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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we doing well? That's good

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Speaker 2: us too. It is our number two here on the Drive.

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Speaker 2: As the afternoon has turned into the evening, one more

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Speaker 2: hour to go. You know what that means.

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Speaker 3: It's been a good week, dude.

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Speaker 4: It's been a great week.

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Speaker 3: Hitting our strive. We're getting a bunch of bunch of

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Speaker 3: new listeners out there. Last segment of the week, let's

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Speaker 3: go absolutely Welcome to the game coming.

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Speaker 2: You know, much like John McClain and die Hard Welcome

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Speaker 2: to the party, pal. You know, if you're someone who's uh,

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Speaker 2: who's just don't say the next word after that and

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Speaker 2: we'll get thrown off air.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It's been a good week of shows, all in anticipation

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Speaker 2: of what is hopefully a great game Sunday night. And

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Speaker 2: as we kind of started the last hour talking about

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Speaker 2: kicking off a massive stretch here for the Pittsburgh Steelers,

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Speaker 2: it it could be it could be a few weeks

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Speaker 2: before your favorite in another game.

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Speaker 3: Quite possible.

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Speaker 4: I don't think you'll be against the Colts.

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Speaker 2: Could be a very slim spread, especially with it being

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Speaker 2: at home and maybe hey, maybe they're due, maybe they

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Speaker 2: lay a stinker this Sunday and and that, you know,

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Speaker 2: brings them back down to earth a little bit.

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Speaker 4: But I would be shocked.

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Speaker 3: I'm with you.

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Speaker 2: You got to go across country against the Chargers. I

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Speaker 2: imagine you're build light under again, not massive, but a

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Speaker 2: slight underdog.

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Speaker 3: Would say, if that game is played today, Chargers minus

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Speaker 4: A half, that was exactly what I especially after.

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Speaker 3: The performance last night.

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Speaker 2: And then it is right and then it's on the

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Speaker 2: road against Chicago after that, or am I skipping it?

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I'm always bad.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but regardless, I mean, I you know, it could

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Speaker 4: be a.

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Speaker 3: Pick games. I might pick them over the over the Ravens.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. I mean, it's might be Miami on Monday night.

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Speaker 2: The next time that you've got kind of what you

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Speaker 2: circle is an absolute we're gonna win this game type game.

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Speaker 2: It's a it's a huge stretch here for put up

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Speaker 2: or shut up time. And so with that, it's time

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Speaker 2: for us to jump back into a little five Star Friday.

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Speaker 3: We're humbled and excited to be in these five star matchups.

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Speaker 3: Five star matchup. Somebody leaving here with the loves not

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Speaker 3: gonna be us.

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Speaker 4: And better not be us. Matt.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about the Steelers offense against this Packers defense.

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Speaker 2: And I mean, am I taking the low hanging fruit?

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Speaker 2: Or do we have to start with Michael Parsons?

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Speaker 4: And I think that guy who really has.

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Speaker 2: Looked like he started to get comfortable, settle in round

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Speaker 3: Or the preseason, banged up right.

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Speaker 4: And then you know, new team, new organization, moving all

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Speaker 3: They traded for an injured player, which doesn't happen that much.

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Speaker 3: That was like a crucial one, but it was a

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Speaker 3: exactly what you're getting, absolute.

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Speaker 2: Sign me up on this guy. And man, really the

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Speaker 2: last couple of weeks, I think, especially last week in Arizona,

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Speaker 2: he started to look like that Michael Parsons that we

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Speaker 2: all know he's capable of being. Yeah, you had success

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Speaker 2: just a couple of weeks ago against Miles Garrett, a

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Speaker 2: thereon Rodgers cleaning Cincinnati, Roger Jones was the only one

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Speaker 2: against Michael Parsons and some other uh you know in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's been a theme talking about the Packers

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Speaker 3: around quite a bit from how they used to play

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Speaker 3: like nice football players that aren't athletes don't go in

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Speaker 3: and oh, by the way, they pick up Parsons, you know.

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Speaker 3: And I think you have to mention Rashaun Gary as

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Speaker 3: He had a really good year two years ago without

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Speaker 3: Parsons having a great year with him. So that duo

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Speaker 3: is problematic. That that's the difference in the Garrett conversation

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Speaker 3: we raved about. You know, we warned people the rest

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Speaker 3: of that Browns d line is better than you think. Well,

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Speaker 3: this pair is like as good as there is the league,

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Speaker 3: you know. I mean, they're they're pretty awesome.

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Speaker 4: They they're chasing t Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 3: That's exactly it. I Mean one might be number one

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Speaker 3: and that in itself is a huge challenge. And Parsons

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Speaker 4: He doesn't much of a low light tape at all.

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Speaker 3: No, he really doesn't plays the run. Meryll mentioned the

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Speaker 4: And if there's anybody who deserves to be compared to.

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Speaker 3: Them, yeah, right, right, right, And I think where Meryl

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Speaker 3: go to YouTube and watch any Lawrence Taylor highlights. They're awesome.

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Speaker 4: Like putting people in the term right.

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Speaker 3: People tried to block him with like tight ends and

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Speaker 3: like he's chased a quarterback. Yeah, and just accelerate and

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Speaker 3: some of that stuff from Parsons too, like you run

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Speaker 2: Yeah right, yeah, yeah, no, absolutely, So that's where it

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Speaker 3: Has yeah, looked stepped up.

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Speaker 4: Looked improved, looked improved, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: They do, and they've had a couple solid tests this

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Speaker 3: Seattle front. I hope people realize now was no Joe,

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Speaker 4: It's probably top five in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, but this this feels like again, ratchet it

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Speaker 2: You combine the Sunday night under the lights only show

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Speaker 2: in town type elements as well too. We talk about narratives, right,

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Speaker 2: I mentioned that to you yesterday and today there's a

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Speaker 2: already write out our articles, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 2: just fill in some of the gaps. If Roger Jones

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Speaker 3: They're going to impact the game. I mean, the Miles

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Speaker 3: Garrett impact was remarkably low. That's not gonna happen again,

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Speaker 3: that's probably his one out of ten sure performance, sure,

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Speaker 2: But this is one of those if you're able to

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Speaker 2: to be given to Jones and Fultanu is going to

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Speaker 3: So yeah, I mean, this could be a strong case

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Speaker 3: for you pick up the fifth year option. Absolutely absolutely,

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Speaker 3: And I'm expecting him to be on an island like

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Speaker 3: he's Anthony Munoz against Parsons, winning time and time again.

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Speaker 3: Just limit the damage, absolutely.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: If they don't, though, if those guys end up wrecking

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Speaker 2: of times. Yeah, then all of a sudden it becomes

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Speaker 2: the opposite storyline, right, Yeah, these guys are first round picks.

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Speaker 2: What's going on out here? Why aren't we seeing the results?

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Speaker 2: How come they're letting these edge rushers wreck the game plan?

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Speaker 2: It's a it's a big sixty minutes for Faltanu and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and even if you just look at pressure rate, though,

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Speaker 3: Steelers are one of the best in the league. Now

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Speaker 3: I've said this a thousand times, and I think pressure

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Speaker 3: rate follows this, but especially sacks is as much a

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Speaker 4: You've You've been preaching that for a long time.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it just absolutely is. There's some quarterbacks that

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Speaker 2: I mean, so there's some that start like Josh Allen

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Speaker 2: and they harfect get sacked.

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Speaker 3: Right right right. And then there's the Justin fields On

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Speaker 3: trying to pick on him, but he takes a ton

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Speaker 2: Williams, You've seen the improvement better, still not great, but

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Speaker 2: getting much better than where he was last year.

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Speaker 3: So the Steelers are the best, one of the best

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Speaker 3: because they don't hold the ball very long. I mean,

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Speaker 3: But they have mitigated pass rush well in the past.

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Speaker 3: He could be a star. And he was you watch

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Speaker 2: When we return, it is time to go around the league.

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Speaker 2: We do this every single Friday. Yes, we are completely

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 2: Down the home stretch here on a Friday, We're going

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Speaker 2: the other games the week eight games in the NFL

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Speaker 2: this weekend. But Matt significant news oh Lamar Jackson a

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Speaker 3: So this is huge. I know we're going to pick

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and some other injuries. Even like watching that game

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Speaker 2: I still certainly think that Baltimore is anywhere near out

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Speaker 4: Boost for them.

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Speaker 2: And yeah, the line on that one reflects it. We

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Speaker 2: we start in Atlanta, where the three and three Falcons

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Speaker 3: I really don't like how Atlanta's playing right now.

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Speaker 4: It's a big number.

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Speaker 3: It's such a big number.

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Speaker 4: I don't want to take anything with Miami.

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Speaker 4: This is one of those I wouldn't touch with a No.

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Speaker 4: Thirty nine and a half foot poll right exactly.

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Speaker 3: I mean, there's, as we often say, there's six or

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Speaker 3: I'm cool. They play hard, They're just not very talented.

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Speaker 2: Or that they were if they were six and a

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Speaker 4: But you know what, I'm doing on this one, is

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Speaker 3: I would think Atlanta's smart enough just be like, we're

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Speaker 3: I just don't know if that's about seven and a half.

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Speaker 3: But I'll I can't take the Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: A nice day, and you know right, that's why I

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Speaker 2: Bengals feeling good about themselves, looking to get back to

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Speaker 3: Which they were playing somebody else on a.

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Speaker 3: no sauce against those corners. It doesn't Tyrod's supposed to start,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's listened as questionable on their injury.

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Speaker 4: This is another one. So tease the Bengals and the Falcons. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Down a little bit because I think they both win.

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Speaker 4: There's some there's some spreads I really don't like this week, Matt.

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Speaker 3: That's one of the most interesting things I've I've found

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Speaker 4: What we fantasy football.

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Speaker 3: I understand fantasy. I think good to fantasy, but like

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Speaker 4: What it is.

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Speaker 2: It's not how we truly feel about this game, it's

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Speaker 2: Like for example, Matt Yeah, yeah, yeah, you talk about

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Speaker 2: No game, We're not gonna get b y We're not

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Speaker 4: So they are all way.

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Speaker 3: Well like Packers and Steeler fans come out like crazy

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Speaker 4: The BYU lines are always skewed in the direction of

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Speaker 3: Bet it's it's it's that's awesome.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's historic.

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Speaker 2: money on both sides, not just on one side.

441
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:07,800
Speaker 3: Like it's I to get back to my NFL point.

442
00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:08,760
Speaker 4: That's that's real quick.

443
00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,159
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was laughing. I didn't bring this up to you.

444
00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:12,720
Speaker 2: This can be my we did this, this can be

445
00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:13,600
Speaker 2: my what's bothering me?

446
00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:14,000
Speaker 4: For the week?

447
00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,119
Speaker 2: Lane Kiffin was asked about the college football playoff at

448
00:20:17,160 --> 00:20:19,879
Speaker 2: his press conference this week. So much you know, drama

449
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:21,800
Speaker 2: last year around the twelve teams, It's going to be

450
00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,800
Speaker 2: the same this year. And lane Kiffin goes, if the

451
00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:27,800
Speaker 2: College FOOTBA committee should just have Vegas select the twelve

452
00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,000
Speaker 2: best teams in the country because Vegas is always you know,

453
00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,840
Speaker 2: Vegas is right more often than they're not, and we

454
00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:34,800
Speaker 2: should just let Vegas decide. Okay, Yeah, tell that to

455
00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,399
Speaker 2: James Franklin, lane Kiffin. Yeah, back to back weeks is

456
00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:39,639
Speaker 2: a twenty plus points fit.

457
00:20:40,119 --> 00:20:40,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, No, you're right.

458
00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,600
Speaker 4: We should totally let Vegas do it.

459
00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:44,280
Speaker 3: Could go wrong, what could go wrong?

460
00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:46,280
Speaker 4: The games on the field don't even matter.

461
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,479
Speaker 2: You're right, Let's just cancel college football for twelve weeks

462
00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:53,080
Speaker 2: and let Vegas decide who the dozen teams in the playoffs. Sorry,

463
00:20:53,160 --> 00:20:55,639
Speaker 2: I digress, It's good. That's what's bothering me this week.

464
00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:57,840
Speaker 3: So what my point is when I was talking about

465
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,280
Speaker 3: wanting to learn more about it, is I just don't

466
00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,240
Speaker 3: know for these like this Titan game that we're going

467
00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,119
Speaker 3: to talk about in a minute, Colts Titans. What's enough

468
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,639
Speaker 3: of a point? I mean, does it open at like

469
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:10,600
Speaker 3: nine and everyone's like nine, I'm not even sniffing at

470
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:12,800
Speaker 3: at nine? What if I make it sixteen? What if

471
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,480
Speaker 3: I make it thirty? You like, once enough to bet

472
00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,600
Speaker 3: on these terrible teams and then one you probably know this,

473
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 3: but do you know the college team that is bet

474
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,600
Speaker 3: on the most?

475
00:21:22,359 --> 00:21:25,040
Speaker 4: Ooh? Probably Alabama would be my guest or Ohios, Like

476
00:21:25,080 --> 00:21:26,560
Speaker 4: do you know this? Or you just as I do know?

477
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:28,719
Speaker 3: I mean I knew it as ten years ago, but

478
00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,560
Speaker 3: maybe it's changed.

479
00:21:29,560 --> 00:21:31,840
Speaker 4: Ohio State or Alabama would be my first guess.

480
00:21:31,880 --> 00:21:34,800
Speaker 3: It's Hawaii because everyone that loses all day bets on

481
00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:38,600
Speaker 3: Hawaii at ten o'clock at night and they're drunk. That's awesome,

482
00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:42,680
Speaker 3: had a tough day, but I'll get it back and

483
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,040
Speaker 3: get it back in the dragon. Yeah, I'll have a

484
00:21:45,040 --> 00:21:47,800
Speaker 3: bet on Hawaii at midnight after one hundred beers.

485
00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 2: Right, That's why I can betteran advice for you you

486
00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:55,480
Speaker 2: place all your bets before you crack your first cold one.

487
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:57,679
Speaker 4: Okay, that's Funkel West, you keep that in.

488
00:21:57,680 --> 00:21:59,639
Speaker 3: The back A good day, I'm gonna double down on

489
00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,360
Speaker 3: in Hawaii. Yeah, that's hilarious.

490
00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:07,040
Speaker 2: It makes a lot of sense, though, Browns at Patriots

491
00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 2: in Foxborough five and two, New England feeling good two

492
00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,240
Speaker 2: and five Cleveland, Hey, maybe better than they've felt recently,

493
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,480
Speaker 2: coming off with strong performance Patriots.

494
00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,480
Speaker 4: This is another line that I hate. Seven and a

495
00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:19,160
Speaker 4: half New England.

496
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,440
Speaker 3: No, I love the points in this one. I mean,

497
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:24,600
Speaker 3: you know, I'm a great, big time Drake mayfan, but

498
00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,560
Speaker 3: I think there might be feeling a little better than

499
00:22:26,600 --> 00:22:29,040
Speaker 3: they should. Some of these teams when they're a little

500
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 3: the cart's a little ahead of the wagon or the

501
00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:34,120
Speaker 3: horse or whatever, you know, And I guess the horse

502
00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:37,200
Speaker 3: makes more sense. Don't put the horse and you're giving

503
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,800
Speaker 3: me more in a touchdown against a team that plays

504
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,320
Speaker 3: defense and runs the ball, I think they keep it close.

505
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:45,480
Speaker 3: So I'm not saying they win. This was a DVOA thing,

506
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,320
Speaker 3: you know, football siders, and now they're ftn. The Patriots

507
00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 3: have had the per DVA have had the easiest schedule

508
00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:55,440
Speaker 3: in the league thus far, not surprising, but yeah, their

509
00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,119
Speaker 3: capitalized is gone, and good for them. They also have

510
00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,680
Speaker 3: the easiest schedule going forward.

511
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 2: Their next five weeks, like a bunch of one wine

512
00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 2: three win teams.

513
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,160
Speaker 4: They get the Dolphins, they get the Jets, they get

514
00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:05,720
Speaker 4: the Browns.

515
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,040
Speaker 3: And speaking of betting, they're gonna be my favorite team

516
00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 3: to bet against in the first round of the playoffs

517
00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,360
Speaker 3: because they're going to smash all these good teams get

518
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 3: in and then then they're gonna go to Kansas City

519
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 3: and get squashed.

520
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:18,600
Speaker 4: You know, Loo give Matt Calling a shot, like Babe Ruth,

521
00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:21,160
Speaker 4: a little divisional rivalry.

522
00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:24,800
Speaker 3: You got this one taking a point too or yeah

523
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,680
Speaker 3: over a touchdown. I just think that defense is good.

524
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 2: I do too, Yeah, And I think you're right. New

525
00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,879
Speaker 2: England's good. They are on track to make the playoffs.

526
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,720
Speaker 2: They're a little ahead of schedule, and sometimes that jumps

527
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:37,400
Speaker 2: up and bites you when you least expect it. Eagles

528
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,679
Speaker 2: hosting the Giants. These two teams, of course, met just

529
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:42,159
Speaker 2: what two weeks ago on a Thursday night, and the

530
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 2: Giants upset the Eagles back at home at the Link.

531
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,000
Speaker 2: Philly feeling better about itself too, after a solid performance

532
00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,480
Speaker 2: in Minnesota last week, Eagles seven and a half point favorites.

533
00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 3: It's not a game I like either.

534
00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 2: There's a lot of these that I get now. I

535
00:23:57,760 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 2: wouldn't the grinch. I wouldn't touch with a thirty nine

536
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 2: and football.

537
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 3: Right, And I do think a lot of good things

538
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,520
Speaker 3: are happening in New York, although a bunch of just

539
00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:08,879
Speaker 3: got fined a couple of hours ago. But I just

540
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 3: think the Vision game that got kind of embarrassed, and

541
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,959
Speaker 3: you're the super Bowl champ, you come back pretty strong

542
00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 3: to squash that opponent and maybe you run it up.

543
00:24:21,160 --> 00:24:23,480
Speaker 2: It wouldn't surprise me, wouldn't surprise me. That's the way

544
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 2: I'm leaning as well. To Again, I don't love this spread.

545
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,240
Speaker 3: No, I think it's a good number.

546
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,600
Speaker 2: But I'll lay the points with Philadelphia and they'll win

547
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,560
Speaker 2: by more than seven. And you're right, a game will

548
00:24:33,560 --> 00:24:37,320
Speaker 2: they'll clearly be focused and they'll want some revenge. And hey, Scataboo,

549
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,720
Speaker 2: get a boo and Jackson Dart, you guys had a

550
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,360
Speaker 2: lot of fun at our expense a couple of weeks ago.

551
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:43,480
Speaker 4: Here comes we remember, here comes the return favorite.

552
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,720
Speaker 3: Like again, I'm not picking on the Patriots, but next

553
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:48,400
Speaker 3: time the Bills play the Patriots. I'm gonna take the Bills, yes, yeah.

554
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,680
Speaker 4: And speaking of the Bills, they are on the road

555
00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 4: in Charlotte four and three, upstart surprising Carolina Panthers. Buffalo

556
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 4: a seven and a half point favorite, and no one's

557
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 4: over see though. I'm gonna tell you, I love.

558
00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:03,800
Speaker 3: This, Okay.

559
00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:05,760
Speaker 4: If even if it was eight.

560
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 2: And a half, maybe even nine and a half, I

561
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:09,639
Speaker 2: think I would still lay the points with the Bills

562
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:12,919
Speaker 2: for two reasons. One, they're rightfully ticked off about the

563
00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:14,440
Speaker 2: way they've performed as of late.

564
00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 4: Yes, and they're better than that they are.

565
00:25:16,840 --> 00:25:18,639
Speaker 2: And they're coming off a bye week, so two losses,

566
00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,080
Speaker 2: two losses and a bye I mean they've had a

567
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:24,040
Speaker 2: month since they've won. Yeah, And I think I remember

568
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,800
Speaker 2: I told you this story when the Cowboys were in

569
00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:29,479
Speaker 2: Charlotte a couple weeks ago. But I've got an old roommate,

570
00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,480
Speaker 2: great friend from college. Him and his wife live in

571
00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:35,879
Speaker 2: Charlotte now. They're they're Commander's people, they're DC people, but

572
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,960
Speaker 2: they live in Charlotte now and they have season tickets

573
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:40,679
Speaker 2: and he does the we always sell one game a

574
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:43,919
Speaker 2: year because the opposing team takes it over well, and

575
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:45,520
Speaker 2: he was like, we can't decide this year if it's

576
00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:47,800
Speaker 2: gonna be Dallas or Buffalo. It might be both, and

577
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,880
Speaker 2: that'll more than pay for our, say a lot of Bills.

578
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,920
Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be seventy five percent Bills fans

579
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:55,160
Speaker 2: there and Charlotte as well too. Like I said, if

580
00:25:55,160 --> 00:25:56,680
Speaker 2: this was eight and a half, I think I'd lay

581
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:58,680
Speaker 2: it with Buffalo. I'll lay the seven and a half

582
00:25:58,720 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 2: Bills win big.

583
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,080
Speaker 3: I was on the fence. If you convinced me. I

584
00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,639
Speaker 3: did think it'd be a heavy Bill's crowd. I think Dalton,

585
00:26:05,680 --> 00:26:07,800
Speaker 3: who is the starter, though, makes them a better team.

586
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 3: I mean in terms of who do you have a

587
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,520
Speaker 3: better chance to beat the Bills with Dalton or Young?

588
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,160
Speaker 3: I would put my chip on Dalton, but he ain't

589
00:26:14,200 --> 00:26:15,040
Speaker 3: Josh Allen.

590
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 4: Either.

591
00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:21,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, and again, I just it's been a month since

592
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,400
Speaker 2: the Bills have won a football game.

593
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:23,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're due.

594
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 4: They're due.

595
00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:27,200
Speaker 2: Speaking of being due, are the Baltimore Ravens do Matt.

596
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,320
Speaker 2: They are at home one in five against the hot

597
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,719
Speaker 2: Chicago Bears. They've won four straight one o'clock kickoff at

598
00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: M and T Banks Stadium. Baltimore is six and a

599
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 2: half point favorite.

600
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,359
Speaker 3: He certainly can make the same argument too. Like you

601
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 3: talk about team that's due to win, I mean just

602
00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:43,359
Speaker 3: to they'd be getting blown out and they're coming off

603
00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:46,680
Speaker 3: a bye. They're a lot healthier name its quarterback position.

604
00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,400
Speaker 3: But in the meantime, the Bears have been winning every game.

605
00:26:49,640 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 3: You know, they didn't it looked like you know, you

606
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,359
Speaker 3: look at this one way back, it's like the Ravens

607
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 3: will come out of the by, they'll blow out a

608
00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:57,960
Speaker 3: bunch of bad teams. The tough part of the schedules

609
00:26:57,960 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 3: behind them. Well, the Bears are figuring things out, you know,

610
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 3: rookie head coach and second your quarterback getting it in.

611
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,199
Speaker 3: The Bears cause a ton of turnovers. I like the

612
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,640
Speaker 3: Ravens to win, but not by a ton. I think

613
00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:11,680
Speaker 3: it's a close game and one they could lose.

614
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:15,400
Speaker 2: I completely agree. I think Lamar makes the difference. Yeah,

615
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 2: but I also think it's going to be fair to

616
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,000
Speaker 2: expect him. He's gonna have to knock off some rust

617
00:27:19,040 --> 00:27:21,360
Speaker 2: and get comfortable once again too a few weeks.

618
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,040
Speaker 3: He can't be He hardly practiced this week.

619
00:27:24,080 --> 00:27:27,720
Speaker 2: It's not MVP form, Lamar, No, No, you know, hardly

620
00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:29,879
Speaker 2: practice this week has been out for a few weeks.

621
00:27:30,080 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 3: They don't stop the run, well, they don't rush past.

622
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 3: They've the line problems.

623
00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:34,480
Speaker 2: I also think too, when we kind of talk about

624
00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 2: the factors outside of the x's and o's, like to

625
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 2: use a baseball analogy, they've got to be gripping the

626
00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 2: bat a little tight in Baltimore right now.

627
00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, gripping the golf club a little bit tight.

628
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:45,159
Speaker 3: You know.

629
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 2: I've told you that, Like they say that in hockey,

630
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:50,080
Speaker 2: when you know when a Alexandrovtchkin's gone six or seven

631
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 2: games without scoring, and all of a sudden.

632
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,120
Speaker 4: You start gripping the stick a little too tight because

633
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:53,800
Speaker 4: you're thinking about it.

634
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 2: I really need to get one, Like I think they

635
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 2: know that they have to get this game.

636
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,359
Speaker 4: They do, and I think they will.

637
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,560
Speaker 2: But I will take six. I'll take Chicago plus six

638
00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 2: and a half Bears to cover Ravens to win.

639
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 3: Yes, me too.

640
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 2: Last one in the one o'clock slot here, speaking of

641
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:11,400
Speaker 2: another team that has to win, Matt, the Houston Texans

642
00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 2: two and four at home against the Niners, who certainly

643
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:17,600
Speaker 2: have some holes and some warts. But they're five and

644
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:20,560
Speaker 2: two and they've they've done nothing but win in these

645
00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:22,919
Speaker 2: tough spots all season where we thought, here comes a

646
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,920
Speaker 2: loss for San Francisco. Houston a two and a half

647
00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 2: point favorite at home.

648
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 3: I don't get this line because I think you.

649
00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 4: Would have San Francisco favored, or you think it should

650
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,160
Speaker 4: be a bigger line going.

651
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 3: I'm taking the Niners, Okay, so I think they win outright, Okay,

652
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 3: I know it's in Houston, but you said it. I

653
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,080
Speaker 3: mean one team keeps figuring out a way to win

654
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 3: and the other one keeps figuring out a way to lose.

655
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,719
Speaker 3: And I don't know that Houston's offense. I don't think

656
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:52,360
Speaker 3: Nico Collins is gonna play like who's scary in their offense.

657
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:54,480
Speaker 3: I don't see anybody. They don't run the ball well,

658
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 3: you know, Stroud is sputtering and the Niners are starting

659
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 3: to figure things out. Really well coached team. They're they're

660
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 3: not They're fine on the road.

661
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 2: This line surprises me too. I understand the desperation spot

662
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 2: for Houston, and I do think that that carries weight

663
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:12,400
Speaker 2: in these In these type of matches.

664
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,280
Speaker 3: There in real trouble if they lose this one.

665
00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 4: Big trouble if they lose this one.

666
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:19,040
Speaker 2: But this is another one though Matt it's gonna be

667
00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 2: a Bowl game type atmosphere. There's gonna be fifty percent

668
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: Niners fans there. We've seen how they travel.

669
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,360
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh, and Houston is not one of

670
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 4: those kind of you know, uh, prevent opposition from invading

671
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:33,800
Speaker 4: your stadium type opponents.

672
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,040
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take the Niners in the points as well too.

673
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:37,880
Speaker 2: I don't know if I'm outright as confident as you

674
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 2: that San Francisco wins. Yeah, but I'll take them plus

675
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 2: two and a half. Absolutely.

676
00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,280
Speaker 3: I don't know who i'd take if it was Niners

677
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 3: minus two and a half. I mean, that would be

678
00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 3: tough for Yeah, right, Yeah.

679
00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:50,000
Speaker 2: It's a great point. I might take Houston in the

680
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,240
Speaker 2: points if that's the scenario. Maybe either way, I wouldn't

681
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 2: hate it if you could buy this up to three

682
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 2: and a half. Whichever way you're going, tease it, buy it,

683
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:01,480
Speaker 2: get yourself a little but to help there, as Mike

684
00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 2: Pursuda would say, make the points work in your favor,

685
00:30:03,800 --> 00:30:06,520
Speaker 2: just put a little more money on it. Into the

686
00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: four o'clock slate. Here a divisional matchup in New Orleans

687
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,200
Speaker 2: between the one and six Saints in the five and

688
00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,440
Speaker 2: two Tampa Bay Bucks This one surprises me at a.

689
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,640
Speaker 4: Little bit as well too. Matt Tampa only a three

690
00:30:17,680 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 4: and a half point favored against the Saints.

691
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 3: And last I saw when I was picking it on

692
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:24,080
Speaker 3: Peacock and Williamson was four and a half. So I

693
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 3: mean it must be moving heavily that direction. And I

694
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 3: was shocked. It was my exact words I think were, Man,

695
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 3: I was shocked that this was only four and a

696
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,680
Speaker 3: half and that now it's less. And then I started

697
00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:37,440
Speaker 3: thinking through it. I'm like, man, Tampa's got a lot

698
00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:41,400
Speaker 3: of injuries they do and short week on the road,

699
00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 3: rest advantage. You know. Back to the Steeler thing, they

700
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,440
Speaker 3: played Monday night Division game.

701
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 2: This is something that we should look into. I wonder

702
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: what teams record is the week after playing the Lions.

703
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,320
Speaker 4: It's like they beat their physical They beat you up, right,

704
00:30:57,360 --> 00:30:57,600
Speaker 4: you know.

705
00:30:57,680 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 2: It's like the back in the day, like people would

706
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 2: always point ot the records of teams after they would

707
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,880
Speaker 2: face the Steelers or the Ravens.

708
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 3: Yeah.

709
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, because you're getting beat up by Debo, You're getting

710
00:31:05,120 --> 00:31:06,680
Speaker 2: beat up by ray Lewis for sixty minutes.

711
00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 4: How do you look the next week?

712
00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:12,080
Speaker 3: The year the Niners most recently went to the Super Bowl.

713
00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 3: They were a really good running team, typical Shanahan team.

714
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:18,080
Speaker 3: They lost to the Chiefs. Right every opponent. The week

715
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 3: after lost they were oh to sixteen. Week after playing

716
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,840
Speaker 3: Niners they lost. They's got run on and beat up.

717
00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 3: I mean it was sixteen games, sixteen teams.

718
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 2: That mean something, right, It certainly does, and I wonder

719
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 2: if that's some of the factor at play here.

720
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,840
Speaker 3: I'm taking the home dog. Are you home dog on

721
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 3: arrest advantage division game? I bet that pays more than

722
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,640
Speaker 3: it loses, But the number does seem small. I mean,

723
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 3: Tampa's like four tiers ahead the Saints.

724
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 2: The only dog that I like more than a home

725
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,800
Speaker 2: dog is Baker Mayfield. He got that dog in a

726
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,480
Speaker 2: mat to match the home dog enough play, it would

727
00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 2: comes some of the I'm gonna lay the three and

728
00:31:59,640 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 2: a half.

729
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,400
Speaker 3: They are better than the Saints. I mean.

730
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 2: One of the things I will give credit for to Vegas.

731
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 2: I don't want to sound like Lane Kiffin here, okay,

732
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 2: but I'll meet them halfway is that typically when a

733
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 2: line looks too good.

734
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,000
Speaker 4: To be true, I know it is too good to

735
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 4: be true.

736
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 3: Hit that one hard.

737
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:18,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, what Vegas? The game have you've seen the

738
00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 2: Vegas Strip. Have you've seen all those buildings that they

739
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 2: build out there. They're they're they're right much more than

740
00:32:22,520 --> 00:32:25,440
Speaker 2: they are wrong, certainly. But I'm gonna I'm gonna take

741
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,040
Speaker 2: Baker to overcome some of that and in Tampa Bay

742
00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:32,240
Speaker 2: to bounce back against the divisional foe Mile High Stadium.

743
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 2: This will be a fun one. The five and two

744
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 2: Broncos host the three, three and one Dallas Cowboys. High

745
00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:43,560
Speaker 2: flying Cowboys offense against a good Broncos defense, struggling Broncos offense.

746
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:44,560
Speaker 4: You take that.

747
00:32:45,920 --> 00:32:47,680
Speaker 3: Against the majority of the year.

748
00:32:47,760 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 2: Yes, against a Swiss cheese Cowboys defense. Denver three and

749
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 2: a half points favorites at home.

750
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 3: These two games. These two teams have played in some

751
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,239
Speaker 3: of the wildest games of the year too. You mean,

752
00:32:56,520 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 3: it's true. Dallas just sets up to be a wild

753
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 3: game because they probably the best offense in the league.

754
00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:03,960
Speaker 3: I think the culture Cowboys is the best offense.

755
00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 4: Vegas over under of the week. Not a surprise to you,

756
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 4: is in this one? Yeah?

757
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,040
Speaker 3: So another I think of pursuit of betting term is

758
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 3: if you think the underdog has a real chance to win,

759
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 3: take the points.

760
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:18,920
Speaker 4: That's what he tells me. All the time.

761
00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:20,840
Speaker 2: Okay, I thought Pursuda says to me all the time,

762
00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,400
Speaker 2: people who bet money line are dumb.

763
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, right right, take the points, just.

764
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 4: Bet more money on it.

765
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:28,240
Speaker 3: And I do think Alas could win this game.

766
00:33:28,240 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 2: I don't know if that full blanket statement of people

767
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 2: who bet money line are dumb if I agree with that,

768
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,320
Speaker 2: but I agree with his logic of always take the points.

769
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:35,800
Speaker 2: Just put a little more money on.

770
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, just hit it harder.

771
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 4: I guess someone wants to give you points. Take points.

772
00:33:39,200 --> 00:33:41,360
Speaker 3: Yeah. If you ask me to pick this game, straight up,

773
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,960
Speaker 3: I might take Dallas or I'd be really on the fence.

774
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 3: So I'm taking the points for sure. Hmm.

775
00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 4: I don't know.

776
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:54,560
Speaker 2: I just I like that Broncos defense a lot, and

777
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 2: it'd be one thing if I thought Dallas could run

778
00:33:56,680 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 2: the ball effectively. I think they're going to try and

779
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 2: air it out with Dak and pick and CD Lamb,

780
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: and they've had a lot of success doing that.

781
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:05,960
Speaker 3: I would think Sertain's on Pickens, I would think so.

782
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 2: In the mile high atmosphere there, I don't I think

783
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,960
Speaker 2: the Cowboys offense might struggle a little bit.

784
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 4: I'm gonna lay the points with them.

785
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:15,479
Speaker 3: It's a terrible place to play.

786
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,600
Speaker 2: It's a tough place to play, particularly if you're a

787
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:19,359
Speaker 2: team who wants to air the ball out a bunch

788
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 2: and oh yeah, you can ask CD and George Pickens

789
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 2: to run up and down the field for three hours

790
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:28,759
Speaker 2: and fifteen minutes in that you know that altitude. I

791
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 2: don't love it, but I'll lay I'll lay the points

792
00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,000
Speaker 2: with the Broncos on this one, last one in that

793
00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 2: four thirty time slot, a game that we've referenced a

794
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 2: couple times here today already. The six and one Indianapolis

795
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:43,720
Speaker 2: Colts the Steelers next opponent, hosting the one and six

796
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:45,280
Speaker 2: Tennessee Titans.

797
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:46,120
Speaker 4: One of the bigger.

798
00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 3: Line, how big is this line have to be to

799
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:48,800
Speaker 3: take the Titans.

800
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:50,799
Speaker 4: One of the bigger ones we've seen so far this.

801
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 3: Season is over fourteen right, fourteen and a half.

802
00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,920
Speaker 4: Fourteen and a half, and he's favored. I think I

803
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 4: would lay it still.

804
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,040
Speaker 2: I like I realized the Cults, they've they've played a

805
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,480
Speaker 2: lot more one score games this year than they have blowouts.

806
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,040
Speaker 3: The capable of blowing out.

807
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:06,959
Speaker 4: They certainly are.

808
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,880
Speaker 2: And the Titans, to me, just I just feel like

809
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: a team that's kind of packed it in already, like

810
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:15,120
Speaker 2: the proverbial like just gone, the joke that everybody makes,

811
00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 2: like cankun on three, you know, like these guys are

812
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:20,360
Speaker 2: already playing in their offseason vacations, And where am I

813
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,840
Speaker 2: taking my wife and kids the second week in January

814
00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 2: when the season.

815
00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:27,040
Speaker 3: Gets traded next week? Or yeah? Right? Making business decisions

816
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 3: should I play or not?

817
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 4: I hate a number that big.

818
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:32,160
Speaker 2: This is another thirty nine and a half foot pole one,

819
00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 2: but I'll lay them with INDI if.

820
00:35:34,160 --> 00:35:36,880
Speaker 4: Be mad at you, he would be very mad at me.

821
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:38,480
Speaker 4: Never touched the double digit spread.

822
00:35:39,520 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 2: This is another one I would try and tease or

823
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,120
Speaker 2: buy down to even just thirteen and a half. I

824
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:45,840
Speaker 2: would feel much better about than fourteen and a half.

825
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 3: Because you know Ward's going to be out there chucking

826
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:47,719
Speaker 3: it late.

827
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 2: Absolutely no, He's the one guy on Tennessee that I

828
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,680
Speaker 2: trust to not pack it in to still right, you know,

829
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:53,600
Speaker 2: pedal to the medal.

830
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 4: But I don't know if that's going to be enough.

831
00:35:55,560 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 3: I don't know. I'm also going to take the Colts.

832
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 3: I would not bet it. I don't know what the

833
00:36:00,360 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 3: number would have to be for me to take the Titans.

834
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 3: Maybe seventeen and a half. That sounds crazy. Though, sounds crazy, right.

835
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:09,040
Speaker 4: I think it's sixteen and a half.

836
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:12,239
Speaker 3: I would take the Okay, what is the magic because again, like.

837
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 2: The Colts could be up twenty and cam Ward throws

838
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:15,480
Speaker 2: a touchdown.

839
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 4: That's the biggest X factor. It's like the.

840
00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,239
Speaker 3: TV's playing it in the second.

841
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 4: TV and I have talked about this before.

842
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:26,760
Speaker 2: I hate betting basketball games like points on basketball games,

843
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 2: because you have you have the Pacers minus six and

844
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 2: a half and they're up, they're up nine, and some

845
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: dude from New York at the buzzer chucks up a

846
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,480
Speaker 2: half court three. I'm contested for no reason and it

847
00:36:38,520 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 2: goes in and like, I could see something like that.

848
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,800
Speaker 2: The game has nothing to do with the game. The

849
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,160
Speaker 2: other team's not even trying at that point because it's over,

850
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:48,839
Speaker 2: and it's a definition of a bad beat.

851
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 4: I could see something like that in this one.

852
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 3: Give me over fourteen.

853
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 2: It's a lot one game left to go in this

854
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,440
Speaker 2: Sunday slate, it's the Steelers and it's the Packers. We

855
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:01,239
Speaker 2: will preview, we will predict well, I guess final preview

856
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:04,200
Speaker 2: and prediction on the other side. To wrap this thing up,

857
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:07,080
Speaker 2: we Shouler Matt Williamson. You are tuned into the Drive

858
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your tunes.

859
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,840
Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

860
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:34,240
Speaker 1: the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

861
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 2: Here we go, Steelers Nation. It is the granddaddy of

862
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 2: them all. No, that's the Rose Bowl, but it kind

863
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 2: of feels like the Rose Bowl a little bit on Sunday.

864
00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:48,919
Speaker 3: We're really psyched about this game.

865
00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 4: Me too. Again, you and I have had this conversation.

866
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 4: It is.

867
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 2: It's like the the book nineteen eighty four. All animals

868
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 2: are created equal, but some are more equal than others.

869
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 2: Like that is, all games are created equal, but some

870
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 2: are All games are important, but some are more important

871
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:11,920
Speaker 2: than others, and this is certainly one of those. By

872
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,920
Speaker 2: the time I've told you this before, like Rob King

873
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,839
Speaker 2: and Max, they always crack up at me because I'm

874
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 2: like so calm, so level headed, and then like two

875
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 2: or three minutes before kickoff, I'm like bouncing around.

876
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 4: On the boot. You know me, I'm a jitterbug.

877
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 2: I'm like shadow boxing Mike Tyson, and I'm like, it

878
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:29,600
Speaker 2: doesn't matter.

879
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,640
Speaker 4: It could be the fifteen and oh Steelers against the

880
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:32,800
Speaker 4: oh and fifteen Browns.

881
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:34,680
Speaker 3: And still have to work in Dublin. Now I think

882
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:35,840
Speaker 3: about it.

883
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:38,399
Speaker 4: Right behind you, guys, right again, that's another big one.

884
00:38:38,440 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 3: Like sure, I mean I was bouncer around Doublin. The

885
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 3: place was rocking.

886
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: I am very fortunate to do what I do for

887
00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 2: a living, and sometimes that gets lost on me. It

888
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,919
Speaker 2: becomes mundane and it becomes like work. But not five

889
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 2: minutes before kickoff on an NFL Sunday, but especially in

890
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:58,040
Speaker 2: this one. Steelers four and two, Packers for one and one,

891
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:03,239
Speaker 2: the Aaron Rodgers storyline, two of the most traditional, beloved, supported,

892
00:39:03,600 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 2: respected franchises, and not just football, but in the entire

893
00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 2: American sports landscape. You can go anywhere in the world

894
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:16,040
Speaker 2: and find somebody wearing Steelers gear. Find somebody wearing Packers gear.

895
00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 2: I don't care where you are, Matt, the Steelers two

896
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:20,879
Speaker 2: and a half.

897
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:22,680
Speaker 4: Point home dogs.

898
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:26,560
Speaker 2: How are we feeling about this one? And I just okay, good,

899
00:39:26,680 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 2: let me do this. Similar to what happened to both

900
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 2: of us in Dublin. I think we were both.

901
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 4: I know you were. I was gonna say, I don't

902
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:35,919
Speaker 4: want to speak for you, but I know you were.

903
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,480
Speaker 4: I was ready to pick the Vikings.

904
00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:41,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, to win, and we both went with the

905
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: scenes there in Dublin and the crowd and all that

906
00:39:44,640 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: and the energy in the atmosphere.

907
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,440
Speaker 4: We both reversed that and went off of emotion.

908
00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 3: Picked with my heart instead of my brain A little bit.

909
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:53,800
Speaker 2: I've been saying for six weeks now, don't worry. Eventually

910
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,560
Speaker 2: I will pick the Steelers to lose a game. But

911
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,759
Speaker 2: I haven't picked the Steelers to lose a game all week.

912
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:02,359
Speaker 2: All week, I've been telling myself, Matt, I'm gonna pick

913
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:04,040
Speaker 2: the Packers to win this game. I'm gonna pick the

914
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,520
Speaker 2: Packers to win this game. I got Steelers twenty four

915
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 2: to twenty one.

916
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 3: I just me too. I have twenty four to twenty three.

917
00:40:11,680 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 2: All the Aaron Rodgers stuff, all the Mike Tomlin off

918
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,959
Speaker 2: a Thursday night road loss with extra time to prepare.

919
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 3: Rest advantage stuff rest advantage.

920
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: I think again, if I'm just playing this game out

921
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:23,960
Speaker 2: in a vacuum, I might pick the Packers to If

922
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,920
Speaker 2: it's on a neutral field and the Aaron Rodgers storyline

923
00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:29,240
Speaker 2: isn't there, and both of these teams played on Sunday,

924
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:31,920
Speaker 2: I would probably pick the Packers twenty four to twenty one.

925
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:34,520
Speaker 3: I quoted a lot, and I should quote it more.

926
00:40:35,280 --> 00:40:38,919
Speaker 3: Marro Hodge always says on these Thursday night shows, never

927
00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 3: doubt a proud professional that's been embarrassed. And for that,

928
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: I'm just referring to the Steelers defense. You know that,

929
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,959
Speaker 3: I believe in my soul that not only they better

930
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 3: than that, but they're an above average defense. Yeah, that

931
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,080
Speaker 3: was the thirty second ranked defense that we saw that night.

932
00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 3: I don't see if that's gonna be the case. And

933
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,080
Speaker 3: then you give them more rest home all those things.

934
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 3: I think better than the Steelers, I think they win.

935
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 2: I think that's a good way to put it. If

936
00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 2: this game was in Lambeau, it's probably a different story.

937
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:10,440
Speaker 4: I think it totally. It was Week one, totally different.

938
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:12,200
Speaker 3: It was next week. But I mean, I just think

939
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 3: that Green Bay is really good.

940
00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:17,439
Speaker 2: I do too. I Mean they were my NFC pick.

941
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,319
Speaker 2: They might pick to win the NFC before the season started. Yeah,

942
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,200
Speaker 2: I picked the We're both after the Parsons trade. We

943
00:41:23,239 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 2: both picked them to go to Super Bowl. They might

944
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:28,160
Speaker 2: kind of our final and they certainly could. But just again,

945
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 2: it feels like there's some magic. It feels like there's

946
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:33,800
Speaker 2: some as Missy alluded to as well, too, Like, don't

947
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 2: all the embarrassment stuff, all the Aaron Rodgers stuff, all

948
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:40,239
Speaker 2: the Mike Tomlin with extra rest stuff. Also think of

949
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 2: those guys in the locker room too, how much they've

950
00:41:42,200 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 2: already adored love Aaron Rodgers. They're all going to Penguins

951
00:41:45,080 --> 00:41:47,920
Speaker 2: games together and doing all this stuff. They know, those

952
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,840
Speaker 2: guys know that for Aaron, this is in all likelihood

953
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,480
Speaker 2: his one chance to face the Green Bay Packers in

954
00:41:53,520 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 2: his career.

955
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, we we we got it. We got to come

956
00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 4: through for number eight, and I think they will.

957
00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, the the rookie on the team that's Wednesday night

958
00:42:01,600 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 3: at home with his his buds or whatever, like should

959
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 3: I play Xbox or maybe I'll stick my nose in

960
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 3: the playbook instead this week, you know Or I was

961
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,480
Speaker 3: gonna go get a beer with my butt, you know whatever.

962
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 3: Like this week, I'm just going to stay in. Yeah,

963
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 3: do the right thing type of thing, you know whatever,

964
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 3: absolutely and learn to think of those around you. Think

965
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:22,960
Speaker 3: if this was Packers Nation Radio, I might say something

966
00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 3: along lines of this is probably the week I'd want

967
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 3: to play the Steelers.

968
00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 4: Least totally extra rest an embarrassing performance at least on

969
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:32,200
Speaker 4: the defensive.

970
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,359
Speaker 3: In their building on like.

971
00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:37,359
Speaker 2: This is the this is the scenario, extra rest off

972
00:42:37,400 --> 00:42:39,239
Speaker 2: a bad loss, prime.

973
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 4: Time at home on History.

974
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,520
Speaker 2: Right, I'd much rather be playing the Steelers one o'clock

975
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 2: the Patriots at one o'clock on a Sunday.

976
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:50,960
Speaker 3: Hundred percent, Yeah, one.

977
00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:52,799
Speaker 2: One million percent. So I think we're on the same

978
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:54,760
Speaker 2: page there, we will both. Oh wait, what's your score prediction?

979
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 2: Don't twenty four twenty three?

980
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 4: Oh so we're not far off.

981
00:42:57,239 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 2: No, you've got a little closer one, but I've got

982
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 2: twenty four to twenty one.

983
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,919
Speaker 4: Hopefully we're back here on Monday recapping victory. And here

984
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,400
Speaker 4: we go. We're five and two. We're in a great spot,

985
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:07,920
Speaker 4: and you got to.

986
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,239
Speaker 3: Be a nice position to be in, or we're gonna

987
00:43:10,280 --> 00:43:12,200
Speaker 3: be or this guy could be falling.

988
00:43:12,320 --> 00:43:14,040
Speaker 4: It's deaf con Yeah.

989
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 2: You're only four and three now, and you're staring down

990
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,400
Speaker 2: the barrel of another tough stretch.

991
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:21,200
Speaker 3: I mean, we both picked them to win. I don't

992
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 3: think the Steelers can win this game by twenty, but

993
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 3: I think they could lose it by twenty ooh. I mean,

994
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 3: I'm not trying to cover my butt, but I mean

995
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 3: we could. There's a chance we come in here Monday, like, Oh, no, good,

996
00:43:32,200 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 3: that could happen.

997
00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:36,279
Speaker 4: I don't like closing down the show like that.

998
00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 3: That's a terrible way to end a good week.

999
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:39,200
Speaker 4: Wasn't somebody tell a funny joke?

1000
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 1: Right?

1001
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:42,839
Speaker 3: Let me tell you a story about you know, it was.

1002
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:44,880
Speaker 2: A really good week. Thanks to all of our guests

1003
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: this week. Thanks to Missy Matthews for joining us today.

1004
00:43:47,840 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 2: Big shout out to Nathan hanging out with us here

1005
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,799
Speaker 2: and learning the ropes and everything, and of course our

1006
00:43:52,880 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 2: video producer as always, Tyler V mister TV for.

1007
00:43:57,640 --> 00:44:00,760
Speaker 4: Making us look handsome on the YouTube or Matt Williamson.

1008
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 4: I'm west Shuler.

1009
00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:05,320
Speaker 2: Take care everybody win loser draw because the draw is

1010
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 2: a possibility as well. The packers of our season win

1011
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 2: loser draw. We will be back here Monday to break

1012
00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:12,919
Speaker 2: it all down with you as always. You know where

1013
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:14,359
Speaker 2: to find us. It's on your twenty four to seven

1014
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:17,200
Speaker 2: home of the Black and Gold. It's Steelers Nation Radio

1015
00:44:17,239 --> 00:44:18,560
Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network.