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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I'm Dale Ally. He

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Speaker 1: is Matt Williamson. This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: And that it is power rankings. Dad, I like it

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Speaker 1: preseason power rankings. Of course, we're looking here at Dan

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Speaker 1: Hanzas's power rankings on NFL dot Com as we do

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Speaker 1: every week, and uh, I don't know how much he

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Speaker 1: would have adjusted. We went through these, I think ready

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Speaker 1: to start a training camp. But there are some adjustments here.

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Speaker 1: Obviously good teams like the Browns or teams that have

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Speaker 1: had some injury issues. Um oh yeah, teams like Dallas

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Speaker 1: are a little different. And I mean there's definitely what

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Speaker 1: something they've changed then a little. Yeah. I did one

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Speaker 1: last week, and I realized that the last one I

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Speaker 1: had done was pretty much right when like free agency ended,

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Speaker 1: so it's before camps opened and they changed a lot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: things happen. Uh So his number thirty two team, which

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Speaker 1: is holding steady, and I gotta completely agree with this

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Speaker 1: one is the Chicago Bears, and we went when when

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Speaker 1: we went over the over unders last week, they're over unders.

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Speaker 1: Think six and a half. It's really hot which is ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: It's just hold that's who they are. Um, I don't

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Speaker 1: think they're clearly thirty two. I mean I was torn

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Speaker 1: end of the bottom of the barrel, I hear you.

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Speaker 1: I mean, big picture, Chicago is in better shape than Atlanta,

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Speaker 1: just financially, but for the right to second, these guys

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Speaker 1: are gonna lose a lot of games. And the Falcons

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Speaker 1: are numbers. I mean, I think they're both pretty bad. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what they have to hang

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Speaker 1: their hat on. No, right, I'm curious what Mariotta London

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Speaker 1: Pitts looks like, and maybe Maria last Yeah right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: and there's some things they are to kind of build on,

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Speaker 1: but they need a lot of stuff. Yeah, I agree

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Speaker 1: at number third, this is down two spots the Washington Commanders. Really,

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Speaker 1: you know, that's a little surprising. Yeah, I think something

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Speaker 1: like that. Yeah, the bottom is harder to do than

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Speaker 1: the top. It is this time of year because there's

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Speaker 1: be better and Jacksonville is gonna be better. I mean,

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Speaker 1: some of the ones that are always at the bad

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Speaker 1: he didn't. And I've even seen blurbs this week saying, Sam,

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Speaker 1: how is in the in the conversation, you know, for

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Speaker 1: the long term quarterback? And he was really good, you know.

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Speaker 1: So I wouldn't be shocked if we see him at

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Speaker 1: some point at nine up a spot. If they're the

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Speaker 1: thirtieth best team in the league, I assume everybody gets fired.

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Speaker 1: The Jaguars are at twenty nine. Wow, I wouldn't have

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Speaker 1: the Texans over the Jags well, and I get to

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Speaker 1: see that a couple of times a year, games that

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Speaker 1: only their families will watch. But they're I mean, the

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Speaker 1: Jags would be that perfect teasey team, that new coach.

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Speaker 1: You know. I've seen a lot of people, Oh, they're

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Speaker 1: surprised team this year I might win seven games. I

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Speaker 1: don't see that. I mean, the Lions are like that too,

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Speaker 1: and I think the lines are a lot better shape

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Speaker 1: is they haven't won ever. The Jags had a few

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Speaker 1: good years, but I mean it's hard just to turn

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Speaker 1: it on it is. Speaking of which down two spots

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Speaker 1: are the New York Giants. This is where like we

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Speaker 1: I think we did this. Last time we did this,

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Speaker 1: I would have Washington over the Giant. Yeah, I would too.

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Speaker 1: And the question is could the g Men field one

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Speaker 1: of the league's most improve offenses. The answer to that

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Speaker 1: question is no, um one of the league's most improved

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Speaker 1: offenses had to be near the bottom of the league

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Speaker 1: last year. It could it be mediocre, here's heart be medio.

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Speaker 1: Could be mediocre. That would be big stride. Can they

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Speaker 1: keep everybody on the field? That should be the first

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Speaker 1: That should be the big question because they haven't been

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Speaker 1: a Davis Mills fan. Yeah, I think he's fine, Okay,

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Speaker 1: he does power ranks similar to how I do it.

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Speaker 1: And how good are these teams right now? These aren't

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Speaker 1: predictions because the second half of the season might be

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Speaker 1: good for the Jets, but it's gonna be ugly. Your

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Speaker 1: second year quarterback basically missed all of training camp. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and he's gonna miss time to start the year. It

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Speaker 1: they have pass rushers and you know what's his face?

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Speaker 1: plethora receiver. You're bad a quarterback, You're bad. Yeah, right

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Speaker 1: right right at twenty five, up two spots the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 1: I'm fine with that. Yeah, some people have them even higher,

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Speaker 1: think love that they've stepped up with tier. I don't

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Speaker 1: don't think five would be a great season. I would

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Speaker 1: have them ahead of this team. It's twenty four of

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Speaker 1: the Seattle Seahawks. I would do today and said, you know,

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Speaker 1: that's the worst, the worst quarterback situational league, maybe the

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Speaker 1: that this is how they planned it, and this is

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Speaker 1: And there's a reason, Yeah, Drew Lock were out as

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Speaker 1: that's it gets hard. I think you might trust the coach.

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Speaker 1: rough year for the Brownies. I might take the coaching

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Speaker 1: of former players guys who have you know, who have

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Speaker 1: the gravitas with the players in the locker room. But

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Speaker 1: too low. On the Vikings. I'm kind of a Vikings believer.

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Speaker 1: the Steelers. Here's here's something I'm much for you and

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Speaker 1: I've talked about, but it's perfect August September talk. Is

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Speaker 1: we have a new coach. Not all the new coaches

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Speaker 1: are upgrades when you look back, like they all everybody

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Speaker 1: says that this guy's got to be better. Zimmer won

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Speaker 1: a lot of games, Gruden won a lot of games.

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Speaker 1: You know, like Miami Brian Flores had a winning record.

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Speaker 1: But is it better? I mean it could be. I mean,

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Speaker 1: like I expect Minnesota's offense to be better. I think

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Speaker 1: Dolphins at nineteen. I think the Steelers are better. The

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Speaker 1: I remember I did mine. I had the Steelers right

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Speaker 1: was really to remember. For Miami, Byron Jones starts the

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Speaker 1: at least the first month. That's how their defenses. They're

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Speaker 1: Brady stinks, but they're old and there's not great mojo

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Speaker 1: there right now. You know, at three up a spot,

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Speaker 1: are that's too high? Yeah? That one is? Where's you know,

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Speaker 1: like the Chargers. Yeah, the Chargers. The Charges are a

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Speaker 1: better team right now than the I mean, even if

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Speaker 1: Lance really struggles to throw the ball, I think they'll

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Speaker 1: be a competitive team. I mean, I don't think they can.

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Speaker 1: They're gonna be a five win team. And I don't

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Speaker 1: think it's a Zach Wilson situation the way they're structured.

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Speaker 1: But I mean, if all these teams are talking about

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Speaker 1: that quarterback situation is the one you trust the least

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Speaker 1: amongst these like top ten type, tell me about it.

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Speaker 1: I get stuck drafting him in our fantasy league. And

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Speaker 1: I'm happy. It's not happy about that. Um at two

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Speaker 1: of the Rams two high in the Rams a little bit.

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Speaker 1: I mean again, I had them five ish something like that.

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Speaker 1: I think they were. I think they were my number

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Speaker 1: one team in the NFC though. Yeah yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: but they're counting on no line that no one's ever

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Speaker 1: heard of any players. And I mean, I if I'm

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Speaker 1: doing the power right now, I'm not gonna say, well,

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Speaker 1: they're due to get injured. I'm not going to predict

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Speaker 1: the future for power ranks. But can they keep all

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Speaker 1: their stars? Those five studs are so healthy and Stafford

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Speaker 1: Stafford elbow reminds me a little of Bends. That's troublesome. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's troublesome. No one's saying, oh, he's out of the woods,

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Speaker 1: he's fine. It's like depends on how you're listening. Right.

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Speaker 1: That leaves number one Buffalo. I've seen some other power

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Speaker 1: rankings that didn't have the Bills at number one are

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Speaker 1: my one, but I don't think it's far and away

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Speaker 1: and people are crowning them a little early. A really

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Speaker 1: good team, another team that has hard to find weaknesses. Well,

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Speaker 1: I think the weakness right now is at cornerback. So

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Speaker 1: tradevious White starting the regular season on the physically or

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Speaker 1: the reserve physically unable to perform list. The earliest he

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Speaker 1: can return is in Week five against the Steelers. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: one of the least guys that they would want to lose,

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Speaker 1: you know, by the way they opened the season against

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Speaker 1: the Rams, They're gonna I mean, they're gonna be starting

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Speaker 1: a pair of rookies. Do you think they regret like

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Speaker 1: allowing Levi Wallace to to walk for the contract the

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Speaker 1: Steelers gave when you look at the deal, maybe I'm

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Speaker 1: sure they could make room to fit him in and

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Speaker 1: be a lot more comfortable, he would think. Yeah, for

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Speaker 1: a team that always has three corners on the field. Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm not predicting this, you know, because the Rams haven't

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Speaker 1: played anybody all preseason either, but It wouldn't shock me

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Speaker 1: if the Rams won that game by two touchdowns or

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Speaker 1: something in their building. You know, that's a brutal place

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Speaker 1: to walk into. Here's their schedule the first month of

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Speaker 1: the season, Buffalo, Yeah at Los Angeles, Right, they canna

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Speaker 1: get a nice long break come back in a Monday

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Speaker 1: night against the Titans at home at Miami September twenty.

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Speaker 1: You don't love that in the heat. You don't love that.

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Speaker 1: Week four is at Baltimore and stuff. That's a tough one.

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Speaker 1: Then you get the Steelers at home at Kansas City, Right,

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Speaker 1: they could be three and three at that point heading

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Speaker 1: into their bye week. I'm of the feeling like they

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Speaker 1: may wait to hold Gradavious White out two weeks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that would make some sense since the by come so early,

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Speaker 1: Like you don't want to rush him back if you

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Speaker 1: think you're a you know, what's the four and three,

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Speaker 1: three and four something like at that point six weeks

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Speaker 1: it's their three and three, maybe four and two. It's possible.

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Speaker 1: I mean, like, it wouldn't shock me if at that

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Speaker 1: at the bye their seventh on the power rank and

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Speaker 1: they're still could be the best team in the league.

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Speaker 1: So went at all but yeah, they could start come

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Speaker 1: out of the week eight against the Packers, play a

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Speaker 1: lot of heavy hitters. Yeah, at week week nine, they're

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Speaker 1: at the Jets, week ten to get the Vikings, week eleven,

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Speaker 1: the Browns week twelve at Detroit, week thirteen, at New England,

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Speaker 1: week fourteen, the Jets at home, week fifteen, the Dolphins

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Speaker 1: at home, week sixteen, at the Bears, week seventeen at

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Speaker 1: the Bengals, and then they get the Patriots to finish

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Speaker 1: things up. So the second half of the schedule much

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Speaker 1: I think you'd much rather after Davious White ready to go. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: some hair with that. I would not rush in back

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Speaker 1: at all. He's super important. So yeah, if you get

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Speaker 1: that extra week with the bye, that would make some sense.

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Speaker 1: So the Steels probably won't get White, I mean yeah,

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Speaker 1: um yeah, I could certainly see that being the course

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Speaker 1: of the Bills season one in the power ranks. Next

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Speaker 1: week there four, you know, a month them now they're six,

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Speaker 1: maybe dip down to eight, and then finish the season

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Speaker 1: one or two, you know, and still make the super Bowl.

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Speaker 1: They also a pretty easy path to be the one seed.

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Speaker 1: I mean, that schedule wasn't easy, but it opens up yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean you just look at like the Colts and

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Speaker 1: the Bills in the a f C in terms of

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Speaker 1: their divisions, they might pull away from the pack a

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