1
00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:04,080
Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am Dale Lalli. He is Matt Williamson,

2
00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:06,400
Speaker 1: and this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. It's

3
00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:09,800
Speaker 1: time for the Fantasy Football Focus. And because we picked

4
00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,400
Speaker 1: our fantasy lineups through the Monday game on DFS this week,

5
00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,720
Speaker 1: we're not going to talk about that because we have

6
00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:17,960
Speaker 1: still three guys going tonight in the DFS. Right, we'll

7
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,280
Speaker 1: talk about we'll see how we did tomorrow. I think

8
00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,040
Speaker 1: we have around ninety points going in tonight. We get

9
00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:27,440
Speaker 1: but we have our quarterback. Who else we have?

10
00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,920
Speaker 2: We kittle? I don't think we we had Connor Heyward.

11
00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:32,880
Speaker 2: That was slick.

12
00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,239
Speaker 1: That was when when he caught the ball and he

13
00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:38,200
Speaker 1: got down when that opened up, he got that ball,

14
00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:39,320
Speaker 1: I'm like, oh, he's gonna.

15
00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,280
Speaker 2: Score worth it for us almost I had two catches.

16
00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, I had a couple of catches. Picket missed him

17
00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:46,240
Speaker 1: a couple of times.

18
00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,360
Speaker 2: Over in the middle, but he was part of the

19
00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,319
Speaker 2: plan he played last night.

20
00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:50,559
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was that was a good call. Just I

21
00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:52,080
Speaker 1: mean for what we paid for him, it was a good.

22
00:00:52,479 --> 00:00:53,519
Speaker 2: Yeah.

23
00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,400
Speaker 1: We still have we got party, We've got the we

24
00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,400
Speaker 1: get the forty nine ers defense, and we're going to

25
00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,720
Speaker 1: get another We'll do fine thirty five forty points out

26
00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,839
Speaker 1: of that no debo.

27
00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,840
Speaker 2: In side note, Christ McCaffrey is playing to folks, so

28
00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:08,679
Speaker 2: we should be okay.

29
00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:14,000
Speaker 1: Looking at this week's top performers, Matt Mahomes four to

30
00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:21,160
Speaker 1: twenty four, four touchdowns, one interception, but the Chargers defense stick.

31
00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,800
Speaker 2: It stinks chief side note in case anyone was concerned,

32
00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,520
Speaker 2: the Chiefs are pretty good. They got a really good defense.

33
00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,080
Speaker 2: I think he's it's either twenty five or twenty eight

34
00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,400
Speaker 2: targets in a row to kittle. He's completed, and Shei

35
00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:38,120
Speaker 2: Rice is starting to step up a little bit, and

36
00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,160
Speaker 2: Chiefs will be just fine. Then Mahomes will be just fine.

37
00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,840
Speaker 2: But the Chargers d start your dudes, Yeah, Is he

38
00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:45,720
Speaker 2: gonna have a job?

39
00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:47,640
Speaker 1: No. I think he gets fired at some point because

40
00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:48,760
Speaker 1: I don't think they make the playoffs.

41
00:01:49,160 --> 00:01:51,000
Speaker 2: Maybe today, next week.

42
00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,520
Speaker 1: There's a lot, a lot of people to climb over

43
00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:55,040
Speaker 1: top of for the Chargers to make it.

44
00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,520
Speaker 2: They're in bad shape and they're so Herbert dependent. He's

45
00:01:58,520 --> 00:01:59,800
Speaker 2: not phenomenal. They're bad.

46
00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,240
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson had three fifty seven and three touchdowns in

47
00:02:03,240 --> 00:02:06,000
Speaker 1: that game, did lose a fumble, but.

48
00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:07,000
Speaker 2: Did he run for one?

49
00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:07,200
Speaker 1: Two?

50
00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:07,520
Speaker 2: I can't.

51
00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,600
Speaker 1: I think he did.

52
00:02:08,840 --> 00:02:11,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, but no, I tore it.

53
00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:15,679
Speaker 1: Up Gardner Minshew against that Brown's defense. Let's how about

54
00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,079
Speaker 1: this stat line fifteen of twenty three for three to

55
00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,480
Speaker 1: Zho five and two touchdowns with one interception. I think

56
00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:23,840
Speaker 1: he ran for two scores too.

57
00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,799
Speaker 2: He might have. I know one of those plays was

58
00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,280
Speaker 2: kind of flukey. Then Garrett jumped off sides and the

59
00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,640
Speaker 2: no and the secondary kind of stopped and Josh Downs

60
00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:36,800
Speaker 2: just ran down the sideline and Minshew tossed it to

61
00:02:36,880 --> 00:02:40,359
Speaker 2: him with like a blown coverage miscommunication. But they had

62
00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:43,040
Speaker 2: some big plays against the Browns, evidence.

63
00:02:42,760 --> 00:02:44,880
Speaker 1: Than five yards on fifteen completions.

64
00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,680
Speaker 2: Same question, Yeah right, I think Pittman had a long one.

65
00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,120
Speaker 1: Derek Carr thirty three or fifty five for three oh one.

66
00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,920
Speaker 1: He just got an empty calorie. So it's all Kamara.

67
00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,480
Speaker 2: It's all Kamara. I mean, like he comes out, doesn't

68
00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,720
Speaker 2: even go through his progressions, you know, like I'm just

69
00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,160
Speaker 2: gonna up to him, like let the play develop. Yeah,

70
00:03:03,200 --> 00:03:04,720
Speaker 2: I mean I don't get what he's doing.

71
00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:07,919
Speaker 1: Jered Goff had two eighty four, didn't throw a touchdown

72
00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,639
Speaker 1: in that game, intercepted once, fed five sacks. We saw

73
00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:11,280
Speaker 1: Roade Golf.

74
00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean they were never in that game.

75
00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:17,640
Speaker 2: Any of their stats Saint Brown Golf, they're.

76
00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:21,320
Speaker 1: All they're all empty. For fantasy side, that's great, sure,

77
00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:22,520
Speaker 1: otherwise it was empty calories.

78
00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:24,400
Speaker 2: You no, you're a Saint Brown owner, you're happy, But

79
00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:28,000
Speaker 2: I mean it was the worst they could have played.

80
00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,840
Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor was eighteen to twenty nine for two seventy

81
00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,240
Speaker 1: nine and two touchdowns. He was sacked four times.

82
00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:37,000
Speaker 2: He's a good player, is he's a great players? Good?

83
00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:38,680
Speaker 1: Would you stick with him over Daniel? I know they're

84
00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:40,840
Speaker 1: paying Daniel Jones a lot of money. They're not going

85
00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:41,640
Speaker 1: anywhere this year.

86
00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,880
Speaker 2: If my goal is two different questions, Hey, Matt, who's

87
00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,960
Speaker 2: the quarterback? Give his best chance to win this week?

88
00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:53,240
Speaker 2: Sy Taylor. Yeah, but that doesn't mean that's what the

89
00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:54,280
Speaker 2: organization wants to do.

90
00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,720
Speaker 1: You know again, I mean in the NFC, they're not

91
00:03:57,800 --> 00:03:58,200
Speaker 1: out of it.

92
00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,040
Speaker 2: I guess they're not. I mean they beat Washington, yeah,

93
00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:05,120
Speaker 2: I mean Tyrod can beat Washington, Yeah, can beat the Eagles.

94
00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:11,320
Speaker 1: Well, the Miami Dolphins certainly couldn't because Jalen Hurts twenty

95
00:04:11,360 --> 00:04:13,560
Speaker 1: three to thirty one for two seventy nine and two scores.

96
00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:15,080
Speaker 1: He was sacked three times.

97
00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,040
Speaker 2: But of course he had some rushing yards and.

98
00:04:17,640 --> 00:04:23,160
Speaker 1: That's twice now that the Dolphins have played a good

99
00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:26,360
Speaker 1: opponent and gotten handled pretty.

100
00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I do think the game was more

101
00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:33,680
Speaker 2: competitive than the score, but they were clearly deserved to lose.

102
00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:37,120
Speaker 2: And there are lines of mess right now, and their

103
00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:41,520
Speaker 2: defense isn't real stout and Eagles handled them pretty good.

104
00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:43,960
Speaker 2: And I'm not sure if the Eagles have played their

105
00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:45,880
Speaker 2: best ball either, and they only won loss.

106
00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:47,600
Speaker 1: And they just picked up Kevin Byerd that's a.

107
00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:49,799
Speaker 2: Big good yeah. Yeah, and we'll get to a J. Brown.

108
00:04:49,839 --> 00:04:51,719
Speaker 2: But he's had like five games in a row with

109
00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:53,360
Speaker 2: over one twenty five on it through the air.

110
00:04:53,480 --> 00:04:56,440
Speaker 1: Yeah. Baker Mayfield had two seventy five and a touchdown

111
00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:59,320
Speaker 1: and the loss to the Falcons, they only scored thirteen points.

112
00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:00,520
Speaker 1: They can't run on the ball at all.

113
00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:02,279
Speaker 2: Evans is a dude, though.

114
00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,720
Speaker 1: Mac Jones two seventy two and two touchdowns.

115
00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, and everyone's gonna be like, what's wrong with the Bills,

116
00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,520
Speaker 2: and they should. The last three games have been bad

117
00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:15,080
Speaker 2: for the Bills, but sometimes bad teams play well. Patriots

118
00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,440
Speaker 2: played pretty well, so to Mac Jones, Yeah.

119
00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:20,960
Speaker 1: It might be there's there's some similarities between what's going

120
00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,240
Speaker 1: on with Josh Allen and what's going on with Justin Herbert.

121
00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:27,080
Speaker 1: Their teams are too dependent on those two, those two

122
00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:27,840
Speaker 1: young quarterbacks.

123
00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:29,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think we saw that with the Bengals

124
00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:32,320
Speaker 2: early in the year. You know, like if they're not Superman,

125
00:05:33,160 --> 00:05:37,360
Speaker 2: they're very beatable. So the Bills lost to the Patriots,

126
00:05:37,360 --> 00:05:41,320
Speaker 2: who stink, barely beat the Giants who stink, and lost

127
00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,560
Speaker 2: of the Jags the game before that. That's our last

128
00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:44,960
Speaker 2: three games. I mean it's been rough.

129
00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, Allen had two sixty five and two touchdowns, but

130
00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,960
Speaker 1: he threw an interception. He also fumbled.

131
00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,440
Speaker 2: I mean he's always been fine for fantasy.

132
00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:59,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, Herbert was it. Two fifty nine, one touchdown, two interceptions.

133
00:05:59,440 --> 00:06:01,119
Speaker 2: Five five sacks.

134
00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,200
Speaker 1: Kansas City's defense is top five. Sneaky good. Yeah, yeah,

135
00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:09,040
Speaker 1: it's good, sneaky good. Desmond Ritter, he's not seeky good.

136
00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:09,680
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.

137
00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:13,360
Speaker 1: Two hundred and fifty yards passing in that game, no touchdowns,

138
00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:18,200
Speaker 1: no interceptions, three fumbles, zone red zone bumps won at

139
00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,559
Speaker 1: the goal line. Yes, I mean they won the game.

140
00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:22,039
Speaker 1: He was awful.

141
00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:26,000
Speaker 2: And then maybe we'll get the Bijon, But Bijon had

142
00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,160
Speaker 2: one touch because he wasn't he was feeling sick.

143
00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:29,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the tummy.

144
00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, he actually had some kind of bad headache. I'm

145
00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:35,000
Speaker 2: sure it was truly, it was bad. But still Raider's

146
00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,400
Speaker 2: not good. Ridder's better for fantasy than he is real

147
00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:37,760
Speaker 2: life too.

148
00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:41,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, George with Sam Howe, oh much better.

149
00:06:41,320 --> 00:06:41,520
Speaker 2: Yeah.

150
00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:45,919
Speaker 1: Uh two forty nine, no touchdowns, an interception, six more sacks.

151
00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,520
Speaker 2: Only six that's the average. I mean that's a normal

152
00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,880
Speaker 2: day for him.

153
00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,440
Speaker 1: Oh. Then you had Stafford at two thirty. Stafford had

154
00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:58,360
Speaker 1: finished that game fourteen to twenty nine. Yeah, under fifty percent.

155
00:06:58,080 --> 00:07:01,080
Speaker 2: Completion percentage like forty eight percent or something, two.

156
00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:04,159
Speaker 1: Thirty one, a touchdown and the interception. He was sacked twice.

157
00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,440
Speaker 1: I don't think he played bad, but it's just so

158
00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,720
Speaker 1: it's so dependent on two guys.

159
00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:10,920
Speaker 2: It's so depending on two guys.

160
00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:15,160
Speaker 1: Fourteen completions and ten of them went to two guys

161
00:07:16,400 --> 00:07:18,240
Speaker 1: and only two of them. Two of them went to

162
00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:18,880
Speaker 1: your best guy.

163
00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,560
Speaker 2: So coming into this game like seventy five percent, since

164
00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:24,640
Speaker 2: Cup came back, we're going the coup and Cup.

165
00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, that didn't change, way to live, Yeah, didn't change

166
00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,200
Speaker 1: in this one. Uh pick it two thirty and didn't

167
00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:32,480
Speaker 1: throw for a touchdown but rush.

168
00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:33,080
Speaker 2: For one, rush for one.

169
00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:35,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that gets you. It was actually not a

170
00:07:35,240 --> 00:07:36,360
Speaker 1: bad fans.

171
00:07:36,680 --> 00:07:38,800
Speaker 2: One of his better fantasy days. Hopefully more to come.

172
00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:40,920
Speaker 1: Then you're looking at Gino Smith at two nineteen. Gina

173
00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:43,040
Speaker 1: Smith is not a good fantasy quarterback.

174
00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,720
Speaker 2: I think he's coming back to earth too. Just a

175
00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:50,120
Speaker 2: very below average, not bad, but below average starting NFL quarterback.

176
00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:54,320
Speaker 1: If you started to yesterday, you were very disappointing. Two

177
00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,200
Speaker 1: sixteen and a touchdown. He threw an interception, he was

178
00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:00,600
Speaker 1: sacked three times. Trevor Lawrence two four and a touchdown,

179
00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:03,120
Speaker 1: but he rushed for his career high and yards in

180
00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:06,200
Speaker 1: that game with one ago. Yeah, a long long time ago.

181
00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:08,720
Speaker 1: And you got Russell Wilson at one night before Jordan

182
00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:12,000
Speaker 1: Love at one and two touchdown passes kind of salvaged

183
00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:12,440
Speaker 1: that for him.

184
00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:14,720
Speaker 2: You're right, and he's a better fantasy player in real life.

185
00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:19,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, PJ. Walker and then Tyson Badgin't one sixty

186
00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,960
Speaker 1: two in a touchdown. I'm watching that game in the

187
00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:26,000
Speaker 1: press box yesterday in Los Angeles, and every time he

188
00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,920
Speaker 1: got into trouble he rolled to his right and just

189
00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,679
Speaker 1: kind of kept jogging and they'd have guys come across

190
00:08:31,720 --> 00:08:33,840
Speaker 1: the field and he'd throw completion for like eight yards,

191
00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,320
Speaker 1: just like, why are the Raiders not figuring out that

192
00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:39,880
Speaker 1: he just wants to roll right every time? Like there's no,

193
00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:44,720
Speaker 1: there's no tape on this, Like, let's not tap again.

194
00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:49,000
Speaker 1: He great, he won the game here, but at.

195
00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,880
Speaker 2: Some point we might after have a long Raiders conversation too,

196
00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:54,480
Speaker 2: Like I don't think they have any sense of who

197
00:08:54,520 --> 00:08:57,800
Speaker 2: they are. No, no, none, you know, like you guys

198
00:08:57,840 --> 00:09:00,320
Speaker 2: stink and you don't know it. Why even starting lawyer,

199
00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:01,079
Speaker 2: you know.

200
00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,280
Speaker 1: I thought they well they thought they could win the

201
00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:05,280
Speaker 1: game and get the four and three.

202
00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:08,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, and they won a few. That's you know,

203
00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,240
Speaker 2: they're I think they're a bad organization.

204
00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:13,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, that might be the Like I hate to.

205
00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:16,920
Speaker 2: Say this because Al Davis is a legend, but the

206
00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,319
Speaker 2: end of Al's life wasn't good for the Raid organization.

207
00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,880
Speaker 2: And I'm not sure Sonny Boy's done all that.

208
00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,880
Speaker 1: Well neither now, you know, Well, uh, looking at the

209
00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,640
Speaker 1: one hundred yard rushers this week, Matt, only one we

210
00:09:30,679 --> 00:09:34,640
Speaker 1: have any one, Kenneth Walker, who was in our DFS lineup.

211
00:09:34,800 --> 00:09:36,880
Speaker 1: It was twenty six for one oh five as they

212
00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:40,040
Speaker 1: barely got there, but he didn't score. Yeah, he only

213
00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:40,959
Speaker 1: caught like two passes.

214
00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,440
Speaker 2: I didn't see a ton of That wasn't.

215
00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:47,920
Speaker 1: A great fancy. But my guy deont Dave Foreman, Oh yeah,

216
00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:49,760
Speaker 1: I fired him up. I I had a bunch of

217
00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,120
Speaker 1: guys on the by. I picked him up last week.

218
00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:54,360
Speaker 1: I'm like, okay, I started them last week. I just

219
00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,520
Speaker 1: left him in the starting lineup sixteen for eighty nine

220
00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:00,640
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns. He also caught a touchdown pass. Yeah,

221
00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,040
Speaker 1: like can they move? Like they almost have to stick

222
00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,199
Speaker 1: with him? Who knows what they'll do. I mean, Herbert's

223
00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,200
Speaker 1: on IR. I think he comes back after four weeks,

224
00:10:11,200 --> 00:10:11,839
Speaker 1: which is.

225
00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:15,480
Speaker 2: Probably two more weeks, two more of that. I don't know.

226
00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,079
Speaker 2: Does he go ahead of Johnson.

227
00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,840
Speaker 1: Now five point six of carry this week?

228
00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,920
Speaker 2: I mean, what's encouraging to me is he was good

229
00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,600
Speaker 2: last year. He's never been a bad player, right, But

230
00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,319
Speaker 2: running backs without fields might get a lot of carries.

231
00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,200
Speaker 1: Might get a lot of carries. Apparently the Bears aren't

232
00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,640
Speaker 1: a bad pass or run blocking line.

233
00:10:33,640 --> 00:10:35,480
Speaker 2: No, they've invested in their line. They won't play the

234
00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,240
Speaker 2: Raiders every week, but Foreman's the call of the week,

235
00:10:38,280 --> 00:10:40,480
Speaker 2: though if you put him in DFS or he was

236
00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,960
Speaker 2: a spot starter, I mean, you're in good shape.

237
00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:46,720
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams had fifteen for eighty two. Sake one at

238
00:10:46,760 --> 00:10:48,240
Speaker 1: twenty one for seventy seven.

239
00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:51,000
Speaker 2: Best Gravante's looked to date, though he kind of looked

240
00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:52,720
Speaker 2: like he was breaking tackles and doing some things.

241
00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,520
Speaker 1: Josh Kelly had seven for seventy five in a touchdown.

242
00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,440
Speaker 2: Eklar's not he doesn't like jump back into it.

243
00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,040
Speaker 1: No, we finally.

244
00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:01,960
Speaker 2: Better.

245
00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,960
Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor see at eighteen for seventy five, but in

246
00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,760
Speaker 1: the same game, Zach Moss had eighteen for fifty seven.

247
00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:10,520
Speaker 1: They're using them both.

248
00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,800
Speaker 2: Why would you not at this point? Yeah, I think

249
00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,680
Speaker 2: that's going to be a sixty forty issue.

250
00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:17,040
Speaker 1: It's almost like the Steeler situation.

251
00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:20,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know exactly what their roles are. I'm

252
00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,800
Speaker 2: sure they're more defined like the Steelers certain and stuff,

253
00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:23,040
Speaker 2: you know.

254
00:11:23,120 --> 00:11:24,800
Speaker 1: But Zack Moss is good.

255
00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:25,800
Speaker 2: That Moss is good.

256
00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we love them coming out. It's taking

257
00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:30,160
Speaker 1: them a while to get there, but Zach Moss is good.

258
00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,079
Speaker 1: I wanted the Steelers to trade for him two years ago.

259
00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:35,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, when he wasn't playing in Buffalo. I mean, if

260
00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,480
Speaker 2: I were the Ravens, I'd be on the phone heavy

261
00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:39,200
Speaker 2: for him right now. He's a lot better what they got.

262
00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:40,720
Speaker 2: Oh yeah.

263
00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,720
Speaker 1: Jerome Ford had eleven for seventy four in a touchdown.

264
00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,360
Speaker 1: He had a sixty nine yard run though so his

265
00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,600
Speaker 1: other his other ten carries, he had five yards.

266
00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,199
Speaker 2: I don't think he finished the game. He did not, Yeah, yeah, beware.

267
00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,600
Speaker 1: Jamiir Gibbs had eleven for sixty eight in a touchdown,

268
00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:55,640
Speaker 1: but that was some empty cald.

269
00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,600
Speaker 2: It was a lot of it running against for very

270
00:11:57,679 --> 00:11:59,080
Speaker 2: light fronts and garbage time.

271
00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:03,360
Speaker 1: Royce Freeman at for sixty six, Gus Edwards fourteen for

272
00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:07,720
Speaker 1: sixty four and scored a touchdown. DeAndre Swift fifteen for

273
00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:10,640
Speaker 1: sixty two, but didn't score a touchdown. Nothing new there.

274
00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:12,959
Speaker 2: Swift looked really good though. Yeah, you're very happy.

275
00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,360
Speaker 1: Look good all year. But he just doesn't score.

276
00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,800
Speaker 2: Push push comes in or whatever, and yeah, but yeah,

277
00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:19,080
Speaker 2: Swift is an asset.

278
00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:24,280
Speaker 1: Algaerre had twenty one star twenty one for fifty nine.

279
00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:25,680
Speaker 2: As a heavy Bejon owner.

280
00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:27,600
Speaker 1: He caught like three passes to like.

281
00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:30,720
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm not even mad at Algier. I mean

282
00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,280
Speaker 2: cord Ll Patterson played a time.

283
00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:33,320
Speaker 1: He had ten for fifty six.

284
00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, they ran them all well, and there are guys

285
00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,480
Speaker 2: are standing on the sideline smile and took it till

286
00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,040
Speaker 2: like halftime to anybody even knew what was going on with.

287
00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:45,040
Speaker 1: Bijon Nagee Harris Worth mentioning fourteen for fifty three and

288
00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,880
Speaker 1: a touchdown. Yeah, had three catches in that game. They

289
00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:49,679
Speaker 1: got him involved in the passing game early.

290
00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:53,560
Speaker 2: It sure seemed like, you know, the game plan coming

291
00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,280
Speaker 2: in was let's get him the ball a lot. Yeah,

292
00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,800
Speaker 2: you know they were because he's a he's a finisher,

293
00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,400
Speaker 2: and I think it paid off late.

294
00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:02,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, you start, he's using him to wear down the

295
00:13:02,880 --> 00:13:03,720
Speaker 1: defense a little bit.

296
00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,720
Speaker 2: I don't think he had a touch in the second quarter,

297
00:13:05,760 --> 00:13:07,719
Speaker 2: which I was critical, Yeah, because he had a lot

298
00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:11,199
Speaker 2: of four six nausey like runs. I would have stuck

299
00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:13,439
Speaker 2: with that a little bit more in second quarter.

300
00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:15,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, they just didn't stay on a field long enough

301
00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:21,520
Speaker 1: in the second quarter. But yeah, interesting here the final

302
00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:25,800
Speaker 1: three rushers here, Josh Dobbs seven for forty three in

303
00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,800
Speaker 1: a touchdown, Desmond Ritter six for thirty eight in a touchdown,

304
00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:31,240
Speaker 1: and Lamar Jackson nine for thirty six in a touchdown.

305
00:13:31,520 --> 00:13:34,360
Speaker 1: That's what keeps those guys fantasy relevance.

306
00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:36,440
Speaker 2: Sure, and if you can throw like Lamar has, then

307
00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:39,000
Speaker 2: he's a monster. But the ridders of the world can

308
00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:41,040
Speaker 2: get you by Yeah.

309
00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,480
Speaker 1: Looking at the receivers this week, only seven one hundred

310
00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:48,640
Speaker 1: yard receivers. Travis Kelce twelve for one seventy nine in

311
00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:53,280
Speaker 1: a touchdown, Yeah, Pooka and Nikua eight for one fifty

312
00:13:53,320 --> 00:13:54,240
Speaker 1: four but didn't score.

313
00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:55,760
Speaker 2: He's in every week Fantasy starter.

314
00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I actually put him. I had a second DFS

315
00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,960
Speaker 1: lineup that I put together. I started him knowing that

316
00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,440
Speaker 1: the Steelers were going to focus have I had a

317
00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,160
Speaker 1: pretty good idea that they were going to focus on

318
00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:06,880
Speaker 1: We're not going to let the cup beat us.

319
00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,480
Speaker 2: That the better for the price is Nikua. Yeah, the

320
00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:11,280
Speaker 2: Cup's obviously more expensive. A J.

321
00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:14,120
Speaker 1: Brown ten for one thirty seven in a touchdown.

322
00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,800
Speaker 2: He's one game away from setting a record.

323
00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:21,960
Speaker 1: Movonta Smith. I know you're an owner in our league.

324
00:14:22,040 --> 00:14:22,240
Speaker 1: I am.

325
00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:22,840
Speaker 2: Yeah.

326
00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,040
Speaker 1: Are you getting very frustrated at this point?

327
00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:27,400
Speaker 2: I can't remember what his exact stat line was, but

328
00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:28,560
Speaker 2: his usage wasn't bad.

329
00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:30,480
Speaker 1: Watching the same he was like four for forty five.

330
00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:32,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. We had a long talk last week about all

331
00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,440
Speaker 2: these number two receivers on teams are not living up

332
00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,440
Speaker 2: to the billing. Yeah, I mean even Waddle and God

333
00:14:39,600 --> 00:14:41,880
Speaker 2: Waddle got hurt too, right, got hurt. He hit it back,

334
00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,080
Speaker 2: it came back in but missed. I don't know if

335
00:14:44,120 --> 00:14:46,080
Speaker 2: he's going to be back for next week, but he's

336
00:14:46,080 --> 00:14:47,880
Speaker 2: missed time a couple of times. But all these number

337
00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:49,160
Speaker 2: two receivers aren't doing well.

338
00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,200
Speaker 1: Yeah. Josh Palmer five for one thirty three, I'm interestingaking

339
00:14:54,240 --> 00:14:54,920
Speaker 1: of a number.

340
00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,200
Speaker 2: Two Yeah, I mean there was opportunity there. Quentin Johnson's

341
00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:57,760
Speaker 2: not a thing.

342
00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:00,800
Speaker 1: Josh downs five for one to twenty five, having a touchdown.

343
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:02,080
Speaker 1: He had a fifty nine yard er there.

344
00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:04,920
Speaker 2: That was a little fluky, but he's a good player.

345
00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:07,240
Speaker 1: Don't expect to five for one to twenty five every week. No,

346
00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,440
Speaker 1: it's more like if he catches five, it's going to

347
00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:10,720
Speaker 1: be for forty eight yards.

348
00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,720
Speaker 2: Yeah. Typically, I think he's more than just a slot,

349
00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,200
Speaker 2: you know, for his career. Yeah, we liked him coming

350
00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:17,680
Speaker 2: out of school.

351
00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:21,600
Speaker 1: No, Yeah, yeah, I mean I yeah. George Pickens five

352
00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:24,040
Speaker 1: for one oh seven, that's.

353
00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:25,640
Speaker 2: His every starter. Yeah, easily.

354
00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:27,440
Speaker 1: You can roll with that. A mon Ross Saint Brown

355
00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,200
Speaker 1: thirteen for one oh.

356
00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:31,520
Speaker 2: Two garbage, but who cares that he gets his.

357
00:15:31,480 --> 00:15:35,280
Speaker 1: Ever fantasy Yeah. Uh. Darren Waller seven for ninety eight

358
00:15:35,320 --> 00:15:36,880
Speaker 1: in a touchdown. That's a big tight end week.

359
00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:38,960
Speaker 2: It was tight end Day yesterday. Yeah, it was National

360
00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:39,240
Speaker 2: tight end.

361
00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,920
Speaker 1: Everybody's getting their tight ends involved. Yeah, Alvin Kamar, we

362
00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:45,000
Speaker 1: talked about that. Terry McLaurin at six for ninety. I

363
00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,520
Speaker 1: don't think he had a catch in the first half.

364
00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,040
Speaker 1: I don't either, and he finished the sixth for ninety.

365
00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:51,880
Speaker 1: Christian Kirk six for ninety. Tyreek Hill eleven for eighty

366
00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:52,960
Speaker 1: eight in a touchdown.

367
00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,560
Speaker 2: Look phenomenal doing it, of course, but worries they kept

368
00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:56,280
Speaker 2: it down for him.

369
00:15:56,320 --> 00:15:58,960
Speaker 1: Eleven for eighty eight. You know, if you're the Eagles,

370
00:15:58,960 --> 00:15:59,360
Speaker 1: you take that.

371
00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:00,480
Speaker 2: You take that.

372
00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:02,000
Speaker 1: I mean he averaged eight yards per.

373
00:16:01,960 --> 00:16:04,160
Speaker 2: Catch, which is down for him.

374
00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:06,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he had a twenty seven yard catch.

375
00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,960
Speaker 2: So my son was telling me Tyreek averages like twenty

376
00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:13,200
Speaker 2: eight fantasy points a week. We didn't get there this week,

377
00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,640
Speaker 2: not too far off in the touchdown, but right.

378
00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:20,680
Speaker 1: Marquez Valdez scantling with Nicole Hartman coming back. He goes

379
00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:22,440
Speaker 1: three for eighty four in a touchdown. They kind of

380
00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:24,960
Speaker 1: lit the fire under him, like, hey, we got another

381
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:26,720
Speaker 1: dude here that does the same exact thing you do.

382
00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:28,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, he caught a ball.

383
00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,960
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman two for eighty three in a touchdown. He

384
00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:33,760
Speaker 1: had a seventy five yard touchdown catch. Before that, he

385
00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:34,520
Speaker 1: had nothing.

386
00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:39,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's usually a high target, not you know,

387
00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:40,120
Speaker 2: big play guy.

388
00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:43,640
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards. I'm sorry, Mike Evans six for eighty two

389
00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,760
Speaker 1: in a touchdown. Gus Edwards won for eighty don't go

390
00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:47,480
Speaker 1: running out.

391
00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:48,600
Speaker 2: No, he just got free.

392
00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:52,000
Speaker 1: He got lucky. Yeah. Deontay Johnson five for seventy nine

393
00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:55,320
Speaker 1: looked good doing so. Dallas Godard though.

394
00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:57,480
Speaker 2: There was he didn't play his normal snapcout.

395
00:16:57,800 --> 00:16:58,960
Speaker 1: No. They he's him into it.

396
00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:00,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, they he's him into it. So there might be

397
00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:02,880
Speaker 2: even more to come. Yeah.

398
00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, Goddard had five for seventy seven in a touchdown.

399
00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,119
Speaker 1: That was a good sign for him. But yeah, he

400
00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:10,800
Speaker 1: hadn't done much to this point. Courtland Sutton six for

401
00:17:10,840 --> 00:17:13,440
Speaker 1: seventy six in a touchdown. He's the one.

402
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:16,960
Speaker 2: He's the one there, I think clearly over Judy. I

403
00:17:16,960 --> 00:17:20,920
Speaker 2: could see him close Carolina or something. I could see them,

404
00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,159
Speaker 2: but you're right, he's the one. Yeah, he's just he's

405
00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:24,080
Speaker 2: probably a fancy starter.

406
00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:28,760
Speaker 1: Dalton King kid eight for seventy five and they featured him.

407
00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,000
Speaker 2: I think that's a good thing. Yeah, he's healthy and

408
00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:32,280
Speaker 2: he's part of the deal.

409
00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:35,760
Speaker 1: Jay Flowers had four for seventy five. One of those

410
00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,640
Speaker 1: is a forty six yarder. Jalen Hyatt two for seventy five.

411
00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,760
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be his typical.

412
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:44,200
Speaker 2: Stat I mean, I think, but he's on the field

413
00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:44,600
Speaker 2: all the time.

414
00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:45,720
Speaker 1: Don't look for a high volume.

415
00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:46,840
Speaker 2: There no volume.

416
00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:50,360
Speaker 1: Goblin had six for sixty six. For Shad White six

417
00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,240
Speaker 1: for sixty five. He can't run anywhere, but he does catch.

418
00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:53,919
Speaker 2: The ball receiver.

419
00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, Judy had five for sixty four.

420
00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:58,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know.

421
00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,160
Speaker 1: Ken Born six for sixty three in a touchdown.

422
00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:02,920
Speaker 2: He's our best guy.

423
00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:04,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's real.

424
00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,120
Speaker 2: Yeah.

425
00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,400
Speaker 1: Wada ended up at six for sixty three. Mark Andrew's

426
00:18:08,400 --> 00:18:11,240
Speaker 1: four for sixty three and two count of two scores.

427
00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:12,200
Speaker 2: He looks great.

428
00:18:12,280 --> 00:18:16,200
Speaker 1: Start your tight ends against the Lions. Not too Jackson

429
00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,960
Speaker 1: Smith and Jigba four for sixty three in a touchdown.

430
00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:20,840
Speaker 2: I'm making a face.

431
00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:22,720
Speaker 1: Metcalf didn't play.

432
00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:30,880
Speaker 2: Right, So my bijon frustration yesterday, I'm in the Dynasty League,

433
00:18:31,520 --> 00:18:34,560
Speaker 2: and in that Dynasty League, I am loaded. I have

434
00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:37,520
Speaker 2: a great team. I set my alarm for three point

435
00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:42,000
Speaker 2: fifty five to make sure I either put DK Metcalf

436
00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:46,439
Speaker 2: or Smith and the jig, but I both so I

437
00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:51,639
Speaker 2: DK in checked, alarm goes off. DK's out. I'm busy

438
00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:54,560
Speaker 2: with the Steeler game. Run to the site the hit

439
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,679
Speaker 2: the check market games started. No, I just didn't hit

440
00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:01,199
Speaker 2: the sabe oh because I was busy with taking Steeler

441
00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,600
Speaker 2: notes and hit the check mark. And then I go

442
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,480
Speaker 2: to that that site, you know, Sunday night. How'd I do?

443
00:19:07,560 --> 00:19:10,679
Speaker 2: I'm like, I'm losing by ten? Okay, why do I

444
00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,679
Speaker 2: have a zero for Metcalf? What the heck? I was

445
00:19:12,680 --> 00:19:15,720
Speaker 2: so mad? I'm like imst like called the commissioner, Like

446
00:19:15,840 --> 00:19:18,840
Speaker 2: the site did something wrong. Apparently I just screwed it up.

447
00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:21,800
Speaker 2: It's like my Kamara morning thing. So now I need

448
00:19:21,800 --> 00:19:23,959
Speaker 2: I used to get me twelve points win if I'm

449
00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:26,639
Speaker 2: still in it, but I should be locked up. It's mad.

450
00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,959
Speaker 1: Also in that game, Jake Bobo for for sixty one

451
00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:30,640
Speaker 1: in the touchdown?

452
00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,000
Speaker 2: Is he anything? I mean if Metcalf's there. Does he matter?

453
00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,119
Speaker 2: Probably not. I mean I think they like it plays.

454
00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:41,040
Speaker 1: He's a stash though, yeah, if you're in a dynasty.

455
00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,720
Speaker 1: I mean, he's got eight for eight for one to

456
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:46,320
Speaker 1: twelve this year and two touchdowns.

457
00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:49,800
Speaker 2: I don't know enough about him last two games. Got

458
00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:50,400
Speaker 2: a funny name.

459
00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:53,920
Speaker 1: Last two games. He's got seven catches for one hundred

460
00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,520
Speaker 1: and four yards in a touchdown.

461
00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:56,080
Speaker 2: Over two games.

462
00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:59,040
Speaker 1: Over the last two games time, Yeah, I.

463
00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,080
Speaker 2: Mean put them on your I don't know a ton

464
00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:01,479
Speaker 2: about him.

465
00:20:01,640 --> 00:20:05,080
Speaker 1: Somebody gets hurt out there. Yeah, he's definitely definitely worth

466
00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:09,879
Speaker 1: picking up. Yeah, yeah, so nice uh again on one

467
00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,760
Speaker 1: of those late round receivers that because everybody throws the

468
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 1: ball in college, that's all they do. I can't remember

469
00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:21,440
Speaker 1: what game I was watching Saturday night anyway, so it

470
00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,480
Speaker 1: was fourth and short and of course they come out

471
00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:29,960
Speaker 1: and yeah and uh, quarterbacks in the shotgun and they

472
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:31,560
Speaker 1: throw the football and they don't get it. It's just

473
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:37,720
Speaker 1: what that's football today. That's football today. You're but fantasy stuff.

474
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:41,600
Speaker 1: You know. There's were there any key key injuries this week?

475
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:42,159
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

476
00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,000
Speaker 2: I don't think the waiver wires is going to be

477
00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:48,040
Speaker 2: crazy there is some talk that like Fields or Kyler

478
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:49,240
Speaker 2: could be played.

479
00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:51,520
Speaker 1: I think Kyler's still two weeks away.

480
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, at least soon.

481
00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 1: But the Deshaun Watson stuff, so this is great. So

482
00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:00,720
Speaker 1: Matt Scot Deshaun Watson, he starts them in his game,

483
00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,639
Speaker 1: one of his four quarterbacks on his roster. Yeah, and

484
00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:05,520
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the Browns game, I'm like, what happened

485
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 1: to that one? Somebody says, oh, Deshaun Watson, you know

486
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,760
Speaker 1: he got hurt. So I go and I look at

487
00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,400
Speaker 1: your box score. I'm like, oh, Deshaun's got minus.

488
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,360
Speaker 2: And it was like minus point three points or whatever.

489
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,680
Speaker 2: So I think this is three weeks in a row.

490
00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:23,200
Speaker 2: I've lost my starting quarterback. It was Richardson when he

491
00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,240
Speaker 2: went out, I started him that day. It was field.

492
00:21:26,320 --> 00:21:28,840
Speaker 1: Well, Richardson didn't finish the start all season, I know,

493
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 1: but he started three games and didn't finish any of them. Correct,

494
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:32,879
Speaker 1: he was on your roster.

495
00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:36,840
Speaker 2: I wrapped it. Yeah, I never left it. And this week,

496
00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:38,199
Speaker 2: this week I went into the.

497
00:21:38,680 --> 00:21:40,320
Speaker 1: The quarterback killer.

498
00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:43,440
Speaker 2: I picked up like four throughout the week. I picked

499
00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,359
Speaker 2: up Kyler, I had Fields, I cut Richardson. I picked

500
00:21:47,440 --> 00:21:50,679
Speaker 2: up tyrod Ann Jones. From the Giants. It's like, at

501
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:51,400
Speaker 2: least i'll have something.

502
00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 1: Tyrod finished a game.

503
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,439
Speaker 2: But I kind of him before. As soon as they

504
00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,640
Speaker 2: said Watson was going to play, I'm like, I'll start Watson.

505
00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,800
Speaker 2: He'll be fine, he's not gonna be great. I'll cut

506
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:03,560
Speaker 2: time Rod, and I got negative points from my quarterback

507
00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:07,480
Speaker 2: despite having five of them on my roster. It's hard

508
00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:10,200
Speaker 2: to do three weeks in a row. Quarterback, I have

509
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:11,040
Speaker 2: finished the game.

510
00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 1: From here on out, whatever quarterback you're starting, I'm gonna

511
00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,640
Speaker 1: bet against thee his team because he's gonna get hurt.

512
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, you sent me a text as soon as it

513
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,680
Speaker 2: was over, and then he's just standing there on the sideline,

514
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:21,560
Speaker 2: smiley as could be.

515
00:22:21,560 --> 00:22:25,159
Speaker 1: It's a weird situation. Stefanski said he didn't want to

516
00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:26,240
Speaker 1: see him get hit anymore.

517
00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,840
Speaker 2: But you're playing next week, and you're paying six dollars week.

518
00:22:29,880 --> 00:22:30,560
Speaker 1: He's a quarterback.

519
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:32,400
Speaker 2: It's pretty You gave up a lot up for him.

520
00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,320
Speaker 2: You better not be too worried about letting them see

521
00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:34,800
Speaker 2: you get hit.

522
00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 1: And then they won, and they won.

523
00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:38,800
Speaker 2: I mean, I wonder if deep down he thinks that

524
00:22:38,800 --> 00:22:40,240
Speaker 2: that's not his best quarterback.

525
00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,159
Speaker 1: Well, they play Seattle this week, it's not gonna be

526
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 1: quite the same.

527
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,480
Speaker 2: I mean, he's going to start right, Yeah, I would think,

528
00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:48,399
Speaker 2: I would think, But there's weird stuff going on.

529
00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,320
Speaker 1: It's extremely weird, extremely weird. We're gonna get to another break.

530
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:55,280
Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening

531
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,639
Speaker 1: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be

532
00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,800
Speaker 1: back to talk a little bit more about well everything

533
00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,280
Speaker 1: else that happened across the NFL right after this. Hey,

534
00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:06,800
Speaker 1: Steeler fans, you can gear up with the latest Sideline apparel,

535
00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,919
Speaker 1: hats or jerseys of your favorite players, authentic memorabilia, custom items,

536
00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,360
Speaker 1: and exclusives you can only find directly from the team

537
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:16,040
Speaker 1: at one of the official Steelers pro shops. They're located

538
00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:19,600
Speaker 1: at Akroser Stadium, Grove City Premium Outlets, or Tanger outlets,

539
00:23:19,680 --> 00:23:24,400
Speaker 1: or visit online at shop dot Steelers dot com. And

540
00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 1: Matt we mentioned the Kevin Bayer trade that takes him

541
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 1: out of the equation to play against the Steelers in

542
00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. They might be fortunate this year

543
00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,080
Speaker 1: that they're not playing the Broncos. And I say this

544
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:41,920
Speaker 1: because apparently Kareem Jackson is just head hunting across the league. Here.

545
00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:44,240
Speaker 1: He finally got suspended by the league today. He had

546
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:48,520
Speaker 1: like four straight games where he got unnecessary roughness penalties

547
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 1: for basically doing hitting guys. Now, he's actually been a

548
00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,800
Speaker 1: lot around long enough to play like he's like thirty

549
00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,040
Speaker 1: eight years old, so he knows better than this.

550
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 2: He went through the year where they had to change

551
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:03,280
Speaker 2: how they hit, yeah, that stuff, and.

552
00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,920
Speaker 1: It's like he's just gone back. He's just the heck

553
00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:07,840
Speaker 1: with the I'm just gonna start taking guys heads off. Well,

554
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 1: the NFL finally suspended him for four games.

555
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,640
Speaker 2: He's like Boba Fete the bounty hunter or something, I mean,

556
00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:13,720
Speaker 2: or every week.

557
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, when you look at the fine chart, it's like, oh,

558
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,280
Speaker 1: Kareem Jackson got another one.

559
00:24:17,359 --> 00:24:19,400
Speaker 2: He's just taking dudes out left and right, like he's

560
00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:23,920
Speaker 2: Omar from from the Lire, I mean, like the funny,

561
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:25,280
Speaker 2: like he was a pack with it.

562
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,160
Speaker 1: He was a cornerback early in his career and didn't

563
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 1: like he didn't have that kind of reputation a cornerback

564
00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:33,959
Speaker 1: you think of when you think of cornerbacks that move

565
00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:35,120
Speaker 1: to safety.

566
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,880
Speaker 2: They don't like to hit. Yeah, you think, oh, he's

567
00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 2: probably a little soft. Yeah right now, he's out for blood.

568
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:43,560
Speaker 2: Apparently we were joking off the air. It's like all

569
00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 2: these Broncos can't be real thrilled with their place in

570
00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:48,600
Speaker 2: the world right now, and maybe he just wants to

571
00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:49,919
Speaker 2: be on the couch and like, I might as well

572
00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:51,960
Speaker 2: take someone's head off in the meantime. So I assume

573
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 2: that's why he said the Broncos not being on the

574
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,840
Speaker 2: schedule is a good thing, because he's not gonna just.

575
00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:57,920
Speaker 1: Started knocking guys out.

576
00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:58,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, Jack taking them on.

577
00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 1: I think you got Christian Wats into that game yesterday?

578
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:03,440
Speaker 2: Was it? I didn't see much of that game, but

579
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:05,560
Speaker 2: I think you're right now I think about it.

580
00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,480
Speaker 1: But yeah, so that happened.

581
00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:10,119
Speaker 2: Uh, do you know what the buyer trade entailed. I

582
00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 2: didn't do any of that.

583
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,560
Speaker 1: Rea. There's some draft picks and then Terrell Edmunds going back.

584
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 2: Okay, maybe he's a salary thing.

585
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:19,760
Speaker 1: Or probably be well they won too many safety Yeah,

586
00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,399
Speaker 1: and the Titans need a guy that can actually play

587
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 1: to man that spot. But that's again, Steelers playing in

588
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:27,400
Speaker 1: two weeks.

589
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:30,000
Speaker 2: So Titans are primed to have a really rough second

590
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 2: half of the season.

591
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:32,439
Speaker 1: They really are looking at this.

592
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,200
Speaker 2: You don't think Tanny will play two weeks from now.

593
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:35,440
Speaker 1: It's a high ankle spring.

594
00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think plays that'll be.

595
00:25:36,600 --> 00:25:39,160
Speaker 1: That'll be three weeks and that's a short week for him.

596
00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:41,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it'll be less than three weeks, less than

597
00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,160
Speaker 2: three seventeen days or whatever.

598
00:25:43,320 --> 00:25:48,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, looking at the hierarchy now in the AFC, because well,

599
00:25:48,560 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 1: everybody's played now, because two NFC teams tonight. Yeah, you

600
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:54,080
Speaker 1: get the Chiefs at six and one.

601
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 2: Then they look really good. They figured it out. Shocker

602
00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:01,000
Speaker 2: go home boring their defenses or someone say they might

603
00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:03,680
Speaker 2: be the best defense Home Mahomes has ever had. Yeah,

604
00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 2: I should see that. Yeah, and I think I agree

605
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 2: with that.

606
00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: You got the Dolphins now five and two.

607
00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:10,719
Speaker 2: Okay, but can they hang with the big dogs?

608
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 1: Right?

609
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:13,080
Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's the question around them. And

610
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 2: they played with the backup center, left guard and left

611
00:26:16,080 --> 00:26:18,840
Speaker 2: tackle against that Eagles front and it didn't go.

612
00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 1: Well, didn't go well. No, you got the Ravens at

613
00:26:21,080 --> 00:26:21,680
Speaker 1: five and two.

614
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,320
Speaker 2: They're hitting a shride and they look like they're really good.

615
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,720
Speaker 1: You got the Jaguars at five and two.

616
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 2: Maybe I'd say the same. I may playing their best football.

617
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,160
Speaker 1: Now, at least right now. If the playoffs started at

618
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,480
Speaker 1: this point, which they don't. I understand this. Of course,

619
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,400
Speaker 1: the Steelers would be the five seed playing the Jaguars

620
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,440
Speaker 1: in Week one. Yeah they're four and two.

621
00:26:44,240 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, so it makes sense.

622
00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:47,800
Speaker 1: You got the Browns now at four and.

623
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 2: Two, but Steelers are ahead of them the stands.

624
00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,200
Speaker 1: They would play the Ravens.

625
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:53,720
Speaker 2: Interesting if the playoffs started the same, I think there's

626
00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:55,719
Speaker 2: a real good chance, whether Steelers get in or not,

627
00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,760
Speaker 2: you could definitely see an AFC North wild card game. Yeah,

628
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 2: there's a very good chance.

629
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 1: Good chance of that. There could be three AFC North teams.

630
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:06,280
Speaker 2: In which I would hate if I'm the favorite.

631
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 1: Because Cincinnati is not even in the equation yet and

632
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: they could be yeah yeah, uh. Then you have the

633
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:14,080
Speaker 1: Bills at four and three right now is the seven seeds,

634
00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:15,240
Speaker 1: so they would go to Miami.

635
00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:18,280
Speaker 2: Okay, but they're struggling, they are.

636
00:27:18,560 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 1: They might be headed the wrong way, I mean, the

637
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,359
Speaker 1: last the injuries. The injuries have started to mount here.

638
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:24,639
Speaker 2: For them, and I'm mu sure I can just blame

639
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 2: that though, like I can't exactly buying.

640
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,359
Speaker 1: They have the best point differential in the a f

641
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 1: C at one point, better than than Kansas.

642
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,560
Speaker 2: City Okay, they played the egual amunt of games. Either

643
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: one of them.

644
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're both. They've both played seven.

645
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 2: Okay, I mean I think the Bills will be just fine.

646
00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,320
Speaker 1: But this is a rough Behind those teams. You have

647
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:49,520
Speaker 1: Houston at three and three, they're coming back. The Jets

648
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:50,000
Speaker 1: at three and.

649
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 2: Three, Okay, they seem like a five hundred team.

650
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,000
Speaker 1: They're not gonna Yeah, they are't gonna be in the

651
00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:56,000
Speaker 1: long run. Then you have the Bengals at three and.

652
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 2: Three, kind of a sleeping giant coming off the.

653
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 1: By Indianapolis at three and four.

654
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 2: It's a successful season for them so far.

655
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, they probably, but they're not in it.

656
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,240
Speaker 2: In it. They're not in it. In it. No, I

657
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:09,280
Speaker 2: mean I don't. I'm up big on this. They should

658
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 2: have lost, they should have won. There's a case that

659
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 2: they should have won that game at the end. The

660
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 2: Brownie's got a caller two that was very favorable late

661
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 2: in the game.

662
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, you got the Raiders at three and four.

663
00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 2: They stink.

664
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: They're not yet, they're not in it. The Titans at

665
00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:27,280
Speaker 1: two and four, it might be over. The Chargers at

666
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 1: two and four, that's the shocker. Like I think they're

667
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:31,840
Speaker 1: I don't think they're in it.

668
00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 2: I don't see that. A lot of good teams you

669
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:35,120
Speaker 2: have to get over.

670
00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:37,880
Speaker 1: Let's just take take a quick look here at their schedule.

671
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mentioned a couple of segments ago green Bay

672
00:28:40,720 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 2: might be the most disappointing team in the league. It's

673
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 2: probably the Chargers.

674
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,520
Speaker 1: Okay, So they have the Bears at home this week.

675
00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:47,680
Speaker 2: You have to win that game.

676
00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 1: You gotta win that game.

677
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:49,920
Speaker 2: I mean, if you don't, you might get fired.

678
00:28:50,280 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 1: Then you're at the Jets. Then they play the Lions.

679
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,920
Speaker 2: Okay, I mean you better get two out of three there.

680
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 2: They're gonna be a dog in Detroit or against Detroit.

681
00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: Then you're at the Packers.

682
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 2: It's not bad.

683
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 1: Ravens at home at the Patriots, Broncos at home at

684
00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: the Raiders, Bills at home at the Broncos, and then

685
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:12,920
Speaker 1: they finish up with the Chiefs at home.

686
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,440
Speaker 2: So I don't know how many games that was. It

687
00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,720
Speaker 2: must have been tennish or nine. I only thought four

688
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,720
Speaker 2: of them they're definitely a dog, and one of which

689
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: is Kansas City, who maybe's resting starters by then. So

690
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:30,280
Speaker 2: I didn't think that slate was all that bad. But

691
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,040
Speaker 2: I don't know that they should be like massive favorites

692
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:33,520
Speaker 2: over anything.

693
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,440
Speaker 1: I mean, they've already got good They've already lost to

694
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,960
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, they lost it to Titans.

695
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, so were they have four losses? Yeah, I think

696
00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 2: they've at least four more.

697
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: They've beaten the Vikings, They've beaten the Raiders. They beat

698
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 1: the Vikings twenty eight twenty four. They beat the Raiders

699
00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 1: twenty four to seventeen.

700
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 2: They don't even have a good win.

701
00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:52,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. They lost to the Dolphins thirty six thirty four.

702
00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 2: Okay, I mean that's yeah.

703
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 1: Lost to the Titans twenty seven to twenty four on

704
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:00,400
Speaker 1: the road. Yeah, Like they don't have their and three

705
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: on the road this year and hold and they don't

706
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: have a home field advantage.

707
00:30:03,640 --> 00:30:04,320
Speaker 2: No, they're in trouble.

708
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 1: I know. They did win in Minnesota. I'm sorry. So

709
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 1: they're winning. Yeah, lost of the Cowboys twenty to seventeen.

710
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 1: They lost to the Chiefs thirty one seventeen. They're losing

711
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: close games. But they lose close.

712
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:21,320
Speaker 2: Games and they have my whole life, that's.

713
00:30:21,280 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 1: That's the problem. They don't know how to win those

714
00:30:23,760 --> 00:30:24,440
Speaker 1: close games. Ye.

715
00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:27,080
Speaker 2: Everyone's blaming Herbert and he hasn't played great the last

716
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,239
Speaker 2: two weeks, especially two weeks ago. But I don't know

717
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,920
Speaker 2: that if he's not the root of the problem. I

718
00:30:32,920 --> 00:30:34,000
Speaker 2: can promise you that.

719
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 1: If they lose to the Lions, the Ravens, the Bills,

720
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: and Chiefs, that's eight losses.

721
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 2: I think there's eight almost guarantees. Yeah, so they probably.

722
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: And you probably maybe one other.

723
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're not going to just sweep those other teams.

724
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: So I don't think that they're in it at this

725
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,720
Speaker 1: point that that lost to the Titans.

726
00:30:54,040 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: Eight and nine is like getting anywhere.

727
00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,120
Speaker 1: If they were three and three right now, you'd feel

728
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: differently about that. But they that's not only did you

729
00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: lose a game to a bad football team and the Titans,

730
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 1: you lost a team in the.

731
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, so eight or nine wins, I don't think it

732
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 2: gets you anywhere in the I don't think it gets

733
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 2: you in this year. And I don't know if they

734
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 2: get the nine. Nine's being kind to them. So right now,

735
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 2: I look at this second in the West though, the

736
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:17,800
Speaker 2: West that doesn't matter.

737
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:21,719
Speaker 1: But I look at this Kansas City's going to make

738
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs.

739
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 2: They're gonna win that division.

740
00:31:23,840 --> 00:31:25,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, Miami's gonna make the playoffs.

741
00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 2: I don't know win division, but they'll be in Yeah,

742
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,680
Speaker 2: I wouldn't call it anything in the North.

743
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: I yeah, I'm not even gonna talk about those fourty

744
00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: because all four of them. I think the Jags have

745
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,479
Speaker 1: a division, have a shot the Jags. The Jags are

746
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,240
Speaker 1: gonna make it. Yeah, and then after that do the Bills.

747
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 2: I would I think we'd both bet if Jeanie came

748
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 2: out and said, are the Bills gonna make it? You

749
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 2: gotta bet your house on it? Yes or no? Would

750
00:31:50,720 --> 00:31:51,200
Speaker 2: say yes.

751
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,719
Speaker 1: But they're trending in the wrong. Dirrec here's what they've got.

752
00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:56,040
Speaker 2: I still think they could win the division.

753
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:59,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh I do too. Yeah, what they have left

754
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: here Tampa Bay at home this week.

755
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 2: So real quick before you do that, as like we

756
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,720
Speaker 2: have this conversation. My hunch is knowing you as you

757
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 2: do that seven teams are going to go. I think

758
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:18,400
Speaker 2: there's only one non AFC North team in the wildcard mix. Yes,

759
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:19,880
Speaker 2: Bills Dolphins.

760
00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:21,480
Speaker 1: Bills Dolphins, that's why.

761
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:23,320
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, it's talking out of the South or West.

762
00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

763
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:26,320
Speaker 2: And I don't think there's two in the East that

764
00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 2: have a chance. No, I mean the Jets aren't.

765
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 1: The Jets aren't going to be in for the long No,

766
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,640
Speaker 1: so the Bills of the Bucks this week at home.

767
00:32:34,120 --> 00:32:37,560
Speaker 1: Then they're at the Bengals that's a big game. Got

768
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,640
Speaker 1: the Broncos at home. They got the Jets at home.

769
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:40,520
Speaker 1: Then they're at the.

770
00:32:40,480 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 2: Eagles, Okay, I mean their first play schedule, and.

771
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,240
Speaker 1: Then they're at the Chiefs. Eagles and Chiefs on the

772
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 1: road and back to back week. Then they get the Cowboys.

773
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:51,240
Speaker 2: Wow, that's for really tough games.

774
00:32:51,320 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: Then they're at the Chargers, Patriots at home, at the

775
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: Dolphins to finish up the season. They might not make it.

776
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,120
Speaker 2: They might not. I mean they could lose the Chargers,

777
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 2: they could lose the Dolph for sure. I know they

778
00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 2: beat the Charge. But there's four really tough ones. What's

779
00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 2: five including Miami that.

780
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: Are win You got three losses now, no.

781
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:16,160
Speaker 2: They probably win two of them. Yeah, so Steeler fans

782
00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 2: should definitely root against Miami and Buffalo. I don't think

783
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:21,880
Speaker 2: the rest of the AFC matter.

784
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 1: Here's the problem for Buffalo as well. Two of your

785
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: three three all three of your losses are AFC losses. Yeah,

786
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,680
Speaker 1: they lost to the Jets, they lost to the Jaguars,

787
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 1: they lost to the Patriots. They have two Division losses

788
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 1: right now.

789
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:38,080
Speaker 2: Breakers. I almost said they need to win the division.

790
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,120
Speaker 2: They don't, but their wild card.

791
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaker 1: Given that you have three division losses and you still

792
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 1: have to play the Bengals, you still have to play

793
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:49,200
Speaker 1: the Chiefs in Kansas City Miami. Again, you're playing at Cincinnati,

794
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 1: You're playing at Kansas City. You still have to go

795
00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 1: to Miami. They could have six divisions or six conference

796
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,520
Speaker 1: losses and you have to go and you have to

797
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,320
Speaker 1: go to the Chargers.

798
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I mean, so you're gonna lose more.

799
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: Holy bad road schedule.

800
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 2: I know it's two weeks away, not one, but if

801
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,880
Speaker 2: Buffalo were in Cinci this week, who's.

802
00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:14,600
Speaker 1: Favored probably Cincinnati.

803
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:17,080
Speaker 2: Coming off of bye healthy borough bad three game stretch

804
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 2: for Buffalo. Yeah, I think so too. Yeah, it's plus two,

805
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 2: two and a half something like that.

806
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, So I think the Steelers have put

807
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: themselves in a pretty good situation here with this. If

808
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: they can get through this schedule, or this part of

809
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: the schedule, Let's say they go it's a seven game stretch.

810
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: Let's say you win four out of If you win

811
00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: four of the seven, mm hmm, I mean you're eight

812
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 1: and five heading into the final stretch.

813
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,640
Speaker 2: I really like their chances against Tennessee.

814
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 1: And Green if you go five and if you go

815
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 1: five and two, now you're nine and four going into

816
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,240
Speaker 1: that final stretch.

817
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 2: So who are the next they got? So there's Jacksonville

818
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 2: on Sunday.

819
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 1: Here, Jacksonville Sunday. Then you play the Titans on the

820
00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 1: short week.

821
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,360
Speaker 2: Pack well that that's a short week, but the Titans

822
00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 2: are bad, they get to travel.

823
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:06,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, the Packers here.

824
00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 2: I think you win two of those three. At Cleveland,

825
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 2: I would say that's a fifty to fifty year.

826
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: At Cincinnati.

827
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:17,080
Speaker 2: I favor the Bengals today, but who knows. Cardinals at

828
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 2: home should be a win.

829
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 1: Patriots at home should be a win.

830
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 2: At Colts, you would think they're they're favored in that game.

831
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:25,680
Speaker 1: Bengals at home.

832
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:26,680
Speaker 2: Okay.

833
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,720
Speaker 1: Then you have at Seahawks and at Ravens to finish

834
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 1: the season off.

835
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 2: So you're real quick in the division. You're two and oh,

836
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,759
Speaker 2: two and oh in the division, okay, and you have

837
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:39,120
Speaker 2: Cincy twice. If you could split there, if you take that.

838
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 1: If you take if you get a three and three

839
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 1: record in the division each, I.

840
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 2: Think that's worst case scenario. They're gonna win they're not

841
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 2: gonna go win four, right, I mean if you could

842
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,680
Speaker 2: be three and three in the division, how much and

843
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 2: what would your record be in the conference? Give or take?

844
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:53,480
Speaker 1: Well, you beat.

845
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:56,560
Speaker 2: And right, I'm trying to think, where are they at

846
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 2: right now? They beat the Raiders, they lost to the Texans,

847
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 2: they beat the brown You.

848
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:03,120
Speaker 1: Beat the Raiders. You're right now, you're three and one

849
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:03,800
Speaker 1: in the conference.

850
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 2: Very nice, yeah, very nice. And there's not brutal conference

851
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,879
Speaker 2: games outside of division remaining. Correct in the you know.

852
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,399
Speaker 1: Jacksonville Jacksonville this week, but you got him at home

853
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: because the.

854
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 2: Other ones are New England in the Tennessee.

855
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: It is what we talked about all off season, the

856
00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,360
Speaker 1: off season, like this is not a tough schedule.

857
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,160
Speaker 2: No, it sets up well. And the stuff you cited earlier,

858
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 2: like they don't leave these two.

859
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: States, the lack of travel, even like Seattle's going to

860
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: get one, even with the Indianapolis game, like.

861
00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 2: It's nice to get that travel, by the way, like.

862
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 1: You so for the next the next two months, they

863
00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:41,800
Speaker 1: just don't. They don't go anywhere.

864
00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 2: They don't go anywhere, Like it's.

865
00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,560
Speaker 1: The flight to Indianapolis is like an hour.

866
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, right, that's an easy one. Seattle's the only one.

867
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 1: Seattle's the only one.

868
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 2: I mean even Arizona's not a tough game. But you

869
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,040
Speaker 2: don't have to go all the way to Arizona, right,

870
00:36:54,239 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 2: would you bet Cam Hayward plays against the Titans.

871
00:36:57,600 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 1: That'll be tough on short.

872
00:36:58,840 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 2: That's why I made it.

873
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 1: You know, I could see him definitely, definitely playing against

874
00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 1: the Packers.

875
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, possibly against the Jags. I mean, I know that's ambitious.

876
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: I think they'll be cautious with it. I think they'll

877
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 1: be cautious with it. I would say probably no later

878
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,360
Speaker 1: than the Packer game. Yeah, so you'd have him, but

879
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 1: you'd have him for those games against the Browns and Bengals,

880
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:22,280
Speaker 1: which would.

881
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 2: Be huge, absolutely interesting. Okay, so they're in good shape.

882
00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:28,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think they've set themselves up well.

883
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:30,839
Speaker 2: I mean might doubt we have time, but we could

884
00:37:30,840 --> 00:37:34,239
Speaker 2: go through the Browns, Bengals raven schedules, I mean yeah,

885
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 2: I mean they're playing a lot of the same teams.

886
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:38,600
Speaker 2: Steelers are absolutely but two of them Silver Niners.

887
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to get to another break. He is

888
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,000
Speaker 1: Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening to the

889
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: drive you're on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back to

890
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 1: finish up the show right after this. Welcome back. I'm

891
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 1: Dale Lolly. He is Matt Williamson and this is the

892
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:58,120
Speaker 1: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and uh Matt, just some

893
00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:02,839
Speaker 1: final thoughts here on the Steelers. Yeah, Rams game. We

894
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,520
Speaker 1: mentioned last week that the Rams were what we say,

895
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 1: twenty nine to thirtieth and dvoa on special teams.

896
00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 2: Oh right, right right at roost that came.

897
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:12,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean that was that was a huge part

898
00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: of the game.

899
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:17,959
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I mean, their kicker was he was schedule leased

900
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,719
Speaker 2: and Ben Bos has been great. Harvin came back and

901
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 2: I thought he was fine. I didn't think he was

902
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,000
Speaker 2: exceptional or poor or any of the above.

903
00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 1: And didn't give up any return yards. That was the key.

904
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:32,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, it looked like they were kicking for Hangcott. They

905
00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 2: missed any big returns or certainly wasn't any blocks or

906
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,480
Speaker 2: fakes or anything like that. But he kind of a

907
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 2: nondescript special teams game with the exception of miss field goal.

908
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,000
Speaker 1: But you didn't lose it on special teams absolutely, which

909
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:45,600
Speaker 1: which can't happen, oh, no.

910
00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 2: Doubt, no doubt. I mean, especially in that phase. I

911
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 2: mean maybe more so bad things can happen. Yeah, you'll,

912
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,640
Speaker 2: you'll take league average touchbacks, boring stuff.

913
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:57,239
Speaker 1: Just looking here at the updated DAVE rankings now on

914
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,720
Speaker 1: FTN Fantasies DVOA rankings.

915
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,160
Speaker 2: Here, Niners are still yet to play.

916
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 1: But yeah, the Steelers are at seventeen offensively, and again

917
00:39:08,680 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: it's a.

918
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 2: Lot of it's because they played really tough defensive folks.

919
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:17,200
Speaker 1: This week's opponent, the Jaguars, are ten offensively. Offensively, Yeah,

920
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:17,719
Speaker 1: that adds up.

921
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 2: I mean they're doing pretty well.

922
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 1: Defensively. The Steelers moved up to eight. They weren't nine

923
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:26,320
Speaker 1: last week if I remember correctly. This week's opponent, the Jaguars.

924
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 2: I bet they're like fourteen.

925
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:28,719
Speaker 1: They're ten, are they?

926
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's been better lately. Defensive front's playing well.

927
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 1: Then the Steelers are fifteen in terms of there are

928
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 1: special teams. The Jaguars are sixth. If you look at

929
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 1: the overall rankings here, the Steelers have now moved up

930
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 1: to twelve twelve overall in adjusted DVOA, the Jaguars are

931
00:39:49,280 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: nine nine.

932
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:52,439
Speaker 2: Okay, so this is a this is a yeah. Yeah,

933
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 2: these could be a playoff type game. Yeah, a game

934
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: that could go either first of two. That they play.

935
00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,239
Speaker 1: It's possible, yeah, a game that could go either way. Here.

936
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 1: San Francisco is still number one, Kansas City to Baltimore three,

937
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:05,240
Speaker 1: Buffalo down the four now.

938
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 2: Two, Yeah, yeah, they would be my two.

939
00:40:07,640 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 1: Right now, the Eagles are five, Detroit six, Miami seven,

940
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 1: Dallas eight.

941
00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 2: This such, Jackles aren't over Buffalo by now.

942
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:19,880
Speaker 1: The Jaguars team is nine and Cleveland is ten, with

943
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 1: Seattle and Pittsburgh right after them.

944
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:23,239
Speaker 2: Cleveland's defense still won.

945
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 1: Cleveland's defense is one, despite getting just torture yesterday. It's

946
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:32,600
Speaker 1: not as close as it was. Let's see what their

947
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,879
Speaker 1: d v A ranking is here. Y couldn't help, No,

948
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:39,719
Speaker 1: certainly you wouldn't think. Uh, they're minus twelve point one

949
00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 1: and Baltimore is at mine is it eleven? San Francisco

950
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 1: is third at minus ten point one. So the Steelers

951
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:46,880
Speaker 1: have played the three toughest defense.

952
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:49,880
Speaker 2: I was going to say, you wonder why the Steelers

953
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,480
Speaker 2: offense is so high because they played the three toughest

954
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:58,040
Speaker 2: defenses in the league. Yeah, Baltimore's d was this is

955
00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,319
Speaker 2: the shock of the division to me.

956
00:40:59,520 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 1: It really is, because they don't have any really good

957
00:41:01,239 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 1: they don't have any names there and some of it's

958
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: they play a very just distinct style football and they

959
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 1: get out like they got up on Detroit fourteen nothing yesterday,

960
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: it was Detroit to run three plays.

961
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: It was over. Yeah, golf, they jumped.

962
00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:19,359
Speaker 1: Goff fumbled and then yeah, forget a postil ground it's over.

963
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:21,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, But no, they're really well coached on the

964
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,120
Speaker 2: side of the ball. He's he's starting to be a

965
00:41:24,120 --> 00:41:26,839
Speaker 2: potential head coach name. And they're getting a lot out

966
00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:29,000
Speaker 2: of their defense, and they overcome some injuries early. So

967
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 2: I give the Ravens credit.

968
00:41:30,160 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, but the Steelers aren't as bad as you think. No,

969
00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 1: and if they get a win this week against the Jaguars,

970
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: you would expect that to continue to rise.

971
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,399
Speaker 2: Sure, speaking of great defenses, I didn't read it yet,

972
00:41:41,400 --> 00:41:44,200
Speaker 2: but Barnwell put out an article today he ranked who

973
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 2: are the best defenses in the league? And I'm sure

974
00:41:46,640 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 2: those three are at the top of the list, but

975
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 2: I haven't looked. But yeah, if we've dined, Mary will

976
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:50,360
Speaker 2: dig into it.

977
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:53,359
Speaker 1: But even great defenses, like I mean, we both agree

978
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,520
Speaker 1: that Browns have a good defense. This year, it wasn't

979
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,719
Speaker 1: the best day for they get tortured yesterday, they get tortured. Yeah,

980
00:41:58,800 --> 00:41:59,320
Speaker 1: it happens.

981
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 2: Dallas got by San Francisco. I don't know where the

982
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 2: Bills are ranked, but they've had some down defensive days too.

983
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 1: They've had some injuries that certainly, but getting Cam Hayward

984
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 1: back for the Steelers defense will be huge.

985
00:42:11,560 --> 00:42:14,040
Speaker 2: Huge, huge, huge. Could this be a top five d.

986
00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: I think when you get Hayward back, Yeah, because I

987
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: think some of the other guys have now gotten enough

988
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: playing time, like now you have a Benton's or get

989
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:23,960
Speaker 1: some season and importers coming on and.

990
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 2: Yeka's playing like a superstar too.

991
00:42:25,800 --> 00:42:26,360
Speaker 1: Yeah.

992
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:30,000
Speaker 2: What they need to do is more down to down consistency.

993
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 2: I mean, the big players are there, but the the

994
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 2: other non splash stuff, and that was better.

995
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,520
Speaker 1: I thought they're really difficult. The one thing that they

996
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 1: are is really difficult to complete passes consistently against.

997
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:41,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

998
00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,399
Speaker 1: I mean they're going to give up a local. They

999
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 1: may may give up some plays here and there, but

1000
00:42:45,440 --> 00:42:48,480
Speaker 1: you're not going to consistently complete passes against them.

1001
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:50,600
Speaker 2: I forget where it was going into this game, but

1002
00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 2: it was one of the best in the league.

1003
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 1: Yeah. It didn't get any worse after that one. No,

1004
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: and that's one of the better quarterbacks you're going to

1005
00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:58,040
Speaker 1: play all year.

1006
00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,840
Speaker 2: Maybe the best I mean Burrow.

1007
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, Burrow Lawrence this week.

1008
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:04,319
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1009
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 1: But it's.

1010
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 2: The conversation I keep referencing the conversation I have with

1011
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 2: more Madden and he's like, I used to think it'd

1012
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:14,359
Speaker 2: be impossible for Kenny Pickett to be in the top

1013
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: ten quarterbacks, and then I really started studying it, and

1014
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 2: I'm not sure who's a good quarterback. It's like eight

1015
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 2: good ones.

1016
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: Like, yeah, that's the reality of the NFL right now.

1017
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:26,239
Speaker 1: I mean, if you if you play, if you don't

1018
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:30,319
Speaker 1: turn the football over and you consistently move, Like, what

1019
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 1: do you measure great quarterback play by? Is it wins

1020
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:35,120
Speaker 1: and losses? Because that might be a big part of it.

1021
00:43:35,160 --> 00:43:37,200
Speaker 1: Is it is the fourth quarter comebacks? Because that might

1022
00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:38,359
Speaker 1: be a big part of it. You have to look

1023
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:41,040
Speaker 1: at the big pic, the whole picture, not just the

1024
00:43:41,080 --> 00:43:41,880
Speaker 1: fantasy numbers.

1025
00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 2: I mean, we're not implying pickets the top ten back,

1026
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 2: but it's not there's not that many hurdles to get there.

1027
00:43:46,760 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: No, there aren't. You know, Like we had this conversation

1028
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:55,520
Speaker 1: last like Justin Herbert statistically is a great quarterback, but

1029
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 1: they find that team finds ways to lose.

1030
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 2: Games or like, I mean, I've always like Dak more

1031
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:03,279
Speaker 2: than you have, but he's getting harder to defend, you know,

1032
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 2: like is he is he a Tier two quarterback?

1033
00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: The turnovers are a real thing with him.

1034
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 2: And they consistently don't live up the expectations. And you know,

1035
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:15,080
Speaker 2: he's not a huge playmaker anymore, and don't do anything

1036
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,760
Speaker 2: with his legs. Like if you look at Sando Tiers,

1037
00:44:17,840 --> 00:44:20,359
Speaker 2: we know who the Tier one guys are. Tier two

1038
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:22,360
Speaker 2: guys are hard to find, right, I mean a real

1039
00:44:22,480 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 2: Tier two controls his team, Matt Ryan in his prime guy,

1040
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 2: you know, like doesn't there Stafford in his prime? I mean,

1041
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 2: like maybe not a Hall of Famer, but a really

1042
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 2: really good quarterback, Like there are many of those.

1043
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:38,320
Speaker 1: It's difficult, there's no doubt about that. But uh yeah,

1044
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: I just you know, this is a this is a

1045
00:44:39,960 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 1: big swing game. This past week's game against the Rams

1046
00:44:42,719 --> 00:44:45,480
Speaker 1: was a huge swing game for the Steelers. So is

1047
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: this one here, this one? If you get this one,

1048
00:44:47,640 --> 00:44:49,840
Speaker 1: you get both of these games, you're in great shape.

1049
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you get this one, it's time to get

1050
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 2: really excited. Yeah, because you're.

1051
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:55,680
Speaker 1: Even if you don't get even if you don't get it,

1052
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,480
Speaker 1: but you play well, you come out and you move

1053
00:44:57,520 --> 00:44:58,520
Speaker 1: the ball consistently.

1054
00:44:58,560 --> 00:44:59,919
Speaker 2: Again, that would be key.

1055
00:45:00,520 --> 00:45:03,319
Speaker 1: It kind of okay, Now you can look at that

1056
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:05,319
Speaker 1: first part of the season and say, okay, yeah, they

1057
00:45:05,360 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 1: really did play some defenses that were you know, kind

1058
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:11,640
Speaker 1: of had them shell shocked a little bit, but they

1059
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: could and they won a couple of those games.

1060
00:45:13,719 --> 00:45:15,879
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I mean again, it reminds me of last year.

1061
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,840
Speaker 2: I mean pre by they had the hardest schedule in

1062
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:20,640
Speaker 2: the league last year. I mean that was eight games,

1063
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:25,520
Speaker 2: not four or five or five. Yeah, and when you

1064
00:45:25,600 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 2: do the studies after the season, you might be like, hm,

1065
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,719
Speaker 2: why did this offense get better throughout the year? Well,

1066
00:45:30,719 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 2: they were young and they got improved, but they also

1067
00:45:32,840 --> 00:45:37,439
Speaker 2: didn't play the Ravens, Browns, and Niners three the first

1068
00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:39,160
Speaker 2: five games. Yeah it matters.

1069
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,560
Speaker 1: That matters. Yeah, yeah, for sure. But that's going to

1070
00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 1: do it for our show today. So for my partner

1071
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 1: Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here on site keeping us

1072
00:45:48,080 --> 00:45:50,520
Speaker 1: on the air, I am Dale Lelly. We thank you

1073
00:45:50,560 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 1: for listening to this edition of The Drive on Steelers

1074
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:54,320
Speaker 1: Nation Radio.