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Speaker 1: And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI he is

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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson and it is time for the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football Focus Here Matt, and as we do on Wednesdays,

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Speaker 1: we'll go through the injury reports and see who is

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Speaker 1: in and who is out this week. Desmond Ritter, with

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Speaker 1: a hip, was a full participant on Wednesday for the Raiders,

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Speaker 1: but Aiden O'Connell with that knee, was also a full participant.

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Speaker 3: It looks like O'Connell will be back in there, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I mean we mentioned it earlier. I mean, if you

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Speaker 1: I mean that's good now. Yeah, Jacobe Myers, but Myers

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Speaker 1: was limited today with an ankle injury. But they're playing Jacksonville.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean there's a chance they win that game.

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Speaker 3: And that's a really bad pass defense.

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Speaker 1: Somebody's got to win it.

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Speaker 4: Win it.

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Speaker 1: Let's they tie.

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Speaker 3: I don't think they want to win it.

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Speaker 1: I don't think either one wants to play it. Right,

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Speaker 1: they'll play it. That's a miserable game. Somebody has to win.

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Speaker 1: Alexander Madison with a neck fully participated on Wednesday, and

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Speaker 1: that one's significant because I don't know if.

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Speaker 3: He'll be the guy or if he's gonna be half

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Speaker 1: I think he'll be the guy because since her McCormick

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Speaker 1: So I think it's an Alexander Madison time again.

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Speaker 3: And do we think that Probably it's a messy backfield

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Speaker 3: and it's not ideal. Hopefully that's not who you're counting

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Speaker 1: Not but if he got cut and you need somebody,

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Speaker 1: I mean, Jacksonville's defense isn't exactly.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, Clyde Edwards Hilaire signed with the Saints today.

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Speaker 3: Oh you guy goes home?

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Speaker 1: You know, tells me that they're a little maybe, I

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't if I were them. I mean, if I

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Speaker 3: they're at. I think it's a good opportunity for Kendre Miller,

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Speaker 1: To me the Packers game on Monday night, is it? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: The Packers this week. I'm gonna sit the Vikings to

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Speaker 1: I mean that's gonna be ugly. Amon Ross Saint Brown

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Speaker 3: I guess you that Montgomery I think're gonna throw a lot.

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Speaker 1: I picked up again. I have Jordan Love in our

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Speaker 3: Oh, I think they're night and I think they win

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Speaker 3: If he's he's in protocol, you get it.

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Speaker 1: Joe Mixon with an ankle injury limited on Wednesday for Houston.

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Speaker 3: all these injury stuff for these fourteen Yeah, uh Luke

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Luke McCaffrey officially limited on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so the Nommie Brown got like every snap with

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Speaker 3: But just be aware that he's the two now, you.

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Speaker 1: Know, I can't believe that one. I think the Eagles

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Speaker 1: there's a question. We can strange and smarter and smart

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Speaker 3: See, all the Browns receivers are out the door for me.

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Speaker 3: Beijeon's been carrying them. Yeah, and so I don't think

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Speaker 1: Harrison Butker practiced in full on Wednesday. He missed his

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Speaker 3: First back first, Well, I don't think for long.

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Speaker 1: Probably not. I mean the way he's been right, he

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I was doing it for the stat pack today.

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Speaker 1: Like so, I mean, you know, the Steelers, if they

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Speaker 3: Okay, and seven field seven field That sad adds up then, right,

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Speaker 1: But I just think, well, you know, to get onto

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Speaker 1: Because they have. The Ravens haven't gone for it on

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so just keep an eye on that. Kenneth Walker

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Speaker 3: Today's pretty big. Yeah, he's really good player. I'd to

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Speaker 1: I just wonder how much now that Sharbonne has played well,

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I don't know what this practice was today for

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Speaker 3: I don't think any of those four teams are to

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Speaker 1: I don't know what to expect with him because they

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Speaker 3: Massive tackle problems. Yeah, I texted you this. I mean

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Speaker 1: If we see him on Christmas Day, I think it's

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Speaker 3: I really do, because I don't know if he finishes

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Speaker 3: Like that's different than six days rest. Yeah right, no,

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Speaker 3: no doubt about it, because he's going to get hit

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Speaker 3: in that game a lot. Yeah, So they're favored by

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Speaker 3: All the running and all the protecting himself from I

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Speaker 3: should be. He's right to be. But like Vegas has

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Speaker 3: them favored by three at home, they must think he's

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Speaker 3: playing because that's not a Wentz line.

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Speaker 1: No, you know, they're the kind of hedging there. Would

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Speaker 3: If maybe?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I mean I think I want to Houston that game. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Like he might look okay, I mean, I don't think

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Speaker 1: It's not like their weapons are great.

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Speaker 3: No, No, protection's bad for him too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. T Higgins listed as a limited participant on Wednesday

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Speaker 1: But I think if they get eliminated, which could happen.

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Speaker 3: I don't know mathematically where they're at.

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Speaker 1: But there right now, right now, there are two games

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Speaker 1: mathematically very much so alive. If the Chargers win, they're

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Speaker 1: playing better than the Chargers right now they are. But

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Speaker 3: That really puts the heat on him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he plays every game this year,

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Speaker 1: I don't think so.

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Speaker 4: Now.

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Speaker 1: I think I think there's a lot of guys they

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Speaker 3: Right, Does he still have a broken hand to or Something's.

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Speaker 1: All kinds of issues. Yeah. Marquise Brown practiced in full

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean I think it hurts Worthy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Orlando Brown Junior with a fibula non participant on Wednesday.

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Speaker 3: For the UH for the bankrute him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's interesting our body.

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Speaker 3: But injuries on huge human beings.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Burrow with wrist and knee issues Wednesday. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: Adam Thielen was rested on Wednesday. Adam Thielen is a

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Cocher coming back to roundly hurts him though. But

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Speaker 3: Yes, very much so. But he's also Cocher and him

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Speaker 3: So thelan's numbers dropped a little with that game coming

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Tony Pollard did not practice on Wednesday. He's dealing

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Speaker 3: Most people seem to think that he's not going to play.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think he's probably started this week. Uh

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Speaker 3: I wonder when you shut him down to they're not

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Speaker 1: They could.

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Speaker 3: They played with the backup center, right garden, right tackle

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Tyrone Tracy with an ankle injury limited it practice

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Speaker 3: Is he startable? Of healthy at this point. The offense

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Speaker 1: I like the player Drew Lock's going to start for

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a little They're playing Atlanta, so it's not

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Speaker 1: he's been catching more passes of late.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Singletary's still in the mix.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but they like, I mean, Tracy's the one. Yeah,

447
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Speaker 3: so that's a Pepper Neighbors the target.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, definitely probably worth playing one. Del Robinson went, however,

449
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Speaker 1: limited on Wednesday, and Malik Neighbors did not or he

450
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Speaker 1: was limited it as well. Okay, m yeah, I'm not

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Speaker 1: Sartin Robinson. No, No, that's kind of it.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

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Speaker 1: Trent Williams still out.

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Speaker 3: That's another one that you can see getting shut down

455
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Speaker 3: pretty quick too.

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Speaker 1: And if he's shut down now, is like he's is

457
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Speaker 1: he played his last football game maybe?

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Speaker 3: I mean was his tragedy in his family, right? I

459
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Speaker 3: mean he held out to start the season and stuff too,

460
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Speaker 3: and still was good, but he wasn't the best left

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Speaker 3: tackle on the planet this year. You know, yeah, maybe

462
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Speaker 3: he's done. I think like Zach Martin's gonna hang it

463
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Speaker 3: up probably. I mean a couple of those type of

464
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Speaker 3: guys turn the page.

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Speaker 1: Isaac Grendo with the hamstring did not practice Wednesday. Mmm,

466
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Speaker 1: so keep an eye on that way. Josh Allen dealing

467
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Speaker 1: with a shoulder injury but carries no injury designation.

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Speaker 3: You're talking about.

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Speaker 1: He get X rays on his shoulder following the game.

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Speaker 1: So I wonder if he runs a little bit less

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Speaker 1: this week. I could see that because I mean they're

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Speaker 1: playing they're playing the Patriots.

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Speaker 3: You've got them a little more.

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Speaker 1: You got a couple of running backs that yeah, sure,

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Speaker 1: the yeah, hey Josh, he's out a little bit, right,

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Speaker 1: or just don't call design runs for him at least, Yeah,

477
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Speaker 1: things of that nature. But I could see that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't expect hear him up, but I don't.

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Speaker 1: Expect him to have a monster game this weekend like

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Speaker 1: he has been those other ones. They're not gonna, I

481
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Speaker 1: mean they're either they don't have to. They're not going

482
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Speaker 1: to get into a shootout with the Patriots.

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Speaker 3: You don't have to get the fifty.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So it might be like you know, two twenty

485
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Speaker 1: five to two fifty and two touchdowns and maybe runs

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Speaker 1: for another twenty five yards. Like I don't. I don't

487
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Speaker 1: think it's going to be one of these. Wow, Josh,

488
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Speaker 1: he's clearly the MVP.

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Speaker 3: Mm hmm. Look I'm not paying up for him for

490
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Speaker 3: DFL type of thing.

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Speaker 1: No same thing with Lamar. They're not paying up for

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Speaker 1: either one of them. This week with the matchups.

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Speaker 3: They're probably the top two and would not do it

494
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Speaker 3: go down that road.

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Speaker 1: No, absolutely not. But let's get to a break. He

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Speaker 1: is the Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. This is

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Speaker 1: the drive on the Steelers Audio Network. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: with more right after this.

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Speaker 2: At least he's the drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

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Speaker 2: Williamson on your twenty four cent been Home of the

501
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Speaker 2: Black and Gold Steelers Nation.

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Speaker 1: Radio, and we are back. I'm Dale Lolly. He is

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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson and Matt just looking at at this

504
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Speaker 1: game against the the Baltimore Ravens and I've been trying

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Speaker 1: to search for reasons why the Steelers have had so

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Speaker 1: much success against Lamar.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not easy.

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Speaker 1: They've never faced him twice in the same season. OK,

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Speaker 1: so that might be part of it. You only get

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Speaker 1: him one time.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you can mix things up a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: But the other thing, you know, I think their four

513
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Speaker 1: man rush has a big part of it. TJ. Watt

514
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Speaker 1: has sacked him eight and a half times in five games.

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Speaker 1: That's the most he's been sacked by any player. Miles

516
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Speaker 1: Garrett second with five and a half, but it's taken

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Speaker 1: him eleven games to get there.

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Speaker 3: Wow.

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Speaker 1: You know, so he just get he gets consistently consistent

520
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Speaker 1: pressure on on Jackson, and so I think that gets

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Speaker 1: into your head a little bit when that's like when

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Speaker 1: we talk about a guy like t J. Water, a

523
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Speaker 1: guy like Max Crosby just being on the field. Massive, right,

524
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Speaker 1: you're pressuring the quarterback. Yeah yeah, yeah, like because they

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Speaker 1: come up to the lines. It's like it's like playing

526
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Speaker 1: when you played against Troy Paula Malin. You hear you

527
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Speaker 1: hear guys talk about all the time. Okay, as soon

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Speaker 1: as I get up to the line of scrimmage, I

529
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Speaker 1: look and see where's forty three?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Where's he lined at? Okay? Okay, now I gotta figure out. Okay,

532
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Speaker 1: now you gotta be there when I When I yah,

533
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Speaker 1: I take my eyes off and all of a sudden,

534
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Speaker 1: he's transported himself over to there.

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Speaker 3: What's our protection scheme on what on this road?

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Speaker 4: You know?

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Speaker 3: Am I comfortable with it? Or I better get to

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Speaker 3: say on my hand?

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Speaker 1: And if I if you think back to the game

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Speaker 1: against it was the Giants, Yeah, it was against against

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Speaker 1: the Giants. When they motioned what had been flip flopping

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Speaker 1: sides in that game, and they had they had the

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Speaker 1: tight end on the left side or he started on

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Speaker 1: the right side and for some reason they put him

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Speaker 1: in motion to the left side and what was and

546
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Speaker 1: they left aluminum right right and and they admitted that, no,

547
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Speaker 1: we screwed that late in the game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right, that was not how you want to handle that. No,

549
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Speaker 3: but you gotta be on top part of it and

550
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Speaker 3: moving guys around.

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Speaker 1: You got to know where that guy's at and what

552
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Speaker 1: your protection scheme is going to be. Who's to make

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Speaker 1: it pay for it? He's going to make it pay.

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Speaker 1: So I think that's part of it. I do, And

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Speaker 1: I just don't know in terms of like they you know,

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Speaker 1: they play with a fullback, not as much as they

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Speaker 1: used to, but when he's on the field, they typically

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Speaker 1: run the football right.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's more of a he's not much of

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Speaker 3: a pass blocker.

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Speaker 1: No, and he's not a left tackle, but they could

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Speaker 1: use him the chip.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think they want likely and Andrews doing

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Speaker 3: that a whole lot. No, And that's that's why he's

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Speaker 3: playing less. It's likely he's emerging. Yeah, they're still really

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Speaker 3: low and eleven person.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, and and do you know they're they

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Speaker 1: going to use Cohler to chip a little bit? I

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Speaker 1: would think in some degree.

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Speaker 3: I don't. He played a fair amount from what I

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Speaker 3: remember in the first meeting. I mean, he's the better blocker.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they want either one of their running

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Speaker 1: backs necessarily chipping what.

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Speaker 3: No, it's not really Henry's that's what Henry does.

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Speaker 1: He's not a pass catcher anyways, He's never on the

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Speaker 1: field and when they're pa would.

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Speaker 3: Run over hill. Yeah. I mean that's not much resistance.

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Speaker 1: But what they didn't have to deal with in the

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Speaker 1: first meeting was having high Smith in there as well.

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Speaker 3: Now I think they trust Stanley more than they have

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Speaker 3: in recent years. I mean, the ankle's finally back and

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Speaker 3: he's back to being a high end player. But I

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Speaker 3: think another thing, and we've talked about it off the air,

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Speaker 3: and I think we mentioned it yesterday too, and I

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Speaker 3: know you have some numbers on it is they've been

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Speaker 3: hard on Andrews, you know, like if you're I mean

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Speaker 3: Andrews and him are came in the league together. Basically

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Speaker 3: they've grown up together. He used to be critical of

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Speaker 3: Lamar if he only throws over the middle of the field.

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Speaker 3: He's a lot better than that. Now, I mean, he's

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Speaker 3: definitely the Woodie. I think that also contributes to why

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Speaker 3: Lamar has not been as successful against the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: So Andrews has played ten career games against the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: In the those games, he has forty four catches for

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Speaker 1: four hundred and seventy eight yards and no touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: No touchdowns, and yesterday or last week, he became the

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Speaker 3: Ravens all.

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Speaker 1: Time all time touchdown leader. So if you compare that

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Speaker 1: to what he's done against the Bengals and Browns, now he's.

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Speaker 3: Ripped them up.

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Speaker 1: He's played both of those teams three more times. He's

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Speaker 1: played the Bengals and Browns both thirteen times each ten

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Speaker 1: times against the Steelers. In thirteen games against the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: he has sixty two catches for seven hundred and twenty

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Speaker 1: four yards and eight touchdowns.

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Speaker 3: He's a big touchdown producer.

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Speaker 1: Obviously, they're ten and three in those games. In thirteen

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Speaker 1: games against the Browns, fifty five catches for seven hundred

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Speaker 1: and one yards and ten touchdowns. Now they're only seven

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Speaker 1: and six against the Browns. He's a red zone guy,

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Speaker 1: but he's the red zone ten touchdowns in thirteen games.

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Speaker 1: He has eighteen touchdowns in twenty six games against the

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Speaker 1: other AFC North teams. He has none in ten games

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Speaker 1: against the Steelers. Yea. The only other team that has

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Speaker 1: done that to him to that degree is Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: In five games against Kansas City in which they're one

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Speaker 1: and four, Andrews has thirteen catches for one hundred and

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Speaker 1: eight yards and no touchdowns. If you take Andrews away

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Speaker 1: from them, yeah, I think it goes a long way

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Speaker 1: with Lamar. I mean, those other guys are great. I mean,

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Speaker 1: say Flowers and Bateman and likely they're fine. You know,

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Speaker 1: they're a good group of pass catchers, but it's still

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Speaker 1: not your security blanket.

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Speaker 3: It's still not your your red zone guy, your red

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Speaker 3: zone guy. I mean, I wonder how many first read

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Speaker 3: plays that they have created are for Andrews, you know, like, oh,

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Speaker 3: I gotta double clutch and go to red number two

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Speaker 3: and Steer's pass rush is already starting to affect you.

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Speaker 3: You know, do you think that's part of it?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Steelers the last time out, you just

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Speaker 1: make a Fitzpatrick on Andrews and.

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Speaker 3: Last week they moved like a lot.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he was up on Andrews any waiting downs and

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Speaker 1: in the red zone for sure, he was on Andrews

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Speaker 1: in that game. Andrews had two catches on three targets.

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Speaker 3: I'd expect twenty two yards, especially red zone and third down. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it's probably situational. It's not gonna be every snap. And

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Speaker 3: this goes back to case he can handle a deep middle.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, but it goes back to what you

641
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Speaker 1: talked about you mentioned earlier in the week, and we've

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Speaker 1: mentioned it in the past, like what you don't see

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Speaker 1: when you're when you're talking about a player, a guy,

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Speaker 1: especially in coverage, is how many times he's doing his

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Speaker 1: job correctly and the quarterback doesn't ball in that in

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Speaker 1: that direction?

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Speaker 3: Right, there's never a stat for that, or I mean

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Speaker 3: I was talking about from a quarterback perspective, is the

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Speaker 3: offensive coordinator thinks it's going to be cover two, calls

650
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Speaker 3: his cover two beater, it comes open, guy doesn't throw it.

651
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Speaker 3: Like nothing makes people more insane. But then there's the

652
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Speaker 3: flip side, like you mentioned, is how often does the

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Speaker 3: ball not come out because mink is covering him or

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Speaker 3: certain shutting him down or whatever, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: And there's there's no real quantitative way to look at those.

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Speaker 1: Andrews was targeted three times in that game against the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: a game in which they trailed. Henry wasn't on the

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Speaker 1: field for the entire fourth quarter because they were throwing,

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Speaker 1: and he got three targets.

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Speaker 3: They do a good job against them. Yeah, I would

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Speaker 3: think that that's gonna be a high, high priority.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so you know that when you you said, well,

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Speaker 1: Manka is not having a very good year, everything has context,

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Speaker 1: you know, and if he's if he's taking Mark Andrews

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Speaker 1: out of the game, Oh.

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Speaker 3: You'll take that all day.

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Speaker 1: We'll take it all day.

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Speaker 3: A massive win on Sunday.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and even like likely that was the game and

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Speaker 1: during that game, I'm tweeting out likely had like a

671
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Speaker 1: thirty five yard catch or something like that. They they

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Speaker 1: did a little fake screen wide receiver bubble screen and

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Speaker 1: snuck Likely down the sideline and he had like a

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Speaker 1: thirty five yard catch. I think I think he finished

675
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Speaker 1: with like four catches for seventy yards in that game.

676
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Speaker 1: And immediately when I tweet out, you know something about

677
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Speaker 1: that Steelers still can't cover the tight ends.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, Jez, because Gronkowski beat him up five years ago.

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Speaker 1: You're stopping the main tight end. Likely has not been

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Speaker 1: over the second half of the season.

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Speaker 3: Andrews has really taken over.

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Speaker 1: He's been. Yeah, Andrews. He has eight touchdowns this year.

683
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Speaker 1: He had none in the first month.

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Speaker 3: He has eight in the last nine games. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean he's he's definitely their end zone target guy,

686
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Speaker 3: the red zone target guy.

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Speaker 1: Again didn't score of Steelers. Yeah, yeah, like that's you know,

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Speaker 1: Likely has thirty five catches and.

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Speaker 3: He's a nice number two. Yeah, and he's an interesting player.

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Speaker 1: But he has thirty five catches. He had nine in

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Speaker 1: the first game.

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Speaker 3: In dis Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Every remembers that game against Kansas City when when Andrews

694
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Speaker 1: wasn't it wasn't himself.

695
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Speaker 3: Yet, No, he was not. He had come off a

696
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Speaker 3: car accident, so and an injury.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So I think if you, you know, if you

698
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Speaker 1: slow down Andrews more so than anything else in that

699
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Speaker 1: offense other than stopping you know, Henry.

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Speaker 3: I think it's a good starting point. Yeah. I mean,

701
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Speaker 3: if you can slow him down and make him not

702
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Speaker 3: the primary rea or eliminate the primary read a lot,

703
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Speaker 3: I think that goes a real long way. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So, I mean if mega Fitzpatrick is able to do

705
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Speaker 1: that again this week, goes a long way towards the

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Speaker 1: Steelers potentially getting a win.

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Speaker 3: Now they have Andrews is a key.

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Speaker 1: They have beaten the Steelers. I think they're four and seven,

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Speaker 1: what I say, No, I'm sorry, they're three and three

710
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Speaker 1: and seven in the games in which they played against Andrews.

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Speaker 1: Oh really, okay, the I should say that if the

712
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Speaker 1: Steelers are seven and three seven three, okay, they're one

713
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Speaker 1: in four against the Chiefs in those games. So in

714
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Speaker 1: those games where those those fifteen games where he hasn't

715
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Speaker 1: caught a touchdown pass not very good.

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Speaker 3: It's not very good right against against high quality teams,

717
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Speaker 3: good teams, but they're taking away rugby. Yeah. Yeah, I

718
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Speaker 3: think it's a good starting point in their passing game

719
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Speaker 3: of let's make things really difficult on him. And I

720
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Speaker 3: do think Miko will travel. And again, Casey's shown he

721
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Speaker 3: can handle it and maybe get Elliott.

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Speaker 1: Back on sudden. You know they've sudden back there two.

723
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Speaker 1: So yeah, you know it gives you a little more

724
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Speaker 1: flexibility than another cover guy that you know that you

725
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Speaker 1: can do some stuff with.

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Speaker 3: No, I would expect that that makes a lot of sense.

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Speaker 3: And again, Andrews isn't gonna be your chipper. No, he's

728
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Speaker 3: gonna be.

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Speaker 1: He's a receipt.

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Speaker 3: He's a receiver.

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Speaker 1: I watching their tape. They had him in in a

732
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Speaker 1: running play against the Giants last week. I'm watching early

733
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Speaker 1: in the game and he was supposed to block somebody

734
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Speaker 1: and snapping the ball. The guy runs by him and

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Speaker 1: AND's just kind of looking around, Okay, who do I block?

736
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Speaker 1: He's not. He's not a tight end. It's just a

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Speaker 1: big wide receiver.

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Speaker 4: He is.

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Speaker 3: He's reliable and you can see why Jackson likes him

740
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Speaker 3: a lot. And he's moving up all these Ravens lists

741
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Speaker 3: like he's knocking on the door. Actually to be Todd

742
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,520
Speaker 3: Heat for a second most receiving yards in Ravens history.

743
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Speaker 3: He's like like one hundred yards away. He's had a

744
00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 3: really good career and him and Jackson are good for

745
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Speaker 3: each other. Absolutely. I mean it's kind of mahomes Kelsey ish,

746
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Speaker 3: you know.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you just can't let that guy go nuts on

748
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Speaker 1: you question in the red zone. Yeah, if you do,

749
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Speaker 1: that could be a long day. It could be a

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Speaker 1: long day. But let's get to a break. When we

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Speaker 1: come back, Matt, We're gonna hear from Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson.

752
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Speaker 1: Nice he spoke to the media. That's one of the

753
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Speaker 1: bonuses of the short work week is that usually Russ

754
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Speaker 1: speaks on Thursdays. This week he spoke on Wednesday. So

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Speaker 1: we'll hear what Russell Wilson had to say right after

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Speaker 1: this on the Drive.

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Speaker 3: Least.

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Speaker 2: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 2: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and

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Speaker 2: Gold cast in Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolli. He is the Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: and Matt. Because of games on Saturday. This week, Russell Wilson,

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Speaker 1: who usually addresses the media as a group on Thursdays,

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Speaker 1: when most of the Hayes in the barn, talked on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday this week, and so I thought it'd be interesting

766
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Speaker 1: to play back what Russ had to say.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was very impressive on Hard Knocks last night too,

768
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Speaker 3: Yeah did a lot that was feature quite a bit

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Speaker 3: and yeah let's go. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: So here's what Russell Wilson had to say earlier today.

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Speaker 4: Baltimore's depends on how they evolved. Uh, they do such

772
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Speaker 4: a great job. Obviously, they got great experience. They got

773
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Speaker 4: guys who fly around, we have you know, they have

774
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Speaker 4: a lot of uh, tremendous playmakers. And I think you're

775
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Speaker 4: noticing just the season evolving for them. They're just getting

776
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Speaker 4: better as they go. I mean, they're doing a good

777
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Speaker 4: job of it. Chris, what do you want to could

778
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Speaker 4: you learn from the tape and fill it all for

779
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,320
Speaker 4: which are important? For I think the most important thing

780
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Speaker 4: is we've got to focus on now. We don't have

781
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Speaker 4: time even time to you know, even think about last week.

782
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Speaker 4: I think, you know, I think the most important thing

783
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Speaker 4: coming out of it though, is that we got to

784
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Speaker 4: get ourselves the best chance to win and and you know,

785
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Speaker 4: putting ourselves when getting good situations and go capitalize on them.

786
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Speaker 4: It seemed like last game against Grady's they were got

787
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Speaker 4: too high show a lot how does that test your patience?

788
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Speaker 4: What's the balance of knowing when do they pull the

789
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Speaker 4: trigger in those situation? Yeah, I think, you know, you

790
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:56,360
Speaker 4: always want to be aggressive. We also want to play

791
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Speaker 4: smart and matriculated the ball down the field too as well,

792
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Speaker 4: if they're gonna do that, and that's okay too, you know,

793
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Speaker 4: And I think that's a big thing. You know, we

794
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Speaker 4: run the ball so well. I think we've done a

795
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Speaker 4: good job of getting the ball out, you know, and

796
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Speaker 4: guy's making plays, you know, converting and all that throughout

797
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,400
Speaker 4: you know, first and second, third down, he usually for

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Speaker 4: the most part. And so I I do think though

799
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Speaker 4: that it's you know, it's we're playing a team that's

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Speaker 4: you know, really well coached. We're gonna have to play

801
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 4: our best football too, and it's gonna be a great game.

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Speaker 3: Russians. Yeah, how was that work, Cosince?

803
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Speaker 4: You take? Yeah, Pat Friar moves on fire. I mean

804
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Speaker 4: he's just making plays for us. Yeah, yeah, he wants

805
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 4: me to say it again, Fat Friar moves on fire.

806
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Speaker 4: I think, Uh, he's just he's done a great job

807
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Speaker 4: of uh, just making plays. I think that trust and

808
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:42,759
Speaker 4: the extra work we've been spending to and you know,

809
00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:44,640
Speaker 4: it's you know, he's one of the reasons why I

810
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 4: was excited to come here, just because of what he

811
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Speaker 4: is capable of. You know, he's continued to rise in

812
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Speaker 4: a great way. The guys with position to punch the divission.

813
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Speaker 4: You know, you've been in that position of five. What is

814
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Speaker 4: sort of the the key to sort of taking that.

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Speaker 1: Fund of stuff, especially when you're.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think first of all, we've got to be

817
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:09,440
Speaker 4: able to calm the nerves early and the excitement, and

818
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 4: be able to you know, play and think clearly and

819
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 4: efficiently and effectively, but yet play with an edge. I

820
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,799
Speaker 4: think that's really important. I think also too, you know,

821
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 4: we got to do the fundamental things. We gotta make

822
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,759
Speaker 4: our layups, we gotta hit them. We got whether it's

823
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Speaker 4: passing or running or making our tackles or special teams

824
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Speaker 4: or whatever it is. And then ultimately knowing that you know, uh,

825
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:32,680
Speaker 4: this is this is a playoff matchup, you know, And

826
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Speaker 4: and so there's gonna be highs, there's gonna be lows.

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Speaker 4: You know, I need to as you guys know, I

828
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 4: like to always say, you know, just stay neutral, you know,

829
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Speaker 4: don't get too high and don't get too low. It's a

830
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 4: four quarter game for a reason, and you know we're

831
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Speaker 4: gonna battle our way through it. Mike Thomas talk about

832
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Speaker 4: the importance of not warming up the competition, you know, coming.

833
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 3: In saying that that's tone earlier.

834
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Speaker 4: How do you, guys avoid those those mistakes early in

835
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Speaker 4: games that you don't of course you have to say,

836
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Speaker 4: let's more like, let's get into this game. Of course. Yeah,

837
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Speaker 4: I think I think the clean fast start. You once again,

838
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 4: it goes back a lot of times. It goes back

839
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:03,480
Speaker 4: to fundamentals and what we're doing and how we're doing it,

840
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,399
Speaker 4: you know. And just as I tell you, guys, every

841
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 4: every game has a history of its own, and that's

842
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,600
Speaker 4: just the reality. We've done a really good job, especially

843
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 4: in the second half of you know, you know, capitalizing

844
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Speaker 4: on opportunities. I think we've got to do that throughout

845
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 4: the game. That's always the goal. But if it doesn't happen,

846
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 4: you know, it doesn't mean the game's over, you know.

847
00:36:19,719 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 4: And so I think that's the key part to the

848
00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:24,600
Speaker 4: great game and the great thing about football and the

849
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,160
Speaker 4: game of football is you can start hot and not

850
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 4: not finished strong either, you know. So you gotta you know,

851
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 4: throughout a game, you know, And so I think the

852
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 4: key part is just playing one play at a time

853
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:35,960
Speaker 4: and make that play great. And you know, and you're

854
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 4: worried about this or that, and you gotta do this,

855
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,000
Speaker 4: gotta do that, No, no, no, just just play this play,

856
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 4: do this one really great. And I think that that

857
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 4: allows you to focus on the moment.

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Speaker 3: How did you develop the patience or the decision making

859
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Speaker 3: to know when it's time to.

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Speaker 4: Pull the trigger and push the ball down the field

861
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Speaker 4: and maybe when it's time to dine that. Yeah, I

862
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 4: think for me, you know, I've been fortunate to have

863
00:36:57,160 --> 00:36:59,840
Speaker 4: some really great playmakers throughout my career. You know, obviously

864
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 4: like GK. Tyler, guys like Calvin, guys like GP, guys

865
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 4: like Pat Over there they were talking about earlier. You

866
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 4: trust him, and you know, you guys like Mike Williams

867
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 4: who's has made some great plays for us, and then

868
00:37:10,719 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 4: and I think you just trust the guys that you're around,

869
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 4: you know, And you know, I think that the aggressiveness

870
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,320
Speaker 4: is key. You got to get some exposive plays. Sometimes

871
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 4: that's that's a screen, Sometimes that's a that's a ball

872
00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 4: down the field. Sometimes it's a shallow cross. Sometimes it's

873
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 4: at the seam ball. It doesn't matter what it is necessarily,

874
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 4: but I think that putting the ball in the playmaker's

875
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:32,600
Speaker 4: hands and and sometimes that's also checking it down, you know,

876
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,080
Speaker 4: when it's not there. And I think the process of

877
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,319
Speaker 4: elimination is really important. I think that I've learned that

878
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,239
Speaker 4: early on throughout my career, you know, and and really

879
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:44,120
Speaker 4: understanding that, you know, being able to person that understand

880
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 4: what they're trying to do and why they're trying to

881
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:48,320
Speaker 4: do it. In situational football, no one wanted to be

882
00:37:48,360 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 4: aggressive when not and understanding that too. You mentioned Calvin

883
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 4: from of these guys that you trust. What have you

884
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 4: learned about just his mindset approached and what's kind of

885
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,719
Speaker 4: stood out about why he's grown throughout this three season. Yeah,

886
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,600
Speaker 4: he's been spectacular. I mean ever since he gave to

887
00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 4: San Diego and I got to spend time with him

888
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 4: and go to dinner and hang out and throw and

889
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,320
Speaker 4: work out together.

890
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 3: I just was.

891
00:38:08,560 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 4: Was just incredibly excited about him and who he is

892
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,719
Speaker 4: as a player, as a person, as a competitor. He

893
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 4: has the gut, the grit, the gut the guts to

894
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,839
Speaker 4: to be able to play hard and be a smaller guy.

895
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:23,479
Speaker 4: You know, it's not easy to do, to be honest

896
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 4: with you, you know, And I think I've told you

897
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 4: guys for a while. He reminds me a lot of

898
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 4: Chylder Lockett in terms of his ability to understand and

899
00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 4: process on the move and and and see things. And

900
00:38:34,440 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 4: he just has an appetite for learning. I think that

901
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:40,840
Speaker 4: anytime you have an appetite for learning and processing and growing,

902
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 4: I think he got a great chance and he's definitely

903
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,960
Speaker 4: has that. Obviously, his speed and his ability to end

904
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 4: out of his cuts its spectacular. You know, he can

905
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 4: do it all. He's he's been one of the biggest

906
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,719
Speaker 4: highlights I think, not just of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but

907
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 4: of the National Football League in terms of a guy

908
00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 4: that's up and coming and has a great chance to

909
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 4: do really special. Actually, you do with George Pickens, you know,

910
00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 4: while he it's unsure about if he'll play or not,

911
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,400
Speaker 4: but to stay locked in with him, to keep you guys'

912
00:39:06,520 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 4: connection throughout the week. Yeah, George and I talk quite

913
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 4: a bit throughout you know, practice and throughout the you know,

914
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:13,120
Speaker 4: in the locker room or whatever it may be. In

915
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 4: the meetings too, when we when we in the same room.

916
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 3: I think I.

917
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,160
Speaker 4: Think he's done a great job of just being really

918
00:39:18,200 --> 00:39:19,680
Speaker 4: in tune. I you know, one of my I told

919
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:21,960
Speaker 4: you guys, I don't know four months ago. You know,

920
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:23,640
Speaker 4: George is one of the best teammates in the sense

921
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,680
Speaker 4: that you know, he's a guy that we love because

922
00:39:26,719 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 4: you know, you saw the first game he wasn't playing.

923
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 4: Just his energy what he is enthusiasm to us, and

924
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 4: he lights up a room. You know, he really knows

925
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 4: how to do that. And and so in terms of

926
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,560
Speaker 4: football though, I mean, he's such a good processor in

927
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 4: terms of what he sees and understands, and so you know,

928
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 4: you don't have to talk to him too much, but

929
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 4: when we do, I just you know, he's always watching

930
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 4: every rep and he understands it. So that's good for us.

931
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,360
Speaker 4: Close to Lamar is close to breaking the rushing.

932
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 1: Yards by a quarter manage and Michael Vick the.

933
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 4: Rerecords at Michael Vick at what's impression maybe about the

934
00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 4: way that Lamar runs the ball? And yeah, I mean

935
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 4: I think guys like Michael Vick Lamar, there's been some

936
00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,440
Speaker 4: special guys running the football. You know, you know, he's

937
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 4: a unique individual, and I think that meantime he has

938
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:12,720
Speaker 4: the football in his hands, he's he's uh, he's special.

939
00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 4: I mean, I it's it's been cool to watch, you know,

940
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,799
Speaker 4: just over the years, you know, people doubt him, you know,

941
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 4: and and and his ability to make plays. I think,

942
00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:24,799
Speaker 4: you know, anytime you're pressingly for over five thousand, six thousand,

943
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,880
Speaker 4: how many yards he's got. It's it's pretty you know,

944
00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:30,760
Speaker 4: remarkable in itself, not what position do you play. And

945
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 4: and then also too, you know, he's been able to

946
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 4: do it, you know, throwing the football as well, so

947
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 4: you know, he you know, he's he's a he's a

948
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 4: tremendous football player. Along those lines. If he breaks, when

949
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,800
Speaker 4: he breaks Michael Vick's record, would that solidify him in

950
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:45,839
Speaker 4: your mind as the best ever a dual threat quarterback. Yeah,

951
00:40:45,880 --> 00:40:47,360
Speaker 4: I mean yeah, I that's a pretty good question. I

952
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 4: haven't really thought about it. I mean, I think, uh,

953
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 4: I think he's definitely one of 'em for sure. You know,

954
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 4: you think about the greats like Michael Vick, you know,

955
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 4: you know he was he was the one that just

956
00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,880
Speaker 4: really just lit up the whole stadium. Guy from Virginia,

957
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 4: by the way, congrats Michael Victor on the Norfolk State.

958
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 4: My grandfather was president of Norfolk State for a long time.

959
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,960
Speaker 4: So but I think that you know, guys like Lamar

960
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 4: for sure, you know Michael vict those guys are unique

961
00:41:12,880 --> 00:41:16,080
Speaker 4: individuals and what he can do, So I couldn't disagree

962
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:22,040
Speaker 4: with it, that's for sure. Last two guys outside of

963
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:26,520
Speaker 4: the game center, just how important that the community. Yeah,

964
00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 4: it's so exciting. I just think that to be able to,

965
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,040
Speaker 4: you know, impact this community has been really exciting. I

966
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 4: think that to open up our Wine at You center

967
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,239
Speaker 4: here and also in partnership with the Boys and Girls

968
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 4: Club here and we plan on doing more Wan at

969
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 4: You centers across the country and stuff like that. It's

970
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 4: really exciting, exciting for our foundation one the foundation, we

971
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 4: want to do more in the community too. We're just

972
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:50,280
Speaker 4: getting started in that sense. And it's been a blessing

973
00:41:50,320 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 4: in that way. And so I think the I think

974
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 4: the joy in it all, it's just seemed, like you know,

975
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,240
Speaker 4: I was telling see, it's like just seeing the smile

976
00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:59,120
Speaker 4: on the kids faces. I think that's so nice about

977
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:03,600
Speaker 4: you know, and sometimes life circumstances are challenging, but how

978
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:05,200
Speaker 4: do you inspire a kid? You know, every day? I

979
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 4: think that's my goal in life, Russ. Now, as you

980
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,279
Speaker 4: just took full blame for the fumble, how much is

981
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:13,360
Speaker 4: it important for him to not dwell on it a

982
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 4: and how much can have you seen in the past

983
00:42:15,840 --> 00:42:18,040
Speaker 4: guys using something like that as a motivator for the

984
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 4: next year. The best thing about Nage is is he

985
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,560
Speaker 4: loves football. He loves his team. He's gonna give everything

986
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 4: he has every day. You know. He's he's been remarkable

987
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 4: this season, you know. And and he's been spectacular run football.

988
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 4: He's he's done some special things for us, and we

989
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 4: wouldn't be where we are without Nage. To be honest

990
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:37,239
Speaker 4: with you, he's done a great job his physicality, his toughness,

991
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 4: his his grid, his love for the game, his passion,

992
00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,960
Speaker 4: his energy, his focus, his stability in terms of how

993
00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,640
Speaker 4: he's done a great job. Stuff happens in a game,

994
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:49,239
Speaker 4: and it wasn't that one play. It's a it's a

995
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,120
Speaker 4: collection of plays that we think that we could capitalize on.

996
00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,920
Speaker 4: And I know that he would do anything, you know,

997
00:42:56,080 --> 00:42:58,080
Speaker 4: to to not have that one. But the best thing

998
00:42:58,120 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 4: is we've got another opportunity to play and he's gonna shine.

999
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,520
Speaker 4: He's gonna do his thing, and I can't wait to

1000
00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 4: see how special he is come Saturday. Thanky. Thank you guys,

1001
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,640
Speaker 4: appreciate it. Okay, thanks guys.

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Speaker 1: That was Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson with the Assembled media

1003
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Speaker 1: earlier today over at the upmc roney Sports Complex. He

1004
00:43:17,120 --> 00:43:19,280
Speaker 1: always just he's very comfortable in his own skin.

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00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he gets it. Yeah, and there's no

1006
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,480
Speaker 3: question about it. There's natural leadership stuff there. He's well prepared,

1007
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 3: comes across really really well. I mean every step of

1008
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 3: the way since he's been a Steeler I've been impressed with. Yeah.

1009
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:34,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see he can bring home a victory this weekend.

1010
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Speaker 1: But that's going to do it for our show today.

1011
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Speaker 1: So for my partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here

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Speaker 1: on site working a little overtime today, and to Justin

1013
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Speaker 1: Miller Hotline, a couple of guests, Bob Labriola and Keanu Benton,

1014
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Speaker 1: we'd like to thank them for dropping by. We'd also

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Speaker 1: like to thank well Tyler viitt Meyer for getting our

1016
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Speaker 1: video out on the YouTube channel there you can check

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Speaker 1: that out. And well, I'm Dale Lally. We thank you

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Speaker 1: for listening to this edition of the Drive on the

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