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Speaker 1: You d v e h D two Pittsburgh, The Steelers

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Speaker 1: Nation Radio SNR your tunes about Drive on Home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goal. Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome to the Drive.

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson. Is a Tuesday

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Speaker 1: that means we spoke to Mike Tomlin today his first

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Speaker 1: postgame news conference and getting ready for Week two in

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Speaker 1: the NFL. Because week ones in a book, Yeah, we

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Speaker 1: got every every team has a win or lost. We

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Speaker 1: got a weekend the Ties. We had a couple of

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Speaker 1: overtime games, did a couple of overtime games within the

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Speaker 1: division as well. Um, interesting stuff. I mean, I thought

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Speaker 1: last night game was a blast to watch, and somebody

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Speaker 1: called that one. I think you did. I will give

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Speaker 1: you credit. You've been gloating like crazy into it, but

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Speaker 1: it's it's just, you know, I've been doing this a

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Speaker 1: long time, and the fact that the Ravens canceled their

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Speaker 1: practice last Wednesday, to me, I couldn't get past. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know fact that has the whole franch the psyche. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then you have to go across country. And I

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Speaker 1: thought it was gonna be a tough game before that,

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Speaker 1: because you know, Vegas was opening its new stadium and

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Speaker 1: had fans in there the whole time and for the

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Speaker 1: first time. Um, But I didn't see Derek Carr throwing

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Speaker 1: for four and thirty five yards against that No, against

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Speaker 1: that Ravens defense. He started very slow. To look at

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Speaker 1: the first half, he had like a hundred twenty five

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Speaker 1: and if you go from the halftime on, he blew up.

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Speaker 1: He was throwing high a lot. Maybe he was a

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Speaker 1: little jittery too. I mean, I'm sure the nerves were

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Speaker 1: up a little bit. African Ravens were up fourteen nothing

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Speaker 1: in that game, Matt. Did you happen to watch any

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Speaker 1: of the Manning brothers doing their thing? I didn't. I

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Speaker 1: saw enough comments about it to realize that I didn't

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Speaker 1: want to watch it. I had it on just here

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Speaker 1: and there, and right before the game started. Peyton said,

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Speaker 1: I opened a stadium once as the home quarterback, and

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Speaker 1: it might have been the most nervous I ever was

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Speaker 1: basically like, I have to win escape, you know, and

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Speaker 1: maybe car had that going with him. I just kind

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Speaker 1: of put two and two together on that. But boy

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Speaker 1: do they feed Waller um either. It's a really fun,

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Speaker 1: entertaining game. Frankly, the things I cared most about was

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Speaker 1: either the Ravens winning by four or more or losing.

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Speaker 1: So one of those two things happened. And and in

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Speaker 1: the end not to bash either team because they were

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Speaker 1: an equal battle. Um, I saw a lot of holes

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Speaker 1: on both teams. Though, yeah, absolutely, you're both of them

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Speaker 1: less I think now than before. Well, I mean we

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Speaker 1: talked about one of them for the Ravens a lot

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Speaker 1: in the offseason. The signed the signing of Ala Jandra

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Speaker 1: Villa in the Wuava to put him plug him right

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Speaker 1: tackle was was just a it's one game. It's one game.

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Speaker 1: But everything you heard at a training camp was that

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Speaker 1: he was struggling with the move and it I mean

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Speaker 1: he struggled last year. It was not good. No, I mean,

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Speaker 1: especially at his height, he doesn't look like he bends

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Speaker 1: or redirects as well as he used to. And it

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Speaker 1: was never a strength of his. He's kind of like

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Speaker 1: standing a pencils rate up and people it's easy to

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Speaker 1: knocked down. Um, I'm not cutting on a favorite to

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Speaker 1: the Listeners and Steelers. I have all the respect in

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Speaker 1: the world for him as a human being and what

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Speaker 1: he did here, but man, I think that's a big,

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Speaker 1: big problem for them. You know, the Raiders actually had

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Speaker 1: showed some pass rush Max Crosby and the dock Way. Um,

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Speaker 1: but the dock Way pulled a hamstring in that game too.

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Speaker 1: So in a short week, I wonder what his availability

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Speaker 1: is gonna be. Yeah, it's gonna be interesting to see. Um,

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Speaker 1: it's not like the Steelers tackles don't have their questions either.

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Speaker 1: There's the thing. I looked up the next gen stats.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, Um, Lamar Jackson held the ball over three

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Speaker 1: seconds per Pati. That's a really long time. Roethlisberger two

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Speaker 1: point three. Yeah, that was the second most in the

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Speaker 1: Baker Baker Mayfield actually held it longer. He was quite

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Speaker 1: a bit yea this week. Uh. Roethlisberger was two point

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Speaker 1: three seconds getting the ball out last week, so, which

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Speaker 1: was quickest, by the way, And he was two three

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Speaker 1: last year, which was quickest. Yeah. So just to give

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Speaker 1: Vegas pass rush is gonna have like na see Carl

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Speaker 1: the Siebe had their fastest second. It was like three

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Speaker 1: point five seconds, right right, I see what you're saying.

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Speaker 1: You know, like a big difference in point three seconds

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Speaker 1: You know, getting the ball out is a big deal. Frankly,

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Speaker 1: I hope the Steelers hold the ball a little longer,

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Speaker 1: you know. I meant yeah, and pushed the ball down

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Speaker 1: the field, but he's gonna be difficult to get to.

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Speaker 1: They don't get much of an interior push. The Raiders.

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Speaker 1: Their edge pass rush looks like the best I've seen it,

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Speaker 1: and Cleveland Ferrell didn't play in that game, not that

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Speaker 1: he's lived that standard right now. Yeah, I mean it's

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Speaker 1: but so it's something to keep an eye on though.

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Speaker 1: I mean, those edge pass rushers against the Steelers tackles

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Speaker 1: which aren't exactly you know, uh Mundo's and Walter Jones either,

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Speaker 1: may have. But some injuries didn't go their way either.

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Speaker 1: Within the dogways as it was. They they sacked Lamar

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Speaker 1: mean they got good, consistent, consistent pressure and force three fumbles. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: only if you caught this little clip when they were

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Speaker 1: introducing the Raiders on ESPN, they said, in the Gruden era,

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Speaker 1: which has been three years. Now, I think they're last

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Speaker 1: maybe the defense doesn't stink. They still gave up twenty

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Speaker 1: seven points last night and Baltimore. You and I were

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Speaker 1: texting back, they were not very good offensively. You know,

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Speaker 1: there's just so much on Lamar's plate right now. I

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Speaker 1: mean when we said that, when I said that I

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Speaker 1: saw holes there. Again. I have such respect for the

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Speaker 1: Ravens organization. I think that the massive priority this offseason

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Speaker 1: was make Lamar's life a little easier. Takes something off

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Speaker 1: his plate and to really no fault of their own. Now,

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Speaker 1: now the plate is full, he's got he's got the

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Speaker 1: full buffet. He's coming back from the buffet with a plate. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: like Wolf, Like Wolf, there's food falling off the plate.

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Speaker 1: That's it's overloaded. And that he can be superman. There's

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Speaker 1: no doubt he's Can he be superman for seventeen games though,

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Speaker 1: I mean we've You've said a couple of times via

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Speaker 1: taking and he will be taking. The Steelers go out

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Speaker 1: of their way to hit him more than any other team,

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Speaker 1: you know, Like I wish him the best, But I

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Speaker 1: don't love that recipe right now if I'm the Ravens

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Speaker 1: He took some big shots last and he typically doesn't

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Speaker 1: you get the hits on him. You know, Guys like

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Speaker 1: you know, Sammy Watkins had his nice week one. He'll

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Speaker 1: be done for the rest of the year after that.

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Speaker 1: He didn't get hurt right yet. Um, but now there's

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Speaker 1: some issues there. They're a line in general. They lost

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Speaker 1: the least. And you know, I think they're people are

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Speaker 1: keying on Andrews. So, um, you know, the Ravens are

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Speaker 1: it is in a pickle. I think that was. You know,

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Speaker 1: people were talking on social media last night villain the wave,

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Speaker 1: Ravens play the Steelers, it's like week eleven or something

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Speaker 1: like that. Who else they go one to? So who

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Speaker 1: did they sign? Is it Jamaar Taylor? Okay? I think

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Speaker 1: he's due to be healthy though, Yeah, he's I mean

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Speaker 1: he's I don't think he's gonna play this year. I

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Speaker 1: didn't think so either, But I found it odd when

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Speaker 1: they signed him, Like I think when they said when

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Speaker 1: no help there this year. No, they don't have a

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Speaker 1: lot of options. Who does That's that's what we've been

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Speaker 1: saying all along around the league, like everybody's Steelers need

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Speaker 1: to go get this or that on the they don't exist.

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Speaker 1: Give me a name, you know, And they were even

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Speaker 1: helping out a lot. As as the game went on,

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Speaker 1: I mean Baltimore is still dangerous, there's no question. But

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Speaker 1: they got a really good chance of start O and two.

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Speaker 1: They needed that win. I know it's only weak one,

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Speaker 1: but Tom must win for anybody. But their issues would

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Speaker 1: and I think that maybe one of the more underrated

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Speaker 1: injuries for that obviously Peters was to me was massive.

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Speaker 1: They can't play defense away. They want to play defense

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Speaker 1: because you said before we sat down, you know, Marlon

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Speaker 1: Hunprey can only cover one guy, right, he's awesome and

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Speaker 1: he's a great Jimmy Smith didn't play last night. He's

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Speaker 1: already missing games, you know, um but losing the the

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Speaker 1: the tight end um boil. Yeah, he doesn't seem like much.

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Speaker 1: But all of a sudden, now you know, Andrews get

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Speaker 1: five targets in that game, you know, because they get

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Speaker 1: these are just cards getting getting uh he's like three

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Speaker 1: twenty fullback Tom fullback, and he's getting you know, throw

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Speaker 1: balls from like, that's not who you want to be

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Speaker 1: catching past two a year, maybe, yeah, not three two

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Speaker 1: or three targets a game. And I do think, I mean,

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Speaker 1: of with both those teams. The more I think about it,

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Speaker 1: take the tight end away the best of your ability

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Speaker 1: and see what else has left. And I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: sure we'll talk a lot about Waller this week, as

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Speaker 1: we should, but he's a really special player. But eighteen

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Speaker 1: that um at his current pace. Because Wallard had nineteen targets,

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Speaker 1: ten catches, a hundred five yards and a touchdown. That's

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Speaker 1: what he ended the day with. He would finish with

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Speaker 1: like well, obviously a hundred seventy catches on on three

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Speaker 1: hundred targets for like eighteen hundred yards. That's that. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's not gonna keep up. It didn't even keep

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Speaker 1: at the targets area. Okay, he had nineteen, Brian Edwards

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Speaker 1: had five, but they were they were all late. Hunter

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Speaker 1: He's gonna always have high targets, but not a big

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Speaker 1: number of yardage. Kenyan Drake had five Za Jones to

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Speaker 1: threw the ball fifty six times in that game. If

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Speaker 1: More so in college football, you get a hundred thousand

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Speaker 1: Penn State fans and they're there and they're gonna they're

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Speaker 1: gonna cheer and root for their team, and you know,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't get as nasty and as it does

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Speaker 1: in the NFL where they're there to to get loud

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Speaker 1: and just boo you you know, and make it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I see what you're saying. Hey, college college football is

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Speaker 1: like you know, it's just not in the day. There's

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Speaker 1: rivalries Michigan, Ohio say things like that, but if Minnesota

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Speaker 1: And I think it was more valid. I think he

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Speaker 1: was bringing a point up because it was valid with

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Speaker 1: his offensive guys. So like, yeah, pet Frarmouth had played

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Speaker 1: all cheering for him, and they weren't making they weren't

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Speaker 1: making noise when when there, you know, their offense was

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Speaker 1: on the field. I see what you're saying. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: it was an adjustment for those young Steelers, without question.

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Speaker 1: And Bills are a great fan base and they were

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Speaker 1: in full force too. You were there. I wasn't, But

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Speaker 1: I can imagine Steeler fans are gonna be like Alex

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Speaker 1: Leatherwood his second start playing t J. Watt. Okay, he's

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Speaker 1: gonna get off the line really fast here, and I

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Speaker 1: gotta get like he had. He had a bunch of

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Speaker 1: penalties last night, Yes, I wonder how fall starts he

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Speaker 1: has on. It's gonna be a bunch, and I would

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Speaker 1: I would I think the over under on penalties for

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Speaker 1: Alex Leatherwood, I'd probably put it at three. I was

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Speaker 1: just gonna suggest that should be one of you. I

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Speaker 1: think it might be your. I might go with that.

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Speaker 1: Set the line at two and a half and go

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Speaker 1: over two and a half sounds yeah, I mean two

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Speaker 1: and a half. Two and a half penalties A lot

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Speaker 1: of penalties, right. I don't think rud would take that

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Speaker 1: right now, I'm like, oh, you only had two penalties

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Speaker 1: there to go two and a half A lot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think he goes over. Yeah, there's a hold in

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Speaker 1: an off side in store for sure. Yeah. I mean

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Speaker 1: that that defense is Yeah, it's just nasty, it really

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Speaker 1: And I don't think the Bills game was a fluke.

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Speaker 1: I mean to be shocked if we go back, if

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Speaker 1: it's November and we look back, like, remember how good

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Speaker 1: they looked against the Bills and they kind of haven't

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Speaker 1: kept that, didn't keep that up. I don't think that's

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Speaker 1: how it is. As long as they're healthy, I think there, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know when we talked about they might have the

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Speaker 1: best defense in the league. Yeah, I feel that way.

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Speaker 1: I mean, Washington didn't look like it's I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: not sure, and without their quarterback, I mean, it's gonna

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Speaker 1: be difficult for them to camp. It didn't have a

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Speaker 1: great show against Dallas an equal offense. The Rams were

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Speaker 1: pretty good, but they weren't necessarily tested. They did give

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Speaker 1: up some yards and points in that game against a

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Speaker 1: bad team. I think Goff kind of knew them a

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Speaker 1: little bit too, like the Bears or the Bears. The Bears, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but I'm thinking of forty Niners. Yeah, Niners kind of

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Speaker 1: fell apart in the end, too. But no, I hear you.

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Speaker 1: I think it's the best defense in the league. And

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Speaker 1: I am very confident about it, to be honest with you. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I definitely am. Now, I'm not confident that the Raiders

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Speaker 1: will keep up this momentum. I think there's a big

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Speaker 1: emotional let on effort the way you won that game

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Speaker 1: and your home opener and you beat the Ravens and

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Speaker 1: it's kind of a tremendous win and then okay, now

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Speaker 1: we gotta fly across country and yeah, I mean everyone's

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Speaker 1: they got it. They're off today and you know, that's tough.

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Speaker 1: That's tough. It's real tough. And they have a lot

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Speaker 1: of new parts on defense as well. I don't think

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Speaker 1: we'll look at the Raiders defense in November and be like, Wow,

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Speaker 1: these guys are a lot better than the whole Grooden era.

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Speaker 1: You know, I think they'll be better. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: they've ad at some guys, but I don't think it's

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Speaker 1: gonna be good. I don't think it's markedly better, and

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Speaker 1: I hope the Stewards will take advantage of it. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I still have questions about Steelers offense too. I don't

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Speaker 1: have any questions about Steelers defense without a doubt. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we'll see how that Steeler's offense, uh continues to

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Speaker 1: to improve it. I thought Mike Tomlin, you know, he

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Speaker 1: said today that there was an expectation that they would

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Speaker 1: have some struggles, especially early in that game, which makes

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Speaker 1: perfect sound. Bills were bringing everybody back from a pretty

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Speaker 1: good defense. You're at that, you're at their place. They

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Speaker 1: had a lot of continuity. You got all these new

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Speaker 1: guys starting their first game. Um, he actually said, I

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Speaker 1: was kind of surprised. I had the expectation that we

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Speaker 1: would have more first than fifteens because of false starts

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Speaker 1: and things of that nature. Yeah, it didn't really happen.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have a holding penalty. That was good, and

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Speaker 1: even like you said, to Bill's defense, it wasn't like

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Speaker 1: the officials weren't calling him all right, it's not last year.

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Speaker 1: Holding is illegal again, which is good to hear and

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Speaker 1: certainly good news for the Steelers. Now, you're right, the

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Speaker 1: production wasn't there, especially in the the fifth half. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's but it got better as the game went on,

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Speaker 1: and it wasn't like they were all looking at each

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Speaker 1: other like I thought you were gonna pick up at

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Speaker 1: this time, you know, I mean they were mentally they

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Speaker 1: seemed fine. The production wasn't there in the execution. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's basically what Tomlin said today. So we'll see if

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Speaker 1: that continues to get better. But that's gonna do it

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Speaker 1: for this segment. So we're gonna take a little break here.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lally. It is Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: That means that it's Power Ranking Day. We'll do those

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Speaker 1: right after this Black and Gold football leaves here. Twenty

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