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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Ally here with Matt Williamson here listening to

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Speaker 1: the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio. And as I mentioned

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Speaker 1: at the end of the previous segment, Dan Hansis has

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Speaker 1: done his Power rankings on NFL dot Com. One week

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Speaker 1: into free agency and we'll take a look at how

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Speaker 1: things have changed, how some of the big trades free

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Speaker 1: least what people are thinking in regards to the NFL

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Speaker 1: here and who's moving up, who's moving down. Um, if

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Speaker 1: we always do. Matt Uh. The Houston Texans now at

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Speaker 1: just keep signing two million year guys, you know, like,

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Speaker 1: have with Davis Mills when they surround him with nothing,

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Speaker 1: Brandon Cooks can still get trade. Yeah. Uh, as at

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Speaker 1: thirty one, he has the Jaguars moving up from thirty two,

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Speaker 1: better than the Falcons. For me, they spent two fifty

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Speaker 1: when when we come back. U. Well, Daniel Jeremiah released

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