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Speaker 2: like when you guys start talking fantasy football, I tune out.

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Speaker 2: It's one CEOs for like for fifteen minutes, fifteen minutes

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Speaker 2: we talk about the league as a whole.

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Speaker 3: Fantasy football affects everything, so you're missing out if you're

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Speaker 2: Boy, do you do you gamble? Do you watch the

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Speaker 2: Like this is this is why it's relevant. It's not

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Speaker 3: Your right if you're want to tune out to that.

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Speaker 3: You don't like that section, so bed, but it's not

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Speaker 3: changing anytime soon.

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Speaker 2: It's one segment right that we've always done and will

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Speaker 2: continue to do. And it's Tuesday, so that means it's

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Speaker 2: waiver Wired day, Yeah, looking at who is available. Jalen

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Speaker 2: moorens Stony rostered in forty two percent of leagues.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not saying he shouldn't be on every roster.

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Speaker 3: He absolutely should because the best has yet to come.

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Speaker 3: But there just hasn't been much production. You know, Like,

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Speaker 3: if you're Joe Blow in San Diego or Oregon right

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Speaker 3: looking at like should I pick him up or not?

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Speaker 3: He hasn't done much lately.

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing. He's through his bye week now, right.

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Speaker 2: I think he had like sixty total yards from scrimmage

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Speaker 2: last week in the last game. Like it's ramping up

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Speaker 2: over a thousand total yards last year. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was a every week flex, give or take it,

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Speaker 2: Isaac Grendo rostered in seventeen percent of leagues. Thecaffrey's coming back, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I can't do that.

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Speaker 3: I traded a second round pick flat out for McCaffrey

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Speaker 3: today in the Dynasty League. Wow, I got that offer.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, I gotta run to my computer right now,

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Speaker 3: do it? Yeah, yeah. I mean that my team's loaded too.

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Speaker 3: That pick would be late.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but the guy who was sitting on him all

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Speaker 3: I mean his team's garbage. Oh it doesn't McCaffrey, I'd

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Speaker 3: be sure to make a trade. Three he could have

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Speaker 3: have first out of me. Now, if I saw that trade,

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Speaker 2: Deal Tyler Algaier only thirty nine percent rush. That's it's

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Speaker 2: it's the same conversation as Jalen Warren.

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Speaker 3: Not to mention if Bijon or Nausey gets hurt.

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Speaker 2: Those guys are gold.

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Speaker 3: They're top ten, you know, I mean like they're even

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Speaker 2: You know. Yeah, if I would have started, if I

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Speaker 2: had started Tyler Algier last week instead of Marvin Harrison,

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Speaker 2: you know, in my flex spot, I would have won

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Speaker 2: Harrison usage is weird. I mean they're very small, like

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Speaker 3: We've talked about this a lot. I mean, you get

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Mario Douglas twenty two percent rostered.

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Speaker 2: Jalen Coker in Carolina fourteen percent ruster.

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Speaker 3: I think they love him. Yeah. I mean they traded

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Speaker 3: they love Coker. He's he's someone I put a ton

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Speaker 2: Xavier Lagette roster than twenty seven percent of leagues.

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Speaker 3: I think he's gonna be their one. I think so too,

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Speaker 3: Mike Williams nine percent roster, the stock went up.

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Speaker 2: It went up. For sure. He's gonna get more opportunities.

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Speaker 3: He'll be on the field more. Yeah. I mean, I

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Speaker 2: I think he'll get quality targets as well. I beg

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Speaker 2: it's en zone targeted, and that's what I'm saying. End

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Speaker 3: I think Pickens has the most end zone targets of

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Speaker 2: He gives you another option.

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Speaker 3: They throwed to big receivers in the end zone is

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Speaker 2: Uh Sterling Shepherd seven percent roster.

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Speaker 3: It's okay last night, Yeah, somebody's got to do it.

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Speaker 3: It's Baker's buddy from Oklahoma. Eh. I mean he could

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Speaker 3: You know, Yeah, made a heck of a catch last

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Speaker 3: night too. Jaln McMillan thirty four percent rostered. Maybe maybe

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Speaker 2: Elijah Moore fourteen percent rostered. You're deep, reaching, pretty deep deep.

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Speaker 3: The third receiver point in Elijah Moore's career that I

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Speaker 2: Now you've quit him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the Jets quid him, which doesn't mean anything.

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Speaker 2: Then he had watched it all right, there broke back Mountain.

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Speaker 3: I could keep an eye on him.

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Speaker 2: Ricky Pearsall is twenty eight percent roster.

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Speaker 3: I think keep an eye on him. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 3: he's done a really good offense coming off a by

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but one Jennings could be back this week and

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Speaker 2: McCaffrey could be back and all of a sudden, now

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Speaker 2: it's three targets a game.

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Speaker 3: Something like that. Oh, he could wash out. I could

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Speaker 3: see a path where he could be a wide receiver. Three. Yes,

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Speaker 2: These guys can't Ray Ray McLeod sixteen percent rostered now,

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Speaker 2: I'm many A DFS called him a few weeks ago

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Speaker 2: because the team wasn't good with the slot receiver. But

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Speaker 2: it's a good offense. It's a good offense. You can't

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Speaker 3: Own London status. I don't think we've heard any hit

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Speaker 3: pointer on him, so that could be he's not like

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Speaker 3: going dir or anything.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, okay, but they're different players. But it would open

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Speaker 3: up some target share.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you could do worse.

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Speaker 3: You could do worse.

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Speaker 2: Not great. I don't love it.

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Speaker 3: Certainly do better.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers looking at the quarterback position forty three percent rostered.

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Speaker 2: That might be too much.

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Speaker 3: To be a top twenty quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I don't see it.

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Speaker 3: I don't either as much.

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Speaker 2: Drake May Yeah, I'd much rather have the next guy

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Speaker 2: justin Herbert's forty four And I told you that the

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Speaker 2: next three opponents Tennessee, Cincinnati, Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: And they throw a fair amount.

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Speaker 2: Now you're gonna have to throw the football tough to

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Speaker 2: run on. Tennessee, Cincinnati, don't leave her could be a shootout,

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Speaker 2: and Baltimore could be a shootout.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if you, Josh Allen, don't run out and

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Speaker 3: pick up Herbert. But no, but you gotta buy we

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Speaker 3: Herbert's the guy. Yeah, Russell, would you put him over

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Speaker 3: like Tua? Yes, yeah, I would too. Yeah, Russell Wilson

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Speaker 3: sixteen percent rostered. Next three weeks is Washington, Baltimore, Cleveland.

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Speaker 3: I'd probably have him over Rogers. I think I would too,

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Speaker 3: behind Herbert. Yeah, that's the way I would look at

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Speaker 3: that too. Yeah, because I think he's gonna throw some

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Speaker 3: touchdown passes. Yeah, it's only two games, but he averages

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Speaker 3: the most yards per game of any quarterback right now,

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Speaker 3: you know, and he throws touchdowns, throw touchdowns. He will

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Speaker 3: run a little. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that's what they haven't really tapped into.

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Speaker 2: They they haven't needed to.

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Speaker 3: He will.

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Speaker 2: Daniel Jones is ten percent rostered.

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Speaker 3: It's always tough just because he's not great and he's

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Speaker 3: not in a great situation. He can get you through

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Speaker 3: I think it's terrible.

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Speaker 2: Why is it in New York you have to give

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Speaker 3: He didn't have it to do.

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Speaker 2: No, he did not. That was something that the New

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Speaker 2: it's dumb. Stop it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it's bad.

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Speaker 2: Stop it.

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Speaker 3: I bet his teammates still call it that.

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Speaker 2: No, No, Danny Dimes, that's a and it's a dumb nickname.

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Speaker 2: Oh look he's droping dimes.

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Speaker 3: No he doesn't, No, he doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I hate it. Bo Nick's thirty four percent rostered.

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Speaker 3: I'd have him over a lot of those guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: he runs like crazy, he's coming off a bad not

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Speaker 2: The problem is they have of Kansas City this week.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, that's not gonna be pretty. Drake May's

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Speaker 2: eleven percent rostered. This is the thing.

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Speaker 3: So you people who draft quarterbacks early, Yeah, those quarterback

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Speaker 2: True, the guys that you've dred, it's been up and down.

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Speaker 3: Like Hurts and Allen are fine, but they're not. But

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Speaker 3: he's a lot to get.

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Speaker 2: You had to pay a second or third round pick

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Speaker 3: Just because it's such a plentiful position. Called me nuts,

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Speaker 3: but I'm infatuated with May. I picked him up like

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Speaker 3: a month ago, as soon as he became a starter. No,

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Speaker 3: he's running enough to make it. He is Daniel Jones'

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Speaker 3: early career Daniel Jones. So the guy who hasn't been

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Speaker 3: ruined yet. I shouldn't tell you this because we've had

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Speaker 3: But my main guy, my main league going back, Richardson

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Speaker 3: was my quarterback. Yeah, and then I forget who my

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Speaker 2: Would not have been my choice. Right.

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Speaker 3: We went back and forth us quite a bit, and

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Speaker 3: I have a really good team. But I have two

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Speaker 3: draft Richardson? At he fell? I was not going to

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Speaker 3: take a quarterback high. I'm like, that's a round later

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Speaker 3: than he's been going. So I jumped on him, but

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Speaker 3: I'm starting to start May. I think over two of

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Speaker 2: I mean had ninety five rushing yards last week. Yeah, right, right,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a little bit of a stereotype involved with

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Speaker 3: one of those types. He runs a lot.

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Speaker 2: He's running for his life.

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Speaker 3: Look at North Carolina's running right, running for his life. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I'm sure they're telling him, don't get destroyed, just run.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Our line stinks, right take off? Yeah, and he's aggressive.

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Speaker 2: He's a throw picks, but yeah, I don't care a

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Speaker 2: tight end. Mike Kaesicki's thirteen percent rostered.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll be careful with Higgins though.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: If Higgins is back, yeah, then his eyes and Higgins

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Speaker 3: probably won't be back this week. I would think on

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Speaker 3: a short week in Tract year, right, you know.

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Speaker 2: They're playing the Ravens, you're gonna have to throw the football.

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Speaker 3: And I know Gasecki's not your typical tight end, but

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Speaker 3: Eric All's out, Yeah, I mean that could be more snappy.

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Speaker 2: He's he's just a big wide receiver. Yeah, that's what

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Speaker 2: he's a big Din't block anybody, No, No, couldn't block

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Speaker 2: a toilet. Uh. Johnny Smith nine percent rostered. I know

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Speaker 2: you were Johnnys Smith believer early in the season. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's had some ups and downs, but he's had some

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Speaker 3: I would say lately he's been more ups and he's

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Speaker 3: cutting into waddle and I mean a chan gets some

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Speaker 3: ridiculous number of targets, but they have a plan for him.

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Speaker 3: You could do worse.

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Speaker 2: We've talked about this guy a ton. I actually started

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Speaker 2: them in my DFS lineup last week. Taysom Hill thirty

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Speaker 2: seven percent rostered.

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Speaker 3: I hope none of my league mates are listening, but

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Speaker 3: I put it. I put a small claim in for him. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they don't know he has to touch the ball. Now.

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Speaker 2: He caught, He had four catches last week for like

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Speaker 2: forty five yards. He ran for a touchdown. And he

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Speaker 3: All right, Right, I thought Kamara might get traded or

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Speaker 3: a car might not be back or whatever. But they

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Grant Calcita in Philadelphia, he's actually been a thing

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Speaker 2: that Goddard as much as they're throwing the ball to

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Speaker 2: Grant Calcatara.

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Speaker 3: I've been hesitating on him because Goddard didn't go on

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Speaker 3: ir And this will be I think it's third or

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Speaker 2: They're not gonna they're winning now. They're not going to

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Speaker 2: rush him back right right now. It might be too

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Speaker 2: late to jump on again. AJ Brown got hurt in

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Speaker 3: Don't think it's serious. Sure, it'll be questioning.

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Speaker 2: It took him out of the mix for last week's game,

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Speaker 2: SOA got a little bump. He did, he did, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: but you know, he's been fine when they've they've had him.

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Speaker 3: Out he might be a DFS play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, looking at this week's schedule for our streaming defenses

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Speaker 2: take a look at the schedule. Thursday night game is

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Speaker 2: Bengals at Ravens.

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Speaker 3: I have the Ravens in a dynasty league, and I

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Speaker 3: They might give up five hundred passing a lot of

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Speaker 3: mean they can't.

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Speaker 2: They might give up five hundred rushing yards. The Ravens

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Speaker 2: might look like a big twelve game, yeah.

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Speaker 3: Or it could just be an AFC North game and

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Speaker 2: I don't I don't think that's gonna happen. The Giants

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Speaker 3: Yeah they didn't against Washington, right, That's been the only downtime.

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Speaker 3: But I they can get run on.

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Speaker 2: I remember that game is also in Germany.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, our new president might have to go to war

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Speaker 3: with Germany for US sending them that game.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, uh schedule. Yeah, so if you're gonna if you're

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Speaker 2: gonna pick that Giants defense up, make sure you do

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Speaker 2: it and get it in the lineup.

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Speaker 3: It's a good one though. Yeah, that's some over the Ravens.

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Speaker 3: I come to look and see if it's open. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Patriots are at the Bears.

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Speaker 3: Yuck, Bears.

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Speaker 2: These crumbling, it's crumbling fast.

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Speaker 3: I would still start them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The Bills are at the Colts. Bills are fine,

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Speaker 2: Bills are fine. They don't stop to run particularly, but.

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Speaker 3: It's okay if you have them. Keeping live with it.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: The Vikings are at the Jaguars. Vikings defense all day long.

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Speaker 3: Baby oh boy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that could be ugly.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, no one jagged.

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Speaker 2: The Broncos are at the Chiefs. You're going to start

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Speaker 2: the Chiefs defense no.

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Speaker 3: Matter what against that opponent.

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Speaker 2: The Broncos are usually a good streamer at the very least,

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Speaker 2: but I don't want to start them this week. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean I think I would say the smart Bronco

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Speaker 3: owner might have dumped them before Ravens chief.

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Speaker 2: This might this actually might be like a twenty to ten,

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Speaker 3: They are efficient, they're not explosive. Yeah yeah, those edge

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't mind that. I don't think they're gonna

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Speaker 2: The Chiefs aren't going to go out and put up

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Speaker 3: I think my homes z ankle's a thing too. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean he can't run like he got a shot. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean he was bouncing around like nothing happened. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: something happen.

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Speaker 2: Falcons are at the Saints. You're firing up the Falcons

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Speaker 2: defense this week against the Saints. Saints are maybe they're

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you know, like in my Raven situation, I

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Speaker 3: would rather start the Falcons. Yeah you know yeah. Forty

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Speaker 3: nine Ers are at the Bucks. I'll take the Niners

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Speaker 3: off a bye. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think they maybe they figures eight things out.

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Speaker 3: Fresh and be explosive.

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Speaker 2: Bucks offensive line is good, though.

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Speaker 3: It is, it's not a great start. I would say

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Speaker 3: no on the Bucks.

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Speaker 2: Steelers at Commanders, No, No, I'm going to say you

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Speaker 2: start the Steelers defense this week.

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Speaker 3: Oh, Commanders put up points.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that they will against the Steelers haven't

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Speaker 2: given up more than what twenty fourth in a game.

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Speaker 2: This season.

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Speaker 3: Chargers are don't better.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think they'll be. And the Steelers will

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Speaker 2: run the ball well against the Commander's defense to maybe

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Speaker 2: game could be over by three thirty because both teams

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Speaker 3: Washington, contrary to popular belief, is a very high percentage

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Speaker 3: run team. Yeah, and they do it well. Oh, I'm

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Speaker 2: I don't know. This is gonna be a high scoring game.

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Speaker 2: And I do think that the Steelers will pull out

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Speaker 3: M hmm.

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Speaker 2: Looking at the rest of the schedule, it's.

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Speaker 3: Not this guy. I wouldn't cut the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: No, this is a strong start. The Titans are at

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Speaker 3: They're hard not to start. Yeah, they get sacks, they

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Speaker 3: get picks. The Jets are at the Cards Titans No, No,

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Speaker 3: I mean Chargers aren't that high flying. Titans are good.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna be field.

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Speaker 2: It might be a low scoring game, yeah, I'm thinking

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Speaker 3: I don't love either. No, I like Cardinals are in

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Speaker 3: a much better place than the Jets. Jets have a

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Speaker 3: good d but no, I don't love it.

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Speaker 2: The Eagles are at the Cowboys. Well, you're gonna start

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that's coming a long way one Cowboys, even.

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Speaker 2: If Parson Playsons are at the Texans, I'm starting horrible.

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Speaker 2: I'm starting the Lions all day long.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they'll rush the pass or they'll hit, they'll control

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Speaker 2: I heard stat this morning. Stroud has been hit like

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Speaker 2: nine games. It's the most in the league by like.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I keep going happening.

442
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Speaker 2: They're just getting you know, free run at C. J.

443
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Speaker 2: Stroud all day long.

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Speaker 3: You've heard the Lions stat. I mean, in the last

445
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Speaker 3: six weeks they have more touchdowns than complete incompletions. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: As a team, that's unbelievable, unbelievable. Yeah, I'd start in

447
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Speaker 3: Houston allthough their defense isn't bad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not against the Lions. The Monday night game

449
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Speaker 2: is Miami at the Rams.

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Speaker 3: I don't think I say knowing, no, yeah, they're not horrible,

451
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Speaker 3: but I don't like that. That looks like an overgame.

452
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Speaker 3: To me, Yeah, say quarterbacks throwing it a lot, Yeah,

453
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Speaker 3: with some pretty good weapons, yeah, and some holes in

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Speaker 3: the defenses. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So again when I come back to the Steelers, Are

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Speaker 2: the Steelers top ten defense this week?

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Speaker 3: No, I think we came up with there were some

458
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Speaker 3: slam dogs.

459
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Speaker 2: I don't know we did.

460
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Speaker 3: Like when you start him over the Bears, I forget the.

461
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Speaker 2: Bears are playing their Bears are playing the Patriots.

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Speaker 3: Let's start the Bears even to the Steelers. D's playing

463
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Speaker 3: much better than the Bears. Scary.

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Speaker 2: Would you start him over the Broncos against the Chiefs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Falcons against the Saints Falcons, Okay, I don't know that would.

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Speaker 3: It's a terrible group. I think knock on the Saints.

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Speaker 2: Starting to get the Titans against the Chargers, that's close.

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Speaker 2: Jets against the Cardinals.

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Speaker 3: I do Steelers over Titans, Steelers over Jets.

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Speaker 2: Like, I think it's not they're not a top five defenses.

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Speaker 2: There's five easy ones, but I think they're a top

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Speaker 2: ten maybe. I mean they're gonna get sacks. I think

474
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Speaker 2: they're in sacks. They're gonna get after the kid a

475
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Speaker 2: little bit.

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Speaker 3: I like that they're coming off a bye too. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you know, just freshness and Preston Smith's coming on the scene.

478
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Speaker 2: Rustin Smith coming in make his return into Washington for

479
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Speaker 2: he started his career game right, So there you go.

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Speaker 2: All right, that's this week's schedule and the streaming defense

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Speaker 2: is there. We should have some good choices this week. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: there'll be some way find Yeah, yes, absolutely, let's get

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Speaker 2: to a break. He is the Matt Williamson. I am

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Speaker 2: Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here on the

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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network. Matt and I come back. It's also

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Speaker 2: power ranking. We will do that right after this.

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Speaker 1: And this is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

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Speaker 1: Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of the

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Speaker 1: Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: And welcome back. I am Dale LOLLI he is the

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and he is your Huckleberry.

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Speaker 3: I'm Huckleberry.

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Speaker 2: Uh no, Daisy at all. Time to take a look

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Speaker 2: at Eric ed Hull power rankings on NFL dot com

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Speaker 2: and should be quite a bit of mix up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I would think we'll shake up here, maybe even maybe

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Speaker 2: even at the bottom. Maybe even at the bottom.

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Speaker 3: I would leave the Panthers last if you lose to them.

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Speaker 3: You get fired.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, yeah, that's what happens. Yeah, he did not.

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Speaker 3: Last.

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Speaker 2: No, surprisingly, there's a lot of candidates at thirty two

504
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Speaker 2: down two spots, the two and seven Patriots.

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Speaker 3: They're horrible, They're really bad. Yeah, I would still Carolyne

506
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Speaker 3: about but last. But real quick, I think our listeners

507
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Speaker 3: know this. But they're thirty two teams the league. Yeah,

508
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Speaker 3: pretty sure they know that. None of them have zero wins.

509
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Speaker 3: None of them have won, but nine have two losses.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's the bottom is really the bottom.

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Speaker 3: It's the bottom's historically deeper than I remember too. Like

512
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Speaker 3: there's so many bad teams right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, what you don't want to do is lose

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Speaker 2: to one of those teams right.

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Speaker 3: Right right, And some guys, I mean Raven Dives.

516
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Speaker 2: Lost, Yeah, a couple of them at thirty one down

517
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Speaker 2: two spots, the Raiders two.

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Speaker 3: And bad Mojo and Firings and quarterback chains Rat gonna

519
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Speaker 3: be the starter and.

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Speaker 2: Still don't know. I don't get those updates on the

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Speaker 2: Raiders on the Yeah, Steve don't play them again, so

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Speaker 2: I don't care. At thirty up two spots, Carolina as

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Speaker 2: h as they can go.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's pretty generous. Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: At twenty nine up two spots.

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Speaker 3: I'm a little intrigued though with their offense. Can the

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Speaker 3: young guys be okay?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they should be able to continue to run the football. Yeah,

529
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Speaker 2: a good place to start.

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Speaker 3: All right. I mean there's a little bit optimism.

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Speaker 2: Twenty nine up two spots to two and six Titans.

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Speaker 3: They I would have them over all those teams, but

533
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Speaker 3: they're pretty hideous too. Yeah, Levis is looming for better

534
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Speaker 3: or worse, mostly for worse.

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Speaker 2: Twenty eight holding steady. This might be the most disappointing

536
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Speaker 2: team in the league. The Jacksonville Jaguars at two and seven.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna say the Browns. There are people picking them

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Speaker 2: to win that division show.

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Speaker 3: I know, I thought they might be eight or nine

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Speaker 3: win in the hunt down the ends.

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Speaker 2: There are people who had them listed when they remember

542
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Speaker 2: when we before the season started, they were tiering the teams. Yeah, yeah,

543
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Speaker 2: and people had them in the same tier as well.

544
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Speaker 2: Cleveland was in that tier. The Steelers were in that tier,

545
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Speaker 2: Miami was in that tier.

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Speaker 3: It's funny, I mean, Jets like that, all those AFC

547
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Speaker 3: teams in that tier.

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Speaker 2: Steers are really he was the only one that have

549
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Speaker 2: done a seeded.

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Speaker 3: Expectations, you know, right, maybe the Chargers Chargers I guess

551
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Speaker 3: would be are on Chargers.

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Speaker 2: And the Broncos were actually down below that. Yeah, they

553
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Speaker 2: kind of exceeded expectations now for now. Yeah, Yeah, it's

554
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Speaker 2: gonna get ugly here in the next couple of weeks.

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Speaker 3: I think they can be in trouble.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, twenty seven holding steady. The Cleveland Browns.

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's not get too crazy. It was a pretty

558
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Speaker 3: bad game.

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Speaker 2: They are bad.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, at twenty down a spot, they only dropped one spot.

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Speaker 2: The New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I don't know if they beat the Titans right now.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they do either. I don't know if

565
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Speaker 2: they beat the Browns right now.

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Speaker 3: You're right, I mean the Raiders. Yeah, they're bad. I

567
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Speaker 3: think I think Jacksonville beats them.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're bad.

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Speaker 3: Bad, they're bad. I mean cars back, but they don't

570
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Speaker 3: have any weapon.

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Speaker 2: They're they're Lee Roy Brown bad.

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Speaker 3: And I think they're I mean, I've hung it up

573
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Speaker 3: to efforts bad.

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Speaker 2: At twenty five up a spot, the Giants, Yeah, they're

575
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Speaker 2: better than all those They're better than those teams. Yes, yes,

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Speaker 2: At twenty four down a spot, the gang was back together.

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Speaker 2: The Miami Dolphins, they've had they've had two of back

578
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Speaker 2: for two games. They've lost both of them.

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Speaker 3: I know they went toe to toe with the Bills, though, but.

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Speaker 2: I think that was their season. I think they saw

581
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Speaker 2: the season was on the line. Hey, we gotta go

582
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Speaker 2: out and we got to beat the Bills. We gotta

583
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Speaker 2: make They didn't do it. They didn't get it done.

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Speaker 3: They didn't get done. I mean, they're one of the

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Speaker 3: two lost teams.

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Speaker 2: Two win teams two and six. I don't they can't

587
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Speaker 2: get back into.

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Speaker 3: The I don't think any teams can. No. I mean,

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Speaker 3: it's not anything that is nine and eight going to

590
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Speaker 3: get to get them into the playoffs.

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Speaker 2: I don't think so. Based on the chance, I think

592
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Speaker 2: I think the conference record is gonna.

593
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Speaker 3: Tak That's a great thing.

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Speaker 2: Big game this week against well, they played the Rams

595
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Speaker 2: this week, not the Chargers.

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Speaker 3: But that's kind of a it might be.

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Speaker 2: It might be an elimination game for the loser.

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Speaker 3: Especially Miami. It definitely eliminates Miami.

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Speaker 2: It might limit if the Rams losing it to follow

600
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Speaker 2: what four and six in the NFC get a lot

601
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Speaker 2: of teams to climb over the top of at least.

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Speaker 3: Both those teams don't get a conference loss. Yeah, you know.

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Speaker 2: At twenty three down two spots, Dallas.

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Speaker 3: They're pretty terrible. I mean, without that, it's it's fading fast. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I would in Miami ahead of them. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: At twenty two up two spots, the Jets.

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Speaker 3: Okay, this is a Jets neighborhood too, Yeah, I mean,

608
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Speaker 3: Jets in Miami are pretty neck and neck to me. Yeah,

609
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Speaker 3: at least the Jets one.

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Speaker 2: They did lose to the Patriots two.

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Speaker 3: Weeks over, right, Yeah, let's not forget.

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Speaker 2: At twenty one down two spots, the Colts, they're the best,

613
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Speaker 2: the best and yet yeah, the best team we've talked about.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, at twenty up two spots, Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: They've done better things lately.

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati versus Indianapolis convers it would be a nice battle.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there would be a lot of points.

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Speaker 2: Of feel, there would be a lot of points.

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Speaker 3: And Cincinnati has turned into that team that start all

621
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Speaker 3: your fantasy players. Yeah, you know what I mean, Like

622
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Speaker 3: it's just a bad go. I mean, there's a lot

623
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Speaker 3: of points.

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Speaker 2: Indianapolis's defense is not good, right, it is head and

625
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Speaker 2: shoulders ahead of Cincinnati's defense.

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Speaker 3: But Burrow's going to keep them in games. Yeah, you know,

627
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Speaker 3: that's all they've got. That's all you got. It's a

628
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Speaker 3: good thing to have. But yeah, anymore that at.

629
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Speaker 2: Nineteen down two spots, Seattle, I don't love the direction

630
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Speaker 2: there going. No, they're fading fast. Remember they were three.

631
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Speaker 3: And oh yeah, I mean they were one of those

632
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,920
Speaker 3: teams that were I bet at one point they were

633
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Speaker 3: like eight on this list.

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Speaker 2: I mean early they were much higher. They were higher

635
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 2: than the Steelers on this list. And they were both

636
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,800
Speaker 2: three and oh oh they you know, they coach of

637
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: the Year and all that. That's that's out the window.

638
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 3: That's out the window. They're on a buy, right, Yeah,

639
00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:16,600
Speaker 3: they're on a much needed buy.

640
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. At eighteen up two spots, the Rams, they just.

641
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,080
Speaker 3: Played and they went to overtime, and they probably would

642
00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 3: split if they played a thousand times close to it.

643
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Speaker 2: I think the Rams better though. The Rams are better

644
00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,720
Speaker 2: than this next team at seventeen down four spots, Chicago.

645
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,640
Speaker 3: They're turning the wrong way too.

646
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:39,440
Speaker 2: I think they're Caleb Williams is kind of turned into

647
00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,360
Speaker 2: a pumpkin a little bit.

648
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:42,520
Speaker 3: I think the coaching staff's in trouble.

649
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,880
Speaker 2: I think they're in over their head.

650
00:27:43,960 --> 00:27:46,480
Speaker 3: Yep, yeah, I would have them maybe a couple spots.

651
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,680
Speaker 2: Lower, oh and fifteen and Sunday road games. I was

652
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:51,919
Speaker 2: Sunday road games. I know that's crazy no matter what

653
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 2: time they play out of.

654
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Speaker 3: The Bengals and Colts ahead of them, Yeah, they might

655
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:57,080
Speaker 3: be below the Jets and Dolphins.

656
00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:57,800
Speaker 2: To me, not good.

657
00:27:57,920 --> 00:27:58,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, not good.

658
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:04,400
Speaker 2: At sixteen holding steady Tampa Bay.

659
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,560
Speaker 3: I kind of believe in Baker and I'm watching him

660
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: last night, like he does crazy things, but he's the

661
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 3: fifteenth best quarterback on the planet and I think he

662
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:15,439
Speaker 3: will be you know.

663
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I agree with that one.

664
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

665
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,919
Speaker 2: At fifteen down four spots, I think I think Tampa

666
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:26,320
Speaker 2: Bay might be better than this team. Denver. Yeah, I

667
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:27,760
Speaker 2: think i'd take Tampa over Denver.

668
00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:32,200
Speaker 3: I think i'd picked Cinci over Denver today. Not body

669
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:34,240
Speaker 3: of work. Yeah.

670
00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,600
Speaker 2: Their next two games are against Kansas City and Atlanta. They're

671
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,560
Speaker 2: going to be five and six.

672
00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:41,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I think this will be as high as

673
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,080
Speaker 3: they'll be for a while or ei the rest of

674
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 3: the year.

675
00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:50,320
Speaker 2: At fourteen up four spots, Arizona.

676
00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 3: I think I'm cool with that. I think i'd have

677
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 3: him over everyone listed.

678
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:56,560
Speaker 2: The Jets opened his favorites over Arizona in Arizona. Now

679
00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:01,280
Speaker 2: it's shifted since then. Huh, the Cardinals are favored by

680
00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:03,480
Speaker 2: a point, but it opened. I think with the Jets, they're.

681
00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,120
Speaker 3: Well coached and they get the most out of the guys.

682
00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,760
Speaker 2: Tell me that the New York betting public always that's

683
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,120
Speaker 2: just on the Jets and they're not good.

684
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 3: Jets are in Arizona. Started as a favor Now they're

685
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:18,040
Speaker 3: a dog. You said, yeah, I'll probably pick Arizona to win.

686
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:24,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, thirteen up a spot San Francisco, they would definitely

687
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 2: be the highest one.

688
00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,600
Speaker 3: Yet, I think the second half of the season go

689
00:29:27,680 --> 00:29:30,600
Speaker 3: better for them than the first. At twelve up a spot.

690
00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:35,760
Speaker 3: The Chargers, I'm respecting what they're doing. I mean, they're

691
00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:39,200
Speaker 3: physical in both lines of scrimmage. They got a quarterback.

692
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,680
Speaker 3: I thought like their defensive tackles would be a massive liability. No,

693
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 3: you know, they play hard, they do their job, they

694
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,120
Speaker 3: plug up lanes. You know, they're not great pass rushers.

695
00:29:48,160 --> 00:29:49,600
Speaker 3: Khalil Max still a really good player.

696
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,840
Speaker 2: At eleven by the Niners ahead of them though, ye

697
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 2: I would too. Probably, I definitely have this team ahead

698
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000
Speaker 2: of them at eleven upp a spot. Is Atlanta.

699
00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 3: They're treading in the right direction. Yeah, they got a

700
00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 3: lot of moment right now. At ten down two spots, Houston.

701
00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: Oh, i'd be lower on them. I'd have Atlanta head

702
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 2: of Houston.

703
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 3: I'd probably have them like four or five spots.

704
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 2: I'd have the forty nine Ers ahead of Houston. Yeah,

705
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 2: I don't know if i'd have the Chargers though.

706
00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:19,760
Speaker 3: I think I would subject the change going forward. If

707
00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 3: we're just judging where they're at right now. Yeah, with

708
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:26,960
Speaker 3: no Digs or Nico and the hits, Strouds taking and

709
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:29,400
Speaker 3: bad line play.

710
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 2: Yes, it's not good, right, not good? They could rebound

711
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 2: at nine holding steady the Steelers.

712
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,160
Speaker 3: Okay, I don't know problem with that. I was I

713
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,600
Speaker 3: was wondering where Steelers Washington was going to be. I

714
00:30:42,600 --> 00:30:44,640
Speaker 3: could make a case for both teams.

715
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 2: At eight down two spots, Green.

716
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: Bay, I'm not going to Dingham for that. Last week

717
00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 3: and that was a lot of things went against them,

718
00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,760
Speaker 3: bad weather and I picked six. Yeah, and they lost

719
00:30:55,840 --> 00:30:58,320
Speaker 3: a really good team loves all banged up. Yeah, I

720
00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 3: mean bye week. Is it a really good time to

721
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,520
Speaker 3: buy for them? Yeah, that's perfect for him. Yeah, they're

722
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:06,760
Speaker 3: a contender at seven would have them heead of Washington.

723
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,200
Speaker 2: I would too. Yeah, seven up, three spots Philadelphia.

724
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 3: We're trend in the right direction. Steelers are Eagles.

725
00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 2: Where's the game being played at.

726
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:19,920
Speaker 3: State College?

727
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,360
Speaker 2: Well, then I don't know. If it's in Philadelphia, I'm

728
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:25,280
Speaker 2: picking the Eagles. If it's here, I'll probably I would

729
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:25,920
Speaker 2: probably pick.

730
00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 3: The Yeah, there's a lot of momentum with Philly right now,

731
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 3: though I don't think Brown's gonna be out law. Barkley's

732
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 3: a maniac.

733
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:37,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, at six up a spot, Minnesota, Washington's too high.

734
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 2: I'm sorry, Washington is too high.

735
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 3: That's fine for Minnesota.

736
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 2: Minnesota versus Washington, and that's Philadelphia Pittsburgh against like versus.

737
00:31:46,360 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 3: Washington, Washington'd be like four or five spots lower.

738
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,080
Speaker 2: From Yeah, they would be nine. In mind, I have the.

739
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 3: Packers over all these teams we talked about, Yeah, five

740
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 3: is Washington. They're not the fifth best team, and I

741
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 3: don't think so either.

742
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is that's why this this week could kind

743
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 2: of turned into the Peter principle a little bit like

744
00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 2: they're going to hit their head on the ceiling and

745
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 2: get knocked back something.

746
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean they're they're perfect team for that,

747
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,040
Speaker 3: and they'd have to blow the Steelers out to probably

748
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:11,440
Speaker 3: move up.

749
00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's be tough to move up higher

750
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:18,680
Speaker 2: than five. At four, holding steady the Ravens, I'm cool

751
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 2: with that. At three, holding steady the Bills.

752
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,120
Speaker 3: I think their offense is really good and mcdermot's always

753
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 3: going to have a competitive defense.

754
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 2: And remember they beat Miami last week without Cooper on

755
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 2: the field.

756
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,320
Speaker 3: I know, and he's going to be helpful. Yeah, there's

757
00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 3: other guys that are all playing well. Allen might be

758
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 3: my MVP.

759
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 2: He's figured some things out.

760
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he'll nickel and dimy to death and

761
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:47,280
Speaker 3: doesn't turn the ball over. Bills are Ravens Bills, I

762
00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:49,600
Speaker 3: think so too. More complete.

763
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, although that's one of the Bills losses. Yeah, I know,

764
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 2: and it got blown out in Baltimore. But if things

765
00:32:55,360 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 2: turn to continue on this trend, a rematch would happen

766
00:32:58,840 --> 00:32:59,480
Speaker 2: in Buffalo.

767
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:02,000
Speaker 3: Yeah. They're both good.

768
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 2: Yeah.

769
00:33:03,080 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 3: Uh.

770
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: At two, Kansas City, I don't have a problem with

771
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,560
Speaker 2: that because number one is Detroit. I think Detroit's playing

772
00:33:09,560 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 2: the best football in the league right now.

773
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:14,080
Speaker 3: I do too. I think Kansas City. I I can't

774
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,400
Speaker 3: remember if I said this on this show or not.

775
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 3: My apologies, but just watch them last night. I'm like,

776
00:33:18,640 --> 00:33:23,120
Speaker 3: these guys are still really good. I mean, it's Hopkins

777
00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:25,200
Speaker 3: and they're gonna figure things out. They're gonna be a

778
00:33:25,240 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 3: really tough out in the playoffs. I mean, there's a

779
00:33:27,360 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 3: reason when to back to back title. Yeah, and they're

780
00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,440
Speaker 3: good guys like oo J and Hopkins.

781
00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:35,920
Speaker 2: I will say, when when Mahomes threw that touchdown pass

782
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:37,600
Speaker 2: and then immediately started grabbing at his.

783
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 3: Leg, I'm like, oh, I thought he was out for

784
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:42,080
Speaker 3: a while. That would be bad. Yeah, And actually I

785
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 3: was kind of excited. It's kind of like Darnold with

786
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:45,720
Speaker 3: the Niners. It's like, I want to see Carson Wentz

787
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 3: in this offense, you know, just see I mean, I'm

788
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 3: it wouldn't diminish Mahomes if Wentz did well. But I'm like,

789
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 3: could he be good in this offense?

790
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 2: Maybe? I just think they're very Mahomes centric right now. Yeah,

791
00:33:57,200 --> 00:33:58,720
Speaker 2: I like he's everything.

792
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, absolute, when's the CHECKO do back? I think

793
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,720
Speaker 3: by the end of the month, I thought it was

794
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:06,720
Speaker 3: sort of soon. Yeah.

795
00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 2: Now, how good is he going to be?

796
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:08,680
Speaker 3: Yeah?

797
00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 2: At that point, I don't know.

798
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,160
Speaker 3: I know running backs quote don't matter or whatever. But

799
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,520
Speaker 3: if I were them, that would have been a position

800
00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,680
Speaker 3: I would have considered. Like I just keep thinking about

801
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 3: kamara On Kareem haunts just he's a volume guy and

802
00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 3: he's fine.

803
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,800
Speaker 2: He's white toast, like, yeah, right, he's gonna get Okay,

804
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:24,040
Speaker 2: twenty seven carries for one hundred yards. Yeah, all right,

805
00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:26,319
Speaker 2: he averaged four yards of carry or what You're happy

806
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 2: if you picked the running in the light boxes? All right? Right,

807
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 2: everybody respects mahomes.

808
00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,680
Speaker 3: But even like an atn or you don't even have

809
00:34:32,719 --> 00:34:34,160
Speaker 3: to use him a ton I don't love at.

810
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 2: But by the way, you know, Juwan Taylor still gets

811
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 2: away with oh Early several times, right, are you kidding me?

812
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:43,680
Speaker 3: It's nuts, It really is.

813
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 2: He stinks he's bad, Yeah, he really is. And they're

814
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,160
Speaker 2: left tackles not any better.

815
00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,439
Speaker 3: Work in progres. Yeah, it's definitely the weakest position group.

816
00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 2: Like if you got a good edge, you got a

817
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:55,080
Speaker 2: good edge pass rush, you can beat the chiefs.

818
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,359
Speaker 3: I agree. That's the thing I would worry about most

819
00:34:57,400 --> 00:34:58,600
Speaker 3: if I was Andy Reid right now.

820
00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, because they're going to run into some I

821
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,640
Speaker 2: don't That's why I don't know if Baltimore is that

822
00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 2: team this year because they don't necessarily have a great.

823
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:07,600
Speaker 3: They got a good edge rushing Buffalo is okay, Yeah,

824
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 3: they're not the Steelers. Yeah, Houston, Houston could give them problems.

825
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they get they got to get their line

826
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 2: figured out.

827
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,239
Speaker 3: They've got a lot of other issues. I'm just taking

828
00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:18,960
Speaker 3: about edge rushers in the AFC.

829
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 2: Chargers.

830
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,359
Speaker 3: Might Chargers will give them a hard time a couple

831
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 3: of weeks. Yeah, right, So Khalil Max is a problem. Yeah,

832
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:30,520
Speaker 3: gets back on the field, it'll be interesting. M then

833
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 3: for two. Yeah, they got edge guys. Yeah.

834
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:34,960
Speaker 2: I don't the Chiefs aren't going to go unbeaten.

835
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 3: Oh, I don't think they're going beaten.

836
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:41,000
Speaker 2: But they've been walking that line, yes, several weeks there

837
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:41,719
Speaker 2: all season long.

838
00:35:41,800 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 3: Really, I mean if the coin flip goes the other way,

839
00:35:43,960 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 3: they might not be unbeat Yeah, yeah, you know, but

840
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:48,480
Speaker 3: I don't know they are. I thought Bulls should have

841
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 3: went for two.

842
00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:52,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought so too, But they're there. Detroit's at

843
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:52,759
Speaker 2: seven and one.

844
00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 3: Detroit's strong. Yeah, Adam Zaria Smith doesn't hurt.

845
00:35:58,040 --> 00:35:59,640
Speaker 2: No, not at all. I think that's a good move

846
00:35:59,640 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 2: for them. And uh, you know, they they're what Houston

847
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 2: wants to be.

848
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:09,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

849
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,760
Speaker 2: The difference is Detroit already had the line in place,

850
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:14,040
Speaker 2: the offensive line in place.

851
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,319
Speaker 3: Houston's looks good on paper, but it should be better.

852
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,120
Speaker 3: It was better last year than what it is this year.

853
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:22,279
Speaker 3: It's a bottom tier line this year, right, Yeah, and

854
00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 3: the lines are the best.

855
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,359
Speaker 2: But you know they've they've kind of built this team

856
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,200
Speaker 2: in a similar fashion to what Detroit has. Okay, we're

857
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 2: gonna go get a good young edge rusher, we're gonna

858
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 2: get running back here, we get the wide receivers, and

859
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:36,440
Speaker 2: it's not the same this year.

860
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,640
Speaker 3: It's funny. I was watching Preston Smith just before we

861
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 3: went on the air, just in there, and they played lines.

862
00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,919
Speaker 3: You know, he's lined up against Seoul. I'm like, this guy,

863
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 3: I couldn't stop watching Seool. Like this guy's like Anthony

864
00:36:47,960 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 3: munoz Out. I mean, he's unbelievable. Yeah, I mean, if

865
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,719
Speaker 3: I had any line in the league, that's what I take.

866
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,759
Speaker 2: He's really good. Yeah, really good. But that's Eric ed

867
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 2: Holmes Power Rankings. The Steelers come in at nine if

868
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:02,759
Speaker 2: they win this week in Washington. Steelers, Yeah, could they

869
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 2: leap frog some of those teams and move they'll go

870
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,160
Speaker 2: ahead of Washington. Yeah, for sure they'll get one. But

871
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 2: could they get I mean Green Bays off. I bet

872
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,880
Speaker 2: they go to seven. Yeah, you win that one. They

873
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 2: get to seven and two. I think people start to like.

874
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:18,680
Speaker 3: I mean some of the weird happens, like the Ravens

875
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:19,960
Speaker 3: lose the Bengals, which they could.

876
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,359
Speaker 2: I think what's happened with the Steelers this year is

877
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,320
Speaker 2: the early wins that they had have all been Yeah,

878
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 2: but wins. Well, yeah, they beat they beat Atlanta, but

879
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 2: Kirk Cousins wasn't He wasn't Kirk Cousins yet. Yeah, they

880
00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:34,400
Speaker 2: beat they beat the Chargers, but Herbert was banged up

881
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 2: in that game.

882
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 3: They still won the games. Confusingly, everyone's schedule is we

883
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,360
Speaker 3: just goat Budded the Washington schedule, you know at no

884
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,279
Speaker 3: end too, right, Yeah.

885
00:37:42,760 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 2: But the Steelers have beaten some quality teams, you know

886
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:49,320
Speaker 2: they've got Yeah, those three wins early in the season.

887
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:51,680
Speaker 3: I think this would be a telling game for both

888
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:56,239
Speaker 3: these teams. Yeah, because it's they're interesting challenges too, just schematically,

889
00:37:56,320 --> 00:38:00,479
Speaker 3: how you're build the quarterbacks. You know, Bobby Wacker against

890
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 3: Russell Wilson, they were drafted together. Yeah, you know like that.

891
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 3: Do you think they're gonna be each other's heads?

892
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 2: That's awesome, right, absolutely absolutely, But let's get to a break.

893
00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening

894
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Speaker 2: to the Drive here on the Steelers Audio Network. Matt

895
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:16,799
Speaker 2: and I'll be back to finish up the show right

896
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Speaker 2: after this.

897
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,080
Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

898
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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and

899
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:34,359
Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

900
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI and he

901
00:38:37,719 --> 00:38:42,640
Speaker 2: is the Matt Williamson and Matt Mike Tomlin coming off

902
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:44,680
Speaker 2: a bye week in his career.

903
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:47,680
Speaker 3: Pretty good, thirteen and four, Yeah, can't be an accent.

904
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 2: Can't be an accent. They haven't lost a game coming

905
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 2: out of the bye week since twenty sixteen to the Ravens.

906
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:54,720
Speaker 2: Is it six in a row? I think it's seven

907
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:55,160
Speaker 2: something like.

908
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 3: That, right, I mean, Andy Reid, I know Belichick had

909
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,560
Speaker 3: a good right like these guys know how to handle

910
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,879
Speaker 3: their time. I mean it's such an important thing from

911
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:07,520
Speaker 3: being a head coach, like you think you of all

912
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,719
Speaker 3: the time in the world to prepare, but you got

913
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,480
Speaker 3: to you gotta balance that really really well. And the

914
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 3: more you do it, the better you get at it.

915
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:15,880
Speaker 3: Like this is how we handle buys, this is how

916
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:17,439
Speaker 3: we rest people, this is how we get the most

917
00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:19,800
Speaker 3: out of it. It's how we prepare for an opponent,

918
00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 3: you know.

919
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I thought Tomlin said something very interesting today.

920
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:25,640
Speaker 2: It just press conference kind of opened with it. Really

921
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,879
Speaker 2: we can talk about presscom how they spent the bye week,

922
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 2: and you know, we talked about, well, this is the

923
00:39:30,719 --> 00:39:31,920
Speaker 2: you know, the bye week is when you sit and

924
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 2: do a lot of self scouting and things of that

925
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 2: that you because he said, we really didn't do as

926
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:38,440
Speaker 2: much self scouting as we usually do because there's so

927
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 2: much analytical and information out there now. He said that, yeah,

928
00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:45,200
Speaker 2: you get that information sent to you every week.

929
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 3: I should send them a stat pack there you go.

930
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,880
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean because of you know, the stuff

931
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 2: out there, the tendencies and all that stuff, it's all available.

932
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 3: It's all available. Yeah, and they, I mean, stats and

933
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 3: analytics can be misleading. And I rely on them a lot,

934
00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 3: and I really like them, but I do think that

935
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 3: they really paint a picture of an opponent or a

936
00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 3: team or boy, they get a lot of their yards

937
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 3: after the catch. Well, why you know, it makes you

938
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 3: ask the next question, you know, and I think that's

939
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 3: really important. Like there are some goofy things though, like

940
00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,000
Speaker 3: well on fourth and one you should go forward every

941
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:18,719
Speaker 3: time from the forty eight yard and blah blah blah.

942
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:20,160
Speaker 3: I'm like, well, what play are you gonna call? Oh?

943
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 3: I don't know about that, So that part of the

944
00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 3: analytics stuff, that's I don't buy that.

945
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 2: Teams looking at analytics. This is why it's different than coaching.

946
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 2: Then coaches coaching analytically. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can look

947
00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:37,640
Speaker 2: at the analytics because a you know your team and

948
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 2: why you're doing what you're doing. Yeah, yeah, well we

949
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 2: always run out of this form or sixty percent of

950
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: the time when we're in this formation, we run out

951
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:48,359
Speaker 2: of it. Well you know the why involved with that.

952
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,239
Speaker 2: Whereas the person looking just at the analytics as well,

953
00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 2: sixty percent of the time they run the ball in

954
00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 2: that formation, so you know they're going to run it. Well,

955
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 2: they may be really good in that.

956
00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:01,200
Speaker 3: For they probably are. Yeah, right, are playing a linebacker,

957
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:02,279
Speaker 3: Like that's what we want.

958
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:03,600
Speaker 2: You're going to play to your strengths.

959
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,120
Speaker 3: You can put it up on the scoreboard. You're gonna

960
00:41:05,160 --> 00:41:06,759
Speaker 3: run Yeah, but we're really good at it, you know.

961
00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 2: You know, one of the one of the things that

962
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 2: they were doing when they had justin fields playing a

963
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 2: lot of quarterback was when they were in the pony

964
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:17,000
Speaker 2: formation or the pistol formation, they were running the ball

965
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 2: a lot of it because they didn't want them under center. Yeah,

966
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 2: well that becomes a trend then, so now you got

967
00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 2: to look at it and go, Okay, we need to throw

968
00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:26,480
Speaker 2: the ball a little bit more of this. But you

969
00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,080
Speaker 2: haven't done that with Russell Wilson.

970
00:41:28,560 --> 00:41:31,359
Speaker 3: I remember a couple of years back, it was Cincinnati

971
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,840
Speaker 3: had awful tells, you know, like if Burrows behind center,

972
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 3: they ran it, and frankly Mac Canada had some bad

973
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 3: ones too. Yeah, but there was some real mixing tells

974
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,799
Speaker 3: that the whole planet knew. Right, any ga could have

975
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,480
Speaker 3: figured that out watching, you know, do your game.

976
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 2: And that's the analytics. That's where football teams looking at

977
00:41:48,080 --> 00:41:52,239
Speaker 2: analytics can gain an advantage. There's stuff where the coaches go, well,

978
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 2: you know, we just scored to cut to eight points here,

979
00:41:55,640 --> 00:41:59,040
Speaker 2: or we're down fourteen points. We got to go for two.

980
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:01,960
Speaker 3: Oh you don't, but you don't have a good two

981
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 3: point call, or you know, I can't block Aaron Donald.

982
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:05,239
Speaker 3: I'm gonna kick.

983
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 2: The two point conversions are not a fifty to fifty proposition, right,

984
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 2: or if they were over fifty, everyone will do them, yeah, right,

985
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 2: But they're under. They're actually under over the last four

986
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 2: or five years, it's like forty seven percent. So you're

987
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,719
Speaker 2: actually hurting yourself absolutely by the by using the analytics

988
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,680
Speaker 2: because you're not making fifty percent.

989
00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 3: And not every extra point goes through. But I get

990
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,840
Speaker 3: that it's still a high high percent, a higher percentage

991
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 3: in a two point conversion actual if you bause you know, yeah, right,

992
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 3: I mean just even if you've got an average NFL kicker,

993
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 3: you're still making ninety five percent of your kicks. So

994
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 3: a lot of the analytic stuff I do think is

995
00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:43,080
Speaker 3: very valuable. Though, Like Tuesdays, my dig into opponent build

996
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 3: the majority of my stat pack thing and Austin Eckler

997
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,319
Speaker 3: surprised me today. I'm like, boy, he's having a lot

998
00:42:48,360 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 3: better year than I thought. But he's also yeah, he's

999
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,839
Speaker 3: having a really hard time breaking tackles though, so he's

1000
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:02,040
Speaker 3: bad after first call contact, but they're opening huge holes

1001
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 3: for him and he's exploiting them, you know, like you

1002
00:43:04,280 --> 00:43:07,279
Speaker 3: can see and then you go watch the tape like, yeah,

1003
00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,120
Speaker 3: that's exactly what's happening. You know, he's not the tackle

1004
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 3: breaker he once was, but he'll take advantage of what

1005
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 3: you give him and then some you know, and he's

1006
00:43:14,120 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 3: explosive guy. So that adds up. If I can use

1007
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 3: that with the tape, I'm like, well, now I have

1008
00:43:19,280 --> 00:43:20,719
Speaker 3: a better fuel for ust to Eckler. You know.

1009
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:25,160
Speaker 2: Yeah. Tomland also saying today that there's a chance they

1010
00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 2: get Nick Herbig back. They should get Zach Fraser back,

1011
00:43:29,200 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 2: Cordell Patterson, Someting's back in the mix, Sutton's back in

1012
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 2: the mix, Corey tricebody coming back this week off of

1013
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,520
Speaker 2: I R. Tyler Matdakaevich who's already been practicing. Good chance

1014
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 2: they get him back. And of course the roster move

1015
00:43:41,640 --> 00:43:45,320
Speaker 2: they made earlier today, not the trades, not the trades,

1016
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: but the release of Rodney Williams tells me that yeah,

1017
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:50,120
Speaker 2: they're gonna get Tyler Matakaevitch back this week.

1018
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:52,960
Speaker 3: So do you think Trice and Herbig are going to

1019
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 3: be like questionable?

1020
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 2: Well, Trice has to be activated, they have to open

1021
00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,680
Speaker 2: his practice windows, so he probably doesn't play this week.

1022
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 2: They get a twenty one. They get twenty one days

1023
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:03,680
Speaker 2: to test that. If he comes in he looks good,

1024
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:04,719
Speaker 2: they could.

1025
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 3: If Sutton plays this week, it'd be your replacement if

1026
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:09,759
Speaker 3: one of those guys got hurt anyway. Yeah, so, I mean,

1027
00:44:09,840 --> 00:44:11,839
Speaker 3: this'd be a good week to give Trice another week.

1028
00:44:11,960 --> 00:44:13,759
Speaker 2: Well, that was one of the other things. So everybody's

1029
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 2: assumed that Sutton just immediately goes into the slot. I've

1030
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,800
Speaker 2: assumed that, And Tomlin said, look, Cam Sutton has played

1031
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:24,759
Speaker 2: essentially every spot on.

1032
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,880
Speaker 3: Our defense, including safety, including safety.

1033
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 2: And the outside corner, inside corner. He's been the dime

1034
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,759
Speaker 2: corner back, all that stuff the first go round for Yeah, yeah, right,

1035
00:44:33,880 --> 00:44:37,759
Speaker 2: he said. Realistically, everybody, he could replace anybody in our back.

1036
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 2: Everybody should. It shouldn't just be, for example, Beanie Bishop

1037
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,720
Speaker 2: getting replacement. Anybody could be replaced by Cam Sutton.

1038
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 3: Understandable. I still think when you're a nickel I anymore.

1039
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:50,759
Speaker 2: Yeah right, I think you're just kind of trying to

1040
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 2: take some of the heat off of Beanie Bishop. Yeah,

1041
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,919
Speaker 2: saying hey, this guy, this guy could be our dime

1042
00:44:55,000 --> 00:44:58,480
Speaker 2: He could replace Terrell Edmonds is our dime defensive back.

1043
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 3: That makes sense too. I mean impossibilities are interesting now too, Yeah,

1044
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 3: I mean, could you and even brought up like, well,

1045
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:06,200
Speaker 3: you know we've had.

1046
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:08,759
Speaker 2: Him go back deep to free safety before and put

1047
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:10,480
Speaker 2: Manke up in the box, things like that, things that

1048
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:11,280
Speaker 2: we've talked about.

1049
00:45:11,360 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. And I don't think you want Washington to

1050
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:17,280
Speaker 3: say he's just a slot. Yeah, of course, and he isn't.

1051
00:45:17,960 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 3: It's beauty of him, right, So it gives you an

1052
00:45:19,520 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 3: alliance paid him to be a number one corner, gives you.

1053
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:24,080
Speaker 2: Mistake, wasn't it wasn't the right thing to do, right, right?

1054
00:45:24,080 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 3: You know?

1055
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:27,840
Speaker 2: And people in Detroit still, oh, he stinks, he stinks

1056
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,040
Speaker 2: he's not a numberst corner because you have him doing

1057
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,799
Speaker 2: something he's not capable of doing. Yeah, yeah, Like, don't.

1058
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,120
Speaker 3: He's n following Justin Jefferson round for twice.

1059
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 2: A year a year, right, and nobody's doing that.

1060
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,840
Speaker 3: Don't ask him to do it. But I think he's valuable.

1061
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,240
Speaker 2: No, I think so too, And I think that good Steeler.

1062
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:46,840
Speaker 2: That's part of what you can do with Cam Sutton.

1063
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 2: That was one of the reasons why you go get him.

1064
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,480
Speaker 2: You know, despite the issues that he had off the field,

1065
00:45:53,280 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 2: you trusted the player. You trusted the person.

1066
00:45:55,760 --> 00:45:57,799
Speaker 3: More importantly, it's a lot of insurance for a lot

1067
00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,000
Speaker 3: of positions, yeah, you know, and some versatility, like you said.

1068
00:46:01,080 --> 00:46:04,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's not a situation where, well, Corey Trice

1069
00:46:04,640 --> 00:46:06,920
Speaker 2: is healthy, but we got to play him here or

1070
00:46:07,080 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 2: this guy. You know, now you've got options.

1071
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:12,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like Trice to me, can only be in two spots. Yeah,

1072
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 3: it's Porters and Jackson' which is really one spot. But

1073
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 3: that doesn't make him.

1074
00:46:16,600 --> 00:46:18,719
Speaker 2: Doesn't make him money valuable, right, I mean he had

1075
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 2: been playing the dime linebacker spot too, or dime you know,

1076
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 2: the other slot in the dime. But I don't think

1077
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 2: that was ideal.

1078
00:46:25,719 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, I think he went him away from the ball. Yeah,

1079
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:29,759
Speaker 3: you don't need to rush him back now.

1080
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,759
Speaker 2: No, No, Like again, getting Cam Sutton back at this

1081
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 2: point was also it was like making another trade.

1082
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:38,000
Speaker 3: It is it is so he's added three legit dudes.

1083
00:46:38,120 --> 00:46:40,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, kudos to Omar Khan for seeing the big picture

1084
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:41,880
Speaker 2: with that. I don't know that they knew it was

1085
00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,719
Speaker 2: going to be an eight game suspension. They knew it

1086
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,080
Speaker 2: was going to be something. But yeah, at absolutely now

1087
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,600
Speaker 2: he's fresh. Now he's ready to go. Body's fresh.

1088
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 3: He knows the defense Yeah, he's been problems, right, it

1089
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:54,840
Speaker 3: shouldn't be a.

1090
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 2: Problem at all, Matt. That's going to do it for

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Speaker 2: the show today. So we will be back again tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: We'll start digging in even more to the Washington commanders.

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Speaker 2: But for today, a busy day with all the trades

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Speaker 2: and everything. But appreciate that he is Matt Williamson. We

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Speaker 2: want to thank Justin Miller for running the Justin Miller

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Speaker 2: the air here, and we want to thank Tyler for

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Speaker 2: Ban absolutely. I'm Dale Lollie. We want to thank you

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