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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly. He is

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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson and Matt We're not going to do

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Speaker 1: a lot of fantasy stuff here in the playoffs. We'll

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Speaker 1: get to our DFS lineups and those kind of things

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Speaker 1: here later in the week, though we ignore it, but

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Speaker 1: we also want a change in Yeah, well, we also

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Speaker 1: want to ignore draft time, as we often do here

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Speaker 1: as we get into we're kind of in that middle

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Speaker 1: ground in between fantasy and mock or drafting. Uh So

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Speaker 1: let's take a look here. Uh. Pro Football Focus put

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Speaker 1: out a mock draft of the first round today.

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Speaker 2: Who wasn't the author on there, Trevor Trevor Good. I

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Speaker 2: think Trevor does really good work.

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Speaker 1: Okay, so he has the Chicago Bears staying at the

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Speaker 1: number one spot and taking Caleb Williams, which would mean

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Speaker 1: that Justin Fields would be playing for somebody else there.

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Speaker 2: For these mocks are interesting because there's going to be

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Speaker 2: a quarterback taking it one, whether it's the Bears, whether

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Speaker 2: it's somebody else whomever. But that also some other team

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Speaker 2: that's quarterback. Need he ended up with somebody else? Either

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Speaker 2: trade it up if you're the trickle down fea yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: so I don't know how you mock that up. And

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Speaker 2: then some teams there's some editors just don't let you

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Speaker 2: do trades. So if you're the Bears and you're sticking

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Speaker 2: at one, you got to take a quarterback there, you know.

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Speaker 1: At two, he has the Washington Commanders taking Drake May,

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Speaker 1: the quarterback out of North Carolina.

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Speaker 2: Side note, Bears offensive coordinator for me was let go today. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Steel Valley dude that I was with it. Pitt some

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Speaker 2: rooting for him.

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Speaker 1: So Drake May from North Carolina goes to the Commanders,

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Speaker 1: in which case it.

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Speaker 2: Sure seems like the first two picks are gonna be

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Speaker 1: Will put the onus in on the Patriots. What do

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Speaker 1: they do in that situation in this scenario? And at

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Speaker 1: three the Patriots go Jayden Daniels. Yeah, the quarterback out

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying that's shocky, but it's not as surprising

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Speaker 2: as originally thought, you know, a month or so ago.

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Speaker 2: I think it'll be interesting, well the league or more

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Speaker 2: importantly whoever. And three, most likely the Patriots truly think

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Speaker 2: there's three difference making top of the draft type quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: Well, and the big thing that you have to look

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Speaker 1: at as well. Jayde and Daniels played at Arizona or

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Speaker 1: Arizona State, whichever Arizona, Arizona State and LSU. He's gonna

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Speaker 1: be going to New England. Weather's like, how does he?

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Speaker 1: How's he going to push the football? Absolutely?

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Speaker 2: Weather, He's also throwing the two receivers that are going

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Speaker 2: like him a lot what I've seen of him. I

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Speaker 1: I think he definitely deserves to be there.

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Speaker 2: But he's going to his zone.

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Speaker 1: But I'll bet if the Patriots ranked the quarterbacks, they

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Speaker 2: Sure, sure, I mean you're at the mercy of where

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Speaker 1: Uh. At four, then the Arizona Cardinals sit home and

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Speaker 2: They're in such a good spot because even if like

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Speaker 1: Well, I don't think they can really move on from

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Speaker 1: Chargers en take Malik Neighbors, the wide receiver out of LSU.

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Speaker 1: At six, the Giants take Joe alt, the offensive tackle

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Speaker 2: Okay, they're another one. They could go quarterback, they could

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Speaker 1: At seven, the Titans en take for Shawn who had

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Speaker 2: That would make sense too. I mean, I bet Levis

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Speaker 1: At eight, the Falcons en take Michael Pennix, the quarterback

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Speaker 1: Are they you know, they're not going to trade the

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Speaker 2: Penix they traded for Fields. Penix makes sense. I need

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Speaker 1: At nine, the Bears in take a dounez A, the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a that's a pretty nice nest for Caleb

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Speaker 1: At ten, the Jets take Tallasi Fuaga out of Oregon State,

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Speaker 2: Okay, and I say they're another one that even at ten,

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Speaker 1: Their biggest needs. At eleven, still in a defensive guys,

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Speaker 1: A little shock here, the Vikings take Bo Nicks, the

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Speaker 2: I need to do a lot more work on him,

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Speaker 2: he's another one that's old. I don't care about the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't care about the old I care about

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and the other one. I don't know if McCarthy

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Speaker 2: but I have no doubt I don't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think he belongs there either.

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Speaker 1: The Vikings. I mean, they're a team that should take

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Speaker 2: I know the draft knicks will say the Auburn version

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Speaker 2: Doesn't translate. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: At twelve, Denver takes Ed Dallas Turner from Edge on

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Speaker 1: Ed Dallas Dallas Turner, the heage rusher out of Alabama.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, first defense player off the board. There's been a

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Speaker 1: No, I don't think so either. At thirteen, the Raiders

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Speaker 1: take cornerback Nate Wiggins from Clemson. That's twice now we've

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Speaker 2: Opinions different, but there's a lot of corners right in

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Speaker 1: At fourteen, the Saints take Verse the Yeah, out of

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Speaker 2: Yeah. If I hate this when people say this, but

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Speaker 2: if he were to come out last year, he'd have

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Speaker 1: At fifteen, the Colts take Cooper de Jon, cornerback out

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Speaker 1: of Iowa, and your heartbreaks. My heartbreaks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good player. Can't any qualms with that.

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Speaker 1: No. At sixteen, the Seahawks take Jerson Newton, the defensive

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Speaker 2: I like that call, and that almost has to be

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Speaker 1: At seventeen, the Jaguars take J. C. Latham, the offensive

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Speaker 2: But he's a hard guy to place. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Going back to Eric Ebron and I mean to those

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Speaker 1: I mean to me taking man taking a tight end

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Speaker 2: If you're a playoff type team, you could be Brock Bowers.

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Speaker 1: I mean there are other wide receivers still available in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Bowers. What team was this, Cincinnati. It's

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Speaker 1: Right At nineteen, the Packers take Terry On Arnold, the

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Speaker 2: more physical, more of a slot but can do both.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take Edge Lay

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Speaker 1: At twenty one, the Cardinals, this is their pick from Houston,

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Speaker 1: At twenty five, the Eagles take Quiny and Mitchell. This

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Speaker 2: I'd like him a lot. I again, very early in

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Speaker 2: He's the Scarronsky type. Yeah, he's a little short, your

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Speaker 1: At twenty nine, the Bills take Troy Franklin, wide receiver

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Speaker 2: Okay, but he's a little finesse guy who were just

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Speaker 1: The Cowboys at thirty, take Jordan Morgan, offensive lineman out

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Speaker 2: Does receiver add up. I mean they drafted Tillman. They're

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Speaker 2: Don't think they'll lose Cooper. I think they'll lose guys

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Speaker 2: No, what you got is what you got.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they can't have It's just does Sean Watson to say, like,

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Speaker 2: I mean, like the Russell Wilson trades kind of going

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Speaker 1: Yeah? So that is the uh Trevor Sikama mock draft

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's fun.

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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. We know that the Buffalo Bills have an

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Speaker 1: edgic quarterback. Sure this weekend, everybody knows that. But how

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Speaker 1: big of an edge is it. Let's look here. We've

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Speaker 1: done this throughout the course of the season. Look at

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Speaker 1: Derek Clawson's quarterback ratings here on the team. He's got

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Speaker 1: a new one out here, ranking the playoff quarterbacks.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so fourteen guys, Yeah, I'm sure Rudolf's gonna be

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Speaker 1: Oh he played three games. Yeah, right, he's played three games.

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Speaker 2: He's played well, not Pat Mahomes or rush Out.

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Speaker 1: Not surprisingly, he is number fourteen on here. But what

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Speaker 2: Really, see, I think that's rough. I mean, are you

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Speaker 1: I would guess he's comparing them to like East, the

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Speaker 2: We're talking about the I mean, maybe not Mahomes's backup

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Speaker 2: I mean, like the Jets dudes. Yeah, you know, like

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's better than all those type of guys.

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Speaker 1: So here's what he has to say. Mason Rudolph was

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Speaker 1: If nothing else, Rudolph has given this offense some stability.

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Speaker 1: Right, you know, being able to put the ball where

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Speaker 1: Yeah, continuing here, but Rudolph at least understands how to

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Speaker 1: Yeah, people over look some of his starts early in

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Speaker 1: Rudolph at least gives the Steelers a better chance than

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Speaker 1: At thirteen, he has Joe Flacco. Okay, his final regular

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Speaker 1: Flacco turning the ball overs. That's going to bite you one.

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Speaker 1: It's going to bite the Browns in the butt, I know,

439
00:19:51,720 --> 00:19:53,119
Speaker 1: and it might do it this weekend. How about I

440
00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:59,120
Speaker 1: saw this. So no team in the playoffs has turned

441
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Speaker 1: the ball over more times than the Browns. Okay, no

442
00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,600
Speaker 1: team in the playoffs has turned it over fewer times

443
00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:05,120
Speaker 1: in Houston.

444
00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:09,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, Steelers right next to him. But okay, yeah, yeah.

445
00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,400
Speaker 1: And they're playing each other playing you get the team

446
00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:11,960
Speaker 1: that turns it over the most against the team that

447
00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,000
Speaker 1: turns it over to least.

448
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,800
Speaker 2: Right. It's kind of like the Steeler game though. I mean,

449
00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 2: like the Bills have a ton of turnovers, but they

450
00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,080
Speaker 2: turn you over a ton. Yeah, Steelers have no turnovers.

451
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,760
Speaker 2: That's like Houston. Yeah, so that's interesting though. I mean,

452
00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:27,640
Speaker 2: you got to think Houston's will win the turnover.

453
00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:32,119
Speaker 1: Battle, you would think, especially at home, you know, I know,

454
00:20:32,160 --> 00:20:34,840
Speaker 1: the thirteen touchdown passes and everything are great for Flacco

455
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:36,240
Speaker 1: and all he's throwing the ball. Look at all the

456
00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:38,359
Speaker 1: yards he's piling up and all that stuff. That's great.

457
00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,879
Speaker 2: I mean, here's some miraculous plays.

458
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:42,119
Speaker 1: He's throwing eight interceptions in five games.

459
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Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm with you. I don't know if

460
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Speaker 2: i'd take him or Baker, though I assume Baker's next

461
00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 2: on the list. You are correct.

462
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:52,119
Speaker 1: His final regular season ranking was sixteenth.

463
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,600
Speaker 2: Because Baker's had a rocky career too.

464
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:59,440
Speaker 1: Yes, yeah, yes, Now I'll say this, Baker has the

465
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Speaker 1: much better matchup this week against that Eagle secondary.

466
00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:05,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, at home, the way Philly does not rush

467
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,280
Speaker 2: the passer like they used to be to make up

468
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Speaker 2: for it.

469
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Speaker 1: Yes, he does, So that'll be interesting in terms of

470
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Speaker 1: that at eleven. This might shock people, is Tua doesn't

471
00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:21,159
Speaker 1: shock me. His final regular season ranking was fourteenth.

472
00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,359
Speaker 2: I think he's a really tough time. He's never played

473
00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,720
Speaker 2: in weather in his life. Yeah, it's gonna get weather,

474
00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,240
Speaker 2: and it's gonna be windy against a good defense, maybe

475
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,879
Speaker 2: without Waddle. He worries me. Yeah, so they have a

476
00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:37,760
Speaker 2: huge decision coming up. You know, like all his contemporaries

477
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,919
Speaker 2: in that class have been signed to big deals. Hurtz

478
00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 2: Herbert Burrow. I look at him almost like the Niners

479
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:46,880
Speaker 2: did with Jimmy or the Rams did with Golf, and

480
00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:49,600
Speaker 2: be like, if we really want to get to we

481
00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,120
Speaker 2: got a trade for Stafford or trade up for Lance.

482
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 2: Now they don't always work. One of them did, one didn't.

483
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:56,840
Speaker 2: You're not gonna get party in the seventh round every year.

484
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Speaker 2: I wonder if I mean that's gonna be the conversation

485
00:22:00,080 --> 00:22:01,080
Speaker 2: they have in the building now.

486
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, they probably already haven't, no question. At ten, he's

487
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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts.

488
00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:09,280
Speaker 2: Wow.

489
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Speaker 1: His final regular season ranking was nine. I agree, but

490
00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:14,800
Speaker 1: he's got him at ten in the playoffs.

491
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Speaker 2: He's not playing well.

492
00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 1: He's not, and he says Jalen Hurts remains the toughest

493
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Speaker 1: quarterback to rank.

494
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Speaker 2: Agreed, it's another one. It's too early to say this,

495
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,680
Speaker 2: but inside the walls of the Eagles going we gave

496
00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,959
Speaker 2: him a lot of money. Yeah, I mean he's a

497
00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 2: superhuman being and a great leader and tough. But he

498
00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:39,959
Speaker 2: doesn't throw in the middle field ever, right never, then

499
00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:41,440
Speaker 2: everybody knows it.

500
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Speaker 1: At eight is brock Perdy. His final regular season ranking

501
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Speaker 1: was twelve.

502
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Speaker 2: I would have him over Hurts right now. Yeah, I mean,

503
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Speaker 2: I know Clawson has been hesitant to jump on Purdy

504
00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 2: as of I, as of you, but he's better than

505
00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,360
Speaker 2: Hurts right now. I mean, I'm glad that Jordan Loves

506
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,320
Speaker 2: name hasn't been brought up yet. I mean, Love's doing

507
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 2: some tremendous stuff.

508
00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:07,080
Speaker 1: At eight, final regular season ranking was thirteenth. Eighth is

509
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Speaker 1: Jared Goff.

510
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Speaker 2: I think I'd take Party over Goff. Now, you could

511
00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,480
Speaker 2: say you could flip their situations, but Golf's got a

512
00:23:16,480 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 2: pretty good situation.

513
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 1: It's not that Yeah, not bad. At seven, his final

514
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,800
Speaker 1: regular season ranking was eleventh. Is Jordan Love?

515
00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:28,919
Speaker 2: Okay, his final regular season ranks don't add up with

516
00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,840
Speaker 2: his postseason rank necessarily.

517
00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:31,760
Speaker 1: That's kind of what.

518
00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 2: Changed in the last two days. I don't know, I

519
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,000
Speaker 2: don't think any more tape came out, but what Love's

520
00:23:36,040 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 2: done has been really really good.

521
00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,080
Speaker 1: At six and his final regular season ranking was seventh.

522
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:42,480
Speaker 1: Is c J. Stroud?

523
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Speaker 2: Yeah, if the text, if the.

524
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Speaker 1: Texans win that game against the Browns this week, it's

525
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Speaker 1: because c. J. Stroud had had a good game against

526
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Speaker 1: Cleveland defense, which isn't as good on the road.

527
00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 2: So this is more of a betting nugget. But I

528
00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:59,200
Speaker 2: heard it on the way here. The Browns played Houston recently,

529
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:02,679
Speaker 2: as you remember, Yeah, and Stroud wasn't in right, and

530
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,240
Speaker 2: I think they were favored by two and a half

531
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Speaker 2: and now with Stroud or favored by three and a half.

532
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, to make any sense to one.

533
00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 2: Point difference one way or another, and like Stroud's worth

534
00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 2: more than that, like.

535
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 1: They lost point.

536
00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 2: I think it's the other way around. I think they

537
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Speaker 2: were three and a half. Now it's two and a

538
00:24:19,160 --> 00:24:23,440
Speaker 2: half or whatever. But they're only counting the bump from Keenum.

539
00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,160
Speaker 1: Is right, Keen and Davis Mills both played.

540
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:28,320
Speaker 2: Yeah to Stroud is more than one point?

541
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Speaker 1: Use is a dog?

542
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 2: Well, whatever it was before, it's only one point difference

543
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:35,119
Speaker 2: with Stroud, and there.

544
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Speaker 1: Is a three point dog now as we sit here.

545
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,080
Speaker 2: So I think they were three and a half then,

546
00:24:40,359 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 2: like it's not doesn't a.

547
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't that up at all. Yeah, I'll take

548
00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 1: the points all day and that yeah me too. At five,

549
00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:50,760
Speaker 1: his final regular season ranking was five. Is Dak Prescott.

550
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:53,080
Speaker 2: I'm fine with that. Yeah.

551
00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,400
Speaker 1: At four, his final regular season ranking was fourth. Well,

552
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 1: now these match up more.

553
00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,280
Speaker 2: Matthew Stafford Stafford Stack is a conversation. But to win

554
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:06,280
Speaker 2: a big game NFC Championship, I'm going with Stafford.

555
00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:11,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, they've both done it before. People forget at three.

556
00:25:11,880 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 1: His final regular season ranking was third is Josh Allen?

557
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,080
Speaker 2: Okay, what do they say about him? Just since he's

558
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Speaker 2: on the docket.

559
00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 1: Josh Allen covered every single inch of the Josh Allen

560
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Speaker 1: Chaos spectrum to take down Miami Dolphins for the division

561
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,320
Speaker 1: in Week eighteen. That is one hundred correct.

562
00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,119
Speaker 2: Night Tights calls him Captain Chaos, yeah, which I find funny.

563
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:35,359
Speaker 1: Alan threw two interceptions in the first quarter. The first

564
00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 1: pick was a clear red zone can miscommunication with Gabe Davis.

565
00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:39,960
Speaker 1: The other was a fourth down fourth and two heave

566
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,840
Speaker 1: into triple coverage after scrambling outside the pocket. Truthfully, seeing

567
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,200
Speaker 1: the two picks in the box course, feels a lot

568
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,440
Speaker 1: worse than what those plays were in reality, a faultless

569
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Speaker 1: accident in an arm punt.

570
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:54,040
Speaker 2: One was an arm punt, yeah, which should be counted

571
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,119
Speaker 2: different But okay.

572
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: Everything Allan did outside of those two plays more than

573
00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:00,520
Speaker 1: made up for it. Anyways, Allen went new clear for

574
00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: the rest of the game, be it sideline throws. The

575
00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 1: Dalton Kate offscript, darts to step on Diggs, wheel routes

576
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: to Khalis Shakir, or a third and thirteen scramble to

577
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,120
Speaker 1: get the job done by himself. Alan did it all.

578
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: You just have to accept the chaos that comes with Alan.

579
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,200
Speaker 1: More often than not, it comes out in the wash

580
00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,600
Speaker 1: and he gives you a winning performance. That kind of

581
00:26:18,640 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: volatile tility is coveted in the playoffs anyways. I would argue,

582
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,760
Speaker 1: though I believe the Khalis not the Trent sherfield touchdown

583
00:26:29,160 --> 00:26:33,680
Speaker 1: that exactly that was a third downplay. Yes, they would

584
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 1: have had to kick a field goal there. Yeah, that's

585
00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 1: a four point presumably that's a four point swing on

586
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Speaker 1: a ball that you carry him off the head of

587
00:26:40,720 --> 00:26:44,840
Speaker 1: one of the defensive players right right, very easily could

588
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Speaker 1: have been intercepted. I mean, that's Josh Allen in a nutshell.

589
00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:49,080
Speaker 2: Absolutely, And that could have been a pick six the

590
00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:49,560
Speaker 2: other way or.

591
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 1: Right, could have been anything, right, It just happened to

592
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,240
Speaker 1: be a touchdown and that one, right, and that was really.

593
00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:56,679
Speaker 2: I don't know if it's third and one or if

594
00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,680
Speaker 2: it was third and eight. Yeah, right, I mean, what

595
00:26:58,720 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 2: the what.

596
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:01,200
Speaker 1: Was I think it was from like the two or

597
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 1: the four or whatever it was, they'd probably kick it.

598
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,639
Speaker 1: But yeah, probably at that point in the game, you're

599
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 1: probably gonna kick because he'd already thrown one red zone touchdown,

600
00:27:09,240 --> 00:27:13,960
Speaker 1: red zone interception. You well, the other one was the punt. Yeah, yeah, okay,

601
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,160
Speaker 1: but he'd thrown two interceptions total. He got down there,

602
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 1: you probably you probably just take the points. I think

603
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,800
Speaker 1: it was at that point it was still seven nothing.

604
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, they weren't two red zone they were end zone,

605
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:27,439
Speaker 2: not red zone. Yah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, No, you're right.

606
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,000
Speaker 2: That's that was not planned, was luky.

607
00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: Yeah.

608
00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 2: I mean it's we always talk about like turnover worthy plays.

609
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,520
Speaker 2: Well that was like the opposite. That was like turnover worthy,

610
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:42,119
Speaker 2: but touchdown ended up being the result. Like that happens

611
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,680
Speaker 2: one out of a thousand times to Trent Sherfield. It

612
00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:48,119
Speaker 2: wasn't It.

613
00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: Was a dig. They got his feet in the back

614
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:54,360
Speaker 1: of the end zone. It was Trent surf uh at

615
00:27:54,359 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: two is Lamar and he was two in the regular season.

616
00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:58,879
Speaker 2: Is never going to move off my home And I

617
00:27:58,920 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 2: totally get it.

618
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:00,439
Speaker 1: One is Mahoon.

619
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 2: I'm sure he's not saying mahomes at the best year.

620
00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 2: He's just the best player.

621
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,360
Speaker 1: I just wish he had. I would love to see

622
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:13,280
Speaker 1: what he said about Mason Rudolph last week, Yeah, after

623
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:18,440
Speaker 1: after the Seattle performance. Now I hear, but that's that's

624
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,120
Speaker 1: what he That's how he has n't ranked right now.

625
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:23,159
Speaker 2: I can't fight I mean, I'm not going to fight.

626
00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:26,000
Speaker 1: The Mason Rudolph's the fourteenth best quarterback right.

627
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 2: Like, oh, he's better than Jared Goff. No, you know,

628
00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 2: I mean like they didn't go more off.

629
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,280
Speaker 1: But I do think it's closer. Like the next the

630
00:28:33,320 --> 00:28:36,439
Speaker 1: next lowest ranked guy from the regular season was eighteenth

631
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: in Flacco. Yeah yeah, based on the guys who were

632
00:28:40,080 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 1: playing at the end of the season.

633
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,360
Speaker 2: I mean, he's better than the Jets guys. And yeah,

634
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 2: you know, I mean, frankly, is he different than Levis?

635
00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm just saying a small on the right. Right,

636
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:50,480
Speaker 2: this year has been successful.

637
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:54,600
Speaker 1: One wasn't, you know, right, Rudolph was better than Levis

638
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 1: based on what they did this year.

639
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 2: He's way better than O'Connell. Yeah, I mean those guys

640
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 2: that also have small bodies of work but aren't good. Yeah,

641
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,400
Speaker 2: but don't have good results.

642
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: I mean, at least as the offense looked much better

643
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,360
Speaker 1: and his play was much better.

644
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 2: Yeah right, so how about this? Okay, Nick Saban just

645
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 2: retired really yeah? Wow, some big dogs giving it up today. Yeah,

646
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:18,800
Speaker 2: this is right.

647
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:20,680
Speaker 1: Maybe Pete Carroll resigns so we can go be the

648
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: head next head coach going to Bama. That will be

649
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: a coveted job.

650
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 2: That's crazy. That would be like the best job. How

651
00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 2: about that?

652
00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: Wow, although there's a lot of pressure. Oh yeah right

653
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: yeah being the head coach.

654
00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:37,360
Speaker 2: Saban lost last year, including the first overall pick, and

655
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 2: they still made it to the playoffs.

656
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 1: Like that's not easy to swing. No, so, but that's

657
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Speaker 1: big news. Maybe the best coach ever college college coach.

658
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Speaker 1: It didn't work out so well in the NFL for him,

659
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Speaker 1: not so well. We're gonna get to another break. He

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Speaker 1: is the Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lolly. You're listening to

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Speaker 1: the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back

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Speaker 1: to finish up the show right after this. Welcome back.

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lolly. He is the Matt Williamson and this

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Speaker 1: is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And I might

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Speaker 1: have the injury report here for the Steelers. Uh so

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00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 1: today make a Fitzpatrick a full participant about that.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Steelers did go over to Akroschure Stadium today to

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Speaker 1: practice off field, so they wanted to practice on grass

670
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: and they want to be outside, and so the practice

671
00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,400
Speaker 1: fields at the up mc rooney Sports Complex we're wet.

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Speaker 2: Well, they just get pelted with weather for weeks on end.

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Speaker 1: Though, And as Mike Tomlin explained it, you also get

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Speaker 1: a feel for the footing on heated grass because the

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Speaker 1: stadium grass is.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, heated, okay, and I assume Buffalo's field is

677
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Speaker 2: as well.

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00:30:46,280 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, so it's it's a different feel.

679
00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:52,000
Speaker 2: So it won't have ice.

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00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 1: It won't there there's no ice. Ice does, but you're

681
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Speaker 1: gonna deal with some soggy footing, so you kind of

682
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Speaker 1: get a better idea of Okay, what kind of cleats

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Speaker 1: am I going to need to wear?

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Speaker 2: Okay, so we'll I don't know if you know the

685
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 2: answer to these things. But this will snow not stick.

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00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: Oh it'll stick if there's a there's heavy enough. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's not like you're going to burn yourself

688
00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 2: touching it.

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Speaker 1: No, you don't know, it's not. It just keeps it

690
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:15,680
Speaker 1: warm enough to keep the the field for freezy. Yeah,

691
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 1: it doesn't turn to ice.

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00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 2: Uh So there's not enough towering inferno under stadiun No,

693
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 2: what's what's the.

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Speaker 1: Name of the town in Pennsylvania. Is it not Petrolea

695
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:32,680
Speaker 1: out east? That it has the burning coal underneath that

696
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: I'll think I just read about it.

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Speaker 2: But they didn't drill all the way to the core

698
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Speaker 2: of the earth. They did not magma coming.

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Speaker 1: Okay, it's not a volcano, right, uh so make I

700
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Speaker 1: Fitzpatrick a full participant. Naji Harris didn't practice today, that's

701
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: that same issue. Yeah, he's been fine the last two weeks,

702
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 1: not practicing on Wednesdays. Yeah, also not practicing was Isaac

703
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,080
Speaker 1: sam Olu. That's been the same thing there.

704
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 2: Fine, Hayward didn't either, Yeah.

705
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,600
Speaker 1: TJ. Watt, we knew it's not going to practice. Is

706
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Speaker 1: there really a legit chance he could play next week

707
00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 1: if it gets to that, Yes, wow, okay, yes, he'd

708
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,640
Speaker 1: probably have to wear a brace, but yes, there's a

709
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Speaker 1: there's a chance that he get made up. No, guys

710
00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,120
Speaker 1: who were limited, Patrick Peterson, that was that was a

711
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:25,000
Speaker 1: non injury related thing, just kind of taking a veteran's

712
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Speaker 1: day off at this point.

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Speaker 2: Not disclosing secrets and frankly, you weren't even there. I mean,

714
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Speaker 2: do we think he's a corner again?

715
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Speaker 1: I would guess so.

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00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 2: I would guess so. I think that adds up for

717
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,120
Speaker 2: at least for this game.

718
00:32:35,280 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, at Landom Roberts with that pectoral injury was limited today.

719
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Speaker 2: But getting back in. They played through it last week.

720
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Speaker 2: I'm hoping to see him for fifty or sixty STAPs

721
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Speaker 2: instead of twenty five.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Cam Hayward and Larry Ogunjobi both rested today. I

723
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,080
Speaker 1: have no issue with that.

724
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's January, Yeah, let them take a break.

725
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Speaker 1: One thing that kind of interested me, Matt, I was

726
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Speaker 1: I was writing some stuff here of this today, and

727
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:05,920
Speaker 1: guys like the Land and Roberts and Eric Rowe played

728
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,600
Speaker 1: a lot of games in the AFC East.

729
00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I bet they're share playoff games too.

730
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Speaker 1: And their share of playoff games as well.

731
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,080
Speaker 2: Former Patriots might be.

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Speaker 1: Able to give you some you know, hey, guys when

733
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: when we played the Bills or last time I was

734
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Speaker 1: in the bill Stadium, or here's what we did, Yeah,

735
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:25,280
Speaker 1: just to kind of throw some curveballs at and And

736
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Speaker 1: this is something that Alan really struggled with.

737
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 2: I'd say, Alan isn't the same as Lamar but there

738
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 2: is something to seeing him in person.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:34,480
Speaker 2: I mean everyone that's ever met.

741
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Speaker 1: And the Steelers have played him meet to the last seasons,

742
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 1: so that's not a big deal.

743
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:39,760
Speaker 2: But but there is familiarity there. Yeah, which is that

744
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 2: I mean playing twice a year.

745
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:42,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, you know.

746
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,320
Speaker 2: Oh there's division stuff matters, Yeah, I mean I think

747
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 2: it's the bottom we were talking about.

748
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, Steelers versus Ravens, Well they know each other so

749
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 1: well sure, well these guys know just and to.

750
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Speaker 2: Your point, I mean, like, are the Browns and Steelers

751
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 2: the second and third best team in the AFC playoffs? No,

752
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 2: but if you're the raven you might look at them

753
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: probably don't want to see yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So I that just struck me as I was

755
00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,399
Speaker 1: was doing that to them. Like both of those guys

756
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 1: played a lot of time, a lot of games against

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Speaker 1: the Bills.

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00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,160
Speaker 2: I bet that's true. Yeah, okay, yeah, that makes a

759
00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: lot of sense. So yeah, I mean it's still the

760
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 2: same coach and quarterback for the Bills. Things changed quickly

761
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,759
Speaker 2: in the league, but Dermot's been there a long time,

762
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:23,160
Speaker 2: and I'm sure Belichick told those guys, well, he likes

763
00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 2: to do this on third down.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he likes to you know, yeah, he just you know,

765
00:34:26,520 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: our analytics said this, and you know, okay, your analysts

766
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: is saying the same thing. Well, here's how we handled that.

767
00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, he always calls time out here, you know that

768
00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 2: kind of thing. Not that Tomlin doesn't know him either, right, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean again, they're again they played each other, right, so

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Speaker 1: for the Bill college teammates, right yeah, yeah, and if

771
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 1: their teammates and went to college. He was a couple

772
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Speaker 1: of years younger than Tomlin, but they were in the

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Speaker 1: same teams there, William and Mary for the Bills, Josh

774
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 1: Allen was a full participant, but he's still dealing with

775
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Speaker 1: that neck injury.

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00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:55,520
Speaker 2: I forgot about that, actually. Yeah.

777
00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:58,400
Speaker 1: Dion Dawkins with the hand issue was limited.

778
00:34:58,840 --> 00:34:59,680
Speaker 2: It's a laceration.

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00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 1: It's pretty nasty, ugly. Yeah yeah, So I mean they'll

780
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:04,560
Speaker 1: tape it up and he'll be ready to go. But

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00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,120
Speaker 1: I just wonder if there's can't be fun no, right,

782
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 1: I mean there's a lot of blood. Gabe Davis did

783
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: not practice. Resul Douglas with the knee did not practice.

784
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: Leonard those are the two to really pay attention. Yeah,

785
00:35:16,400 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 1: Leonard Floyd veteran reste did not practice. Same thing with

786
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 1: Von Miller and then Taylor Rapp to play. Probably not. Yeah,

787
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:29,399
Speaker 1: Taylor Rapp, who's their third safety in plays a decent amount. Yeah,

788
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,720
Speaker 1: he's got a calf issue and did not practice.

789
00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they they live in Nickel. But if

790
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 2: you come out with one receiver, they're gonna play big Nickel.

791
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 2: You know, like some of these things we see that

792
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 2: you know, talk about personnel groupings, doesn't tell you which

793
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,359
Speaker 2: five defensive backs, right, they're just there's five defensive backs.

794
00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 2: It's different Raps out there versus Seul Douglas, particularly, he

795
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 2: plays a lot.

796
00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:50,920
Speaker 1: If you're running the ball, they think that you're going

797
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,480
Speaker 1: to run the ball, they're going to maybe they go

798
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:54,480
Speaker 1: big Nickel and Rap will be out there.

799
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Speaker 2: I mean, I know a key that we both think

800
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 2: is important is the Steelers need to be the bigger,

801
00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 2: more physical team. Yeah, and I think on offense you

802
00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:03,360
Speaker 2: can dictate that to them. So Rap will probably be

803
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 2: their answer in Nickel. It'll be big Nickel.

804
00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:06,399
Speaker 1: Yeah.

805
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 2: If he doesn't play, it's problem. Uh, some of the

806
00:36:09,120 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 2: other Guysaily would get a hat if he plays. Maybe,

807
00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 2: I mean he plays it all this year he.

808
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 1: Played like one hundred and eleven snaps. Yeah, guys who

809
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 1: were limited were Deon Dowk as I mentioned, Tyrrell Dodson

810
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: with that shoulder. Again, he's important on the field a lot. Yeah,

811
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 1: and then running back Tie Johnson with a concussion.

812
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 2: I think he's just a special team at this point

813
00:36:28,960 --> 00:36:30,120
Speaker 2: in borderline. Okay.

814
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 1: The only other guys with full were Hamlin with a

815
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 1: shoulder how he hurt his shoulders since he never plays,

816
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:41,920
Speaker 1: and Micah Hyde Hide's got a neck issue. Now I'll

817
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: say I say all this. The Bills practice today was

818
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,960
Speaker 1: a walkthrough. Oh really, they didn't have a full practice.

819
00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 2: Wow, it's a little late in the week for that,

820
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 2: but he knows.

821
00:36:51,960 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 1: I mean they played late Sunday in Miami. There was

822
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: a physical game for them.

823
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:58,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm sure they didn't get home till late and

824
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 2: all that stuff too. Yeah, they're a different They're in

825
00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:03,680
Speaker 2: a much different clock than the Steelers. Yeah, they really

826
00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:06,879
Speaker 2: are a Saturday game versus the latest game of the week,

827
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 2: and it's almost like a two day difference.

828
00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:11,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not a short trip from Buffalo to Miami.

829
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Speaker 2: And they're fortunate. I mean, if they would have happened

830
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 2: to lose that game, they'd be on the road, right

831
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 2: then they really be yet a home game. Yeah, so

832
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 2: they could have got screwed a little bit on that.

833
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: I think. I think the way it would have worked

834
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: out is they would have been going to the would

835
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Speaker 1: have been going.

836
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,480
Speaker 2: To k C. Yeah. If they lost, they were going

837
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:28,759
Speaker 2: to Case.

838
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,879
Speaker 1: So they'd have been playing Saturday night on a short

839
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: you don't talk about a short week.

840
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 2: Well, they're not lucked out. They earned it.

841
00:37:35,680 --> 00:37:36,160
Speaker 1: They earned it.

842
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:37,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it could have gone a lot differently

843
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,400
Speaker 2: in terms of rest. Yeah, it's great to be that

844
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 2: Sunday night game, but not really. Yeah, you know, they're

845
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,319
Speaker 2: usually gonna be two playoff teams. It's the last game

846
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 2: of the season. They're not going to put a junk

847
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 2: out there, right, So, I mean.

848
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: They'll really have two full practice is Thursday and Friday

849
00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: before they play this game.

850
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,839
Speaker 2: Huh. So keep an eye on receiver in the corn. Yeah,

851
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:58,840
Speaker 2: more than anything.

852
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: And you know when you list a guy as limited

853
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:06,719
Speaker 1: in a walk through, he didn't do anything. He walked through,

854
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,880
Speaker 1: So that's I.

855
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 2: Mean, there are sweats, yeah, I mean, no one's who's

856
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 2: wearing a helmet and walk through?

857
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:12,400
Speaker 1: Are they? No?

858
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 2: Nowadays? Okay?

859
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:17,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, so to me, it won't be surprising, for example,

860
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:22,839
Speaker 1: if Terrell Dodson is d MP tomorrow right with that shoulder.

861
00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:25,239
Speaker 2: Issue, because it's anyone could really be out there.

862
00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it's a shoulder injury. He can walk through.

863
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 2: He can walk through. He's not taking on blockers at all.

864
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,360
Speaker 1: I'm sure he wants to play in this game, and

865
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 1: you do everything he can to to play in this game.

866
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,520
Speaker 2: But he's one to watch too. Yeah, he's not a

867
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,759
Speaker 2: sure thing or probably won't one hundred percent.

868
00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, but none of the guys who have like calf injuries,

869
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 1: knee injuries, they didn't they didn't even walk.

870
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,960
Speaker 2: Through you walk through. They might be hurting training room.

871
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, so interesting.

872
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 2: No, Yeah, we'll be on it.

873
00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 1: We'll see how it hell it all works out here

874
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 1: like tomorrow. Like the Steelers is kind of know what

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Speaker 1: you're getting from Steelers pretty good. It's pretty at this

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Speaker 1: point in the season. We know, we already knew who

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Speaker 1: the injuries were at this point. They're a little healthier

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Speaker 1: other than the what issue, but.

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Speaker 2: We know he's not playing that. Like who we were

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Speaker 2: waiting around on bated breath with with Steelers, nobody, nobody

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Speaker 2: at this point Yeah, the older guys rested Watt's out,

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Speaker 2: MICA's in.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. They also officially added demonte Kaz back to the

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Speaker 1: active roster, nice, which I think is a big ad

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Speaker 1: for them, because that freeze makea Fitzpatrick up to do

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Speaker 1: other stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Roe has been a nice vine. Yeah. I

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Speaker 2: mean I think Big Nichols now much more on the table,

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Speaker 2: make his flexibilities much more on the table.

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Speaker 1: Peterson showed you he can do a lot more things.

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Speaker 1: Just the flexibility they have in the secondary. I don't

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Speaker 1: know how the Bills approached that this week. Yeah, what

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Speaker 1: they expect to see from the Steelers secondary.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the article I wrote this week was, boy, it

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Speaker 2: stinks at Watt's out, but the back seven has a

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Speaker 2: lot more flexibility pieces parts, and in this matchup, that's

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Speaker 2: pretty important. Yeah. OBErs will be on Diggs, Mica might

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Speaker 2: be on Concaid. You know, not every snap, of course,

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Speaker 2: but a lot. And you didn't have the before.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it's one with you on that. That's going

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Speaker 1: to do it for our show today, Matt Okido, So

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Speaker 1: good stuff. We'll be back again tomorrow. We'll be live tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: presumably as opposed to taping as we did today. Uh,

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Speaker 1: but for my partner Matt Williamson, I am Dale. Lolly,

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