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Speaker 1: Your tune's 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: Good afternoon, Steelers Nation. It's the Drive on the Steelers

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Speaker 2: Audio Network. Qush Ruler of Matt Williamson with you here

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Speaker 2: on a Friday as we get ready, all eyes on

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Speaker 2: Steelers Bears Sunday one o'clock at Soldier Field in Chicago

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Speaker 2: will actually be a noon time loco ing off, but

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Speaker 2: of course the one o'clock Eastern window, and Matt, we

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Speaker 2: have got plenty to get into today. We're gonna talk

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Speaker 2: to miss Yeah, I tell you what. I gotta obviously

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Speaker 2: go around the league, do five Star Friday, all that

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Speaker 2: good stuff. But I wanted to start with you today.

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Speaker 2: I mean, just kind of setting the scene as we

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Speaker 2: typically do on a Friday. And you sent me a

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Speaker 2: really good article by by Nate Tice, Yes, talking about

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Speaker 2: the leveling up of this Bears offense, Caleb Williams development,

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Speaker 2: first year under Ben Johnson, all these different things, and

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Speaker 2: you know, I do think that it is clear Caleb

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Speaker 2: Williams has improved. Yeah, but I think there's also a

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Speaker 2: lot more to it for Chicago's success and winning seven

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Speaker 2: of their last eight games.

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Speaker 3: So this week has been my heart. I've said this

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Speaker 3: a couple of times around the course of the week.

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Speaker 3: Giving a grip on this game has been really hard

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Speaker 3: for me. This week I agree with and a lot

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Speaker 3: of it's just like these teams are so turnover dependent,

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Speaker 3: like who gets more turnovers? I'm five days about whoever

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Speaker 3: wins a turnover battles the winters game. But it does

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Speaker 3: feel that way in a big way, like who's gonna

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Speaker 3: protect the ball better? I trust the Steelers to protect

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Speaker 3: the ball really well, that's a Tomlin thing. It's a

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Speaker 3: Rogers thing. I don't know if he's playing, but I

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Speaker 3: kind of came into the week going, boy, this Bears

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Speaker 3: story is kind of cute. You know, they're they're doing

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Speaker 3: the right things. Everything they did in the off seasons

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Speaker 3: kind of working. I see they're playing. If I was

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Speaker 3: a Bears fan, I'd be so happy, you know, our

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Speaker 3: best thing since Dicka or whatever. They might have a

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Speaker 3: quarterback for the first time in the fifty three years

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Speaker 3: I've walked there, fifty two years, I've walked the earth,

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Speaker 3: you know, like this is cool. But they really haven't

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Speaker 3: beaten anybody, and they're in first place, and they might

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Speaker 3: not even make the playoffs. And you know this is

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Speaker 3: they're having a nice moment and as we get deeper

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Speaker 3: into it, and this article had a lot to do

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Speaker 3: with it, but not entirely. Really, over the last twenty

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Speaker 3: four hours or so, I think their offense is really

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Speaker 3: really good. I mean, like has turned the corner and

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Speaker 3: is a legit offense. I urge everyone to check this

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Speaker 3: article out. It's on Yahoo dot com Nate Tye And

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Speaker 3: Nate Tye is one of my favorite analysts out there.

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Speaker 3: Kind of burst on the scene four or five years ago,

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Speaker 3: I'd guess something like that. And just to talk him

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Speaker 3: up a little bit, I've spoken to him once or twice.

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Speaker 3: He's not a friend. I don't know him well, but

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Speaker 3: I have a lot of respect for him and he's

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Speaker 3: a good dude. He's Mike Tys's son, who was the

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Speaker 3: head coach of the Vikings Forever, big blocking tight end,

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Speaker 3: tough guy, you know, Randy Moss's team. I mean, like,

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Speaker 3: so he grew up in Minnesota watching Daddy's teams, you know,

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Speaker 3: and he actually did some coaching. He gaate Tod Pitt

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Speaker 3: His college career he was Russell Wilson's backup quarterback at Wisconsin. Nice,

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Speaker 3: so he's been around, you know, like he knows some stuff.

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Speaker 2: He's been around.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, And now he's entirely media for Yahoo. He

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Speaker 3: does a podcast I listened to pretty regularly, and.

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Speaker 2: This I thought centric or not at all.

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Speaker 3: He's just total league wide. And he has picked the

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Speaker 2: Because they are one of the stories in the NFL

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Speaker 2: right now, right.

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Speaker 3: But there's a lot of highlights from this article that

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Speaker 3: made me and I think our listeners will fear the

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Speaker 3: it was worth chatting about some of the highlights.

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Speaker 2: You know, most explosive plays in the NFL this season

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Speaker 2: with eighty seven currently ranked second in explosive play rate

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Speaker 2: does the Bears offense. They also lead the NFL this

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Speaker 3: This just screams Lions. Yeah, and remember this team is

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Speaker 3: direct the descendant of the Detroit Lions.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Dan Campbell coaching tree exactly.

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Speaker 3: And they run the ball really really well. And you

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Speaker 3: can give Caleb Williams a hard time because this completion

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Speaker 3: low on their list of what they're trying to do here.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I forget who were talking about just a

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Speaker 3: he's a big game hunter. Yeah, Kayleb Williams is a

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Speaker 3: they don't really take They're kind of anti Steelers in

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Speaker 2: It's like boom or bust.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's not they don't take layup throws. I

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Speaker 2: Three pointers of half court right yeah, yeah, yeah, shooting

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Speaker 2: They're not trying to hit singles and they're not trying

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Speaker 3: They bring up a lot of number four hitters with

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Speaker 2: But is that is that Lions esque from Ben Johnson

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Speaker 3: Think the quarterbacks weapon did, yeh, because like the Lions

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Speaker 3: I've done a lot of shows since we got together yesterday,

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Speaker 3: I think we talked about this, but Greg compared him

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Speaker 3: I'm not the five star playing against a bunch of

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Speaker 3: Everyone here can run and get me. But he really

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Speaker 3: the thing that stood out to me most is unblocked pressures. Basically,

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Speaker 3: unblocked guy coming at you. He's the only quarterback in

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Speaker 3: the league that is not taken a sack from an

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Speaker 2: He hasn't just improved, He's turned a weakness into a strength.

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Speaker 3: Exactly exactly and maybe turns in a pumpkin. Maybe Steeler

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Speaker 3: sack on fifteen times, you know what I mean. It's

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Speaker 3: possible that Josh Allen got sacked eight times last night.

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Speaker 2: I mean, at the start of the season, people were

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Speaker 2: talking about if Ben Johnson would move on from Caleb

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Speaker 2: Williams after the year. Now they're seven and three. You

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Speaker 2: Like my morning routine. I'll take the girls to daycare

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Speaker 2: flip you know, what's on NFL network? What are they

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Speaker 2: playoff spot from? And it's like, man, they've come.

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Speaker 3: A long way. It come a long way, And you're right.

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Speaker 2: The pumpkin thing is it's still out there. As much

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Speaker 2: as we've said, Hey, it wouldn't shock us if the

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't shock us if the Bears went on a three

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Speaker 2: really better be buttoned up. They are like their first

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Speaker 2: I know they've had the last play schedule, all those

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Speaker 2: They don't have a Jamar Chase level superstar, but they

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Speaker 3: Five five are scary, you have to some degree. They've

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Speaker 3: truly leveled up. Use that term a lot lately. They

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Speaker 3: when doesn't mean they're Super Bowl contenders, but they've leveled.

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Speaker 2: Up when the offense as explosive as they are, only

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Speaker 2: six turnovers on offense and ten games.

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Speaker 3: That's the other thing, too, is there's not all the

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Speaker 3: negatives have gone away. I mentioned Josh Allen, and that's

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Speaker 3: an unfair name to throw out there, sure, but Alan

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Speaker 2: You know that low light tape thing that we talked exact.

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Speaker 3: Yesterday and now Caleb Williams low light tape used to

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Speaker 2: But it used to be a mini doc right, it

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Speaker 2: this one, it's like a quick little TikTok high right, right.

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Speaker 3: And there's still a lot of times you like, what

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Speaker 3: were you thinking on that one? I mean, he pushes

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Speaker 3: because the ability has never been doubted at all.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of quarterbacks, before we go to break and get

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Speaker 2: to Missy Matthews because this is going to be something

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Speaker 2: we're gonna want to discuss with her. Mike tom has

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Speaker 2: said today earlier today that Aaron Rodgers will be listed

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Speaker 2: a partial participant in practice on Friday. Mike Tomlin said,

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Speaker 2: End quote. I'm leaning towards he's playing.

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Speaker 3: That just tells me they might know the answer, But

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Speaker 3: they're not telling anyone, nor should they or should they.

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Speaker 2: Two days of limited practice this week. What's your confidence

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Speaker 4: Guys, I really feel like this is a up in

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Speaker 4: I also live through the Cleveland game where Ben Roethlisberger

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Speaker 4: It's he's gonna want to play even more. But I

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Speaker 2: It's one of those, you know how like you'll hear

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Speaker 2: It's certainly a huge challenge awaits in that department with

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Speaker 2: What was that moment like down there where you know,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Darnel is definitely not somebody who can hide, can't.

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Speaker 2: Keep He was really bad at hide and seek back

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Speaker 4: Like, oh, I see his feet sticking out, Funny he

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Speaker 2: You would not want him. He's not the first round

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Speaker 4: No, no big people hide and seek only for him.

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Speaker 4: faces of the people that are like directly in the front.

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Speaker 4: It depends on where Coach Trundlin is if I'm at

434
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Speaker 4: an angle where I can kind of look down. But

435
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Speaker 4: let me tell you, watching it live in person happening

436
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:59,880
Speaker 4: and like ooing and awing, oh my gosh, like everybody.

437
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,119
Speaker 4: I did it myself, like camera people were doing it.

438
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Speaker 4: Even one of the EMS workers I was standing by

439
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Speaker 4: just like turned around and was like whoa, Like yeah,

440
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Speaker 4: it was crazy. And then you watch the video from

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Speaker 4: the replays and you see dave On, who's one of

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Speaker 4: the athletic trainers. His face I think is one of

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Speaker 4: the ones that Kyle Brandt pointed out d Y who

444
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Speaker 4: is player personnel guy, he player engagement. He was one

445
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Speaker 4: of those guys too, And it's just insane to see.

446
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,040
Speaker 4: And it it let that sideline on fire. It didn't

447
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Speaker 4: matter you know what side of the ball you were on,

448
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Speaker 4: or you know, if you were playing or not an

449
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Speaker 4: active had a helmet. People were juiced after that and

450
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Speaker 4: it was just crazy. And I think Aaron Rodgers said

451
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Speaker 4: it best that like people are getting scared of him

452
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Speaker 4: now and they should be. Like I think he called

453
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Speaker 4: him a mammoth. If you don't know if he's going

454
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Speaker 4: to hurdle you stiff arm you just block, you push you,

455
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,400
Speaker 4: but like something bad is usually going to happen. And

456
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Speaker 4: I love that. You know, Mason Rudolph when he talked

457
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Speaker 4: about that play and about just Darnell in general, he said, look,

458
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Speaker 4: he gets in sometimes Wednesdays and Thursdays earlier than me.

459
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Speaker 4: He's a big time studier. This isn't a guy who's

460
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Speaker 4: just you know, using his god given physique and abilities.

461
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Speaker 4: He's putting in the work too, And I think you

462
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Speaker 4: are really starting to see that. I think Aaron being

463
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Speaker 4: inquisitive about this large mammoth as he called him in

464
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Speaker 4: training camp and like what can.

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Speaker 2: We do with him?

466
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Speaker 4: Was interesting and I just think it's really all starting

467
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Speaker 4: to come together with him, and it makes you realize

468
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Speaker 4: why the Feelers drafted him at that spot when maybe

469
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Speaker 4: there were you know, another position of me quote unquote

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Speaker 4: that they could go after. But he's a pretty special,

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Speaker 4: unique player who, Yeah, I would make a business decision

472
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Speaker 4: if I had if I had to go you know,

473
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Speaker 4: head to head with Darnell Washington.

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Speaker 3: Missy. Last thing I have for you is we do

475
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Speaker 3: that matchup show every Thursday, and it seems like every

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Speaker 3: week where one of us picks Steelers need to run

477
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Speaker 3: the ball better or need to run the ball more,

478
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Speaker 3: and we've seen glimpses, but it never quite comes around.

479
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Speaker 3: I think this week it's extra important in a game

480
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Speaker 3: that turnovers are so key. These teams are both so

481
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Speaker 3: great at it, and the Chicago run defense isn't very good.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think for the reasons you all stated, and

483
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Speaker 4: because the Steelers just need one of those games where

484
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Speaker 4: the offensive line is like signaling first down and getting

485
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Speaker 4: into it. It reminds me of like Dublin, you know,

486
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Speaker 4: when the quiet guys of the team, the Zach Frazier's

487
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Speaker 4: and Mason mccormicks, are all ready to go for it.

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Speaker 4: And I think to the time of possession. Again, we

489
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Speaker 4: talk about running the ball, but time of possession plays

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Speaker 4: into that because it is true what is going to

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Speaker 4: happen in terms of who wins the turnover margin. I

492
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Speaker 4: was just listening to one of the Bears podcasts that

493
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Speaker 4: their team produces, and they were even saying, like man

494
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Speaker 4: on special teams like their coordinator was taught and mentored

495
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Speaker 4: by Danny Smith, so he's thinking already like what is

496
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Speaker 4: he going to pull out a play from twenty years ago?

497
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Speaker 4: You know, like what's going to happen there? And I

498
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Speaker 4: think because both defenses like to play takeaway, you do

499
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Speaker 4: have to possess the ball to be able to run

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Speaker 4: some cluck as long as you're getting points. So I

501
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Speaker 4: do think running the ball will help all facets of

502
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Speaker 4: this game, and clearly time of possession. Like I just

503
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Speaker 4: wanted to be like a five minute plus win for

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Speaker 4: the Steelers in time of possession at some point down

505
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Speaker 4: the rest of this season, because it just feels like that.

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Speaker 2: Is one thing they cannot get certainly, certainly something that

507
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Speaker 2: we would like to see. They won that time of

508
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Speaker 2: possession by the slimmest of margins this past Sunday. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: let's add up a little bit Sunday in a city

510
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Speaker 2: that's known for their beef sandwiches. I'm sorry I had to, Uh, Missy,

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Speaker 2: thank you so much for your time as always, the

512
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Speaker 2: great Missy Matthews, Queen of the Sideline. Uh, thank you, Missy,

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Speaker 2: and I'll see on the plane tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: Sounds good. Thanks, guys.

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Speaker 2: There she goes Missy Matthews double m with the view

516
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Speaker 2: from the sideline.

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Speaker 3: I missed my opportunity. I was going to mention the

518
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Speaker 3: the article about you guys.

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Speaker 2: Oh you mean to call her back? Yeah, that was

520
00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,800
Speaker 2: pretty cool. That was I think the nicest. So so,

521
00:27:31,920 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 2: what matt is referencing is the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and.

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Speaker 3: That was on my list that mentioned to her and

523
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Speaker 3: call her back.

524
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Speaker 2: The Noah Hailes of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette kind of

525
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 2: shadowed our broadcast team for a week. Uh, and just

526
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:52,240
Speaker 2: everything that goes into the Steelers game day broadcasts was

527
00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,439
Speaker 2: down at the facility with you guys all for asence.

528
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:56,960
Speaker 3: He was down there just taking notes.

529
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Speaker 2: Went over to Rob King's house and you know, watched

530
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Speaker 2: how King or preps and dust film and then hung out,

531
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Speaker 2: you know, met myself and dan Quinlan early Sunday morning

532
00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:07,959
Speaker 2: before that Bengals game and saw how we set up

533
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,719
Speaker 2: and everything that goes into it, and hung out with

534
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Speaker 2: us throughout the broadcast. Really cool story that published, Yeah,

535
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Speaker 2: as been published today and it was it was funny,

536
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,639
Speaker 2: Like my family was texting me and they were like,

537
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:19,720
Speaker 2: this is the nicest thing. Anybody has said about you

538
00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:22,920
Speaker 2: or anything. Well, we all got some nice love from

539
00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,000
Speaker 2: Noah in that article. But Noah said, hey, are you

540
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Speaker 2: ready for this? I mean, Matt, this is the nicest thing,

541
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Speaker 2: and I think anyone's ever said about me. At eight

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Speaker 2: forty five am Sunday, with fewer than two dozen people

543
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:38,680
Speaker 2: total spread throughout the press box, Westeeler's presence was impossible

544
00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 2: to ignore. Oh those far away could hear his playful,

545
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:44,840
Speaker 2: seemingly always upbeat voice as he bounced around the halls.

546
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,880
Speaker 2: Those close to him couldn't help but be impacted by

547
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,440
Speaker 2: his consistent smile. The audio engineer for the Steelers' radio

548
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,200
Speaker 2: broadcasts who also works as an on air talent, his

549
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:57,840
Speaker 2: positive energy set the tone for the day ahead.

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Speaker 3: Wow, how many Benjamin's did that call?

551
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Speaker 2: Just a few hundred? I mean thanks, no checks and

552
00:29:03,760 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 2: the mail. Tyler's over there shaking his head. Tyler, You're

553
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 2: gonna need to get a like a chainsaw and cut

554
00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:12,120
Speaker 2: open that door larger, because my head's not gonna be

555
00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,680
Speaker 2: able to fit in and out of this room with

556
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Speaker 2: the ego boost that that Noah hailes.

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Speaker 3: But no, everybody should check the article.

558
00:29:17,280 --> 00:29:19,960
Speaker 2: Really cool stuff about how Rob prepares for a game,

559
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 2: just kind of him and Missy and Max and the

560
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,280
Speaker 2: balance that they have and how they come up with

561
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 2: the topics that they want to make sure and hit

562
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Speaker 2: on throughout the show. Uh, it was it was. You

563
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,400
Speaker 2: got a shout out in the article as well too

564
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Speaker 2: for the status. Yeah that you that you provide. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm glad. I'm glad you brought that up. We should

566
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Speaker 2: have brought that up with Missy planning on it, you know,

567
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Speaker 2: next time, next next time they write out, next time

568
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Speaker 2: they write.

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Speaker 3: A feature next week, you'll still hold up.

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Speaker 2: That's true. Yeah, absolutely good stuff from Missy and uh

571
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Speaker 2: looking forward to another great broadcast with the team on

572
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Speaker 2: Sunday in Chicago. When we come back on the other side,

573
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Speaker 2: let's talk more about the Bear a little bit on

574
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Speaker 2: their road ahead and how important this is for them,

575
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 2: kind of like the Steelers and Matt. We still haven't

576
00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 2: done this week. We got to do this before I forget.

577
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: We got to do our Chicago Bears pick a player exercise.

578
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 3: This one's actually better than most.

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Speaker 2: I was doing a Matt Williamson and laying there in

580
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Speaker 2: bed last night thinking about it. Yeah, that's pretty good.

581
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Speaker 3: That's good. This guy's so young, and there's some options.

582
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Speaker 2: There are some options. We'll get into all of that

583
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Speaker 2: as we wrap up the first hour of the program.

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Speaker 2: Wesh Uler, Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on Steelers Nation

585
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Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

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

587
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal. Steelers Nation Radio.

588
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:08,240
Speaker 2: Back on the Drive here as we are continuing to

589
00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,120
Speaker 2: set the scene, set the stage for Steelers Bears and Matt,

590
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:18,800
Speaker 2: some bad news for the Chicago Bears. Three linebackers three.

591
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,480
Speaker 3: Glad we're going down there. Their linebacker situation is rough

592
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 3: ruled out according Edmonds.

593
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 2: According to Adam Scheff, their Tremaine Edmonds, TJ. Edwards, and

594
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 2: Noah Seouele all out for Sundays.

595
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:33,400
Speaker 3: Against the three guys.

596
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:37,440
Speaker 2: Their top three linebackers all ruled out for Sunday's contest.

597
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 3: Now, it hasn't been a Steeler specialty, but I think

598
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 3: you have to throw in the middle of the field

599
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: and feature some of these tight ends a little bit

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Speaker 3: more to totally crossing routes, all that type of thing too,

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Speaker 3: because this defense makes a lot of mistakes. They have

602
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,600
Speaker 3: some alignment errors and allow some big plays anyway, and

603
00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 3: now you take all those communicators and athletes out of

604
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:59,360
Speaker 3: the middle and schools kind of down these penny stools.

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Speaker 2: Brother, Yeah, he's.

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Speaker 3: Kind of a downhill banger. Edmonds is the every down

607
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 3: money guy. And you know that's their top three dudes.

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00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 3: That's a big deal.

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00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:11,120
Speaker 2: That's a huge, huge, huge deal for them.

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Speaker 3: And I also got a question the run fits and

611
00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 3: all that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 2: Too, absolutely in the communication from a communication standpoint, like

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Speaker 2: you say, that's.

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Speaker 3: They don't do a great job of protecting their linebackers either,

615
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Speaker 3: Like they played Grady Jarrett a lot who's well past

616
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Speaker 3: his prime and he's a gap shooter, smaller overage guy.

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Speaker 2: And you had also mentioned Kyler Gordon a little bit yesterday.

618
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 2: He is in that twenty one day window to be

619
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Speaker 2: you know, designated from return from from reserve and IR.

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Speaker 2: He is listed as questionable for Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Okay, he's actually under consideration for who I'd snagged from

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Speaker 3: the Bears. I mean, he's that good.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we're gonna get there in just a second, just

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Speaker 2: a second. A couple others that we had discussed yesterday

625
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Speaker 2: who were on their injury report, Darnell Wright full participant

626
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Speaker 2: cleared for Sunday. Joe Thuney full participant cleared for Sunday.

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Speaker 2: Deandrew have full participant cleared for Sunday, Grady Jarrett full

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Speaker 2: participant cleared for Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Is Johnson on there the corner. I thought he was.

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Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson, right, Yes, he is also listed as questionable,

631
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Speaker 2: So and him and Gordon are both in that coming

632
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Speaker 2: off of IR twenty one day listed as questionable.

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Speaker 3: That's their two best defensive players. And what's amazing is

634
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Speaker 3: they have all these takeaways with these two out hardly

635
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Speaker 3: playing all there.

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Speaker 2: You're right, right, So they are at best going to

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Speaker 2: have two starting defensive back one or two starting defensive

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Speaker 2: backs potentially who are not one hundred percent healthy and

639
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Speaker 2: are just coming off of IR, and they're going to

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Speaker 2: be down three starting linebackers.

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Speaker 3: I kind of get the impression Johnson's likely to play,

642
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Speaker 3: Gordon's unlikely to play, but they're probably both listed as questionable.

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Speaker 2: They are both listed as questionable.

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Speaker 3: This is the hunch I got, and this is stuff

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00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 3: I've read, you know.

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Speaker 2: And so that's the latest with the Chicago Bears and

647
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Speaker 2: some of the status of some of their key contributors,

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Speaker 2: particularly again on the a lot of names there on

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Speaker 2: the defensive side of the football.

650
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Speaker 3: Right, which is their weakness to begin with. Right, Maybe

651
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,000
Speaker 3: there's go'na be more points here, and we think maybe

652
00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:04,080
Speaker 3: it very well could be.

653
00:34:04,600 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 2: May be. We will continue to monitor all of that

654
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,719
Speaker 2: as we roll along here. But you know what, Matt,

655
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 2: let's get into that right in a minute.

656
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,560
Speaker 3: I opened the show saying, my tune has changed on

657
00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,240
Speaker 3: the Bears. Tell me, and I'm in a very positive manner.

658
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,360
Speaker 3: You know, we talked about that Tye article, et cetera.

659
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 3: A tune changes something else too. Okay, when you have

660
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,440
Speaker 3: thirty minutes and five seconds of time of possession, we're.

661
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:30,480
Speaker 2: Going to continue to read this.

662
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,919
Speaker 3: Yeah, I love it. You're ten seconds more, not five.

663
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,000
Speaker 2: So like what played out with the Steelers, right.

664
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 3: They didn't have a five second of they have a ten.

665
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 3: I'm on the pursuit of trade.

666
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 2: You're telling me, Matt Williamson that on a Friday, you're

667
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:46,239
Speaker 2: gonna drop this bomb on.

668
00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:47,160
Speaker 3: Me enough time.

669
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Speaker 2: You're betraying me and you're joining the other side of

670
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,840
Speaker 2: the aisle on this one. I am this is like

671
00:34:51,920 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 2: when Hulk Hogan joined nWo exactly exactly.

672
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 3: And here's why. Somebody tweeted me and just convinced me.

673
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 2: And I saw that tweet.

674
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 3: Okay, if you have fifty cents and I have fifty

675
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,960
Speaker 3: cents and I give you a penny, you have two

676
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 3: cents more than me.

677
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 2: When you bring money. When you bring money, you see this, tyler,

678
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:15,040
Speaker 2: You bring money into your equation to changes everything.

679
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 3: Right. It's like, I don't have a penny more than you,

680
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 3: you have two pennies more than me. I think it's

681
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 3: a tough one. It's a tough argument to fight.

682
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 2: But if you look at in that context, you're absolutely right.

683
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:26,280
Speaker 2: But what if we look at it in the context

684
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 2: of you and I go to the bank and we

685
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:29,959
Speaker 2: take a dollar and we get one hundred pennies back,

686
00:35:30,560 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 2: and I have fifty one and you have forty nine, you.

687
00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 3: Still have two more than me. Do I know you

688
00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 3: could buy two more penny candies than I can?

689
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,279
Speaker 2: I don't know, because if I give you one of

690
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,120
Speaker 2: those pennies, then we have the same. So do I

691
00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 2: really have two more pennies than you?

692
00:35:44,040 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 3: If you're fifty one and I have forty nine, but

693
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:47,160
Speaker 3: more than me.

694
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,240
Speaker 2: But if I give you one, then we're on level footing.

695
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 3: I think money just shows that it's we're wrong because

696
00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 3: I just admit it.

697
00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:00,799
Speaker 2: I mean, I would like to be a humble and

698
00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:03,680
Speaker 2: contrite radio host and admit that we were wrong. And

699
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 2: the point the point that that listener I wish I

700
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 2: could wish it take a lot. Well, it would take

701
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,080
Speaker 2: a lot of scrolling back to find. But I do

702
00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,319
Speaker 2: remember seeing that tweet a few days ago.

703
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 3: But I don't know.

704
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,319
Speaker 2: I might just stick my head in the sand and

705
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,080
Speaker 2: be prideful here. You know that changed my ways.

706
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 3: Okay, you'll get wiser with it.

707
00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,200
Speaker 2: He's not gonna let you I'm not gonna let you

708
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 2: all gas light me. Okay.

709
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,600
Speaker 3: What were we about though? Were we plucking up plucking

710
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:26,879
Speaker 3: a bear?

711
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's pluck a Chicago bear here before we go

712
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 2: way down this rabbit hole.

713
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:31,399
Speaker 3: I know we don't have a ton of time today,

714
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Speaker 3: so we'll be quick we do.

715
00:36:32,760 --> 00:36:35,319
Speaker 2: Okay, we've got nothing but time, cool, nothing but time.

716
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 3: These are my candidates.

717
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 2: Okay, give me your candidates.

718
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 3: Both those defensive back. Yeah.

719
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:42,440
Speaker 2: I think Jalen Johnson has to be in the conversation.

720
00:36:42,520 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 3: Yes, the only negative with Johnson is big contract. He's

721
00:36:46,160 --> 00:36:48,240
Speaker 3: not super old, but he just signed a big contract.

722
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:51,400
Speaker 3: He's coming off his first contract, so he's twenty six ish,

723
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:54,440
Speaker 3: but he's that outside man corner off as a porter

724
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,680
Speaker 3: old baby, you know what I mean. Like now that

725
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,879
Speaker 3: problem you're not talking about Pierre and Slay and drafting one.

726
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:05,719
Speaker 3: I mean, you're just done. Gordon to me, is that

727
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:12,480
Speaker 3: super underrated position in today's NFL. That's a nickel slash.

728
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,920
Speaker 2: The Brian Branch position. Yeah, the Cooper dejen position.

729
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:17,439
Speaker 3: And the way I've been describing that lately is it's

730
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:20,600
Speaker 3: just the rug that brings the room together, you know,

731
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 3: like it's just whatever you want to do. On defense,

732
00:37:25,960 --> 00:37:28,919
Speaker 3: you have that guy. And Frankly, Ramsey's that guy as

733
00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:32,440
Speaker 3: a slot, but I think he's a safety now. If

734
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,160
Speaker 3: I had Gordon, he's definitely a safety the rest of

735
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:34,560
Speaker 3: his career.

736
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Speaker 2: It's Ramsey a couple of years ago. He's perfect for that.

737
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's still really good at y. You know,

738
00:37:39,320 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 3: he could do all that. He can blitz, he can

739
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,760
Speaker 3: play the run. He's you know, take the slot receiver,

740
00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 3: he can take the tight end. Andy's cheap. He's injured now,

741
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 3: but I'm not going to hold that against him. He

742
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 3: doesn't have like this massive injury. Yeah, those are only two.

743
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:55,720
Speaker 3: On defense, I would consider the two defensive backs, yes,

744
00:37:55,800 --> 00:37:58,400
Speaker 3: although I do like two of their defensive linemen. Sweat.

745
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 3: He's also expensive, but he's an edge player. I just

746
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,000
Speaker 3: don't think the edge is a huge need. And Girvin

747
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,480
Speaker 3: Dexter is one of my favorite young He tackles. I

748
00:38:06,520 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 3: bet he does something in this game. You're like, oh,

749
00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 3: that one, he's necessary.

750
00:38:11,080 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 2: I like Brisker in their secondary too, but it's not.

751
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,040
Speaker 2: He's a strong and it's like we've talked about. You've

752
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 2: got a lot of those.

753
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,920
Speaker 3: I'm glad you mentioned him though, because he'd be You've got.

754
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,320
Speaker 2: A lot of those left shoes. Yeah, where he was

755
00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:24,520
Speaker 2: a right shoe. Maybe it's a different conversation, but you've

756
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,280
Speaker 2: got a lot of those left shoes already.

757
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 3: Everything you said that's that's definitely a good way of

758
00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:30,759
Speaker 3: looking at that one, because he's a good young player

759
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:35,279
Speaker 3: too and cheap. Your boy, Darnell Wright is really really attractive.

760
00:38:36,120 --> 00:38:38,719
Speaker 2: Imagine being the head coach that didn't recruit that of

761
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:40,920
Speaker 2: his own backyard. I'm sorry. After today, I'll be done

762
00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:41,480
Speaker 2: bringing it up.

763
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 3: But the negative on him is now I'm going to

764
00:38:44,800 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 3: move Troy back the left, sure, and I don't like that.

765
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 2: And you're about to have to pay Darnell as well

766
00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 2: like this this offseason.

767
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:54,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, but I mean in a vacuum if I didn't,

768
00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 3: you know, have But if Jones was more valuable than

769
00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:03,120
Speaker 3: fouton which he isn't, I would take Darnell right, you know, or.

770
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,360
Speaker 2: If right was extrectly strictly a left.

771
00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 3: Right left is right right now w R I g

772
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:16,759
Speaker 3: H T tackle anyway, so I would love him. But

773
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:20,640
Speaker 3: now Faltanu, who is a left tackle at Washington, so

774
00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 3: comfortable right.

775
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 2: The same thing, the same thing we've just talked about

776
00:39:23,960 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: with Roger Jones over the last year and around, and.

777
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,360
Speaker 3: He'd probably do fine. But do I want him to

778
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:32,440
Speaker 3: take any kind of step back in this process? Not really.

779
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 3: Quarterbacks aren't allowed, and that leads to doonsay.

780
00:39:36,960 --> 00:39:38,799
Speaker 2: I think it's right or a doonsay, That to me

781
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 2: is the conversation.

782
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,840
Speaker 3: A doomsay would really be a perfect compliment today.

783
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:48,080
Speaker 2: I think for the current Steelers right now today, November

784
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 2: twenty first, twenty twenty five, the second year guy, I

785
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 2: think he's the answer because he's cheap for a few

786
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:58,360
Speaker 2: more years. He compliments DK well, oh, yeah, whatever happens

787
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 2: post Aaron Rodgers, You're like, hey, look at this nest

788
00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 2: We've got built on the offensive line and some real

789
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,240
Speaker 2: weapons for you.

790
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:06,760
Speaker 3: Your next quarterback or whoever, would be thrilled.

791
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 2: Like, if I'm a different team and I've got my

792
00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 2: money spent on the offensive side of the football, I'm

793
00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 2: taking one of those two corners. But if I'm the

794
00:40:13,680 --> 00:40:15,880
Speaker 2: Steelers right now, I'm like, man, I would love to

795
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,120
Speaker 2: add a play making peace like that. That. That's as

796
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:20,399
Speaker 2: much as I'd love to go with my my West

797
00:40:20,480 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 2: Virginia native son Darnell Wright. I think I'm taking a

798
00:40:24,520 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 2: dunes again specifically too, because that's what this exercise is.

799
00:40:28,120 --> 00:40:29,880
Speaker 2: The Steelers right now, you got to add one.

800
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Speaker 3: That's why the Bears are one of the best teams

801
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,239
Speaker 3: to talk about it, because there are some really good candidates.

802
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,800
Speaker 3: I'm taking Johnson. Yeah, I don't love spending the money,

803
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,160
Speaker 3: but the team is cap space. I don't usually even

804
00:40:40,200 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 3: go down that road, but I mean they do have

805
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 3: cap space. And if I can have two man corners,

806
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:48,279
Speaker 3: the rest of the defense would level up in a

807
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:51,319
Speaker 3: massive way. In a massive way.

808
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:53,520
Speaker 2: I mean that's a real nice luxury.

809
00:40:53,800 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, And I just think I can find it. I'll

810
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 3: draft a receiver in a second round, but I don't

811
00:40:58,480 --> 00:40:59,640
Speaker 3: want to always be looking.

812
00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:02,719
Speaker 2: For that, you know, agreed, If you know, if he

813
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:04,360
Speaker 2: was a couple of years younger, I think Joe Thuney

814
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:07,840
Speaker 2: would be in this conversation. But yeah, thirty three, thirty

815
00:41:07,880 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 2: four now and expensive and expensive if he was thirty inexpensive.

816
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 2: That's one thing.

817
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 3: I don't think. Cimal is likely to be back next year,

818
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:16,920
Speaker 3: and you're upgrade at left guard.

819
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 2: She's one of the best, one of the best year.

820
00:41:19,600 --> 00:41:21,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, so they're a good team to talk about.

821
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,239
Speaker 2: They were I think one of the more loaded, one

822
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:25,600
Speaker 2: of the more enjoyable ones.

823
00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:27,320
Speaker 3: I could see the different avenues.

824
00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 2: There's a lot of a lot of fair arguments you

825
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:30,000
Speaker 2: could make.

826
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't see any wrong answers for any of those.

827
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:34,120
Speaker 2: And that's you know, again, that's without us.

828
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 3: I mean, right, turn your back on offensive tackle and

829
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:40,160
Speaker 3: not yet twenty five?

830
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 4: Right? Uh?

831
00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 2: And obviously we did all that fun discussion and leaving

832
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 2: Caleb Williams out of it. Oh, he'd be the pack

833
00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:51,080
Speaker 2: if quarterbacks are allowed. He's the obvious answer, right, Yeah,

834
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:52,280
Speaker 2: I think that's.

835
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:56,080
Speaker 3: Another fun game. We'll do probably this offseason is let's

836
00:41:56,120 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 3: whatever the Steelers end up picking in the draft, it's

837
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 3: twenty or twenty five or whatever. Would you give up

838
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:06,839
Speaker 3: that pick in next year's first for Tyler Murray? No, no,

839
00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 3: but I would forget. But Caleb Williams is a yes, yeah,

840
00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 3: like I want to go through.

841
00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 2: The whole league, Drake, May I give up more right right, right,

842
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 2: right right.

843
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:18,000
Speaker 3: But we're gonna play that game sometimes because maybe you

844
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 3: are actually going to use those picks to trade up

845
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:24,600
Speaker 3: the five. And if that person turns into Trevor Lawrence,

846
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 3: you knew it. But if he turns into Caleb Williams, yes.

847
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,239
Speaker 2: I was, You'll laugh. I was talking to one of

848
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 2: my cousins on the phone last night, and he's a

849
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 2: big football dork as well too. He's the one who

850
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,760
Speaker 2: after he's a the athletic director at the school school

851
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 2: in Virginia. He was the defensive coordinator at his old

852
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 2: high school forever and then became athletic director. And we

853
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 2: were kind of playing the We were talking about the

854
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 2: quarterbacks and that he because he always loves the around

855
00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:53,879
Speaker 2: campus segment and I always email him that that around

856
00:42:54,719 --> 00:42:57,480
Speaker 2: as well, and he's like, he's like I'm not I'm

857
00:42:57,520 --> 00:42:59,520
Speaker 2: not really feeling these guys. He's like, I gotta be

858
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:01,920
Speaker 2: honest with you, I'm not feeling And so we were

859
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 2: playing the like, Okay, Fernando Mendoza or cam Ward you know,

860
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 2: Fernando Mendoza or Jackson Dart or Dante Moore. Care game.

861
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:13,120
Speaker 2: We were playing that that game last night, having some

862
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:16,320
Speaker 2: fun doing that. Matt, just real quickly too, before we

863
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:18,200
Speaker 2: go to break man, this is an important one for

864
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 2: the Bears when you look at their schedule ahead.

865
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:23,759
Speaker 3: So real quick, if you check my Twitter, I just

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Speaker 3: retweeted it before I came here, as was. This is

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Speaker 3: one of the biggest playoff implication games of the weekend,

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Speaker 3: even though well, actually last night's game was huge.

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Speaker 2: Last night's game was massive, massive.

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Speaker 3: And boy Houston survived. But considering these teams aren't the

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Speaker 3: same division, aren't the same conference, it's pretty crazy how

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Speaker 3: big a discrepancy the winner and loser changed in this game.

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Speaker 2: Bears with a win sixty six percent chance to make

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Speaker 2: the playoffs, with a loss thirty five percent chance.

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Speaker 3: That's a huge difference for one game against a non conference.

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Speaker 2: Steeler surprises me a lot too. With a win still

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Speaker 2: just fifty percent chance to make the playoffs with a win, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: with a loss, twenty two percent.

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Speaker 3: Thing about that, because part of it is the Ravens

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Speaker 3: are fourteen and a half point favorites against the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, the Ravens with a winner now seventy four percent

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Speaker 2: all of a sudden. I don't know if I agree

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Speaker 2: with that, But who am I to argue that the

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Speaker 2: analytics and the numbers.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I could see it if Steelers lose, Ravens win,

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Speaker 3: maybe not go up to seventy four, but that would

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Speaker 3: be huge for Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, But I still think I dropped the Steelers down

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Speaker 2: to twenty two percent. Now that seems really low.

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Speaker 3: It really low just with a loss, I mean still

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Speaker 3: with a winning record.

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Speaker 2: That whole, like the Bears haven't played anybody, which I think.

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Speaker 2: I never liked that argument in the NFL because it's

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Speaker 2: not Ohio State versus Akron.

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Speaker 3: But this Colts conversation too, just a couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 2: The if Chicago makes the playoffs, nobody will be able

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Speaker 2: to say that it was unearned because I know Steelers

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Speaker 2: this weekend, then at Philly, then at green Bay. It's

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Speaker 2: a tough three game stretch. Okay, Then they get the

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Speaker 2: Browns at home. Should win that one, yes, Then they

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Speaker 2: get Green Bay at home against I got to see

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Speaker 2: in the span of three weeks, man, the schedule makers

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Speaker 2: were in their bag with that one. Then they have

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Speaker 2: to go to San Francisco. Then they host the Lions. Okay,

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Speaker 2: so right now.

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Speaker 3: Matts and Lions games are looming.

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Speaker 2: Proverbial if the season was over today, six of the

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Speaker 2: last seven teams that the Bears play are all in

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Speaker 2: the playoffs right now.

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Speaker 3: Just not the Browns.

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Speaker 2: Just not the Browns. So don't get me wrong. Their

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Speaker 2: schedule has been fortunate to this point. But if they

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Speaker 2: earn it, if they do end up winning that division

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Speaker 2: or getting a wild card, no one could say that

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Speaker 2: it was just because they had an easy schedule. This

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Speaker 2: back half is tough.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if they go five hundred the rest of

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Speaker 3: the way, they could be in the hut.

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Speaker 2: They're seven and three now ten or eleven wins ten

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Speaker 2: I think probably gets you in eleven. I would feel deaf.

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Speaker 3: Ten doesn't win that division though, not with the Lions

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Speaker 3: Packers in it.

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Speaker 2: But if they win the right one, yeah, yeah, good point.

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Speaker 2: Who baby A lot on the line Sunday is Chicago.

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Speaker 3: The road is narrowing? Is you? And Coach Salmlins say the.

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Speaker 2: Road isn't it? You know, I've been told that myself

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Speaker 2: and Mike Tom will have a real way with words.

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Speaker 2: Let's get into some of these specific matchups to start

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Speaker 2: our number two little five star Friday. To kick us off.

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Speaker 2: On the other side, Yuler Williamson halfway home. It's the

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