this because there

737
00:31:23,720 --> 00:31:25,680
Speaker 2: are a number of Yeah.

738
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,560
Speaker 3: Like that's who Max Crosby used to be before people

739
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 3: knew who he was.

740
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 2: He said. The last two players out are Lions defensive

741
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 2: end Aiden Hutchinson and Cowboys edge rusher Michael Parsons. So

742
00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 2: those guys didn't make.

743
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 3: The cut because it's hard to errow it down and

744
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 3: there's a lot of good edge.

745
00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 2: At three, he has t J Watt.

746
00:31:41,320 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 3: I get it. I mean I probably would have him

747
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 3: one or two, but I get it. I'm curious who

748
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 3: the others are. I'm sure Garrett's one of them.

749
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 2: At two he has Max Crosby.

750
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,640
Speaker 3: Yeah. The thing about Max Crosby is he never leaves

751
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 3: the field and he has nothing around.

752
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,400
Speaker 2: I get it. But their defense is atrocious. It is,

753
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 2: but not his fault, not his fault, but they're they're

754
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:00,520
Speaker 2: atrocious and they don't win games.

755
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 3: I think they have three or four wins. They shouldn't

756
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,120
Speaker 3: win games. I mean, they beat an awful team he's great.

757
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 2: I think he's a fabulous player.

758
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would want ahead of him.

759
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:13,640
Speaker 2: Uh and Miles Garrett number one.

760
00:32:13,760 --> 00:32:15,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know a problem with that. I mean

761
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,480
Speaker 3: I think that it's between Watt and Garrett for me. Yeah,

762
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 3: he's having a monster year.

763
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 2: Offensive Player of the Year. There aren't a bunch of

764
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:25,800
Speaker 2: names on this one.

765
00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:30,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, AJ Brown's probably in consideration McCaffrey, I would. I

766
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 3: hope he doesn't put quarterbacks.

767
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,479
Speaker 2: Here, Yeah, because they get they win the MVP awards,

768
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,040
Speaker 2: they get their own award. Basically, that's MVP is really

769
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 2: the quarterback award, even though there are more valuable players

770
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,600
Speaker 2: to their like TJ Watch should get votes for MVP. Yeah,

771
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,479
Speaker 2: but he won't because when they don't, when he's not

772
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:49,000
Speaker 2: in their lineup, they don't win. When he's in the

773
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 2: they're like thirteen and five in the last eighteen games

774
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,720
Speaker 2: he's played in in one in ten when he doesn't, like,

775
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,719
Speaker 2: doesn't get any more start than that, and he's been

776
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 2: the reason why they've won some games this year in

777
00:32:59,240 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 2: the single hands.

778
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,400
Speaker 3: Indeed, he's not more valuable than Josh Allen, right, you know,

779
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,360
Speaker 3: just I mean it has to be a quarterback.

780
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, because they touched the ball on every play. Offensive

781
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 2: Player of the Year Number three is Christian McCaffrey.

782
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 3: M I mentioned him. I think that's fine. I think

783
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 3: a J. Brown. McCaffrey. Two is AJ Brown and Tyreek

784
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:17,080
Speaker 3: would be my one.

785
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 2: One is Tyreek Hill.

786
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 3: Okay, I mean he's changing games at a ridiculous level.

787
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,719
Speaker 2: Most valuable player.

788
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 3: Lamar is going to be in the conversation. I don't

789
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 3: think I can go Mahomes. Can't go Burrow, can't go

790
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 3: to Uh, can't go Hurts, certainly can't go Brock Party. No,

791
00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 3: who the three? I'm not going Allen. I'm not going Burrow.

792
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 3: He doesn't have enough. It's going to be Lamar. I

793
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 3: think who am I missing? Can't be an NFC quarterback

794
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:57,720
Speaker 3: really can't be. No, Lawrence isn't there yet. No, but

795
00:33:57,840 --> 00:34:02,440
Speaker 3: Herbert's not winning enough. If sure, Mahomes name will end

796
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 3: up in the top three.

797
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 2: If Jacksonville keeps winning, Lawrence.

798
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 3: Show, Yeah, second half could be a strong case.

799
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:12,399
Speaker 2: It'll be if Cincinnati keeps winning. Burroke, I mean, yeah, yeah, yeah,

800
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:12,840
Speaker 2: I mean.

801
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 3: That's on he's on that path again. So who three are? Though? Uh?

802
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:24,080
Speaker 2: He mentions so he mentions here Burrow, justin Herbert Burrow.

803
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 2: Since we did this for the defensive guys rock Party, yuck.

804
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the direction.

805
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:35,840
Speaker 2: Dak Prescott, No, I can't go there. Trevor Lawrence, Josh Allen,

806
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 2: Josh Allen should be on this list, but they're not.

807
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:40,359
Speaker 3: Winning games, right them. They're five and four.

808
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:44,240
Speaker 2: I think, uh and then Tua okay in the direction.

809
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 2: When you've got the offensive player of the year on

810
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 2: your team and he's a wide receiver, you're not the

811
00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:50,480
Speaker 2: most valuable guy in your own team.

812
00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 3: It's kind of like perty McAffrey to uh.

813
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,879
Speaker 2: So at three has Patrick Mahomes.

814
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 3: He's awesome, and they would be.

815
00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,000
Speaker 2: They would be lost in trouble. It would be completely lost.

816
00:35:01,120 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 3: He has to be in the three, of course, could

817
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:04,319
Speaker 3: win it, of course.

818
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Kelsey this year is not in the Offensive

819
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,759
Speaker 2: Player of the Year award. That's probably I mean, he's

820
00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,720
Speaker 2: starting to show some signs of slowing down a little.

821
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 3: Bit too many off the field endeavors.

822
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, two is Jalen Hurts.

823
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 3: I don't think that's true. I don't know who I'd

824
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:23,080
Speaker 3: pick in the top three.

825
00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,960
Speaker 2: He is completing sixty almost sixty nine percent of his

826
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 2: passes he's and he scores a bunch of touchdowns. They

827
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:32,839
Speaker 2: you know, he's the vessel that they shove into the

828
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 2: into the end zone.

829
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 3: He just doesn't scream MVP to me.

830
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 2: I hear you. But they are the best team in

831
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:39,280
Speaker 2: football record.

832
00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know who else had to put in there, though,

833
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 3: So you got to pick three.

834
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:48,200
Speaker 2: His QBR inside the pocket is seventy two point four,

835
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,240
Speaker 2: which is the best in the league. Jalen hurts.

836
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 3: I mean, I know he's throwing the ball much better

837
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:54,120
Speaker 3: than any point in his life, and A. J. Brown's

838
00:35:54,160 --> 00:35:55,720
Speaker 3: benefiting and vice versa.

839
00:35:56,480 --> 00:36:01,160
Speaker 2: And then at number one is Lamar. Okay, I think

840
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 2: Lamar has been good this year. I think he's not

841
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 2: been as good as he was when he won the MVP.

842
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 3: I would say that too. That's it was almost my

843
00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:11,200
Speaker 3: exact words, like he would be my vote. But it's

844
00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 3: a weak case compared to last year's MVP.

845
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:16,799
Speaker 2: And I don't know that he's going to hold onto that,

846
00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:19,879
Speaker 2: like he's a huge part of their offense. No fans

847
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 2: orbuts about it.

848
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,400
Speaker 3: I'd still bet that Mahomes wins it.

849
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:25,080
Speaker 2: I'd bet on my Mahomes or Burrow.

850
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:29,680
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, And Lamar might have to even

851
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 3: do more to win it. Like, that's not a typical

852
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,520
Speaker 3: m VP year. It's a great year, and he would

853
00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 3: be my vote.

854
00:36:35,360 --> 00:36:37,440
Speaker 2: Likes his last two games, he's tharning for one hundred

855
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 2: and fifty yards.

856
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's not m VP types.

857
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 2: He's not running for and he's not running like he

858
00:36:43,560 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 2: used to. Like, I get it. They're winning and he's

859
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 2: you know, it's slightly.

860
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 3: By default, yeah, because no one's like having a historic.

861
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 2: Year, right, I mean we just quarterback play across the

862
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,080
Speaker 2: league is pretty much down.

863
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean I didn't think Hurt's belonged to the

864
00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,000
Speaker 3: top three, but I couldn't up with three. So that's the.

865
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 2: Problem right now, somebody's got to do it. Somebody's got

866
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: to be the guy that last category. Yeah, I think

867
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,279
Speaker 2: that's you know, kind of yet there's a lot of

868
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 2: that stuff is still yet to be determined, as it

869
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 2: should be. There's half half a football season.

870
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 3: Left, but one i'd feel strongly enough that would hold

871
00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 3: his stroud. Yeah, yeah, unless he gets hurt, unless he

872
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:22,360
Speaker 3: gets heard, And even if he gets hurt.

873
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,640
Speaker 2: He still might win. He still might win it based

874
00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:25,560
Speaker 2: on what he's done thus far.

875
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 3: He's done enough that he might be pretty locked in.

876
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:34,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, the defensive player of the early rookie Defensive Player

877
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:36,960
Speaker 2: of the year stuff or Rookie Defender of the Year,

878
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:41,160
Speaker 2: whatever that ward is called. Yeah, I think if Joey

879
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 2: Porter continues down this this path, he could he could

880
00:37:44,040 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: be in there, certainly in that conversation.

881
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,759
Speaker 3: To have some picks. It's a tough position, but Witherspoon

882
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 3: is at the top of the list. He started to

883
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:53,480
Speaker 3: get recognized. Certainly helps defense.

884
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:56,359
Speaker 2: And again, it's Pro football focus and it is what

885
00:37:56,400 --> 00:37:59,160
Speaker 2: it is. I mean, their numbers on him show one thing.

886
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: His numbers on Pro Football Reference aren't quite as it's good.

887
00:38:03,560 --> 00:38:06,040
Speaker 2: It's good focuses. He's like the number one corner in

888
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:06,399
Speaker 2: the league.

889
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 3: I think he's that.

890
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, Reference is a little different on that.

891
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 3: But he's playing well, he's playing right. The fact that

892
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:19,879
Speaker 3: they let him shadow and change their defense, I mean,

893
00:38:20,320 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 3: that's what's funny to be. Like everyone tells a story, Oh,

894
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 3: Joey Porter goes to Mike Tomlin and asked to do that.

895
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 3: I'm like, players ask coaches stuff all the time and

896
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:30,840
Speaker 3: they get told.

897
00:38:30,719 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 2: No, that's a great idea, coach, how about I throw

898
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 2: a touchdown? Like the tight end. Let me throw a touchdown.

899
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 3: I don't be refrigerator Perry or no go away. You know,

900
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:46,800
Speaker 3: like the fact that they said, yes they think he's promising.

901
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:48,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's promising.

902
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:51,239
Speaker 3: Yes, they changed their defense around because he might be

903
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:55,279
Speaker 3: that good. He might be that guy we were talking

904
00:38:55,320 --> 00:38:57,640
Speaker 3: about this on different show. Is Ike the last guy

905
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,520
Speaker 3: that would follow like and it wasn't all time? I

906
00:39:00,520 --> 00:39:02,200
Speaker 3: mean they're trying to think if they did that with

907
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,480
Speaker 3: Joe Hayden a couple of times, maybe maybe, I mean

908
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 3: some of none one nobody was all that.

909
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 2: I mean Hayden used to do I know de Hayden

910
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:11,240
Speaker 2: did it when he's with the Browns. Yeah, I can't

911
00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:13,319
Speaker 2: remember if he did. He might have done it once

912
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 2: or twice with the Steelers, but by and large, yet

913
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 2: Taylor is the last one that they did it on

914
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,240
Speaker 2: a regular basis.

915
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:20,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it makes sense.

916
00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: So anyways, that's the uh the list there at half

917
00:39:24,640 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 2: at the midway point of the season from Bill Barmwell.

918
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,080
Speaker 3: Me a lot of change with that. I have a

919
00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 3: feeling a lot of those not set in stone.

920
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, not sett in stone. But we're going to

921
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,040
Speaker 2: get to another break that is set in stone.

922
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 3: By the way if you get odds on Burrow right now. Yeah,

923
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 3: two weeks ago is the time to do it. But

924
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 3: you know, yeah he could. He was really good.

925
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,000
Speaker 2: We're gonna get their break. He is Matt Williamson. I

926
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,000
Speaker 2: am Dale Lollie. You're listening to the Driver here on

927
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back with more right after this.

928
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,600
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929
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930
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931
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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lallie. You're listening

938
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 2: to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. And I

939
00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 2: thought we'd drive go through the injury stuff from yesterday.

940
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:39,759
Speaker 2: There's some guys here and there that well, let's take

941
00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 2: a look here at in other news I should say

942
00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 2: as well. Taylor Heineke will remain the starting quarterback for

943
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons. They play Arizona on Sunday.

944
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,319
Speaker 3: Speaking of which, Kyler Murray name on the other side

945
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,239
Speaker 3: of that side. Yeah, so I guess that's the best two.

946
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,640
Speaker 3: I mean, Heineke gives you a better chance to win.

947
00:40:58,680 --> 00:41:00,839
Speaker 3: I don't think he'll last. Do you think he starts

948
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 3: the rest of the year.

949
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so. I mean, as long as he

950
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 2: stays healthy.

951
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:07,160
Speaker 3: Because they should be in the hunt.

952
00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, they should. For the Bills, Uh, Terrell Bernard was

953
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:17,239
Speaker 2: in concussion concussion protocol. He's their rookie out of Cincinnati.

954
00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 2: I don't love their d No, I don't either. Christian Benford,

955
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 2: cornerback tweaked his hamstring on Sunday and know more about

956
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:26,320
Speaker 2: his status later in the week. And then safety Micah

957
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 2: Hyde has a stinger. They got all kinds of beating

958
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 2: up in that game.

959
00:41:29,920 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. I don't know any of the schedule, like

960
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 3: who they played this code week or any that kind

961
00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:34,520
Speaker 3: of stuff.

962
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:39,600
Speaker 2: But yeah, Carolina plays on Thursday night against the Bears.

963
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:43,959
Speaker 2: He's starting, either, you know, did we start neither d No,

964
00:41:44,800 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 2: I don't think it'll be a high scoring game. But

965
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 2: I don't want to have to play either.

966
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 3: Well, those are two of the targets you wanted to

967
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 3: a decent d to play again.

968
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: So they had their estimated practice today. How about this one.

969
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 2: This is UH DJ Shark d n P. He's dealing

970
00:41:58,440 --> 00:42:02,400
Speaker 2: with an elbow injury. Viscus ankle d m P tight end,

971
00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:07,040
Speaker 2: Steven Sullivan d m P, UH tight end, Tommy Tremble

972
00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:09,839
Speaker 2: with the shoulder was full ike and mcewana with an

973
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 2: ankle was full. Brian Burns is in concussion, has a

974
00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:16,840
Speaker 2: concussion slash elbow, did not player. He's not expected to

975
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 2: play on Thursday game. Yeah, you're not going to get

976
00:42:19,520 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 2: through it that quickly. CJ. Henderson concussion as well. Two

977
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,360
Speaker 2: of their best defensive players aren't going to play in

978
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 2: that game against Chicago. Oh, I don't want to watch

979
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 2: it plays.

980
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:36,359
Speaker 3: At least spruce it up.

981
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: Well, here we go looking at the bar side of this.

982
00:42:39,360 --> 00:42:42,360
Speaker 2: Justin Fields with the thumb injury remains limited in practice

983
00:42:42,520 --> 00:42:44,840
Speaker 2: is considered day to day. According to Matt.

984
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 3: Eberfluss, Okay, I guess we're not going to learn much though,

985
00:42:47,560 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 3: He's how much you're not.

986
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:51,840
Speaker 2: Going to do a lot this week. Yeah. Uh. Khalil

987
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:54,680
Speaker 2: Herbert was designated to return from injury reserve, so you

988
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:58,920
Speaker 2: get that one. Tremaine Edmonds considered day to day. He's

989
00:42:58,920 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 2: got a knee injury.

990
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 3: Kwan Brisker looked great when it happened. I saw that now.

991
00:43:03,239 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: Jakwan Brisker's safety is clear concussion protocol and he is

992
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:07,160
Speaker 2: a full go now.

993
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:08,920
Speaker 3: So they're in a little better Yeah, a little bit

994
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,799
Speaker 3: better shape shape, but nice. It feels bad.

995
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:16,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. Jamar Chase, he saw the playoffs and he landed

996
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 2: hard on his back. He said he's dealing with a

997
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 2: back injury that got worse. A Sunday night's game against

998
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:25,200
Speaker 2: the Bills went on, he's pretty sore just moving around,

999
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:26,240
Speaker 2: so I can.

1000
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:28,040
Speaker 3: Kind of take her leave. Chris collins Worth, but he

1001
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,359
Speaker 3: called that one. He's like, that's one of my most

1002
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,680
Speaker 3: painful injuries. You're gonna hake it out of bed tomorrow

1003
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:34,400
Speaker 3: and it's gonna get worse as a game goes on.

1004
00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:35,720
Speaker 3: Like he had the same thing.

1005
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 2: It tightens up. Yeah.

1006
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:36,759
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1007
00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:44,280
Speaker 2: For the Browns, Jedrick Wills has a high grade MCL spraing,

1008
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 2: low grade PCL sprain and bone bruises that he suffered.

1009
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 2: He'll he'll miss roughly six weeks, and he was placed

1010
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 2: on injured reserve for the Browns.

1011
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:55,280
Speaker 3: He went off on an air with an air cast

1012
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,120
Speaker 3: on a cart like I thought his season might be over.

1013
00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,680
Speaker 3: So that's actually good news.

1014
00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:03,040
Speaker 2: But six weeks with now, they're already missing their starting

1015
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 2: right tackle.

1016
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:05,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, Conklin's off the year, so day one.

1017
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,920
Speaker 2: Jones was their third coming into the season. He'll he's

1018
00:44:07,920 --> 00:44:10,960
Speaker 2: starting at right tackle. Yeah, now you're missing your left tackle?

1019
00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:15,640
Speaker 3: Is it the Cincinnati dude, I would assume. Yeah, it's

1020
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:16,360
Speaker 3: kind of soft.

1021
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:20,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, so they're in trouble.

1022
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,439
Speaker 3: They're in trouble. Yeah, I mean tackle is a tough

1023
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:24,399
Speaker 3: position to get hit at.

1024
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, and you lost to at least six weeks,

1025
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 2: you lost your top two guys.

1026
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,520
Speaker 3: Don't quote me, but I think they were looking at

1027
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:31,640
Speaker 3: the Wad Jones at some point during the game too.

1028
00:44:31,640 --> 00:44:34,000
Speaker 3: Maybe it's nothing, I don't know, but I just don't

1029
00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,640
Speaker 3: see if he's on the Wednesday list.

1030
00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1031
00:44:36,320 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 3: Uh.

1032
00:44:36,719 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 2: They also had the Marquise Goodwin go into concussion protocol. Yeah,

1033
00:44:42,560 --> 00:44:45,799
Speaker 2: wide receiver they traded, Yeah, traded one last week, So.

1034
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:47,880
Speaker 3: They're kind of starching a wide receiver outside of Cooper

1035
00:44:47,880 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 3: a little bit.

1036
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,640
Speaker 2: The Cowboys worked out Martavis Bryant. I heard that.

1037
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:53,399
Speaker 3: I want to bring that up to begin of the show.

1038
00:44:53,440 --> 00:44:55,759
Speaker 3: I couldn't believe I read that today. He hasn't played

1039
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 3: in like the four years.

1040
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's thirty one years old.

1041
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 3: He's pretty freaky ath though, I get it. Yeah, I'm

1042
00:45:01,840 --> 00:45:02,640
Speaker 3: a little surprised.

1043
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:09,479
Speaker 2: Yeah. The Green Bay Packers, who the Steelers play this week,

1044
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 2: released James Robinson from their practice squad.

1045
00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:16,600
Speaker 3: That guy, he's been on so many teams and us

1046
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 3: on the outside think he's good, but nobody on the

1047
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,799
Speaker 3: inside believes it. Yeah, nobody wants to nobody commits to him.

1048
00:45:21,880 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't get it.

1049
00:45:23,080 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 3: Uh.

1050
00:45:23,520 --> 00:45:27,239
Speaker 2: Christian Watson was not diagnosed with the concussion coming out

1051
00:45:27,280 --> 00:45:29,879
Speaker 2: of Sunday's game. So everything else that he had wrong

1052
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 2: with him yay, back.

1053
00:45:30,840 --> 00:45:32,840
Speaker 3: In her chest. But other than that, maybe they're just

1054
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:35,759
Speaker 3: bruises or whatever. Yeah, the concussion was On top of that.

1055
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:38,719
Speaker 2: The Indianapolis Colts worked out Sammy Watkins.

1056
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 3: Wow, I forgot he's not in the league. Yeah. Yeah,

1057
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:45,000
Speaker 3: so there's that. It doesn't move need so much to me.

1058
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:49,000
Speaker 2: Devin at Chan hasn't had any setbacks while recovering from

1059
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:51,000
Speaker 2: his knee injury, and is on track to return from

1060
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,520
Speaker 2: ir went eligible next week. I thought he was off

1061
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,279
Speaker 2: this week. Miami will take things one day at a time.

1062
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:57,400
Speaker 2: Maybe that was from Sunday.

1063
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,000
Speaker 3: I don't know. I thought he's missed four games.

1064
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:00,839
Speaker 2: I thought he has too.

1065
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 3: Yeah. I have one my fancy team of him too. Yeah.

1066
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:09,720
Speaker 2: Uh. Minnesota quarterback Jiron Hall or Jaron Hall is currently

1067
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 2: in the league's concussion protocol. Cam Akers suffered a torn

1068
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 2: achilles in that game. That's the second time he's done that.

1069
00:46:17,960 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 2: That makes it tough.

1070
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:20,920
Speaker 3: I didn't give much for him, but you feel bad

1071
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 3: for the kid. Yeah.

1072
00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 2: Kevin O'Connell did announce that Josh Dobbs will start against

1073
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:29,279
Speaker 2: the Saints, so that has to.

1074
00:46:29,200 --> 00:46:30,839
Speaker 3: Be the starter. That's why you traded for him, right,

1075
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 3: He was going to start this second at some point.

1076
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:32,919
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1077
00:46:33,000 --> 00:46:33,960
Speaker 3: Yeah uh.

1078
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 2: And then Daniel Jones will miss the rest of the

1079
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:38,880
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three season after suffering he torn a cl

1080
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:44,040
Speaker 2: during Sunday's loss to the Raiders. Their quarterback situation is direre.

1081
00:46:44,440 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 3: I don't know if Taylor's out for the year. I

1082
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 3: know he's on I R I don't think.

1083
00:46:49,040 --> 00:46:50,440
Speaker 2: I don't think he's out for the year, but you're

1084
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:51,799
Speaker 2: not going to have him the next three weeks and

1085
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 2: you got somebody's gould. I think they have Matt Barkley

1086
00:46:55,400 --> 00:47:00,840
Speaker 2: on the roster. He was at least with them. He

1087
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:02,239
Speaker 2: was with day Ball.

1088
00:47:02,680 --> 00:47:06,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, in Buffalo, a backup coach on the field.

1089
00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,160
Speaker 2: Guy, I would start him. I would start him over

1090
00:47:09,200 --> 00:47:11,200
Speaker 2: to Vito can't play.

1091
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:13,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I can't believe Carson Wentz isn't in the league.

1092
00:47:13,520 --> 00:47:14,520
Speaker 3: It's mind boggling to me.

1093
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:19,360
Speaker 2: Oh, it's crazy. One final big injury here, Dallas Goddard.

1094
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 2: Oh ye, fractured, fractured forearm.

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Speaker 3: That's he's going on, ir right, Yeah, that might say

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Speaker 3: he's supposed to miss at least four weeks. Who's their backup?

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Speaker 3: I don't remember if I thought somebody, Okay, oh it

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Speaker 3: was Alberto Oh, there you go. I'm like excited. I

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Speaker 3: know it was a notable name.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers did activate uh Anthony McFarland from injured reserve,

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Speaker 2: placing Cole Holcombe on injured reserve. That was expected.

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Speaker 3: I was slightly worried that McFarlane's window would close.

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Speaker 2: They wait on this stuff until they have to make

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Speaker 2: a move, somebody else would have been gone. Yeah, probably

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Speaker 2: one of your defensive linemen. They're carrying seven or eight now,

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Speaker 2: I think so yeah, so.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm pray McFarlane in the offense a little bit.

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Speaker 2: He can give you a little something there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there was a receiver.

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Speaker 2: They had a little plan for him. Every year they've

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Speaker 2: had a planform since he's been here and never seems

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Speaker 2: to work out.

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Speaker 3: Well, I'm basing off anything.

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Speaker 2: It makes you a little more dynamic. Yeah, I'm all

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Speaker 2: for it.

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Speaker 3: No, I liked what I've seen lately.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not enough, not enough, But that's there's not

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Speaker 2: enough time left in this show. There's not that's going

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Speaker 2: to do it for us today. Uh So, for my

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Speaker 2: partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here on site keeping

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Speaker 2: us on the air, I am Dale, Lolly. We thank

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

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio.