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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Hour number two on the Drive here as the afternoon

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Speaker 2: turns into the evening. West Ruler Matt Williamson on your

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Speaker 2: twenty four to seven home of the Black and Gold,

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Speaker 2: and joining us now is the voice of your Pittsburgh Steelers,

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Speaker 2: Rob King. He also hosts in the locker room here

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Speaker 2: on this same network every single morning with our buddy

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Speaker 2: Max Starks, King or plenty that we want to discuss

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Speaker 2: with you. So let's dive. Let's jump right into it.

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Speaker 2: Matt and I spent a, you know, a chunky portion

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Speaker 2: of the first hour talking about this defense and particularly

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Speaker 2: that performance on Thursday night, and maybe was there a

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Speaker 2: little bit of a chicken or an egg type situation.

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Speaker 2: They were good in the first quarter, they looked sharp

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Speaker 2: in the first quarter, and then it all kind of

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Speaker 2: unraveled and they were facing two very good wide receivers

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Speaker 2: to the best in the league. But they're also a

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Speaker 2: defense that was playing on a short week on the road,

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Speaker 2: playing a lot of snaps, and a unit that has

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Speaker 2: played a lot of snaps lately. How much of Thursday

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Speaker 2: Night's performance will you. I don't even want to say,

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Speaker 2: excuse that's the wrong because we all know it wasn't

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Speaker 2: good enough. And in the NFL, doesn't matter.

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Speaker 3: The only teams played a road game on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: The only team you know, if it's a Tuesday during COVID,

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Speaker 2: it doesn't matter. Both teams are playing. If it's you know,

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Speaker 2: three games in eleven days or whatever it was that

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Speaker 2: the Steelers had last year. No one is playing the

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Speaker 2: tiny violin for you, but King matters. But it certainly matters.

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Speaker 2: How much how much of that could you view as

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Speaker 2: hopefully that's just a potential one off and a weird

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Speaker 2: tough spot verse just the backdrop of we know the

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Speaker 2: time of possession hasn't been good, This defense has played

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Speaker 2: way too many snaps. Are they getting worn down too

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Speaker 2: early in the season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think it should be worn down yet.

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Speaker 4: I mean I think you could be worn down into

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Speaker 4: the confines of the game. I don't know if they're

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Speaker 4: worn down for the course of the season. So a

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Speaker 4: couple of things. There's a lot there. There's no real

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Speaker 4: easy answer. Matt had a great or no simple answer.

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Speaker 4: Matt had a great tweet. Matt you tweeted you retweeted it.

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Speaker 4: I encourage everybody, by the way in the locker room

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Speaker 4: to follow Matt Williamson for nuggets like this one about

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Speaker 4: the AFC North records on Thursday. Everybody's got a good

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Speaker 4: record at home, everybody's got a LOSI record on the road.

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Speaker 4: The real thing, Yeah, it matters. It does make a difference. Now,

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Speaker 4: I will say this. You know, at one point in

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Speaker 4: the game, I was thinking to myself, hey man, the

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Speaker 4: Celers are on the cusp of maybe blowing this thing

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Speaker 4: open and making the Bengals one dimensional. You know, the

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Speaker 4: the the aborted flee flicker cost him some points, I think,

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Speaker 4: you know, uh, I think it was second and four,

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Speaker 4: goal range. At least they have a touchdown call back.

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Speaker 4: What I thought was a little bit of a let

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Speaker 4: that go holding penalty on Zach Frazier. Uh. And then

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Speaker 4: the then the you know, the toush push that went awry.

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Speaker 4: You know, in my mind, I'm thinking they could be

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Speaker 4: up seventeen nothing and forcing this team to be one dimensional.

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Speaker 4: So that didn't happen. Now, let's look at things from

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Speaker 4: the Bengals perspective. All those drop passes in the first

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Speaker 4: couple of drives, You Bengals just stopped themselves. Joseph ash

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Speaker 4: caught a pass later in the game. He had three

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Speaker 4: drops against Green Bay that were extremely costly that cost

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Speaker 4: When he caught one, I think it was in the

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Speaker 4: third quarter, he got the Bronx cheer from the crowd.

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean. I'd tell you so this.

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Speaker 4: You know, if you're looking to from the Bengals perspective,

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Speaker 4: so we could have scored forty points in this game.

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Speaker 4: I think all of those viewpoints are relevant. What happened happened.

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Speaker 4: What shocked me was not that Joe Flacco could move

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Speaker 4: he was the right choice for the Bengals. I was

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Speaker 4: one in which Joe Burrow might be coming back. And

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Speaker 4: that capability. I don't know if we've seen it completely

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Speaker 4: for sixty minutes. Maybe against the Browns, I would say, yeah,

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Speaker 4: against the Browns we did see it for sixty minutes.

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Speaker 4: We saw it for about fifty five minutes against the Vikings.

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Speaker 4: I just think that it's you know, it was bothersome

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Speaker 4: to see that, but it's also another step on the

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Speaker 4: way to the journey. I mean, I don't know what

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Speaker 4: Super Bowl. You know, I was talking with west Matt

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Speaker 4: One was the Buccaneers. Honey was Houston. If you told

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Speaker 4: is just a crazy season in the NFL. That's the

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Speaker 4: global picture. That the smaller picture is the fact that

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Speaker 4: the Bengals kind of were able to dictate to the Steelers.

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Speaker 4: That was a problem at some point, lead or no lead.

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Speaker 4: You need to be able to stop something and dictate

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you said a lot of good stuff there. I

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Speaker 3: don't to piggyback on it, and Wes, we'll talk about

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Speaker 3: this more in the next segment, but just globally, I

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Speaker 3: know who the terrible teams are, and boy, did this

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Speaker 3: And I know the Bengals and Steelers aren't one of them.

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Speaker 3: here doing the show and I said, hey, it's far

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Speaker 3: from great that Higgins and especially Chase just lit you up.

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Speaker 3: But sometimes Jordan goes for sixty, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 3: Like Chase was the best player on the field. But

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Speaker 3: to me, the sin was allowing Chase Brown to have

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Speaker 3: as many big holes as he did. You know, at

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Speaker 3: least take something away to what you were saying before.

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Speaker 3: And Wes and I really talked about this a lot

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Speaker 3: in the first hour, you know, a lot more time

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Speaker 3: to reflect. I'd watched the All twenty two and by

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Speaker 3: no means am I saying this is okay? Because what

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Speaker 3: the defense did on Thursday night was not okay. It

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Speaker 3: was not okay. But I think from a global head

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Speaker 3: coaching perspective, you know, Wes and I were saying, how

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Speaker 3: about more press coverage, how about putting someone closer to

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Speaker 3: line of scrimmage to stop the run. We didn't see

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Speaker 3: a lot of those things. They made adjustments, but they

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Speaker 3: we're talking through it, I kind of ended last segment going,

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Speaker 3: I kind of get it again. It was not okay.

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Speaker 3: But if I'm Tomlin, I'm sitting there thinking my offense

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Speaker 3: If I allow points in this game, so be it.

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Speaker 3: And if they have to have long sustained drives, eventually

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Speaker 3: they're gonna have a holding penalty, or my defense is

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Speaker 3: gonna pick one off, or we're gonna have a strip

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Speaker 3: something good is getting you know, we're gonna make a

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Speaker 3: big play on defense because we always do and we're

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Speaker 3: the best team in the league at it. I know

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Speaker 3: I'm rambling, but I think in the end, the philosophy was,

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Speaker 3: let's make them sustain long drives and just don't get

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Speaker 3: thirty on these guys. And that's such a different philosophy

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Speaker 4: Again so much, I mean, I'm going to drive right

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Speaker 4: into the studio and do the rest of the shows. No,

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Speaker 4: there's so much to talk about. But everything you said

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Speaker 4: looking for matchups. I don't want to pat myself at

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Speaker 4: the back and say a genius because you're like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: Chase and Higgins, now what you know? And mine was

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Speaker 4: Chase Brown just because you know, two point seven yards

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Speaker 4: something away, and the Steelers didn't take anything away, and

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Speaker 4: bunch of points and it's and you know what, you

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Speaker 4: can look at this game and say, the defense didn't stop. Okay,

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Speaker 4: that's gonna happen in the NFL. R that I mean,

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Speaker 4: the other teams have coach is in great players, and

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Speaker 4: look how much money the Bengals have invested in their offense.

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Speaker 4: They expect to be that's an expectation for the Bengals.

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Speaker 4: What we saw there, that's their way of winning games,

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Speaker 4: you know what I mean, when they're constructed, they're saying,

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Speaker 4: we got to get the first one to thirty four wins.

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Speaker 4: They lost a bunch of games in which they scored

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Speaker 4: thirty three points last year, center an NFL record and

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Speaker 4: doing that, and so you could also, you know, they

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Speaker 4: only ones about complimentary football. You can easily look at

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Speaker 4: this game and say, you know what lost it for us?

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Speaker 4: Not the defense, the two turnover right for us?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know you lost the.

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Speaker 4: Turnover battle two to nothing. Now also say this, you

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Speaker 4: know there's an unbelievable play on Metcalf Metcalf after the

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Speaker 4: games that I got to catch it. I get it.

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Speaker 4: That guy the defensive back made an incredible play. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 4: the Bengals throwing up it gets you know, it's wasting

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Speaker 4: back to the week before with the Browns. How many

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Speaker 4: intersects did the Steelers leave out there? And with all

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Speaker 4: the turnovers they created, even in Dublin and Minnesota, you know,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they rewind just a minute too. Like I

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Speaker 2: And we will be looking forward to that contest against

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Speaker 2: coming up here at the end of the week. Rob King,

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Speaker 2: Voice of your Pittsburgh Steelers. Thanks for taking the time

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Speaker 4: Thanks guys, I appreciate it. Talk to you soon.

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Speaker 2: There he goes the King in the Castle, now exiting

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Speaker 2: the castle, Rob King. The best part about having that

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was on fire.

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Speaker 3: Look at me learning radio stuff. It will segue in

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Speaker 2: I know Tampa Bay is good. Yeah, although tonight.

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Speaker 2: Wes Shuler Matt Williamson recapping a crazy Sunday across the NFL.

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Speaker 2: On the other side, it is the Drive on Steelers

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

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

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: A wild Sunday Week seven across the NFL, and also

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Speaker 2: a pair of intriguing a pair of dare I say,

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Speaker 2: scintillating Monday night matchups Tonight, Matt, we have one plenty

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Speaker 2: plenty to get into here in the final kind of

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Speaker 3: The Raiders Wolf, they ran thirty plays? Is that it

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Speaker 3: Titans are horrendous dolphins Wolf. Yes, the Jets Wolf, I

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Speaker 3: all the time.

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Speaker 2: I just hit a law But.

432
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,520
Speaker 3: One thing about the Jags is I even tweeted this,

433
00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,200
Speaker 3: like and halfway through the second quarter, I'm like, everything

434
00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,959
Speaker 3: about this team's playing bad. I mean, anytime that they

435
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,639
Speaker 3: would make a big completion, it was like, okay, holding

436
00:22:21,240 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 3: or someone's off side.

437
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:24,320
Speaker 2: That's one thing I'll give Lawrence is he's not getting

438
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 2: much of.

439
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000
Speaker 3: This second year in a row. They're first in the

440
00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,280
Speaker 3: league and drops.

441
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 2: Like his wide receiver, like he misses a lot of

442
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:34,080
Speaker 2: throws that he should make, and then his wide receivers

443
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,120
Speaker 2: also drop a lot of passes they should catch. It's

444
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,080
Speaker 2: a bad coin.

445
00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,199
Speaker 3: Like twenty five games in a row where they're like

446
00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:44,040
Speaker 3: the worst team in that regard, And I wonder I

447
00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,399
Speaker 3: did a lot of like fantasy work on on Travis

448
00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:49,640
Speaker 3: Hunter because I adore him, and he's like on all

449
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,040
Speaker 3: my teams and all my Dynasty teams, and I'm like, why,

450
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,760
Speaker 3: what's the problem here? Early on, and I didn't realize

451
00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:02,159
Speaker 3: that the Jags defense and offense is considered basically the

452
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:06,000
Speaker 3: most complex in the league. So at Colorado they're like,

453
00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 3: just cover that, dude, or hey, you don't even have

454
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,240
Speaker 3: to go to wide receiver meetings, you know, like so

455
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,480
Speaker 3: it might be time to concentrate on one or the other.

456
00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,919
Speaker 3: But this isn't even a Hunter thing as much as

457
00:23:15,400 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 3: the entire offense looks like they don't know what they're doing,

458
00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 3: you know, like they they're aligned wrong all the time.

459
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:23,480
Speaker 3: They're always looking like am I you know.

460
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,760
Speaker 2: Like they've got some good pieces, right, But.

461
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:29,639
Speaker 3: I wonder if they're if this new head coach, who's

462
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:35,439
Speaker 3: considered a super brainiac egghead nerd type is just filling

463
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:37,640
Speaker 3: putting too much out there. They need to simplify things

464
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,880
Speaker 3: a little bit too. He's teaching Lawrence looks that way.

465
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:42,720
Speaker 2: He's teaching a p U S. History. He's got a

466
00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 2: bunch of like C students, yeah.

467
00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:47,639
Speaker 3: Or like we never learned, you know, eighth grade history, right,

468
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,280
Speaker 3: you know, like, you know, like in math, you got

469
00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:49,639
Speaker 3: to think.

470
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:54,720
Speaker 2: I never took that stuff, you know, right, And where's

471
00:23:54,760 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 2: trigonometry in this equation? That's that's very well said by you.

472
00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,040
Speaker 3: Oh the ram. I wanted to talk about it, just

473
00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,720
Speaker 3: we're not gonna spend this much time in every game.

474
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,600
Speaker 3: But mcveigh's the best coach in the league in my opinion.

475
00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,760
Speaker 3: And he did two things that blew me away. Is

476
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:11,359
Speaker 3: I think we talked about this Friday, but I didn't

477
00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:17,000
Speaker 3: realize that they played Baltimore, and I thought they went

478
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,919
Speaker 3: back to LA and and I was critical. I'm like,

479
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,919
Speaker 3: that's crazy to go from LA to London.

480
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,560
Speaker 2: They stayed in practice, the Orioles.

481
00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:27,360
Speaker 3: And they stayed in practice. I found that out after

482
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 3: I had criticized them late last week. I'm like, good, good,

483
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 3: that's smart. But the other thing he did, which this

484
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 3: you might think this is nuts. I thought it was

485
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,439
Speaker 3: nuts since we were just in in Great Britain anyway,

486
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,199
Speaker 3: you are just in Dublin. They went the day before.

487
00:24:43,080 --> 00:24:46,879
Speaker 3: They treated it like LA was playing the Ravens, which

488
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:48,120
Speaker 3: really isn't that different.

489
00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,800
Speaker 2: Five hours in Baltimore. Six hours?

490
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, right. They treated it like a West Coast They

491
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,199
Speaker 3: left they spent one night there, so they left Saturday. Yeah. Wow,

492
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 3: they treated it like it was an East coast to

493
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:02,160
Speaker 3: West coast team.

494
00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:04,399
Speaker 2: Or did they take a red eye Friday night and

495
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,520
Speaker 2: then spent one night there regardless.

496
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, but they spent one night in a hotel.

497
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,439
Speaker 2: Interesting bonkers as bonkers, but it worked.

498
00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,000
Speaker 3: They ran and they ran away from that game. And

499
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,600
Speaker 3: then the other thing they did that mcveigh's so smart.

500
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:22,080
Speaker 3: They didn't have Puka, so they set including the Steelers

501
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,520
Speaker 3: played more thirteen personnel than any team in any game

502
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 3: yesterday of the whole season. We're gonna put a ton

503
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 3: of tight ends out there and do blocking stuff with them,

504
00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:34,119
Speaker 3: you know, Okay, we didn't see that coming.

505
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,879
Speaker 2: One thing I've always liked about McVeigh. Yeah, if you

506
00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,280
Speaker 2: give him, if you give him high quality ingredients, he's

507
00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:43,199
Speaker 2: going to get you a Michelin star chef mill. If

508
00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,080
Speaker 2: you give him some ground beef, he's gonna make you

509
00:25:45,119 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 2: a really good cheeseburger.

510
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 4: Yeah.

511
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, like it's one thing he does very well.

512
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,240
Speaker 2: A team that is definitely feeling good about themselves, Matt

513
00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:53,320
Speaker 2: is the Chicago Bears.

514
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 3: Four Yeah, they're turning the corner too.

515
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: Four straight wins on the bounce for the Bears after

516
00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,840
Speaker 2: taking down the Saints twenty six to fourteen.

517
00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:03,400
Speaker 3: This hire is starting to really pay off and they're

518
00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:07,200
Speaker 3: starting to feel really Lions esque. Now these two aren't

519
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,840
Speaker 3: as good as gibbson Montgomery, but the rookie running back,

520
00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:14,119
Speaker 3: he's just a total hammer.

521
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, him and Swift.

522
00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:18,720
Speaker 3: Him and Swift have kind of that Montgomery feel to him.

523
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,399
Speaker 2: Now, Yeah, mona guy. Is that how we pronounced Kyle?

524
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,600
Speaker 2: Is his first name money and I've been saying it correct.

525
00:26:28,040 --> 00:26:32,440
Speaker 3: Now you're making me think anyway. But he's a hammerhead.

526
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,920
Speaker 3: And you know, Swift is like the change of pace guy.

527
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:37,800
Speaker 3: And much like they did with Goff when he came

528
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:41,679
Speaker 3: to Detroit, they're really dialing back things for Caleb, you know,

529
00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:45,480
Speaker 3: like just make the throws when we need them. Stuff.

530
00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:47,320
Speaker 3: We're gonna run the ball with the two headed monster

531
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 3: and it's starting to take shape.

532
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:53,359
Speaker 2: It absolutely is four wins in a row and uh man,

533
00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,000
Speaker 2: maybe the most optimistic they've felt in Chicago for a

534
00:26:56,040 --> 00:26:56,480
Speaker 2: long time.

535
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,520
Speaker 3: They get the Ravens next week, so maybe they bump

536
00:26:58,600 --> 00:26:59,320
Speaker 3: them off. That'd be great.

537
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 2: That would be fans heading in the opposite direction, and

538
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:05,760
Speaker 2: I would be surprised if there aren't massive changes in

539
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 2: this organization soon the Dolphins go to Cleveland and get

540
00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,160
Speaker 2: boat raced thirty one to six.

541
00:27:11,160 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 3: That one might be get fired in the next hour

542
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:14,440
Speaker 3: type of thing.

543
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 2: I honestly was kind of surprised that it didn't happen,

544
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,240
Speaker 2: you know, before before lunch on Monday.

545
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:23,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, two us throwing picks left and right.

546
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 3: It's another one, Quinn Yours is out there. Oh man.

547
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,320
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't even know if Cleveland played that great.

548
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:31,840
Speaker 3: I mean their defense was.

549
00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:33,200
Speaker 2: Good, Junkins ran well.

550
00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you could tell one was a well

551
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:37,479
Speaker 3: coached team and the other one isn't. The Browns are

552
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 3: a well coached team. You can say what you want

553
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 3: about them. I don't think they're a great organization, but

554
00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 3: I think they're a well coached team. Besides the ball

555
00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 3: I agree, and some of that was garbage time points.

556
00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 3: I didn't think the Browns were great, but you lose

557
00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 3: that bad to a team like the Browns. How the

558
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 3: season's going, it's the seats on fire.

559
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:58,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, revenge Matt a dish best served cold and

560
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,520
Speaker 2: it was a fun Venuein's trip for Mike Rabel and

561
00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 2: a lot of his former staff. Yeah, predictable. Formerly in Tennessee,

562
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,000
Speaker 2: I think we all thought that the Patriots would win,

563
00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:14,640
Speaker 2: but man thirty one to thirteen, they dominated. They're now

564
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,120
Speaker 2: five and two, and matt if you look at their

565
00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:21,159
Speaker 2: next five or six games, it's like the je and

566
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 2: the Dolphins, in the Bengals and the Browns. I mean,

567
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:28,720
Speaker 2: this team could be could be nine and three in

568
00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks.

569
00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, they looked like a double digit win team. Yeah.

570
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 3: It lines up for sure.

571
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,240
Speaker 2: Another team much like Tennessee, much like Miami, moving in

572
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,920
Speaker 2: the wrong direction. I think we all thought that the

573
00:28:39,960 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 2: Chiefs would handle the Raiders, but thirty one to nothing,

574
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:44,280
Speaker 2: good Lord.

575
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,080
Speaker 3: They're the most disappointing team to me, agreed, because I

576
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 3: thought they would take a step forward with a legit quarterback,

577
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:52,840
Speaker 3: a legit coach.

578
00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 2: Of the teams that are most surprising in a good way,

579
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,360
Speaker 2: I think it's Indianapolis. Maybe we could be starting to

580
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 2: get there with Chicago. The teams that are most surprising

581
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 2: in a bad way, there's a couple, but it's certainly

582
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 2: the Raiders.

583
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:09,960
Speaker 3: I think so too, because, like I mean, the Titans

584
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 3: at the first pick in the draft last year, Miami.

585
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:13,719
Speaker 3: You could kind of see it coming. You knew there

586
00:29:13,720 --> 00:29:15,840
Speaker 3: was any problems with the Jets. This team I thought

587
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:17,640
Speaker 3: would go forward, not backwards.

588
00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. Leveled up at head coach, Yeah, I thought they

589
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 2: improved a quarterback.

590
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 3: Right.

591
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:23,880
Speaker 2: The defense in the offense has some other pieces, but

592
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 2: they are just so bad in the trenches. They can't

593
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:27,560
Speaker 2: do anything.

594
00:29:27,920 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 3: And to be fair, they didn't ad Myers, they didn't Embowers,

595
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:34,280
Speaker 3: Crosby got hurt. Yeah, I mean, like good, that's a problem.

596
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 3: Good luck, right, They're not a very good roster.

597
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:40,560
Speaker 2: Eagles respawn after two straight losses. No vengeance being served

598
00:29:40,560 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 2: by Carson Wentz as Philly goes into Minnesota and a professional,

599
00:29:45,360 --> 00:29:47,880
Speaker 2: buttoned up performance take care of business twenty eight to

600
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:48,440
Speaker 2: twenty two.

601
00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 3: The huge takeaway here is Flores begged them to throw

602
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,160
Speaker 3: and Hurts did it really well, which we haven't seen

603
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 3: a lot. I mean, it's like three hundred yards combined

604
00:29:57,680 --> 00:30:00,520
Speaker 3: for aj Brown and Devonte Smith. Going to leave those

605
00:30:00,520 --> 00:30:02,880
Speaker 3: two alone, I am going to beat you that way.

606
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:05,600
Speaker 2: If he goes nineteen of twenty three for three hundred

607
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 2: and twenty some yards, the Egros are going to be

608
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 2: one of the last teams standing again.

609
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 3: If that box had not been checked for a while.

610
00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:15,480
Speaker 2: It had not, and it and it was once again.

611
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,120
Speaker 2: And maybe they're feeling certainly better in Philadelphia this week

612
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:21,280
Speaker 2: than they have the last couple of weeks. Panthers go

613
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,960
Speaker 2: into MetLife opportunity for the Jets to get that first

614
00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:27,960
Speaker 2: win of the season. They do not, thirteen to six,

615
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 2: as the Jets remain the lone winless team in the NFL.

616
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,840
Speaker 3: I know Fields got hurt, but I think he's getting

617
00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 3: benched too, And I think they're hard quarterback and they

618
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,800
Speaker 3: must have a one and done coach. Yeah, I mean

619
00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 3: they're really really bad.

620
00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 2: They're another one of those Raiders type. I didn't think

621
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,240
Speaker 2: you were going to make the playoffs, but I didn't

622
00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 2: think you were going to be this b I thought

623
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,240
Speaker 2: you could win seven or eight games, right right right,

624
00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 2: they've already lost seven and seven tries. Horrible Matt In

625
00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 2: one of the craziest, wildest performances that will see this

626
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:58,480
Speaker 2: season that we've seen in the long in a long time,

627
00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 2: the Broncos score thirty three fourth quarter points to beat

628
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 2: the Giants thirty three to thirty two. Just insane and Dark.

629
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 3: Played well and it's gotta be you know, those guys

630
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,920
Speaker 3: are there. Kind of fun, you know, But to me,

631
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,320
Speaker 3: the biggest takeaway and Rob sort of mentioned this too.

632
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 3: He mentioned the Giants like, I don't think they know

633
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 3: how to win, yet they might learn. I mean a

634
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,480
Speaker 3: young this coach was, stand it, who knows. So they're

635
00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:26,560
Speaker 3: they're at least showing progress and learning how to win

636
00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:31,040
Speaker 3: in this league. Denver, we know their defense is great,

637
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 3: kind of go worn out, they were on the field

638
00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:36,000
Speaker 3: so much, but the Denver offense was terrible for three

639
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 3: quarters and then Nicks just exploded, and you know, Peyton

640
00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 3: realized this is the only we're gonna have to totally

641
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,800
Speaker 3: take the governor off. Yeah, and he's a very streaky player,

642
00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:48,360
Speaker 3: even going back to Oregon. But I don't know, if

643
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 3: I know they won. Should we be excited that the

644
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:54,040
Speaker 3: offense is capable of doing what they did in the

645
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 3: fourth quarter, or should we be miserable that ninety percent

646
00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 3: of the quarters they've played this year looked like the

647
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 3: you know, on a great point.

648
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 2: Maybe it's a turning point for them and just what

649
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,320
Speaker 2: they needed, right, r Right, it's a little bit of

650
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,360
Speaker 2: a false dawn. Yeah, we'll wait and see.

651
00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 3: I mean, Peyton's held knicks back on purpose. I mean

652
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 3: he can really. Yeah, you govern him, you know, maybe

653
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:15,000
Speaker 3: he's gonna be like, all right, I'll let him win

654
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 3: a little.

655
00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 2: Bit, cut loose a little bit more. A insane stat.

656
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,960
Speaker 2: NFL teams had won one thousand. I don't know if

657
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:24,320
Speaker 2: you've seen this. NFL teams had won one thousand, six

658
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:28,000
Speaker 2: hundred and two straight games when a team leads by

659
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,320
Speaker 2: eighteen or more points in the final six minutes of

660
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: a game, sixteen hundred and two straight games until the

661
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:40,280
Speaker 2: Giants led the Broncos twenty six to eight with six

662
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,320
Speaker 2: minutes left and the Broncos came back to win. First

663
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:46,480
Speaker 2: time in over sixteen hundred games that that has happened

664
00:32:46,520 --> 00:32:48,200
Speaker 2: in the NFL met insane.

665
00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 3: So my son, amongst other vices, is taking up gambling

666
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 3: a little bit too, yeah, exactly. And he texted me

667
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:02,360
Speaker 3: he I guess he live bet the Broncos at like

668
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,440
Speaker 3: plus five hundreds when they were losing heavy, And he

669
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:08,760
Speaker 3: texted me with like a minute left in the game.

670
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:11,440
Speaker 3: It's like this was the hardest beat of my life,

671
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 3: you know, Like, I can't believe the Broncos end up

672
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 3: losing one.

673
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,840
Speaker 2: I just almost turned ten dollars into you know, he

674
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 2: bets like two turned two bucks into twenty bucks.

675
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,920
Speaker 3: But he's like, I almost cashed out huge, I mean,

676
00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,600
Speaker 3: and the Broncos are gonna blow it. Then I get

677
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 3: a text like two minutes later he's like, this is

678
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:27,960
Speaker 3: the best way in my life.

679
00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 2: Right there, young man.

680
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 3: Is gambling like a good lesson.

681
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that is funny. The Chargers at Home Met not

682
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,960
Speaker 2: only performed poorly but also wore I think the ugliest

683
00:33:41,040 --> 00:33:43,920
Speaker 2: uniforms I've seen in the NFL team ever wear as

684
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,440
Speaker 2: they fell to the Colts thirty eight to twenty four.

685
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 3: Herbert was great. They got receivers now all of a sudden,

686
00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 3: Johnston McConkey, This Gadson kid is pretty impressive. Keenan Allen's

687
00:33:54,880 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 3: far from dead. But Colts are an offensive jugger. They

688
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 3: don't have any weaknesses, any weaknesses like.

689
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,960
Speaker 2: I still have. I think the only thing you could

690
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 2: say about them at this point is do they run

691
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,200
Speaker 2: into Buffalo or Kansas City in the playoffs and and

692
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 2: Daniel Jones has to outduel one of those future gold

693
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 2: jacket guys and it and it ends up biting you, right.

694
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,040
Speaker 2: But other than that, I don't know where the criticism

695
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:20,080
Speaker 2: is where the holes are, where the you know the

696
00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,600
Speaker 2: holes you want to punch in them? Right now?

697
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:24,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Taylor is like an offensive player the

698
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 3: Canada Warrens or Rookie of the Year candidate, you know. I

699
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:29,240
Speaker 3: mean they have weapons everywhere.

700
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:32,600
Speaker 2: They sure do, they sure do. The Cowboys take care

701
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 2: of business against the Commanders. This one was surprising also,

702
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: maybe some some injury hamstring stuff with Jalen Daniels. Jade

703
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:44,440
Speaker 2: and Daniels part of me. Jaylen Daniels is the Kansas quarterback.

704
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 2: Jade and Daniels's the Washington quarterback. Uh and yeah, the Commander.

705
00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 2: I think that's the bigger story is the Commander's season

706
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 2: might be on life support here, as you know, before

707
00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,440
Speaker 2: we even get to Halloween.

708
00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 3: Right, I mean, I assume he'll miss a little time.

709
00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 3: I don't know, but their lack of weapons is astonishing

710
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 3: at the moment right now too. There's no receivers getting open,

711
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 3: and then the option is true for Dallas, like this

712
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,399
Speaker 3: is one of the best offenses in the league. Going

713
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 3: ceedee lamb too, you know, like, yeah, let's roll.

714
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,600
Speaker 2: They are reminding me a little bit of the Bengals

715
00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:14,040
Speaker 2: last year.

716
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:15,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, Well, very much.

717
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:18,200
Speaker 2: They I think they'll play meaningful football into December and

718
00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:20,799
Speaker 2: they'll be in a wild card race. But it's going

719
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 2: to be a roller coaster the entire way.

720
00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 3: Maybe they should trade for Hendrickson or you know, try

721
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:25,920
Speaker 3: to find something on defense.

722
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,640
Speaker 2: Wouldn't be wouldn't be the worst idea, honestly. Packers go

723
00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 2: into Arizona still a Green Bay team that is not

724
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: playing great, but they find a way to get it done.

725
00:35:34,600 --> 00:35:37,279
Speaker 2: Twenty seven, twenty three, they are now for one and

726
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 2: one and as Rob King alluded to, a Cardinals team

727
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 2: that just has to be banging their head against the

728
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,319
Speaker 2: wall because they have lost five games two and five

729
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 2: by a combined thirteen points.

730
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 3: Awful.

731
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:49,280
Speaker 2: It's tough.

732
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:50,960
Speaker 3: We'll talk more Packers obviously.

733
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:52,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, we don't need to get into them.

734
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 3: A ton big Key was six sacks. Michael Parsons was

735
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 3: the closer.

736
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: Say Parsons is doing Parsons things.

737
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 3: Three sacks from him and you know they he closed

738
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 3: things out.

739
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,799
Speaker 2: It's also been nice to see Trey McBride start.

740
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,320
Speaker 3: To get along better than him and Kyler Murray.

741
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 2: Yes they do. And I had been kind of kicking

742
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 2: myself for drafting McBride where I did in my fantasy

743
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:17,480
Speaker 2: League's not these last couple of weeks. He's he's finally

744
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,960
Speaker 2: showing that worth and you kind of reference Penix and

745
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:24,080
Speaker 2: just a head scratching performance there. Off yeah, off of

746
00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:27,680
Speaker 2: their most encouraging performance of the season. The Falcons a

747
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,440
Speaker 2: step back, certainly as they fall to three and three

748
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 2: the Niners, despite every reason not to continue to win games,

749
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:34,919
Speaker 2: they're five and two.

750
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:37,959
Speaker 3: If Colts isn't coach of the year, I was called

751
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 3: a team because it shouldn't just be the guy. Sure,

752
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 3: then it's an Ironers. I mean, they're five and.

753
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,000
Speaker 2: Two despite every reason not to.

754
00:36:45,920 --> 00:36:48,359
Speaker 3: Be, very reason not to be. And Kittle comes back,

755
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 3: doesn't even catch a pass, but he helps in the

756
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:54,080
Speaker 3: run game. And McCaffrey is the total locomotive, but he

757
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 3: was running through much bigger holes now all of a sudden,

758
00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 3: defense has nothing left but doesn't matter. Hennix is worriesome though.

759
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:04,000
Speaker 2: Yes it is, yeah, or yes he is yeah, part

760
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:06,520
Speaker 2: of me. And so that's kind of your week. Seven

761
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:10,720
Speaker 2: Sunday Slate recapped there. We have have two great games,

762
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 2: an early one and a late one tonight in the

763
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 2: Monday night doubleheader, we will give a couple thoughts on

764
00:37:16,080 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 2: those before we get up out of here. On the

765
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 2: other side, West Shooler, Matt Williamson, it's the Drive on

766
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your tunes.

767
00:37:30,719 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

768
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,040
Speaker 1: the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

769
00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:49,520
Speaker 4: Final.

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00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:51,800
Speaker 2: A few minutes of the Drive here on a Monday

771
00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:59,319
Speaker 2: And I tell you what a couple of very palatable Yeah,

772
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,000
Speaker 2: Monday night football games tonight to watch?

773
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 3: Which one was starting at ten?

774
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 2: I do wish that Texans and Seahawks was not starting

775
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,799
Speaker 2: at ten? What a night in Seattle. I didn't even

776
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:13,160
Speaker 2: think about Yeah TV. I think you'll know this is

777
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,320
Speaker 2: the Mariners are at home tonight, right, is that correct?

778
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,200
Speaker 2: Or the Mariners? Is that one in? No, that one's

779
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 2: in Toronto, because the Mariners won the first two games

780
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 2: in Toronto and then and then Toronto won the next

781
00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,280
Speaker 2: two in Seattle. So I was gonna say, man, Monday

782
00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,000
Speaker 2: night football and a game seven to go to the

783
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:29,960
Speaker 2: World Series in the same town on the same night.

784
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:32,640
Speaker 2: But yeah, that will be in Toronto, that game seven

785
00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,239
Speaker 2: in the MLB tonight. But speaking of seven, it is

786
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 2: seven o'clock Bucks Lions two of the best teams in

787
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 2: the NFC. Matt, this is a real early season litmus test.

788
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, I have a rematch. I mean, like this could

789
00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 3: be the NFC championship game.

790
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 2: I think the Eagles are still gonna be in the conversation.

791
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,560
Speaker 2: I think the Packers are going to be in the conversation.

792
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,400
Speaker 2: But these might be two of the top three or

793
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:59,480
Speaker 2: four teams in the NFC. Big One tonight and you

794
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: kind of met. It wouldn't shock me if the Lions

795
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 2: won big, because that's what they do, and I it's

796
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,759
Speaker 2: a tough spot for Tampa, but Detroit favored six and

797
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,080
Speaker 2: a half might be a little too much for my believe.

798
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 3: That's a bit much for me too, But it wouldn't

799
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:14,880
Speaker 3: shock me if we get back here tomorrow. Going Lions

800
00:39:14,960 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 3: might be the best team in the league.

801
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:20,040
Speaker 2: They went thirty to twenty something like that, thirty to seventeen.

802
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 3: But they have some defensive injuries and Mike Evans is

803
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 3: coming back, and I would definitely take a point.

804
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 2: I think I'm taking the points too. Again, the Lions

805
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:29,919
Speaker 2: winning comfortably wouldn't shock me because they do that a lot.

806
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 2: It's like, if they're not losing, they're winning by double digits.

807
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:33,799
Speaker 2: It's you know, go for it.

808
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:36,719
Speaker 3: On fourth and run the score up, and they're aggressive.

809
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,879
Speaker 2: The Bucks have had Listen, they're a very good team,

810
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,279
Speaker 2: one of the best in the NFL, but they've had

811
00:39:40,280 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 2: a little rabbit's foot element early on in the season

812
00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 2: two where they've had a couple of those things break

813
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:48,319
Speaker 2: their way. Uh maybe that comes back tonight to kind

814
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 2: of water finding its level. But I'm very excited to

815
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:51,320
Speaker 2: watch that.

816
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:52,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's really cock.

817
00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: And then the nightcap. I will promise you one thing,

818
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 2: Matt is that I will be there for kickoff. I

819
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 2: don't know how much law I'll be there for every

820
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:03,920
Speaker 2: single I'll hang around. I'm gonna do my best, but

821
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:05,960
Speaker 2: you know, with a four year old and a two

822
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,240
Speaker 2: year old, the mornings come very early at this stage

823
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 2: in life for me.

824
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 3: But I try to get a half hour snooze between

825
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:12,160
Speaker 3: this show.

826
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 2: It's not a bad idea first kick Seahawks hosting the

827
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:17,440
Speaker 2: Texans a big one for both of these teams. If

828
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 2: Seattle wins this, they're five and two. They're still in

829
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: lockstep with everybody there in the NFC.

830
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,640
Speaker 3: The if they do, we might be talking about them

831
00:40:24,680 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 3: with the.

832
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 2: Lions and.

833
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 3: Absolutely they're worthy of that.

834
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,200
Speaker 2: And for the Texans, it's like, if you win this,

835
00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:33,600
Speaker 2: it's a big win on the roads, you're back to

836
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Speaker 2: five hundred.

837
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Speaker 3: They'd be three in a row for Them'd be three

838
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:36,440
Speaker 3: in a.

839
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Speaker 2: Row for them. If you lose, it's like, Okay, we

840
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 2: understand it. That's a tough spot. We're not crushing you

841
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 2: for it. But you'd be two and four and you'd

842
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 2: really be chasing the Colts and really kind of putting

843
00:40:45,960 --> 00:40:47,120
Speaker 2: all your eggs in the wild card back.

844
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. I mean, I guess they're fortunate the Jags have

845
00:40:49,960 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 3: falling apart all of a sudden, too big, But the

846
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,480
Speaker 3: Colts aren't just within their division. I just expect a

847
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 3: really really good defense in the night. It used to

848
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 3: be a really good, low scoring game.

849
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Speaker 2: It's a lower over under early only forty one and

850
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:02,399
Speaker 2: a half.

851
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,640
Speaker 3: Two really good pass rushes, two really good to constructed defenses.

852
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,239
Speaker 3: I could see this being a race to you know,

853
00:41:09,560 --> 00:41:12,040
Speaker 3: fourteen sixteen something like that. So I would take the

854
00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:13,719
Speaker 3: points whatever. I don't know what the line is.

855
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 2: Seattle's favored three and a half.

856
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,440
Speaker 3: I thought it was over three. So I would definitely

857
00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,280
Speaker 3: take the points here just because I think it's gonna

858
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:19,560
Speaker 3: be tight.

859
00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 2: That's one of those good Vegas lines, because if it's

860
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 2: Seattle four and a half, I would definitely take the

861
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,839
Speaker 2: points with Houston. If it was Seattle two and a half,

862
00:41:27,880 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 2: I would definitely lay the points with the Seahawks. Yeah,

863
00:41:30,360 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 2: I think I'm with you. I think I'm gonna take

864
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 2: the points in both of these games.

865
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Speaker 3: We've talked about a lot. Seattle's so good on the road,

866
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 3: but they haven't been as great at home as you think.

867
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 2: They really have.

868
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:39,880
Speaker 3: Everyone thinks it's like the hardest place to play in

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Speaker 3: the league. It really hasn't been for a couple of years, though.

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Speaker 2: I think I'll take Houston plus four and a half.

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Speaker 2: I'll take Tampa Bay plus six and a half.

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Speaker 3: I'm taking points on both.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but nothing would surprise, no result in either of

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Speaker 2: these games tonight with surprise. I think this is a

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Speaker 2: real measuring stick moment for all four of these.

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Speaker 3: They're pretty good teams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I think the way that in det in Houston

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Speaker 2: they'll be talking about Packers Steelers Sunday night is kind

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Speaker 2: of the way that you know that the works like

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Speaker 2: it's you could see these games going either way. Whoever

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Speaker 2: wins is going to be in a good position and

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Speaker 2: feel really strongly whoever loses is gonna be like ah, man,

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Speaker 2: that was an opportunity to kind of stake our claim

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Speaker 2: and and and you know, stay in the upper crust

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Speaker 2: conversation of the league. But it's gonna be a lot

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Speaker 2: of fun.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I look forward to both.

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Speaker 2: I'm excited about that. We'll recap both games tomorrow here

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Speaker 2: on the show. As we roll along this week, Matt

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Speaker 2: and I have got some other kind of fun things

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Speaker 2: that we've been emailing back and forth that we'll get

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Speaker 2: into tomorrow to kind of bridge the gap of a

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Speaker 2: of a chunkier week content wise for us here without

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Speaker 2: having a ton of Steelers recap today, but that will

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Speaker 2: do it for us on this Monday. Big thanks to

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Speaker 2: Rob King for joining us, and of course Tyler V

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Speaker 2: mister TV not only our YouTube producer but also our

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Speaker 2: resident Major League Baseball fact checker here for us in

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Speaker 2: this final segment for Matt Willians and I'm West Hueler.

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Speaker 2: Take care everybody, We'll talk to you tomorrow. You know

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Speaker 2: is always where to find. It's on your twenty four

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Speaker 2: to seven Home of the Black and Gold. It's Steelers Nation.

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Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.