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Speaker 1: And we are back. I'm Dale Lolly, he is the

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson and now we're talking.

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Speaker 3: According to Justin, I guess that succession reference got people

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Speaker 1: He came up brand all kinds of good stuff. I

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Speaker 1: brought up Resident Alien again. Yeah, hope they got you

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Speaker 1: last season. Oh I like the first one anyway. So

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Speaker 1: it's time for the fantasy football focus here on the

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Speaker 1: Drive and it's Tuesday, so it's waiver wire day. Pretty

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Speaker 3: But Russell Wilson, Yeah, I mean there's some there's some guys.

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Speaker 3: You know, you could do far worse a quarterback than

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Speaker 3: Russell Wilson. This week, Why he throws touchdown passes.

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Speaker 1: That's important. That up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's something we predicted for the last couple of months.

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Speaker 3: And he plays the Ravens this week, plays the Ravens

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Speaker 1: Let me see here, I've got the schedule here in

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Speaker 1: So it's the Cardinals, Panthers, Giants, Buccaneers. Not a terrible right, right,

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Speaker 1: these weeks here where there's some weeks like weeks twelve

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Speaker 3: And like you said, fourteen's fantasy playoff time. Yeah, not

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Speaker 1: That or the week before and if you need to

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Speaker 1: he plays me. Ah, how about that in week fourteen

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Speaker 3: I think it was week eight that didn't have any Yeah,

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Speaker 1: don't understand why the buys are quite as late as

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's what day is coming. That day's coming. So

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Speaker 1: looking at the waiver wire this week, Oddrick Estimate Ross Leagues.

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Speaker 1: He's playable. He had eleven carries for fifty nine yards

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Speaker 3: If Bijeon goes down, Ohjeon goes down, he's yeah gold, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, he's young. Mike Williams rostered in eighteen

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Speaker 3: Yeah, if you have a really cutable dude and you're

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you know that Russell Williams or Russell Wilson

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know. Quintin Johnson rushed in forty one percent

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but no, I'm with you. I think when you

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Speaker 1: back of my bench. And yeah, Quentin Johnson forty one rostered. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't do it for me, but he produces. Here's

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Speaker 1: the thing. The Chargers play Cincinnati, Baltimore, Atlanta.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they're throwing more. I mean, I don't think

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Speaker 1: Donnie Mitchell rostered in six percent of leagues.

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Speaker 3: Pittman might go, I are and I think Pittman's almost

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Speaker 3: it's pretty much droppable for fantasy, which kind of breaks

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Speaker 1: Mitchell's good on tape. Yeah, he's kind of like the

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Speaker 1: Jets Detroit, New England. That's okay, not great. I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 1: with Alec Peerrice. Alec Pierce was rostered in fifteen percent leagues.

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Speaker 1: But if I knew Richardson was back, I want Pierce, then

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Speaker 3: Yeah right, Pierce's real hit or miss, but it hits

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Speaker 3: her nice, like I like Mitchell, like I which he

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but he isn't. Not a great situation. Uh. Quarterback

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Speaker 1: bo Nicks rostered in thirty three percent of leagues. You

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Speaker 1: Their schedule Atlanta, Vegas, Cleveland. Oh nice, okay, so not

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Speaker 1: They must be because he's not on the list. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: the year officially not yet going is gonna happen? Yeah.

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Speaker 3: On the Rams they get after.

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Speaker 3: I like all those better than that game. Yeah, but

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Speaker 3: I was just saying Brown's it's kind of reminds me

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Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara might Alvin Kamara might catch one hundred and

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Speaker 1: eighty seven passes on Sunday, Yeah, and end up putting

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Speaker 3: No, but if they have, if that's what you have

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Speaker 1: Live with it. Falcons are at the Broncos, is it?

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Speaker 1: Denver d Benito and you're gonna lock down London. Yeah, Okay,

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Speaker 3: I think Atlanta is a stay away team, but Denver's

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I mean they could trade for Miles Garrett,

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Speaker 1: In sacks, Like, what is going on in there? The

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Speaker 1: Seahawks are at the forty Niners, fire up to forty

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Speaker 1: nine ers, they'll get sacks. That's bad protection. Yeah, No,

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Speaker 1: Rousseau will get They they will get in Buffalo. It's

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Speaker 1: That's not the Chiefs play. No, it's not really how

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Speaker 3: I mean, the tackles for the Chiefs are a problem

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, I don't. I don't want to do it.

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Speaker 1: I'm staying away from that game. Yeah, I'm not pick it,

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Speaker 1: but I don't know if you're.

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Speaker 3: The Chiefs are dumping them. No, I don't think No. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: same thing with the Bills. Yeah, probably not gonna play him.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals are.

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Speaker 3: At the Chargers, Chargers. I guess Bengals put the points.

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Speaker 3: They're desperate. I don't love that game.

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Speaker 1: I don't think the Bengals will run the ball super

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Speaker 3: I can't do the Bengals d but I think the

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Speaker 3: Bengals might win.

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Speaker 1: but no, that's a bad defense. It didn't help. No, No,

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Speaker 1: Sunday that's a Monday night game. Sunday night is Bengals

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Speaker 1: bet you can find it cheapy. But we kind of liked,

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Speaker 3: Well coached, their front is good and they got a

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Speaker 3: great corner. Yeah, it's a good start. And same thing

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Speaker 3: with like the Titans. I don't mind starting the Titans

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Speaker 3: against the Vikings. No, Arnold will throw in one or two. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: they can rush the passer. I'm cool with that too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I bet we can get a cheapy, better, better

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Speaker 1: streaming options this week than they were last week. Yes,

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Speaker 1: there were some weird games last week. They really were.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get to a break that's gonna do

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Speaker 1: it for the fantasy football focus. He is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Lolly. When we come back, it is

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Speaker 1: the hierarchy of the NFL. We'll go to NFL dot

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Speaker 1: com and check that out right after.

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Speaker 2: This the least, He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 2: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: And we are back. I'm Dale Lolly, he is the

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson and it is time to take a look

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Speaker 1: at the power rankings as composed by Eric Edholm on

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Speaker 1: NFL dot com. And uh, what's do.

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Speaker 3: A little exercise today? All right, so you can count

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Speaker 3: the truly terrible teams. I'm guessing off the top of

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Speaker 3: my head, there's nine or ten that I just think

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Speaker 3: flat out twelve.

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Speaker 1: I might be low. You might be up there. Ask

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Speaker 1: me a different degree of true. There are some horrendous teams.

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Speaker 3: At thirty two. You got a new I say, can't

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Speaker 3: be Carolina. Think they're a two game winning streak.

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Speaker 1: Right, you can't have them last. This team's down four spots.

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Speaker 1: They're two and eight Jacksonville. Yes, yeah, I'm a little shocked.

447
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Speaker 1: We haven't got news out of there. We got a

448
00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:04,000
Speaker 1: little shocked. You only have one firing across the league today,

449
00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:07,480
Speaker 1: and that was Bears offensive coordinator. Maybe Shad Cohn is

450
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:08,760
Speaker 1: just going to wait till the end of the season.

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Speaker 3: It just doesn't really accomplish much. Lawrence isn't gonna play.

452
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Speaker 3: I mean, I always think interim head coaches don't really come.

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Speaker 1: That's a lot better off. You may not have anybody

454
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Speaker 1: on staff that's capable of running the staff. Yeah, yeah,

455
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Speaker 1: you know, I don't know. I get it. At thirty

456
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Speaker 1: one holding steady, the Las Vegas Raiders terrible, so farward

457
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Speaker 1: two for two on terrible teams, terrible. At thirty down

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Speaker 1: a spot, they're two and seven. They're the Tennessee Titans.

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Speaker 3: They're terrible, but I'm not sure they'd be below the

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Speaker 3: Patriots and Panthers.

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Speaker 1: I know they won, but that's the whole thing with

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Speaker 1: this exercise. Yeah yeah, well this team won last week,

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Speaker 1: so I got to move them up a little bit.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't have to move them up six spots

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Speaker 3: or five spots. I mean, I still think Tennessee's got

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Speaker 3: some good things going for them.

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Speaker 1: At twenty nine down four spot, I feel like the

468
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Speaker 1: announcer in the Shrek when he's going through the uh

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Speaker 1: she lives with seven men. The Giants are the number

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Speaker 1: twenty nine teams viraling. Yes, they're benching they're talking about benching,

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Speaker 1: Daniel Jones, Mike william them, Yeah, might as well. At

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Speaker 1: twenty eight, up to spots the Carolina Panthers. I'm not

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Speaker 1: sure they're better than five teams in the league. I

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Speaker 1: get that they've won too in a row. Well, they

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Speaker 1: were better than the Giants on some they were better

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Speaker 1: than the Saints two weeks.

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Speaker 3: Ago exactly, but all of whom are going to be

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Speaker 3: mentioned short War already had.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty seven, up five spots five the New

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Speaker 1: England Patriots. Again, I mean the team they beat. You

481
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Speaker 1: might want to put them down here. Yeah, remember when

482
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Speaker 1: remember when the Bears were like fourteen?

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Speaker 3: I say, the Bears need to be and soon. And

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Speaker 3: I think they're Are they a terrible team? Yes, I

485
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Speaker 3: think they're one. Yeah, yeah, I mean it's embarrassing. So

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Speaker 3: I know this isn't the exercise.

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Speaker 1: But if I.

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Speaker 3: Told you you can have every player on the Panthers

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Speaker 3: and Patriots, or you could have the Steelers roster. I'll

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Speaker 3: till the Steelers roster clearly, I mean, and there's probably

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Speaker 3: a lot of not the Steelers are the best roster

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Speaker 3: in the league. Like if you built a roster between

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Speaker 3: the Patriots and Panthers, you'd still be twenty third. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Like they don't have any good players. It's the problem.

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Speaker 1: I mean, how many good defensive players are there on Carolina? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: How many good offensive players are there? In New England

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Speaker 1: At twenty six, up a spot coming off of bye

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns. They're a truly awful team. They're a

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Speaker 1: bad team. Doesn't mean they can't beat you on a

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Speaker 1: given week, but they're bad team. They'll win more games

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Speaker 1: this year, yeah, I mean they're not. You don't want

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Speaker 1: to be that. I mean they beat the Ravens a

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Speaker 1: couple of weeks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, they might beat the Steelers on Thursday night, right,

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Speaker 3: I mean, get them on a short week coming off

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Speaker 3: of an emotional game against against Baltimore.

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Speaker 1: We'll talk about that next week, but that's going to

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Speaker 1: be the danger here. Yeah, it's definitely a danger coming

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Speaker 1: off Baltimore. At twenty five, down three spots, j E

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Speaker 1: Tes Jets, Jets, Jets three and seven and done. They stink.

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Speaker 3: I got no problem where they're ranked. I'm just on

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Speaker 3: the fence of are they a truly awful team?

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Speaker 1: Yes?

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Speaker 3: I mean they truly like them in Dallas where they

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Speaker 3: shouldn't be.

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Speaker 1: That's but they are. But they are. They got smoked

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Speaker 1: on Sunday. Bad, real bad.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna call them a truly awful team. Yeah, so

519
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Speaker 3: we're counting we're gonna be pretty good.

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is planning his next trip to Egypt. Yeah,

521
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Speaker 1: he seems where.

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Speaker 3: The Himalayas or something disinterested soon.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, at twenty four down a spot. How about them Cowboys? Yep,

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Speaker 1: that's where they're at now. Yeah, that's where they're at.

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Speaker 1: They a truly awful team right now as constructed. Yes,

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Speaker 1: with Dak Prescott out for the rest of the year.

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Speaker 3: Yes, they're bad, like we're ceedee lamb in ough In

528
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Speaker 3: the Fantasy world Wide receiver.

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Speaker 1: Two hit ten targets last week, hit twenty six yards.

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Speaker 1: I think some of the targets were Yeah, yeah yeah

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Speaker 1: at twenty three up three spots the New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 1: Pretty generous.

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Speaker 3: But are they better than the teams below them? As

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Speaker 3: currently constructed, they're a little better than they were because

535
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Speaker 3: cars back. Yeah, they don't have Latimore, they don't have a receiver.

536
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Speaker 3: I mean the receivers were a bunch of dudes I

537
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Speaker 3: never heard of. Yeah, they're a truly awful team. At

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Speaker 3: twenty two down a spot, did we mention the Bears yet?

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Speaker 1: No? Should twenty two down a spot are the Colts?

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Speaker 1: I did the Bears lower than the Colt I would

541
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Speaker 1: have definitely have the Bears lower than the Colts. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's a little hard on Indy. At twenty one down

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Speaker 1: three spots, the Rams. Okay, So I think we've crossed

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Speaker 1: the line of not truly awful teams. I don't think

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Speaker 1: we have. I don't think. I don't think. I don't think.

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Speaker 3: I don't think the Colts and Rams are. I think

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Speaker 3: the Bears are. I'd say the Bears should be.

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Speaker 1: The Bears are going to be way too high again,

549
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Speaker 1: as they've been all season long. Yeah, Eric aedhome must

550
00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:08,880
Speaker 1: be a closeted Bears fan.

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Speaker 3: I get the defense, okay, and they have good players,

552
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Speaker 3: but what they do on Sundays is terrible.

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Speaker 1: They score three points on Sunday against the Patriots. Yeah,

554
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Speaker 1: nine sacks? Nine sacks can't operate. They would be well

555
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Speaker 1: lower than this. Yeah, the Rams aren't bad. No, they're

556
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Speaker 1: an average team. Yeah. At twenty up four spots the Dolphins. Okay, Again,

557
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Speaker 1: the Bears are way too high. Dolphins are better than

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Speaker 1: the Bears. Yes, those last three teams are noticeably better

559
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Speaker 1: than the Bears. And we finally get at nineteen, down

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Speaker 1: two spots the four and five Bears.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so nineteen is the Bears, twenty twenty one to

562
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Speaker 3: twenty two. We're all teams we thought should be ahead

563
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Speaker 3: of the Bears. Right, So let's magically put the Bears

564
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Speaker 3: at twenty two. From twenty two to thirty two, that's

565
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Speaker 3: eleven is eleven terrible teams, eight coaching changes amongst them.

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Speaker 3: I mean, who's safe? Nobody should be. I mean, I

567
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Speaker 3: guess like the Patriots might be, the Titans might be.

568
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Speaker 3: But if the rest of the season is like no wins,

569
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Speaker 3: you're doomed. Man, it's pretty hard is Carolina coming back?

570
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Speaker 3: And here's the problem is they all play each other

571
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Speaker 3: so they'll get some so it just they jostle around.

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Speaker 1: And one of these teams is gonnad up winning like

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Speaker 1: five or six games because they play the other bad teams.

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Speaker 3: Ten coaching changes wouldn't surprise me this year. Give me

575
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Speaker 3: a lot like one guy retires that you don't expect,

576
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:28,200
Speaker 3: you know, Bay or somebody, or does.

577
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Speaker 1: A guy like does Brian Flores get another coaching chance

578
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Speaker 1: this year. I mean, I don't know who all the

579
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 1: candidates are, but there's a lot of them. I would

580
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,840
Speaker 1: can certainly consider them. But is since he safe, is

581
00:27:38,880 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 1: Cleveland safe? No, Cleveland's definitely not safe. That definitely not.

582
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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot that. I mean, if Sincy goes,

583
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,240
Speaker 3: he may want out on his own. He might just say,

584
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Speaker 3: you know what I'm gonna I'm gonna step away.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Eighteen up two spots are the Bengals. Okay, I

586
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: think they're better than everybody mentioned.

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Speaker 3: At seventeen up two spots. Seattle ooh, I mean like

588
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,120
Speaker 3: Seattle versus Indy is a conversation for me, and they're

589
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Speaker 3: pretty far apart. Yeah, they just haven't lost recently because

590
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Speaker 3: they were, you know, at sixteen holding steadies Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: None of these teams have a winning record by the way,

592
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Speaker 1: sixteen down. Let's just that we're halfway through the teams

593
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Speaker 1: in the league.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember if we were on the air, off

595
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Speaker 3: the air, but we were saying some good things about

596
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Speaker 3: Tampa this year. Yeah, but they've lost four.

597
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Speaker 1: In a row. They've lost four in a row, more

598
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Speaker 1: than six.

599
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,119
Speaker 3: I mean, they're hanging on for dear life and Worfs

600
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:35,800
Speaker 3: is hurt and they don't be receivers.

601
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Speaker 1: And yeah, we finally get to a team at fifteen

602
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Speaker 1: that's at five hundred. The Denver Broncos. Okay, five hundred,

603
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Speaker 1: we're fifteen. This is our first team that's been at

604
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Speaker 1: five hundred. Yeah, I mean that's wrong. Denver's better than

605
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Speaker 1: the Bengals and the Rams and Miami. Yeah at fourteen

606
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Speaker 1: down three spots, Atlanta.

607
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:06,680
Speaker 3: Bad loss, but it's a division and they Coup missed

608
00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 3: a couple of kicks and I think he got one blocked.

609
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,120
Speaker 1: By the way I looked last night, Chris Boswell moved

610
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 1: up a spot. He's now fifth on the all time list. Yeah.

611
00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:20,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's moved ahead of Coup. Okay, play and kicks

612
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 3: a lot harder conditions too.

613
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 1: Yeah.

614
00:29:23,240 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 3: Uh at thirteen holding steady? Are the forty nine ers

615
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,320
Speaker 3: fine with that? But they would definitely be ahead everyone mentioned.

616
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, they beat the Buccaneers, but it was close.

617
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:35,400
Speaker 3: No, it was a battle. It was it was a battle.

618
00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,920
Speaker 3: It was competitive. Bucks played hard.

619
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Speaker 1: At twelve down two spots, the Houston Texans.

620
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Speaker 3: I actually think they're better than they were a week ago.

621
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Speaker 3: I know they lost but I thought they'd started to

622
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:52,760
Speaker 3: figure things out and be Okay, yeah, they.

623
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Speaker 1: Lost a really good team, didn't play well in the

624
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Speaker 1: second half. No, No, they got pushed around a little

625
00:29:57,560 --> 00:30:02,360
Speaker 1: bit at a le of an up three spots. The

626
00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,920
Speaker 1: Arizona Cardinals. Got to give them credit. I mean they're

627
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 1: well coached on both sides of the ball. The Cardinals

628
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 1: better than the Texans, No, I don't think so either.

629
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Speaker 1: Are they better than the forty nine Ers, No, I

630
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 1: don't think so either. Are they better than Atlanta? Yeah,

631
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Speaker 1: I think it's a conversation. Yeah, yeah, so maybe I

632
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:29,760
Speaker 1: domp them two spots at ten up two spots. The Chargers, Okay,

633
00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:31,880
Speaker 1: I don't think they're the tenth best team I know either.

634
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,040
Speaker 3: It seems a little. I think they're closer to Denver neighbors.

635
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 3: I think Houston is still better than them. Yeah, I

636
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:38,240
Speaker 3: think the forty nine ers are better than them. They're

637
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,680
Speaker 3: six and three, but they haven't beaten anybody.

638
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think them in Denver are closed. They've lost.

639
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,280
Speaker 1: Their three losses are all to the good three good

640
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,280
Speaker 1: teams that they played on their run on their that's

641
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:48,880
Speaker 1: about to say, is their The thing is they don't

642
00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:49,680
Speaker 1: play anybody good.

643
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Speaker 3: They beat the bad teams, they lose the good teams,

644
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 3: and they have to play a certain way.

645
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: Yeah. You know, they're the Steelers of the previous two.

646
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 3: Seasons, but the better quarterback, but less weapons and you know, yeah, yeah,

647
00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,800
Speaker 3: but the playoffs they got to play a very narrow margin.

648
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:08,160
Speaker 1: Yeah. Denver similar at nine down a spot, even though

649
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,080
Speaker 1: they were off last week. The Green Bay Packers. They

650
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 1: didn't do anything wrong, but they're a top ten team

651
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 1: all day long. Yeah. I think there's a different line

652
00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 1: of delineation there between the Packers and Chargers. Yeah, there's

653
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 1: a big gap there. So maybe there's nine good teams. Yeah.

654
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:26,400
Speaker 1: With the forty nine Ers possibly working their way into it,

655
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: I think Atlanta could get back into that. I think

656
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 1: the Niners will. Yeah. Yeah, Niners come in the super

657
00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:39,080
Speaker 1: Bowl at eight down three spots. The Washington Commanders, I'm a.

658
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 3: Positive they would be in my top real good teams,

659
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:44,960
Speaker 3: but they're better than the Chargers.

660
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,560
Speaker 1: They're tough play. Yeah, I would have them. All I

661
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:54,200
Speaker 1: do is switch them in green Bay. Washington was pretty impressive. Yeah,

662
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: I'd have green Bay. I think green Bay is a

663
00:31:56,480 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: better team at seven after beating the number five team

664
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Speaker 1: and the power rankings last week in their own house,

665
00:32:03,880 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 1: the Steelers only move up two spots to number seven.

666
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 3: I mean, you know who's ahead of them? If we

667
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 3: could figure it out. They're all good teams, but I

668
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,720
Speaker 3: would think that they'd be a little more. Russell Wilson

669
00:32:18,760 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 3: isn't a fluke field, you know what I mean.

670
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: On this list alone, You've beaten number eight, You beat

671
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,720
Speaker 1: number ten, you scored the most points of the season

672
00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:34,160
Speaker 1: against number ten. The Chargers, you beat number what was it, fourteen, fourteen, fifteen,

673
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 1: you beat fourteen, You beat fifteen in their place, in

674
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: their buildings. Yeah, yeah, Like I think it might be

675
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: selling the Steelers just a little bit short. Yeah, I

676
00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:46,479
Speaker 1: mean I understand the six teams out of them. Yes,

677
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,400
Speaker 1: they're all quality opponents. I mean, don't get me wrong.

678
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 1: I would definitely have the Steelers ahead of the next

679
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,960
Speaker 1: team on here, Minnesota out of Green Bay ahead of

680
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,719
Speaker 1: Minnesota too. Yeah, I think Minnesota's too high. They're not.

681
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: They they won twelve seven against Jacksonville. Right, is Minnesota

682
00:33:03,520 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 1: backup quarterback playing for Jacksonville.

683
00:33:05,520 --> 00:33:12,920
Speaker 3: Minnesota or Washington? Washington was Washington Donald. I'm not saying

684
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:14,680
Speaker 3: he's turned into a pumpkin teams.

685
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,120
Speaker 1: Are starting to figure that they've seen him play now

686
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,000
Speaker 1: a little bit. They know what he what this version

687
00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: of Sam Donald is.

688
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 3: The big talk in Minnesota is wait till next year

689
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 3: when we get JJ you know, like which it's not

690
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 3: sold on Sam Donald, right exactly, you know, like, boy,

691
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 3: we have this thing go and then we put the

692
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:29,600
Speaker 3: first rounder in there.

693
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 1: We're really gonna humming from. Will Sam Darnald be a

694
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:32,760
Speaker 1: starter for somebody next year?

695
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 3: Yes, but he'll have like Justin Fields in the room

696
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 3: with him, or a first round pick or a second

697
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 3: round pick or.

698
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,719
Speaker 1: Well that's there's a question, Okay, would you rather have

699
00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 1: Sam Donald as your quarterback next year? Would you rather

700
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: have Justin Fields as your quarterback? I think Donald, but

701
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 1: I might change my opinion in two weeks. He might

702
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:55,160
Speaker 1: be Jamis Winston.

703
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 3: Oh there's a lot of that pressure ends up with

704
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 3: throwing them to the other team team right.

705
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:05,400
Speaker 1: And I don't know that he's correcting his issues at

706
00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: five up, two spots is Philadelphia.

707
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,680
Speaker 3: Would we think of Fields if he played ten games

708
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 3: now better it'd be better or worse, worse the same?

709
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: And no, folks, we don't hate Justin Fields.

710
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,480
Speaker 3: I don't think Justin Fields is starting quarterback on opening

711
00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 3: Day next year. I think he could be Wilsone have

712
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:25,080
Speaker 3: to get hurt. I think he could think you have

713
00:34:25,160 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 3: to put more tape out there.

714
00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,200
Speaker 1: I mean, think think about teams that are going to

715
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 1: be in the quarterback market. I think the Jets are

716
00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,120
Speaker 1: in a quarterback market. Yeah. I think the Titans are

717
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,840
Speaker 1: going to be in a quarterback market. Yeah. The Saints

718
00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: could be in the quarterback market.

719
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 3: If so Carr went somewhere easy and filled another gap.

720
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 1: Yeah. Giants, the Giants are definitely going to be in

721
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: a quarterback market. Raiders. The Raiders are in a quarterback

722
00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 1: I mean there's more. Yeah, I mean I get it,

723
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:58,919
Speaker 1: but that happens every year. But there's only so many

724
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: spots that you can fill in the draft. And if

725
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,479
Speaker 1: you take I'm only get two or three from the draft.

726
00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:06,320
Speaker 1: You take a second round quarterback, you're not gonna immediately

727
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,480
Speaker 1: anoint him as the starter. You're gonna say, Okay, we're

728
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,839
Speaker 1: gonna get him and this guy. Yeah. So I guess

729
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: I phrased that wrong. Seattle could be in a quarterback market.

730
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:17,279
Speaker 1: Could but that should be a draft. That should be

731
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,520
Speaker 1: a Yeah, that should be a draft pick.

732
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 3: Steelers could be a quarterback market. Yeah, it could be,

733
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 3: but I think Wilson would be the starter next year.

734
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:24,719
Speaker 1: I do too, But.

735
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 3: If Fields as a starter, I don't think it'll be.

736
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 3: We hired him to be the answer. And I think

737
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,160
Speaker 3: Darnold's in that mold too, Like, yeah, it's not like

738
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 3: it's a bad example like signing Cousins.

739
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:40,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is not signing Cousins or signing Russell Wilson

740
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 1: for that matter. Yeah.

741
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 3: Right then they went and drafted Pennox. But that's why

742
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,359
Speaker 3: it's a bad example. But yeah, they didn't have to, right,

743
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 3: you know. Right, So the Eagles are at five up

744
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:50,080
Speaker 3: two spots.

745
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 1: I'm fine with the Eagles over the Steelers right now.

746
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:54,680
Speaker 1: They're really playing well. I would have the Steelers at six.

747
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 3: I think I would two, but I could also make

748
00:35:57,800 --> 00:35:59,600
Speaker 3: the argument that the Packers are better. We haven't seen

749
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 3: him in a while. You know, green Bay is good

750
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:06,279
Speaker 3: at four? Our Baltimore, Okay, they would be four for me,

751
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,440
Speaker 3: they would not be the top three. Three is Buffalo,

752
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:10,319
Speaker 3: I like what.

753
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:14,520
Speaker 1: They're doing a lot. Two is Kansas City, That's how

754
00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: I would do the top, and one is Detroit.

755
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,720
Speaker 3: Those would be my top four in the same order. Yeah,

756
00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 3: but Kansas City hasn't lost a football game this year.

757
00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: Well, I think they definitely could lose this week. Who

758
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:28,120
Speaker 1: they have again? They're in Buffalo? Oh wow? Why is

759
00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,760
Speaker 1: that not the Sunday matter? I don't know. Somebody protected

760
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,880
Speaker 1: and I'm sure I think that's it's a four thirty

761
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:34,759
Speaker 1: game or whatever. I bet they're a dog in that game.

762
00:36:35,680 --> 00:36:37,200
Speaker 1: I would have them as a dog. It's not like

763
00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: they've played well. They've done good things to win games, right,

764
00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,879
Speaker 1: but they've been a little fortunate. So I heard an

765
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 1: insane stat that I don't remember this morning. In games

766
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: where Mahomes is losing by ten or more points in

767
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:54,800
Speaker 1: his career, he wins like two thirds of them. Yeah,

768
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 1: like even Brady.

769
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 3: No one's at five hundred, you know what I mean, Right,

770
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 3: he's well below five hundred everyone, and he wins most

771
00:37:03,160 --> 00:37:03,439
Speaker 3: of them.

772
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: That's insane. No, he's a great players, of course, he's

773
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,399
Speaker 1: a great player. But they've been but even when things

774
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:13,640
Speaker 1: don't go their way, they win. They're kind of they

775
00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: if they hadn't won the Super Bowl last year, I

776
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:22,200
Speaker 1: would look at this team the way that they're doing

777
00:37:22,239 --> 00:37:25,319
Speaker 1: things offensively because he's not throwing the ball over the place,

778
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,440
Speaker 1: and it's a lot of danking and dunking. They're kind

779
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: of akin to the twenty twenty Steelers. Yeah, there's an

780
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 1: unbeaten team, Like, yeah, they're winning some of these games,

781
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 1: but they're not killing people.

782
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,520
Speaker 3: Oh they're the analytic analyst nightmare. Yeah, you can't keep

783
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,640
Speaker 3: winning one score game.

784
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,879
Speaker 1: They have the ninth best point differential in the league

785
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: at plus fifty eight, and they're nine and oh.

786
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,680
Speaker 3: Nine and oh and I forget the last time they lost.

787
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 3: I mean, well in the last year.

788
00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, they have a minus four turnover differential and they're

789
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,239
Speaker 1: nine and oh.

790
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 3: Yeah they're I'm surprised there's not a barnball article. This

791
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 3: can't sustain, you know, because theer tell you they.

792
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:02,840
Speaker 1: Don't what the head coaching, quarterback or right. You know,

793
00:38:02,880 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 1: if you got the head coach and a quarterback, it

794
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,279
Speaker 1: helps cover up with some of that stuff. Yeah, you're

795
00:38:07,320 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: the better team when it matters most on the last

796
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 1: drive of the game. Yeah, you know, But I just wonder,

797
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:15,479
Speaker 1: much like that twenty twenty Steelers team, if you start

798
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 1: getting into some of these crazy games in terms of

799
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: short weeks, you're playing on Thanksgiving. You're playing on Christmas Day,

800
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: Chris Jones. Yeah, you know right that that maybe all

801
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:26,520
Speaker 1: of a sudden, you know, you get caught on a

802
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 1: short week and you'll lose. I mean they lost last

803
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: year to the Raiders on Christmas Day. Yeah, the Raiders.

804
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 3: No, I think we both mentioned it yesterday. If I

805
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:37,800
Speaker 3: were to bet what their record is, it'll be fifteen

806
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 3: to two. Yeah, I mean they're not gonna I don't

807
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,879
Speaker 3: think that someone's gonna get them.

808
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 1: I think they lose this week. I'm action boy. I

809
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 1: think I think I'll pick Buffalo to win that game.

810
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: Buffalo's playing better. They are they are, Yeah, answer building,

811
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:52,000
Speaker 1: it's in their building. That makes a huge difference to

812
00:38:52,120 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: what's the weather going to be like up there? They

813
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: could yeah, yeah, they go way to what's their record

814
00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:00,880
Speaker 1: to losses? Eating two? They can still get to them,

815
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 1: they win. If they win this game, they can get

816
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:07,439
Speaker 1: the number one seed. That's their motivation. You're like, Okay, first,

817
00:39:07,440 --> 00:39:09,600
Speaker 1: you want to beat Kansas City because you better not

818
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,560
Speaker 1: lose again. Though, yeah, you probably need fifteen. But they're

819
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: a team. I mean they've lost to Houston, they've lost

820
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:18,920
Speaker 1: to Baltimore. Yeah, that's their two losses. There are eight

821
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,879
Speaker 1: wins are against a lot of the drek yeah yeah,

822
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 1: and the rest of their division stings. Yeah. So if

823
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: you look at that, this is maybe we can save

824
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Speaker 1: this for the next segment. Here. We're going to take

825
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 1: a break now. He is the Matt Williamson. I am

826
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Speaker 1: Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on the

827
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Speaker 1: Steelers Audio Network. We're gonna take a break. When we

828
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Speaker 1: come back, we're going to talk about how many of

829
00:39:39,800 --> 00:39:42,800
Speaker 1: these teams can actually win the Super Bowl. Okay, so

830
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,480
Speaker 1: give you some time to think about that. When Matt,

831
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Speaker 1: we're gonna take a break. We'll be back right after this.

832
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Speaker 1: At least.

833
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Speaker 2: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

834
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Speaker 2: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and

835
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Speaker 2: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

836
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Speaker 1: And we are back. I am Dale Lollie. He is

837
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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson. And Matt was posing questions to us

838
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Speaker 1: in the break right in the deadline too. I'm gonna

839
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Speaker 1: pose a question to you, Matt. We just went through

840
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,919
Speaker 1: the power rankings here on NFL dot Com. Yeah, legitimately,

841
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: how many of these teams can make it to the

842
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,160
Speaker 1: Super Bowl and win it? So two different conversations I

843
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:28,959
Speaker 1: use I know, so I use this a lot.

844
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Speaker 3: You know, I was a stellar creative writing major at

845
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 3: the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Got that two to

846
00:40:34,239 --> 00:40:38,840
Speaker 3: one GPA over twelve terms, and you know, really busted

847
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:42,680
Speaker 3: my butt. And I often talk about could I write

848
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:46,640
Speaker 3: a short story that my professor would say, this is

849
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 3: too made up?

850
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: Could the Jets get hot and win the Super Bowl?

851
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:54,120
Speaker 1: Could I write that story? Yes? Could Miami eOne? Yes?

852
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,040
Speaker 3: But then my professor would be like, no, this is

853
00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 3: too made up. This is fairy dust. Division by division,

854
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 3: I think Buffalo's the only one the East right, and

855
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 3: I think they can and I think Allan will one day.

856
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,520
Speaker 3: You know, I don't say that about every quarterback like

857
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Speaker 3: everyone else does. Baltimore absolutely can. Past defense needs fixed.

858
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,359
Speaker 3: I mean, because you're gonna play Allen, You're gonna play

859
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 3: those teams. They are going to attack you through the

860
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 3: air like crazy. At least needs to improve. The Steelers

861
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:25,560
Speaker 3: might be my hardest one because first of all, I'm tainted.

862
00:41:28,160 --> 00:41:31,880
Speaker 3: But what leads me to yes is what if you

863
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Speaker 3: block a kick in the AFC Championship, You know what

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00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 3: I mean? Like some of the special team stuff or.

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Speaker 1: You're still able to win in the margins, but you're

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Speaker 1: also still able to play defense and.

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Speaker 3: Not them, and you win the turnover differential, and you

868
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 3: know what I mean, Like it wouldn't be a traditional

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00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 3: path to hoisting Lombardi. But I don't think my creative

870
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,600
Speaker 3: writing teacher would be like cats too made up, you know,

871
00:41:54,600 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 3: since he's a no. No one else in the division. Yeah,

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00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 3: Houston's a tough one.

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Speaker 1: Would be tougher to me than Pittsburgh because because they're

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Speaker 1: so young, they're so young and we i mean head coaching, quarterback. Yeah,

875
00:42:08,960 --> 00:42:11,319
Speaker 1: but we've seen the warts this year more too. You're right,

876
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,080
Speaker 1: they'd have to get really hot.

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Speaker 3: I think they can win it next year they go

878
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:19,319
Speaker 3: win a playoff game or two, losing arrowhead like they're

879
00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 3: geting gristled.

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00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 1: Unless they seriously turn things around this season the rest

881
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,080
Speaker 1: of the remainder of this year, they're going to be

882
00:42:26,120 --> 00:42:27,560
Speaker 1: dogs in their first playoff game.

883
00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:29,960
Speaker 3: And the other thing is bad own lines don't travel,

884
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,880
Speaker 3: you know what I mean. And Steelers, oh line's not perfect,

885
00:42:32,880 --> 00:42:35,320
Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, but it's better than Houston's.

886
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:38,000
Speaker 1: O line to go to Buffalo or Kansas City or Baltimore,

887
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: or Pittsburgh is important, and how do you deal with

888
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: those fronts, you know, Kansas City camp, Yeah, Chargers camp.

889
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,160
Speaker 1: That's the end of the AFC. Yeah, Denver's Indies and

890
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:56,880
Speaker 1: no Philly. I think they can. I could see, I

891
00:42:56,880 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 1: could see.

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00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,080
Speaker 3: A I don't love the quarterback, but a lot the

893
00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:03,000
Speaker 3: quarterbacks well right now and they still Saquon Barkley that

894
00:43:03,040 --> 00:43:05,879
Speaker 3: if the quarterback starts to struggle again, the Barkley the hinder.

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00:43:06,080 --> 00:43:08,000
Speaker 1: That guy defense is getting a lot better.

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00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 3: I don't know if he can win a duel, you know,

897
00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,280
Speaker 3: like but I don't know who you have to duel

898
00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 3: in the NFC, right, but it might be back and

899
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,760
Speaker 3: forth against Mahomes and the biggest stage in the world.

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00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:20,680
Speaker 1: Can you keep up?

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00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:25,640
Speaker 3: Maybe no one else in that division, including Washington, right

902
00:43:26,160 --> 00:43:27,280
Speaker 3: maybe next year for Washington.

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00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:30,240
Speaker 1: Just I think there's still a few pieces away. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I just though that they have good enough players. Detroit

905
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:37,719
Speaker 1: say yes, yeah, Minie's a no Green Baysy Yes, I

906
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:38,120
Speaker 1: think so.

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00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,040
Speaker 3: I was waiting. I was kind of letting the wheels

908
00:43:42,080 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 3: turn a little bit there. But I think so coaching

909
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:49,120
Speaker 3: quarterback are strong, not a lot of weaknesses. I'm saying,

910
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 3: No On Atlanta. So, yeah, you have a pass rush.

911
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 3: Pass rush is huge in this this port. I mean

912
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,560
Speaker 3: it gets more and more important as we go. Niners

913
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Speaker 3: are a Yes, they're the only team.

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Speaker 1: They're the only team. Yeah. So there's not that many seven,

915
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,600
Speaker 1: maybe six something like that. But I do think that

916
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Speaker 1: the Steelers have worked themselves into that conversation. They're probably

917
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Speaker 1: my last choice of the yes's. I gave Houston a no.

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Speaker 1: I think yeah, green Bay and the Steelers would be

919
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 1: they're close. Yeah, they're close. Yeah. So I minutes, we

920
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:30,759
Speaker 1: came up with what eleven garbage teams, seven that could

921
00:44:30,760 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 1: win the potential super Bowls, and everyone else is kind

922
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Speaker 1: of in the middle.

923
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Speaker 3: Yeah, more lean towards the garbage teams, though, you know,

924
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Speaker 3: the borderline garbage teams are closer to garbage than the

925
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Speaker 3: borderline super Bowl teams. Like Washington's good, Minnesota's good. The

926
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Speaker 3: organizations are trending the right way, Arizona, but they're far

927
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Speaker 3: from being super Bowl team winner. Yeah, right, they're more

928
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Speaker 3: than maybe one off season if you're if.

929
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Speaker 1: You're the Cardinals, winning the div Vision that division this year,

930
00:45:02,280 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 1: yeah is a huge accomplishment. Samouth, Washington, Yeah, I mean

931
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Speaker 1: like they're both their seasons are already successes, right, I

932
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Speaker 1: mean like they put less so in Arizona than yeah,

933
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Speaker 1: because they're one year difference build, you know in terms

934
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Speaker 1: of the coach and all that, and their quarterbacks a

935
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Speaker 1: little older.

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Speaker 3: But yeah, those guys are all out kicking their coverage.

937
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:24,720
Speaker 3: The AFC is that the ones that underkicked their coverage. Yeah, Jets,

938
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Speaker 3: a lot of rounds, Jags, Bengals, all these teams we

939
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Speaker 3: thought would be very much in the playoff hunt disappointing seasons.

940
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Speaker 1: Yeah. And the thing about it, you know, and people,

941
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:36,759
Speaker 1: a lot of people nationally would look at this and

942
00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:40,719
Speaker 1: say the Steelers have well, they've way overachieved, and I've

943
00:45:40,760 --> 00:45:43,560
Speaker 1: never thought that. Like, again, the roster build in the

944
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:45,840
Speaker 1: off season, I'm like, this is a really deep roster

945
00:45:46,360 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 1: and then we watch it you know in the OTAs,

946
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Speaker 1: in the in the training camp and all that stuff.

947
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Speaker 1: I'm like, cutting this roster is not easy. Yeah.

948
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Speaker 3: And the one thing that talked about O lines being

949
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:01,600
Speaker 3: super important in pass rush is this line trending up

950
00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:05,160
Speaker 3: or down. I mean it's got like in camp we

951
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:07,360
Speaker 3: often talked about, boy, they have all these picks and

952
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:10,000
Speaker 3: first round picks only to get better. Blah blah blah.

953
00:46:10,320 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 3: I think it hit so hard with injuries. I don't

954
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,080
Speaker 3: know if it's the second half of the season is

955
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,480
Speaker 3: going to be a lot better like I thought it

956
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Speaker 3: was back in July.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Zach Fraser is going to continue to get better,

958
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:24,439
Speaker 1: Mason McCormick's going to continue to get better. Good though,

959
00:46:25,120 --> 00:46:28,240
Speaker 1: but there's still room for He's only played seven NFL games.

960
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:32,279
Speaker 1: I know McCormick's played what four. By the way, roder

961
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Speaker 1: Jones might have had his best game. RODERC. Jones played

962
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Speaker 1: well last week of the year. Can it be a

963
00:46:37,680 --> 00:46:41,480
Speaker 1: top ten line come playoff time? I think that's a

964
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Speaker 1: little it might be a little ambitious, but I think

965
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Speaker 1: it's better to be a top five line next year. Yeah,

966
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Speaker 1: you know, with a year under your belt. You know.

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Speaker 3: So that didn't go as I expected, right in terms

968
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Speaker 3: of because injuries, you know, yeah, their setbacks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, Matt, that's going to do it for the

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Speaker 1: show today. Cool good stuff. Yep, absolutely, we'll be back again.

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Speaker 1: John Cancer by the way, Oh, thank you appreciate that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: worked hard at that. That's going to do it for

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Speaker 1: our show today. So for my partner, Matt Williamson, for

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Speaker 1: Justin Miller here on site running the Justin Miller hotline,

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Speaker 1: which we didn't use today, And for Tyler viitt Meyer

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Speaker 1: We check that out daily. I'm Dale Lollie. We thank

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

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