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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven Home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold SNR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: We had some technical difficulties yesterday and the first day

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Speaker 2: back at the studio and well things didn't sound like

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Speaker 2: the way that they should sound.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully this sounds a little better.

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Speaker 2: I am Dale LOLLI he is Matt Williamson, and yes,

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Speaker 2: that was us yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we spent all kinds of pearls of wisdom too,

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Speaker 4: but hopefully to get through it right. A lot of

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Speaker 4: tweets this morning, Yeah, what was that all about?

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Speaker 2: Social media was on fire with that.

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Speaker 3: I am not Buffalo Bill. I am not putting on

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Speaker 3: the lotion.

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Speaker 4: A couple of them. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, so Matt. Today, Mike Tomlin held his press conference

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Speaker 2: and they've run up to the Steelers preseason finale against

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Speaker 2: the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night and said that, well,

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Speaker 2: the plan is he's treating this like a normal third

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Speaker 2: preseason game. Basically, that's how he's approaching this, and that

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Speaker 2: means that while he's going to play the starters with

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Speaker 2: the exception Basically, what he said was anybody who's been

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Speaker 2: an all pro you're not playing. Okay, yes, fair enough,

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Speaker 2: So that eliminates basically four guys.

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Speaker 4: Three on defense. Four Okay, I thought maybe Nausea would

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Speaker 4: have been in that conversation.

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Speaker 3: He's a pro bowling. Well, we'll see about Naji.

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Speaker 2: I mean he may not play a lot. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's Pat Peterson. What make a Fitzpatrick?

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Speaker 4: Makes sense? But they deserve the day off.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I think we're just fine with where they're at. And

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Speaker 4: that means that you are going to get to the

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Speaker 4: finish line starting nine, I guess is more like it

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Speaker 4: and wonderful. They don't think they're gonna mind the break

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Speaker 4: or gather a lot of rust.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Now the offense, I think you'll see pretty much that

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Speaker 2: as in a hole. You know, we'll see if they

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Speaker 2: play Isaac sam all Away. I would expect even if

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Speaker 2: the offense does play, I wouldn't expect it to.

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Speaker 4: Play a lot, kind of like the last game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you know that the first team offense

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Speaker 2: has been on the field for like fifteen seventeen snaps

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Speaker 2: whatever it is.

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Speaker 4: It events are good.

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Speaker 3: Well, and that's part of it.

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Speaker 2: And Tomlin was asked, you know, do you want to

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Speaker 2: see reps or do you want to see good reps?

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Speaker 2: He said, Well, you can learn from you learn from reps,

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Speaker 2: but you learn more from good reps, he said. You know,

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Speaker 2: so I want to see the offense go out there

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Speaker 2: and perform and perform well, and then how many reps

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Speaker 2: they get is really up to them.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, you'd rather make mistakes now than a

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Speaker 4: month from now. Obviously, get that stuff out of your system.

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Speaker 4: But that's more of the third team guys and the

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Speaker 4: people still learning what to do and assignments and passing

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Speaker 4: guys off and protection and coverage and things like that.

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Speaker 4: So I assume you'd love, love, love to go like

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Speaker 4: another five play touchdowns right right, right right, go out there, efficient,

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Speaker 4: get the job done. Everyone's helmets. Yeah, that's just a

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Speaker 4: second ago. Do you think they would break up the

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Speaker 4: starting five and sit him but not the other four?

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Speaker 3: Probably not.

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Speaker 2: That's why, you know, I think you want that group

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Speaker 2: to continue with the continuity exactly.

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Speaker 4: And you know it practiced hud Get a day when

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Speaker 4: they didn't. But that's a little different.

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Speaker 2: One of the things that we talked about in the offseason,

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Speaker 2: Matt and we haven't talked about it.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if he's.

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Speaker 2: Touched on it since in training camp is everybody's talking

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Speaker 2: about Dan Moore junior left tackle. Boy, he looks so

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Speaker 2: much better, he looks different, and obviously he's been a

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Speaker 2: big part of that.

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Speaker 4: He's improved.

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Speaker 2: But one of the things we wanted to see was

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Speaker 2: if putting a veteran left guard next to him would

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Speaker 2: help improve his play as well. And so I don't

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Speaker 2: know what if that's been the case as well? Here

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Speaker 2: is it a chicken or the egg kind of thing,

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Speaker 2: but it sure seems like that left side is much

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Speaker 2: it's much better now.

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Speaker 4: Stabler, Yeah, Firmer. I have a couple thoughts on that,

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Speaker 4: is anyone's been the camp let alone as much as

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Speaker 4: or whatever. He's the veteran statesman coming from the best

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Speaker 4: league in a line in the league, super smart in football,

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Speaker 4: intelligence off the charts, like would have been the leader

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Speaker 4: you know, that type of thing. So I think that

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Speaker 4: has a lot to do with probably all the lignement,

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Speaker 4: maybe more and more than any didn't mean to do that.

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Speaker 4: And I'm not picking on Dotson, but I think he

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Speaker 4: wasn't the most assignment sound. I think there was times

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Speaker 4: more or even Cole would look worse because Kevin wasn't

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Speaker 4: doing his job or.

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Speaker 2: You know, they told us that in the offseason when

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Speaker 2: they went out and found her a veteran replacement for Dotson.

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Speaker 4: That's what I was about to say, too, Like I

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Speaker 4: was a little shocked when they signed her, big, I

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Speaker 4: was really shocked when they signed solam All. I'm like, wait,

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Speaker 4: you got a lot here. But I think it was

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Speaker 4: sort of a reflection on errors last year at the

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Speaker 4: left go position.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean he you know, he led the

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Speaker 2: team in penaltiest that ping gots and you know, you

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Speaker 2: don't know how many penalties are going to happen on

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Speaker 2: the offensive, right, you know, you could call holding penalty

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Speaker 2: on every play.

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Speaker 4: You know, stuff not always their fault either, Right.

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Speaker 2: That's kind of you know, you're if the quarterback doesn't

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Speaker 2: get rid of the ball when he's supposed to, that

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Speaker 2: that happens.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I haven't seen that called in this preseason, by.

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Speaker 4: The way, I don't think i've seen it any game called.

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Speaker 3: And I've watched some preseason games this year.

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Speaker 4: I hope they ease up on that.

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Speaker 2: I would really like to see that because I don't

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Speaker 2: see where being another.

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Speaker 4: Extratout that the whole.

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Speaker 2: An extra step down the field. I haven't seen where

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Speaker 2: that really distinctent. It doesn't make that big of it. Now,

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Speaker 2: if you're ten yards down the field, I get it,

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Speaker 2: you got to throw a penalty. But if you're an

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Speaker 2: extra step down the field when the ball is thrown,

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Speaker 2: it makes no difference.

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Speaker 4: See my initial thoughts when you said, well, my initial

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Speaker 4: I have not seen that at all. And then I

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Speaker 4: was like, I'm really happy I haven't seen that. I'm

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Speaker 4: sure the fans.

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Speaker 3: Are really not slash year.

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Speaker 4: That really is a buzzkill for a fan, even if

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Speaker 4: you're watching not a Steeler game, you're watching Texans rams, Like,

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Speaker 4: I don't want to see that, you know, bring back

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Speaker 4: a good play.

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Speaker 2: I always hated to see that those kind of calls

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Speaker 2: made when they when they're playing the games overseas. And

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying that that the fans overseas don't understand

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Speaker 4: But probably some of them.

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Speaker 2: You know, if you're watching this is if this is

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Speaker 2: the first NFL game you've seen live in your life. Right,

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Speaker 2: And that's a that's a penalty that's called once every

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Speaker 3: Previously you might not have ever seen.

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Speaker 2: Oh you know, all you see is a big play

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Speaker 3: What's that mean?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? Right, right, right? Like if I went to my

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Speaker 4: and it wasn't they just kept stopping the game for

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Speaker 2: I've been taking points off the board and things of that.

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Speaker 2: They're big, big games or big hit off the No.

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Speaker 3: I want to see. I want to see the game.

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Speaker 4: Played, and I've been trying to look, or at least

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Speaker 4: it's been in my cranium that scoring is down, scoring

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Speaker 4: is down the last couple of years. I bet deep

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Speaker 4: ease up on this one penalty, maybe others who knows.

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Speaker 4: I think it's for the best.

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Speaker 3: No, I agree completely, I can think.

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Speaker 2: I mean, the Steelers had it called on them, I

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Speaker 2: think maybe four or five times last year. I don't

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Speaker 2: I don't have the exact numbers, and I think at

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Speaker 2: least three of those eras big plays.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and it wasn't because the one step downfield. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: the guard or tackle or whatever, that's crazy. It is anyway,

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Speaker 4: that's the way this that's the way this show does.

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Speaker 2: We just kind of again free form jazz radio. But yeah,

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Speaker 2: I think you know, when you get into this game,

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Speaker 2: A you want to get through it healthy, especially with

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Speaker 4: Uh B.

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Speaker 2: You want to see some of these younger guys go

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Speaker 2: out there and perform. You want to see the first unit,

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Speaker 2: you want to see this the team as a whole perform. Well,

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Speaker 2: but I thought Mike Tomlin brought up a good point

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Speaker 2: games are graded differently on special team.

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Speaker 4: For this because I'm about to bring up special teams.

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Speaker 2: Because you can't replicate covering a punt in practice. No,

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Speaker 2: you can't replicate covering a kick in practice. You're not

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Speaker 2: gonna have guys you know, running down there like Kamakazi's

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Speaker 2: and you know, taking somebody out right, you know, But

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Speaker 2: in the game you have to do that.

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Speaker 4: You have to. So we mentioned this a few times

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Speaker 4: watching practices live. But if you've never been to an

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Speaker 4: NFL practice and you watch special teams drills, they resemble

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Speaker 4: what happens on Sunday a lot less than passing everything else.

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Speaker 4: Than everything else, I mean, there's some weird stuff there.

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Speaker 4: It's a lot of bag work. If you tackle it all,

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Speaker 4: you're as you mentioned, you're not going to run fifty

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Speaker 4: yards down field and hit Calvin Austin in the face, right,

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Speaker 4: you know what I mean? Like that, it doesn't cut it.

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Speaker 4: So you want as much special team action as you

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Speaker 4: possibly can get. That's why you'll see people not kicking

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Speaker 4: the ball at the end zone, and those those reps

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Speaker 4: are maybe more valuable than any I.

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Speaker 2: Haven't seen a team used as new fair catch rules.

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Speaker 4: We have an either, which I'm happy about.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's going to happen in the regular season, I

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Speaker 2: have no doubt about.

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Speaker 4: That makes all sense.

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Speaker 2: But everybody wants to rep their special teams. And I've

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Speaker 2: seen games in the past in the preseason where every team,

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Speaker 2: like some teams, just kicked the ball out of the

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Speaker 2: end zone every time, and it just drove me nuts.

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Speaker 3: Like what are you doing?

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Speaker 2: How are you how are you looking at your special

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Speaker 2: teams guys at all? Oh, you stayed in your lane. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 2: we kicked the ball out of the end zone, and

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Speaker 2: you know we're kicking the ball out of the end zone.

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Speaker 4: It could have been me and you and eight of

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Speaker 2: I would assume Ritter's going to play and play a lot.

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Speaker 4: I've been saying it everywhere, and he is really bad

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Speaker 2: I'm hopeful that Atlanta plays some of their frontline guys

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Speaker 3: You lost. It's a preseason game. Who cares?

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Speaker 3: Sam Howe had to play, you got to play that guy.

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Speaker 3: A little bit right now. They did lose Terry McLaurin

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Speaker 4: That's just sound like it's all that bad, No, but it's.

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Speaker 4: Guys you could afford to lose.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, you can't control who the opponent plays.

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Speaker 4: Right right. I mean, I think this has proven to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, hasn't played a football game in like two years.

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Speaker 3: They haven't played yet, so why would you know? Why

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Speaker 4: But if I were Atlanta, I'd play basically everybody.

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Speaker 4: In the that decision. Yeah, I like the direction of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's gonna, you know, he's gonna, you know, leave

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Speaker 2: He didn't play last week because basically he was doing

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Speaker 2: I don't want to go out there and watch Elijah

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you got to get out there in the field.

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Speaker 4: Did Norwood play in the Buck game? Yes? Okay, so

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you know it's it's out of sight, out

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Speaker 2: but that doesn't mean that. You know, what you did

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Speaker 4: The guys you mentioned that have missed a little time

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, so.

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Speaker 2: If you remember, in previous years, they did all the

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Speaker 4: No, I assume it's for TV purposes.

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Speaker 4: That's as long as you Yeah, unless you played Thursday

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Speaker 2: I think everybody at least has everybody has at least

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Speaker 2: two weeks off from give or take at least ten days.

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Speaker 4: And that's still a long break.

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Speaker 2: That's that's an awfully long break. But for the Steelers

446
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Speaker 2: it's it's basically seventeen days. So in that regard, it

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Speaker 2: does make sense for Tomlin to play his starters at

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Speaker 2: least some Yeah, the guys that you don't know as

449
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Speaker 2: much about because you cam, Hayward's not getting anything out

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Speaker 2: of that.

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Speaker 4: TJ.

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Speaker 3: Wat's not getting anything out of that. Alex he might.

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Speaker 3: And the offensive line.

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Speaker 4: Is right Pickens ticket, you know, I mean, no doubt

455
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Speaker 4: nause he's a little different to me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're running back. There's certain positions that the.

457
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Speaker 4: Position plays right, and him and Warren they've treated exactly

458
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Speaker 4: the same and one comes out the other comes out.

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Speaker 4: So I mean and they I guess they are trying

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Speaker 4: to still get a look at the backs not named McFarland.

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Speaker 4: But I don't know that any of them are really

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Speaker 4: in the mix. But maybe there's a practice squad spot

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Speaker 4: for one of them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would think you're definitely is. Yeah, definitely is,

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Speaker 2: depending on how many of the keeps. So yeah, a

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Speaker 2: lot to look forward to in Thursday's game. But we're

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Speaker 2: gonna get to a break. He is Matt Williamson. I

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Speaker 2: am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. Well, actually no,

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Speaker 2: we're not on ESPN nine seven.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, change a little bit.

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Speaker 2: I just my mind got locked into that for so long.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, just on the Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: take a break. We'll be back with more right after this.

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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold SNR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back.

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Speaker 2: I am Dale LOLLI he is Matt Williamson, and this

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Speaker 2: is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and Matt Mary

481
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Speaker 2: Jones Drew knows a little something about playing running back

482
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Speaker 2: in the NFL, did it for a nice long time

483
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Speaker 2: in the NFL, and he out his rankings of the

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Speaker 2: thirty two starting running backs in the NFL.

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Speaker 4: Interesting, it's on NFL dot com.

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Speaker 2: So I thought we'd run over that list here and

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Speaker 2: see where Nausee Harris ranks on this list.

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Speaker 4: And what's interesting too, is you know, Jonathan Taylor all

489
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Speaker 4: of a sudden's on the trade block, and you know

490
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Speaker 4: there's there's been a lot of running back rumblings lately.

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Speaker 4: Josh Jacobs isn't in camp yet still, and I mean

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Speaker 4: some of these things are still to shake out.

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Speaker 2: So at number thirty two, so real quick, did you

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Speaker 2: look at the list yet?

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Speaker 3: Like I scanned it?

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Speaker 4: Like is Dalvin Cook and Breese Hall on there?

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Speaker 3: Or I didn't steal it in Jones, I didn't scan

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Speaker 3: it that far.

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Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, okay, Well, I guess we'll figure it out

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Speaker 4: as we go.

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Speaker 2: He just ranks him from one to thirty two. How

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Speaker 2: he has the running backs in the league ranked, which

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Speaker 2: basically works out the one for every team. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: he has James Connor ranked thirty second.

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Speaker 4: Hm, I would bet i'd be higher on him than that.

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Speaker 4: I mean, he's pretty pedestrian, but he doesn't get a

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Speaker 4: whole heck of a lot of help, and the injury stuff.

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Speaker 4: I don't say it's behind him, but it's been a

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Speaker 4: little overblown lately.

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Speaker 3: I only played thirteen games last year, now, I.

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Speaker 4: Mean, but he's a quality back. I mean, I don't.

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Speaker 4: I guess we'll see who's about him.

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Speaker 3: Okay. At thirty one, he has James Cook.

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Speaker 4: He hasn't done a lot yet.

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Speaker 3: He was five point seven yards of carry last year in.

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Speaker 2: Sixteen games, and he's a really good receiver twenty one receptions.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's not like he didn't do anything last year.

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Speaker 4: Came on late. Yeah, Okay.

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Speaker 3: At thirty he has Miles Sanders.

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Speaker 4: Wow. I would have thought he would be sixteen or

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Speaker 4: seventeen or something like that.

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Speaker 2: He said, Sanders should probably be hiring a higher on

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Speaker 2: this list. But to be honest, I'm not entirely sure

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Speaker 2: what this offense looks like with Frank Wright calling plays

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Speaker 2: for Bryce Shong. So he's factoring in some of the expectations.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but obviously he's gonna have a much tougher go

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Speaker 4: of it than he did in Philly. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 4: that was as good.

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Speaker 3: A situation as you can be in At twenty nine,

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Speaker 3: he as Khalil Herbert.

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Speaker 4: Okay, it sounds like he's picking one from every team. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I like Herbert a lot.

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Speaker 2: At twenty eight he has cam Akers of the Rams.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I mean I think he's clear the one. I

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Speaker 4: could see him having a decent year this year. Didn't

536
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Speaker 4: really catch football, No, not as much as you think.

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Speaker 4: At twenty seven he has Isaiah Pacheco. Oh, I think

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Speaker 4: I'd be lower on Pa Checko.

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Speaker 3: He did have eight and thirty rushing yards last year.

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Speaker 4: I just think his life's a little easier than most.

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Speaker 3: A little bit.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean really good line homes. Obviously kind of

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Speaker 4: a straight line guy.

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Speaker 2: At twenty six he has Brian Robinson, who actually didn't

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Speaker 2: look bad last night.

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Speaker 4: No, he didn't, and he caught the ball some last night.

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Speaker 4: This is more of a fantasy nugget. But what's interesting

548
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Speaker 4: in the two Washington games, him and Gibson have split

549
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Speaker 4: entirely fifty fifty, been.

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Speaker 2: Kind of interchangeable, and they haven't subbed him out, like

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Speaker 2: he had four catches last.

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Speaker 4: Night, right like I thought he would be the early

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Speaker 4: down guy. Gibson will be the receiver. It's more like

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Speaker 4: it's as your series, and it's your series, and they've

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Speaker 4: almost played equal amount of snaps. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: At twenty five, raheem Mostert.

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Speaker 4: He'd be lower for me too.

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Speaker 3: He's in his ninth year already.

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Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: He just doesn't hold up.

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Speaker 4: He's fast, yeah, and he fits a system, but I'm

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Speaker 4: not a big Moster believer.

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Speaker 3: At twenty four he has RASHAWB.

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Speaker 4: White.

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Speaker 3: I don't know if I can go there a little

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Speaker 3: early for that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in his career. Yeah, like frankly, I might have

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Speaker 4: James Connor over White. Show.

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Speaker 2: White had fifty catches last year, which sounds great for

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Speaker 2: two hundred and ninety yards.

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Speaker 4: They're all dump offs. Yeah, Brady want to get the

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Speaker 4: ball his hands and you know, not take hits and.

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Speaker 2: Right at twenty three, Aaron Jones, Oh, that's harsh.

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Speaker 3: That is really harsh.

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Speaker 4: I mean he's getting up. He's older than you think. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: like he didn't come out early like everyone else in

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Speaker 4: that class. He's still a really good receiver and super productive.

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Speaker 4: I think that's pretty rough.

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Speaker 3: At twenty two is where he puts Jamiir Gibbs.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I guess he's putting rookies. I'd be hard on rookies. Well,

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna say that, and then I'm ms say be

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Speaker 4: Jehn should be the tough on. I mean, Gibbs. There

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Speaker 4: aren't many backs sub two hundred, and he came in

584
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Speaker 4: at one ninety nine and his combine trying to get

585
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Speaker 4: as big as he possible with his pocket exactly that

586
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Speaker 4: have really been successful lately, like Eckler's is over two hundred. Yeah. Now,

587
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Speaker 4: a lot of people compare him to Deckler. I don't

588
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Speaker 4: think he's nearly as every downish as Eckler.

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Speaker 3: At twenty one, he has Bejon Robinson.

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Speaker 4: I think that's insane.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's kind of like putting a rookie quarterback high

592
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Speaker 2: on a list like this. He's he hasn't really done

593
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Speaker 2: anything yet. Yeah, I mean he said Bijean could have

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Speaker 2: a top ten finish on this list to the other

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Speaker 2: top three finish.

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Speaker 3: At twenty Alexander Madison.

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Speaker 4: He had a Madison versus Jean Robinson. I've done something.

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Speaker 4: I'm with you, right, you know, I you know I

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Speaker 4: could see him having If we're if we're predicting future production,

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Speaker 4: Madison should be high. Yeah, if we're judging how good

601
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Speaker 4: a football player you are, he's twentieth or twenty thirty, twentieth, Yeah,

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Speaker 4: I mean, but Jon's not.

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Speaker 3: Yeah at nineteen, Joe Mixon, I.

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Speaker 4: Actually believe that. So we haven't talked a lot about this,

605
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Speaker 4: but I think them losing p Ryans bigger deal than

606
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Speaker 4: people realize. Yeah, p Ryan's one of the top three

607
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Speaker 4: or four protecting backs in the league, and he's just

608
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Speaker 4: one of those dudes that coaches adore because he does

609
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Speaker 4: it all. And I thought Mixon was really declining last year.

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Speaker 3: And here us three point nine yards of carrying.

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Speaker 4: You know, the podcast I was listening to this is

612
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Speaker 4: actually sort of Steeler esque. But they their success rate

613
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Speaker 4: for the Bengals was really high running the ball, but

614
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Speaker 4: it's all singles. They had the least explosive runs in

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Speaker 4: the league, including the Steelers, including you know, and it's

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Speaker 4: all and they had a much better passing.

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Speaker 2: And I was going to say, because they're seeing Nickel

618
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Speaker 2: and dime all the time, too high all the time.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Steelers get one high all the time with eight

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Speaker 4: in the box, and they're doing kind of the same thing.

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Speaker 3: At eighteen as de Andre Swift really hard to count on.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, his good days are pretty darn impressive, but really

623
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Speaker 4: hard to count on.

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Speaker 2: At seventeen Walker, I think i'd have him higher, but

625
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Speaker 2: he's not much of a receiver. Yeah, he did twenty

626
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Speaker 2: seven catches last year, did he really Yeah, for one

627
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Speaker 2: hundred and sixty five yards.

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Speaker 4: Just say they're dump off stuff. But that's more than

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Speaker 4: I would have guessed. Yeah, and because he was hurt

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Speaker 4: for a lot too.

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Speaker 3: At sixteen is Travis atn I.

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Speaker 4: Think he's super overrated, but I don't have a real

633
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:23,680
Speaker 4: problem where he's at. I'm sure we've had this conversation,

634
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Speaker 4: but he's like the least efficient short yard is back

635
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Speaker 4: in the world, and he's not a good receiver. No

636
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Speaker 4: One just thinks he's fast, that he's a great receiver.

637
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Speaker 4: He is not. It doesn't leave much.

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Speaker 3: At fifteen is Ramandre Stevenson.

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Speaker 4: I would put Remandre over Nausey. I think they were

640
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Speaker 4: the same draft class. I'm really really impressed with that guy.

641
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Speaker 4: That's on a knock on Nausey.

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Speaker 2: One of the things that I've heard about why they

643
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Speaker 2: they had to go out or why they went and

644
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Speaker 2: signed Ezekiel Elliott. Now, Ramandre Stevenson only lost one fumble

645
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Speaker 2: last year, but he had three fumbles which will get

646
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,080
Speaker 2: you in Belichick's dog goush really quick.

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Speaker 4: Tough, tough marriage there. Yeah, because he's really their best

648
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:05,920
Speaker 4: offensive player and their future play.

649
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Speaker 2: But if if he starts getting loose with the football, Yeah,

650
00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:09,480
Speaker 2: that's a good point.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

652
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:11,920
Speaker 4: Good receiver though for a big back.

653
00:27:12,080 --> 00:27:12,280
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: At fourteen, he has Brissee.

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Speaker 4: Hall when right, I think he's one of the better

657
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:20,920
Speaker 4: backs in the league. He's a great receiver, he's super explosive.

658
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 4: We'll just see if it's translated to now. So I

659
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Speaker 4: assume Dalvin Cook won't be on there.

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Speaker 3: They have the Jets, he says.

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Speaker 2: The Jets backfield we talked about this yesterday is oh

662
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:32,040
Speaker 2: so crowded, with Dalvin Cook joining bres Haall, Michael Carter,

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Speaker 2: and Zonovia Night.

664
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 3: Well, they also drafted Israel. Yeah right, right a Canada.

665
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 3: They're not going to keep all those guys.

666
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:42,200
Speaker 4: That's five guys, right, yeah, four maybe right, You're not

667
00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 4: gonna keep five running backs and you're not gonna trade Hall.

668
00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 4: You're not gonna trade Cook. I mean maybe a dump

669
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 4: Michael Carter to somebody for a six round pick or something. Yeah, Okay.

670
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 3: At thirteen, he has Javonte Williams.

671
00:27:54,680 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 4: Super hard guy to rank, but on his best day

672
00:27:57,880 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 4: pre injury, he's like five six to me, He's really

673
00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 4: hard to tackle.

674
00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 3: At twelve Damian Pierce, I respect that.

675
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 4: I'm a big believer in Pierce. He's also really hard

676
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 4: to tackle. Those two are really similar. Yeah, Like those

677
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 4: tackle breaking numbers PFF has are like the best two

678
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,800
Speaker 4: in college history. You know, yeah, right, hard guys get

679
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:18,200
Speaker 4: on the ground.

680
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 3: Eleven is JK. Dobbins.

681
00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:24,440
Speaker 4: I tend to agree. I mean, there's probably some names

682
00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:26,439
Speaker 4: I would put ahead of him, maybe a Kenneth Walker

683
00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 4: that we've talked about, but Dobbins is pretty good.

684
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:30,280
Speaker 3: Yeah.

685
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 4: I mean if especially if you give him a break

686
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,840
Speaker 4: and say much of last year he wasn't himself.

687
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:37,479
Speaker 3: You know, just doesn't catch the football.

688
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:39,880
Speaker 4: No, No, I think he's capable. Like we loved him

689
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,920
Speaker 4: coming out of state. We thought he might be a Steeler.

690
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 4: But they don't throw the ball.

691
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 2: They don't throw the football. At ten is Na g Harris.

692
00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 4: I think that's fair. I think that's fair. I think

693
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 4: he's a little bit untapped as a receiver. I know

694
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:55,040
Speaker 4: he caught a million balls with Ben, but I'm talking

695
00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 4: about as a route runner, as a leve Bell receiver,

696
00:28:57,720 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 4: and I don't know that he'll ever get that opportunity

697
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,440
Speaker 4: because Warren's so good at it and you don't want

698
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 4: him on the field all the time. But as you

699
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 4: always say, trustworthy, tough, bell cow and he fits the

700
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 4: team well, yeah, you know what I mean. Not every

701
00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,080
Speaker 4: team would appreciate Naedgey like Tomlin and the Steelers too.

702
00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 3: At number nine is Tony Pollard.

703
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 4: I think I'd be lower on him. I mean, I

704
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 4: think he could have a monster year, like I want

705
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 4: him in fantasy.

706
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, but he scored twelve touchdowns.

707
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:29,120
Speaker 4: I had a good year, but I don't know that.

708
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,959
Speaker 2: And that's with Zeke. He scored twelve touchdowns. Zeke had

709
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 2: twelve touchdowns.

710
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 4: Do you think he gets to twelve this year?

711
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:35,680
Speaker 3: Yeah?

712
00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,920
Speaker 4: I do too. Yeah, I think he's gonna be very productive.

713
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 4: I just my only knock on him was I don't

714
00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 4: know that he's an every down guy, you know, for

715
00:29:45,560 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 4: seventeen games plus.

716
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, they'll have to find somebody else to kind of

717
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 2: do some some of the other stuff. But if he

718
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:54,480
Speaker 2: just replicates what he did last year.

719
00:29:54,680 --> 00:29:56,560
Speaker 4: That'll be huge. Yeah, because that offense is gonna be

720
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 4: better this year too.

721
00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,080
Speaker 2: I think so too, except Mike McCarthy's not calling in

722
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 2: the offense. That's really down fault at eight is Jonathan Taylor,

723
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,120
Speaker 2: and we'll see where he winds up at I don't

724
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:07,680
Speaker 2: know if there's gonna be a trade market for him,

725
00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 2: because if.

726
00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:10,680
Speaker 4: You don't think there's a first round trade market for.

727
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 2: Now, if you're gonna trade for Jonathan Taylor, you're going

728
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:14,840
Speaker 2: to have to pay him.

729
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, then you're gonna pay.

730
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 2: Him because they're they're what they what the Colts did here,

731
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,080
Speaker 2: which I think was kind of smart, just say, okay,

732
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 2: you want to you want to explore trades, go ahead,

733
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 2: You've you've talked to teams, and that gives you the

734
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,760
Speaker 2: opportunity then to negotiate. Yeah, what the market really is. Okay,

735
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,440
Speaker 2: we're gonna give you a new deal. We're gonna give

736
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 2: you eight million dollars this year or you know, for

737
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 2: the next two years.

738
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 3: Well, he may not like that.

739
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 4: You might not like that. So I think he's gonna

740
00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,480
Speaker 4: ask for like Saquon money.

741
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:46,240
Speaker 3: Which is like twelve, This is eleven or twelve.

742
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, so I think the franchise tags like ten or

743
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:49,880
Speaker 4: eleven and it's like a million more than that.

744
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, he might get it.

745
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:54,720
Speaker 4: But I can't give you a first round pick, and.

746
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 3: That, right, that's the problem that becomes a problem.

747
00:30:58,120 --> 00:30:59,680
Speaker 4: Some teams just don't want to invest in running back,

748
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 4: So that is a problem there. Probably any team above

749
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 4: here isn't going to try it. I mean, it's not

750
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:06,360
Speaker 4: an upgrade more or less, so they're not going to

751
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 4: be interested. But if I'm Miami and I'm in it

752
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 4: to win it, or Buffalo or Kansas City.

753
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 3: Then the question becomes can you afford to get.

754
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,640
Speaker 4: People and things like that too? And while eleven million

755
00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 4: is top of the market for a running back in

756
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 4: the world of just football players, that's not a huge

757
00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:24,400
Speaker 4: contract you get under your gut.

758
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,719
Speaker 3: Problem is he's gonna wint it fully guaranteed.

759
00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 4: I don't know anybody's do that for a running back.

760
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:32,200
Speaker 2: If if it's a one year deal, you're gonna want

761
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:32,600
Speaker 2: it full you know.

762
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 4: Oh, I was thinking, you get he's gonna one extension,

763
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:35,800
Speaker 4: like a three year deal.

764
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,000
Speaker 2: He may want that as well, And in which case,

765
00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:40,440
Speaker 2: any you know, signing bonus that you give him is

766
00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 2: going to be fully guaranteed. I mean that's gonna be

767
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 2: the sticking point with running backs period.

768
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know him and McCaffrey are very different in

769
00:31:47,680 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 4: time terms of style. I mean McCaffrey's a weapon, he's not.

770
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 4: But McCaffrey was traded I think it was Week six

771
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 4: from Carolina to the Niners and didn't quite get first

772
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:00,800
Speaker 4: round compensation. There was a lot of things, you know,

773
00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:03,000
Speaker 4: it's more than just a second, but it wasn't a

774
00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 4: first straight up for McCaffrey. And I think McCaffrey, who's older,

775
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,720
Speaker 4: McCaffrey week six last year, is probably worth more than

776
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:15,240
Speaker 4: Jonathan Taylor right now. And here's the reason why, too,

777
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 4: is he does more and he's and he's gonna be

778
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 4: higher on this list. But also, no team right now

779
00:32:21,640 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 4: is really short at running back. Yet. Yeah, it's not

780
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 4: a great time to go shopping, you know. So I

781
00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 4: don't know. I could see him and end up in

782
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 4: my amb or Kansas City.

783
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 3: Though number seventy is Alvin Kamara.

784
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:37,280
Speaker 4: Ooh, there's five names i'd put ahead of Kamara, whose

785
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 4: career I respect to no end. I didn't think his

786
00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,480
Speaker 4: was as bad as Mixing's declined, but I thought he

787
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 4: was starting to show a little wit.

788
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 2: He still he had nine hundred rushing yards on two

789
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty three carries. He also had fifty seven

790
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:52,720
Speaker 2: catches for five hundred and ninety yards.

791
00:32:54,240 --> 00:32:56,400
Speaker 4: I mean he had three years in a row where

792
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 4: he cut eighty three balls. Yeah, I mean that's who

793
00:32:58,360 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 4: he mean to be part of.

794
00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 2: That might be because of their quarterback situation last year.

795
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 4: I'm sure Carl will throw to him a lot. Yeah.

796
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 4: I mean he'll probably have equal those numbers on a

797
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 4: per game basis. I know he's not gonna be their

798
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:09,040
Speaker 4: first three.

799
00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:11,719
Speaker 3: At six, he has Saquon Barkley.

800
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, he still isn't great in protection and still

801
00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,080
Speaker 4: tries to hit the home run a little more than

802
00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:24,720
Speaker 4: he should. And five is Josh Jacobs, perennially underrated until

803
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 4: this past year and underused in the receiving game.

804
00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,360
Speaker 2: I don't know that he's gonna have the kind of

805
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:32,240
Speaker 2: season that he had last year. I mean, he nearly

806
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 2: four hundred touches last year.

807
00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 4: In the year, some camp would be good for him too.

808
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 4: He would not be fourth on my list. I think

809
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 4: Saquana be ahead of him, and I don't think he'll

810
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 4: be the fourth most productive back this year.

811
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: Four is Austin Ekeler in one hundred and seven catches

812
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 2: last year for seven hundred yards.

813
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,320
Speaker 4: I think he scored thirty six touchdowns in two years.

814
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, he had eighteen last year. He's at eighteen in

815
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:56,880
Speaker 2: each of the last two seasons.

816
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 4: I mean, I don't know Maurice Jones drew from a

817
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 4: whole wall, but I'm sure running backs respect Derrick Henry

818
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 4: to the nth degree because not many human beings can

819
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,160
Speaker 4: do that. But Eckler's a better FOOTBA player than Henry.

820
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 4: Right now, here's a name I'm sure is coming up

821
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 4: at three.

822
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 3: He has, Nick Chubb.

823
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 4: I would also put a Chubb over Henry. I think

824
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,200
Speaker 4: Chubb's the best ball carrier in the league.

825
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:24,440
Speaker 2: Then that leaves at two Derrick Henry and McCaffrey, and

826
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: then McCaffrey.

827
00:34:26,239 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 4: Is McCaffrey r one.

828
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 2: In terms of all around play? Yeah, yeah, I will

829
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:35,080
Speaker 2: say this about Derrick Henry three and forty nine rushing

830
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:39,439
Speaker 2: attempts last year in sixteen games, fifteen hundred yards again

831
00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,560
Speaker 2: every year, thirty three catches last year for three hundred

832
00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:42,960
Speaker 2: and ninety eight.

833
00:34:43,040 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 4: That's a great point. They actually did start throwing in

834
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 4: the ball and which is easier on him. I mean,

835
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,440
Speaker 4: he's not running Lin Swan routes, you know, But it's

836
00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:53,560
Speaker 4: still it's two yards past the line of scrimmage. It's

837
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:54,720
Speaker 4: a bunch of three hundred pounds.

838
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 3: He gets them outside the box.

839
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, right, and I think he kind of catches like

840
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 4: it's a beach ball.

841
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 3: I mean he averaged over ten yards of catch.

842
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:05,920
Speaker 4: He had a couple of long ones. I mean a

843
00:35:05,960 --> 00:35:08,560
Speaker 4: couple of real long ones last year. I think they

844
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 4: worried about him as a receiver because he is a

845
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 4: locomotive that takes.

846
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:16,160
Speaker 3: The build up. Yeah, but once he builds up speed,

847
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:16,800
Speaker 3: my goodness.

848
00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 4: But if he's catching the ball flat footed, he you know,

849
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:21,880
Speaker 4: but still it extends your career.

850
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:24,759
Speaker 2: But he's going to draw a swarm every time he

851
00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 2: leaves a backfield. I mean, it's just what's going to happen?

852
00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 4: Would it shock you? I'm not sure if my answers

853
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,879
Speaker 4: yes or no. If he gets to fifteen hundred rushing

854
00:35:33,920 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 4: yards again league's worst offensive line, does it matter?

855
00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 3: I think he does it every year.

856
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: Well, he you know, he's got to break away ability.

857
00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 3: So if he breaks a tackle, then you got corners.

858
00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,399
Speaker 2: Then you got corners trying to put him down that yeah,

859
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 2: big man against little man. Big man usually wins.

860
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, tax every Thursday Night against the Texans, he runs

861
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:56,399
Speaker 4: for three hundred or something, but it's year eight for him.

862
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,480
Speaker 4: He's pretty freaky though. He is pretty freaky, like Adrian

863
00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:01,320
Speaker 4: Peterson freaky.

864
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 2: I think he is another year or two of really

865
00:36:03,600 --> 00:36:05,960
Speaker 2: good production and then maybe he turns into a kind

866
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 2: of a complimentary back.

867
00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,840
Speaker 4: Yeah. But Zeke, Yeah, like his career is going to

868
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:11,400
Speaker 4: some degree.

869
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 2: But I mean, yeah, thirteen touchdowns last year, fifteen hundred

870
00:36:15,719 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 2: rushing yards in sixteen games.

871
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:18,880
Speaker 4: I mean he's pretty freaky.

872
00:36:19,080 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 3: Yeah.

873
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 4: I mean, I know he doesn't compare to the all

874
00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:23,759
Speaker 4: time greats statistically, but I think he's a Hall of

875
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 4: Famer compared to his contemporaries with.

876
00:36:27,160 --> 00:36:29,120
Speaker 3: What he's done, you know, in this in this decade,

877
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 3: the last four or five years.

878
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, if there aren't many since.

879
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:35,680
Speaker 2: If Terrell Davis can get in and based on like

880
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 2: three years of production, right, Soaken Derrick Henry.

881
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:40,759
Speaker 4: Because people aren't gonna run for fifteen thousand yards anymore. Yeah,

882
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,479
Speaker 4: em it's you know, life is safe, his records safe.

883
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, And McCaffrey is number one there.

884
00:36:46,840 --> 00:36:49,680
Speaker 2: He averaged almost ten yards a catch, and this is

885
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 2: what the Steelers are gonna have to deal with here

886
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 2: in Week one, brutal four point seven yards per carry,

887
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,440
Speaker 2: thirteen total touchdowns. Now they have faced him in the

888
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,000
Speaker 2: past and done a good job on him.

889
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, but just a different animal.

890
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,920
Speaker 4: He's a different animal, and they deploy.

891
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 3: More weapons around him.

892
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,719
Speaker 4: Yeah. I mean, if you really focus on him, then

893
00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:11,080
Speaker 4: you're not focused on Kittle or I mean, I think

894
00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:13,279
Speaker 4: they have the best weaponry in the league, and they

895
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 4: will put him on the field with Mitchell or just

896
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 4: an old school back here and there and Wes Welker

897
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 4: into the slot and he runs. He's probably the best

898
00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:23,000
Speaker 4: route runner of any any of these guys.

899
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 3: His dad was a wide receiver.

900
00:37:25,040 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, and he's more explosive than dad. And he's a

901
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,839
Speaker 4: special player. Yeah. I think he's a Hall of Famer too.

902
00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,040
Speaker 4: I'm not the second, but on that path, he's on

903
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:32,439
Speaker 4: that path.

904
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 2: I mean he's missed some time and that hurts. But

905
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,320
Speaker 2: Najee Harris not as low on this list as I

906
00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 2: think a lot of Steeler fans. I think, properly something

907
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 2: you're banging the drum for Jalen Warren to be the

908
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,360
Speaker 2: starting running back. This is more East Jones Drew, ranking

909
00:37:46,440 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 2: him and putting him tenth on this list in the league.

910
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, and what he does doesn't come easy. I don't

911
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:56,320
Speaker 4: think he'll ever be a huge breakaway threat, you know,

912
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 4: like Henry that we talked about. But I do think

913
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,879
Speaker 4: there's some Henry. I am a tough guy. Josh Jacobs there, yeah, yeah, yeah,

914
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,399
Speaker 4: you know yeah Obama guys.

915
00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,399
Speaker 2: So you know, I'm not ready to say, oh yeah,

916
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,680
Speaker 2: they need to hit the plunger on naug Harris here.

917
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 3: I think that's I think that's silly talk.

918
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 4: No, I think that's crazy.

919
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:12,919
Speaker 3: Yeah.

920
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 4: I expect not a good year.

921
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, me too, I do as well.

922
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 2: Anyways, we're gonna get to a break That was Maurice

923
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Speaker 2: Jones drew list of the top thirty two running backs

924
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: in the league from NFL dot Com. He is Matt Williamson.

925
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Speaker 2: I am Dale Lolli. You're listening to the Drive here

926
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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back with more right

927
00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:30,960
Speaker 2: after this.

928
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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolli and Matt Williamson

929
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,040
Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

930
00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:43,920
Speaker 1: and Gold SNR Steelers Nation Radio.

931
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,160
Speaker 3: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lollie. He is Matt Williamson, and

932
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 3: this is the Drive on Steelers Nation radio. You found

933
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 3: us here.

934
00:38:55,560 --> 00:39:00,160
Speaker 2: We're back again, as I mentioned yesterday, back today. No

935
00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:02,879
Speaker 2: no drive, Tomorrow, no drive Thursday. We'll do a drive

936
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 2: on Friday coming out of the game, and then next

937
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:08,200
Speaker 2: week will be all five days and that will be

938
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:11,719
Speaker 2: the pretty much the regular season schedule the rest of

939
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 2: the year, games permitting. Like if the Steelers playing on

940
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,920
Speaker 2: Monday night, there's no drive on that Monday.

941
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:22,280
Speaker 4: So side note, next week's weird. Like all the podcasts

942
00:39:22,280 --> 00:39:24,919
Speaker 4: and stuff I do, it's a really weird content week,

943
00:39:25,120 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 4: you know, because everybody kind of relaxes. There's not a

944
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:28,200
Speaker 4: lot of Moat movie.

945
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 3: I know people who aren't going to relax. That's the

946
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:30,760
Speaker 3: guy who are on the bubble.

947
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 4: It's going to be our anxious weekend and all that

948
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,280
Speaker 4: kind of stuff. But if you guys have any ideas

949
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 4: for later in the week, shoot us our way. You

950
00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:38,880
Speaker 4: know we'll be interested.

951
00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:42,120
Speaker 2: Can you Pikett talk today after Steelers practice that was

952
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,919
Speaker 2: that didn't end until four o'clock, so I obviously didn't

953
00:39:44,920 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 2: hang around for that. He said he still doesn't know

954
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,520
Speaker 2: how much he's going to play. He's going to play

955
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 2: at least a little bit, he said.

956
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 4: You know, the impression nobody knows exactly how much they're going.

957
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:58,640
Speaker 2: Tomlin really doesn't decide that until tomorrow or after practice today.

958
00:39:58,440 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 3: I should say, or second drive.

959
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, right, but Pickett said, the only way

960
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 2: you get better is if you keep playing. You only

961
00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 2: get in football shape by playing football. I know we're

962
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 2: all excited to get back out there on Thursday night.

963
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,040
Speaker 2: It's a short week, so I wouldn't say there's a lot.

964
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 3: Of game planning.

965
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:15,279
Speaker 2: We're just continuing what we did in the preseason. We

966
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 2: just want to work on some small things we can

967
00:40:17,320 --> 00:40:19,399
Speaker 2: work on and put on tape. Really, it's the same

968
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,759
Speaker 2: model that we had this whole preseason. That's kind of

969
00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 2: to me the most impressive thing about what the Steelers

970
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:26,839
Speaker 2: have done.

971
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 3: They haven't done it.

972
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:32,080
Speaker 2: And I understand opponents haven't game plan for them either, right, right,

973
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: right right, But they're just running their stuff.

974
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 4: They did a little against the Bills, you know, they

975
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 4: ran off cards that one day, you know, And these

976
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 4: are the looks you're going to see. They're a heavy

977
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 4: nickel team, probably a lot of cover two.

978
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:42,440
Speaker 2: Like.

979
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,960
Speaker 4: I don't think they game plan game No, they ain't yet. Right.

980
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,160
Speaker 4: This left guard doesn't like when you cross his face,

981
00:40:47,719 --> 00:40:49,080
Speaker 4: none of that stuff, you do, any of that kind

982
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 4: of stuff or these are their strong tendencies or that

983
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,200
Speaker 4: kind of thing. No, So I'm glad he said it

984
00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 4: that way because I wanted to mention this even yesterday,

985
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,440
Speaker 4: which nobody probably would have heard properly. But anyway, I

986
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 4: think if things don't go well in Atlanta, and I'm

987
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 4: not making an excuse for them, because this is true

988
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,560
Speaker 4: for all thirty two. As you mentioned, you're running plays

989
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 4: and that's different than calling plays. Describe well.

990
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 2: And I think Matt Cannon has kind of said that

991
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 2: as well, and he said, look, we're trying to do

992
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,320
Speaker 2: some stuff here when we want to get everybody involved

993
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 2: in the preseason.

994
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,960
Speaker 3: So for example, you never played a time last Yeah.

995
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 2: You saw Deontay Johnson get three catches in the opener

996
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 2: and then he didn't have a catch in the second game.

997
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,840
Speaker 2: You know, they went to George Pickens early in both games.

998
00:41:29,960 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you know, everyone to Friarmuth had.

999
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 2: A catch in the first game, Alan Robinson did not. Well,

1000
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:38,320
Speaker 2: they went to Alan Robinson a couple of times in

1001
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 2: his second game.

1002
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 3: You know, things of that they.

1003
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:43,040
Speaker 4: Always been really neglected. Yeah, makes some sense. Get Kenny

1004
00:41:43,080 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 4: completions that a lot of different people, which also, I

1005
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 4: honestly don't know how much the Niners study Steeler preseason

1006
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 4: tape and vice versa.

1007
00:41:52,200 --> 00:41:54,919
Speaker 3: I think you have to, that's what you have. I mean, yeah,

1008
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 3: because personnel changes.

1009
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:58,800
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, if you're looking back at Steelers

1010
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 2: tape from last year, well there's no Isaac sam Malo

1011
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 2: out there right. If you're looking at the Steelers defensively,

1012
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,720
Speaker 2: that second, the second level, and third level are almost

1013
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:08,560
Speaker 2: completely different.

1014
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 4: That's kind of where it's going with it though, is

1015
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 4: they're at least putting on tape. We got a lot

1016
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:15,680
Speaker 4: of guys. Yeah, they can, they can touch the football

1017
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 4: where last year they had five or six and now

1018
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 4: they have ten or twelve.

1019
00:42:19,200 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 2: Now you know even you know after you take the

1020
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:24,240
Speaker 2: starters out, well, now you're going to throw to Darnell

1021
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 2: Washington down in.

1022
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,040
Speaker 3: The red zone a lot different than that you had.

1023
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 2: Where are you deploying Connor Hayward at things of that

1024
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 2: nature that you know he just didn't do last year?

1025
00:42:31,800 --> 00:42:34,880
Speaker 4: Or The Niners are also a team that doesn't like

1026
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 4: to play heavy personnel. Defensively, they have these great running

1027
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:40,320
Speaker 4: hit linebackers. Often, like we talk about with the Bills.

1028
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:45,120
Speaker 4: But I'm sure Shanahan's going, Man, Canada is going to

1029
00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:49,560
Speaker 4: trot Gentry and Washington out there. Are we going to do?

1030
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 4: We want to go to a true three four or

1031
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 4: four to four against that much beat.

1032
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:57,000
Speaker 3: You got seven guys who are two hundred and eighty pounds.

1033
00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 4: Or heavier, Yeah, that are going to play a lot.

1034
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 3: That's signific rare, Yeah, rare, right, I.

1035
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 4: Mean, like Fred Warner's tremendous, But is he tremendous if

1036
00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:06,000
Speaker 4: he's taken on Gentry blocks all day? You know what

1037
00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,680
Speaker 4: I mean? Like, so that kind of stuff I think

1038
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:10,960
Speaker 4: they would definitely be very aware of.

1039
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think you watched the preseason to see

1040
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:16,399
Speaker 2: if there's any new wrinkles that are shown, But you're

1041
00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:18,960
Speaker 2: not really showing any You look at more personnel, I think,

1042
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 2: in how they're used.

1043
00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:23,359
Speaker 4: So the more I think about it, just in terms

1044
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 4: of opposing offenses, if I was the Niners defensive staff,

1045
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,799
Speaker 4: I'd be much more interested in watching preseason than if

1046
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 4: I'm the Steelers staff. I mean, you're you're gonna do

1047
00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:34,800
Speaker 4: it all anyway.

1048
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 3: The offensive weapons haven't changed, they haven't changed.

1049
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:40,359
Speaker 4: Shanahan hasn't changed. I mean you know what he wants

1050
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 4: to do, and you're gonna watch as much party film

1051
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,279
Speaker 4: as possible, not this Lance stuff and Darnfold and those

1052
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 4: guys too, you know. So, I mean, I know he's

1053
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,239
Speaker 4: very innovative and he has changed over the years, and

1054
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 4: they run less his z own than they used to.

1055
00:43:53,120 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 4: But Shanahan offense is kind of Shannan offense too.

1056
00:43:56,560 --> 00:43:56,719
Speaker 2: You know.

1057
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:57,319
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1058
00:43:57,520 --> 00:44:00,680
Speaker 2: So you know, to me, that's been something that the

1059
00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 2: Steelers are going out there and winning with their offensive

1060
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 2: weapons without really Now I'm not going to say they're

1061
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:08,320
Speaker 2: not trying to win, obviously, they're trying to.

1062
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 3: They're just running their base stuff.

1063
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,640
Speaker 4: Run their based stuff, right, and that's a new challenge. Okay,

1064
00:44:13,719 --> 00:44:16,920
Speaker 4: can you out fox the opponents that are trying to

1065
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:20,680
Speaker 4: fox you? You know what I mean. So, but this

1066
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 4: is the foundation, you know, Yeah, if we can get

1067
00:44:23,280 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 4: really i mean it almost sounds like Lombardi, but like,

1068
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:28,920
Speaker 4: if we can get really good at this short amount

1069
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:30,400
Speaker 4: of plays, you know, it's.

1070
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,120
Speaker 2: It's what Mike, It's what Matt Cannona told me early

1071
00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:35,560
Speaker 2: in training camp. Now we can run the plays off

1072
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:36,160
Speaker 2: of the place.

1073
00:44:36,160 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 4: The wrinkles, off the wrinkles and Shanahan's like the best

1074
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,439
Speaker 4: in the business at that. They have very everything looks

1075
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:43,719
Speaker 4: It's almost like a great route runner like Jerry Rice.

1076
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:46,160
Speaker 4: Every one of his routes the first three or four

1077
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,680
Speaker 4: steps look identical. But then what do I do?

1078
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:49,000
Speaker 2: You know?

1079
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:51,719
Speaker 4: And the Shanahan offense is really good at that. I

1080
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 4: think the Steeler offense is evolving to that, and that's huge.

1081
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 4: And people use this analogy too, like would you rather

1082
00:44:59,760 --> 00:45:02,360
Speaker 4: go to the restaurant that has six things on the

1083
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:06,560
Speaker 4: menu or sixty six because they're really good because you know, yeah,

1084
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:07,279
Speaker 4: there's six things.

1085
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 2: You know, it's the cheesecake factory, right, you know they

1086
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:11,799
Speaker 2: get Yeah, there's sixty things on there.

1087
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 4: I got to figure out what I want to eat

1088
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:15,719
Speaker 4: and they're all B minuses. Yeah, like as opposed to

1089
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 4: the Lombardi sweep or you know something like that.

1090
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I think that's significant. And you know, to

1091
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,560
Speaker 2: your point about watching, you know, if I'm the if

1092
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:29,120
Speaker 2: I'm the forty nine Ers and I watch all of

1093
00:45:29,280 --> 00:45:31,440
Speaker 2: last year's tape from the Steelers, well you're going to

1094
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:32,959
Speaker 2: this saying, well, they're not going to use the middle

1095
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 2: of the field much.

1096
00:45:34,200 --> 00:45:35,879
Speaker 4: I wouldn't take much from last year's tape.

1097
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:38,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and all of a sudden, you know, both touchdown

1098
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:40,800
Speaker 2: passes that Kenny Pickett's frown been middle of the field throws.

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Speaker 2: We didn't see a lot of that last year. So

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Speaker 2: I won a burst of plays or things you didn't

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Speaker 2: see a lot of last year.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it's been twenty years since I was in

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Speaker 4: an NFL building as an employee. I wonder I would

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Speaker 4: do this do coaching staffs have somebody listening to me,

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Speaker 4: not necessarily listening to me and you, but like getting

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Speaker 4: the buzz monitoring. Yeah, like oh, then and everyone's saying

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Speaker 4: in practice they're thrown into the field a heck of

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Speaker 4: a lot more or this has come out, you know,

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Speaker 4: social media stuff that's come out, even from Beat reporters

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Speaker 4: or what Kenny Pickett says or things like that. I mean,

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Speaker 4: could be dangerous. You could fall in the trap.

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Speaker 3: Oh, there's no doubt. Today.

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Speaker 2: For example, the forty nine Ers signed Anthony Miller, who

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Speaker 2: was with the Steelers all of last season and into

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Speaker 2: into OTAs this year. Right right after the draft. They

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Speaker 2: released him.

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Speaker 4: He's not gonna make their team, probably no chance.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's got a weak to basically to make

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Speaker 2: an impact with that team. He brought him into three.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't think he would know anything. Yeah, but he

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Speaker 2: brought him into pick his brain, which.

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Speaker 4: Is fine, and everybody does those type of things, and

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Speaker 4: I get that. But my hunch, and again I don't

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Speaker 4: know this. I'm not in their offensive meetings, but I

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Speaker 4: bet when Miller was here with a rookie quarterback and

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Speaker 4: he was hurt that year too, but at least he

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Speaker 4: was in the meeting rooms, you know, and whatnot, they

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Speaker 4: had fewer check say, a fewer answers to defensive problems.

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Speaker 3: We're now they do. I'm sure you know, without a

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Speaker 3: doubt we've seen it in training camp, right, I.

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Speaker 4: Mean, this happens across the league with young quarterbacks. But

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Speaker 4: you got to run the play even into the right

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Speaker 4: call on defense, where Brady never does, you.

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Speaker 3: Know, Yeah right, yeah, So it's gonna be interesting.

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Speaker 2: I'm really you know that the seventeen days off between

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Speaker 2: this final preseason game and when the Steelers open against

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Speaker 2: the forty nine ers, I'm going to be interested to

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Speaker 2: watch the practices because you're not going to show a

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Speaker 2: lot of the wrinkles and things of that nature that

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Speaker 2: you may use against You're going to practice what coaches

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Speaker 2: do is you don't specifically start practicing for your season

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Speaker 2: opening opponent. At least you don't tell the players that

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Speaker 2: you're practicing for the season opening opponent. You'll do some

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Speaker 2: things that, Okay, we want to work on this today

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Speaker 2: because well we're gonna we may use this against San Francisco,

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Speaker 2: but we're not going to tell the players that.

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Speaker 4: We got a double team this defensive end.

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Speaker 2: Nick Bosa, Nick Bosa, Yeah, you know, hey, you got

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Speaker 2: to watch You got to watch the tight end and

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Speaker 2: the run after the catch in this situation.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, things of that makes you more tackling drill than

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Speaker 4: you would. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So, but they'll really get forty nine er specific after

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Speaker 2: this week.

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Speaker 4: And they're a weird team because I actually wrote a

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Speaker 4: preview for Steelers Digest, and I kind of started it

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Speaker 4: by saying, this team might have the best running back,

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Speaker 4: the best offensive lineman, the best edge rusher, the best

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Speaker 4: linebacker in the whole league, and Kittle's not far off,

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Speaker 4: And they might have the best or one of the

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Speaker 4: top five receiving pairs. You know, like their stars are stars,

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Speaker 4: you know, like they that in itself is a unique challenge.

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Speaker 4: We had to get Bosa blocked. You know, how are

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Speaker 4: we going to beat Maby Williams? You know, right right right,

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Speaker 4: he's not even there, right, yeah, right about that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's gonna be interesting. We're gonna take another break.

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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening

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