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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lollie. He is Matt Williamson and

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Speaker 1: this is the Drive, our number two here on the

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Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio and.

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Speaker 2: Matt five days a week now.

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Speaker 1: But you saying, you know, if if we're gonna have

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Speaker 1: music playing over top of the show, which was happening

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Speaker 1: live in the live version, is if you're listening to

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Speaker 1: this recording and you hear us talking about music being

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Speaker 1: that's not going to happen on the recording.

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Speaker 2: Apparently even clarify that more. I know a lot of

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Speaker 2: you tuned in at for you know cut time. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: probably a high traffic time. But you'll hear our thoughts

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Speaker 2: on the podcast without Ozzie and Jerk that was only

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Speaker 1: Yes, if you don't want to hear what Steve Perry's

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Speaker 1: thoughts were, uh, the cutdowns at least should have they

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Speaker 1: they at least could have played long way to the

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Speaker 1: top on on DV. You know they're going to play

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Speaker 1: over top of us.

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Speaker 2: I think we need to explain that because the Drive

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Speaker 2: is growing so fast and you can should continue to

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Speaker 2: spread the word.

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Speaker 1: If you were not a original listener, that you.

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Speaker 2: Don't get that reference. That is basically the theme song

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Speaker 2: to the drive until the bagpipes come on.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, right, we always had the way for the bagpipes

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Speaker 1: to come on.

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Speaker 2: Which is pretty deep into the song by the way.

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Speaker 1: Well, the way the thing was cut though, it was

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Speaker 1: like it was like a thirty second clip of long

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Speaker 1: way to the top, and then you went to the bagpipes.

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Speaker 2: Bit hard and then Matt and Dale boom right right

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Speaker 2: in your face like this, like angus.

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Speaker 1: I missed that.

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Speaker 2: I missed that too. Yeah, that was good stuff. So

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Speaker 2: the whole music would be our friend. You can live

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Speaker 2: with AUSI or bagpipes or whatever. But okay, there we go.

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Speaker 1: So looking at the Steelers roster now as compared to

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Speaker 1: what it was last year at this.

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Speaker 2: Time, it's gonna be better. I mean, if we go

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Speaker 2: position by position, I'm sure most of the time we

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Speaker 2: will pick now.

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Speaker 1: So quarterback, nothing changes.

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Speaker 2: Nothing changes, but it's better right you.

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Speaker 1: Pick it has twelve or thirteen games under his belt.

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Speaker 2: I mean, is an analyst. I feel much better about

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Speaker 2: Pickett now than three or six five days ago.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no question, I'm still shocked his over unders. If

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Speaker 1: you look at the those kinds of sites, it's like

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Speaker 1: thirty two hundred yards and eighteen and a half touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: Really low, ridiculously low. I mean almost has to get

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Speaker 2: hurt for that to happen. Yeah, I mean almost had

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Speaker 2: or get benched.

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Speaker 1: Which isn't going to happen, right right, running back, and.

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Speaker 2: I don't feel less about Mason or Trubisky. No, I

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Speaker 2: mean at all, No, not at all the same dudes.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, running back. Last year, at this time it was

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Speaker 1: Najee Harris, Benny Snell, Jalen Warren and Derek Watt. Remember

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Speaker 1: this time last year, we don't really know what Jalen

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Speaker 1: Warren was. We know much more about Jalen Warren now

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Speaker 1: than we did a year ago at this time.

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Speaker 2: Agreed Snell has a little bit of value as a

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Speaker 2: special teamer, right, Watt has value as a special teamer.

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Speaker 2: But we didn't put Hayward in that conversation. I'd rather

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Speaker 2: have Hayward than what Yeah, but Kimott will count Hayward twice.

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Speaker 1: McFarlane will gives you a little bit of more of

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Speaker 1: a dynamic playmaker.

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Speaker 2: This is probably more of a next week conversation. But

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Speaker 2: I wonder who the inactives are, and.

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Speaker 1: Don't start that, I know, But Todd thing you sued

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Speaker 1: to drive me nuts on the pregame show. Let's guess

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Speaker 1: the inactives why they're inactive. I don't care who's going

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Speaker 2: That gets relevant for McFarland though. I mean, like we

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Speaker 2: watched all the practices of camp and he was heavily involved. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: like I think they want him on game day.

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Speaker 1: They would they wouldn't they would.

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Speaker 2: Like that whether that can just don't know right.

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Speaker 1: That becomes the issue. A wide receiver a year ago

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Speaker 1: was Deontay Johnson, Chase Claypool, George Pickens, Calvin Austen, who

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Speaker 2: I like this group so much better. But when we

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Speaker 2: do these things, I do my best to remember what

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Speaker 2: one year ago Matt thought. You know, like I like

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Speaker 2: Alan Robinson right now, but when we do this a

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Speaker 2: like Alan Robinson so much? You know, my thoughts on

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Speaker 2: It doesn't mean one's not going to work out and

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Speaker 1: See I feel better about Robinson versus Clay Pill to

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Speaker 1: me is night and day Robinson. I know now, Robinson's

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Speaker 1: been a guy, He's been a thirteen hundred yard receiver,

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Speaker 1: he's been one hundred catch guy. And he's not that

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Speaker 2: But we didn't hate Claypool a year ago.

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Speaker 1: We didn't.

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Speaker 2: I mean I was knowing what I know now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but he wasn't coming off a great he was

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Speaker 1: coming off a bad year last year. Two years ago

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Speaker 2: And Austin is on the roster now and wasn't there.

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Speaker 1: It wasn't then.

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Speaker 1: Huge. I feel actually feel better about Gunner Rolf Chewsky

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Speaker 2: Okay, I never loved Sims either, And yeah, he's just fine.

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Speaker 1: And Boyken is a special team guy. He's hey, we're

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Speaker 1: bay maybe better like he is really good? He should

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Speaker 1: he should be in the running for a Pro Bowl. Uh,

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Speaker 1: special teams guy this year?

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Speaker 1: I think he is maybe, it's yeah, I mean those

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Speaker 1: supposed to do and tough. Miles Boykin on the outside

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Speaker 1: isn't fair.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean little five nine guys trying to jam

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Speaker 1: Good luck with that.

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Speaker 2: He beats them up. Yeah, and he gets sound feel fast.

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Speaker 1: He's everything on special teams that Chase Claypool was supposed

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Speaker 1: to be when they drafted him.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and more, yeah and more. Yeah. I don't

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Speaker 2: think Alan Robins is gonna be a boss, That's all

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Speaker 2: I'm saying.

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Speaker 1: No, I just think he's a He is more. He's

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Speaker 1: much more accomplished at that at this point in his

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Speaker 2: Oh, Claypole will never have an Alan Robinson career. No,

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Speaker 1: He's never gonna have a single Alan Robinson season season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. But if Robinson ends up with the season was

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Speaker 2: Austin these things happened, they do him as possible.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Tight end is Pat Friarmouth is Zach Gentry and

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Speaker 1: Connor Hayward a year ago. Well, now you've saw about

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Speaker 2: And of course now Washington ball with Hayward now than then. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean a lot of these guys were rookies year ago. Remember,

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Speaker 2: they were the youngest offense in the League, and they

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Speaker 2: just told you what they think of Washington versus Gentry. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Washington is a lot more upside too.

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Speaker 1: The offensive line group a year ago at this time,

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Speaker 1: Mason Cole, Kevin Dotson, Kendrick Green, James Daniels, Chucks a

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Speaker 2: Left guard was not still a competition, but you weren't

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Speaker 1: But yeah, that was Kevin Dotson beating out Dendrick Green

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Speaker 1: got better as the season went on, it did. How

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Speaker 1: much better is it going to be now with Isaac

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Speaker 1: Samlo in there and these guys all having another year's

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Speaker 2: Let alone the Herbigs of the world, and you have

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Speaker 2: a early to mid first round pick just sitting there, Marinatean,

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Speaker 2: you know, and someday he's gonna be a delicious steak,

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So I mean that way better.

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Speaker 2: I think, way better. Yeah better, because frankly, the end

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Speaker 2: of season O line was much better than the three

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Speaker 1: That was still the biggest question mark going into last season.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I in the first half of the season

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Speaker 2: The biggest fear one year ago to the day was

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Speaker 2: we're not going to know if Picket's good or not

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Speaker 2: because he can't because they can't block form, you know,

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Speaker 2: like we won't even get a proper evaluation of the

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Speaker 2: first round pick because the blocking will be a chambles.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. On the defensive line last year, at this time,

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Speaker 1: it was Tyson Ilululu, Cam Hayward, Larry Ogan, Jobi, Chris Warmly,

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Speaker 2: To be fair, I was I didn't see Ilululu's crash

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Speaker 2: coming at this point last year, Nor did I you know,

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Speaker 2: I thought he was a solid starter, good player.

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Speaker 1: Normally was coming off a seven sack season.

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Speaker 2: Normally was impressive. You know, you're excited about lel. But

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Speaker 2: this group's better, Yeah, of course, And who knows. I

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Speaker 2: mean hate to say it, but what if Cam falls

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Speaker 2: off this year? Then you'd have to revisit that thought.

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Speaker 2: But as it stands right now, I don't I see that.

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Speaker 1: I don't see that he plays such a He's like

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Speaker 1: he's I said this before, he's that old guy that

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Speaker 1: you play at the gym who's got the old man

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Speaker 1: game that he can't figure out how he got those

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Speaker 1: shots off, but he does it every time the ball

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Speaker 1: places himself. He can't jump a lick, it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 1: He just knows how to play the game.

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Speaker 2: But the only thing I don't like about that analogy

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Speaker 2: is the old man game isn't always the best player

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Speaker 2: on the court, and Cam still the best player court. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's still shock dunking on your head. Well there's finer points.

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Speaker 1: There's that. An outside linebacker a year ago, at this time,

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Speaker 1: it was TJ.

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Speaker 1: But Alex Highsmith, who's coming off a six sacks season.

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Speaker 2: I mean it was a I won't say question mark

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Speaker 2: or a concern, but he was not as proven as

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Speaker 2: he is down.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Derek Tuska and maliek Reid, and I.

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Speaker 2: Remember when they traded for Reid. I thought this wasn't

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Speaker 2: a bad.

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Speaker 1: No, he had done some things in Denver.

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Speaker 2: It wasn't a seventh round pick. They gave hump, you know,

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Speaker 2: and he didn't work out great. But Tuska wouldn't even

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Speaker 2: sniff this roster right now.

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Speaker 1: No, nor would Reed, nor would read either one of

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Speaker 1: those guys are making this rush.

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Speaker 2: No, maybe Reid would have convinced you to keep five. Maybe,

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Speaker 2: but none of them cracked the top four, so clearly

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Speaker 2: much better it.

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Speaker 1: Inside linebacker it was Devin Bush, Miles Jack, Robert Splaine,

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Speaker 1: Mark Robinson, and then they after they placed Demante kz

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Speaker 2: Okay, as a course special I mean say one about Allen,

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Speaker 2: but he had value as a teamer. I had hoped

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Speaker 2: We think it's better. I think most years you'll think

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, we're gonna take a break. He is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 1: I am Dale, Lollie. You're listening to the Drive here

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I am Dale, Lollie. He is Matt Williamson.

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

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Speaker 1: we mentioned that we talked a little bit about the

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor sticking with the Colts. That's going to remain

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Speaker 1: on the pup list. That means he misses the first

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Speaker 1: even if he gets traded. Now, Christian Wilkins ended his

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Speaker 1: But two significant guys have not ended their holdouts. And

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Speaker 2: From the Chiefs, who they might be the two best

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Speaker 1: I didn't think he was franchise.

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Speaker 2: He's not franchise's on his rookie deal. So it's not

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Speaker 1: They can waive those the fines. Yeah, but Chris Jones

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Speaker 1: Don't know if he likes football, Oh, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I think this is his last time to cash out.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's got a big deal a couple But

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Speaker 2: Say he's already been paid, yeah, both the reason.

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Speaker 1: I say I don't know if he likes football is

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Speaker 2: That's why he wasn't the first round.

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Speaker 2: It's great, it's great, great, great.

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Speaker 1: Saying that either, I'm just saying if he loves football, I.

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Speaker 1: Lot of Super Bowls with Patrick Mahomes. But they weren't

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Speaker 1: six hundred and fifty six npts. He missed three games

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Speaker 1: and then they gave him the four you know, the

439
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:29,399
Speaker 1: big the big contract. I mean they he's gotten paid.

440
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,080
Speaker 1: It's not like they're not paying you know. See, this

441
00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:34,919
Speaker 1: is what I get it. You want a new contract

442
00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:38,640
Speaker 1: because you're you're up after this year. But I think

443
00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:40,400
Speaker 1: sometimes you have to read the tea leaves as well

444
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:44,159
Speaker 1: and say, well, okay, here's the problem. Kelsey's contract with

445
00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:44,760
Speaker 1: them is not.

446
00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:46,760
Speaker 2: Huge, That's what was gonna say.

447
00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,680
Speaker 1: But it's but it's he's he's taking below market value.

448
00:20:49,920 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 1: Mahomes is actually taking now what is below market value?

449
00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:54,919
Speaker 1: But you want to break the bank.

450
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Speaker 2: That's what I was going to say. This is like

451
00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:04,360
Speaker 2: Richard Seymour or Will Fork saying, I see Tom Brady's

452
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:08,200
Speaker 2: taking eighty cents on the dollar, and Gronk could hold

453
00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,560
Speaker 2: out to no end too. But I'm not going to

454
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,280
Speaker 2: play that game, and they have every right to. You know, hey,

455
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 2: I'm ever gonna just smudge a man's earning potential, but

456
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:23,560
Speaker 2: that has to rub the organization wrong.

457
00:21:23,680 --> 00:21:26,520
Speaker 1: He took home twenty three point six million dollars last year.

458
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,520
Speaker 2: He had an eighteen under contract.

459
00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:31,480
Speaker 1: He took an eighteen point one million dollar roster bonus

460
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Speaker 1: last year. Like, it's not like they, it's not like they,

461
00:21:34,600 --> 00:21:37,520
Speaker 1: they're not paying him. He made he's made good money

462
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:39,480
Speaker 1: on this deal and he's This was not the Aaron

463
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,960
Speaker 1: Donald situation where he was making book kiss.

464
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Speaker 2: This is Austin Eckler who had nothing in his career

465
00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,000
Speaker 2: and says, finally, I wanted a couple bucks around my way,

466
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:52,120
Speaker 2: and it's against the Chief's way if there is such

467
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:56,879
Speaker 2: a thing, because Mahomes now he wasn't when he signed

468
00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,720
Speaker 2: his deal, but he is now as underpaid as you

469
00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:04,320
Speaker 2: possibly can be, much like Brady was, and he understands that,

470
00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:06,800
Speaker 2: and he's got side deals and he's doing just fine. Yeah,

471
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 2: don't get me wrong, but Kelsey. Kelsey could say to

472
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,600
Speaker 2: the Chiefs, I want to be the highest paid wide

473
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Speaker 2: receiver in the league, because that's exactly what.

474
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Speaker 1: He is, and there would be an argument for that.

475
00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,119
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a strong argument for that.

476
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Speaker 1: It's a Jimmy Graham argument. Jimmy Graham tried to argue

477
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:24,120
Speaker 1: that when he got a franchise.

478
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Speaker 2: Tag, And with all respect to Jimmy Graham, Kelsey's way

479
00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,399
Speaker 2: one hundred times better. He's like the most important pass

480
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:29,919
Speaker 2: catcher in the.

481
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,800
Speaker 1: League and certainly the most important pass catcher on the Chiefs.

482
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Speaker 2: And what if Kelsey last year went day after they

483
00:22:36,760 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 2: trade Tyreek, It's okay, Well, then I won thirty million

484
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:41,840
Speaker 2: a year. I want to be the highest paid pass

485
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,080
Speaker 2: catcher on the planet. He had every right to do that,

486
00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:46,320
Speaker 2: just like Jones has every right to say I want

487
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Speaker 2: to be the highest paid defensive player in the league

488
00:22:48,040 --> 00:22:51,680
Speaker 2: right now. They don't win super Bowls without those two right,

489
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:53,160
Speaker 2: all respect homes.

490
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Speaker 1: And he has a base salary this year of nineteen

491
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 1: point five million dollars. Again, he is not like, I

492
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Speaker 1: get it when you look at in the other contracts

493
00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 1: that have been signed in the off season with some

494
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 1: of these defensive tackles.

495
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:06,400
Speaker 2: But.

496
00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 1: Nineteen and a half million dollars is not no, nothing

497
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:11,360
Speaker 1: to sneeze.

498
00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,399
Speaker 2: I see both sides. He looks at it like I

499
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,960
Speaker 2: could cash in massively here and maybe get a Donald

500
00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,040
Speaker 2: contract or ninety percent of it, which is still the

501
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:22,440
Speaker 2: second highest paid defensi player in the league. But meanwhile,

502
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 2: the Chiefs are like, yeah, but you're not playing the

503
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:27,400
Speaker 2: same way our other dudes are. You know, we're trying

504
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:31,560
Speaker 2: to win you know, super Bowls here. So where I'm

505
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Speaker 2: going with that is, could he get traded?

506
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,920
Speaker 1: No, because it's a nineteen and a half million dollar

507
00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,760
Speaker 1: cap hit for whoever takes aim On forever takes a month.

508
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:43,320
Speaker 1: They got to fit nineteen and a half million dollars

509
00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,639
Speaker 1: under their cap right now. And the problem is you

510
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:49,359
Speaker 1: then have to give him a new contract. He's already

511
00:23:49,400 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 1: twenty nine years old. You're gonna be paying him thirty

512
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,399
Speaker 1: thirty plus in his thirties. In his thirties, Like that

513
00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,040
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. That's bad business.

514
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Speaker 2: It might not end soon, though, is my point. I

515
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,280
Speaker 2: get both sides.

516
00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 1: The more pressing matter is that the Steelers play the

517
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,840
Speaker 1: San Francisco forty nine Ers in less than two weeks.

518
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 1: And a few weeks ago, John Lynch came out and said, oh,

519
00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 1: this isn't a big deal. It takes a veteran guy

520
00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,399
Speaker 1: like like like Nick Bosa, a couple of weeks to

521
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,439
Speaker 1: get ready for the regular season. Well, we're within that

522
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:22,200
Speaker 1: window now.

523
00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:28,240
Speaker 2: Well, just to keep it Steeler centric, I don't believe

524
00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,840
Speaker 2: there's any way even if they sign. If our phone

525
00:24:31,880 --> 00:24:34,440
Speaker 2: blows up right now, Nick Bosa signs a record setting deal,

526
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,439
Speaker 2: he's not gonna play every snap in Week one. Nope,

527
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,679
Speaker 2: no way, no. I mean, he didn't played football. I mean,

528
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,600
Speaker 2: he's a tremendous player. He'll be a third down rusher

529
00:24:42,760 --> 00:24:45,360
Speaker 2: at acting shore on Week one.

530
00:24:45,320 --> 00:24:47,880
Speaker 1: Assuming that he's if he's in pads.

531
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Speaker 2: If he's in pads, and I don't know it's a

532
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,359
Speaker 2: done deal that he'll be in pads, and he's I

533
00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 2: don't know if he's our most important player, but he's

534
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,199
Speaker 2: the defensive player. He's Yeah, he's TJ. Watt. I mean,

535
00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:00,160
Speaker 2: we saw the Steelers without TJ. Watt. They're a very

536
00:25:01,119 --> 00:25:05,000
Speaker 2: low blitz team because they pay hardgrave and they have

537
00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,160
Speaker 2: both you know, and they keep drafting Delyman. I mean,

538
00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:12,320
Speaker 2: so he's essential to one of the best defenses in

539
00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:14,480
Speaker 2: the league, and he's one of the best defensive players.

540
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000
Speaker 2: But at the more at this point on August twenty ninth,

541
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,840
Speaker 2: I don't believe there's a scenario where he's a eighty

542
00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,600
Speaker 2: five percent snap guy in week one.

543
00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 1: No, and so Ian Rappaport yesterday on the Pat McAfee

544
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,280
Speaker 1: show said, they're not They're not even close yet. I

545
00:25:34,320 --> 00:25:36,120
Speaker 1: don't think there's a sense that they're close at all.

546
00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 1: I don't get a sense that anything is imminent with that,

547
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,280
Speaker 1: but at least there it sounds like there's been some

548
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 1: level of conversation, like he hadn't even been talking about

549
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 1: a new contract.

550
00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,399
Speaker 2: And there's not a lot of rush on Bo's perspective.

551
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,359
Speaker 1: I just think it's the perfect setup for the Steelers,

552
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,359
Speaker 1: like you're gonna you're gonna play them. Okay, we know

553
00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:00,920
Speaker 1: the forty nine Ers have their stars on office. You know, McCaffrey, Kittle,

554
00:26:01,320 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 1: they may have the most receiver. Yeah, are are great. Yeah,

555
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:07,880
Speaker 1: the left tackle is great Warner, But if you take

556
00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,000
Speaker 1: Bose off that defense, rights, we saw what the Steelers

557
00:26:12,040 --> 00:26:14,320
Speaker 1: defense looked like last year without TJ. Wat it's the

558
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:14,960
Speaker 1: same thing.

559
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 2: I think it's apples to apples. Yeah, I really think

560
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 2: that's the perfect example. So when the schedule came out,

561
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 2: of course, we did a show and we said, ooh,

562
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 2: the Niners. We knew were going to be a tough matchup,

563
00:26:27,080 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 2: but I want to play him as early as possible. Ooh,

564
00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 2: we get him in week one? Who knows even who

565
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,720
Speaker 2: their quarterback is going to be. But now this we

566
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,639
Speaker 2: didn't know at that time was going to be looming.

567
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 2: Still we assumed that both will be under contract, nobody

568
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,920
Speaker 2: sits out, but now he's not going to be a

569
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,400
Speaker 2: full time player. And I would have to go look

570
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,639
Speaker 2: at their snapcounts, but I know Trent Williams has not

571
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 2: played a snap yet. I don't think Kittle has. Party's

572
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 2: played very very little. And we saw what the Bengals

573
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 2: looked like in Week one with all those dudes resting

574
00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,160
Speaker 2: to say, there was rust and there was an appendectomy

575
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:02,000
Speaker 2: to Burrow, but the rest of the line and chasing.

576
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: It's not like Party's coming back just off of something minor.

577
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:10,679
Speaker 2: He elbow surgery, right, because is he going to be

578
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,280
Speaker 2: comfortable throwing the ball thirty forty times.

579
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:15,880
Speaker 1: With t J. Watt and Alex Hismith barn down?

580
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,600
Speaker 2: Yeah? I mean, if you remember the Bengals game, what

581
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,320
Speaker 2: they sacked Burrow six times? And was it eight? I

582
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 2: knew it was eight number.

583
00:27:22,560 --> 00:27:24,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, they turned him over five times.

584
00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:26,680
Speaker 2: And they beat the third out of them. Yeah, I mean,

585
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 2: I know the ball comes out quick in San Francisco,

586
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 2: but I would be concerned with early rust if I'm

587
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:34,679
Speaker 2: the Niners, no matter who you're playing.

588
00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:40,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, and again if if your defense people talk about, well,

589
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:42,160
Speaker 1: you know they won't. You know. Brouck Purty was six

590
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 1: and oh as the starter last year with the league's

591
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:47,679
Speaker 1: number one defense and stars all over the field.

592
00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely like it. He was best skill guys in the league.

593
00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, it wasn't like he was asked to do a ton.

594
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: Now he did fine.

595
00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 2: He was wait past he played well.

596
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 1: But when you have the league's best defense back, they

597
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: were the number one defense in scoring and yards allowed.

598
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 2: Oh and just about every member too. Yeah except for

599
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 2: Sack if they brushed the passer.

600
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:11,400
Speaker 1: Well, but if you don't have that dude coming off

601
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:14,000
Speaker 1: the edge, you're a much different team to play.

602
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:18,119
Speaker 2: Very much so, so we have plenty of time to

603
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 2: talk Niners. But the last twenty four hours I've been

604
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:24,399
Speaker 2: digging in heavy this game, and we've referenced football siders

605
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:26,159
Speaker 2: for years. Well, they don't exist anymore. If you had

606
00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 2: football siders, I went to there to go get some information.

607
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 2: It doesn't exist anymore. But Aaron Shotts has taken his

608
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 2: DVOA elsewhere.

609
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 1: And taking his DVOA and went home.

610
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 2: They take football and get out of here. They played

611
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,520
Speaker 2: the easies schedule in the league last year with them

612
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,560
Speaker 2: and the Eagles. Now, I'm not taking away anything that

613
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 2: the Niners did last year, but they had particularly party,

614
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 2: had as easy a path as any quarterback can have.

615
00:28:51,040 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 2: I mean, it just was. Now he may prove to

616
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 2: be great. They think he is. They know Shanahan knows

617
00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,800
Speaker 2: way more about quarterbacks than me, But I don't think

618
00:28:59,800 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 2: he's out of the woods as a player.

619
00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: No, I don't think anything. They've also lost their last

620
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,640
Speaker 1: two trips to the Eastern Eastern time zone.

621
00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:09,280
Speaker 2: Did that yeah, I mean I know the Philadelphia situation,

622
00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:10,520
Speaker 2: but they didn't have a quarterback.

623
00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,160
Speaker 1: But they had a quarterback.

624
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 2: He played, Yeah, didn't finish.

625
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were still getting beaten when he was in

626
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: the game. I mean, and now.

627
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:20,240
Speaker 2: Lance isn't a Niner. Yeah, you know, so are. They're

628
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 2: in a precarious situation.

629
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 1: I just think it's fascinating. I also, yeah, they don't

630
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: have a kicker. I also know that. Again, I've been

631
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: a reporter for thirty plus years. When your star player

632
00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 1: like that is sitting out and he's not around teammates

633
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: are getting asked about it constantly. Like that's why to me,

634
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,640
Speaker 1: I think the hold ends take some of that pressure off.

635
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:46,080
Speaker 2: As long as it's comfortable when you're not being a

636
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:47,160
Speaker 2: jag off, like right.

637
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 1: Like the guys everybody sees them. Okay, you see him

638
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:52,320
Speaker 1: off to the side, he's working with the trainer, he's doing

639
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:54,920
Speaker 1: he's doing individual drills. He's just not doing anything on

640
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 1: the field.

641
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 2: As long as he's not sitting at lunch with his

642
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 2: buddies going I hate the Steelers aren't get out here.

643
00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: You In situations like this with holdouts, which I've also

644
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: covered these in the past, the teammates were asked about

645
00:30:05,920 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 1: it constantly. Hey, you have you talked to Nick? Have

646
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: you talked to you know? What's where's Nick at right now?

647
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: I mean that was the big deal with leve On

648
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,959
Speaker 1: Bell when he was holding out. Like the other players

649
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,320
Speaker 1: on the on the froster, we're tired of talking about

650
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,040
Speaker 1: it all the time, like being asked about it all

651
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: We're doing our job as reporters asking about that stuff

652
00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 1: because people want to know what's the situation is. I mean,

653
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:29,680
Speaker 1: so they got to bear, They got to bear the

654
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Speaker 1: brunt of it, and he's not there.

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Speaker 2: And you know better than I would, But my hunch

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Speaker 2: is Eric Armstead, Fred Warner, et cetera. Yeah, they're talking

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Speaker 2: to Nick. He's their friend. Nick wants to know how

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Speaker 2: the defense looks, how things are going, but they don't

659
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Speaker 2: know a thing about his contract or when he's showing up.

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Speaker 2: You think Fred Warner has any input on the whether

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Speaker 2: Nick Bosa side.

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Speaker 1: And that was again going back to the Levy On

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Speaker 1: Bell situation. That was when the teammates finally got ticked

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Speaker 1: at Levy On when he had been telling them that

665
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Speaker 1: he was going to come back at a certain date.

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Speaker 1: It was like this date, Labor Day, weekend, and then

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Speaker 1: didn't and then there was you know again, then it

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Speaker 1: carried over into the regular season and people thought, well,

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Speaker 1: he's going to be in this time or that time

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Speaker 1: or that time, and those deadlines kept passing, and he

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Speaker 1: kept telling me about it, and then you're a little

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Speaker 1: more your tone changes with the reporters, I'm sure too. Yeah, yes,

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Speaker 1: I've been asked about it for two months and my my,

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Speaker 1: you know, conversation back to the microphone in my face

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Speaker 1: is well, you know, we're blah blah blah, and deep

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Speaker 1: down you're like level be.

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Speaker 2: Here Labor day.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we supported me. We want him to get paid

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Speaker 1: as much as we know how important.

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Speaker 2: He is doing the same thing. Maybe I understand, But

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Speaker 2: then he's not.

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Speaker 1: Here Labor Day and then you feel like he lied

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Speaker 1: to you.

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Speaker 2: And then the reporter asked the same question and your

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Speaker 2: tone's a little different. I mean that's the way the

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Speaker 2: world is.

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Speaker 1: So I'm just I'm fascinated by this. I'll be very

688
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Speaker 1: you know, interested to see does he sign this weekend?

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Speaker 1: Does he sign sometime next week? If you remember TJ

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Speaker 1: wants situation and he held in, he held in, didn't

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Speaker 1: sign his contract to think until the day before maybe

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Speaker 1: to that Friday.

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Speaker 2: Wasn't that late? I know he played.

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Speaker 1: It was late in the week when he signed that

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Speaker 1: new deal with the Steelers and then played in the

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Speaker 1: game and played.

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Speaker 2: Well, you know is not gonna stink.

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Speaker 1: No, No, he's still but you're getting Nick Bosa seventy

699
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Speaker 1: five percent of what he typically.

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Speaker 2: He's not quite in football shape. I mean he's working

701
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Speaker 2: out like crazy. He's a tremendous work ethic, tremendous player.

702
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Speaker 2: But i'd rather play him in Week one than we.

703
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Speaker 1: Yeah, when he's a little winded, and you know, does

704
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Speaker 1: it just it's all very things are setting up well

705
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Speaker 1: it is for the Steelers in this game.

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Speaker 2: So one thing I like to do with our show

707
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Speaker 2: in my own mind is what if this was forty

708
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Speaker 2: nine Ers Nation Radio. I think what I would be saying,

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Speaker 2: if I could be as impartial as possible, is we'll

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Speaker 2: still win the division. We're still a really good team.

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Speaker 2: This is still a super Bowl contender. But the season

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Speaker 2: might start slow. Yeah, yeah, I mean I don't think

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Speaker 2: they'll be at their best in Week one. Quarterback outside,

714
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Speaker 2: you know, edge guy Trent Williams, kicker, kicker, I mean

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Speaker 2: just they haven't played a lot of snaps and McCaffrey

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Speaker 2: hasn't seen the field yet.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure he's going to be great, you know, but

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Speaker 2: they just aren't probably their tip top shape.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's it's all going to be very interesting.

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Speaker 1: And I think the Steelers are coming out of the

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Speaker 1: preseason for whatever whatever the preseason means, They're hot, They're

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Speaker 1: they're flying high.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, I mean, how could you not be confident

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Speaker 2: and thrilled you're at right now?

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Speaker 1: The key is and I heard several guys talk about

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Speaker 1: this this week, and I think Allan Robinson said it

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Speaker 1: after the game. We don't want to peak too early.

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Speaker 2: I was. I didn't say this on the air, but like,

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Speaker 2: I want to play the first game as soon as possible. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't want the seventeen days off. I'm sure.

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Speaker 1: I asked Alex Highsmith about that after the game, and

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Speaker 1: I'm like, is this like you guys, would you rather

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Speaker 1: be playing next week? He's like, Ah, we get some

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Speaker 1: guys who are a little nicked up right now, let's

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Speaker 1: get healthy. Seventeen dayloff. We can we can deal with

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Speaker 1: that and we'll be you know, we'll be healthy. We

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Speaker 1: know we're good, We'll be fine.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I'm sure Alan Robinson and Cam Hayward and

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Speaker 2: the older dudes are like, seventeen games to days is great.

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Speaker 2: You'd be quiet there. But I bet collectively they're chomping

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Speaker 2: for week one. Oh yeah, I'm like, oh, let's the

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Speaker 2: lay week one as long as possible.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, he is. Matt Williamson, I am dale. LOLLI you're

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Speaker 1: listening to the drive. You're on Steelers Nation Radio. Weren't

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Speaker 1: take a break. We'll be back to finish up the

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Speaker 1: show right after this, He's.

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Speaker 3: The Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your

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Speaker 3: twenty four to seven home of the Black and Gold

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Speaker 3: Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back on Dale Lolli. He is Matt Williamson and

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Speaker 1: this is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and Matt.

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Speaker 1: The big news from the last couple of days is

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Speaker 1: the Steelers trade Kevin Dotson to the Rams. Today they

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Speaker 1: trade Kendrick Green to the Houston Texans. And people might

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Speaker 1: look at that and say, why would those teams want

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Speaker 1: those two players.

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Speaker 2: I think that's a good perspective. I can tell you

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Speaker 2: exactly why they want that.

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Speaker 1: So here here's the Rams offensive line. I believe this

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Speaker 1: is updated now. Since everything this is right off of their.

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Speaker 2: Website, I'll know their starters they're dealing.

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Speaker 1: With, right, So it left tackle. They've got Joe Noteboom,

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Speaker 1: Alaric Jackson, and Rob Having Stevenstein, Yeah, along with Waram McLendon.

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Speaker 1: Their interior guys Steve Avilla Okay.

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Speaker 2: His early pick, but he's right, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Tremaine Ankorum, Zach Thomas, and then the centers of Brian

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Speaker 1: Allen and Coleman Shelton.

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Speaker 2: Dotson might start.

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Speaker 1: He might start.

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Speaker 2: I mean they really have four starters. Al in the center, Avelia,

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Speaker 2: who's a really good prospect, that was their first pick,

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Speaker 2: us an early second. Usually those guys are plug and play,

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Speaker 2: but who knows. No, Boom and Havenstein are okay, but

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Speaker 2: they were hurt all last year too. And the depth

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Speaker 2: guys you mentioned there, I know nothing about. Yeah, I mean, so.

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Speaker 1: Dots Tremaine Anchorm, I know anything about.

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Speaker 2: The first time I ever heard his name, and he's

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Speaker 2: the starter right now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, so Dotson very well may start.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he's a starting guard for them. So

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Speaker 2: the price they paid for that is pretty minimal. It

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean he's a superstar, but he's in the mix

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Speaker 2: now to start. That's where that team is. Yeah, Houston's

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Speaker 2: lines much better, and I give them credit that they

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Speaker 2: have put a lot of resources in that line. You know,

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Speaker 2: they extended both tackles. They had a first round pick

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Speaker 2: guard last year early draft picks. Center traded for Shaq Mason.

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Speaker 2: But center is still a problem for them. If you

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Speaker 2: look at their line, think green to the center.

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Speaker 1: Laramie Tunsell and Titus Howard are the tackles they're paying

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Speaker 1: both of those.

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Speaker 2: Guess because they gave him both good money.

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Speaker 1: Inside, it's Kenyan Green who struggled last.

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Speaker 2: Year Brookie year, but his first round pick, he's going

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Speaker 2: to start.

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Speaker 1: They bring in Shack Mason, good Va, Juice Scruggs is

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Speaker 1: currently the starter at center, and then the only guy

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Speaker 1: behind those guys on the interior is Jared Patterson and

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Speaker 1: now Kendrick Green.

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Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, I didn't know what the interior depth was like,

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Speaker 2: but obviously it's worrisome. Yeah, I mean Green's gonna make

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Speaker 2: that team. Dawson's gonna make that team, maybe start. I

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Speaker 2: don't think Green's a starter for them, but.

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Speaker 1: They have no backup plan that he's any of those

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Speaker 1: three spots.

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Speaker 2: I assume he's the swing guy on the inside.

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Speaker 1: I would think so.

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Speaker 2: I think of him as a guardian center. I don't

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Speaker 2: know what their thoughts are, but either way, for a

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Speaker 2: future pick, that's worth it for them. Yeah, you got

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Speaker 2: a third overall pick at quarterback you don't want. That's

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Speaker 2: why they've dedicated so much this line, you know. I

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Speaker 2: mean they're going to run the ball and try to

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Speaker 2: keep Stroud sort of upright in his rookie year. You

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Speaker 2: don't want to ruin him if it costs you a

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Speaker 2: future six, who cares.

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Speaker 1: I might add that the Steelers, well they play both

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Speaker 1: of these teams this year.

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Speaker 2: Good. I think that Texan line is good, but I

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Speaker 2: don't think the Texans are good, right, you know, the

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Speaker 2: other things around them aren't great, but the depth is horrendous.

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Speaker 2: That's Week four, right.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so, yeah, week four. I mean we'll see.

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Speaker 1: So you look at that, and they have a rookie quarterback,

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Speaker 1: and they were a rookie quarterback that they The Rams,

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Speaker 1: on the other hand, have a veteran quarterback, but a

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Speaker 1: really bad.

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Speaker 2: Line, a really bad line, and their veteran quarterback has

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Speaker 2: gotten I mean, he didn't finish last year, he has

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Speaker 2: an extensive injury history and age situation. So put yourself

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Speaker 2: in these guys shoes. I mean, it's good for Omar

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Speaker 2: in the front office for getting what they did out

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Speaker 2: of them. But I can pretty much promise those weren't

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Speaker 2: the only two teams that were kicking the tires on these.

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Speaker 1: Guys without a doubt. I mean, there's a lot of

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Speaker 1: offensive lines out there that were really, really trouble. I mean,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots traded for two offensive tackles in the last

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Speaker 1: three days.

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Speaker 2: So earlier in the show, you talked about the Steelers

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Speaker 2: OH line from two years ago, how only Shukes and

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Speaker 2: Dan Moore are back. Well this time two years ago,

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Speaker 2: the Steelers would have traded a future six for Kevin Dotson.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean.

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Speaker 1: Man and the same version, someone who's coming off of

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Speaker 1: back to back seasons.

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Speaker 2: With starting experience. R It's still young, it isn't expensive.

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Speaker 2: Like it's nice to be on the other.

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Speaker 1: Side of that, without a doubt, without a dot I

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Speaker 1: think that just shows you where this team is at

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Speaker 1: right now as compared to two years ago.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if we were doing Texans Nation Radio, you and

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Speaker 2: I would be like, we really like Kendrick Green coming

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Speaker 2: out Illinois. Boy, he's had a tough go of it,

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Speaker 2: but maybe you know, hardly gave anything up for him.

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Speaker 2: Maybe he'll come in here and be an upgrade and

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Speaker 2: help and same thing with the Rams.

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Speaker 1: Yeah again, if if Kenyan Green struggles again.

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Speaker 2: This year, for that he's a starting guard for him. Perhaps,

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Speaker 2: I mean he said it earlier. I think they had

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Speaker 2: the worst center play in the league last year at Houston. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: do you want the worst center play in the league?

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Speaker 1: For And honestly, I mean if you if you look

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Speaker 1: at their offensive line, a mid round center and Scruggs.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that that solves.

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Speaker 2: The problem, right, who knows.

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Speaker 1: I like the prospect, but I like Ken you I

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Speaker 1: like and Green is a prospect.

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Speaker 2: Frankly, I thought Scruggs was even overdraft. I think he

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Speaker 2: was a third rounder. Yeah, and who knows. They may

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Speaker 2: adore him. He might be a really good player. And

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying Green's the answer, but they need to

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Speaker 2: take cracks at the apple.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so the other teams are doing with uh went

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Speaker 2: in doubt add more offensive lineman and free agency or

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Speaker 2: you know, like le Raven Clark will probably end up

878
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Speaker 2: somewhere somewhere. I mean, yeah, you know, uh.

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Speaker 1: Just looking here at that forty nine Ers starting offensive.

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Speaker 2: Line, there's a lot of no names.

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Speaker 1: Trent Williams at left tackle, you know who he is.

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Speaker 1: He's also thirty five years old?

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Speaker 2: Is he thirty five? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Left guard is Aaron Banks, his second round pick in

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one, which.

886
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Speaker 2: Was a really weird fit because he's like three thirty five.

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Speaker 1: And usually they they want to move guys. Yeah, yeah, I.

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Speaker 2: Never understood that pick, and he's not really fit in.

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Speaker 1: Well, the center is Jake Brendle.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the center to right tackle position is worrisome.

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Speaker 1: Right guard is Spencer Buford at Burford and then Colton

892
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Speaker 1: mckivitz at right tackle. He was a fifth round pick

893
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty twenty.

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Speaker 2: Again, if this was forty nine or Nation Radio, we

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Speaker 2: would like those three more than you. And I don't

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Speaker 2: know if we would, you know, like you watch them

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Speaker 2: every day like they're okay.

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Speaker 1: You know, I don't know if I would, But I mean,

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Speaker 1: like the backup center's Keith is mil I like Keith

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Speaker 1: is mill Is, a late round guy a couple of

901
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Speaker 1: years ago.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but and there's a little hubris there that Shanahan

903
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,760
Speaker 2: thinks his scheme can overcome that stuff. You know, Miami's

904
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Speaker 2: sort of doing the same thing. And I was very critical,

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Speaker 2: not even knowing. When the Steelers played the Niners on

906
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 2: draft Day, they had three third round picks, a fair

907
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Speaker 2: amount of like force and fifths, no line drafts, and

908
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Speaker 2: they take a kicker in the first pick. I know,

909
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Speaker 2: they never first round or second rounder, but they didn't.

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Speaker 2: They weren't void of picks. Take a guard, yeah, anything,

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Speaker 2: I might say you're gonna starting left tackle in the

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Speaker 2: third round, but take a guard center always those guys, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I just understand that at all.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we're you know, Spencer Gleic, Spencer Anderson sitting out

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Speaker 1: there in the seventh round.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Again, he's been for them absolutely or.

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Speaker 2: For any of those three lines we talked about. The

919
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Speaker 2: Rams would love that Spencer Anderson right now.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: With Dylan Cook.

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Speaker 1: Where Dylan Cook who was out there as a street

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Speaker 1: free agent after the season.

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Speaker 2: Stalers keep Dylan Cook because one of these teams would

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Speaker 2: have taken him to.

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Speaker 1: A heartbeat without a doubt pre season of them.

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Speaker 2: Yep.

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Speaker 1: Uh, So that's going to do it for the show today.

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Speaker 1: We appreciate everybody. It was an interesting show today. We

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Speaker 1: kind of DJed a little bit, We kind of talked

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Speaker 1: to a lot. We broke some news. I hope if

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Speaker 1: people could hear.

933
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Speaker 2: It all kinds of good stuff. I hope you guys

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Speaker 2: listen to podcast. To the podcast version is you have

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Speaker 2: no idea what we're talking about.

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Speaker 1: Anyways. Uh, that's going to do it for today's show.

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Speaker 1: So for my partner Matt Williamson, for Brian Lamartine here

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Speaker 1: on site, well, keeping us on the air. Is not

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Speaker 1: that everybody could hear everything, not that it was Brian's

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Speaker 1: fault either. I'm Dane Lollie. We thank you for listening

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Speaker 1: to this edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.

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