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

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

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Speaker 1: I am Dale Allenby is Matt Williamson. This is the

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Speaker 1: Drive on Steelers Nation or Radio. Matt we wis are

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Speaker 1: those power rankings in the previous hour? There? Uh the

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Speaker 1: Steelers coming in at twenty one. According to Dan Kansas.

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Speaker 1: Is this team a playoff contender this year? I think so.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're Super Bowl contender, that's all you asked.

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Speaker 1: I think that they're very much in the mix as

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Speaker 1: the top seven teams in the conference. Um, the conference

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Speaker 1: pretty good. I don't know that there's many teams you

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Speaker 1: can say that aren't in that mix, you know. I

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Speaker 1: think the Dolphins and Patriots and Raiders and those type

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Speaker 1: of teams. I think if you're in it, I think

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Speaker 1: if you're looking at teams aren't in it. Houston. I

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Speaker 1: think Houston is very much not in it. The Jets,

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Speaker 1: I'm not quite ready to get ready to say that

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Speaker 1: Jack Wilson is gonna be gonna lead a playoff contender.

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Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm saying maybe they could get the nine wins.

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Speaker 1: I mean, can you write that fictional story, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, it would be a pretty high highly fictional.

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Speaker 1: I think Jacksonville is not in it. I don't think

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Speaker 1: jack Somebody has to win that division, you know, if

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Speaker 1: theF Indy struggles or you know, Tennessee's as bad as

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Speaker 1: I think they could be. Uh, jackson has got a shot. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: where do you put tendants Tennessee a playoff contender? I

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Speaker 1: think you have to say, yes, they were the ones

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Speaker 1: last year. Anything with it? No, No, I think they're

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Speaker 1: in a bad spot in their windows very quickly closing.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Cleveland's a playoff contender, especially when I

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Speaker 1: when the news, assuming it's more than six, assuming that's

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Speaker 1: more than six, I think six I think keeps them alive.

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Speaker 1: It gives him a shot. Right, it's not phill Climb

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Speaker 1: with six. But if it's eight more, they get their shot.

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Speaker 1: I don't disagree with you, right, And I know a

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Speaker 1: lot of people have made a lot of comments about, well,

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Speaker 1: their first six games are pretty easy. They shore people

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Speaker 1: to keep their head above water. That's great, But then

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Speaker 1: Watson has to come back from not playing supever and

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Speaker 1: be Superman and beat all the good teams on the road,

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Speaker 1: you know, with crowds hating him, you know, you know,

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Speaker 1: by the way, they better get through that stretch, like

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Speaker 1: with no injuries. Yeah, and stuff will happen in those

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Speaker 1: first six games that make them a worse team. It's

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Speaker 1: probably minor news and people are gonna lose any sleepover.

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Speaker 1: But their top return guy, jakeem Grant, just got carded off,

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Speaker 1: you know, like a couple of months ago, you know,

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Speaker 1: so they gave him money. They gave him money. He's

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Speaker 1: a quality player. He's a field flipper for them. And

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Speaker 1: if you're gonna and if they were and Watson's there,

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Speaker 1: that sounds big a deal to me. But when sets

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Speaker 1: your quarterback and you're gonna win with run and defense

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Speaker 1: and low scoring games, special teams really matters, you know,

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Speaker 1: and any little margin for error there they need to

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Speaker 1: go in their favor. And I keep coming back this too,

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Speaker 1: is even if people only get six games, and let's say, wow,

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Speaker 1: there are four and two after six, they weathered the storm.

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Speaker 1: They have two really tough games against Sinse in Baltimore

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Speaker 1: before that. By I can't imagine Watson playing well in

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Speaker 1: those games. I can't imagine them getting to the bye

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Speaker 1: with above record. Me neither. Even if they are four

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Speaker 1: and two in those six, which I don't think they'll be.

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Speaker 1: I think they'll be more like two and four. They

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Speaker 1: lose the Jets in that game, and that's much, you know,

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Speaker 1: and then what are you three and five at the

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Speaker 1: I think that's hard to come back from. Our almost impossible.

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Speaker 1: There's also that, you know for them, uh, that feeling

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Speaker 1: have the foundation to really fall back on. I can't

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Speaker 1: quite call them a non contender, but one more news

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Speaker 1: break going the wrong way I think pushes them that way.

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Speaker 1: Let's remember, to Matt the last full season that the

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Speaker 1: Shawn Watson played the Houston Texans were four and twelve.

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Speaker 1: He played great, and he played great, but there were

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Speaker 1: four and twelve right right right, you know, so how

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Speaker 1: piled up? We're garbage time stuff that okay? He got you.

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Speaker 1: You know, they lost by seven, you know, they were

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Speaker 1: have to go back and look at that. But they

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Speaker 1: were not a good football team. So you'd like the

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Speaker 1: Steelers chances of playing in the postseason better than the

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Speaker 1: brown I do. How about better than the Patriots? I mean,

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Speaker 1: second in that division is easier to accomplished than second

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Speaker 1: lump them together, I think they all have the same, similar,

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Speaker 1: similar odds. Agreed, Raiders, I like the chances better than

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Speaker 1: the Raids, I do. I would put them behind all

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Speaker 1: those teams, you know, I think because the divisions harder.

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Speaker 1: How many games of the Raiders win in their division

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Speaker 1: this year to yeah, right, I think that's a bad start. Um.

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Speaker 1: Do you put in Tennessee behind the Steelers too? Here's

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Speaker 1: the roads easier the Yeah, they get to play Houston

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Speaker 1: and they get to play Jacksonville and if they can

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Speaker 1: that division, I mean, steel you do take four or

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Speaker 1: five wins in the North and a heartbeat if somebody,

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Speaker 1: if you're anything, Yeah, somebody said right now, you can

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Speaker 1: take four Steelers going four and two in the division

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Speaker 1: this year, You go absolutely absolutely they might win the division.

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Speaker 1: If they go four and through in the division, they might.

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Speaker 1: They might right. And I honestly, if you told the

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Speaker 1: Bengals or Ravens or Browns and they take it to right,

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Speaker 1: it's a tough division. They're gonna be each other up.

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Speaker 1: That's one thing the Steelers have working against them compared

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Speaker 1: to the other a f C divisions. Not the Raiders, though,

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Speaker 1: I mean the West is brutal. Yeah, I mean where

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Speaker 1: do they win one or two in their division? How

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Speaker 1: about the Broncos I have done for over the Steelers

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Speaker 1: even the same division theory there, like, Yeah, I think

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Speaker 1: they're clearly third net division. I think they're clearly third

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Speaker 1: the easiest road to get to the postseason. But only

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Speaker 1: talking about who gets in the playoffs, news division in

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Speaker 1: that division matches up in the NFC with the NFC West.

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Speaker 1: It's a nasty stay for all those guys. I mean

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Speaker 1: we're not talking about power ranks. I think both of

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Speaker 1: us would power rank Denver over Pittsburgh. Yes, even though

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Speaker 1: I thought hands has said Denver too high. Agreed, Agreed.

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Speaker 1: I also like their chances of get in the postseason better.

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Speaker 1: But I don't love rookie head coaches. I don't know

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Speaker 1: the Russell Wilson's a superstar anything, and they've already had

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Speaker 1: some bad injury news. People might thought not think that

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Speaker 1: losing Tim Patrick is a big deal. It's a real

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Speaker 1: their two receiver sets, not just their third, and that

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Speaker 1: He's the blue guy. He's a tough guy. You know,

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Speaker 1: he's the blocks and you can come out of the slot.

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Speaker 1: He can get deep. Coaches love him, players love him.

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Speaker 1: their old line, and I don't I think the defense

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Speaker 1: have Russell Wilson and the Steelers quarterbacks as of course.

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Speaker 1: I mean, he's a he's a great player. I just

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Speaker 1: don't know that he's a superstar anymore. It's been a

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Speaker 1: while since we've seen him, you know. I think everyone

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Speaker 1: thinks Pete Carroll was holding him back really like since

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Speaker 1: the second half of the season twenty year and a half. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: And maybe the game's past Pete carroll By and maybe

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Speaker 1: he's an old school thinker and not analytically driven. He's

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Speaker 1: won a lot of games in this league. And to

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Speaker 1: tell me that he's the reason that Russell is not

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Speaker 1: playing great, I have a hard time just placing all

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Speaker 1: I mean they averaged like twelve and twelve wins for

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Speaker 1: before this this fall. I mean that's on accident. So

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Speaker 1: To me, probably the best team in in the a

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Speaker 1: a lot better than the Steelers, but their path is

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Speaker 1: way easier. They're a Matt Ryan injury away from disaster,

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Speaker 1: their last two games last year. All they had to

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. Right, everybody blimes wins for that. Like

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Speaker 1: the defense was bad too. Yeah. I think they're a

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Speaker 1: think Pittman is a big time breakout guy, but is

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Speaker 1: he truly a number one? Like would you rather have

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Speaker 1: Deonte or Pittman? I think i'd Deonte. He's had a

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Speaker 1: better career. I mean, I think I can trust him more.

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Speaker 1: To me, Like you're looking at You're looking at Claypool,

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Speaker 1: and so can Clay will be a Pittman be right? Right?

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Speaker 1: Similar type big bodied receivers that you know. I like

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Speaker 1: Pittman a lot. I think Pickens will be better than

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Speaker 1: him one day. Yeah, you know, but I like Pittman

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Speaker 1: a lot. Pittman first, Delonte is I think a conversation.

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Speaker 1: They're different styles, but I think Deonte is a better

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Speaker 1: who never can't stay healthy field. It sounds like Alex

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Speaker 1: Pierce is scheduled to start, you know, the tight end situations,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean they're not great. You know, mo

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Speaker 1: Taylor is a great player. If you take Pickens, I

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Speaker 1: know you were. You loved Um the kid has Since

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Speaker 1: it appears in the draft, Pickens are Piers Pickings And

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Speaker 1: I thought then then too, But I thought Pierce was

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Speaker 1: a real legit number A second round pick. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: I think he's a really good player. I think he's

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Speaker 1: more like Claypool though in terms of sort of one

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Speaker 1: where I think Pickens is do it all, do it all. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he has number one ability. That's the thing that's that's

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Speaker 1: that's scary about it. Like they don't make a lot

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Speaker 1: me how he doesn't. I get it he was coming

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Speaker 1: just paid Deonte, and we just drafted these two that

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Speaker 1: we love well, all of a sudden, it's a crowded room.

422
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Speaker 1: It is a crowded room, There's no doubt about that.

423
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Speaker 1: And he would be the guy that has the most value,

424
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Speaker 1: right m And you want to trade not you know,

425
00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,439
Speaker 1: in what you could give up right right right? And

426
00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,359
Speaker 1: of course we wouldn't trade Dante. He just gave you

427
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:11,160
Speaker 1: just gave him a nice contract and no way you're

428
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Speaker 1: given up Pickens, you know, why would you do that?

429
00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,800
Speaker 1: He's second round price for a long time too, and

430
00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:17,720
Speaker 1: he looks like a star that's a reason you could

431
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Speaker 1: make that move. Yeah. Interesting, Yeah, that is something to kickout.

432
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Speaker 1: I get it. No, folks, that was not anything that

433
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Speaker 1: we've heard. That was just pure speculation rushed into the

434
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Speaker 1: difference between speculation and the report. Right. It was just

435
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Speaker 1: something I would consider. I'd consider signing J. C. Tread

436
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 1: Or too. I am not a doctor. I don't know

437
00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:41,040
Speaker 1: the situation of his health, but you have played doctor

438
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 1: in the fantasy football world. Those are two moves I

439
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,440
Speaker 1: would think about. Yeah, you know he is Matt Williamson.

440
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Speaker 1: I am Dale Lally. You're listening to the drive here

441
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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio. We are alive from Saint pans

442
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:56,879
Speaker 1: In College where they're taking the tarps off the field.

443
00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,840
Speaker 1: How about that the Steelers got their practice in earlier

444
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Speaker 1: to day. A lot of work involved in doing this

445
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 1: part of the job too here is they get all

446
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 1: the air out of these things and then put them

447
00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:08,720
Speaker 1: back on the tubes that roll them back up here.

448
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,080
Speaker 1: But lots of stuff going on here, lots of action

449
00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,719
Speaker 1: here at some point to stealers, I don't I think

450
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,040
Speaker 1: they're gonna have a walk through at some point here. Uh,

451
00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:19,040
Speaker 1: maybe they're gonna thought that was around this time, though,

452
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:21,720
Speaker 1: and no one's filtering down. Nobody's filtering down. Somebody go

453
00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 1: to the gym. They could do that and just do

454
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Speaker 1: a true walk through. But again they had practice at

455
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,879
Speaker 1: ten thirty this morning, so they got that out of

456
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Speaker 1: the way before the rains came. Had some fans here.

457
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Speaker 1: I was surprised. There are a few more fans here

458
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Speaker 1: than what I thought We're going. Yeah, it was like

459
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Speaker 1: last minute notice the changers plans pretty quick, absolutely point

460
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Speaker 1: but looking good for rain here for the next hour

461
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Speaker 1: or two light percent chance. But I think we avoided

462
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Speaker 1: the big stuff. I think we avoided the heavy stuff.

463
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Speaker 1: I'd keep playing. It was coming out pretty good whenever

464
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Speaker 1: West was going off and we were coming on when

465
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Speaker 1: we first started. It's gonna be an interesting three hours, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: but we're gonna be back right after this with more

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Speaker 1: on the drive. At least. He's the Drive with Dale

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Speaker 1: Lolly and Matt Williamson on Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. This is the Drive

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. I am

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Speaker 1: Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson and Matt the Actually

472
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Speaker 1: the grass looks really good. I said it looks really

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Speaker 1: different than I would expect it. As they're pulling the

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Speaker 1: stuff off, it's green and losh, it doesn't look wet

475
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Speaker 1: at all. It was poorm when they were putting the

476
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Speaker 1: same I mean the ram was coming down out here.

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Speaker 1: Yeah and uh yeah, he wouldn't know the difference. Like

478
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Speaker 1: if you just walked up now, would be like did

479
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Speaker 1: the rain here? I mean it wouldn't even have some

480
00:23:49,720 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 1: puddles and stuff off the field, But the inside the

481
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Speaker 1: white lines looks great. Absolutely absolutely. We are alive from St.

482
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Speaker 1: Vincent College here in Latrobe where the Steelers held their

483
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Speaker 1: practice earlier today at thirty rain delays and whatnot to

484
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,560
Speaker 1: the Steelers have had enough of the rain too. I mean,

485
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Speaker 1: you know, you get your first time back at Saint

486
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Speaker 1: Fencent College in three years and then everything is constantly

487
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Speaker 1: rain delayed. I'm sure that you know the again as

488
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Speaker 1: I as I mentioned, you know, before any of this started,

489
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Speaker 1: they only had twenty players camp that had never been

490
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Speaker 1: here before this The guys on this roster, the other

491
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Speaker 1: seven you had never been here before. I must think

492
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Speaker 1: this is like the rainiest place on earth. This is

493
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Speaker 1: like we're in like the Amazon here, right, And they

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Speaker 1: come at a moment's notice too, all of a sudden, quick,

495
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Speaker 1: and then there they in there, out there, they come

496
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Speaker 1: out and roll up on you quickly, all of a

497
00:24:40,040 --> 00:24:43,120
Speaker 1: sudden they stick on the mountain side and like it's

498
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Speaker 1: like you're in the Caribbean or something like. It poor

499
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Speaker 1: like crazy and you have some of the locals, got'll

500
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Speaker 1: be done in five minutes, no whatever, worries about it.

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Speaker 1: Cool things a little bit. Yeah, that was why. I

502
00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 1: mean when when I was went on a trip to

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Speaker 1: a Mauwe with my wife back before training camp started,

504
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Speaker 1: and the rain would come in every day, be in

505
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Speaker 1: eleven and one we could it was all like clockwork.

506
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Speaker 1: They would have come in the rain a little while,

507
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Speaker 1: no thunder, no lightning, and then it was done and

508
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Speaker 1: then everything went back to normal. Yeah, we were in

509
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Speaker 1: Turks and Kikos the same thing. It's like, oh, today's

510
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Speaker 1: gonna be a washout, and the people working at the

511
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 1: resort we're like, no, it happens all the time. This

512
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Speaker 1: is with this Tuesday, and even like we were in

513
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Speaker 1: Key West of the year before and it was like yeah,

514
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Speaker 1: so what it rains, you know, and then it's gone,

515
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Speaker 1: puff drives it up in a minute. And all right,

516
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Speaker 1: here we go. These have been soaking range, These have

517
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Speaker 1: been right, and they don't just stopping a minute too.

518
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Speaker 1: But Jacob, he's all he's all dried off now though.

519
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 1: Finally that guy's taken a beating from the rain this week.

520
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Speaker 1: Jacob Barr and Trepord producer here on site. Just we're

521
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,159
Speaker 1: struggling to stay on the air at times, you know,

522
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Speaker 1: with with some of the battle elements that we've had

523
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Speaker 1: to deal with here. But it looks like it's pretty

524
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Speaker 1: good here, so hopefully tarps are all dry. They were

525
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:53,160
Speaker 1: rolling these suckers up and they would not be taking

526
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Speaker 1: these tarps off that they thought that they were going

527
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Speaker 1: to need them again later tonight. So that's a good

528
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Speaker 1: sign for tomorrow's practice. Yeah, I assume tomorrow practice will

529
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Speaker 1: be at normal time. Maybe there's still a walkthrough here today,

530
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Speaker 1: I bet not, though, I mean it's getting pretty late

531
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Speaker 1: and I haven't seen a sign of any coach or

532
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Speaker 1: any equipment guys or any of those those type of things,

533
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,360
Speaker 1: so maybe that's indo. I haven't seen any activity over

534
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:17,679
Speaker 1: there by the locker rooms either, But I don't know

535
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Speaker 1: why you'd pull these tarps off if you didn't plan

536
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Speaker 1: on using the field. Yeah, they could do the walkthrough

537
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,959
Speaker 1: later maybe, Usually they do what they usually do here,

538
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,360
Speaker 1: will pull back to curtain. They had their walk through

539
00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: in the morning, before lunch and before that. Yeah, that

540
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Speaker 1: ends around eleven eleven thirty the walkthrough, so they start

541
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Speaker 1: usually start around I believe ten. They're always over an hour,

542
00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,720
Speaker 1: right yeah. Uh, and then they'll go up and the

543
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Speaker 1: and the players will come up, we can talk to them.

544
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Speaker 1: Then then they go over and get lunch, come back

545
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Speaker 1: out again. Then a couple of hours later fortress and

546
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,880
Speaker 1: you know the treatment. They've had to bump everything up

547
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Speaker 1: this year because of the new cb A, because you

548
00:26:54,200 --> 00:26:57,280
Speaker 1: only get so many hours in a day where you

549
00:26:57,280 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 1: can actually have the players even though that you have

550
00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:02,440
Speaker 1: them off camp or you know, off of the team,

551
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:06,840
Speaker 1: out of the team facility and they're you know, we're yeah,

552
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,040
Speaker 1: you can only do football stuff so many hours a

553
00:27:10,119 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: day according to the cb A. It's very strict, Yeah,

554
00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:15,960
Speaker 1: very strict, so that you're gonna balance it a lot

555
00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,400
Speaker 1: more than you used to. Absolutely or even things like hey,

556
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 1: coach has this new idea, maybe we should try more

557
00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,080
Speaker 1: shotgun on whatever thrown out there. It's like, well, time dude,

558
00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:29,960
Speaker 1: the scripture written basically, we're gonnadjust some things on the fly,

559
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 1: but we're not making wholesale changes here. And it brings

560
00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,119
Speaker 1: me to like Jimmy Garoppolo, Like I'm not implying he

561
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,520
Speaker 1: should be a Steeler, but he's gonna go somewhere this year.

562
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,680
Speaker 1: I mean, is that the Giants or Texans or Seattle

563
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:47,320
Speaker 1: or Cleveland or whatever? But boy, it's tough. I mean,

564
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,920
Speaker 1: like if he would show up here, let alone anywhere else,

565
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,280
Speaker 1: we don't have time to teach you, right, we do

566
00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,920
Speaker 1: not have time to get you up to speed, and

567
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,200
Speaker 1: you're probably the opening day starters like the law younger

568
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:04,160
Speaker 1: things like that go or even Joe Burrow, I mean

569
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:06,399
Speaker 1: he has not been back to practice. Yeah, you know,

570
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 1: you know, we're missing a lot because there's not unlimited

571
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,080
Speaker 1: time to do these things. And it also affects not

572
00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:22,159
Speaker 1: just Burrow offense. Coming back is easy. So I wonder,

573
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Speaker 1: I don't know enough about the betting community in Vegas

574
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 1: and all that, but if you really really were to

575
00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:30,159
Speaker 1: do a long term ten year study, five year study

576
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: of the guys that hardly participate in camp, and I'm

577
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: not talking about Nazi's got a little foot thing you

578
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 1: know I'm talking about really aren't there or unable to

579
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 1: really be part of the team. Do they start slow?

580
00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,760
Speaker 1: Do they have lesser seasons than we thought? You know,

581
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 1: I bet they do. Yeah, you might be you know,

582
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:53,040
Speaker 1: the Steelers course open the regular season at Cincinnati might

583
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: not be bad. It might not be a bad time

584
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Speaker 1: to catch them. No, and I'm certain when you get

585
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,719
Speaker 1: the Browns the first time around is a good time

586
00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 1: to catch them. Well, without that out of doubt, but

587
00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,200
Speaker 1: I think it's a great time to catch the Bengals.

588
00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,560
Speaker 1: Expectations are high. Everyone thinks you're a super Bowl type team.

589
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 1: I'm not even sure you're big brother in the Steelers

590
00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,800
Speaker 1: Bengal relationship quite yet, you know. I mean, if we

591
00:29:10,840 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 1: put year, I get it. But history hasn't been kind

592
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: to the Bengals in that relationship. You know. Does everyone

593
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: in that locker room think they're better than the Steelers?

594
00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,200
Speaker 1: And you know the Steelers are in the bottom of

595
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,080
Speaker 1: the division type of team. I bet that's not the

596
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:28,360
Speaker 1: sentiment in the in the division. And if your leader

597
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:30,760
Speaker 1: hasn't been there yet, or just show back up, you know,

598
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,320
Speaker 1: so we'll see. I mean, that's why they play the

599
00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 1: games let's run through that Steelers schedule here. So okay,

600
00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: Week one at Cincinnati. Yeah, they're a dog in that game,

601
00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 1: they don't. You think I'm an assuming Burrow plays and

602
00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: we're not gonna see him at all in the preseason.

603
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: But okay, Week two at home against the Patriots. I

604
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:53,920
Speaker 1: like their chances. I do too. Yeah, absolutely, I like

605
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 1: this defense against that offense. They're trying a lot of

606
00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:58,840
Speaker 1: points and still trying to figure out. I mean, they're

607
00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:01,160
Speaker 1: the new play caller, whoever that may be, whether it's

608
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,960
Speaker 1: Matt Patricia or ever, he hasn't done it, and it's

609
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:05,920
Speaker 1: you know, it's easy to well, you know, it's not

610
00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:07,160
Speaker 1: that hard. I do it on I do it on

611
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 1: Madden all the time. Like, yeah, but you know you

612
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:13,040
Speaker 1: can pause and get up a little bit bathroom. I'm

613
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:14,760
Speaker 1: gonna walk out to the kitchen and get a sandwich

614
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: and think about this six or seventy thousand fans. If

615
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,080
Speaker 1: it doesn't work out, I can I can hit reset

616
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 1: right right, I'll be right back on my call, you know, right,

617
00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,360
Speaker 1: um that I expect that to be a good game.

618
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,040
Speaker 1: I'd be shocked if either team wins big, and I

619
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Speaker 1: would think it's probably first one to twenty type of

620
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: team in the first of game, you know, I mean,

621
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:34,720
Speaker 1: who is a better special teams, turnover battle, all the

622
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:38,040
Speaker 1: those finer points. I like the stealers chances though, Like

623
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Speaker 1: if I were betting, you know something, I know you

624
00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: can like bet on games ahead of time. If that

625
00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 1: one's a pick um. Right now, I'm taking Steelers absolutely.

626
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 1: Week three at Cleveland a short week. It's a Thursday

627
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,880
Speaker 1: night game. But Jacoby Brissette, Yeah, I think that's fine.

628
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: I mean, I hate short week on the road no

629
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 1: matter who do you put. It's a familiar Opponent's a

630
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 1: familiar opponent with a lesser quarterback. Yeah, I kind of

631
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:02,000
Speaker 1: like to steal is in that one. Jets at home

632
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 1: in Week four, that's a scary game to me. I

633
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:06,800
Speaker 1: just think the Jets are scary in general. But I'm

634
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,080
Speaker 1: not exact Wilson believer. May at least by then you'll

635
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,800
Speaker 1: have three three games with a tape to see what

636
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 1: it looks like. And their tackles now are a little

637
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: suspect and they's lost the right tackle. That's important, big deal. Yeah,

638
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,600
Speaker 1: is that here or there? That's here? Yeah, it's gonna

639
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: be I don't think Wilson handles that situation. Well. Week

640
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 1: five is at Buffalo. You beat him a Week one

641
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 1: last year. Because you're not catching them by off guard distance.

642
00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 1: That's a definite dog. They're probably a touchdown dog. I

643
00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 1: was taking eight or nine. Yeah, all right. Week six

644
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay at home. It's a brutal game too. Yeah,

645
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: it just is. I mean, it's a hard schedule. There's

646
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 1: no doubt. There's no doubt. Um, Tampa's probably favorite in

647
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: that game. I assume, yeah. I mean unless they have

648
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:51,640
Speaker 1: another big injury or two, or godwins out things. The

649
00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 1: Steelers are like four and one at that point. Maybe

650
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: it's you know that swings a little bit, but maybe

651
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 1: it's under a field goal. But right now, I bet

652
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 1: they're five or six point favorite in that game. Week

653
00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 1: seven is at Miami. But A it's in October. I say,

654
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: it's not early early season. B it's a night game. Okay,

655
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 1: So I don't think he's a problem. He shouldn't be

656
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: a problem in October. In Miami, it'll be it'll be warm,

657
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,080
Speaker 1: it won't be unseasonably warm where it's like, oh it's

658
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: ninety degrees in humid here. That's a coin flip. Game

659
00:32:19,080 --> 00:32:20,840
Speaker 1: to me, But I think I prefer the Steelers in

660
00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:22,800
Speaker 1: that one. Yeah, I mean, just you know, it's a

661
00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:26,280
Speaker 1: Sunday night game. You know, Mike Tomlin uh as a

662
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: good track record those kind of games. You think Flora's

663
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: has any little something extra, you might have a little

664
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:34,600
Speaker 1: something there for that stuff as well. Yeah, Week eight

665
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: at Philadelphia, they always always struggle against the Eagles out

666
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: that that's a brutal game to me, Um, that'll be

667
00:32:42,520 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: a really good barometer where's the run defense through seven games?

668
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 1: And not only that, you're coming off a Sunday night

669
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 1: game in Miami and then even though it's a short

670
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,719
Speaker 1: trip to Philadelphia, it's still a trip to Philadelphia. It's

671
00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: a tough team to play against and back to back

672
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 1: round they're kind of like the Ravens if you don't

673
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:59,680
Speaker 1: play against them often that they're hard to prepare for

674
00:33:00,040 --> 00:33:03,880
Speaker 1: that Ravens type. If you defend them in a similar fashion, probably,

675
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: but a J. Brown puts a little means are a

676
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 1: little better now, you know, a little bit different. I

677
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:10,080
Speaker 1: don't know if you play the Ravens that way, if

678
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 1: they have a J. Brown, Davante Smith and Broddert, you know,

679
00:33:13,760 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 1: get their buy in week nine. Week ten, come out

680
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: of the bye against the Saints at home, much rest

681
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: to prepare. I'd much rather play the Saints at home

682
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,680
Speaker 1: and in the Dome. Absolutely, that's an awful road trip. Yeah,

683
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,880
Speaker 1: having two weeks to prepare, you should be fresh. Go

684
00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:30,640
Speaker 1: back to the drawing board. You're hoping at that point

685
00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 1: the world's not calling for Kenny Pickett or you know,

686
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 1: the offensive line to come together at that point, you know, yeah,

687
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,440
Speaker 1: because that'll be those The Eagles Saints games are gonna

688
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,840
Speaker 1: be big tests to the offensive line, both lines of

689
00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,800
Speaker 1: Scrimmager is a challenge. Absolutely, we could levit. You come back,

690
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 1: you get a night game, another Sunday night game, this

691
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,520
Speaker 1: one against the Bengals. Get the brutal game, of course,

692
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: but I mean that that to me is the toughest stretch.

693
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,640
Speaker 1: That's at least there's a buying there though. Yeah. Uh.

694
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 1: Then Week twelve at Indianapolis, is that also a night game.

695
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 1: That's another night game. It's a Monday night game, so

696
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: you get a little long week to prepare for them. Yeah.

697
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:07,880
Speaker 1: I mean that's a tough part of the schedule, and

698
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 1: I don't hate their chances against the Colts. I don't either.

699
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:12,239
Speaker 1: If you can stop the run, I mean, if the

700
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,840
Speaker 1: run defense is bad, Eagles and Colts will be a

701
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 1: long day at the office, you know. I mean you

702
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,840
Speaker 1: have to turn it out and get us win the

703
00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: turnover battle, things like that. But get after Matt Right,

704
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 1: Like Matt Right hit him. He's not running away from anybody.

705
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: I mean, playing a dome on a fast track. I

706
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:31,600
Speaker 1: mean they'll hit him. Yeah. Uh. Week thirteen at Atlanta, Yeah,

707
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: I think that that's gonna be. You would think. Then

708
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:36,240
Speaker 1: in week fourteen, you finally get your first game against

709
00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 1: the Ravens. Who knows, it's a long way away, long

710
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: way away. I don't know what exactly to make of

711
00:34:41,120 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: that team. I'm very high on the road one their

712
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 1: last four against the Ravens. Yeah, yeah, they know how

713
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: to play them. A lot of that's gonna be. How

714
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:50,640
Speaker 1: how healthy are both those teams for the stretch. Week

715
00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: fifteen at Carolina. I think Caroline is better, but Matt

716
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: Rule might have already been fired, you know, And like

717
00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 1: they're a hard team to count on for consistency and

718
00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 1: reliability to take your chances against Baker Mayfield. Sure, and

719
00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: you know him extremely well. Yeah, you know, because McCaffrey

720
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: still in the mix, or you know, Week sixteen, the

721
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: Raiders at home. I think the Raiders, a good team,

722
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 1: are on the same tier as Miami, New England. Pittsburgh's

723
00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:17,680
Speaker 1: Saturday game. I just think that old line is going

724
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:21,520
Speaker 1: to be really in a difficult mind here. I liked

725
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,959
Speaker 1: that that's at home and it's a Saturday night game.

726
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,160
Speaker 1: Of course, it's the it's Christmas Eve, Christmas Eve, it's

727
00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 1: gonna be, uh, the the anniversary of the immaculate reception.

728
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,720
Speaker 1: Think they win that game. I have no doubt about

729
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,520
Speaker 1: that the Raiders might be the better team of the

730
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 1: better record. I would put a bet that the Seilers

731
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,160
Speaker 1: win that game. So, you know, do you do that

732
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 1: all of a sudden, You know, even if you lose

733
00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 1: a game to the Ravens there and that's gonna be

734
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:49,960
Speaker 1: you know, kind of a toss up game. You have

735
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 1: a chance to win three out of four there, right

736
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:58,359
Speaker 1: after a real tough stretch and then weeks seventeen. Yeah,

737
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 1: I don't say it's unfair. I don't love when Division

738
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 1: games are close to that close together because I just

739
00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:07,560
Speaker 1: think one team might have a major advantage if you

740
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 1: think about last year. So the Ravens were a much

741
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 1: different team early in the season what they were late,

742
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 1: much much like if you played them twice after week

743
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,600
Speaker 1: after Lamar's out. My god, I mean that's two gimmis. Yeah, yeah,

744
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,960
Speaker 1: I hear you. And then finally finishing up the season

745
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:26,960
Speaker 1: Week eighteen against the Browns at home. The date and

746
00:36:27,120 --> 00:36:29,839
Speaker 1: time of that has to be determined. That could be

747
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,040
Speaker 1: a Saturday game. The Browns might be rebounding big and

748
00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:36,880
Speaker 1: Watson looks great, or it's could have been it. Maybe

749
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,959
Speaker 1: you can't wait to make golf reservations and think about

750
00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: next year with the Shawan. You know, I could absolutely

751
00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 1: see the end of the brown season being a disaster

752
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 1: for them. But you know that the people out there

753
00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:49,560
Speaker 1: sitting with the Steeler this is a six win team

754
00:36:49,640 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: or something like, I just I don't see it. I

755
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,760
Speaker 1: don't see it. I mean I saw four ish games

756
00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:59,040
Speaker 1: there that I think are coin flips. You know, Dolphins, Patriots, Colts,

757
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 1: probably a couple of others of missing Saints. Maybe you

758
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,239
Speaker 1: know a couple of those that I think, as it

759
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:07,840
Speaker 1: stands right now, it's probably a coin flip or slight

760
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 1: Steeler advantage. But and it is a difficult schedule I

761
00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:15,840
Speaker 1: mean that's undeniable. They've been down that road before. They've

762
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 1: they've been like at the top of the league and

763
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:19,200
Speaker 1: difficult schedule for like five years in a row. Now

764
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: it's hard to believe, right, every the Steelers have one

765
00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 1: of the league stuff of schedules again again, how does

766
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:28,760
Speaker 1: that keep working that way? Right? But he is Matt Williamson.

767
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 1: I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here

768
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. We're gonna

769
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,520
Speaker 1: take a break. We'll be back with more finish up

770
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:43,480
Speaker 1: the show right after this. He is the Drive with

771
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 1: Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your home of the

772
00:37:47,719 --> 00:38:01,400
Speaker 1: Black and Gold, Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I'm Dale

773
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,600
Speaker 1: Ally here with Matt Williamson. This is the Drive on

774
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio and ESPN nine seventy. Just another gorgeous

775
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:13,239
Speaker 1: day here, no idea that anything ever happened here, some

776
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:21,320
Speaker 1: perfect like beautiful day, fields in great shape, looking dry, beautiful, beautiful.

777
00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,840
Speaker 1: I'm Matt. I'm looking here at some over unders on

778
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 1: on DraftKings dot Com out by now. Yeah, that stuff

779
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,040
Speaker 1: starting to happen here. So one of the ones I

780
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:36,000
Speaker 1: mentioned this before, Uh, we'll see see some uh Steeler

781
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: centric type over unders here. So I mentioned this, but

782
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: I want to see if this one has changed. But

783
00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,720
Speaker 1: t J Watt the over under on t J Watt

784
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: four sacks this season over thirteen point seven five. It

785
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 1: was thirteen and a half. They they've bumped that up

786
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:56,319
Speaker 1: a little bit. You could go under at plus one

787
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:59,600
Speaker 1: ten over thirteen point seven five, which gets you off

788
00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: that a teen and a half number is minus one forty.

789
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 1: So if he gets fourteen sacks, that seems seems like

790
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:10,720
Speaker 1: so much a low bar. I understand that he misses time,

791
00:39:10,880 --> 00:39:16,480
Speaker 1: but he missed time last year and get a lot

792
00:39:16,520 --> 00:39:21,080
Speaker 1: of sacks. Um, what if I told you use him

793
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: as fifty five games, I still might still he still

794
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 1: to play twelve games, like right, I mean a sack

795
00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: of game for him isn't crazy talk. That's the highest

796
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:34,960
Speaker 1: number on here though. Okay, so you got Aaron Donald

797
00:39:35,040 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 1: and over eleven point to five. I assume from a

798
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:42,400
Speaker 1: from a casino standpoint, if you're throwing fifteen eighteen, you

799
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,080
Speaker 1: know everyone's gonna go under and you're you're gonna lose money.

800
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: But I get it. But he's the number one, Yeah,

801
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,440
Speaker 1: he's number one. The second number two is not a

802
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 1: knock on him as much as the system tells you

803
00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:54,880
Speaker 1: he can't go too high again. But still, Miles Garrett's

804
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 1: thirteen point to five, I think I'm over on that too.

805
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,120
Speaker 1: I don't know if they're gonna play with the leads Yeah,

806
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 1: the Bosa Yeah, the bossas Joey Boss at twelve point

807
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:07,680
Speaker 1: seven five. Uh, Nick Bosa's at eleven point seven five,

808
00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:10,840
Speaker 1: kind of like the next closest guys, Trey Henderson's at

809
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 1: eleven point seven five. There's top four to me or

810
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: the roll through there? Would you just roll through? Then?

811
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,319
Speaker 1: Just bet a bunch of overs. It's pretty good group.

812
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: I mean, I think you lose more often than you

813
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 1: win going over. But if I just picked like the

814
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 1: top five or six guys on there, if I go

815
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 1: to the Bossa Brothers four, Garret wat Boss, I bet

816
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,080
Speaker 1: I win that. I bet I win all four of

817
00:40:33,120 --> 00:40:36,319
Speaker 1: them unless one of them just misses a ga jillion game,

818
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,319
Speaker 1: right right, I mean one of them will get hurt

819
00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 1: and go under, and I think you hit three or

820
00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:42,759
Speaker 1: the four, which is a winning bet. I mean I'd

821
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:45,279
Speaker 1: even go tray Tray Henderson over eleven point seven five.

822
00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,080
Speaker 1: Trust him the least. I mean, two really good seasons,

823
00:40:48,080 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 1: but they're gonna play with the leads. That was my

824
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,759
Speaker 1: one caveat is how many leads do we think the

825
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 1: Browns are gonna play with? I think the Niners will

826
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,239
Speaker 1: probably play close games but lead in a lot of them.

827
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 1: I like the Chargers to put up a ton of points.

828
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 1: I don't know. The Stealers are gonna play with a

829
00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 1: lot of leads, but probably more than last year. Micah

830
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,480
Speaker 1: Parsons is over ten point to five. I'd go over

831
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,400
Speaker 1: run out there. It's not that many. It's yeah, I

832
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: mean you playing seventeen games, right, it's not that many.

833
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 1: I mean you just have to stay healthy to be

834
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:20,320
Speaker 1: you know, highly like they have what you can do.

835
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,920
Speaker 1: Interceptions here as well that I wouldn't touch that. Sacks

836
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:27,960
Speaker 1: or sacks those are those are pretty sticky. The same

837
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: guys lead the league in sacks absolutely, it doesn't matter

838
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: if you double them or whatever. I mean, Aaron Donald's

839
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:35,879
Speaker 1: gonna get double digit sacks, like I know that, that's

840
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 1: a fact. I mean, like I think Diggs led the

841
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,560
Speaker 1: league interceptions last year. I wouldn't touch his over under

842
00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:44,080
Speaker 1: I'm sure it's like four or five. I mean, that's

843
00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 1: a really hard thing to bet on. Uh Deante Johnson

844
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: over under for seaton season A regular season receptions over

845
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:58,799
Speaker 1: eighty five and a half seven last that's twenty two

846
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 1: fewer than what he had last year. Do you think

847
00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,040
Speaker 1: he has fewer than last year? I think he has

848
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 1: fewer than last I don't think. I don't think he

849
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,320
Speaker 1: goes over a hundred seven. But eighty five and a

850
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:14,280
Speaker 1: half isn't that creative a number? Isn't In seventeen games,

851
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: do you think the Steelers will have more pass attempts

852
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:19,360
Speaker 1: than last year? I think it'll be similar, would be

853
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: slightly less, but similar. But I think he sees the

854
00:42:23,520 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 1: field all the time. It's a it's not a bad number.

855
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 1: Like he's got the same number. Jalen Waddle is also

856
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: at eighty five and a half. Okay, I think he

857
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 1: catches more balls and Waddle Yeah, I mean a lot

858
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,120
Speaker 1: of Waddles justin Jefferson's one or two and a half.

859
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:38,879
Speaker 1: So I think I gotta go under on some of those.

860
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: Keenan Allen's a hundred point five. These are big numbers,

861
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 1: and that's big numbers just because if you miss one game,

862
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,399
Speaker 1: you're probably out of that, Mark Andrews is number one.

863
00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:54,080
Speaker 1: I'm just looking here. Michael Pittman's at eighty five and

864
00:42:54,080 --> 00:42:56,439
Speaker 1: a half, Mark Andrews at eighty four and a half,

865
00:42:56,600 --> 00:42:58,800
Speaker 1: but left for tight end. Yeah, it's a ton for

866
00:42:58,840 --> 00:43:01,680
Speaker 1: a tight end. I'm under on that. Stefon Digs is

867
00:43:02,160 --> 00:43:05,960
Speaker 1: nine and a half. Certainly capable. Cup has got to

868
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:09,000
Speaker 1: be number one, though, Uh let's see here Ceedee Lambs

869
00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:11,040
Speaker 1: over ninety and a half. I might go over there.

870
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:14,279
Speaker 1: Cooper Cup is a hundred and eleven and a half.

871
00:43:16,080 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 1: I think I'm going under on that though, like Allen

872
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:20,840
Speaker 1: Robinson's no, no joke, and they should play with some

873
00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: leads and run the ball a little more. I mean,

874
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: and Cup had an unbelievable year and he's a great,

875
00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: great player, but he's not I mean, he's not the

876
00:43:30,320 --> 00:43:33,439
Speaker 1: best receiver I've ever seen. Like, I'd probably go under

877
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 1: on Davante Adams. I bet his numbers pretty high. I'd

878
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 1: probably go under on Tyreek. I would go over on Lamb,

879
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: and Lamb was right around Deante's number. I think he

880
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,239
Speaker 1: catches more balls. Yeah, okay, so it's five more, but

881
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 1: I still would go over on him. Looking here at

882
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: some of the rushing totals again, this is on DraftKings

883
00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 1: um Derrick Henry over thirteen fifty point five. I would

884
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 1: go under that, right. I think you know him getting

885
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,399
Speaker 1: through a full season again. I mean, I know he's

886
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 1: done great against stack boxes and all that, but he's

887
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: gonna live against stack boxes and their lines are as good.

888
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: But this one, Ezekiel Elliott under over under eight seventy

889
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:18,040
Speaker 1: five point five. I assume that would be the lowest

890
00:44:18,080 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 1: of his career probably. I think he's always gotten a

891
00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 1: thousand or more. Has the Zeke hate gone too far?

892
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 1: Maybe a little too far? He's still a value like

893
00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:29,800
Speaker 1: his guys still had a thousand yards and scored like

894
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 1: fourteen touchdowns last year. Like I think he got hurt

895
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 1: of Week two or three and fought through it, and

896
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,239
Speaker 1: the Cowboys and Jerry love him. They're giving him a

897
00:44:37,320 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 1: ton of money. Okay, So maybe he's declining and isn't

898
00:44:40,920 --> 00:44:44,840
Speaker 1: a pro bowler all pro type guys still didn't get volume,

899
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,440
Speaker 1: but he's still probably get the ten to most carries

900
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,919
Speaker 1: in the league, or he'll get eighteen carries a game,

901
00:44:50,239 --> 00:44:52,480
Speaker 1: no doubt. And I don't think there's many from behind

902
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:56,200
Speaker 1: that much. Yeah, I think I'm over on him. Jonathan Taylor.

903
00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: I think I go under. It's gonna be the biggest

904
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,759
Speaker 1: number of anything. Four fifty and a half. That's a

905
00:45:02,000 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 1: that's a big number. What's that like eight five a game.

906
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,760
Speaker 1: I'm guessing that's not not getting hurt for a running

907
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,239
Speaker 1: back under a bunch of the running back number, of course.

908
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,720
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm sure that if you went under across

909
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:13,560
Speaker 1: the board there, you can win more than you'll lose.

910
00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:17,000
Speaker 1: I mean, that makes perfect sense betting the over under

911
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 1: four though. I mean it's a big number. Everyone's raving

912
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,480
Speaker 1: about Nahem Hines to know. Matt Ryan loves him. He

913
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: throws the backs all the time. I don't know if

914
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:29,239
Speaker 1: that cuts into Taylor or not, but if he's on

915
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:32,320
Speaker 1: the field, it's a problem for your Taylor. Bet James

916
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:37,040
Speaker 1: Conner over under and a half. It's pretty low. It's

917
00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:39,400
Speaker 1: pretty low, but I'm going under. I would. He's not

918
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:41,279
Speaker 1: gonna be my fantasy team. I mean, he's going to

919
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: like the second and third rounds of fantasy leagues. And

920
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,400
Speaker 1: I understand it because he has extreme usage. I just

921
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 1: don't call him to stay healthy. But if he plays

922
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 1: twelve games he might get that. Yeah, I mean that's

923
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:55,920
Speaker 1: a low number. It's a low number for a number

924
00:45:55,960 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 1: one back that is never leaves a field. Really. Najie

925
00:45:59,560 --> 00:46:04,120
Speaker 1: Harris over under eleven fifty and a half, rushing only,

926
00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:09,520
Speaker 1: rushing only. I think I'm over. It's a good number.

927
00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:11,120
Speaker 1: It's a good number. It's a good number. I probably

928
00:46:11,120 --> 00:46:17,080
Speaker 1: wouldn't touch it. Nick Chubb over twelve five. He gets

929
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 1: hurt every year, get hurt every year. Becomes a real

930
00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:21,960
Speaker 1: thing with him. No one's gonna fear the past, and

931
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,240
Speaker 1: he needs hunt to get traded. How about this. Tony

932
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,799
Speaker 1: Pollard's over unders seven hundred point five, So he's only

933
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:30,640
Speaker 1: like a hundred fifty behind Zeke. He's behind. He may

934
00:46:30,719 --> 00:46:33,399
Speaker 1: be the better player, but he's not gonna be neck

935
00:46:33,480 --> 00:46:36,279
Speaker 1: and Neckuizke for carries, they get some, they get some

936
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 1: quarterbacks in here to Matt Trey Lance is over five

937
00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: hundred point five. Over that easy if he stays healthy. Yeah.

938
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 1: If Patrick Mahomes is three point five, that one hesitates like.

939
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:51,400
Speaker 1: I don't think the Chiefs want him running. Kyler Murray

940
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,719
Speaker 1: and Justin Fields are five point five. That's not that high.

941
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: I mean Lamar was over a thousand years ago. Yeah,

942
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,359
Speaker 1: I'm on over on the too is lamark Field runs

943
00:47:02,400 --> 00:47:05,520
Speaker 1: a lot more this year. Jalen Hurts is seven point five.

944
00:47:06,160 --> 00:47:08,880
Speaker 1: That's a big number of number. I bet there's probably

945
00:47:08,920 --> 00:47:10,880
Speaker 1: what only two or three quarterbacks in history that have

946
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,200
Speaker 1: had more than that. Probably, I think Vicvid and I

947
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:17,200
Speaker 1: know Lamar has I don't know what we're I mean,

948
00:47:17,239 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: not that you know. But what was Hurts at last

949
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:22,680
Speaker 1: year probably gonna be similar, maybe a little less. Yeah,

950
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,560
Speaker 1: you think. I think they throw the ball a little

951
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:27,920
Speaker 1: bit more this year. I saw him on didn't see

952
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: Lamar anywhere. Lamar is not on here for some reason.

953
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: Daniel Daniel Jones is on here there three fifty point five.

954
00:47:34,640 --> 00:47:37,839
Speaker 1: He's a sneaky one for over. Yeah, he runs well.

955
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: And what about ROBISKI is not listening. What would you

956
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:47,400
Speaker 1: say that that Daniel Jones number is I wasn't compared

957
00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:51,400
Speaker 1: to two. Yeah, I think Jones will out rush Robisky

958
00:47:51,480 --> 00:47:53,759
Speaker 1: this year, but they'll be within fifty yards of each other,

959
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:58,239
Speaker 1: and by would be my Trobisky over under. So you'd say, uh,

960
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 1: I mean, so you think he gets twenty a game,

961
00:48:01,160 --> 00:48:04,719
Speaker 1: fifteen a game, twenty game, You're right, I mean that's

962
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:06,440
Speaker 1: what masking. You think he gets. You know, if you

963
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:08,760
Speaker 1: break it down by game, do you think robisky averages

964
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:12,800
Speaker 1: eighteen is game fifteen? Yeah? I think so. Yeah, probably

965
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:16,239
Speaker 1: I've seen when he gets out of the pocket and runs. Yeah,

966
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 1: he's quick. I mean he has games. I bet that

967
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: he gets the forty. He gets down really well. As people,

968
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 1: I'm like, I'm I think they underestimate that part of it.

969
00:48:28,200 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 1: Like some quarterbacks when they slide just don't look good sliding. Oh,

970
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,360
Speaker 1: they're terrible at it. Right, he gets down quick and

971
00:48:33,400 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 1: it's like the he does the pop slide. It's like, Okay,

972
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:39,320
Speaker 1: I'm down. It's amazing how bad some sliders are. Like,

973
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:43,319
Speaker 1: do you play baseball? Mahomes and Kyler are both good

974
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,640
Speaker 1: at it. Dad, he was a baseball player and one

975
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:47,439
Speaker 1: was the other was the first round pick in the league.

976
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:49,400
Speaker 1: And I bet they laugh at all the other to

977
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: try to so bad at it. They're really bad. Uh,

978
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: let's see her rushing touchdowns. These aren't Uh, these are

979
00:48:56,560 --> 00:48:59,840
Speaker 1: kind of so. Aaron Jones six and a half. You

980
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 1: don't know if he's in the short yardst guy, but

981
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:03,840
Speaker 1: he always has a lot of touch. A J. Dillon

982
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,719
Speaker 1: is five and a half. I like the chance to

983
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:09,239
Speaker 1: get in the twelve collectively collectively, Yeah, I mean, if

984
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,239
Speaker 1: you bet both overs, you'd probably be happy, probably get

985
00:49:12,280 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: one of the two. Austin Ekeler is eight and a half.

986
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,359
Speaker 1: Spiller might get into him, he might, Yeah, they mean

987
00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: Ekeler is flat outside. I don't want to touch the

988
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:22,279
Speaker 1: ball as much as I have because he won't last.

989
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:25,359
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry's thirteen and a half under under that, Yeah,

990
00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:27,239
Speaker 1: I have great respect for him. I just think the

991
00:49:27,320 --> 00:49:32,160
Speaker 1: end is near. James Conner nine and a half under.

992
00:49:33,239 --> 00:49:35,160
Speaker 1: He scores a lot of touchdowns does and it's a

993
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:37,480
Speaker 1: good situation. We know, we just talked about him. It's

994
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,720
Speaker 1: just I can't go over on any of his bets.

995
00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,160
Speaker 1: Javonte Williams seven and a half over. I would go

996
00:49:43,239 --> 00:49:46,799
Speaker 1: over his rushing totals to Jonathan Taylor thirteen and a half,

997
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:49,839
Speaker 1: thirteen and a half, thirteen and a half. I'm looking

998
00:49:49,840 --> 00:49:51,959
Speaker 1: here to see what's Lamar Jackson six and a half,

999
00:49:52,360 --> 00:49:55,160
Speaker 1: Najie Harris nine and a half, going over under nine

1000
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:58,839
Speaker 1: and a half under under nine a half. I could

1001
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:02,839
Speaker 1: just see something. I can see your sky steals from

1002
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:05,360
Speaker 1: or maybe they maybe they start using Benny Snell in

1003
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,160
Speaker 1: that role or somebody one of the guy one of

1004
00:50:07,239 --> 00:50:08,920
Speaker 1: these other backs on the on the roster if I

1005
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:10,879
Speaker 1: buy that as much. But getting in the end zone

1006
00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:15,479
Speaker 1: ten times is an on the ground. Probably catch us too, Matt.

1007
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:18,799
Speaker 1: That's gonna do it for our show today. Yeah, so yeah,

1008
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,839
Speaker 1: we appreciate you listening. We're live from my Steelers training camp.

1009
00:50:21,880 --> 00:50:23,800
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1010
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 1: partner Matt Williamson, I am dal Lali would thank a

1011
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1012
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