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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 Goals Steelers Nation Radio, hour.

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Speaker 2: Number two of the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio

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Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network. Is this like the point

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Speaker 2: of the day where we could start saying good evening, Matt.

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Speaker 2: That's one thing that always not to go on a

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Speaker 2: tiny silver object here and completely off the topic of

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Speaker 2: the day.

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Speaker 3: Right, when's that cool?

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Speaker 2: But when's that? I've always wondered that with, you know,

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Speaker 2: like this kind of dry afternoon drive time radio slot,

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Speaker 2: Like when does the afternoon become the evening? I think

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Speaker 2: five o'clock is probably my answer.

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Speaker 3: Wow, I've been doing this time slot for a long

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Speaker 3: time and had a bazillion shows and never gave it

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Speaker 3: any consideration. But when you said the word evening right.

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Speaker 2: Now, because I said good afternoon to start the first.

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Speaker 3: Hour, it's not afternoon anything.

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Speaker 2: Five o'clock is not afternoon. I mean, certainly done with work,

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Speaker 2: kids are home from school.

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Speaker 3: Five fifty five is not Or going into the third segment,

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Speaker 3: if five forty five is not afternoon anymore, I mean

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Speaker 3: to me, it's all about where like the sun sits

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Speaker 3: in the in you know, like especially when.

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Speaker 2: We get a couple months here and it's dark out

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Speaker 2: at five o'clock, then it's cool absolutely evening.

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Speaker 3: It's definitely the right, like I want to see some

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Speaker 3: signs of darkness, which probably doesn't exist in August at

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Speaker 3: five yet, but pretty soon. Unfortunately it's not afternoon either.

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Speaker 2: It's a weird.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good it's a good call.

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Speaker 2: Weird.

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Speaker 3: We're open to suggestions.

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Speaker 2: Weird. We are open to suggestions. You know where to

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Speaker 2: get at us on Twitter if you want.

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Speaker 3: To football season. I think evening's five.

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Speaker 2: Now, you're right in the middle of July when it

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Speaker 2: goes down to get dark till nine thirty.

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Speaker 3: Right, you're still swimming and it's you know, right, sun's

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Speaker 3: beaten on you. You probably are got to cook nine

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Speaker 3: hours right right right, that's not evening.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you know, if you got to, if you've got

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Speaker 2: to take on this, you know where to get at us.

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Speaker 2: We have in a bunch of tweets about the roster

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Speaker 2: and the fifty three man, and some potential hypotheticals as

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Speaker 2: well too, that we will get to here before too

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Speaker 2: much longer.

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Speaker 3: Just one last is a busy day at every facility,

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Speaker 3: let alone at the radio station.

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Speaker 2: One hundred percent. One last thing that I think is

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Speaker 2: important for us to note. We've done a lot of

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Speaker 2: the hypothesizing, the t leave reading, the educated guessing.

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Speaker 3: Reacting on the fly, two folks exactly.

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Speaker 2: Right, exactly right. Last kind of nugget or notable that

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Speaker 2: I think in all these conversations about how different could

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Speaker 2: the roster even look tomorrow, and what's going on with

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Speaker 2: the Chuck Clark's and the Pierre's and all these different things,

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Speaker 2: a vested veteran in the NFL, which is four or

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Speaker 2: more years of NFL experience.

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Speaker 3: Those are the guys that got terminated.

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Speaker 2: Those are the ones that they do the job boo.

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Speaker 2: Their salary becomes fully guaranteed. You were just laughing with

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Speaker 2: Mark Badden out in the hallway, as he would say, ironclad.

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Speaker 2: Their salary becomes fully guaranteed for the season if they're

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Speaker 2: on the team's roster for the first game after the

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Speaker 2: final cut down.

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Speaker 3: So like Cam Hayward, TJ. Watt, you know, Aaron Rodgers,

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Speaker 3: I mean like all those dude, Like most of the league, Yes,

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Speaker 3: high percentage of the league.

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Speaker 2: Your roster is guaranteed, yes, or your part of me,

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Speaker 2: your salary.

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Speaker 3: Is guaranteed becomes guaranteed after week one. Yes, yes, So therefore.

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Speaker 2: Those terminated guys, there's gonna be Chuck Clark, James Pierre.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna say thirty to fifty NFL football players that

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Speaker 3: aren't dressed week one, are not on a team, do

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Speaker 3: not get a paycheck. That number's two high, say twenty

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Speaker 3: that gets signed immediately after week one, and the Steelers

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Speaker 3: are probably no different. Like at the break, you said,

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Speaker 2: It's probably I mean some people, some people might look

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Speaker 2: at it as like pinching pennies, but it's also smart business.

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Speaker 3: Right if you're not married to the player, or they

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Speaker 3: have extensive injury history, or you might want to replace

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Speaker 3: they're highly for.

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Speaker 2: Out without forout week one more than we can having

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Speaker 3: Even if it's league minimum, in which I assume Clark

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Speaker 3: and that sounds risky, but Killer Brew's played a lot,

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Speaker 3: and Ramsey could move there, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: You're kind of you would be the ways away still

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you don't love it, but you're gonna keep your

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Speaker 3: or whatever, you know. And frankly, in four defensive back situations,

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Speaker 3: the Jets. I mean, I'm really spitballing now. But the

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Speaker 3: Jets are never going to play three wide. They only

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Speaker 3: have one good receiver, so they're probably gonna be a

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Speaker 3: that lessens the chance knock on Wood the thorn Hill

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Speaker 3: And I'll add one a minute after the Jets game

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Speaker 3: or whatever. You know. Yes, So I guess the more

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Speaker 3: we talk through it, that adds up. And that's why

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Speaker 3: these guys are good at what they're doing, you know,

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Speaker 3: and that's why, and Howard will be on IR at

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Speaker 2: There's so much behind the scenes and it's not just

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Speaker 2: as simple as who are your fifty three best players

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Speaker 3: It's money and availability and all that stuff too.

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Speaker 2: And it is you you mentioned this when we were

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Speaker 2: way that they break all this down different lists, and

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Speaker 2: it's like the same Like you know, you hear pirates.

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Speaker 2: People debate all the time, like they should bring this

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Speaker 3: Like there's some hockey stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: There's some hockey stuff like that as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, bring this guy up.

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Speaker 2: You can play i think ten or less games in

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Speaker 2: So like if you're the Pens and you think you

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Speaker 2: You have nine games left, call him up and you

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Speaker 2: don't burn a contract year yea, as opposed to there

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Speaker 3: So but if he's Schmes, he's so good it doesn't

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Speaker 2: Your best player or one of your top players.

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Speaker 3: Major leaguer, then you don't total.

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Speaker 2: But if it's one of these guys like Pierre or

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, if you can massage an.

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Speaker 2: Extra massage the contract little bit out of it, you know,

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Speaker 2: let's bring them in after week one as opposed to

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Speaker 2: the start of the season. That way, the money is

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Speaker 2: more favorable to us on the back end if we

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Speaker 3: Bottom line to this roster in terms of position groups,

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Speaker 3: is this second they have won too many quarterbacks and

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Speaker 3: one too few safeties. Yes, now they're really heavy at

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Speaker 2: Too many, But again when you can almost certainly isn't

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Speaker 2: going to play right. And there's now some reports of

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Speaker 3: Least, and how much you want to play Cam and

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Speaker 3: that was it? Just what happens? Are your three best guys?

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Speaker 2: That's the real kicker?

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Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, Hey.

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Speaker 2: Why a black hope you're ready for met Life Stadium? Sun?

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Speaker 3: I hate you go downas road. But if I'm Cam,

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Speaker 3: am I saying I'm gonna sit out week one? Well,

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Speaker 3: I mean, all of a sudden, it's like.

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Speaker 2: He wanted to go to the business of football, right.

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Speaker 3: If you just want to maximize your earning power, you

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Speaker 3: wouldn't like hearing that. And meanwhile, but you don't want

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Speaker 3: to play him a ton of He hasn't played at

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Speaker 2: That's this is a player Like that was a great

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Speaker 2: point by you, because when we originally treaded into these waters,

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Speaker 2: throughout the year, but your angle for week one is

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Speaker 2: even more pertinent, Like you don't want to throw him

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Speaker 2: out there for eighty percent of the snaps and he

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Speaker 3: Right, or he's just not good anymore because he's not

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Speaker 3: I mean late in.

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Speaker 2: The game, he's he's still getting warmed. No, he's like

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Speaker 2: he's like the Ford, you know, F one fifty, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: with two hundred thousand miles on it that you know

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Speaker 2: needs to go twenty five miles an hour down the

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Speaker 3: I mean, all of our listeners know he did not

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Speaker 3: play a preseason snap, of course, and near did Rogers,

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Speaker 3: you know, but I don't know that he played a

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Speaker 3: snap in team drills in the trope, I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they he dressed, he was not doing battle

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Speaker 2: He was off to the side doing right stuff and different.

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Speaker 3: Before we knew he was quote holding in or whatever,

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Speaker 3: and he does that. Anything like that wasn't even alarming

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Speaker 3: to me early in camp, before any of the contract

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Speaker 3: news came out. It's like, why would he do anything.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna make him a better player, He'll be fine.

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Speaker 3: Save yourself. You got a lot of the linemen, but

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Speaker 3: now I don't have a lot of de linemen. If

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Speaker 3: two guys are questionable, right, so they therefore kept a

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Speaker 3: lot of the alignment.

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Speaker 2: It's concerned. And it's funny how none of us I

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Speaker 2: don't think we're really concerned about the defensive line. No,

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Speaker 2: but now with them keeping eight, that almost raises your

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Speaker 3: They're concerned, Yes, that's the way.

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Speaker 2: I mean, like they clearly think they need an extra

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Speaker 3: And then the one way looking at it is it's

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Speaker 2: Percent exactly right. And it's not like a video game

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Speaker 3: Like I bet louder Milk plays a lot ver suggests

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Speaker 2: At least not more than we thought he yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 3: That's where these things go, Matt.

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Speaker 2: in this hour, plenty to get to as we roll along, well, Shooler.

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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here. It's been a busy Tuesday,

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Speaker 3: I'm sure we'll get a lot of responses today's show too,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's time to go.

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Speaker 2: We're also going to do over and unders Wednesday and

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Speaker 3: One thing I do every year that I would like

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna do that for every team good and

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Speaker 3: Ready, so people should, you know, maybe save up a little.

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Speaker 2: I was laughing at you were asking me about like

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Speaker 3: Both way too, That's exactly how about that?

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Speaker 3: You're in, Yeah, I'm in. I think that's that's exactly

440
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Speaker 3: what you want to make you a better football team,

441
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Speaker 3: and would play a lot and moves everyone in their

442
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Speaker 3: respective spots in the receiver room where they all belong.

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Speaker 3: Pierce is interesting and he's a much different style. He's

444
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Speaker 3: a former great volleyball player, and I mean that good

445
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Speaker 3: and bad. Like he is tall, long, goes up and

446
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Speaker 3: you can see him spiking over dudes type of way.

447
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Speaker 3: But he's not between the numbers. He you know, he's

448
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Speaker 3: long and fast and the Colts have more pass catchers

449
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Speaker 3: than they know what to do with. Pierce is gonna

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Speaker 3: be a free agent after this year. He would be

451
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Speaker 3: very Gabe Davis s even though he's not a physical,

452
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Speaker 3: but he's taller and he's a better athlete. He's faster,

453
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Speaker 3: so field stretcher. I'm a Pierce fan. I'm thinking you

454
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Speaker 3: could get him for a fifth something like that, you know,

455
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Speaker 3: I mean, and maybe you extend him now.

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Speaker 2: Maybe don't ask us too rich for Jacoby Myers. Yeah,

457
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Speaker 2: Alec Pierces.

458
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Speaker 3: Is better than Dobbs or Piers, I would agree. I mean,

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Speaker 3: he's fantasy relevant, you know, like when we talk fantasy

460
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Speaker 3: receivers tomorrow. He's my fortieth receiver. Like he's a legit dude,

461
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Speaker 3: you know, he catches a lot of passes. Dobbs and

462
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Speaker 3: Pierce are not guaranteed to be obvious two's where Myers

463
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Speaker 3: is an obvious two here, And I mean that in

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Speaker 3: the best of way. Is about Myers. But Dobbs and

465
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Speaker 3: Pierce would be really helpful, and they're different than what

466
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Speaker 3: you have and probably better than Austin or Wilson today.

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Speaker 3: And Dobbs has a history with Rogers.

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Speaker 2: Again, though any of those guys. One of the most

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Speaker 2: intriguing parts is that I think suddenly Calvin, Austin and

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Speaker 2: Roman Wilson are slotted more appropriately.

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Speaker 3: That's the beauty of it all. Yeah, yeah, no matter what,

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Speaker 3: Now you're good.

473
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Speaker 2: Three to four or you feel great about your.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, right right right where depth has been, Oh, I

475
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Speaker 3: don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's been like if we lose our top guy, we're

477
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Speaker 2: in some serious trouble.

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Speaker 3: You're right, All three of those names are good names

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Speaker 3: and would probably be my three names that you could

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Speaker 3: potentially trade for that would make some sense. That aren't

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Speaker 3: We're talking some version of a mid round pick, and

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Speaker 3: I mean somewhere between a third and six mid round

483
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Speaker 3: could be a pretty vague term. You know, you know

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Speaker 3: I can get him for a seventh. I'm not giving

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Speaker 3: up a first or second for any of them in

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Speaker 3: any way, shape or form. And they're all worth calling about.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Yes, let's have some conversations around those guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, they all make sense.

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Speaker 2: Tom tweets and says I missed the beginning of the show.

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Speaker 2: What do they do with Will Howard? He is on

491
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Speaker 2: the initial fifty three man roster, but report now are

492
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Speaker 2: that he is going to go to the injured reserve

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Speaker 2: list sooner rather than later probably.

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Speaker 3: I don't know how the timeline works, but by the

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Speaker 3: end of the.

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Speaker 2: Week, maybe before we go on air tomorrow, I would think,

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Speaker 2: I would think, certainly by the end of the week.

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Speaker 3: I just don't know what the rule is. Do you

499
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Speaker 3: have to I think you might have to be in

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Speaker 3: the roster for twenty four hours before.

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Speaker 2: There are some there's some guidelines, maybe two four oh

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Speaker 2: one tomorrow.

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Speaker 3: I forget how that works. But he won't be going

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Speaker 3: to He's not going to be in uniform of the

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Speaker 3: Jets or on the team of the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Steeler Tim tweets and says, all this defensive line

507
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Speaker 2: talk gives me my first big worry of the season,

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Speaker 2: because the Jets offensive line is good. Off Jets are.

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Speaker 2: They're not a slouch offensive line, that's for sure.

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Speaker 3: It reminds you of the Steelers. I mean they went

511
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Speaker 3: back to back years drafting tackles. They drafted Tipman rather early. Recently,

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Speaker 3: Vera Tucker is a good young player, and Simpson the

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Speaker 3: other guard is is there see them all?

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Speaker 2: Loo?

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Speaker 3: I mean, you know, so it's going the right direction.

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Speaker 3: It's very, very talented. Membo was far and away my

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Speaker 3: favorite offensive lineman in this draft, and they got them

518
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Speaker 3: later than I would have taken them, like I would

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Speaker 3: have taken Off out of the Patriots. I had taken

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Speaker 3: off out of the Browns. Yeah, at like three and four.

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Speaker 3: They got them at seven or eight or whatever. So

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Speaker 3: it's young, but it's talented and it's there. I like

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Speaker 3: how they're team building because they may build their nest

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Speaker 3: for a first round quarterback next year. You know, certainly,

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Speaker 3: could we've had this conversation, you know, sounds familiar, right.

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Speaker 2: Skunk tweets us and says, certainly you two will touch

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Speaker 2: on the engagement farming by a certain chiefs tight end right,

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Speaker 2: huge news, right? What he did? They're engagement farming, get aggressive, Yes,

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Speaker 2: Matt's it's a big news. Matt's favorite artist, Taylor Swift.

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Speaker 3: Engaged to uh Hall of Famer? Right?

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Speaker 2: Does that mean that she gonna be the super Bowl now?

532
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Speaker 2: And then they ride off into the sunset together.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, but uh, that is the news of

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Speaker 3: the day in the on the planet right now. Probably right.

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Speaker 2: It's certainly if you're thinking about if you're a guy

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Speaker 2: who's thinking about getting engaged out there today.

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Speaker 3: Sorry you got you, You got you are.

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Speaker 2: By Kelsey and Swift, last one before we go to break,

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Speaker 2: and this dovetails nicely because in our final segment we're

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Speaker 2: gonna do our fantasy football segment. Matt Steeler Nation nine

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Speaker 2: twenty tweets us and says he wants you to rate

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Speaker 2: his fantasy draft. Should I be ashamed of drafting Lamar Jackson? No,

543
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Speaker 2: you should not. This is fantasy all right.

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Speaker 3: Lamar doesn't know you picked them.

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Speaker 2: It's exactly exactly right. It's not going to affect who

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Speaker 2: wins and loses on Sundays. This is fantasy football. You

547
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Speaker 2: need the best team on paper where your bragging rights

548
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Speaker 2: and your finances are on the line.

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Speaker 3: Baby, I've played with dudes that won't take Ravens or Bengals.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, great, you could be in my league any

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Speaker 3: day because I'll take care.

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Speaker 2: Everyone want to separate business from pleasure, right right, He's

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Speaker 2: got Lamar Jackson, James Connor, Christian McCaffrey, Nico Collins, Mike Evans,

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Speaker 2: Dallas Goddard, Chewba Hubbard, the Steelers defense, and Chris Boswell.

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Speaker 2: It's a pretty good starting line up.

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Speaker 3: Loaded team. I wonder if it's if you're in a ten.

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Speaker 2: Team league, ten team league. Listen, I understand some people

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Speaker 2: being in ten team leagues because if you want to

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Speaker 2: do it with like a group of friends or fans,

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Speaker 2: that's what you can get sometimes ten. But that does

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Speaker 2: look that's a that's a good starting lineup, which makes

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Speaker 2: me think ten team league.

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Speaker 3: He probably went McCaffrey in round one, Nico and round two,

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Speaker 3: Lamar in round See. This is when, yeah, that's when

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Speaker 3: you get a little too loaded. Like I'm not sure

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Speaker 3: in a twelve team league how you pull this off

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Speaker 3: because I don't know that Lamar Connor, yes, Evans, the

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Speaker 3: range you know who you got in the sixth round

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Speaker 3: of that group, but you stole somebody, or there's not

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Speaker 3: enough people in your league. You're light a tight end.

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Speaker 3: I get that. But your top six picks.

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Speaker 2: Are pretty good or rich pretty good?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you should like it pretty good unless you're in

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Speaker 3: a sixteen league or something, right, yeah, where you're playing

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Speaker 3: with a bunch of kiddergarteners or something weird.

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Speaker 2: Did you just bully a bunch of elementary school kids

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Speaker 2: for their for their draft picks? Good stuff on the tweets.

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Speaker 2: We'll do more of that as we roll along this week.

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Speaker 2: But when we return on the other side, we do

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Speaker 2: have to close with some fantasy football conversation. Matt, what

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Speaker 2: do you say we take a look at your running

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Speaker 2: back power ranks? Alright, let's do that. When we were

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Speaker 2: turned to close this thing down on the other side,

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Speaker 2: West Ruler, Matt Williamson, it is the Drive on Steelers

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Speaker 2: Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your tunes.

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

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goals Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Final segment here of the Drive, as we get ready

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Speaker 2: to close things down on a busy Tuesday, and Matt,

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Speaker 2: what better way to do so than with a little

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Speaker 2: fantasy football conversation.

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Speaker 3: Hell little yeah, a lot of people have in their drafts.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's a big fantasy week. It's the primetime

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Speaker 3: right now, Let's dig into the running backs.

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Speaker 2: It absolutely is. And you know, you and I had

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Speaker 2: said on Monday, like, we're gonna do a little bit

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Speaker 2: of fantasy stuff every week, and then I think particularly Tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: Wednesday and Thursday, we'll get into some mock draft stuff

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Speaker 2: and and really, you know, more than one segment on

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Speaker 2: the show. Of course, I think this day is obvious day,

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Speaker 2: right moving and shaking across the NFL. But again Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: Thursday shows we will do some heavy fantasy conversation. We

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Speaker 2: will also do I would imagine more than one mock

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Speaker 2: draft as well. But I think this is a good

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Speaker 2: kind of way to tee that up, which is a

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Speaker 2: little running back conversation for those who might have missed it.

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Speaker 2: Yesterday on the show we did quarterbacks.

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Speaker 3: Yep, so probably hit receivers tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: And all that stuff. Absolutely, and so if you're looking

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Speaker 2: for quarterbacks specific Matt's rankings and thoughts from a fantasy

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Speaker 2: football perspective, that's on Monday's episode of the drive wherever

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Speaker 2: you get your podcasts, of course, sand on Steelers dot Com.

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Speaker 2: But Matt running backs, which is I mean, this is

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Speaker 2: where fantasy leagues are won and lost right here. And

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Speaker 2: I think there's two clear cut candidates at the top

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Speaker 2: of everybody's list, Yeah, and a third who's probably pretty

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Speaker 2: close and and not far off the conversation two. But

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Speaker 2: you go bijon one saquon two, and I don't think

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Speaker 2: that's uncommon. There are a lot of people it the other way,

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Speaker 2: but there are plenty of p A lot of people

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Speaker 2: have Bijon number one on their big board for the

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Speaker 2: YEA overall, not just running backs. So what's your kind

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Speaker 2: of logic in your one and two there?

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Speaker 3: Before we get ahead of ourselves, I just want to

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Speaker 3: make sure that one knows I'm doing this for half PPR.

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Speaker 3: So catching ball is important to but it's not well,

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Speaker 3: you know, like a guy like Derrick Henry, that's a

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Speaker 3: huge deal of regular base versus PPR. So I just

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Speaker 3: went with half to make life easier, kind of make

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Speaker 3: everyone happy. Sure, it kind of pains me not to

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Speaker 3: put saquon one. I mean, the offense is incredible. He

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Speaker 3: had a ridiculous year. They just gave him more money,

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Speaker 3: so they're obviously happy with him, as did the Ravens

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Speaker 3: with Henry. If they're both their ages, which I think

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Speaker 3: is an indicator, they don't think either one's gonna drop

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Speaker 3: off the cliff. He was stopped at the one yard line.

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Speaker 3: I think it was ten or eleven times that Hurts

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Speaker 3: took it in as the touch push, Like, could you

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Speaker 3: imagine if he had eight more touchdowns? Right? I mean amazing,

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Speaker 3: it's crazy. So almost all of his touchdowns were scored

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Speaker 3: from long distances, which he obviously has that club in

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Speaker 3: his bag. But if you could get the plunges too,

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Speaker 3: which they're bound to happen, or the short ones, or

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Speaker 3: he just gets in on those instances, I mean through

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Speaker 3: the roof. There the two things against Saquon, and we're

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Speaker 3: really nitpicking here, is Hurts doesn't throw the backs, and

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Speaker 3: that's a trend often with running quarterbacks. There's a lot

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Speaker 3: of lane here. Why they're going right, yeah, it's lay

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Speaker 3: in the down. Why am I gonna dump it to

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Speaker 3: him when I can just go myself for eight yard

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Speaker 3: pick up the first So the Eagles are not notoriously

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Speaker 3: a great spot for catching footballs. And then the other thing.

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Speaker 3: There's just a lot of data and his age has

654
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Speaker 3: something to do with this, but his workload when you

655
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 3: go all the way through the playoffs, all the way

656
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 3: through the super Bowl, was really extensive, and guys with

657
00:31:09,400 --> 00:31:13,080
Speaker 3: that many touches just have a really bad history of

658
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,080
Speaker 3: breaking down the following year. You know, he had a

659
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,680
Speaker 3: little shorter offseason than Bijon. I mean like by a month. Yeah,

660
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,520
Speaker 3: I mean he had a lot more wear and tear.

661
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 3: So maybe it'll bite you and you'll be like, man,

662
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 3: this guy, why did I take Bjeon over him? Who's fine?

663
00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 3: I mean, they'll get me wrong. And Barkley's by far

664
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 3: the number one producer and scores twenty two touchdowns or something,

665
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,920
Speaker 3: but the wear and tear thing has me a little

666
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 3: bit taken aback. And I think Bjeon's really coming into

667
00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:42,640
Speaker 3: his own And I really think Bjeon and Drake London,

668
00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: who will talk about tomorrow, are going to get so

669
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,600
Speaker 3: many touches in the good Falcons offense. So many touches.

670
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:50,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think all those points make a lot of sense.

671
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 2: There is just this weird It's almost like when a

672
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,479
Speaker 2: guy wins a Heisman Trophy in college football and then

673
00:31:57,560 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 2: comes back the next season.

674
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it doesn't happen but once in a while.

675
00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,240
Speaker 2: You know, it doesn't happen much now, especially like you

676
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 2: used to get it with guys like Tim Tebow. You know,

677
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 2: there were a lot of examples there, Matt Lionert, maybe Reggie,

678
00:32:11,200 --> 00:32:12,320
Speaker 2: but not not Reggie Butcher.

679
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 3: It's hard to put two amazing seasons back to back.

680
00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:19,040
Speaker 2: The season that Saquan had last year, which is legitimately

681
00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 2: one of the if not the greatest single seasons a

682
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:23,680
Speaker 2: running back has ever had.

683
00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,479
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, and it could have even been better, as

684
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:27,040
Speaker 3: I mentioned, you know, which is crazy.

685
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:29,520
Speaker 2: Two thousand rush yards, Offensive Player of the Year, super

686
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 2: Bowl champion. I mean, you are.

687
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 3: Using the MVP hunt when they're the MVPs with super strong.

688
00:32:35,840 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 2: One of the best three or four single seasons a

689
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,880
Speaker 2: running back has ever had. To run that back and

690
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:45,280
Speaker 2: do just as well or even ninety five percent close

691
00:32:45,520 --> 00:32:46,200
Speaker 2: is very difficult.

692
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,080
Speaker 3: There's an obvious regression to the Yeah, I mean, if

693
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 3: you're if you're Jim Brown or Eric Dickerson or Walter Payton,

694
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:54,760
Speaker 3: I mean, it's just tough to put elite seasons.

695
00:32:54,320 --> 00:33:00,240
Speaker 2: Back to back, and you played twenty twenty one. It

696
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:04,280
Speaker 2: was twenty they played twenty football game. No, sorry, did

697
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:04,959
Speaker 2: they play twenty one?

698
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 3: I think he sat week seventeen.

699
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:08,520
Speaker 2: That's that's where.

700
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:09,400
Speaker 3: Then he had a super.

701
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 2: Bowl, right right, But then all the way to the

702
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,440
Speaker 2: super Bowl and obviously a lot of you know, the

703
00:33:13,440 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 2: super Bowl for the Eagles was pretty comfortable. But other

704
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:19,719
Speaker 2: than that, they played a lot of close, physical games.

705
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 3: He took a pounding where.

706
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,080
Speaker 2: He took a pounding against LA in that weather and

707
00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:25,920
Speaker 2: against the Commanders where they were, you know, jumping over

708
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage and trying to do all kinds

709
00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,239
Speaker 2: of crazy stuff to slow down there.

710
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:30,760
Speaker 3: And he's not young, and I mean.

711
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 2: Right, he's not second year in right right.

712
00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:35,160
Speaker 3: Age.

713
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not Derrick Henry, but he's not you know,

714
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 2: he's not a pupp anymore either. Either way, I don't

715
00:33:40,800 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 2: think you can go wrong. If you can get either

716
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 2: of those top two, you're in good shape.

717
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 3: Like if you're picking third and like you get one

718
00:33:46,040 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 3: of those two.

719
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:49,120
Speaker 2: Jon go one and two or some.

720
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 3: Third All day one Eagles note too, and this will

721
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:59,440
Speaker 3: be translated to their wide receivers. I bet they throw

722
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,720
Speaker 3: the ball a slightly higher percentage than they did last

723
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,160
Speaker 3: year too. I mean, I don't know if they're gonna

724
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 3: steam roll the league and just be handing it off

725
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 3: in the fourth quarters as much. You know, like their

726
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,759
Speaker 3: run pass percentage could go up in the in the

727
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 3: pass world.

728
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 2: Very good point, particularly to note from a fantasy football perspective.

729
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:17,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

730
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 2: Next on your list, rounding out the top five, Number

731
00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,439
Speaker 2: three Jamior Gibbs, number four Christian McCaffrey, and number five

732
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:25,320
Speaker 2: Derrick Henry.

733
00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, I Gibbs is gonna touch a ton of passes.

734
00:34:30,160 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 3: The concerns with him, well, I want to stick with

735
00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 3: him for a minute is there's obviously Montgomery, and but

736
00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 3: you have a new play caller. I don't know that

737
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,279
Speaker 3: they'll be winning as many games that Montgomery puts away

738
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,520
Speaker 3: because they have a tougher schedule this year. You know,

739
00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:49,920
Speaker 3: they're o lines not as strong. They lost both coordinators.

740
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:51,799
Speaker 3: I don't know if they're gonna steam roll the league

741
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 3: to the same degree anyway, So maybe they just kind

742
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,040
Speaker 3: of have to throw the ball later in games, which

743
00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 3: favors Gibbs. And Montgomery's not going away. But it's a

744
00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 3: great offense. He's in his prime. He's just a superstar talent.

745
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 3: McCaffrey's just all about what degree of risk are you

746
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 3: willing to take? I mean, on a per game basis,

747
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:13,239
Speaker 3: going back to like the Super Bowl era, there's not

748
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 3: a back who's put up more Fantasy points per game.

749
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:17,640
Speaker 2: He's number one Football Hall of Fame.

750
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's his first ballot. He's the first ballot. He's

751
00:35:19,640 --> 00:35:22,440
Speaker 3: on the rushmore and he's super healthy now, and they

752
00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,160
Speaker 3: don't have much else at the moment. They got a

753
00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 3: bunch of injuries and whatnot, So he's to get the

754
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 3: ball a ton. But we know his track record, we

755
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:32,040
Speaker 3: know his age. If you can withstand that and handle it,

756
00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: then so be it. Henry might score twenty five touchdowns,

757
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 3: but he's not even on the field on third downs

758
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:40,040
Speaker 3: and they don't throw them ball ever.

759
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,680
Speaker 2: It's crazy interesting case to be because he's not gonna

760
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:45,799
Speaker 2: play nearly as many snaps as he used to. Like

761
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:47,640
Speaker 2: you just said, they don't throw him the ball ever.

762
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,000
Speaker 3: Right, he's on the sideline a lot.

763
00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 2: But like he's still there, Henry, and he's.

764
00:35:52,239 --> 00:35:54,840
Speaker 3: Still might be the best offense in the league, offen.

765
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 2: In the league. He's gonna score a lot of points.

766
00:35:55,960 --> 00:35:57,240
Speaker 2: So they're gonna score a lot of points.

767
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:00,279
Speaker 3: They gave him money. Yeah, I mean Lamar backs. Even

768
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 3: if it's like Gus Edwards always produced, let alone this guy.

769
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:05,480
Speaker 3: You know what I mean. And I'll be honest like

770
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 3: every I haven't owned Derek Henry probably in three years,

771
00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:10,279
Speaker 3: because every year I'm like, oh, this is a year

772
00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:12,480
Speaker 3: he hits the wall. I'm done. I mean, he's never

773
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 3: gonna all right, He's not like anybody else, So I'm

774
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,440
Speaker 3: done questioning that guy.

775
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,200
Speaker 2: Then we get to our first rookie on this list,

776
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 2: and I think, listen, a lot of people different orders

777
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 2: and pecking orders and all that, but I think the

778
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 2: top five is pretty Yeah, you might find some people

779
00:36:29,560 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 2: that have Jonathan Taylor up in there something like that,

780
00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: but I think the top five is pretty much just

781
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,560
Speaker 2: what order would you have them in. Six to ten

782
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,759
Speaker 2: is where it gets very interesting for me, starting with

783
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 2: the rookie Ashton Genty because phenomenal talent. Phenomenal talent, and

784
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 2: I think you and I have talked about this throughout

785
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 2: the course of the offseason anytime they've come up. I

786
00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 2: think we both think the Raiders are going to be

787
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,399
Speaker 2: one of the most improved teams in the NFL this year.

788
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:54,600
Speaker 3: He Carroll's a run heavy guy.

789
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:55,959
Speaker 2: Carrol's a run heavy guy.

790
00:36:56,280 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 3: He catches a ball. The O line's not bad, legit

791
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,440
Speaker 3: quarterback and Geno Smith just to get him in out

792
00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,319
Speaker 3: of the right plays. They obviously have a plan for him.

793
00:37:05,719 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 3: And if you look at at history, and I know

794
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 3: some people will be like, and this is more of

795
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 3: an NFL thing than fantasy, can't use a top ten

796
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 3: pick on a running back. Well, they're almost all huge successes.

797
00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,760
Speaker 3: I mean they're like Gurley and Bijon and Barkley.

798
00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:21,840
Speaker 2: I mean like, I mean, Jamiir Gibbs was what the

799
00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 2: eleventh trial pick in the draft.

800
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:26,800
Speaker 3: Four Net's the only one that's like, maybe it wasn't

801
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:28,719
Speaker 3: worth it. But all the other top ten picks in

802
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,880
Speaker 3: the last ten years are Zeke. I mean, they're the

803
00:37:30,880 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 3: best guys in the league. They hit over and over.

804
00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 2: That makes a lot of sense. And I think he

805
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 2: is I think he's primed for a special rookie season.

806
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 2: Devon a Chane number seven. He's another intriguing one.

807
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 3: To make a calf going right now too, which I

808
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 3: don't love.

809
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 2: I'm sure that you do not love that. And anybody

810
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,720
Speaker 2: who has them on their fantasy team already. He's another

811
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,600
Speaker 2: one that I've seen a wide variance for a lot

812
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 2: of people have him in the top ten. Some people

813
00:37:57,239 --> 00:37:59,959
Speaker 2: he's down closer to twenty. But I think he's gonna

814
00:37:59,960 --> 00:38:01,839
Speaker 2: have real opportunity in that offense. I show.

815
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 3: I'm a I'm a big fan. I know he's little.

816
00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:07,080
Speaker 3: He's hard to trust. So he was their goal line

817
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 3: back last year and was horrendous at it because he's tiny,

818
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 3: He's get pinballed around. That being said, when Tua was

819
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:18,800
Speaker 3: out there, he was like the first or second scoring

820
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 3: PPR back in the league. I mean a ton And

821
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 3: the other thing is John who's not there, Like there's

822
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,000
Speaker 3: no one else. That's eighty eight catches that are short, quick,

823
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 3: get it out throws that everyone thinks you're gonna go

824
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:35,000
Speaker 3: to their yard right right, They're.

825
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:36,240
Speaker 2: Going to go this touchdowns whatever.

826
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,560
Speaker 3: It was absolutely now I hate like a soft tissue

827
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 3: injury for a running back, this time for a speed guy,

828
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 3: et cetera. But he's pretty enticing.

829
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 2: He is very enticing, as is number eight on the list.

830
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor.

831
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, great football player. People might not know this. There's

832
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,200
Speaker 3: only three running backs in history that average more rushing

833
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,960
Speaker 3: yards per game than him. It's like Dickerson. I mean,

834
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,360
Speaker 3: they are the best guys and they're all Hall of

835
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,920
Speaker 3: Famers stars, but just doesn't catch the ball, you know,

836
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:05,880
Speaker 3: don't how good the offense.

837
00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:07,719
Speaker 2: And that's the big kicker for me too, is what

838
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:11,040
Speaker 2: does that offense look like? I'm leaning towards not very good.

839
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,920
Speaker 2: Rounding out your top ten Josh Jacobs coming off of

840
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 2: a big season at number nine.

841
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:17,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, no, no competition for him, No competition.

842
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:22,080
Speaker 2: And then Bucky Irving another one of these young upstarts

843
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:23,400
Speaker 2: who had took.

844
00:39:23,000 --> 00:39:24,680
Speaker 3: Me a minute to buy in. But he's a really

845
00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 3: good football player. He gets a lot of yardage on

846
00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 3: his own in a good offense.

847
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 2: He does, and they throw the ball at the running

848
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:30,720
Speaker 2: back a decent amount.

849
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,680
Speaker 3: We saw him here. They split out why they're gonna

850
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:33,200
Speaker 3: do it even more.

851
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,959
Speaker 2: You know, I believe it was just a waiver wire

852
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 2: claim for me last year, but I picked up Bucky

853
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:39,920
Speaker 2: Irving at some point last year and he ended.

854
00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:41,560
Speaker 3: Up being a monster, mass monster.

855
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 2: I mean, I think he was my best running back

856
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:44,879
Speaker 2: by by the time the season ended.

857
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 3: Uh. Number thext two are kind of a crush for me,

858
00:39:47,880 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 3: Okay for where I have him hiring everybody else does.

859
00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, Kenneth Walker at eleven, and he's one of those

860
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 2: guys who I feel like would approve, He would approve,

861
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,000
Speaker 2: Party up, baby. I feel like the opinion on Kenneth

862
00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:02,200
Speaker 2: Walker is like a roller coaster.

863
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:03,320
Speaker 3: It's another it's all injury.

864
00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 2: It's at some point it's like he could be one

865
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 2: of the top five backs in the league. At other

866
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:07,640
Speaker 2: points it's like stay away.

867
00:40:07,800 --> 00:40:10,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, never caught the ball at Michigan State, didn't catch

868
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:12,560
Speaker 3: the balls first couple of years. Last year with a

869
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,120
Speaker 3: new head coach in Seattle, they threw it to him

870
00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 3: a ton. Now there's a new offensive coordinator that's heavy,

871
00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 3: heavy zone running, and his numbers and zone are way

872
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,359
Speaker 3: better than man blocking stuff. It's just can you trust

873
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:26,120
Speaker 3: him to stay on the field. So if you take Walker,

874
00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:28,400
Speaker 3: I would take Sharbon a pretty high okay, you know,

875
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:30,919
Speaker 3: because I think they're run the ball like crazy, were there? Yeah,

876
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,920
Speaker 3: totally play defense, run the football.

877
00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 2: That's smart, that's good insurance. And then a second rookie

878
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 2: on your list here, number twelve, Omarion Hampton.

879
00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 3: His first round running back, and people are probably like, well,

880
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 3: what about nausey and nause He's got the eye nause.

881
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:46,719
Speaker 3: You did not make big money. You don't use the

882
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,839
Speaker 3: first round pick on this guy to not give him

883
00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:49,240
Speaker 3: the football.

884
00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 2: A ton the way hardball, you know the way he.

885
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,560
Speaker 3: Ri absolutely and he's gonna catch a ball a fair amount.

886
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,959
Speaker 2: Chase Brown number thirteen all.

887
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,200
Speaker 3: By volume, great, great offense, no competition, A.

888
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 2: Ton of sense. Fourteen Kyron Williams.

889
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 3: I'm kind of shying away. I shy away from him

890
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 3: every year. Just come up blowing away by the talent.

891
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:09,040
Speaker 3: I mean, and I wonder about Stafford's situation.

892
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 2: One of the most intriguing running backs on this list.

893
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,240
Speaker 2: Travon Henderson. Yeah, you talk about some of the stuff

894
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,200
Speaker 2: with injury, stuff with a Chaine that you're not loving,

895
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:19,440
Speaker 2: some of his contract talk, and some of this stuff

896
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:21,919
Speaker 2: going on with Travon Henderson. I mean that's.

897
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:25,480
Speaker 3: Judkins you're talking about. That is Judkinson. Yeah, yeah, I'm

898
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:29,200
Speaker 3: confusing them. Henderson's been Henderson super in the yes, in

899
00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 3: the in the preseason, big plays. I think they're gonna

900
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,320
Speaker 3: be losing a lot. He's gonna be the third down back.

901
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 3: This is where it starts to.

902
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:36,760
Speaker 2: Get a little touchdowns.

903
00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:39,319
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yeah, I mean of length, really good in

904
00:41:39,360 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 3: protection already, so this neighborhood starts to have wartz, you know,

905
00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 3: I mean sure, but I mean that's the way it goes. You.

906
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,319
Speaker 2: So I would say you like, you're pretty confident. You

907
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 2: really like your top thirteen.

908
00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, if I get two of them, I'll be

909
00:41:54,200 --> 00:41:58,839
Speaker 3: real happy because, like when we talk forceivers, Yeah, exactly, exactly.

910
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:02,719
Speaker 2: Makes sense, Tony p sixteen Alvin Kamara seventeen.

911
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 3: Kamara still catches a million passes.

912
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, he still finds a way to stay productive. It's impressive.

913
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 3: There's a chance he gets dealt to a contender like

914
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 3: the trade deadline too, and he just never goes away.

915
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:16,120
Speaker 3: It's kind of like a Henry thing. Taj Spears went

916
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 3: on IR today, So Paul are just set up in

917
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 3: a better offense. Fire me up. I mean he's an

918
00:42:21,560 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 3: efficient guy too.

919
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,280
Speaker 2: Eighteen James Cook with that new contract.

920
00:42:25,320 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, in Buffalo, he scored a million touchdowns last year

921
00:42:28,040 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 3: and that won't happen again. But he's the lead back

922
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:32,319
Speaker 3: in a really good offense.

923
00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 2: Right, exactly right. Nineteen Another rookie RJ. Harvey, who I

924
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 2: think could really surprise some people and burst onto the

925
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:38,600
Speaker 2: scene this year.

926
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:41,520
Speaker 3: Yep. Sean Payton running backs catch passes and produce in

927
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 3: fantasy see Alvin Kamara and he.

928
00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:48,919
Speaker 2: I mean he's got an extremely well rounded skill set. RJ.

929
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,400
Speaker 2: Harvey and number twenty James Connor formerly of this parish.

930
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,600
Speaker 3: Him and the next guy, I Chuba Hubbard, are really

931
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,799
Speaker 3: easy to kind of sleep on, but they're productive time

932
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 3: and time again, pretty decent off defenses. They really want

933
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,160
Speaker 3: to run the ball in Carolina. They're not flashy. But

934
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 3: Connor's been really good as a car Yeah. I don't

935
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:08,520
Speaker 3: want people around here give him enough credit for that.

936
00:43:08,600 --> 00:43:11,560
Speaker 3: You know, he's been really good, had a very nice career.

937
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty one Cheba Hubbard, like you said, and then

938
00:43:14,719 --> 00:43:17,239
Speaker 2: a couple of interesting names at twenty two and twenty

939
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:19,359
Speaker 2: three as well, in Breece Hall and David Montgomery.

940
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 3: A lot of talk, well they're both lion esque because

941
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 3: they hired a Lion's staff in New York. We'll talk

942
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 3: a lot of Jets next week, of course. But there's

943
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 3: a lot of talk that he's not going to be

944
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 3: the lead dog, that he's just going to be a

945
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 3: total committee, much like the Lions did with Montgomery and Gibbs,

946
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,720
Speaker 3: you know, and that detracts from his attention. Plus Field

947
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:38,719
Speaker 3: doesn't throw the backs either.

948
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:43,400
Speaker 2: He runs correct, getting too into the twenties here at

949
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 2: twenty four, jer Corey Kroskett merit at twenty four, DeAndre

950
00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:47,319
Speaker 2: Swift at twenty five.

951
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he goes by Bill Now I guess. I

952
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 3: mean they got got rid of Brian Robinson, so he's

953
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,760
Speaker 3: the lead back. What I think is a really good offense.

954
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 3: Preseason has been really kind to him. But I can see,

955
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:02,160
Speaker 3: I mean these are guy is. I need to squint

956
00:44:02,200 --> 00:44:02,920
Speaker 3: a little.

957
00:44:03,239 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 2: You know. Yeah. Uh. And then let's see twenty six

958
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:10,719
Speaker 2: Aaron Jones, twenty seven Isaiah Pacheco, and then twenty eight

959
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:13,279
Speaker 2: the first Steeler on this list in Jalen Warren. Yeah.

960
00:44:13,320 --> 00:44:15,800
Speaker 3: Do you agree that Warren should be noticeably ahead of

961
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 3: Johnson right now?

962
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 2: Well, see you have Caleb Johnson at thirty two. I

963
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 2: mean they're close spots. Yeah, yeah, yeah, but I think.

964
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:24,600
Speaker 3: I think Warren's gonna start the season getting the ball

965
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,040
Speaker 3: of the touches, and especially as running back. I don't

966
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 3: look at I kind of live for today with running backs. Yeah, exactly,

967
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,960
Speaker 3: right now, just get me through week one week the

968
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:35,839
Speaker 3: week basis you know, they may not be there. Yeah, yeah, No,

969
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:36,760
Speaker 3: I think right now.

970
00:44:37,239 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 2: Like, if you were just telling me you could have

971
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,560
Speaker 2: either for your fantasy team, I would. I would absolutely

972
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:42,360
Speaker 2: start with Jayalen.

973
00:44:42,120 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 3: Wore, especially if we're talking about receiving exactly. Yeah, and

974
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,320
Speaker 3: I just think Rogers Trussel Moore and so is the team.

975
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,719
Speaker 2: Jordan Mason at twenty nine, behind Jalen Warren and Bashiel

976
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,160
Speaker 2: Tutan one of the coolest names in football at thirty.

977
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 3: This is just the neighborhood where there's a you know,

978
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 3: there's two Steelers, there's Tracy and Scatibow are right in

979
00:44:58,440 --> 00:45:02,480
Speaker 3: the same Yeah, it's you know, Tootin and atm are

980
00:45:02,520 --> 00:45:05,720
Speaker 3: real close to each other here, Mason and Aaron Jones

981
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,520
Speaker 3: are real close to each other. A lot of teammates

982
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 3: where it's just crowded. Yeah, but you kind of hope

983
00:45:10,480 --> 00:45:13,280
Speaker 3: for their buddy to get hurt and then they'd go crazy.

984
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:14,680
Speaker 2: Exactly right, exactly, But there are a lot.

985
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:15,839
Speaker 3: Of flexes and that type of thing.

986
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:19,600
Speaker 2: There are. There are Matt fun stuff with Absolute Black Group.

987
00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:22,600
Speaker 2: That'll do it for our show today, but again, plenty

988
00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:26,000
Speaker 2: more fantasy football conversation ahead on Wednesday and Thursday.

989
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:27,680
Speaker 3: Absolutely, dude, good stuff.

990
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 2: Thanks everybody for hanging with us here on a busy Tuesday.

991
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:33,160
Speaker 2: Will be back tomorrow. You know where to find us.

992
00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:35,120
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993
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:37,440
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994
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