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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back,

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Lollly. He is Matt Williamson, and it

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Speaker 1: is time for the Fantasy Football Focus. Well it's Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: so we'll take a look around the league at who

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Speaker 1: is practicing, who is not practicing. This is a crazy

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Speaker 1: fantasy suit playoffs stretch, you know, like so many Adam,

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Speaker 1: we just went through the quarterback situations, which is the

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Speaker 1: stem of the problem, of course, but so many of

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Speaker 1: these guys that who brung you. You can't count on it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you and find somebody because man, don't just count on

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Speaker 1: the Other thing about that, man, is if you're playing

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Speaker 1: somebody and you see they've got one of these issues,

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Speaker 1: you better you better block. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you gotta

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Speaker 1: play some defense too on the way, but there's no tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Even if you release somebody that you know, it doesn't

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Speaker 1: matter you're blocking. I mean, if you can hit doubles

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Speaker 1: at tight end and quarterback, I mean you might be fine. Yeah. Uh.

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Speaker 1: To obviously did not practice today. He is not expected

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Speaker 1: to play at all. Uh it will be uh Teddy Bridgewater,

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Speaker 1: So what does that do for? Where do you put Bridgewater?

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Speaker 1: And I don't know if he's usable against the Patriots

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Speaker 1: up there. They have a bunch of corner injuries though.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're starting Hill and you're starting Wattle confidently,

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Speaker 1: and I think Bridgewater gets some of the ball, but

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Speaker 1: they're gonna have to do more after the catch. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean it's gonna be quick stuff. It's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be the bobs, right, So yeah, I mean I think

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Speaker 1: Bridgewater you could use in a pinch if you're hurts,

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Speaker 1: is what you had, and that's you know, you'd be

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Speaker 1: happy to have Bridgewater. But man, Micah Parsons is questionable

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Speaker 1: for the Titans or to play against the Titans. What

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Speaker 1: do they have to play for. I never haven't thought

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Speaker 1: about Dallas. Is well, they didn't win last week, so

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Speaker 1: now they're two games behind Philadelphia. If they it is

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Speaker 1: so but the Titans or we'll get to them. They're

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Speaker 1: sitting everybody all of a sudden. If I was Dallas,

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Speaker 1: I would not play Parsons. If it's if it's a

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Speaker 1: playoff game, of course I'm playing. I I mean it's

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Speaker 1: like if you can't beat Milake Willis and no Derrick Henry, right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I know Dallas d isn't in the best situation,

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Speaker 1: but Henry's not gonna play Simmons, isn't gonna play Willis

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Speaker 1: as a guy, and do you really have much to

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Speaker 1: play for? You're probably gonna be the five seed no

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Speaker 1: matter what. That game might be over in like an

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Speaker 1: hour and forty five minutes because if I don't know,

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Speaker 1: if the Titans throw pass, yeah, I mean, even like

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Speaker 1: the Zeke Elliotts of the world, I might get out

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Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. And you know, some of the

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Speaker 1: veterans that have been around the block, you need those

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Speaker 1: guys to playoffs. I'm just saying fantasy. Well, and Tony

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Speaker 1: Pollard's questionable as well, He's probably not gonna play. So

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Speaker 1: maybe do you play Zeke yes? Or is there some

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Speaker 1: third guy that we don't know that's never gotten a shot,

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Speaker 1: because there's always those guys In week eighteen seventeen, I's

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Speaker 1: been sitting on a act the squad forever and they

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Speaker 1: get a shot and they run behind a real fresh legs.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right right, Rumaderi Stevenson was limited Wednesday's practice as

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Speaker 1: an ankle. He's the only usable guy in that offense. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: now Damien Harris if he's back, Yeah, it would be fine.

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Speaker 1: What you want is clarity one way or the other.

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Speaker 1: Harris would be a good play. Yeah without Stevenson. Uh,

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Speaker 1: he was limited as well today though it's only Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: but it would be nice to have one or the other.

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Speaker 1: Davante Parker with a concussion, did not practice for them.

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Speaker 1: He's kind of hit and miss anyways. You'd think if

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Speaker 1: he if he came back and played again in this game.

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Speaker 1: It's a revenge game first of all. Ye, so, but yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean he's not usable the way status of their

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Speaker 1: passing game. Derrick Henry is doubtful. He is not going

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. Uh, they're saving him to play the Jaguars

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Speaker 1: in week eighteen. But there's some team out there that

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Speaker 1: has Jalen Hurts, Vante Adams and Derrick Henry. That is,

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Speaker 1: you know, in the Super Bowl and it's gonna get killed.

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Speaker 1: Are you picking up Hassan Hankins to start him? Maybe?

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Speaker 1: I mean, if I'm Dallas, I'm putting twelve guys against

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Speaker 1: limited Wednesday. Are they out of it? I think they're eliminated.

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Speaker 1: I believe no. They wanted us with. They wanted us with.

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Speaker 1: The Falcons are the ones they play the Eagles though,

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Speaker 1: so they're all but eliminated. I mean, I guess you're

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Speaker 1: another one of these offensive rookie the year canadi that

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Speaker 1: are not making a strong case. Do we talk about

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Speaker 1: that about You know we did, and what you said

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Speaker 1: and I hadn't thought of it is pick its starting

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Speaker 1: and winning and if he can get his team to

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Speaker 1: the playoffs. The competition for that honor is not that strong. No,

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Speaker 1: it's not. You know A J. Brown was limited? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Jalen Hurts was dot did not practice on Wednesday for

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. Uh. This Brown played for the Eagles this week.

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Speaker 1: Giving the Saints a loss helps you a lot since

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Speaker 1: you have their first round pick. But I would not

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Speaker 1: risk Hurts or Brown. Yeah, you're not gonna foundational, You're

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Speaker 1: not gonna push it. The goal here is WI win

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Speaker 1: the super Bowl. You're the best team in the league.

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Speaker 1: But basically maybe not. But Smith will go crazy. Miles.

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Speaker 1: Sanders also didn't practice. They may be very judicious with

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Speaker 1: those guys, and I would understand it. But Goddard and

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Speaker 1: you know what, our defense is good enough to yell

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Speaker 1: to throttle the Dalton. Yeah right, the Saints are bad.

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Speaker 1: It's interesting how every coach views this team though, Like

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Speaker 1: I agree with the Titans move this game doesn't help

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Speaker 1: team And as for the Eagles, they just have to

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Speaker 1: win one more to get the one. If Sanders doesn't play,

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Speaker 1: I think it's a committee. Yeah, I think so too.

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Speaker 1: I don't know that there's any one back that suddenly

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Speaker 1: gets to be interested with Gainewell's DFS prices. Yeah, because

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Speaker 1: Equitamius st. Brown didn't practice for the Bears, nor did

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Speaker 1: Chase Claypool, and Dante Pettis was limited. Would you hesitate

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Speaker 1: to use fields? Maybe maybe they're playing the Lions though

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Speaker 1: So Herbert Montgomery, we're gonna get a lot of touches.

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Speaker 1: Litavius Murray was not seen at practice on Wednesday for

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. I think he had a big I think

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Speaker 1: he was one of the guys fighting on the side.

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Speaker 1: fight was No, he wasn't fighting. It was an offensive

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Speaker 1: lineman came out and said a bunch of stuff. I

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Speaker 1: thought there was he broken. I think he broke it up.

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Speaker 1: He hasn't been terrible for them, and he catches the ball. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: to think. I don't. You don't. You don't play anybody then?

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Speaker 1: Off of that, yeah, right, you can't. How about this news,

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Speaker 1: Tyler Lockett practiced in full for Seattle. You just run

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Speaker 1: right back in the lineup. Though. That's the tough question

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Speaker 1: against a really good defense with great corners, I would

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Speaker 1: have a hard I might rather I'm coming up with

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Speaker 1: a good example. But the's a Joneses of the world

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Speaker 1: who are pretty consistent, you know what I mean that

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Speaker 1: you know we're gonna get targets. I might go that direction,

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Speaker 1: or Jacoby Myers or you know what I mean. It's

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Speaker 1: someone that's boring as could be. I might put in

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Speaker 1: overlock it if he's I mean, they might only be

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Speaker 1: put him out there because they're up against it, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean. Alvin Kamara, because of personal reasons,

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Speaker 1: did not practice on Wednesday. Get super you get super

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Speaker 1: crazy about that. Austin Ekeler was limited though in practice Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: They played Monday night, and I know, but you hate

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Speaker 1: to see that. They've they've got a playoffs, but they

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Speaker 1: can't better themselves, right, Now that's another good point. What

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Speaker 1: is every team's motivation? Yeah, so if el is dealing

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Speaker 1: with a little something, you say, hey, Austin, take this

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Speaker 1: week off and fantasy And I didn't click on it,

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Speaker 1: but I established the run is Evan Silva's site and

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Speaker 1: they had their their headline article today was every team's

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Speaker 1: motivation through Fantasy eyes. That might be something to talk

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Speaker 1: the Chargers have to play for? They're in there. They

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Speaker 1: can't win the division? Yeah, right, Like Eckler is too important.

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Speaker 1: They're either going to be seven, six or seven. That's

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Speaker 1: Harry Man. I mean, he's like the best back in

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Speaker 1: the league. I could see them sitting him. I could

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Speaker 1: see them sitting him. They like Kelly more and more.

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Speaker 1: They can compete without him. They don't run the ball well.

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Speaker 1: And if he doesn't play, Kelly's useful, very useful, very useful.

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Speaker 1: He won't catch the ball like Eckler or score the touchdowns,

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Speaker 1: anybody's roster. All's starting in the Super Bowl win. Yeah. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Laramy Tonsol said that he wants to reset the offensive

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Speaker 1: tackle market. That's what you want to hear when you're

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Speaker 1: know they've taught contract, they've talked trade. I don't think

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Speaker 1: he's a true free agent. I don't think he is either,

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Speaker 1: But if you look at the agent list, he's not honest.

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Speaker 1: He trying to force his way out of Houston. It's

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Speaker 1: what it sounds like that and Steeler fans, I don't

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Speaker 1: think I'm giving and then signing him to million dollar

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Speaker 1: year contract. He's a really good player, but he's not

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Speaker 1: a first round plus twenty five million investment to me,

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Speaker 1: and he's not young. Well here's some good news. Maybe

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Speaker 1: Cardinal's head coach Cliff Kingsbury said, Colt McCoy is cleared

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Speaker 1: concussion protocol, so maybe it won't be Trace mcsorely this week.

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Speaker 1: So on our quarterback list from last segment is Colt McCoy.

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Speaker 1: So i'mwhere in that range he at least throws the

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Speaker 1: ball outside the numbers. If you if you're DeAndre Hopkins fan,

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Speaker 1: for Mark's Brown, better for everybody. They'll actually run an

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Speaker 1: the Cardinals. Of course, we mentioned that Jared Stidham will

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Speaker 1: start for the Raiders. I'm downgrading Davante Adams and Jacobs. Jacobs. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I just thought about this. I put together a DFS

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Speaker 1: lineup last night. They had both Waller and Money Renfro

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