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Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: We're humbled and excited to be in these five star matchups.

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Speaker 2: Five star matchup.

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Speaker 1: Somebody leaving here with the loss not gonna.

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Speaker 3: Be a good evening Stealer Nation. How we do well?

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Speaker 3: That's good us to our number two. Happy Halloween. As

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Speaker 3: you're probably rolling into or getting close to Trick or

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Speaker 3: Treating hour here. Yeah, yeah for most places you got

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Speaker 3: you got Libo Trick or treat upper. Are you technically

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Speaker 3: now up percent?

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Speaker 2: Okay?

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Speaker 2: So we get a busy one you've been Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's busy for two hours straight. Pretty packed.

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Speaker 3: Vers is too. We've had like over one hundred kids

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Speaker 3: the last couple of years. Yeah, my wife is real nervous.

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Speaker 3: She's always like, did we get enough? Did we get

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Speaker 2: My wife will set up she sets up a huge

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Speaker 2: you can like the kids like come into the tent

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Speaker 2: and it's all decorated and kneoned up and yeah, it's

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Speaker 2: it's a it's a it's a whole to you.

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Speaker 3: It's exciting, and I know I've shared this with you too,

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Speaker 3: but it's like everyone's everyone's told me, you know, like

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Speaker 3: once your kids reach a certain age, holidays become so

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Speaker 3: much fun. And unfortunately I kind of missed out on

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Speaker 3: that on this past Christmas because the Steelers had a

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Speaker 3: one o'clock game and so I was gone from like

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Speaker 3: But I'm very excited.

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Speaker 2: You know, I've got a four.

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Speaker 3: Year old and a two year old. Now they're like

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Speaker 3: into it. They're dressing up.

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Speaker 2: I'll be getting text from University Kentucky in much different

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, festivities. I have a feeling, no doubt.

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Speaker 3: No doubt you will you'll laugh at this. I took

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Speaker 3: my daughter's daycare today, my oldest to four year old.

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Speaker 3: All the other girls in her class are dressed as

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Speaker 3: my girl. So yeah, looking forward to it tonight. I

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Speaker 3: hope everybody has some fun and get some good pictures

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Speaker 3: and some good candy and all that stuff. Matt, let's

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Speaker 3: continue with five star Friday here. Yes, Like I said,

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Speaker 3: let's spin the block now and talk about Steelers offense

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Speaker 3: against this Colts defense. Okay, so not a pushover. No,

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Speaker 3: it's not a push out, but not as daunting as

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Speaker 3: the Indianapolis offense.

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Speaker 2: Agreed, So is this a I don't even think it's

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Speaker 2: one of the best defenses they faced this year? A

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Speaker 2: great I put New England, Seattle, Cleveland, probably the Packers.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, and those are all really good, don't

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Speaker 2: It's not an overwhelming defense.

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Speaker 3: And we talked about this a little bit in the

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Speaker 3: not to suffocate myself in that Halloween mask. But how

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Speaker 3: do you go about what's your big personnel usage? Look

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Speaker 3: like this twelve personnel, thirteen personnel, six offensive lineman package like,

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Speaker 3: and we'll dig into it, but from a thirty thousand

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Speaker 3: foot view, from a macro view, where is the best

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and again I don't have a great vibe for

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Speaker 2: I mean, they'll always went in doubt, they'll go to Nickel.

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Speaker 2: That's where they're most comfortable. And that's not uncommon. That's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's a nice world to live in if

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Speaker 2: They still a nickel? You know, like to the to

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Speaker 2: the point where we're gonna be bigger and badder than you,

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Speaker 2: And I also think the less defensive back sail on

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and again that's that's where I struggle with their

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Speaker 3: Is it the fact that you can make some hay there?

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Speaker 2: Of both, a little bit of both. But I think

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Speaker 2: definitely have a history of not really getting off the

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Speaker 2: a great time possession team. That's stat that I cite

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Speaker 2: I'll be honest. I mean, I think there's a chance

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Speaker 3: you know, everything used to be a race to twenty

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Speaker 2: Years and their numbers coming into the season, like over

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Speaker 3: Won, correct, Whereas now it's changed drastically. You scored thirty

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Speaker 3: You scored twenty five against Green Bay and you lost

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Speaker 3: by two possessions, by double digits, And matt it is

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Speaker 3: the third highest over under?

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Speaker 3: For no part of me? Second? No third? I was right?

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Speaker 2: The Bengals are always gonna be high.

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Speaker 3: So I am with you on that.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 3: Obviously at the end of this hour give our final

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Speaker 2: And you just can't view it that way coming into

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Speaker 2: that's how the game's going to go, because it's very

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Speaker 3: And I think you hit the You phrased it in

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Speaker 3: a perfect way when we were talking to Missy Matthews

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Speaker 3: maybe now in Roman Wilson as well, and the tight

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Speaker 3: ends that it hasn't been consistent, but they've all had

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Speaker 2: Shown collectively they've been collectively been a strong room.

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Speaker 3: I don't even want to say that this is the

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Speaker 3: go from the numbers. Back this up the thirty second

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Speaker 3: of thirty two teams in terms of conservative play calling

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Speaker 3: But there's got to be more of a trust factor

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Speaker 3: a trust factor with everybody else, all the other playmakers,

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Speaker 3: running backs, tight ends, wide receivers around Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: You got two months of working with Rogers too, Right.

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Speaker 3: Let's see it again. I'm not saying you go Dan

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Speaker 3: Campbell and every fourth down that's not fourth and long.

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Speaker 3: We're going for it and hyper aggressive. But let's meet

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Speaker 2: I think, yeah, I think you don't default the punting

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Speaker 3: Boss can make this no problem. Let's just take the points.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's a not a losing but a

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Speaker 2: you know, been winning the turnover battle drastically. Now. I

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Speaker 2: don't mind if they throw quite a bit because a

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Speaker 2: lot of their quick throws, the Rogers throws are high completion.

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Speaker 2: They can keep the clock moving. But I also can't

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Speaker 2: live with you're running the ball. You come out of

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Speaker 2: the half and Warren gets three carries in a second half,

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Speaker 2: you know, like, ain't gonna got it. I mean, you're

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Speaker 2: just begging to put your defense in a bad situation

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Speaker 3: And that's something that you and I have discussed a

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Speaker 3: couple times this week. I talked about that on DV

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Speaker 3: Today with Chad Tyson. I do this quick hitter thing,

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Speaker 3: just a short like three four minute with Chad Tyson

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Speaker 3: where he fires off a bunch of sale questions, and

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Speaker 3: one of them was on the along the lines of like,

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Speaker 3: how do you protect this defense? How do you insulate

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Speaker 3: this defense? And I was like, I understand. Every time

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Speaker 3: we bring this up, I was like, I might need

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Speaker 3: more than twenty seconds to answer this question.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a big picture.

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Speaker 3: Because every time we bring this up, everyone's like, well,

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Speaker 3: how can you blame the offense. They're the side of

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Speaker 3: the football that's doing their job there. We're not blaming

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Speaker 3: the offense.

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Speaker 2: But you a team game.

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Speaker 3: It's a team game. And the same way Matt I

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Speaker 3: used this example with you earlier in the season. I

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Speaker 3: you know, nineteen to thirteen whatever. The final score was

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Speaker 3: Down the home stretch here and it's time to go around

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Speaker 3: You know, it's funny. I've done a couple of those

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Speaker 3: honored for their twentieth anniversary this weekend. Matt, the Ravens

438
00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:29,840
Speaker 3: took care of business last night, twenty eight to six. Yeah,

439
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,760
Speaker 3: they moved to three and five. All the sun worried

440
00:20:33,920 --> 00:20:36,040
Speaker 3: all of a sudden. I mean, you lose the.

441
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,919
Speaker 2: Colts, so all of a sudden, it's a one game different.

442
00:20:37,680 --> 00:20:39,520
Speaker 3: One game difference. Even if you beat the Colts, it's

443
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,440
Speaker 3: only a two game difference. So we still have two

444
00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:46,400
Speaker 3: games against Baltimore. Yeah, I don't think they're going away. Unfortunately,

445
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,160
Speaker 3: as much as we would have liked to have kind

446
00:20:48,200 --> 00:20:51,000
Speaker 3: of coasted here, with two losses in a row for

447
00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 3: the Steelers, two wins in a row for Baltimore, that

448
00:20:54,080 --> 00:20:56,560
Speaker 3: margin for air is zapping up pretty quickly.

449
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent. And I posted this thing. I

450
00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:04,359
Speaker 2: just retweeted what Warren Sharp put out because to this point,

451
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:08,280
Speaker 2: the Ravens have faced the twenty ninth easiest, so the

452
00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:09,920
Speaker 2: third hardest schedule.

453
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't like this. I know you sent this

454
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:12,960
Speaker 3: to me this morning. I don't like this.

455
00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:18,040
Speaker 2: Not great. And going forward they face the sixth easiest. Meanwhile,

456
00:21:18,080 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 2: in case your court curious, the Steelers were the twenty

457
00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:25,920
Speaker 2: second easiest to this point. So a hard schedule, and

458
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,879
Speaker 2: it gets harder, it becomes the twenty fifth easiest. So

459
00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,760
Speaker 2: you never know. I mean, when the schedule came out,

460
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:36,320
Speaker 2: you thought you're getting burrowed twice and you're not, et cetera,

461
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:39,520
Speaker 2: et cetera. And obviously those Steeler raven games are gonna loom.

462
00:21:39,960 --> 00:21:42,480
Speaker 2: But they've won two in a row. And I didn't

463
00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 2: think the Ravens even played that great early in the game. Frankly, Miami,

464
00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,280
Speaker 2: just as usual, just blew a lot of opportunities and

465
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,600
Speaker 2: self destructive things, and I do think it's noteworthy that

466
00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:58,359
Speaker 2: I want to throw us out there. They the Dolphins

467
00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:02,399
Speaker 2: parted ways, didn't use the word fired. Mutually decide the

468
00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,840
Speaker 2: part ways the third GM, but not their code. I'm

469
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:09,679
Speaker 2: glad you brought this up because tuesday's the trade deadline deadline. Thursday,

470
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,439
Speaker 2: they're done, so they have more time to deal with

471
00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,679
Speaker 2: this stuff than any they just lost. I assume the

472
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 2: Dolphins will be a seller, but I wonder if the

473
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Speaker 2: owner and former GM were torn on should we trade Phillip,

474
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 2: should we trade Wattle? No, I don't trade that guy.

475
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:25,240
Speaker 2: Trade that guy.

476
00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:25,560
Speaker 3: Now.

477
00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 2: Whoever, whoever's in charge now is gonna do whatever whatever

478
00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,679
Speaker 2: they want that may change their tone a little bit, I.

479
00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,040
Speaker 3: Would figure out. I would think it would make them

480
00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:35,479
Speaker 3: a much larger seller.

481
00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,680
Speaker 2: I would assume that's what I'm thinking too, because maybe

482
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,919
Speaker 2: I'm not saying Jaylen Waddles would be a Steeler on Tuesday,

483
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:42,960
Speaker 2: but yeah, right, if he's the one.

484
00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:44,679
Speaker 3: That there's a lot of pieces on that team that

485
00:22:44,920 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 3: any team, any playoff team would be interested in.

486
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,760
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there's five guys you could you could pluck

487
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 2: off that team and make yourself better, no question about it.

488
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 2: But I think everyone's aware of this. The Ravens aren't

489
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:58,160
Speaker 2: dead yet at all, not dead yet.

490
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:01,359
Speaker 3: Not dead yet, and we're feeling better.

491
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:04,880
Speaker 2: It's a little worrisome too. You always lose this week,

492
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,520
Speaker 2: and the math, all of a sudden, is not nearly

493
00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:08,720
Speaker 2: in your favor as it once was.

494
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,479
Speaker 3: Man, things happened quickly in this league. Let's get into it.

495
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:17,040
Speaker 3: The first November Sunday, roads starting to narrow. Turkey's gonna

496
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,440
Speaker 3: be on the table here in a couple of weeks.

497
00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 3: Before we know it. The Bears are in Cincinnata. Maybe

498
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:26,080
Speaker 3: this is kind of an elimination type game. Yeah, teams,

499
00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:28,360
Speaker 3: since if you get back to four and five, you're

500
00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:31,360
Speaker 3: still hanging around the Bears. If you fall to four

501
00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:33,320
Speaker 3: and four, I gues you're not out of it, but

502
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 3: it's gonna be tough. That NFC playoff picture Chicagoy two

503
00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:40,440
Speaker 3: and a half point favored in Cincinnati.

504
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:46,239
Speaker 2: Torn on this one. Neither one's playing great defense. I

505
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 2: do think Flacco will do. I think there could be

506
00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 2: a lot of points in this game.

507
00:23:50,040 --> 00:23:52,920
Speaker 3: Second highest over under it. Yeah said that before, behind

508
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 3: only Chiefs Bills.

509
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,199
Speaker 2: I guess I'll take the Bears, but very reluctantly. I

510
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,560
Speaker 2: don't love given points on the road. I think are

511
00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:01,800
Speaker 2: pretty equal teams.

512
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna take. I think I'm gonna lay

513
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:06,280
Speaker 3: the points with Cincinnati. I'll oppose you on this one.

514
00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:08,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I wouldn't touch it.

515
00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,400
Speaker 3: I just feel like Chicago two has been much better

516
00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,000
Speaker 3: at home than they have been on the road, and

517
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 3: that's typical of a young team.

518
00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes sense, young quarterback.

519
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,040
Speaker 3: You know, first time head coach. I like that number, though,

520
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 3: if the numbers three and a half, i'd take the

521
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 3: points for Chicago at two and a half. I'm gonna

522
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,520
Speaker 3: lay him with Cincinnati. One of the bigger spreads of

523
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:30,440
Speaker 3: the weekend. Tied for the second biggest spread of the weekend.

524
00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:34,560
Speaker 3: The Lions hosts the Vikings in Detroit, Matt What ad

525
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 3: the Lions do to bad team?

526
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:37,640
Speaker 2: Beat him?

527
00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 3: Bad? A bad team? Yeah, but they're very shaky at

528
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 3: the quarterback position, which is not what you want to

529
00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 3: be against this Lions group.

530
00:24:45,640 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 2: And McCarthy returns McCarthy or at least get some more

531
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,240
Speaker 2: data on him. I haven't loved to I have seen

532
00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,400
Speaker 2: this thus far. I didn't love him coming out of Michigan.

533
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:55,680
Speaker 2: I think this is a brutal game to come back

534
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 2: to too. I'm gonna take the Lions.

535
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,240
Speaker 3: I might. I might lay the points on this one,

536
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,360
Speaker 3: just because a division game double digit, I mean nine

537
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 3: and a half, it means they win by ten. That's

538
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:06,480
Speaker 3: a big number for a division game. It is, and

539
00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 3: I could see another scenario where Detroit is up fourteen

540
00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,880
Speaker 3: late in the Vikings score a touchdown that doesn't matter,

541
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 3: and they end up back or covering something like that.

542
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:21,480
Speaker 3: I don't know, though, what does Detroit doing these type

543
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:23,360
Speaker 3: of games they blow teams out. I'm with you, I'll

544
00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:25,280
Speaker 3: lay the points with the Lions. I'll lay the points

545
00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 3: with the Lions. Packers at home biggest spread. Uh no, sorry,

546
00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,320
Speaker 3: part of me. There is a couple couple big ones

547
00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,800
Speaker 3: this weekend, So Lions Viking's third biggest spread. This is

548
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 3: the second biggest spread of the weekend. The Packers hosting

549
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 3: the Panthers at Lambeau. Twelve and a half point favorites

550
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:42,560
Speaker 3: are green Bay.

551
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 2: Oh seems like a lot. I am impressed though with

552
00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,240
Speaker 2: green Bay for sure. I think they're hitting a shride

553
00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:51,439
Speaker 2: at the right time. I thought Jordan Love played a

554
00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:55,359
Speaker 2: great game Steeler defensive side. I'll take the Packers, but

555
00:25:55,440 --> 00:25:57,639
Speaker 2: that's a big number. I mean, Carolina usually runs the

556
00:25:57,680 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: ball pretty well.

557
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 3: I think I'm gonna take the points on this one.

558
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,800
Speaker 3: Green Bay coming off of an emotional victory, right, come

559
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:09,600
Speaker 3: from behind, emotional victory against their old quarterback, two of

560
00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:13,000
Speaker 3: the biggest brands in all of American sports, Sunday night football,

561
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 3: come back, win, all those different things. Green Bay gets

562
00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,640
Speaker 3: it done, but Carolina finds a way to keep it,

563
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 3: you know, within ten points or so, I'll take. I'll

564
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 3: take the plus twelve and a half. With the Panthers

565
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 3: the Titans hosting the Chargers. This is one of the

566
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 3: bigger road favorite spreads that you'll see all all year.

567
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:33,960
Speaker 3: It makes sense though, in Nashville, in Music City, the

568
00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 3: Chargers are nine and a half point favorites on the road.

569
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:40,520
Speaker 2: I hate taking all these big favorites this week spreads,

570
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: and I just think Tennessee's broke.

571
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:47,600
Speaker 3: I think that they are you know, can coon on

572
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,400
Speaker 3: three yes, the reference that the athletes say, right when

573
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 3: you're already thinking about your offseason plans. Can coon on

574
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 3: three boys? I think the Chargers.

575
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,000
Speaker 2: Role I do too. Chargers are pretty good spot.

576
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 3: They are, they have navigated I think the toughest stretch

577
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,640
Speaker 3: of their schedule. They got Joe Alt backed big, They're

578
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,359
Speaker 3: they're they're playing there, They're I think it's coming together

579
00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,400
Speaker 3: for them at the right time. Falcons are in New England.

580
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:13,560
Speaker 3: This one kind of seems like some rat poison to me, Matt.

581
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 3: This feels like a line that's good, too good to

582
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,160
Speaker 3: be true. The Patriots only a five and a half

583
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,320
Speaker 3: point favorite over the Falcons. I thought that would have

584
00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 3: been more like seven and a half.

585
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think it's because Atlanta's so up and down,

586
00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:26,800
Speaker 2: Like they've had a couple of really nice wins and

587
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 2: a couple nice.

588
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 3: Jeon plays well and they keep you off the field, and.

589
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 2: They need to feature him more. And I don't quite

590
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: understand why. I still think the Patriots are a bit

591
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:39,320
Speaker 2: of a fugazy I don't think they're as good as

592
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,720
Speaker 2: a record, and they probably won't be. They're good on

593
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,200
Speaker 2: both sides of the ball. I'm gonna take the Pats.

594
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,199
Speaker 3: I am too, but I worry about that. I'd like this.

595
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 3: I'd like this a lot more if it was, you know,

596
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:53,280
Speaker 3: New England plus seven and a half and I could

597
00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 3: take the points with the Falcons. But now I'll lay

598
00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:58,240
Speaker 3: five and a half. I will lay five and a half, begrudgingly.

599
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 3: The giants are at home. This scataboo, this giant giants. Now,

600
00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:04,639
Speaker 3: no neighbors, no scataboo.

601
00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:05,560
Speaker 2: Yeh, it's getting pretty thick.

602
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 3: Pet's heads are falling off. That's a dumb and dumber

603
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: reference for you, right there. Forty nine ers across the country,

604
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,399
Speaker 3: Matt for one of those vaunted everybody struggles except for

605
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,399
Speaker 3: the Seattle Seahawks. Right one o'clock East Coast game. San

606
00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:19,800
Speaker 3: Francisco though a two and a half point favorite.

607
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 2: Taking the Niners. But I do think that road trip

608
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,600
Speaker 2: is challenging.

609
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 3: I think it'll be ugly, it'll be low scoring.

610
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:30,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just kind of trust s to get on

611
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:32,439
Speaker 2: one here. Yeah, you know Kittle's back. I think that

612
00:28:32,480 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 2: they're trending kind of the right direction.

613
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:36,720
Speaker 3: It's the right number for me. If it was three

614
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:39,240
Speaker 3: and a half, yeah, I'd be a little more, a

615
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 3: little more shy. But at two and a half, I'll

616
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 3: lay the points with San Francisco. It could be a stinker, certainly,

617
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:49,400
Speaker 3: could a couple big games here. Uh, well, let's do

618
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 3: this first. Let's let's let's finish off the one o'clock hour.

619
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,960
Speaker 3: I'll continue to do this in chronological order. This is

620
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:57,880
Speaker 3: a huge one though, Texans hosting the Broncos. Yeah, Broncos,

621
00:28:57,920 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 3: I tell you what a special The Chiefs have to

622
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 3: go to Buffalo. The Broncos will continue to have an

623
00:29:01,920 --> 00:29:05,400
Speaker 3: opportunity to give themselves some cushion in that division. The

624
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,000
Speaker 3: Texans looking to hang on and get back to five hundred.

625
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 3: Houston a one and a half point favorite, Matt in

626
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 3: the lowest over under game of the weekend between maybe

627
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 3: the two best defenses in the NFL. Just forty and

628
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 3: a half is the over under in this one. Houston

629
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:20,760
Speaker 3: a one and a half point favorite.

630
00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:22,560
Speaker 2: I thought Denver is gonna be favored, but I'm still

631
00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 2: taking Houston, and again I don't feel strongly about it.

632
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 2: I think they are the two best defenses in the league. Usually,

633
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 2: if it's going to be a low slugfest, I'll take points.

634
00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,720
Speaker 2: But I'm a stroud believer, and I also think Nico

635
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:38,440
Speaker 2: Returns certain is out. Yes, I think it's a bad

636
00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 2: week for that to happen.

637
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 3: If you're Denver, totally yeah, you do listen. You don't

638
00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,800
Speaker 3: want to lose pat certain at any time. Sure, especially

639
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,680
Speaker 3: the way that the Texans are playing now on offense

640
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 3: and getting some reinforcements as well. Into the four o'clock hour,

641
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 3: Raiders Jags in Viva Las Vegas. Raiders out of their

642
00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 3: bye week, Yeah, show any signs of life. Jacksonville at

643
00:30:01,360 --> 00:30:03,920
Speaker 3: four and three still in a good spot. But if

644
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:05,880
Speaker 3: you follow four and four, you start to chase it

645
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 3: a little bit. Jacksonville a two and a half point

646
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,240
Speaker 3: favorite in LA and.

647
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 2: I hate it. Here in the news, Travis Hunter got

648
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 2: injured in practiced yesterday and went to IR and I

649
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,800
Speaker 2: was expected him to blow off the second high. I

650
00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 2: thought that to see that, part of me is like

651
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:24,320
Speaker 2: man Gino Smith and Pete Carroll are better than what

652
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 2: they showed pre by. They know how to win games league.

653
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: But then I look at like their O line and

654
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 2: the back seven of their defense, like they don't think

655
00:30:31,880 --> 00:30:35,880
Speaker 2: a good player. I'm taking Jacksonville, but I don't love

656
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 2: it same.

657
00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 3: I want to give my guy Gino and I want

658
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 3: to give Pete Carroll a little little grains salt coming

659
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 3: out of the bye week, but I just don't see

660
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,400
Speaker 3: it for a Raiders team that has you got to

661
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 3: show me something before I start to believe in it.

662
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:55,000
Speaker 3: Rams at home hosting the Saints this Matt is the

663
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 3: biggest spread of the weekend. Fourteen and a half point

664
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 3: favorites at home or LA can they cover?

665
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,959
Speaker 2: I'm taking the Saints just because I keep taking all

666
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 2: the favorites. I think the Rams are great. I think

667
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 2: the Saints nineteen.

668
00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 3: And a half is a massive fourteen. It's that here

669
00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 3: are remotes yelling at us.

670
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, crosses my mind when we have these conversations. Shuck's

671
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,680
Speaker 2: gonna start, We'll see. I mean, I don't expect them'd

672
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: be great.

673
00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:22,719
Speaker 3: I would I would love to do that, like pursuit

674
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 3: of does this goofy kind of stuff with baseball because

675
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: he's a gambling dork in a baseball Dirk and they

676
00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 3: play one hundred and sixty two games. One of these years,

677
00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:34,400
Speaker 3: I should bet like five bucks on every team that

678
00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 3: is a every underdog by two possessions or more. Just

679
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:40,600
Speaker 3: every Sunday, every team that's you know, fourteen and a

680
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,560
Speaker 3: half point dogs.

681
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,120
Speaker 2: Your record at the end of the year, five bucks, YEA.

682
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:47,880
Speaker 3: Throughout the year. That'd be an I bet you'd come

683
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:50,120
Speaker 3: out with more money than than you started maybe not

684
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,120
Speaker 3: by a crazy amount, but I bet you'd get a

685
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 3: little bit more than you would lose Matt the game

686
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 3: of the week, certainly, especially from outside of a Steeler's perspective.

687
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:00,880
Speaker 3: I'm kind of ticked off that this one's not the

688
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 3: night game because I'll still be at the stadium at

689
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 3: four Orchard Park. That place will be rocking as the

690
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,360
Speaker 3: Bills host the Chiefs. Chiefs a one and a half

691
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 3: point road favorite over Buffalo.

692
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 2: And I'm taking them. I don't feel the Bill. Yeah,

693
00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 2: they have certainly have a history. Their Bills run the

694
00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,120
Speaker 2: ball really, really well, but I still think the Bills

695
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,640
Speaker 2: defense is by far the weakest of the four units.

696
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,360
Speaker 2: I mean, clearly the other three are quite good and

697
00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 2: two things. I think that they can all come in

698
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,760
Speaker 2: there with their strategies, but by the fourth quarter, it's

699
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,200
Speaker 2: going to be Alan versus Mahomes. Last one get the

700
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 2: ball wins. Yeah. I mean these two are just going

701
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 2: to take over and be Superman. Yes, And I'm not

702
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,960
Speaker 2: saying I favor one or the other, but the fact

703
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 2: that one team is RACI rice now and the other

704
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 2: one doesn't, I think is enough. I really think the

705
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: Bills are a receiver.

706
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 3: Short quarterback master class seminar.

707
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,440
Speaker 2: Coming in here, so much fun to watch.

708
00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna lay the points with Kansas City too, Matt.

709
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,200
Speaker 3: I told you I wavered on this a little bit

710
00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 3: at the beginning of the season, but I'm back to

711
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:14,880
Speaker 3: it now. The Chiefs, it's like, as long as they

712
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 3: have Reid and Mahomes, I'm gonna treat it like Belichick

713
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 3: and Brady until Monty Python, until the body's cold. I'm

714
00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 3: not gonna They're not dead yet, and in fact that

715
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 3: I'm gonna pick them to go to the super Bowl.

716
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 2: Still, yeah, they're my choice right now. I think there

717
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 2: are lines getting healthier for this game too, and I.

718
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 3: Know I know that place will be rocking, and you

719
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 3: can probably you can say Buffaloes do for one against

720
00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 3: Kansas City. But until the Chiefs are, until the Chiefs

721
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 3: are out of it, I'm gonna continue to pick them.

722
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 3: Sunday Night Football, last one here, Matt, before we go

723
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 3: to break and pick the Steelers. On the other side,

724
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 3: the Commanders at home in a must win spot at

725
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 3: three years they want to stay in a wild card

726
00:33:52,280 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 3: playoff conversation. They've got the five and two Seahawks coming

727
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,920
Speaker 3: to town. Seattle, a lot of road a lot of

728
00:33:58,960 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 3: road favorites this week.

729
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 2: There's some weird lines this week.

730
00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,160
Speaker 3: Seattle two and a half point road favorite.

731
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,480
Speaker 2: Daniels is gonna play. Yes, that's a good huge, it's huge, huge.

732
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 3: I still think I'm laying them with Seattle, though.

733
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,799
Speaker 2: I am too. I am too. Seattle travel travel so well.

734
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: I think their defense is superb and should do a

735
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 2: pretty good number against a good Washington offense. And Darnold's

736
00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 2: playing great Smith that Jig was playing great. I don't

737
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,960
Speaker 2: love the Washington corners or pass rush. Yeah, I think

738
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 2: Seattle is just clearly eight tier above Washington, if not too.

739
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 3: I completely agree, and I think that's gonna play out

740
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 3: on Sunday night. Matt. One more to go, and we

741
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 3: have the Steelers' final practice report across the timeline. Some

742
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 3: not so great news in there that we will get

743
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,720
Speaker 3: to when we return. On the other side, we'll also

744
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 3: pick Steelers Colts Sunday one o'clock at Afrosure Stadium. All

745
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:48,279
Speaker 3: that and more before we get out of here, West

746
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:50,719
Speaker 3: Huler Matt Williamson final segment of the week on the Way,

747
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:52,720
Speaker 3: It's the Drive on the Steelers Audio Network.

748
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 1: Your tunes about drive on your twenty four to seven

749
00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

750
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 3: And here we go final segment of the week. That

751
00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 3: means we've got to predict how Steelers colts will play out.

752
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:21,799
Speaker 3: But before we get to that, we have got the

753
00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:25,240
Speaker 3: final practice report of the week for the Pittsburgh Steelers

754
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 3: and Matt some less than encouraging news here ruled out

755
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:33,320
Speaker 3: at this point already Scotty Miller with that finger injury.

756
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:35,440
Speaker 3: He didn't practice all week. That's not a surprise, does

757
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,960
Speaker 3: But Corey Trice has been ruled.

758
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 2: Out, so he's not gonna get activated.

759
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 3: He is not, as has Jabro Peppers ruled out for

760
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,840
Speaker 3: Sunday's matchup with a quadricep injury.

761
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:49,640
Speaker 2: Did we know he was banged up?

762
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,000
Speaker 3: He was limited yesterday. I remember we said that he was.

763
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 2: I'd be doing that.

764
00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:57,919
Speaker 3: I did as well too. I did as well too.

765
00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,720
Speaker 3: Good news is Kyle Duggar has been a full practice

766
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 3: participant Thursday and Friday, so he's listening to no idea

767
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 3: what capacity he's but he's but he's gonna play. Cole

768
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 3: Holcomb is questionable with that illness. Still that weal that

769
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,839
Speaker 3: he was dealing with yesterday, Malik Harrison is questionable. He's

770
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:16,320
Speaker 3: been a full participant all week.

771
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,359
Speaker 2: In practice, but the action activate him or not.

772
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 3: Same with Will Howard. Chuck Clark listed as questionable as

773
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 3: well too, with an illness. So I wonder if it's

774
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 3: a safe thing.

775
00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 2: So much safety, so much Yeah.

776
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,600
Speaker 3: And again I know we're not, you know, crazy high

777
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,239
Speaker 3: on the way he's been playing as of late. But

778
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:35,839
Speaker 3: if you're down Peppers and he doesn't know what he's doing,

779
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,399
Speaker 3: and Chuck Clark's dealing with an illness and you don't

780
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:40,880
Speaker 3: have the Sean Elliott obviously, you're like, how many bodies

781
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 3: do we have here?

782
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 2: He might be more Ramsey at safety than I even thought.

783
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,280
Speaker 3: It's starting to look at it just out of necessity.

784
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:50,719
Speaker 3: Good news. No injury designation for Isaac Samon.

785
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 2: That was the one I was most interested in.

786
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 3: No injury designation for Zach Frasier. No injury designation for

787
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,960
Speaker 3: Pat Froth, who remember popped up with a quadricep issue

788
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 3: on the practice reports.

789
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 2: And we'll see them all this stuff huge, and I

790
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,480
Speaker 2: do think you'll see a lot of the massive jumbo package.

791
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially if the Colts are gonna dig their heels

792
00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 3: in and sticking nickel like they like to do. Yeah,

793
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:18,360
Speaker 3: bring that corn beef out, baby, let's rolly Sunday, one o'clock,

794
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 3: Matt Akershuer Stadium. I mean, this is another one of those.

795
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 3: The game of the week is the Chiefs and the Bills.

796
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,200
Speaker 3: But this not far behind this, This is not far

797
00:37:26,280 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 3: behind uh the seven to one best record in the league.

798
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 3: Indianapolis Colts the Steelers, who have lost two games in

799
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 3: a row and are looking to hand Indianapolis a rare loss.

800
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 3: The Colts three and a half point favorites on the

801
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 3: North Shore Sunday afternoon. You want to pick them first,

802
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 3: I'm going thirty one to twenty eight Indianapolis, Matt. I've

803
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 3: been saying this all year. I have Steelers have played

804
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,480
Speaker 3: seven games. I've picked them to win all seven. And

805
00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,719
Speaker 3: I said when we were in Dublin I was gonna

806
00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 3: pick the Vikings. The energy here switched me around at

807
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,120
Speaker 3: some I'm not gonna be the ultimate Homer and pick

808
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 3: this team to go seventeen and zero, right, I will

809
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: pick them to lose at some point. Almost did it

810
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 3: last week, but I thought the Aaron Rodgers.

811
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 2: Man, I let emotion change me for Vikings and Packers.

812
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 2: One worked, one didn't.

813
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:16,040
Speaker 3: And I started to do some of that this week.

814
00:38:16,120 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 3: I was like, it's the Super Bowl forty reunion, and

815
00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,800
Speaker 3: this team is when everyone's written them off. When everyone's

816
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,440
Speaker 3: written them off is when Mike Tomlin and his teams

817
00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 3: typically do their best work. I just I gotta go

818
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 3: with Indy. I gotta go with Indy thirty one to

819
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 3: twenty eight. As much as I hate to do it.

820
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 2: I'm taking the Colts. I'm betting picking against the Steelers

821
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 2: for the first time as well. I just think the

822
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:38,160
Speaker 2: Colts are a really good football team and truly are

823
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 2: the best offense in the league. You're gonna have to

824
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 2: show me more on defense for me to say anything's

825
00:38:43,719 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 2: fixed on that side of the ball. I just think

826
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 2: they're very easy to attack. Now. They could definitely play.

827
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:50,960
Speaker 2: I expect them to play better than the last two weeks.

828
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 2: But I got to see it first, and my score

829
00:38:53,600 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 2: is not very kind. Uh oh, thirty six to twenty three.

830
00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 2: I can see a lot of points in this game.

831
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 2: I'm more confident about the thirty six side of it

832
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 2: than the twenty three, because I think that twenty three

833
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:06,080
Speaker 2: could be pretty high. I could see him getting the

834
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 2: twenty eight. I could see the Steelers getting a thirty.

835
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 2: I just don't know. No one's stopped this offense yet.

836
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:14,000
Speaker 2: Now the Steelers really haven't stopped anybody lately. So I'm

837
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:15,400
Speaker 2: going with the President.

838
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,319
Speaker 3: And it's harsh, as Bob Labriola put it, this is

839
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 3: a franchise that has struggled in Pittsburgh. Yeah, I like

840
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 3: that last fifty years. Hopefully some of that voodoo will pop.

841
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:33,800
Speaker 3: It's it's it's head in rear, its ugly head for Indianapolis.

842
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,000
Speaker 2: And this one, i'd like see the field goal kicker

843
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 2: miss a kicker too, field.

844
00:39:37,760 --> 00:39:39,359
Speaker 3: Goal kicker miss a kicker two. I'd like to see

845
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 3: Boswell only attempt one or two right as well? And

846
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 3: who knows? I had this weird feeling you said this

847
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,680
Speaker 3: last week. I'm gonna reverse it this week. You said

848
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,280
Speaker 3: last Friday you picked the Steelers to win, but you said,

849
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 3: don't be surprised if we come in here on Monday

850
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,279
Speaker 3: and we're talking about a lobsided Packers win. You ready

851
00:39:58,280 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 3: for this. I'm picking the Colts to win, but don't

852
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 3: be surprised if we come in here talking about a

853
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,120
Speaker 3: big time Steelers win.

854
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:06,839
Speaker 2: It would fit.

855
00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:12,520
Speaker 3: It would a tranchise, Yeah, thirty three to twenty three,

856
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,480
Speaker 3: something like that.

857
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:16,160
Speaker 2: And it'd be like and if that happens, I bet

858
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:20,480
Speaker 2: we're saying Watt had three sacks Steelers and got inter

859
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:23,279
Speaker 2: section and there were plus Hayward eight.

860
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 3: Quinton Nelson's lunch for sixty minutes.

861
00:40:25,719 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 2: I know he's not in the game, but Killer Brew

862
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: blocks a punt, you know what I mean?

863
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:33,640
Speaker 3: Right right, right right, Peyton Wilson blocks a punt or something.

864
00:40:33,440 --> 00:40:36,240
Speaker 2: On specialtydas that would not shock me either.

865
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 3: For whatever reason, I was thinking that I was the

866
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 3: kind of games they win. You know, I've told you

867
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,040
Speaker 3: this the two times that I really think about the

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Speaker 3: show or win them in the shower. Okay, that paints

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Speaker 3: a picture. And when I'm driving here every day in

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Speaker 3: think the Colts are gonna win. But a double digit,

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Speaker 3: two possession Steelers victory would not surprise me either.

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Speaker 2: Even a squeaky one out. Maybe they weren't the better

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Speaker 3: You know, we shall see, we shall see, but it'll

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Speaker 3: be a lot of fun regardless. Halloween weekend, Alumni weekend,

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Speaker 3: Let's get some voodoo rolling in our direction, get back

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Speaker 3: in the win column here. But regardless win, lose, or draw,

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Speaker 3: we be back to break it down for you on Monday.

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Speaker 3: As always, big thanks to Missy Matthews for joining us

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Speaker 3: today for mister TV, Tyler v our video producer, and

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Speaker 3: Nathan our new iHeart producer hanging out in here and

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Speaker 3: doing some training. Always good to have those guys with

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Speaker 3: us and helping us with our Halloween shenanigans. At the

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Speaker 3: start of the show. For Matt Williamson, I'm West Shouler.

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Speaker 3: Take care, everybody, eat some candy, enjoy the weekend, and

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Speaker 3: we'll talk to you soon. As always, you know where

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Speaker 3: to find us. It's on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 3: home of the Black and Gold. It's Steelers Nation Radio

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Speaker 3: on the Steelers Audio Network.