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Speaker 1: Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson, and it's been an

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Speaker 1: Judy Batista, who of course works for the NFL Network,

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Speaker 1: not saying that it's not a penalty because we've talked

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Speaker 1: about this. You can call them on any and every down.

429
00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:38,680
Speaker 1: But why are they calling it then when they didn't

430
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:41,920
Speaker 1: earlier or later? I know it's getting certainly getting frustrating

431
00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,879
Speaker 1: for T. J. Watt, who I swear if if I

432
00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,960
Speaker 1: see him look at the officials with his hands raised

433
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:49,480
Speaker 1: in the air once in a game, I see it

434
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:53,200
Speaker 1: a hundred times Um, just getting tackled play after play

435
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: after play. Uh. That's why just completely engaged the Steelers

436
00:24:57,760 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 1: pass rush because they have more of an advantage than

437
00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:03,720
Speaker 1: anybody in terms of, you know, their advantage over the

438
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:08,320
Speaker 1: people trying to block them. So you know again, UM,

439
00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:12,400
Speaker 1: that's my My complaint is the arbitrary nature of it. Uh.

440
00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:20,720
Speaker 1: And you know all of the Um, you can explain

441
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:25,320
Speaker 1: anything away too, you can't. I'm not that good, but

442
00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,200
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm not calling doctor still is a liar either.

443
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:31,880
Speaker 1: I am not because I and I believe in the science.

444
00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: I'm one of the people. I wear my mask, I

445
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,159
Speaker 1: do all of that stuff socially distance I get it. Um,

446
00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:45,800
Speaker 1: But I just wonder again why some teams so far

447
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,520
Speaker 1: this year, and this is historically historical fact, some teams

448
00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:52,080
Speaker 1: have had to suck it up and play a game

449
00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,480
Speaker 1: with practice squad people, and other teams have not. The

450
00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:59,720
Speaker 1: one that stands out to me is the Patriots getting

451
00:26:00,400 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: a pass when Cam had it like that one didn't

452
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,200
Speaker 1: jive with the rest of the way the league has gone.

453
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,919
Speaker 1: That's the only thing I'll say about that one is

454
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:12,560
Speaker 1: he tested positive on a Saturday. Okay, so you know

455
00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,240
Speaker 1: you were supposed to play the next day in Kansas City.

456
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:17,960
Speaker 1: I kind of get that, Like you had no time

457
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 1: at all to to you know, do the contact tracing

458
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,160
Speaker 1: and all that stuff. Um, you're gonna, you know, put

459
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:27,160
Speaker 1: that team on a plane across the country and then say, okay, guys,

460
00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,000
Speaker 1: go out and play. And oh, by the way, maybe

461
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:32,200
Speaker 1: half your team test positive on Monday because we put

462
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 1: them on a plane. On what I'm saying is it's

463
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Speaker 1: not that it's untrue. It's not that you know, like

464
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Speaker 1: you said, you get that. You can see why they

465
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 1: did it. Okay, but why didn't they you know what

466
00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,359
Speaker 1: I mean, Why this time and not that time? No,

467
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 1: you're just saying. And the Steelers just put out a

468
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,160
Speaker 1: Burt Loughton just put out a tweet that the Steelers

469
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 1: will not be permitted to have their full complement of

470
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Speaker 1: fans the twelve thousand and in their fourteen thousand whatever

471
00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,000
Speaker 1: it was in the stadium. Uh, the new roles going

472
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,240
Speaker 1: to affect tomorrow and they'll be limited people in the

473
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:12,359
Speaker 1: stadium now and and and that's total people. That's total people.

474
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Speaker 1: That's me, you the guy sweeping up after the game. Anybody,

475
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:22,520
Speaker 1: any fans, any fans who wanted to go. I believe,

476
00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,399
Speaker 1: now this is my belief, they won't be able to

477
00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,159
Speaker 1: go because that's going to be friends and family of

478
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 1: the players will eat up all of that whatever you know,

479
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:37,520
Speaker 1: minus you know, the staff and all of that stuff workers,

480
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: TV people, broadcast and all that stuff minus um, minus

481
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:49,119
Speaker 1: staff from UM, the number you get is going to

482
00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 1: be friends and family. I believe it doesn't leave many, right,

483
00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:57,359
Speaker 1: it doesn't leave many. Yeah, that's unfortunately, that's unfortunate to

484
00:27:57,560 --> 00:28:02,200
Speaker 1: crowd noise. I feel bad for those people who, um

485
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 1: if they wanted to go, and again that's a personal

486
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 1: choice that they made. They wanted to go and wear

487
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 1: their masks and be in the pods and all that stuff. Um,

488
00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:18,480
Speaker 1: and we're told that they were allowed, um, and now

489
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:22,280
Speaker 1: they're not the day. Was that a Pennsylvania decision? Then

490
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 1: that is that's a Pennsylvania decision that well, you know,

491
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 1: so be it, so be it. But I don't know

492
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Speaker 1: what the differences between Thursday and Sunday uh in the

493
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:36,680
Speaker 1: grand scheme of things, but there it is. UM. So

494
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:39,600
Speaker 1: the Steelers will not have the full compliment of fans

495
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 1: in the stadium where they play tomorrow. Oh, it definitely

496
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,880
Speaker 1: would have been true that the rule goes into effect

497
00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: on Friday. So that's great. Yeah, so um yeah we

498
00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 1: were talking about any football. Yeah, let's well, we kind

499
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:58,720
Speaker 1: of did with the holding penalty stuff, didn't we a

500
00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 1: little bit? So how much this game, Bob? I mean,

501
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 1: I look at the Ravens like they are a shell

502
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 1: of what I expected. I don't know that they're ready

503
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 1: to turn the corner and flip the switch, but I

504
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:12,880
Speaker 1: know they're dangerous as can be, backed into a corner

505
00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 1: and desperate. Sure, um and uh And to me, you know,

506
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:22,040
Speaker 1: my complaint about this isn't so much even losing this

507
00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 1: game to the Ravens. Um. Well, while you know, I

508
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,760
Speaker 1: admit to hating the Ravens. Uh, you hate to lose

509
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 1: to the team that you hate. Um, But you know,

510
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,720
Speaker 1: the game itself, the outcome of the game itself isn't

511
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: as significant to me as the taking away of the

512
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 1: time to rest and heal for another a second time.

513
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 1: Because you can get a real boy to begin with.

514
00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: And it was very early, you know, unscared, because you

515
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: practiced through Thursday already before they did the body right

516
00:29:57,720 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 1: right right right this week, they're already off the field

517
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 1: the day before a game. Yeah, Now you were saying

518
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: just to play the devil's advocate on that though, if

519
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: you asked some of the old Steelers, and old the

520
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 1: wrong word. But Ben Hayden, Cam pouncy that I'm sure

521
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: you're dealing with things. Do you think they're happy about

522
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 1: the rest on the front end? And would they you

523
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:27,640
Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, yeah, but now I'll feel

524
00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 1: a little better when we do strap it up against

525
00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: the Ravens. UM, But you're still You've still gotta put

526
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:39,680
Speaker 1: your body through a war. And I don't know, you know,

527
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 1: looking at the injury report, with the practice reports from today,

528
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 1: Cam wasn't on it. Um, Hayden was just a limited participant.

529
00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,960
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking, well, no, what I mean those would

530
00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 1: he have played um? And so now maybe he feels

531
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: kind of like he can um, but then maybe it's

532
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,480
Speaker 1: worse on the other end. I don't know, and I'm

533
00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: no doctor, and this is again I'm just guessing here.

534
00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,480
Speaker 1: We're just playing. I want to keep saying that, so

535
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,200
Speaker 1: no one who's listening to this thinks that I know

536
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: something because I don't, um not about this in particular,

537
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,920
Speaker 1: and there are those whogle claim that I don't know

538
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:26,720
Speaker 1: a lot about a lot of things. Um, but you know, again,

539
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 1: I just the the fairness factor. And I understand again,

540
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 1: you know, when you're dealing with the season and a

541
00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: pandemic and a virus and all that stuff, there are

542
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 1: going to be things that you have to adjust to

543
00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:45,440
Speaker 1: and light on your feet and thoughtfulling, non rhythmic to

544
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,240
Speaker 1: quote as many tomlinisms as I can think of here

545
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 1: off the top of my head. Um. But I also

546
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,760
Speaker 1: think that you know, one of the things that Mike

547
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 1: Tomlin said from the very beginning about dealing with this, well,

548
00:31:58,840 --> 00:32:01,280
Speaker 1: everybody's going to have to deal with it, and so

549
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:06,400
Speaker 1: in that sense it's fair. But in just our conversations

550
00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: here so far, the administration of this has not been

551
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: the same for everybody. No, I think that's true. No,

552
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: there's no doubt about that. And so then it's not fair.

553
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,160
Speaker 1: I don't know that you can talk fair and what's

554
00:32:19,160 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: not fair? Though in a virus it's not. I mean,

555
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 1: is it should be the everyone? Is it necessarily fair?

556
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: Then that? Um? You know I live, I live in Washington.

557
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,960
Speaker 1: Uh if I drive twenty miles to the west, I

558
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,200
Speaker 1: can go get a haircut with no problem. Where I

559
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 1: could go in and sit down at the counter in

560
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,760
Speaker 1: a in a restaurant and have have dinner. But I

561
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:48,960
Speaker 1: can't do it in Pennsylvania in your neighbor. Yeah, that's

562
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 1: different because what we're talking about is an enclosed industry

563
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:58,560
Speaker 1: the NFL. What would not be fair is if they

564
00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 1: would say to rest staurants, Okay, you're on the left

565
00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:05,120
Speaker 1: side of the street, you're not allowed to be open,

566
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 1: but the ones on the right side of the street,

567
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,240
Speaker 1: you're allowed to be open. Now I get your point

568
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 1: about there's thirty two teams, there's one governing body. You

569
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: can treat all those teams exactly the same, or at

570
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: least have consistency in your decision making. You don't have

571
00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: to treat them all the same, have consistency in your

572
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 1: decision making. And again, um, what we've just talked about,

573
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,080
Speaker 1: and I brought up the Steelers, somebody brought one of you,

574
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: two brought up New England. We talked about the forty

575
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:41,560
Speaker 1: Niners Tennessee. It's different, it is, And so's luck involved too,

576
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: that the Steelers have ran into two infected teams. Okay,

577
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,400
Speaker 1: I mean, and we can all, we can all, we

578
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,680
Speaker 1: can use all kinds of different words, we can use luck,

579
00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:54,400
Speaker 1: we can use favoritism, we can use whatever. I mean,

580
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 1: And none of us really know what the truly accurate

581
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: word is. But I think we can all agree even

582
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:08,320
Speaker 1: with Dr Lawley there steamed up the neologists that um,

583
00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 1: this has not been applied fairly to this point in

584
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:18,960
Speaker 1: this season, and um can there should there? Could there

585
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 1: have been anything else done? I don't know. I mean,

586
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,399
Speaker 1: I'm I'm not smart enough and I'm not in those

587
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: meetings or at that level to have that kind of

588
00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:29,480
Speaker 1: information to know the answers to that. But what I'm

589
00:34:29,520 --> 00:34:32,399
Speaker 1: saying is, when you're looking at it from the outside,

590
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:41,600
Speaker 1: I think sometimes it's hard to swallow that, um, you

591
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: know this is done or has been done. Uh. And

592
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:51,120
Speaker 1: the Ravens are totally clear clean, you know, They're just

593
00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,120
Speaker 1: victims of circumstances. And I'm not arguing that one way

594
00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:56,400
Speaker 1: or the other. But I will say that I do

595
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,719
Speaker 1: believe in you know, innocent until proven guilty. If they

596
00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,240
Speaker 1: the league comes down hard on them, and Roger Goodell doesn't.

597
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 1: How many how many examples of that do you want

598
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: me to list? How about the Steelers quarterback? Innocent until

599
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: proven guilty? I hear you are Bob I'm not arguing

600
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 1: any of this with you. I just think that until

601
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:25,919
Speaker 1: we know all the facts that I mean, to play

602
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 1: that game tomorrow would have been uh just it would

603
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: have been reckless. There's no way that you can can

604
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:35,520
Speaker 1: argue that it wouldn't have been Again, if the Steelers come,

605
00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: if they play that game tomorrow in five or six,

606
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,760
Speaker 1: Steelers end up on the COVID list next week because

607
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:44,240
Speaker 1: of it, we're having We're having this conversation again next week.

608
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 1: And what the steel you know, why why did they

609
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 1: play this game? Okay? Why did they wait till I mean,

610
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,759
Speaker 1: was there a difference, But I think that I think

611
00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:58,880
Speaker 1: they got the epithod epithody demology back and and the

612
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: studies back on this, and they decided not to play. Okay,

613
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 1: your show seriously, you know, and I don't know that

614
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: you're not right, but I just to me, it doesn't

615
00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 1: pass distinct test. And I agree they're they're there are

616
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,920
Speaker 1: the league's arbitrary process and all of this. If they

617
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:27,800
Speaker 1: made these things much more transparent would be most helpful

618
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: for for everybody. Um, but I'm gonna I'm gonna trust

619
00:36:32,640 --> 00:36:35,719
Speaker 1: what what dr Still said to Judy Batista, that that

620
00:36:35,880 --> 00:36:39,839
Speaker 1: is what happened here, and that's what's happening here. That's

621
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:45,160
Speaker 1: all I have to go on. Okay, so I don't know.

622
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:51,160
Speaker 1: I'm over here thinking no yonda no Stanley, your next

623
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:53,719
Speaker 1: best lineman, Brown has to move from right tackle to

624
00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 1: left where he's less comfortable. You're both your centers are out.

625
00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:01,520
Speaker 1: Things are looking good up front of the Steeler big

626
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 1: man in this game, and your top two running backs

627
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 1: and when you're talking to running back, so I'm just

628
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 1: talking about what not to do with the game time,

629
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:12,280
Speaker 1: I'm just talking about football. I'm talking about the cumulative

630
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: effect on the bodies of the players. No, definitely is

631
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 1: when is that? When is that taken into consideration or

632
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: is it not? I definitely hear you. I mean, but

633
00:37:25,200 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 1: they they play Thursdays, say Thursday, football wouldn't exist if

634
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 1: they really care about that. But when you play Thursday, though,

635
00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,799
Speaker 1: then you get the well I know what it's being

636
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 1: called the mini by but you get a longer break

637
00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 1: around the others. End Um. I'm just saying that. Uh,

638
00:37:48,719 --> 00:37:54,799
Speaker 1: you know, two times now looking down the barrel at

639
00:37:54,840 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 1: a at a break, it was taken away. No, I

640
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:03,319
Speaker 1: hear you. I completely understand that Bob and and and

641
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,320
Speaker 1: my argument with people like who wanted Ravens to forfeit

642
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:08,600
Speaker 1: this game, Well, if that happens, where if they put

643
00:38:08,640 --> 00:38:10,720
Speaker 1: if they canceled the game. Now all of a sudden,

644
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,120
Speaker 1: they go to eight teams in the playoffs and the

645
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: Steelers don't get a buy and the Ravens probably get in.

646
00:38:17,040 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 1: So I mean, yeah, there are different ways to look

647
00:38:20,040 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 1: at this all. Um. Again, I think the league, if

648
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 1: there's if there again with the criticism beyond the transparency

649
00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:31,560
Speaker 1: factor factor, Um, the league could be much more consistent

650
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: across the board with this stuff and and and not

651
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: let make it look like they're flying by the seat

652
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 1: of their pants. They had six months to handle this

653
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 1: while watching baseball and hockey in the NBA deal with this,

654
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 1: and they came out and this was the plan that

655
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 1: they came out with, changing the potentially changing the possible

656
00:38:48,160 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 1: playoffs UH system in the middle of the season, potentially

657
00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:54,040
Speaker 1: adding an eighteenth week of this. Like they had to

658
00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 1: know before this whole season started that these kind of

659
00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:00,919
Speaker 1: situations would arise, that they could be the post poem

660
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: in the games. And yet all the only thing that

661
00:39:02,520 --> 00:39:04,640
Speaker 1: we got was well, we're gonna move these games here

662
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 1: and take away this bye week. Why not just build

663
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 1: that those extra weeks into the season and be done

664
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:13,600
Speaker 1: with it, you know. And and I also let me

665
00:39:13,640 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: say this, I also understand and I'm willing to accept

666
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: that UM as a virus as a disease, you know,

667
00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 1: and as the medical science is learning more about this, etcetera.

668
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,040
Speaker 1: That you know, what you know about this or what

669
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:33,319
Speaker 1: you thought you knew about this in April maybe when

670
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,720
Speaker 1: they were having these meetings and what you know about

671
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:39,640
Speaker 1: it now are totally different, no doubt so. And and

672
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:43,480
Speaker 1: so rather than trying to, you know, come up with

673
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:48,200
Speaker 1: some policy on May one and make it apply on

674
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:52,799
Speaker 1: November one, I agree and understand with Okay, we kind

675
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,920
Speaker 1: of got to adapt on the fly here, and I

676
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 1: get all that stuff. I do, UM, but it just

677
00:39:58,320 --> 00:40:03,640
Speaker 1: doesn't seem to me that be being applied uniformly and

678
00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:06,040
Speaker 1: whatever the policy and there and it lies the rub

679
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:08,080
Speaker 1: I mean again, it goes back to the transparency. It

680
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,680
Speaker 1: goes back to you know, what are you doing? Why

681
00:40:10,719 --> 00:40:13,240
Speaker 1: are you doing it? Um? And I think it Plus

682
00:40:13,239 --> 00:40:17,280
Speaker 1: it's the ravens that are getting a break. That really

683
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,080
Speaker 1: is a burr under my I kind of gotten that

684
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:26,040
Speaker 1: idea here. I admit I admit it um because I

685
00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 1: just um, I don't know, I just I just think

686
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 1: that they seem to be on the good side of

687
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:37,600
Speaker 1: too many of these kinds of things. Well, Bob, but

688
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:39,359
Speaker 1: that well, we'll let you go. We've taken up enough

689
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: of your time already. I'm sure you've got plenty to

690
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:45,240
Speaker 1: do here, and you know I appreciate your opinion always.

691
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 1: You and I and I have fun doing this. I

692
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: I'm serious. I I mean that I I I I

693
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,840
Speaker 1: enjoyed this for um, you know, going back and forth

694
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:02,359
Speaker 1: with you guys. It's fun talking foo absolutely next next week.

695
00:41:02,520 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: Next week we'll be able to actually go back to

696
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,240
Speaker 1: and talk some football. Next week we'll be talking about

697
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 1: the the Washington football team of all things. But we'll

698
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 1: we'll get you back to you again next week, Bob,

699
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:16,279
Speaker 1: have it, Uh No, I am not, but we did

700
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 1: want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving. Bob won't get

701
00:41:18,640 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 1: to see you now on Thanksgiving, which is you know,

702
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 1: ruins my day, But enjoy the games tomorrow that we'll

703
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,040
Speaker 1: be played, and I'll see you on Sunday. Bob. That

704
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:32,880
Speaker 1: was Bob Labola, editor of Steelers Digested Steelers dot Com.

705
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:36,520
Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lolly, He's Matt Williamson. Yeah. Really, Uh, we're

706
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:38,640
Speaker 1: gonna take a break. We'll be back right after this.

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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive Home of the Black and Goal

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Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back on Dale Lolly here with

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00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,719
Speaker 1: Matt Williamson and will make this a quick segment since

710
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:22,439
Speaker 1: we kept Bob. But this isn't the only COVID news today. Yeah,

711
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:25,920
Speaker 1: the Forrest Bucker goes on the COVID nineteen lists for

712
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 1: the Colts right before they play the Titans, and they

713
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,160
Speaker 1: could use him. That's a huge game in the a

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Speaker 1: f C South out no matter what then, right, yeah,

715
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:35,920
Speaker 1: at this stage of the week. Yeah, he's not playing.

716
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,000
Speaker 1: And the Browns placed Sny Tacky Tacky on the COVID

717
00:42:39,080 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 1: nineteen list. He's been okay for them. Yeah, we had

718
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 1: a big return for a touchdown for them last week

719
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:46,840
Speaker 1: against the Eagles that well, you could say it was

720
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,000
Speaker 1: the difference in the game. Yeah, absolutely. And I think

721
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 1: they closed the facility too, so they're gonna be without

722
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,480
Speaker 1: a day of practice I imagine as well at least. Yeah, So,

723
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,239
Speaker 1: I mean this is hardly the Steelers have hardly been

724
00:42:57,280 --> 00:42:59,920
Speaker 1: the only team that's been affected by this is interesting.

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00:43:00,120 --> 00:43:01,759
Speaker 1: The Bucker goes on right before he placed the Titans.

726
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 1: You want to talk about a team that's really benefited

727
00:43:03,719 --> 00:43:08,359
Speaker 1: from this whole thing, it's Tennessee. I mean, they've gotten

728
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:10,840
Speaker 1: a few bounces their way, considering they're probably the worst

729
00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 1: culprit of everyone in the absolutely. I mean, the twenty

730
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 1: three people go on the COVID list that week didn't

731
00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 1: hurt him in terms of who saw the field and

732
00:43:18,880 --> 00:43:23,000
Speaker 1: who didn't. Wow, you're not having Buckner's gigantic that's huge.

733
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:24,920
Speaker 1: I mean he's the center of their defense. W'd be

734
00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,080
Speaker 1: like the Steelers not having Cam Hayward. Yeah, except they

735
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:29,239
Speaker 1: don't have another Cam another one like him. I mean

736
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:31,600
Speaker 1: he's really he's not Aaron Donald like, but he's the

737
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 1: straw that starves to drink in that manner everybody else

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Speaker 1: around him and stands out. You know, by the way,

739
00:43:36,560 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: you're playing Derrick Henry Right. Huge game, yeah, first place. Yeah,

740
00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:44,240
Speaker 1: it's a big, big game. And of course the Colts

741
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,320
Speaker 1: won the first one. So if the Colts could somehow

742
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,879
Speaker 1: figure out a way to win this game, they would

743
00:43:48,920 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 1: have the they would pretty much have the division almost

744
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:53,640
Speaker 1: locked up, and pretty much unless they really stumbled. But

745
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:57,240
Speaker 1: it's almost like a two it's basically a two game lead, right, yeah,

746
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,440
Speaker 1: which is kind of the situation the Steelers are in

747
00:43:59,520 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 1: right now. If they can beat the Ravens on Sunday,

748
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 1: that game is gonna be now played as we know it.

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00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 1: One fifteen. Ravens are done in the division. In the division,

750
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: they can't win a division. I just started today, which

751
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: didn't shock me, but I was still startling considering Thanksgiving

752
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 1: with my thoughts on Thanksgiving. So he's winness, they're in

753
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:19,520
Speaker 1: the playoffs. No, no, no, they if they need to

754
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: win and have both Oakland and it was Oakland and

755
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:29,640
Speaker 1: Oakland and Miami lose and then they'll clinch. Though, but

756
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 1: Oakland plays uh well, first of all, Miami plays the Jets,

757
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 1: so it's not gonna happen. So they would need both

758
00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:39,439
Speaker 1: of those They need both of those teams to lose.

759
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:42,959
Speaker 1: But again, getting to eleven wins, you're probably they're probably

760
00:44:43,080 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 1: no matter what. But I didn't realize it was mathematically

761
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 1: you're already in. Yeah. That that's their that's their path

762
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: to to get into the into the playoffs will be

763
00:44:50,280 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 1: a win on Sunday against the and then a loss

764
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: by Oakland and Miami. Okay, even if even if the

765
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,000
Speaker 1: Ravens win this game, I mean, it's a super long

766
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,800
Speaker 1: shot for them to win the North. Yeah they I mean,

767
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:06,920
Speaker 1: and if they know the most is a new comment anyway.

768
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,399
Speaker 1: But if they lose it, it's essentially the Steelers would

769
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 1: have to lose four their last five. Yeah, something like that.

770
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:18,400
Speaker 1: And they played the Bengals in Washington. I mean this,

771
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: so what the Ravens need to do is win the

772
00:45:21,760 --> 00:45:27,319
Speaker 1: game infect all the Steelers. Again, that's what you don't

773
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 1: want to happen if you're a Steelers. That's the worst thing.

774
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:32,280
Speaker 1: That's the one thing that could derail this whole season.

775
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,840
Speaker 1: We've talked about this. That's why this this tennano record

776
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 1: right now, it's a little fragile. It's fragile, but it's

777
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 1: also impressive giving given this the situation happening, Like if

778
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:46,080
Speaker 1: they go on beaten this season. I've seen things and say, well,

779
00:45:46,239 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 1: this season has should have an asterix on it. No,

780
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,640
Speaker 1: it shouldn't. If if if there is an asterix on

781
00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: it should be. But wow, this is really impressive. There's more,

782
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,480
Speaker 1: there's more obstacles. Yeah, you're not just dealing with injuries.

783
00:45:56,560 --> 00:46:00,120
Speaker 1: You're dealing with a virus. Shula's undefeated Dolphins didn't have

784
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,480
Speaker 1: these obstacles. You have guys, you know, losing guys left,

785
00:46:03,560 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 1: you know, your quarterback not being able to practice all week,

786
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:09,280
Speaker 1: or you're you're blocking tighten Like You've navigated a pretty

787
00:46:10,640 --> 00:46:13,800
Speaker 1: ridiculous terrain to get to this. There's a lot of

788
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,120
Speaker 1: land mines and if you don't step on any of them,

789
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:19,319
Speaker 1: that's pretty crazy. And oh, by the way, there's not

790
00:46:19,360 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 1: like any threats went away because of it. I mean

791
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:25,040
Speaker 1: still people still break their legs and blow out there. Yeah,

792
00:46:25,080 --> 00:46:28,839
Speaker 1: we see that every weekend. So yeah, I'm with you

793
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:31,200
Speaker 1: on that. But let's take another break. When we'll come back,

794
00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 1: we'll do the Fantasy Football Focus. Uh it is Wednesday,

795
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:35,840
Speaker 1: so we'll look around the league at the practice reports.

796
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:44,520
Speaker 1: We'll do that right after. This is the Drive with Dale,

797
00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:48,560
Speaker 1: Lolly and Matt Williamson on Home of the Black and

798
00:46:48,680 --> 00:47:21,600
Speaker 1: Goals Steelers Nation Radio. Okay, welcome back, m Dale. I'll

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00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:24,720
Speaker 1: here with Matt Williamson. It's time for the Fantasy Football Focus.

800
00:47:24,719 --> 00:47:27,399
Speaker 1: And well, there's some a lot of interesting injury news

801
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: out there. As we mentioned. Uh uh klais Campbell, Matt Scura,

802
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:35,120
Speaker 1: Patrick and McCary all going to the COVID list for

803
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:39,160
Speaker 1: the Ravens. That's the McCary started at center for them

804
00:47:39,280 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: last week. They're looking for guys. They bench Scura because

805
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: he was having some snap issues and went to McCary

806
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: and then they got it. They didn't thrink kind of

807
00:47:48,680 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 1: have either one of them. Yeah, I have a betting

808
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:53,560
Speaker 1: theory that if your number one centers out, I think

809
00:47:53,600 --> 00:47:55,320
Speaker 1: I want to bet against you, whatever the spread is,

810
00:47:55,560 --> 00:47:57,239
Speaker 1: you know, whatever it is. I just think it's such

811
00:47:57,239 --> 00:47:59,839
Speaker 1: an important position. And now you're in your third string guy,

812
00:47:59,760 --> 00:48:02,279
Speaker 1: learn your third string guy, and you're losing Calais Campbell.

813
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,319
Speaker 1: You know, that's the thing with Okay, So maybe the

814
00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: Ravens get back Brandon Williams for the for this game

815
00:48:08,160 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 1: because he was he was a contact thing on Monday.

816
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:13,080
Speaker 1: Then went on he's not gonna be on the field

817
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:15,799
Speaker 1: because the Steelers gonna spread them out and throw. They're

818
00:48:15,840 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: gonna play their nose tackle. He doesn't rush the passer.

819
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:22,200
Speaker 1: Claiss Campbell does, right class Campbells their pass rusher and

820
00:48:22,239 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 1: he's looking Campbell Williams, Uh, Sammy Watkins with the calf

821
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 1: and hamstring practiced in full on Wednesday for the Kansas

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00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:35,600
Speaker 1: City Chiefs. I guess he's They of course play the Uh,

823
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:38,759
Speaker 1: they play the Buccaneers on Sunday. That's a big game

824
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 1: now suddenly in the a f C playoff race. It's

825
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: a big game in the NFC playoff race too. Yeah yeah.

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00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:49,720
Speaker 1: Uh mentioned uh tacky tacky going on the reserve COVID

827
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: list for the Browns. Uh looking at tomorrow's games. Danny

828
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:56,239
Speaker 1: am Mondola is out for Week twelve for the Lions. Uh.

829
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift with a concussion, is questionable in Week twelve

830
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:03,080
Speaker 1: against the Texans. He returned to practice on Tuesday. Looks

831
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:05,600
Speaker 1: like a game time call. It probably has to pass

832
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:09,200
Speaker 1: through the last part of concussion protocol. Uh. That would

833
00:49:09,200 --> 00:49:14,399
Speaker 1: be the after working having a practice. Um, seeing if

834
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:17,760
Speaker 1: you're capable of getting out there. If I'm the Lions,

835
00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 1: I probably air on the side of caution in that

836
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: one and don't play him. But we'll see. I mean

837
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,799
Speaker 1: getting clear from the concussion, uh is uh is the

838
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: first step there? Uh? Interesting note there is, though, is

839
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 1: Carrie on Johnson played seventy of the snaps for the

840
00:49:31,040 --> 00:49:34,800
Speaker 1: Lions last week with Swift out so if uh if

841
00:49:34,840 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: if Swift is back, UH look for him to return

842
00:49:37,520 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 1: to potentially a full time or full time ish roll,

843
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:45,399
Speaker 1: with Carrie on Johnson's role being uh much less than seventuh.

844
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:49,040
Speaker 1: Kenny Golladay also out with a hip injury against it

845
00:49:49,120 --> 00:49:51,359
Speaker 1: for that game against the Texans. The Lions are gonna

846
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:56,320
Speaker 1: get smoked in this game against the Texans. UM looking

847
00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: at some further injuries here, UH Teddy Bridgewater with an

848
00:50:00,040 --> 00:50:03,279
Speaker 1: He practiced in full on Wednesday for the Panthers, and

849
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:05,520
Speaker 1: that coach Matt Rule said he expects Bridgewater to be

850
00:50:05,520 --> 00:50:08,759
Speaker 1: out there against the Vikings, so they'll go back from

851
00:50:08,760 --> 00:50:11,680
Speaker 1: a p J Walker back to Bridgewater. This will be

852
00:50:11,760 --> 00:50:14,200
Speaker 1: his first start against the Vikings, who of course drafted

853
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:17,640
Speaker 1: him in the first round. UH. Carolina did rule out, however,

854
00:50:18,320 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey. Rules said that he's not expecting Christian McCaffrey

855
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: to play in Week twelve against the Vikings. Another one

856
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:27,719
Speaker 1: of the Thursday game guys to keep an eye on

857
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin, who's, of course the number one receiver for

858
00:50:30,840 --> 00:50:33,960
Speaker 1: the Washington football team. He was limited in practice on

859
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,200
Speaker 1: with an ankle injury this week, but should be able

860
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:40,040
Speaker 1: to go. Make sure you check that though before you

861
00:50:40,080 --> 00:50:43,120
Speaker 1: lock him in. Uh. He should have a good football

862
00:50:43,160 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: game against the Cowboys, who are just kind of bad defensively.

863
00:50:48,160 --> 00:50:52,040
Speaker 1: Miles Gaskin returned to practice on Wednesday. He's on still

864
00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,840
Speaker 1: on I R. Hasn't been activated yet, so keep an

865
00:50:54,880 --> 00:50:58,400
Speaker 1: eye on that situation. They could activate him on on

866
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:01,759
Speaker 1: Sunday before they play, but he's a running back coming

867
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:04,880
Speaker 1: back off of a knee injury. UM. Probably needs some

868
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,560
Speaker 1: time to get reacclimated everything. This SHI starts to twenty

869
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:10,520
Speaker 1: one day window for him. But the guy who has

870
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: replaced him, Salvon Akhmed Uh has a shoulder issue and

871
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:18,960
Speaker 1: did not play last week or did not pack practice today. Um.

872
00:51:19,000 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 1: He got of the snaps in place of gascon the

873
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:25,360
Speaker 1: last week. UM, so keep an eye on that. Austin

874
00:51:25,400 --> 00:51:28,760
Speaker 1: Ekeler his twenty one day window has started as well.

875
00:51:29,280 --> 00:51:32,040
Speaker 1: He's dealing with that severe hamstring injury. Keep an eye

876
00:51:32,040 --> 00:51:34,920
Speaker 1: on that again. UH, running back coming back off of

877
00:51:34,920 --> 00:51:38,279
Speaker 1: a leg injury may not be activated just yet, but

878
00:51:38,400 --> 00:51:41,279
Speaker 1: so keep an eye on whether that happens with him.

879
00:51:41,920 --> 00:51:44,520
Speaker 1: Some good news for David Montgomery owners is, of course,

880
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:48,000
Speaker 1: the night game on Sunday. UH. The Chicago Bears running

881
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: back as clear concussion protocol said he expects to a

882
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:54,640
Speaker 1: return this week, and he was the bell cow for them,

883
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: averaging eight teen touches per game before going down. And

884
00:51:58,520 --> 00:52:01,320
Speaker 1: as we've seen with that Green Bay Packers off defense,

885
00:52:01,600 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 1: they can't stop the run. So this could be a

886
00:52:03,520 --> 00:52:06,400
Speaker 1: good week to get David Montgomery back in your lineup.

887
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,840
Speaker 1: Even though the Bears offense as well is not very good,

888
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:13,520
Speaker 1: Montgomery should be at least able to be a high

889
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:18,560
Speaker 1: volume RB two against the Packers. UM Kenny Stills with

890
00:52:18,600 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 1: a quad injury, has been ruled out against the Lions. Uh.

891
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:25,759
Speaker 1: That's uh, of course not. He's not much of a

892
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 1: starter there, but he display some in the three wide

893
00:52:28,200 --> 00:52:31,719
Speaker 1: receiver sets that pumps uh bumps Kiki QT up into

894
00:52:31,719 --> 00:52:34,720
Speaker 1: the three wide receiver sets, so uh, Will Fuller Brandon

895
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:37,760
Speaker 1: Cooks should get plenty of run in that game because

896
00:52:37,840 --> 00:52:40,799
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb also placed on injured reserve at the toe

897
00:52:40,840 --> 00:52:44,960
Speaker 1: injury for the Houston Texans, So really it's QT A,

898
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:48,320
Speaker 1: Will Fuller and Brandon Cooks. If you're looking at maybe

899
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:51,839
Speaker 1: a DFS UH type stack there, you can probably get

900
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: assuming QT a pretty cheaply on something like that. But uh. Um.

901
00:52:57,560 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 1: John Brown with the Buffalo Bills with the ankle injury

902
00:53:00,080 --> 00:53:03,120
Speaker 1: did not practice on Wednesday. This has been an ongoing

903
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:06,919
Speaker 1: issue for him all season long. Um, you know they're

904
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,120
Speaker 1: coming back off of a bye. They practice Monday, and

905
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:12,359
Speaker 1: he did not, uh did not practice. Uh So keep

906
00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:15,839
Speaker 1: an eye on that situation because he is as much

907
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:19,759
Speaker 1: targeted in that offense when he actually does play. Um,

908
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,239
Speaker 1: looks like Sam Donald was limited today at practice. H

909
00:53:23,320 --> 00:53:25,919
Speaker 1: Adam Gates said that he expected Donald to do quite

910
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:29,200
Speaker 1: a bit. Um. He may get a chance to to

911
00:53:29,280 --> 00:53:31,640
Speaker 1: start come back into the starting lineup this week, but

912
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 1: he's playing the Dolphins. Um. Not a great defensive matchup

913
00:53:37,560 --> 00:53:40,719
Speaker 1: for the the Jets, who have shown a little bit

914
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,439
Speaker 1: of offense under Joe Flacco. Surprisingly, he's been a little

915
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:46,319
Speaker 1: more willing to go downfield than Donald has been. Uh.

916
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 1: Surprisingly Donald's been more of a checkdown guy. Jamison Crowder

917
00:53:49,840 --> 00:53:52,280
Speaker 1: not been nearly as effective the last couple of weeks

918
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:56,680
Speaker 1: with with with Joe Flacca or with without or with

919
00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:59,520
Speaker 1: Flacco in the lineup and not Donald. Um that that

920
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:02,520
Speaker 1: kind of uh. If Donald is back this week, I

921
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:05,000
Speaker 1: think he can bump Crowder back up and maybe take

922
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,799
Speaker 1: away some of those downfield threats because Flack has been

923
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:12,160
Speaker 1: much more willing to go downfield. Zach Ertz back for

924
00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:14,880
Speaker 1: the for the Eagles, Yeah, yeah, I mean he's not

925
00:54:14,920 --> 00:54:16,520
Speaker 1: what he used to be. And I think Goddard's the

926
00:54:16,600 --> 00:54:19,400
Speaker 1: number one tight end there, but that seem has been

927
00:54:19,440 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 1: struggling on offense so much and somebody, and they are

928
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: playing the Seahawks this week, so he's certainly a stabilizing force.

929
00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:28,239
Speaker 1: I would think for Wentz maybe give him a little

930
00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,239
Speaker 1: more confident. It pushes Richard Rogers off the field, which

931
00:54:31,360 --> 00:54:34,520
Speaker 1: which is probably isn't necessarily a bad thing. Julian Edelman

932
00:54:34,560 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 1: still has not been cleared to practice. He is eligible

933
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:39,799
Speaker 1: to return from i R, but not ready to come

934
00:54:39,840 --> 00:54:42,439
Speaker 1: back yet. And he may be done. I think he's

935
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:45,480
Speaker 1: done too. Yeah. Those slot guys take such a beating

936
00:54:45,480 --> 00:54:48,200
Speaker 1: through his career. He had what one good game earlier

937
00:54:48,200 --> 00:54:50,960
Speaker 1: in the year. I mean, he certainly is not a

938
00:54:51,000 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 1: long term answer. I know they're still trying to win

939
00:54:53,480 --> 00:54:55,400
Speaker 1: and getting the playoffs and all that, but I'm not

940
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,160
Speaker 1: even sure he's that much of a help at this point.

941
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:00,960
Speaker 1: Brandon Allen is going to get to start for the

942
00:55:01,040 --> 00:55:05,120
Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengal is a quarterback over Ryan Finley and Allen Had.

943
00:55:05,200 --> 00:55:08,600
Speaker 1: He made three starts last year for the Broncos, completed

944
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: forty six percent of his passes, had a three to

945
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:14,880
Speaker 1: two touchdown the interception ratio. Uh, they're playing the Giants

946
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:18,799
Speaker 1: this week to pick up a Giant's defense. Yeah. First

947
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:20,399
Speaker 1: of all, I pick up the Giants defense. I think

948
00:55:20,400 --> 00:55:22,440
Speaker 1: they have a couple of easy ones coming off. Secondly,

949
00:55:23,360 --> 00:55:26,120
Speaker 1: downgrade the Bengals receivers. I don't know you can play anything.

950
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:29,279
Speaker 1: I don't think you can play him. Yeah. And this

951
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:31,800
Speaker 1: isn't really a fantasy note because it's obviously true for

952
00:55:31,880 --> 00:55:35,280
Speaker 1: Finley too, but it's it just screams, like we said yesterday,

953
00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:37,480
Speaker 1: I mean, Finley is not gonna be in this league long.

954
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:39,360
Speaker 1: I mean he's a miss. I mean he's not an

955
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,960
Speaker 1: NFL player. And they realized that. Yeah. Yeah, they just

956
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:47,399
Speaker 1: shamed that realization, which leads me like, why didn't you mate?

957
00:55:47,440 --> 00:55:51,080
Speaker 1: What wasn't Alan your your your guy? I mean they

958
00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:53,239
Speaker 1: signed him with they signed him a few weeks ago.

959
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,560
Speaker 1: I get I get it. Yeah, So it's probably that,

960
00:55:55,760 --> 00:55:58,399
Speaker 1: but it's kind of like Luton Jake Luton too well.

961
00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,400
Speaker 1: Speaking of that, the Iguars have announced that Mike Glennon

962
00:56:01,400 --> 00:56:04,080
Speaker 1: will start in Week twelve against the Browns. At least

963
00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:06,120
Speaker 1: he's an NFL quarterback, right. I don't know if that's

964
00:56:06,120 --> 00:56:09,839
Speaker 1: true for Alan or not, but for Glennon, he's at

965
00:56:09,880 --> 00:56:12,080
Speaker 1: least taken more than his share of snaps and I

966
00:56:12,160 --> 00:56:14,880
Speaker 1: think he'll be a lesser version of Flacco, you know,

967
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:18,120
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, which isn't I kept waiting in that

968
00:56:18,200 --> 00:56:21,840
Speaker 1: game last week for for Glennon to start warming up. Um,

969
00:56:21,880 --> 00:56:25,279
Speaker 1: you know, they let Luton finish that game, and he's

970
00:56:25,320 --> 00:56:27,680
Speaker 1: not ready, And isn't the answer? Yeah, you know, I've

971
00:56:27,719 --> 00:56:29,840
Speaker 1: seen enough of that. I mean, I'm not the biggest

972
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:34,000
Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew fan, But Minshew gives him a chance to win, right,

973
00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:37,800
Speaker 1: Which is weird because he practiced on a limited basis

974
00:56:37,920 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 1: last week. Um, and they're still not ready to bring

975
00:56:40,880 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 1: him back yet that he everything about that injury, said

976
00:56:43,600 --> 00:56:47,280
Speaker 1: that okay, it's gonna be you know, four weeks or so. Um,

977
00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:49,920
Speaker 1: and he played the first two games with that thumb injury.

978
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:53,439
Speaker 1: Maybe they're rooting for Jets wins that could be. Yeah,

979
00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:56,759
Speaker 1: when when Show gives him a better chance to win, right, Like,

980
00:56:56,960 --> 00:57:01,280
Speaker 1: we're fine, trotten Glennon or whoever and keep him Inshew

981
00:57:01,560 --> 00:57:06,440
Speaker 1: under wraps and winning one game this year. Yeah. Uh. Glennon, however,

982
00:57:06,480 --> 00:57:09,680
Speaker 1: looks like a giraffe. He's the most giraffe looking person

983
00:57:09,719 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: in the NFL. He's the Merten Hanks of today's He's

984
00:57:13,760 --> 00:57:18,120
Speaker 1: every bit of six six with a fourteen inches fourteen

985
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:23,280
Speaker 1: inches of neck. He wasn't good even when he was good. Yeah,

986
00:57:23,320 --> 00:57:27,560
Speaker 1: Adam Feeland NFL Networks. Tom Pelasaro reports that Theland tested

987
00:57:27,600 --> 00:57:31,160
Speaker 1: positive then negative for COVID nineteen. So tomorrow is a

988
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:34,760
Speaker 1: big Yeah. He needs a test negative tomorrow and then

989
00:57:34,800 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 1: maybe they'll they'll bring him back off of the COVID

990
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:44,560
Speaker 1: nineteen list. Um effect on Cook, Cousins, Jefferson, all those

991
00:57:44,600 --> 00:57:47,439
Speaker 1: guys like having him out there is key for them.

992
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:51,400
Speaker 1: You know that Jefferson is great, but he benefits from Theland. Yeah,

993
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:55,440
Speaker 1: there's not a doubt in my mind about um. Yeah,

994
00:57:55,680 --> 00:57:57,440
Speaker 1: So that would be that would be a huge one.

995
00:57:57,520 --> 00:58:01,680
Speaker 1: Keep an eye on that. Um. The Jets put La

996
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:04,720
Speaker 1: Michael p Ryan on injured reserve with that high ankle spring.

997
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,560
Speaker 1: It's the Frank Gore show again. Baby just won't go away.

998
00:58:10,120 --> 00:58:12,640
Speaker 1: I mean, the running back situation so bad. He's gonna

999
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:15,320
Speaker 1: touch the ball fifteen times he is, and he'll probably

1000
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: score a couple of touchdowns the rest of the way.

1001
00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,320
Speaker 1: It's bad if you're started. I'm done me wrong. But man,

1002
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:24,160
Speaker 1: I mean, actually, the running back situation across the league

1003
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,840
Speaker 1: is is so bad, but it's getting a little better.

1004
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:28,400
Speaker 1: You know, like there's a couple of guys are at

1005
00:58:28,480 --> 00:58:31,240
Speaker 1: least coming back and we're getting through the boys. I

1006
00:58:31,240 --> 00:58:33,080
Speaker 1: would hope you can do better than Frank Gore. I

1007
00:58:33,120 --> 00:58:35,440
Speaker 1: would certainly hope that, But there was a week or

1008
00:58:35,480 --> 00:58:37,880
Speaker 1: two I would kill for Frank orders. Yeah, speaking of

1009
00:58:38,360 --> 00:58:42,560
Speaker 1: stuff like that. Uh, the forty Niners designated both Jeff

1010
00:58:42,560 --> 00:58:46,440
Speaker 1: Wilson and Raheem Mostard for return. Now that doesn't mean

1011
00:58:46,520 --> 00:58:49,160
Speaker 1: that they play this week, right, I think Gaskins in

1012
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:53,880
Speaker 1: that situation, Gaska is the same he practiced today as well. Um,

1013
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:58,040
Speaker 1: that starts to win though for them that the Yeah,

1014
00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:01,800
Speaker 1: now they were both both of those guys were ankle injuries,

1015
00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:05,600
Speaker 1: as in Gascon was a knee. Um running backs with

1016
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:09,160
Speaker 1: a with a leg issue were an ankle issue. Probably

1017
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:11,200
Speaker 1: didn't do a lot of running over the last you know,

1018
00:59:11,240 --> 00:59:13,439
Speaker 1: three weeks or four weeks however long they run. That list,

1019
00:59:13,440 --> 00:59:14,800
Speaker 1: so they need to kind of some time to kind

1020
00:59:14,800 --> 00:59:17,520
Speaker 1: of get back up to speed, naps or whatever, right,

1021
00:59:18,120 --> 00:59:20,840
Speaker 1: And I would think, I mean, you're trying to win.

1022
00:59:20,920 --> 00:59:24,240
Speaker 1: I mean, most are you activate and maybe Wilson you

1023
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:26,360
Speaker 1: keep on ice for another week in case you have

1024
00:59:26,400 --> 00:59:28,360
Speaker 1: a running back injury and you get him back sooner,

1025
00:59:28,600 --> 00:59:31,400
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. But if most are, if

1026
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:35,120
Speaker 1: most are is active, I'm playing them as big as workload.

1027
00:59:35,160 --> 00:59:36,680
Speaker 1: But I'm playing him. Yeah, he's I mean he could

1028
00:59:36,680 --> 00:59:39,200
Speaker 1: always bust off an eight yard yeah right, I mean

1029
00:59:39,240 --> 00:59:41,720
Speaker 1: that's what he does right, right, right, absolutely, And they're

1030
00:59:41,720 --> 00:59:43,680
Speaker 1: gonna run the ball well enough, and that scheme helps

1031
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,880
Speaker 1: him a lot. Yeah, I like moster Um. The Titans,

1032
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:49,720
Speaker 1: this is again not a fantasy player, but certainly affects

1033
00:59:49,880 --> 00:59:54,280
Speaker 1: what they what they do. Um. They placed the left

1034
00:59:54,280 --> 00:59:58,760
Speaker 1: tackle Tyson Breo on injured reserve of the back the backup, yeah,

1035
00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 1: Teas Taylor the ones back up, Uh protects Ryan Tannehill's backside.

1036
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:10,400
Speaker 1: And now it's David Quissenberry left. He's an interior guy.

1037
01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:14,560
Speaker 1: He played a little bit. Wow. And we mentioned the Colts.

1038
01:00:14,560 --> 01:00:16,640
Speaker 1: I mean it sounds like they'll be without Buckner, but

1039
01:00:16,680 --> 01:00:18,440
Speaker 1: their edge guys are pretty good, and the defense in

1040
01:00:18,560 --> 01:00:21,600
Speaker 1: general are pretty good. It doesn't help Henry. That doesn't

1041
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:24,120
Speaker 1: help Tannehill. Their tackles are bad. In Tennessee. All of

1042
01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:28,440
Speaker 1: a sudden, Yeah, um, the Jaguars placed kicker Chase McLaughlin

1043
01:00:28,480 --> 01:00:31,240
Speaker 1: on the reserve COVID nineteen list. They've they've gone through

1044
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:35,960
Speaker 1: like seven kickers this year. More it's bonkers. I mean,

1045
01:00:35,960 --> 01:00:39,840
Speaker 1: they just can't find a kicker. And I know this

1046
01:00:39,880 --> 01:00:42,280
Speaker 1: isn't what we talked about the fantasy segment. This ship

1047
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:45,640
Speaker 1: is sailed. But when bos was really struggling that year,

1048
01:00:46,440 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 1: we said a lot on the drive, you really want

1049
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:52,320
Speaker 1: to be patient because there's twenty kickers in the in

1050
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:56,520
Speaker 1: the world. Maybe it's twenty two, but there's ten eight

1051
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,000
Speaker 1: teams that are constantly searching, and when you get in

1052
01:00:59,000 --> 01:01:02,280
Speaker 1: that carousel, it bad news. Man. It's I mean, it's

1053
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:04,680
Speaker 1: almost why the Titans have held on to Guskowski this year.

1054
01:01:04,840 --> 01:01:06,880
Speaker 1: You don't want there's just nobody there. At least he's

1055
01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:09,120
Speaker 1: a track record. I hope he comes out of it.

1056
01:01:09,400 --> 01:01:10,840
Speaker 1: Hope he comes out of it. But they'll probably be

1057
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:12,560
Speaker 1: in the market in the off season. But there's not

1058
01:01:12,680 --> 01:01:14,600
Speaker 1: a bunch of them sitting on their couches just to

1059
01:01:14,680 --> 01:01:18,440
Speaker 1: doal up like you think. Um finally, uh, Pete Carroll

1060
01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:21,600
Speaker 1: said that were shod Penny with the knee. He's been

1061
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:24,840
Speaker 1: on the pup list, could resume practice next week. I

1062
01:01:24,920 --> 01:01:26,840
Speaker 1: kind of forgot all about him. Yeah, I mean they

1063
01:01:26,880 --> 01:01:29,320
Speaker 1: could have used him in the last few weeks. I mean, yeah,

1064
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:31,920
Speaker 1: the opportunity was there. I think by that though, I

1065
01:01:31,920 --> 01:01:34,840
Speaker 1: mean Carson should be back unless unless this turns into

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01:01:34,880 --> 01:01:38,240
Speaker 1: a mixing thing with with Carson. But they're a contender,

1067
01:01:38,280 --> 01:01:39,720
Speaker 1: I mean the right you would think if they bring

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01:01:39,800 --> 01:01:41,800
Speaker 1: him back sooner rather than later, but that you wonder

1069
01:01:41,880 --> 01:01:44,080
Speaker 1: then if it if it kind of crowds up the backfield, Yeah,

1070
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:46,880
Speaker 1: it doesn't help anybody. Yeah, in the end, because he's

1071
01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 1: gonna be active, I would think first round pick. He's

1072
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,080
Speaker 1: been a boss, but he's had some games, right, He's

1073
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,080
Speaker 1: not a total bost right, So I don't know. I

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01:01:55,080 --> 01:01:57,400
Speaker 1: mean that's maybe they make him the third down back

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01:01:57,480 --> 01:02:00,160
Speaker 1: that they because Carson is not great catching football. I

1076
01:02:00,160 --> 01:02:03,600
Speaker 1: mean even if Carson's out, boy that hurts hide Ide

1077
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:06,240
Speaker 1: was a starter then, I mean he was a fantasy asset.

1078
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:08,800
Speaker 1: He was getting a lot of playing time and that

1079
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:11,800
Speaker 1: would definitely cut into his contributions. Yeah, for sure. So

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01:02:12,160 --> 01:02:15,600
Speaker 1: that is the fantasy football focus for today. UM, Dale Lally,

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Speaker 1: he is Matt Williamson. We're gonna take another break. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back right after this your Tunes about Drive on

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

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01:03:18,840 --> 01:03:21,520
Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson and Matt We

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01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: we touched on this real quickly in the fantasy segment.

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01:03:24,560 --> 01:03:28,720
Speaker 1: But if the Ravens did happen to get Brandon Williams

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01:03:28,760 --> 01:03:33,440
Speaker 1: back for this game, Um, that doesn't move the needle

1088
01:03:33,800 --> 01:03:37,080
Speaker 1: for me at all, as you as you play me.

1089
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:42,880
Speaker 1: The Steelers have averaged forty three point four past attempts

1090
01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:45,720
Speaker 1: over the last five games. It's a number, that's a

1091
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:47,680
Speaker 1: big number. Brandon Williams when they go to when the

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01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:49,880
Speaker 1: Steelers go to their three and four wide receiver sets,

1093
01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:51,720
Speaker 1: is not going to be on the field. No, he's

1094
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:54,760
Speaker 1: not a pass rush because he's not sub package defense.

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01:03:54,840 --> 01:03:57,160
Speaker 1: I mean, if they're if they do play Brandon Williams

1096
01:03:57,200 --> 01:03:59,360
Speaker 1: and in those packages, is because they don't have anybody

1097
01:03:59,360 --> 01:04:01,959
Speaker 1: else if it by default, yes, but he's not gonna

1098
01:04:02,000 --> 01:04:04,440
Speaker 1: whip pounced the into Castro and get to the to

1099
01:04:04,480 --> 01:04:09,120
Speaker 1: the quarterback. He's just not gonna get to the quarterback.

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01:04:09,240 --> 01:04:10,960
Speaker 1: I mean, folks, this is why the Steelers don't have

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01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 1: a Hampton. That's why this is a dying breed. Because

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01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,840
Speaker 1: there's many teams that they just don't see the field

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01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:20,120
Speaker 1: and they're important in their situationally important. Absolutely, if you

1104
01:04:20,200 --> 01:04:23,240
Speaker 1: don't have one in those situations, you can exploit it. Yeah,

1105
01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:24,920
Speaker 1: you know, and you don't want to be weak. It

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01:04:25,040 --> 01:04:27,440
Speaker 1: knows if you play the Ravens or the Titans or

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01:04:27,480 --> 01:04:29,560
Speaker 1: a team like that, because they'll put you in heavy

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01:04:29,560 --> 01:04:33,000
Speaker 1: personnel and and run it at you. But I mean,

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01:04:33,040 --> 01:04:35,600
Speaker 1: steel is not gonna do that. I mean, Clays Campe

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01:04:35,640 --> 01:04:38,240
Speaker 1: will be a much better, bigger impact player than because

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01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:40,320
Speaker 1: he stays on the field all the time. The Steelers

1112
01:04:40,320 --> 01:04:43,320
Speaker 1: are going to do what they had success with the

1113
01:04:43,440 --> 01:04:45,640
Speaker 1: last time these two teams played, and that was to

1114
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 1: go to that spread package, empty backfield. Ben Roethlisberger was

1115
01:04:50,440 --> 01:04:53,960
Speaker 1: eighteen for twenty for two touchdowns out of that spread

1116
01:04:54,000 --> 01:04:57,720
Speaker 1: package against against the Ravens the last Why wouldn't they

1117
01:04:57,760 --> 01:04:59,960
Speaker 1: I would do that the whole game. Why would you

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01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:02,560
Speaker 1: do anything else? It's getting your best people on the field.

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01:05:02,720 --> 01:05:06,120
Speaker 1: It plays the Bens strengths. Um, you mentioned you know

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Speaker 1: how much he's thrown. They've only allowed five sacks or

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01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:11,160
Speaker 1: two sacks in those five games. He's gone like a

1122
01:05:11,200 --> 01:05:14,880
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty pass attempts without being sacked two sacks

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Speaker 1: and five games while averaging get it. I mean, you

1124
01:05:17,440 --> 01:05:20,880
Speaker 1: played the Jaguars, you played the Bengals, but but you're

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01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:24,320
Speaker 1: still throwing the ball a lot. Yeah, somebody, somebody slips, somebody,

1126
01:05:24,440 --> 01:05:26,960
Speaker 1: you know, whatever, it can happen. It's not like he

1127
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:29,600
Speaker 1: hasn't thrown deep in those games. He's taking shots. He's

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01:05:29,640 --> 01:05:33,080
Speaker 1: taking shots right and intermediate throws. And um, I know

1129
01:05:33,160 --> 01:05:34,959
Speaker 1: people are down on the line a little bit because

1130
01:05:34,960 --> 01:05:36,320
Speaker 1: they're not run the ball enough. So it has to

1131
01:05:36,360 --> 01:05:38,840
Speaker 1: be the line's fault. I don't think people realize how

1132
01:05:38,840 --> 01:05:43,160
Speaker 1: well the protections been. Absolutely yeah, yeah, the protection. I mean,

1133
01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:46,040
Speaker 1: you can't do this. Um, you know, if if guys

1134
01:05:46,040 --> 01:05:47,920
Speaker 1: are getting whipped at the line of scrimmage, you know,

1135
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:50,320
Speaker 1: if you're playing, I don't care if you're getting rid

1136
01:05:50,360 --> 01:05:52,200
Speaker 1: of the ball in two seconds or not. That's plenty

1137
01:05:52,240 --> 01:05:54,360
Speaker 1: time for Aaron Donald to get to the quarterback. Yeah, right,

1138
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,960
Speaker 1: you still better be competent, right, and obviously Ben has

1139
01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:00,880
Speaker 1: been great a recognizing pressure and time when he has

1140
01:06:00,920 --> 01:06:04,080
Speaker 1: to and throwing on time. Those things aren't easy. I mean,

1141
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:06,919
Speaker 1: that's what the big problems you watch. I look back

1142
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:09,360
Speaker 1: in the game against the Bengals, and he was holding

1143
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:11,200
Speaker 1: the ball for more than two and a half seconds

1144
01:06:11,680 --> 01:06:14,040
Speaker 1: on average in the game. Yeah, because they were taking

1145
01:06:14,040 --> 01:06:15,840
Speaker 1: away the short stuff. And he said, okay, try to

1146
01:06:15,880 --> 01:06:17,840
Speaker 1: try to beat us with this intermediate stuff. And he

1147
01:06:17,920 --> 01:06:19,600
Speaker 1: did it, and he did it, he did I thought

1148
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:22,280
Speaker 1: that was really encouraging. I know, his deep ball numbers

1149
01:06:22,280 --> 01:06:25,240
Speaker 1: aren't great better than Brady's right now. Oh man, he's

1150
01:06:25,520 --> 01:06:27,560
Speaker 1: Brady hasn't hit a deep ball in a month. Brady

1151
01:06:27,600 --> 01:06:31,600
Speaker 1: looks done. I didn't, you know, Brady looks done to me.

1152
01:06:31,920 --> 01:06:34,520
Speaker 1: And it kind of like a lot of us thought

1153
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:38,320
Speaker 1: in the offseason. Arians offense and Brady they don't match.

1154
01:06:38,640 --> 01:06:41,320
Speaker 1: They don't match, and Arians is being very stubborn about

1155
01:06:41,360 --> 01:06:44,320
Speaker 1: it and keeping it at Jamis Winston like offense, and

1156
01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:46,560
Speaker 1: you don't have the quarterback to do it. No, it's

1157
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:49,520
Speaker 1: it's if you're gonna. They should have made the agreement

1158
01:06:49,600 --> 01:06:52,600
Speaker 1: and I some people reported they did. Okay, I'll sign

1159
01:06:52,680 --> 01:06:55,400
Speaker 1: with Tampa. But we're gonna run a Patriots like Edelman

1160
01:06:55,480 --> 01:06:57,640
Speaker 1: type offense. We're not gonna drive the ball down. And

1161
01:06:57,640 --> 01:07:01,040
Speaker 1: they've got they They had that that little five yard

1162
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:05,800
Speaker 1: passed Antonio Brown Monday night, anytime they wanted it, anytime

1163
01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:09,000
Speaker 1: they wanted it. And then he kept chucking the ball deep.

1164
01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:12,000
Speaker 1: What would he can't hit it? What would McDaniels, bella

1165
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:14,080
Speaker 1: Chick and Brady done together with that? They would have

1166
01:07:14,080 --> 01:07:16,760
Speaker 1: thrown it to him a million times, you know, right,

1167
01:07:16,880 --> 01:07:18,760
Speaker 1: and he would have got eight yards or you know,

1168
01:07:18,800 --> 01:07:21,560
Speaker 1: if if they, if they, if it's the other team, adjust,

1169
01:07:21,600 --> 01:07:23,040
Speaker 1: you got god one who can do the same thing.

1170
01:07:23,760 --> 01:07:25,600
Speaker 1: I mean, he's pretty good too. And they've been using

1171
01:07:25,600 --> 01:07:27,680
Speaker 1: Evans out of the slot, which isn't really what he does.

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Speaker 1: You know, Like, I don't know, they're they're kind of

1173
01:07:30,360 --> 01:07:32,760
Speaker 1: not broken. They're too talented to be broken. The Eagles

1174
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:35,600
Speaker 1: are broken, you know, like, but they're not maximum. This

1175
01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:37,800
Speaker 1: is a big game for them this weekend inst the Chiefs.

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01:07:38,080 --> 01:07:40,120
Speaker 1: They I mean, if you start looking at the at

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01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:45,040
Speaker 1: the playoff races um in both both conferences, yeah, they

1178
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:50,160
Speaker 1: probably get into the playoffs, probably everybody else. Yeah, but

1179
01:07:50,160 --> 01:07:51,880
Speaker 1: I mean they've lost twice to the Saints. It kind

1180
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:53,640
Speaker 1: of reminds me of Steelers Ravens, even though they're not

1181
01:07:53,640 --> 01:07:56,480
Speaker 1: playing each other. If Tampa loses this week, which they

1182
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:00,280
Speaker 1: highly likely will to Kansas City's not that's guaranteed they

1183
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:03,240
Speaker 1: can't win the South. Basically, you got it would be

1184
01:08:03,280 --> 01:08:05,320
Speaker 1: their fifth loss, it would fall to seven and five.

1185
01:08:05,400 --> 01:08:08,120
Speaker 1: And you say, well, they're still in the playoffs. Great, okay,

1186
01:08:08,440 --> 01:08:13,400
Speaker 1: but now you start looking at you've with five losses. Um,

1187
01:08:13,520 --> 01:08:17,000
Speaker 1: you've you've put the Vikings still in play. Yes, you've

1188
01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:21,320
Speaker 1: put the Lions still in like you you keep the

1189
01:08:21,320 --> 01:08:23,880
Speaker 1: forty Niners alive. The Niners are still in it too,

1190
01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:26,639
Speaker 1: you know. So in the Bears and the other thing

1191
01:08:26,760 --> 01:08:31,320
Speaker 1: is too like Okay, in that conference, it's especially important

1192
01:08:31,320 --> 01:08:35,000
Speaker 1: because the NFC East, NFC East exists. Being the number

1193
01:08:35,040 --> 01:08:40,000
Speaker 1: one wild card team is great. Absolutely, it's great. I mean,

1194
01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:43,280
Speaker 1: you're favored for sure playing the NFC East team. So

1195
01:08:43,320 --> 01:08:47,719
Speaker 1: now if you're the six or seven seed, you're going

1196
01:08:47,800 --> 01:08:53,160
Speaker 1: to Green Bay or Seattle, Los Angeles. He just saw

1197
01:08:53,240 --> 01:08:57,120
Speaker 1: what happened against the Rams. You might get the Giants. Yeah,

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01:08:57,200 --> 01:09:00,120
Speaker 1: that's a big that's a huge, huge difference. Yeah, so

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01:09:00,200 --> 01:09:01,559
Speaker 1: now you can look and say, well, then you gotta

1200
01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: go play the Saints again if you win. But right,

1201
01:09:03,520 --> 01:09:07,000
Speaker 1: but you've already won a playoff game, right, yea, you

1202
01:09:07,080 --> 01:09:08,920
Speaker 1: take your chances. I mean, you gotta win the first

1203
01:09:08,920 --> 01:09:12,799
Speaker 1: one first. Never gonna be easy getting getting the Giants

1204
01:09:12,840 --> 01:09:15,680
Speaker 1: or Cowboys in like okay, right right right? You know,

1205
01:09:15,840 --> 01:09:19,320
Speaker 1: And meanwhile, we broke this down really well yesterday Washington

1206
01:09:19,400 --> 01:09:23,400
Speaker 1: Dallas has massive playoff implicated without a doubt. On Thursday,

1207
01:09:23,880 --> 01:09:26,320
Speaker 1: what a terrible game. It's not a great game. But

1208
01:09:26,360 --> 01:09:29,120
Speaker 1: both those teams with Dalton and Alex Smith, I mean,

1209
01:09:29,160 --> 01:09:32,559
Speaker 1: they're professional quarterbacks of one games in this league. They're

1210
01:09:32,600 --> 01:09:34,960
Speaker 1: both playing better. I mean, I'm not saying it should

1211
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:37,760
Speaker 1: be a good you know, should that playoff implications, but

1212
01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:39,800
Speaker 1: it does. It'll be a close game. It'll be a

1213
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:42,040
Speaker 1: close game. Whoever wins that has a really good chance

1214
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:44,240
Speaker 1: to win the East. Yeah. I mean it's much different

1215
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:47,080
Speaker 1: in in the a f C, where you've still got

1216
01:09:47,479 --> 01:09:51,280
Speaker 1: I mean, right now, you've got what eight teams fighting

1217
01:09:51,280 --> 01:09:57,920
Speaker 1: for seven seven? Uh well one two, three, seven eight nine, Yeah,

1218
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:01,880
Speaker 1: nine teams at six and four better. That's why, right now,

1219
01:10:02,080 --> 01:10:04,439
Speaker 1: that's why this game is so huge for Baltimore. Yeah,

1220
01:10:04,640 --> 01:10:07,439
Speaker 1: maybe they can win their final uh five games and

1221
01:10:07,439 --> 01:10:11,599
Speaker 1: get to eleven and five. Maybe, but somebody at ten

1222
01:10:11,680 --> 01:10:14,000
Speaker 1: and six is getting left out in the a f C. Yeah,

1223
01:10:14,040 --> 01:10:16,400
Speaker 1: you're probably right. I mean, nine's not going to do it.

1224
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:18,880
Speaker 1: Nine definitely. Nine is definitely not going to do in

1225
01:10:18,880 --> 01:10:20,360
Speaker 1: the a FC. There's not a doubt in my mind

1226
01:10:20,400 --> 01:10:22,840
Speaker 1: about that. You mentioned Miami's playing the Jets this week,

1227
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:25,720
Speaker 1: and yeah, Miami's gonna Miami. So Miami wins, they get

1228
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:29,599
Speaker 1: to seven and four. Um, Browns have an easy schedule. Yeah,

1229
01:10:29,640 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 1: the Browns. The Browns play Jacksonville, they win that. When

1230
01:10:33,479 --> 01:10:35,840
Speaker 1: they're eight in three, Like the Browns, I think you're

1231
01:10:35,840 --> 01:10:38,240
Speaker 1: going the playoffs, folks. I mean they're in second place

1232
01:10:38,240 --> 01:10:40,479
Speaker 1: in the division. But Browns still have games left against

1233
01:10:40,520 --> 01:10:44,000
Speaker 1: Baltimore and Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh, but I think there are other

1234
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:46,160
Speaker 1: ones are pretty easy from what I remember. But I

1235
01:10:46,160 --> 01:10:49,559
Speaker 1: think it losed anybody. They could lose anybody. But even so, Okay,

1236
01:10:49,600 --> 01:10:52,160
Speaker 1: so let's say they lose this. Let's say the game

1237
01:10:52,160 --> 01:10:54,200
Speaker 1: against the Steelers matters at the end and they lose,

1238
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:57,200
Speaker 1: they lose the Baltimore in Pittsburgh. Okay, that' still only

1239
01:10:57,200 --> 01:11:00,439
Speaker 1: gives them five losses. That's eleven five a week, ten

1240
01:11:00,479 --> 01:11:03,280
Speaker 1: and six. I mean Buffalo seven three. Buffalo is gonna

1241
01:11:03,280 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: win their division. Yeah, that's why they gotta one game

1242
01:11:06,040 --> 01:11:08,559
Speaker 1: lead over Miami right now, but they're probably gonna win

1243
01:11:08,560 --> 01:11:11,519
Speaker 1: that division. Tennessee sitting there at seven and three, as

1244
01:11:11,560 --> 01:11:13,760
Speaker 1: is Indianapolis. The loser of that game this week goes

1245
01:11:13,800 --> 01:11:17,200
Speaker 1: just has four losses, not seven. You're in trouble, right,

1246
01:11:17,240 --> 01:11:19,559
Speaker 1: you get the six losses, you're done. Yeah, that's get

1247
01:11:19,640 --> 01:11:22,040
Speaker 1: the way you gotta look at. I mean, five losses

1248
01:11:22,080 --> 01:11:26,160
Speaker 1: doesn't promise you get in either. Yeah. Said, that's even

1249
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:29,000
Speaker 1: with seven teams going, there could be eight teams with

1250
01:11:29,080 --> 01:11:31,080
Speaker 1: double digit wins in the a f C. Half the

1251
01:11:31,120 --> 01:11:34,320
Speaker 1: half of the ANC could have double digit wins. That's crazy. Yeah,

1252
01:11:34,360 --> 01:11:36,799
Speaker 1: I guess it helps when the Jets and Jags combined.

1253
01:11:37,160 --> 01:11:39,400
Speaker 1: Bad teams are really bad, Like the three worst teams

1254
01:11:39,400 --> 01:11:40,640
Speaker 1: are all in the a f C. Now, you know,

1255
01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:42,160
Speaker 1: like since he didn't used to be that group, but

1256
01:11:42,160 --> 01:11:44,519
Speaker 1: they're not gonna win another game. Yeah. Yeah, And the

1257
01:11:44,600 --> 01:11:47,120
Speaker 1: Jags and Jets are combined for one win, so you

1258
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:49,400
Speaker 1: get to play them twice or at least one. You

1259
01:11:49,439 --> 01:11:51,719
Speaker 1: know that that helps. And you know that the people

1260
01:11:51,760 --> 01:11:58,040
Speaker 1: talking about the Steelers schedule, Um, you know, they've beat

1261
01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:03,400
Speaker 1: in Cleveland, they've beaten Tennessee, they've beat Baltimore, the rest

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Speaker 1: of it. Kansas City is in the same boat. Kansas

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01:12:05,760 --> 01:12:09,879
Speaker 1: City's beating three teams with a winning record. Football siders

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01:12:09,960 --> 01:12:11,920
Speaker 1: put out there, you know how we like their their

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01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,560
Speaker 1: d v o A stuff for last week. So I

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01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:16,160
Speaker 1: haven't seen it since, but they put an article on

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01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,479
Speaker 1: ESPN and they ranked all the schedules to that point

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01:12:19,640 --> 01:12:21,960
Speaker 1: and then how hard they are from that point on. Well,

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01:12:22,000 --> 01:12:24,280
Speaker 1: steels with thirty second, they had the easiest schedule to

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01:12:24,360 --> 01:12:26,360
Speaker 1: that point. You can't see it was thirty one, right,

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01:12:26,800 --> 01:12:29,040
Speaker 1: So let's not pretend the Kansas City is nine and

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01:12:29,080 --> 01:12:31,640
Speaker 1: one record is somehow better than the Steelers. Tenant over

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01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:34,599
Speaker 1: and they lost to one of the good teams they played, right, right,

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01:12:34,640 --> 01:12:37,960
Speaker 1: I mean, So, I mean, I think that's something you

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01:12:38,040 --> 01:12:40,800
Speaker 1: have to recognize. I mean, and the Steelers have gotten

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01:12:40,840 --> 01:12:44,200
Speaker 1: fortunate in that they're not gonna play Borrow a second time.

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01:12:44,560 --> 01:12:47,439
Speaker 1: They didn't play Doc. I know it doesn't sound like much,

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01:12:47,479 --> 01:12:51,599
Speaker 1: but not playing Minshew and Lock is something. Well, they

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01:12:51,600 --> 01:12:55,040
Speaker 1: played Lock Knocked Knock, them out right. But I mean

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01:12:55,040 --> 01:12:58,000
Speaker 1: there's been some starting quarterbacks they've got to avoid. But

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01:12:58,160 --> 01:13:01,040
Speaker 1: still at sixty engage, still to play. They play Lamar twice,

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01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:04,280
Speaker 1: they played Tanney Hill. Um, you know, so it's not

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01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:06,759
Speaker 1: like they've they've gotten through this with I haven't played anybody,

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01:13:06,880 --> 01:13:09,080
Speaker 1: which is what you hear. Well, they're they're they're product

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01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:10,960
Speaker 1: of their schedule. Well why aren't the Chiefs of product

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01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:13,680
Speaker 1: of their scheduling exactly? That's my point with that too,

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01:13:13,800 --> 01:13:15,880
Speaker 1: is the Chiefs have had it just as easy. Basically.

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01:13:16,200 --> 01:13:17,920
Speaker 1: You know, there are two games against the Raiders aren't

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01:13:17,920 --> 01:13:20,559
Speaker 1: as hard as two games against the Ravens. And the

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01:13:20,560 --> 01:13:23,439
Speaker 1: Browns are decent, you know what I mean. Um, And

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01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:26,479
Speaker 1: no one ever Chargers and Chargers in Broncos stink like

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01:13:26,680 --> 01:13:29,840
Speaker 1: I would love someone to say, Man, the Jags are

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01:13:29,960 --> 01:13:33,719
Speaker 1: one and nine or the Jets are they play tough schedule.

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01:13:36,360 --> 01:13:38,519
Speaker 1: That's the other part of the equation on that. Okay,

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01:13:38,560 --> 01:13:42,200
Speaker 1: the Steelers and Chiefs are good teams, but they don't

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01:13:42,200 --> 01:13:43,960
Speaker 1: get to play. They don't play each other this year.

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01:13:44,040 --> 01:13:47,360
Speaker 1: They're not on the same schedule. So if you're if

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Speaker 1: you're a good team in your division and the rest

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01:13:50,800 --> 01:13:53,679
Speaker 1: of your division stinks. You don't play yourself. You don't

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01:13:53,680 --> 01:13:55,800
Speaker 1: play yourself, right, be so obviously your schedule is not

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01:13:55,840 --> 01:13:57,400
Speaker 1: going to be as difficult as the other teams in

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01:13:57,400 --> 01:14:01,400
Speaker 1: your division because you don't play yourself. I mean twice

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01:14:01,439 --> 01:14:04,080
Speaker 1: this is a Patriot conversation because they always would come

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01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:07,120
Speaker 1: out Patriots have the easiest schedule in the league. Well,

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01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:10,080
Speaker 1: six of their games were against an FC East teams

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01:14:10,120 --> 01:14:14,000
Speaker 1: not named New England. Yeah, like, essentially against the Bengals, Jaguars,

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01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:16,080
Speaker 1: and Jets. Right Like, if the Jets can take two

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01:14:16,160 --> 01:14:19,040
Speaker 1: games off their schedule that were against New England and

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01:14:19,080 --> 01:14:21,479
Speaker 1: play themselves, they would have an easy schedule to right,

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01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:25,639
Speaker 1: you know what I mean. Yeah, So the whole schedule

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01:14:25,680 --> 01:14:29,679
Speaker 1: thing just drives me crazy. It's not like college football.

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01:14:29,960 --> 01:14:31,800
Speaker 1: You know, b y U right now is getting killed

1313
01:14:31,800 --> 01:14:34,280
Speaker 1: in the in the in the college football standings because

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01:14:34,280 --> 01:14:37,960
Speaker 1: they're played just a ridiculously easy schedule and despite their

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01:14:37,960 --> 01:14:40,920
Speaker 1: you know, they're unbeaten, but their fourteenth they played a

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01:14:40,920 --> 01:14:44,200
Speaker 1: bunch of you know, just bad football teams. They made

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01:14:44,200 --> 01:14:48,679
Speaker 1: that schedule. Now some of it's been COVID related. Um yeah,

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01:14:48,720 --> 01:14:50,880
Speaker 1: I mean that's it is what it is. I get it.

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01:14:51,720 --> 01:14:54,280
Speaker 1: NFL teams. You're playing an NFL team every week, you're

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01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:58,240
Speaker 1: playing in anything. I mean, these bottom teams. The Jaguars

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01:14:58,280 --> 01:15:00,800
Speaker 1: beat the Colts in Week one, and they gave the

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01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:03,200
Speaker 1: Packers all they could have two weeks, that's all we heard.

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01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:06,120
Speaker 1: Two weeks ago or three weeks ago. The Bengals, they're

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01:15:06,120 --> 01:15:08,760
Speaker 1: really playing better. They're there and the Steelers just smoked him.

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01:15:09,040 --> 01:15:12,040
Speaker 1: And you're really playing better. They're playing these teams stuff.

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01:15:12,120 --> 01:15:14,960
Speaker 1: Steelers smoked him. Yeah, yeah, I keep stressing this to

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01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:21,360
Speaker 1: him again. Those three garbage teams aside Denver, Houston, Washington, Giants, Dallas,

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01:15:21,720 --> 01:15:24,879
Speaker 1: there's probably even a couple more that are bottom feeders.

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01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:27,320
Speaker 1: But they're playing well now, you know, like just because

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01:15:27,360 --> 01:15:30,840
Speaker 1: they stunk, we thought they stunk in October. In September,

1331
01:15:31,400 --> 01:15:33,599
Speaker 1: you get better and many Dalton comes in. We talked

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01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:36,320
Speaker 1: about it when the Steelers played the Texans, like, okay,

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01:15:36,320 --> 01:15:39,040
Speaker 1: the Texas they play. They played the Chiefs, Ravens and

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01:15:39,040 --> 01:15:41,639
Speaker 1: Steelers in the first three weeks in the season. They're

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01:15:41,680 --> 01:15:44,639
Speaker 1: not a bad football team, right, But you lose those

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01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:46,960
Speaker 1: first three games and things start to spiral a little

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01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:48,920
Speaker 1: bit on you coach gets fired and you know, and

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01:15:48,920 --> 01:15:52,919
Speaker 1: stuff like that. Very competitive since. Yeah, and the Steelers

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01:15:53,000 --> 01:15:55,040
Speaker 1: win over the Texans to me looks better now than

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01:15:55,080 --> 01:15:58,000
Speaker 1: it did then, Like that's not a bad team or

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01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,120
Speaker 1: they're even their win over Dallas, I know that they

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01:16:00,280 --> 01:16:03,080
Speaker 1: had a replacement quarterback, but I felt like that game

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01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:06,320
Speaker 1: Dallas started to turn the corner of hey, we have

1344
01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:10,240
Speaker 1: some guys. This is this is ridiculous. Enough is enough,

1345
01:16:10,320 --> 01:16:12,320
Speaker 1: let's get our act together. They didn't turn the ball

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01:16:12,360 --> 01:16:14,479
Speaker 1: over to ridiculous rate like they did earlier in the

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01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:16,599
Speaker 1: year and things like that. I mean, there's other reasons

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01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:19,400
Speaker 1: even I mean, Denver has been competitive across the board

1349
01:16:19,400 --> 01:16:21,920
Speaker 1: pretty much hang with anyone. Yeah, I mean they're not great.

1350
01:16:21,960 --> 01:16:25,080
Speaker 1: Defense is good enough to I mean they scheme things up. Well, no,

1351
01:16:25,280 --> 01:16:28,200
Speaker 1: they made Miami look really bad. Yeah, you know, right,

1352
01:16:28,280 --> 01:16:32,040
Speaker 1: So I don't want to hear that kind of like schedules,

1353
01:16:32,040 --> 01:16:35,840
Speaker 1: the schedule. We've done the schedule all along. It hasn't changed. Well,

1354
01:16:35,880 --> 01:16:39,720
Speaker 1: it has changed, but that's the last couple of years.

1355
01:16:39,760 --> 01:16:41,559
Speaker 1: There's been several years of Steelers are one of the

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01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:44,040
Speaker 1: toughest schedules in the league, and nobody wants to hear it.

1357
01:16:44,080 --> 01:16:46,719
Speaker 1: When you end up nine and seven and the seventh

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01:16:46,760 --> 01:16:49,000
Speaker 1: seed and when only six of them, eighteen they played,

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01:16:49,040 --> 01:16:52,360
Speaker 1: they ran the gauntlet of quarterbacks in the league. Like

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01:16:52,439 --> 01:16:54,960
Speaker 1: they played Brady, they played Breeze. They I mean on

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01:16:55,040 --> 01:16:59,679
Speaker 1: the Newton all of them. They played like seven former

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01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:01,800
Speaker 1: Envy peech you know or guys who have been you know.

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01:17:01,960 --> 01:17:05,519
Speaker 1: So Yeah, it's the way it goes. Uh and yeah,

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01:17:05,560 --> 01:17:07,960
Speaker 1: and nobody wants to hear it when you're the seven

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01:17:08,040 --> 01:17:10,320
Speaker 1: seed two years in a row and don't quite get in,

1366
01:17:10,520 --> 01:17:13,120
Speaker 1: but you had a murders row or didn't have your

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01:17:13,160 --> 01:17:16,719
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. Cares about the survival mode in those games? Yeah, exactly,

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01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:20,000
Speaker 1: But certainly this year. Uh, that's why I'm gonna be

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01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:22,200
Speaker 1: interested to watch that. Well, I won't get to watch

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01:17:22,200 --> 01:17:25,960
Speaker 1: it now the Tampa Bay Kansas City game, Um, I'll

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01:17:26,000 --> 01:17:28,160
Speaker 1: be writing at that point, but certainly be a game

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01:17:28,200 --> 01:17:29,640
Speaker 1: that will be on in the background as I Right,

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01:17:29,680 --> 01:17:32,800
Speaker 1: because that one has huge playoff implications, not only in

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01:17:32,840 --> 01:17:34,880
Speaker 1: the a f C, but in the NFC as well. Right,

1375
01:17:35,160 --> 01:17:37,280
Speaker 1: And Steeler fans, you gotta start rooting against the Chiefs

1376
01:17:37,320 --> 01:17:41,240
Speaker 1: if you're not already. Yeah, that's the that's enemy number one, right, tag.

1377
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,600
Speaker 1: You don't worry about everybody else, worry about what the

1378
01:17:43,640 --> 01:17:47,040
Speaker 1: Chiefs are doing. If you want to only one by,

1379
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:49,240
Speaker 1: only one by, and it's big. I mean, I think

1380
01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:51,960
Speaker 1: home field advantage doesn't really matter as much as year,

1381
01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:54,240
Speaker 1: but that by is huge. I think it's gigantic. Play

1382
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:56,800
Speaker 1: one less game and your rest. Yeah, unless a team

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01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 1: like Steelers that have such an early body, one last

1384
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,880
Speaker 1: chance for guys to get hurt, right, We're a chance

1385
01:18:01,960 --> 01:18:03,880
Speaker 1: for guys to get healed up. Whichever way you all

1386
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:05,920
Speaker 1: those questionable guys start to play for you, and you

1387
01:18:05,960 --> 01:18:07,880
Speaker 1: know all the old men on the team feel a

1388
01:18:07,920 --> 01:18:13,240
Speaker 1: little a little better, right, Yeah, so he is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: I'm dl lally. You're listening to the Drive here on

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01:18:15,520 --> 01:18:18,120
Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna take a final break. We'll

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Speaker 1: be back to finish up the show right after this.

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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back on Dale whiley here

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01:19:20,360 --> 01:19:23,320
Speaker 1: with Matt Williamson. Always loved the guns and Roses intro

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01:19:23,360 --> 01:19:28,040
Speaker 1: other Yeah absolutely, Um, Matt, you sent me this earlier

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01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:29,920
Speaker 1: in the week, and of course I read it as well.

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01:19:30,439 --> 01:19:33,680
Speaker 1: But the Aaron Shafts from Football Outsiders, uh we we

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01:19:33,720 --> 01:19:36,320
Speaker 1: talked about the Steelers tenano record in the previous segment,

1399
01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:39,280
Speaker 1: and he went through and ranked every team that had

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01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:42,960
Speaker 1: gotten to ten and oh. Yeah, since they've basically been

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01:19:42,960 --> 01:19:45,040
Speaker 1: doing this. Yeah, and football Siders been around a long time,

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01:19:45,120 --> 01:19:47,920
Speaker 1: so this is interesting. Yeah. Um, you know the people

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01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:50,000
Speaker 1: arguing that the Steelers are the worst ten and oh

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01:19:50,080 --> 01:19:52,479
Speaker 1: team in the history of the right, somebody did a

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01:19:52,520 --> 01:19:55,760
Speaker 1: study on it. Somebody did a study on so the

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01:19:55,800 --> 01:19:59,000
Speaker 1: worst tenan O team, Like they're that's some kind of

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01:20:00,040 --> 01:20:06,439
Speaker 1: you know, bad thing, you know. Yeah, Um, the Steelers actually,

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01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:12,040
Speaker 1: uh were actually the forty nine and I started ten

1409
01:20:12,120 --> 01:20:15,640
Speaker 1: and oh lost in week eleven to the Rams. The

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01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:17,280
Speaker 1: ms are three and seven. By the way, it's too

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01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:20,240
Speaker 1: they lost that game. Uh that he has them as

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01:20:20,320 --> 01:20:22,400
Speaker 1: their d v o A through ten games with twenty

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01:20:22,439 --> 01:20:25,760
Speaker 1: one point six, which was seventh in the league. Imagine that,

1414
01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:29,599
Speaker 1: Like if if you're sitting there listening to Football Outsiders

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01:20:29,600 --> 01:20:31,840
Speaker 1: who we like, and your Steelers are tenan oh and

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01:20:31,880 --> 01:20:36,680
Speaker 1: their seventh yea. That forty Niners team finished fourteen and

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01:20:36,720 --> 01:20:39,640
Speaker 1: two lost in the NFC Championship. Their d v o A.

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01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:43,040
Speaker 1: They finished seventh, which is where they were when they

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01:20:43,040 --> 01:20:47,160
Speaker 1: lost that game. The two thousand eleven Green Bay Packers.

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01:20:47,200 --> 01:20:50,240
Speaker 1: They went fifteen and won that year, lost in the

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01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:53,240
Speaker 1: divisional rounds. They lost their first playoff game. They gave

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01:20:53,360 --> 01:20:55,120
Speaker 1: up there the team that gave up the most passing

1423
01:20:55,160 --> 01:20:59,400
Speaker 1: yards in NFL history, Thereatles on pace to beat that year.

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01:20:59,439 --> 01:21:01,880
Speaker 1: By the way, at the time, their d v o

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01:21:01,960 --> 01:21:03,960
Speaker 1: A through ten games with twenty six point seven, that

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01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:08,040
Speaker 1: was second. Uh. Their first loss came in Game fourteen

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01:21:08,080 --> 01:21:10,280
Speaker 1: against Kansas City, which was five and eight at the time.

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01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:15,720
Speaker 1: UM lost to a five and eight Chiefs team went

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01:21:15,800 --> 01:21:20,080
Speaker 1: fifteen and one, got knocked out in the divisional round. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Just not a good Yeah. Offensively they were juggernaut. Defensively

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01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:28,960
Speaker 1: they were not good. Number twelve, two thousand, fifteen Panthers.

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01:21:29,000 --> 01:21:30,680
Speaker 1: We know they went fifteen and one because they went

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01:21:30,720 --> 01:21:33,040
Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl that year. Lost, lost in the

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01:21:33,120 --> 01:21:35,400
Speaker 1: Super Bowl. Their d v o A was twenty seven

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01:21:35,439 --> 01:21:38,360
Speaker 1: point three. That was fourth in the league at that time. Uh.

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01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:41,000
Speaker 1: They lost in Week fifteen to the Falcons who were

1437
01:21:41,040 --> 01:21:45,880
Speaker 1: seven and seven. Yeah, lost in the Super Bowl. Uh,

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01:21:45,960 --> 01:21:48,000
Speaker 1: we're fourth overall in d v o A at twenty

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01:21:48,040 --> 01:21:50,680
Speaker 1: five point five. From what I remember, there was a

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01:21:50,680 --> 01:21:53,240
Speaker 1: lot of complaining that year. They're playing the easiest schedule

1441
01:21:53,240 --> 01:21:59,639
Speaker 1: in the league. Right. Yeah. Two thousand eight the Tennessee Titans.

1442
01:22:00,120 --> 01:22:02,920
Speaker 1: Their first loss came in Week eleven. Uh, they were

1443
01:22:03,400 --> 01:22:05,519
Speaker 1: had Their d v o A at the time was

1444
01:22:05,720 --> 01:22:08,040
Speaker 1: twenty seven point six, that was second in the league.

1445
01:22:08,560 --> 01:22:11,400
Speaker 1: They lost to the Jets, who were seven and three.

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01:22:11,439 --> 01:22:15,519
Speaker 1: They lost thirteen unbeaten team lost thirty four thirteen in

1447
01:22:15,560 --> 01:22:18,640
Speaker 1: week In Week eleven, they finished thirteen and three and

1448
01:22:18,680 --> 01:22:22,519
Speaker 1: again lost in the divisional round. Uh. That year, their

1449
01:22:22,680 --> 01:22:25,479
Speaker 1: d v O A finished up at twenty four point two.

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Speaker 1: We've been had a Super Bowl CHAMPI yet No, just

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Speaker 1: f y I, folks. The Steelers right now are ten

1452
01:22:32,200 --> 01:22:34,679
Speaker 1: and oh their d v O twenty seven point eight.

1453
01:22:34,800 --> 01:22:38,519
Speaker 1: Does that make them ten? Number ten on the list? Yeah?

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01:22:38,840 --> 01:22:41,120
Speaker 1: Uh there, Their d v O right now is third

1455
01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:43,479
Speaker 1: in the league. So they're not a bad football team

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01:22:43,520 --> 01:22:47,639
Speaker 1: for no. No, no, no, right, um, we'll see where

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Speaker 1: that goes. Number nine is the two thousand nine New

1458
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:56,120
Speaker 1: Orleans Saints. Uh. They their first loss came in Week fourteen. Uh.

1459
01:22:56,160 --> 01:22:58,040
Speaker 1: Their d v o A at the time through ten

1460
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:00,280
Speaker 1: games was thirty three point two, which was third in

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01:23:00,320 --> 01:23:03,080
Speaker 1: the league at that time. They lost to the Cowboys seventeen.

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01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:06,720
Speaker 1: The Cowboys were eight and five that year. They kind

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01:23:06,720 --> 01:23:09,839
Speaker 1: of fell apart after that loss though. They finished thirteen

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01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:14,400
Speaker 1: and three, but they won the Super Bowl. DA was

1465
01:23:14,439 --> 01:23:18,040
Speaker 1: twenty five point two, which was sixth overall. Remind people

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01:23:18,040 --> 01:23:19,800
Speaker 1: that the Steelers d v o A through the their

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01:23:19,800 --> 01:23:23,320
Speaker 1: first ten games is twenty seven point three. Again, that

1468
01:23:23,439 --> 01:23:25,439
Speaker 1: Saints team finished sixth in d v o A at

1469
01:23:25,479 --> 01:23:28,840
Speaker 1: twenty five point two if you remember, not a great

1470
01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:30,880
Speaker 1: defensive team, but they took the ball away. No, I

1471
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:33,879
Speaker 1: do remember that was a very opportunistic defense and Breeze

1472
01:23:33,920 --> 01:23:37,280
Speaker 1: was at the height of his power. Yes. Uh, two

1473
01:23:37,280 --> 01:23:41,519
Speaker 1: thousand fifteen Patriots are number eight. They started the season

1474
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:44,120
Speaker 1: tenan Oh, their d v o A was thirty three

1475
01:23:44,160 --> 01:23:47,479
Speaker 1: point seven, which was first. Uh. They lost to an

1476
01:23:47,479 --> 01:23:50,280
Speaker 1: eight and two Broncos team with Peyton Manning. Okay, that

1477
01:23:50,320 --> 01:23:54,120
Speaker 1: was a battle. Remember thirty four, biggest game of the year. Obviously,

1478
01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:57,559
Speaker 1: they kind of fell apart. They went twelve. They finished

1479
01:23:57,560 --> 01:24:01,280
Speaker 1: twelve and four after a tenant or tennan. No Steelers

1480
01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:04,040
Speaker 1: end up twelve and four. People will be disappointed their

1481
01:24:04,120 --> 01:24:06,880
Speaker 1: d v o A. They lost in the NFC Championship game.

1482
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:09,040
Speaker 1: They they finished six and d v o A at

1483
01:24:09,040 --> 01:24:12,200
Speaker 1: twenty two point six, so they kind of regressed a

1484
01:24:12,200 --> 01:24:14,920
Speaker 1: little bit. I might put the Steelers. I know their

1485
01:24:14,960 --> 01:24:17,280
Speaker 1: d v o A right now is better, but I

1486
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:22,400
Speaker 1: think the Steelers gonna finish better than twelve and four. Um.

1487
01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:25,599
Speaker 1: The two thousand and five Colts, who the Steelers beat

1488
01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:28,720
Speaker 1: in the playoffs that year, their d v o A

1489
01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:33,040
Speaker 1: they started thirteen and oh. Lost in Week fourteen to

1490
01:24:33,120 --> 01:24:36,000
Speaker 1: the Chargers. Their d v o A through ten games

1491
01:24:36,040 --> 01:24:38,519
Speaker 1: was thirty five point four. That was first in the league.

1492
01:24:38,880 --> 01:24:41,920
Speaker 1: That's pretty high, Um, but I guess people had of

1493
01:24:41,920 --> 01:24:44,320
Speaker 1: them are pretty darn good. Lost to that Chargers team

1494
01:24:44,320 --> 01:24:46,519
Speaker 1: that was eight and five. They finished fourteen and two,

1495
01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:49,200
Speaker 1: lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Steelers.

1496
01:24:49,439 --> 01:24:51,160
Speaker 1: They're finished. Their d v o A overall for the

1497
01:24:51,240 --> 01:24:53,599
Speaker 1: year was thirty three point four. You remember, it's better

1498
01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,559
Speaker 1: than me. But the Steelers big dogs in that game,

1499
01:24:56,360 --> 01:25:00,519
Speaker 1: because the Colts had smoked them out there, uh just

1500
01:25:00,560 --> 01:25:02,400
Speaker 1: a few weeks before one of their when they were

1501
01:25:02,400 --> 01:25:05,280
Speaker 1: falling to seven and five. One of those losses came

1502
01:25:05,600 --> 01:25:09,240
Speaker 1: right before the Bengals loss was to the Yeah, I

1503
01:25:09,240 --> 01:25:10,960
Speaker 1: think they lost twenty eight to seven out there. If

1504
01:25:10,960 --> 01:25:16,360
Speaker 1: I remember correctly. Uh, the Coultures were rolling right along

1505
01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:19,920
Speaker 1: and the Steelers turned the tables on them in the playoffs. UM,

1506
01:25:20,400 --> 01:25:22,960
Speaker 1: so that was that was seventh. The two thousand nine

1507
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:26,519
Speaker 1: Colts are the number six team. They had a thirty

1508
01:25:26,520 --> 01:25:28,640
Speaker 1: six point one d v o A. That's that was

1509
01:25:28,680 --> 01:25:32,040
Speaker 1: second at the time. Um. Their first loss came in

1510
01:25:32,080 --> 01:25:34,840
Speaker 1: Week fifteen to its seven and seven Jets team. They

1511
01:25:34,840 --> 01:25:38,479
Speaker 1: lost that game twenty fifteen. Uh, they finished fourteen and two,

1512
01:25:38,600 --> 01:25:41,800
Speaker 1: lost the Super Bowl. Okay, they lost the Saints, right

1513
01:25:41,920 --> 01:25:44,920
Speaker 1: d v o A. They finished seventeen or seven team, Uh,

1514
01:25:44,960 --> 01:25:46,680
Speaker 1: down from thirty six point one. So they did not

1515
01:25:46,720 --> 01:25:49,320
Speaker 1: play well down the stretch dB A. They finished eighth,

1516
01:25:49,479 --> 01:25:51,200
Speaker 1: but they won this. They lost the Super Bowl. I

1517
01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:55,960
Speaker 1: got there. Uh that the nineteen ninety Giants. Through the

1518
01:25:55,960 --> 01:25:58,040
Speaker 1: first ten games, they had a forty one point to

1519
01:25:58,280 --> 01:25:59,720
Speaker 1: d v o A. That was first in the late

1520
01:25:59,760 --> 01:26:02,880
Speaker 1: it's a big number. Lost in Week eleven, thirty one

1521
01:26:02,920 --> 01:26:06,000
Speaker 1: thirteen to the Eagles, who were six and four. Their

1522
01:26:06,040 --> 01:26:08,120
Speaker 1: final results they went thirteen and three and won the

1523
01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:10,640
Speaker 1: Super Bowl with a thirty point eight d v o A.

1524
01:26:10,800 --> 01:26:13,280
Speaker 1: Seeing a little trend that a couple of these teams

1525
01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:16,479
Speaker 1: lose a few after that first one, Like you get

1526
01:26:16,600 --> 01:26:18,840
Speaker 1: into the you know, at least a week ten or

1527
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:21,040
Speaker 1: later or week eleven or later, and all of these

1528
01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:23,360
Speaker 1: seem to thirteen and three, twelve and four, right, you know,

1529
01:26:23,560 --> 01:26:30,880
Speaker 1: it's difficult to go Broncos. Uh, through through the first

1530
01:26:30,880 --> 01:26:32,720
Speaker 1: ten games or d v o A was forty four

1531
01:26:32,760 --> 01:26:37,240
Speaker 1: point nine. That's that's a huge number. First loss came

1532
01:26:37,320 --> 01:26:40,479
Speaker 1: in week fourteen, game fourteen, I should say twenty to

1533
01:26:40,600 --> 01:26:43,800
Speaker 1: sixteen to the five and eight Giants. Uh. They went

1534
01:26:43,880 --> 01:26:46,160
Speaker 1: fourteen and two won the Super Bowl with a thirty

1535
01:26:46,160 --> 01:26:48,439
Speaker 1: two point six d v o A. Again, the Steelers

1536
01:26:48,439 --> 01:26:50,040
Speaker 1: aren't far off from that kind of d v o

1537
01:26:50,120 --> 01:26:54,559
Speaker 1: A right right right, number three the eighty five Bears.

1538
01:26:54,600 --> 01:26:56,600
Speaker 1: Everybody loves to talk about that team. There d v

1539
01:26:56,720 --> 01:27:02,519
Speaker 1: o A through ten games fifty three point two. The

1540
01:27:02,600 --> 01:27:04,880
Speaker 1: first loss came in, of course, to the Dolphins in

1541
01:27:05,720 --> 01:27:08,679
Speaker 1: the eight and four Dolphins thirty twenty four and week thirty,

1542
01:27:08,800 --> 01:27:11,599
Speaker 1: game thirteen. They went fifteen and won the Super fifteen

1543
01:27:11,600 --> 01:27:13,479
Speaker 1: and one won the Super Bowl. D v o A

1544
01:27:13,560 --> 01:27:16,240
Speaker 1: of fifty two point five. That Dolphins team was good

1545
01:27:16,240 --> 01:27:19,000
Speaker 1: for what I remember, Yeah, I thought that that might

1546
01:27:19,040 --> 01:27:21,800
Speaker 1: be a Super Bowl rematch right in Miami. Didn't get there.

1547
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:26,000
Speaker 1: But still the number two team is the nineteen defense

1548
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:31,519
Speaker 1: or fantasy Yeah, man, nine one Giants, I'm sorry, nine

1549
01:27:31,720 --> 01:27:35,479
Speaker 1: nine Washington football team. Can't call them? Well, they weren't

1550
01:27:36,240 --> 01:27:39,040
Speaker 1: um through ten games. Their d v o A was

1551
01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:43,599
Speaker 1: sixty one point eight. They lost in week game number

1552
01:27:43,600 --> 01:27:47,639
Speaker 1: twelve to the Cowboys one a six and five Cowboys team.

1553
01:27:47,800 --> 01:27:50,360
Speaker 1: They went fourteen in two and won the Super Bowl

1554
01:27:50,479 --> 01:27:52,439
Speaker 1: with a fifty six point nine d v o A.

1555
01:27:52,800 --> 01:27:57,400
Speaker 1: Is that the strike here one your graduated high school?

1556
01:27:57,400 --> 01:27:59,599
Speaker 1: It doesn't help. I don't bring anybod I don't believe

1557
01:27:59,600 --> 01:28:06,640
Speaker 1: that was eight seven eight two eight seven definitely right.

1558
01:28:07,439 --> 01:28:09,559
Speaker 1: And the number one team in d v o A

1559
01:28:09,920 --> 01:28:12,519
Speaker 1: the number one unbeaten ten and o team, the two

1560
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:16,240
Speaker 1: thousand seven Patriots. Yeah, I could see that. Their d

1561
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:18,920
Speaker 1: v o A through ten games was seventy five point eight.

1562
01:28:19,280 --> 01:28:22,760
Speaker 1: Their games weren't even closed. Uh. Their first lost game,

1563
01:28:22,840 --> 01:28:25,200
Speaker 1: of course, in the Super Bowl seventeen fourteen to the

1564
01:28:25,240 --> 01:28:29,840
Speaker 1: Giants were thirteen and six. Uh went sixteen and they

1565
01:28:29,960 --> 01:28:31,880
Speaker 1: lost the Super Bowl. They had a finished with a

1566
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:35,559
Speaker 1: fifty three point for d v o A. So they yeah,

1567
01:28:36,040 --> 01:28:38,840
Speaker 1: um so again you know, as good a team as

1568
01:28:38,840 --> 01:28:41,759
Speaker 1: I've seen. Yeah, if you look at you know again,

1569
01:28:41,800 --> 01:28:44,320
Speaker 1: the the overall d v o A for the Steelers

1570
01:28:44,600 --> 01:28:48,760
Speaker 1: this year um their third right now, their third, right now,

1571
01:28:49,680 --> 01:28:52,599
Speaker 1: right now, New Orleans is number one at thirty nine

1572
01:28:52,640 --> 01:28:55,799
Speaker 1: point Oh, their defense is really picking up. Yeah, Tampa

1573
01:28:55,840 --> 01:28:59,560
Speaker 1: Bay somehow is still second twenty nine point nine. The

1574
01:28:59,640 --> 01:29:02,920
Speaker 1: Steelers are right there, twenty seven point four. Kansas City

1575
01:29:02,960 --> 01:29:06,479
Speaker 1: is at twenty four point one, four their fourth. So

1576
01:29:06,560 --> 01:29:10,240
Speaker 1: that the idea that somehow Kansas City is this unbeatable juggernaut, No,

1577
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:13,240
Speaker 1: I don't think that's not the case. I mean Indianapolis.

1578
01:29:13,360 --> 01:29:16,280
Speaker 1: There's as much of a difference between Indianapolis and d

1579
01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:19,120
Speaker 1: v o A in Kansas City as there is between

1580
01:29:19,160 --> 01:29:23,960
Speaker 1: Kansas City and the Steelers. Indianapolis is at nineteen point three,

1581
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:26,200
Speaker 1: Kansas City is at twenty four point one, the Steelers

1582
01:29:26,200 --> 01:29:28,200
Speaker 1: are twenty seven point four, and no one considers the

1583
01:29:28,240 --> 01:29:30,839
Speaker 1: Colts a juggernaut or you know, right in that exactly

1584
01:29:30,880 --> 01:29:33,880
Speaker 1: league going there a good team? Yeah. Interesting, Yeah, and

1585
01:29:33,920 --> 01:29:37,120
Speaker 1: Stewars are having a whale of a year. And I

1586
01:29:37,160 --> 01:29:40,280
Speaker 1: heard a stat today that it didn't shock me, but

1587
01:29:40,920 --> 01:29:43,840
Speaker 1: it was a while stat for me is if you

1588
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:49,559
Speaker 1: do turnovers plus sacks, which are all monster, very meaningful plays,

1589
01:29:49,760 --> 01:29:52,920
Speaker 1: very meaningful plays. Steelers defense is number one in the

1590
01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:55,799
Speaker 1: league and it's not close. And it's not close. Steel's

1591
01:29:55,840 --> 01:29:58,280
Speaker 1: offense is also a number one in the league. Like wow,

1592
01:29:58,680 --> 01:30:01,400
Speaker 1: I mean they don't allowed to don't. You don't turn

1593
01:30:01,439 --> 01:30:03,120
Speaker 1: the ball, you don't give up big plays, and you

1594
01:30:03,160 --> 01:30:07,719
Speaker 1: don't allow big plays against you. You make big plays plays.

1595
01:30:08,200 --> 01:30:10,439
Speaker 1: I mean this league has become a big play league.

1596
01:30:10,640 --> 01:30:14,320
Speaker 1: And sacks killed drives, turnovers killed drives and give them

1597
01:30:14,320 --> 01:30:17,559
Speaker 1: the ball. And really, if you look at Roethlisberger's turner,

1598
01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:19,800
Speaker 1: he's had five interceptions this year. Two of them were

1599
01:30:20,880 --> 01:30:23,559
Speaker 1: and the half things that are the one in Tennessee

1600
01:30:23,600 --> 01:30:26,559
Speaker 1: they needed they needed yardage to get into field goal range.

1601
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:28,879
Speaker 1: The one the one last week he gains the Jaguars

1602
01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:30,600
Speaker 1: was just a bad decision by him. I think it

1603
01:30:30,680 --> 01:30:33,280
Speaker 1: was his fault. I mean, you should have you know,

1604
01:30:33,520 --> 01:30:35,720
Speaker 1: folded him instead of you know, yeah, you could you

1605
01:30:35,720 --> 01:30:37,760
Speaker 1: could do anything there and kicked the field goal and

1606
01:30:37,760 --> 01:30:40,559
Speaker 1: get out there with three points. But it didn't. It

1607
01:30:40,600 --> 01:30:45,120
Speaker 1: wasn't like these right, So I mean off tip balls

1608
01:30:45,160 --> 01:30:48,719
Speaker 1: a couple right, one on tip balls against Tennessee. Um,

1609
01:30:48,760 --> 01:30:51,280
Speaker 1: you know so, but it's hard to blame a guy

1610
01:30:51,320 --> 01:30:54,040
Speaker 1: for a tip. So. I mean, honestly, if you look

1611
01:30:54,040 --> 01:30:56,240
Speaker 1: at the turnovers that he has had this year, only

1612
01:30:56,240 --> 01:30:59,240
Speaker 1: three of them are real meaningful ones, right, And I'm

1613
01:30:59,240 --> 01:31:02,240
Speaker 1: sure he's gotten lucky like every quarterback, and that's all

1614
01:31:02,240 --> 01:31:04,880
Speaker 1: part of it. There haven't been a rash of I mean,

1615
01:31:04,920 --> 01:31:06,320
Speaker 1: I know you used to bring that up all the

1616
01:31:06,320 --> 01:31:09,599
Speaker 1: time on the show, like he's, yeah, the near he's

1617
01:31:09,680 --> 01:31:11,800
Speaker 1: he leads the league in you know, near interceptions. That

1618
01:31:11,800 --> 01:31:15,320
Speaker 1: hasn't been the case. I can't remember many. Yeah, they

1619
01:31:15,320 --> 01:31:17,200
Speaker 1: just don't push. If you don't push the ball down

1620
01:31:17,200 --> 01:31:19,240
Speaker 1: the field as much, you're not gonna have And he's

1621
01:31:19,280 --> 01:31:21,280
Speaker 1: been very accurate. You know. It's not like you threw

1622
01:31:21,320 --> 01:31:23,040
Speaker 1: behind a guy and it comes up in the air,

1623
01:31:23,200 --> 01:31:25,120
Speaker 1: or you know, or some of these quarterbacks we've been

1624
01:31:25,160 --> 01:31:28,040
Speaker 1: watching lately, they just airmail there, you know, like the Jags,

1625
01:31:28,560 --> 01:31:31,599
Speaker 1: and throw it high. Brady threw some balls on Monday night.

1626
01:31:31,640 --> 01:31:33,599
Speaker 1: They were just oh my god, Yeah, you miss high.

1627
01:31:33,600 --> 01:31:36,360
Speaker 1: You're gonna get picked off. You miss high. You're in trouble. Right.

1628
01:31:36,920 --> 01:31:39,200
Speaker 1: If you're interested in the Baltimore Ravens are down to

1629
01:31:39,520 --> 01:31:42,000
Speaker 1: eighth in DVR the right now. They were the number

1630
01:31:42,080 --> 01:31:45,040
Speaker 1: one team just a few weeks ago and now they're

1631
01:31:45,040 --> 01:31:47,599
Speaker 1: at the fifteen point two. They have not played well

1632
01:31:48,439 --> 01:31:52,280
Speaker 1: since that Steeler games. YEA an issue for them. They

1633
01:31:52,320 --> 01:31:53,559
Speaker 1: have a lot of things so much that they can

1634
01:31:53,560 --> 01:31:57,200
Speaker 1: fix on offense. And it's not boy, that style of

1635
01:31:57,240 --> 01:31:59,960
Speaker 1: play can't ever win in here. They just have personnel

1636
01:32:00,120 --> 01:32:04,080
Speaker 1: fundamental issues. They don't block and they don't catch. They're

1637
01:32:04,080 --> 01:32:08,679
Speaker 1: still they want to run that offense without the guys

1638
01:32:08,720 --> 01:32:11,120
Speaker 1: to do it with, right, and people have caught up,

1639
01:32:11,160 --> 01:32:13,160
Speaker 1: and there's some scheme things going against them too. And

1640
01:32:13,439 --> 01:32:15,760
Speaker 1: that doesn't just miss Lamar's play. He hasn't played nearly

1641
01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:18,840
Speaker 1: as well as last year. But there's some things that

1642
01:32:18,880 --> 01:32:21,240
Speaker 1: they're missing that they're not gonna get. I mean, that's

1643
01:32:21,280 --> 01:32:23,280
Speaker 1: Brian's not going to turn into your eight catch a

1644
01:32:23,280 --> 01:32:25,760
Speaker 1: guy or out runner, right. And the one thing that

1645
01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:27,400
Speaker 1: I look at here, if you look at the Steelers

1646
01:32:27,400 --> 01:32:30,640
Speaker 1: across the board, um, the offense is seventeenth and d

1647
01:32:30,720 --> 01:32:33,479
Speaker 1: b O A um, shoot, I would think it would

1648
01:32:33,479 --> 01:32:35,519
Speaker 1: be higher than that given their scoring, you know, and

1649
01:32:35,560 --> 01:32:38,120
Speaker 1: the I mean, if you're scoring, they're low in yards

1650
01:32:38,160 --> 01:32:40,639
Speaker 1: for play I'm not sure if I don't know how

1651
01:32:40,640 --> 01:32:43,280
Speaker 1: they derive their football outside of the v o A numbers,

1652
01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:46,400
Speaker 1: but that's one thing. That's the third downs are converting that.

1653
01:32:46,640 --> 01:32:50,439
Speaker 1: All that stuff is good, right, not turning the football over.

1654
01:32:50,920 --> 01:32:55,040
Speaker 1: Defense is number one minus twenty four point six, which

1655
01:32:55,120 --> 01:32:57,160
Speaker 1: is pretty good, makes a lot of sense. And that's

1656
01:32:57,200 --> 01:32:58,800
Speaker 1: that's right where they were at last year. And then

1657
01:32:58,840 --> 01:33:01,439
Speaker 1: the special teams are eighth. Yeah, it's a good, good group.

1658
01:33:01,479 --> 01:33:04,240
Speaker 1: Where's Baltimore special teams? Do you have that hand? Yeah?

1659
01:33:04,280 --> 01:33:07,880
Speaker 1: They are second now at nine point eight. Yeah, they're

1660
01:33:07,880 --> 01:33:09,720
Speaker 1: always good. They're always high in that one because they

1661
01:33:09,720 --> 01:33:11,920
Speaker 1: don't miss any king. They're great on specially and they

1662
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:13,320
Speaker 1: stressed it. They're really good at it and they have

1663
01:33:13,360 --> 01:33:15,920
Speaker 1: great specialists. But offensively they're d vo is down to

1664
01:33:15,960 --> 01:33:19,960
Speaker 1: twenty three, and defensively they're down to seventh. And I

1665
01:33:20,040 --> 01:33:22,360
Speaker 1: think their offense was one or two last year with

1666
01:33:22,400 --> 01:33:24,360
Speaker 1: them in Kansas City, in Dallas they were the best.

1667
01:33:24,400 --> 01:33:29,599
Speaker 1: They were one, I believe, so be interesting to watch, yeah, right,

1668
01:33:29,960 --> 01:33:31,840
Speaker 1: it just doesn't not play well to what they want

1669
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:36,040
Speaker 1: to do. They're they're swimming up stream right now. That's

1670
01:33:36,080 --> 01:33:37,600
Speaker 1: gonna do it for our show today. We want to

1671
01:33:37,600 --> 01:33:40,200
Speaker 1: thank Bob Labiola for stopping by as he always does.

1672
01:33:40,439 --> 01:33:42,920
Speaker 1: Of course I want to thank you Matt for putting

1673
01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:44,600
Speaker 1: up with me for the last two hours, and of

1674
01:33:44,600 --> 01:33:46,479
Speaker 1: course Jacob but here on site for keeping us on

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