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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we doing well? That's good

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Speaker 2: us too. It is our number two of the drive

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Speaker 2: here on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 2: And Matt, what do you say since we're in the

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Speaker 2: car and we're driving around here? Are you ready to

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Speaker 2: go around campus?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? This is you man, take it away. One thing

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Speaker 3: I'll add to the conversation is I was listening to

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Speaker 3: Dane Brugler's podcast. He's a new one this year called

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Speaker 3: Building the Beast, which is pretty fun. I love that

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Speaker 3: because every week, yeah, I build a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: So we got in here. I'm excited to listen to

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Speaker 2: it on the way home, so.

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Speaker 3: I didn't get far into it, I you know, just

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Speaker 3: down into the red light. I started listening to that one.

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Speaker 3: And what they're doing is because it's kind of the

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Speaker 3: halfway point at college football. Yes, as he's given his

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Speaker 3: top three at every position.

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 3: And I've only gotten through quarterbacks, but that's what we're

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Speaker 3: talking about anyway. So his number one is Dante more

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Speaker 3: Sellers is his two. Okay, and Mendoza's history, So.

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Speaker 2: The same top three that we've kind of had the

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Speaker 2: whole year.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and he didn't have more ranked last year because

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Speaker 3: not many people did, right, I mean, I guess he

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Speaker 3: was pretty bad for who's the team he was with Cal?

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Speaker 3: You the way that Dane explained it was, he really

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Speaker 3: wasn't very good at LA, which.

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Speaker 2: Is wild too, because I remember when you and I

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Speaker 2: started having the Fernando Mendoza conversation.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of the pig came for Cow.

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Speaker 2: He came from CAL. A lot of the pit people

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Speaker 2: like our buddy Tom Opferman, were like, what are you

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Speaker 2: talking about? He's not that good. I wa washed him

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Speaker 2: play last year at CAL, And I'm like, wait, he

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Speaker 2: was playing at Cal with a bunch of nobodies. Now

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Speaker 2: was going to Signetti and an Indiana team that is

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Speaker 2: at the best they've been in program history, which albeit

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Speaker 2: isn't an incredibly hard high bar to clear. They won

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Speaker 2: ten games last year for the first time as a program.

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Speaker 2: But I think those three, no matter what order you

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Speaker 2: have him in, are the top three.

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Speaker 3: I think. So if you bet this point.

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Speaker 2: I would. I'm not even saying it's a hot take,

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Speaker 2: but I think you would have to have some real

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Speaker 2: kind of mental gymnastics to have somebody else over those three.

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Speaker 3: Again, Club Nick and all Are and all the guys

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Speaker 3: that got a lot of hype preseason, haven't they have

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Speaker 3: they been stepped forward?

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Speaker 2: They have not. Now I will say some of them

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Speaker 2: have started to rebound nicely in that regard, Like I think,

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Speaker 2: I think, I think Club Nick has started to show

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Speaker 2: some of the hype. He's in this packet that I

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Speaker 2: put together for Here's what I wrote for him, starting

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Speaker 2: to show some of the hype that he entered this

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Speaker 2: season with good decision making and accurate He carved up

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Speaker 2: North Carolina and Bell Belichick on Saturday, where he was

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Speaker 2: twenty two of twenty four for two hundred and fifty

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Speaker 2: four yards, four touchdowns and no turn up. Efficient day,

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Speaker 2: A very efficient day for kid Clubnick.

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Speaker 3: Okay, nothing, the one that doesn't blow me away physically though.

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Speaker 3: He like a big, strong guy, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, same and nuss Meyer's kind of in that state.

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Speaker 3: The other one. Yeah, but here's what his son and

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing, and he's and he's in his fifth

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Speaker 2: for him, of course, LSU has got some monster games

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Speaker 3: Sellers is the one you're telling me off the air.

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Speaker 2: That let's talk about Sellers.

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Speaker 3: I kind of want to start there too, because, like

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Speaker 3: even Dane said, there's not much to go off of yet.

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Speaker 3: So I'm just kind of keeping them at the top

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Speaker 2: And I'm laughing, you know, I I do read like

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Speaker 2: I'm reading stuff. I'm reading what ESPN is saying, what

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Speaker 2: CBS is saying, all these different you know, you can

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Speaker 2: go on Google and you can find college football quarterback

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And so like a lot of people are kind

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Speaker 2: of Sellers is falling down their power rankings, which I

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Speaker 2: he didn't do anything wrong, but it's it's exactly right.

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Speaker 2: Like he had a concussion. They had a ton of

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Speaker 2: stabilized a little bit. They're coming off a bye week. Okay,

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Speaker 2: now it's really time to start. Because get this, South

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Speaker 2: currently currently ranked in the top eleven of the College

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Speaker 2: five five straight games against teams that are currently ranked

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Speaker 2: want to get back to being that kind of number

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Speaker 2: one overall pick. He's got some real opportunity here over

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Speaker 3: And I think it goes out saying they're dogs in

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Speaker 2: Right, They will be dogs in every one of those games, absolutely,

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Speaker 2: But for him here you.

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Speaker 3: Go, yeah, you keep them, you know, not look bad.

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Speaker 2: Even if you're just able to keep South Carolina competitive

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Speaker 2: Those two will meet on Saturday, for what is just

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Speaker 2: a fantastic Saturday slate of games. But that to me

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Speaker 2: the crop. Yeah, you will get South Carolina versus LSU

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Speaker 3: I know Indiana is good, but they're a dog in

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Speaker 2: I don't know if it's substantial. I think it's seven

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Speaker 2: Let me let me find it here, because they're a

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Speaker 3: I know they're good.

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Speaker 2: They are seven? Yeah, those two three thirty. That's the

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Speaker 2: If I could watch one game this weekend, that's what

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Speaker 3: I never devr college games. When I might devar that one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Another one to keep an eye on. Oklahoma versus Texas,

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Speaker 2: one of the more fun rivalries in college football. Is

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Speaker 2: also at three point thirty. Mattier is a game time decision,

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Speaker 2: so he could be back. If not, they have some

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Speaker 2: big games coming up against Georgia, I think as well too,

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Speaker 3: I say, Manning, we at least need to mention in that.

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Speaker 2: Kind of them off a little bit rightfully. So, but

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Speaker 3: Of these conversations.

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Speaker 2: I'm also keeping an eye on two more games, just

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Speaker 2: uh Indiana Oregon obviously, Oklahoma Texas obviously. Those are both

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Speaker 3: Because we mentioned NASS in that game too.

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Speaker 2: Nas is in that game against Sellers. Two could be too.

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Speaker 2: First round quarterbacks there as well. Alabama at Missouri because

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Speaker 3: Very intriguing wat I don't know much about him.

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Speaker 2: He's the one who's really started to blow up on

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Speaker 2: these quarterback rankings and quarterback big boards. Missouri doesn't necessarily

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Speaker 3: This is a top fourteen matchup.

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Speaker 2: That's a good noon game. And then another one of

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Speaker 2: those guys along with Ty Simpson that I've really become

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Speaker 2: intrigued by, is Jaden Mavia from USC six four, two

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Speaker 3: He's a pretty good athlete too.

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Speaker 2: He's a good athlete, leads the big ten passing yards.

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Speaker 2: no problem. But then they go back to back. They

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Speaker 2: Hopefully Matear is all healthy and good to go and

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Speaker 2: we can see him against Chamberless and what would be

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Speaker 2: another one of those watch both of these quarterback type games.

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Speaker 3: Do people think Mateer might play?

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Speaker 2: He's he is a game time decision for the Red

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Speaker 2: he's sooner rather than later. A couple more that I

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Speaker 2: Drew Aller deserves some mention here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we've talked about him much.

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Speaker 2: Six five, two thirty five, and Matt I went back

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Speaker 2: and watched some some some cutups. And despite Penn State

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Speaker 2: four and from a like a point spread perspective, maybe

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Speaker 2: the biggest upset loss in Penn State football history. I mean,

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Speaker 2: the schedule. But that's like a thirteen to nine level

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Speaker 2: bad loss of Penn State.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you were talking about like a Penn State

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Speaker 2: And they're unranked now, which tells you all you need

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Speaker 2: to know. But despite that, I actually think and a

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Speaker 3: Around the quarterback of a disappointing team.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but that's big a knocks of a knock as

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Speaker 3: Right, I'm beating up on nineteen twenty year olds.

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Speaker 2: And yes, yes, another guy who hey, hand up, this

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Speaker 3: It sounds like he's turned things around in a big way.

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Speaker 3: Was talking about how he's matured and he's professional back there.

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Speaker 3: I've been heard a lot about him going back to

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Speaker 3: Something screams like the guy that goes as senior ball

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Speaker 3: Time of year. Yeah. Yeah, so people raved about him

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Speaker 2: Just from a pure entertainment and enjoyment perspective, I love

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Speaker 2: college football this year, Matt, I cannot remember having this

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Speaker 3: Just the list is longer than ever.

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Speaker 3: Unfortunately, Teaser, a lot of teams are gonna be after

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Speaker 2: Thought we're gonna We're gonna circle back to that at

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Speaker 2: heading into week seven of the college football season. West Ruler,

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Speaker 2: to our buddy Chris Adamski. He of course the co

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Speaker 2: the time. Let's get right into it. Matt and I

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Speaker 4: And they had the right in front of them here

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Speaker 4: but the contenders before, it seems like there's a balaise

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Speaker 4: around both of them for different reasons. I know that

441
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Speaker 4: Jake Browning era is mercifully over for not only for

442
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Speaker 4: a the fans, but anybody who watched the game at

443
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Speaker 4: some point at that Money Night game, and every time

444
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Speaker 4: the Bengals are on, it's just like pain for to

445
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Speaker 4: watch right now, all right, And they went from arguably

446
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Speaker 4: one of the most fun teams, they're probably with the

447
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Speaker 4: funnest team to watch, if that's something you could say,

448
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Speaker 4: or even the word funnest. Last season when they were

449
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Speaker 4: you know, scored a lot of points to get up

450
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Speaker 4: a lot of points to being the most excruciating offense

451
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Speaker 4: to watch. I feel like they're pulling Pizzo. They can't

452
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Speaker 4: get any worse under their new quarterback. But yeah, it's

453
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Speaker 4: wild how you're sitting here, especially for a team that

454
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Speaker 4: I'm guessing that Betty Markets had the Steelers third to

455
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Speaker 4: start the season, the third pick in the division. And

456
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Speaker 4: to me this, you know, appearance of such a good

457
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Speaker 4: spot here before you they even play a game in.

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Speaker 3: October, no, no doubt. So let's switch into just the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: You know, we got some injury news, some good, some bad.

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Speaker 3: It looks like Warren's likely to be back. Do you

461
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Speaker 3: think he goes back to being almost the entire workload

462
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Speaker 3: and game Well is a spot player or does that

463
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Speaker 3: load become more fifty to fifty with as well as

464
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Speaker 3: Gainwell played or Mike Caleb Johnson ever see the field?

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Speaker 3: You know, what do you how do you think the

466
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Speaker 3: labored division of labor at running backs can go?

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Speaker 4: Fuckep getting asked that, and I always say, like, remember

468
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Speaker 4: week one, Gainwell out snapped for it. I mean he

469
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Speaker 4: didn't get more touches, and that was before Gainwell's you know, breakout,

470
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Speaker 4: and he could show it and that was presumably everybody's elsey,

471
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Speaker 4: and they could say they were they were behind a

472
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Speaker 4: lot of that game. And maybe that's more you know,

473
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Speaker 4: Gamewell snapped friendly or whatever. But you know, I don't

474
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Speaker 4: know fifty fifty is the right way I put it.

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Speaker 4: But it seems clear that these coaches like Gainwell, they

476
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Speaker 4: went out and signed game Well as an organization, and

477
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Speaker 4: we're up in camp. They the game a lot of

478
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Speaker 4: looks in a lot of different ways, and like I said,

479
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Speaker 4: we want he play a lot. They made him clearly

480
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Speaker 4: way over Caleb Johnson during the game of the War

481
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Speaker 4: and wasn't available. So Gainwell is part of his offense.

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Speaker 4: He's a snip be a part of the offense no

483
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Speaker 4: matter who's healthy. And you know, if if the game

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Speaker 4: is a quote unquote normal game where it's with always

485
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Speaker 4: within a you know, a score or whatever it is

486
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Speaker 4: that I don't know how exactly it places, I would

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Speaker 4: imagine War will still get more carries, probably just more

488
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Speaker 4: touches by that alone. But yeah, we're talking probably a

489
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Speaker 4: sixty forty type you know, snap share and then things

490
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Speaker 4: is what I envisioned here going forward.

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Speaker 2: Chris, what's your thoughts on the offensive line? Here coming

492
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Speaker 2: out of the bye week. I I think that there

493
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Speaker 2: has certainly been progress, but that there's certainly still more

494
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Speaker 2: to be desired there a little bit better in the

495
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Speaker 2: run game. Still feels like they're a little hesitant to,

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Speaker 2: you know, put Aaron Rodgers back there and let him

497
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Speaker 2: stand in the pocket and throw downfield. Maybe some pass

498
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Speaker 2: protection concerns are they are they trending in the right

499
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Speaker 2: direction or is the progress still been a little slower

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Speaker 2: than you'd like.

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Speaker 4: Well, a couple of things. That one thing I thought

502
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Speaker 4: at the end of that Vikings game that was as

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Speaker 4: demonstrative or as emotional at the offensive line, a long

504
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Speaker 4: time Seelers offensive line. I tried to ask because that,

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Speaker 4: you know, did the Vikings were they talking a lot

506
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Speaker 4: and they were talking a little more than usual, let's say,

507
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Speaker 4: and and today Roderick was asked a little bit about that.

508
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Speaker 4: He essentially said it was just that, uh maybe it

509
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Speaker 4: Mason mcormackall run together right now at the moment. But

510
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Speaker 4: somebody said, well, it was just essentially that we had

511
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Speaker 4: a it was a run game in the second half there,

512
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Speaker 4: so we were really feeling our you know, so our outs,

513
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Speaker 4: you know, we're able to be the aggressor and everything,

514
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Speaker 4: and that was part of it to win a game.

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Speaker 4: You know, it's probably just the motion winning a game

516
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Speaker 4: across the continent. But but I do think by any

517
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Speaker 4: reasonable objective or subjective measure, that had that was our

518
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Speaker 4: best game of the season at elevens of line. And

519
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Speaker 4: they maybe they are kind of feeling themselves come together

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Speaker 4: and the way I characterize I guess if you asked

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Speaker 4: me or the offensive line, if we were talking in

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Speaker 4: you know, June or March or August or even what

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Speaker 4: September sixth and you and you know you showed me

524
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Speaker 4: film a week four, I'd be like, Okay, well that's

525
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Speaker 4: that's all right, that's that's good. I guess I'd be satisfied.

526
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Speaker 4: But it just you feel so much better than that

527
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Speaker 4: because it would happened in week one or two, right,

528
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Speaker 4: And I feel like the earrow is definitely pointing up.

529
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Speaker 4: And I think all four weeks, I feel like the

530
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Speaker 4: offensive line has gotten incrementally better. And I mean that

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Speaker 4: sustainable for seventeen games. I don't notice you get incremently

532
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Speaker 4: better or have there your best performances, but you're obviously

533
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Speaker 4: rather ever this one the other way, right, So especially

534
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Speaker 4: considering four and the five or so young and relatively

535
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Speaker 4: I'm three of the five for sure, or you know,

536
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Speaker 4: at fewer than twenty games in NFL experience. So to

537
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Speaker 4: have that and to be able to the point to

538
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Speaker 4: that and say that, I think there's reason to be

539
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Speaker 4: hopeful and optimistic about the offensive line going forward based

540
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Speaker 4: off where they was the last game and and where

541
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Speaker 4: the kind of the trend's been for the season so far.

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Speaker 3: How much of the six ozer line pack as you

543
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Speaker 3: think you'll see going forward. I mean, Mike.

544
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Speaker 4: Thomlins certainly didn't. I don't know, it's almost like it,

545
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Speaker 4: but he playing his hand too hard where he's like

546
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Speaker 4: sewing his bluff too much, where he's like, oh, you know,

547
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Speaker 4: they told me playing a three four team, A sorry

548
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:18,439
Speaker 4: full three team, we're gonna be into stumble because we

549
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Speaker 4: couldn't possibly have a you know, a regular tight end

550
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Speaker 4: block a four to three in you know. Is the

551
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Speaker 4: way he kind of put it out there. So it

552
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Speaker 4: was part of me making you oversold it where it's

553
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Speaker 4: like maybe I don't know about that he started acting, But

554
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Speaker 4: I mean, you can't argue with the results from the

555
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Speaker 4: from Dublin, right, I mean they went with it, and

556
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Speaker 4: I don't know how much they were planning them doing

557
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Speaker 4: with it exactly. But and then when you factor in

558
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Speaker 4: the fact that Darnell's makes it essentially seven offensive linemen

559
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Speaker 4: on every play, I mean, it was faced and he

560
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 4: was able to all these to go on the routes

561
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Speaker 4: and things, not the exact thing an offensive line, but

562
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Speaker 4: he certainly is the size of an offensive lineman. And

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Speaker 4: the fact that had their best running game effort of

564
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Speaker 4: the season and everything, And I mean, obviously, I think

565
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Speaker 4: you have to find a way to keep defenses honest,

566
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Speaker 4: whether that is some routes from Darnell or whether it's

567
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Speaker 4: you know, take some shots or something, because I mean,

568
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Speaker 4: you keep obviously, defensive coordinator's gonna punch back if you

569
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Speaker 4: keep showing the same thing in the same big package,

570
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Speaker 4: they're gonna They're not not dummies right there. They're gonna

571
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Speaker 4: find ways to the counter kind of act that with

572
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Speaker 4: their personnel and their scheme and everything. So but I mean,

573
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Speaker 4: it worked that well, and in Week four, and that

574
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Speaker 4: was the most recent game, and it's pretty obvious in

575
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Speaker 4: terms of where the run game went from where it

576
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Speaker 4: was earlier in the season that you'd be kind of

577
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Speaker 4: dumb not to keep least rolling out their thumb right.

578
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I completely agree, and especially against the defense that

579
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Speaker 2: is as stout against the run and as good of

580
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Speaker 2: defensive front as the Cleveland Browns are. Uh.

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Speaker 3: I think you might use it this year or this

582
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Speaker 3: week to pass protect just put them on Garrett side.

583
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Yeah, maybe hit, maybe hit DK Metcalf or target

584
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Speaker 2: DK Metcalf downfield. We've kind of one of those other

585
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Speaker 2: elements of this offense that we've all been waiting to see.

586
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Speaker 2: It is kris A. Danski with us here on the

587
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Speaker 2: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

588
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Speaker 2: Uh buzz. You'd mentioned Warren a little bit, but sounds

589
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Speaker 2: like good news for Joey Porter Junior and Alex high

590
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Speaker 2: Smith as well. I think obviously the Steelers secondary can

591
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Speaker 2: use reinforcements. We know Jalen Ramsey dealing with an injury.

592
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Speaker 4: Now.

593
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Speaker 2: I think we all saw how important it was getting

594
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Speaker 2: to Sean Elliott back in that win against the Vikings

595
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Speaker 2: in Dublin, and then for Alex high Smith. I mean

596
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Speaker 2: the way you have TJ Watt and her big playing

597
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Speaker 2: right now, you put a high Smith back into that mix.

598
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Speaker 2: It feels like the right time here, when you're heading

599
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Speaker 2: into a stretch where you can really separate in the

600
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Speaker 2: division to be getting healthier on the defensive side of

601
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Speaker 2: the ball.

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Speaker 4: I think it's good with the Mertins or sort of

603
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Speaker 4: more murins. I guess you put it in a perfect

604
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Speaker 4: that you're able to have got coming off a high

605
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Speaker 4: end cool to kind of limit his pitch count here

606
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Speaker 4: staff counts in the first game, you get two games

607
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Speaker 4: in five days, coming right off of an injury of

608
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Speaker 4: missing a month. I think in that sense you can

609
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Speaker 4: definitely ease him back in in that sense. And yeah,

610
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Speaker 4: I get you know, fairly confident for sure, even more

611
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Speaker 4: confident that Joey Porter is gonna play. And that sounds

612
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Speaker 4: like that all seal with all with the little caveat

613
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Speaker 4: that ain't have a soft tissue. I guess something that

614
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Speaker 4: could play up before Sunday one way or another. But

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Speaker 4: I wonder if into a sense they would never say

616
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Speaker 4: it or admit to it if they did it. But

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Speaker 4: having a Thursday night game after, I wonder if you

618
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Speaker 4: approach a Ramsey and and an Austin a little bit

619
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Speaker 4: different the way you practice them this week than you

620
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Speaker 4: would if you had consecutive Sunday games where it's almost

621
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Speaker 4: as if you're you're maybe you know, get them out

622
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Speaker 4: there in the practice field a little bit this week

623
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Speaker 4: because you only got one time to do that between

624
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Speaker 4: this game and your next game, and it gives you

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Speaker 4: an idea maybe losing a ramp up a little bit

626
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Speaker 4: kind of see where they're at before you have to

627
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Speaker 4: make a decision based off of just, you know, a

628
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Speaker 4: couple of hours of data practice. Whenever a short week,

629
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Speaker 4: guy's going to be a real light practice anyway on

630
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Speaker 4: Tuesday leading to the next game. I think that might

631
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Speaker 4: be part of seeing Austin and Rams the other Maybe

632
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 4: they'll surprise me. I don't know, man, maybe I'm talking

633
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Speaker 4: to you know who knows they'll be out there Sunday.

634
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Speaker 4: But yeah, we don't get the impression that's the case.

635
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Speaker 4: And I wonder if having those two games back, because

636
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Speaker 4: let's cool of thought was, well, they missed the first

637
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Speaker 4: game after the bye, they're gonna miss two games because

638
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Speaker 4: that's the next game. Is coming to the question, maybe

639
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Speaker 4: they're already kind of stick it ahead in that way,

640
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Speaker 4: and why that those guys will be practicing here later.

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Speaker 2: In the week.

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Speaker 3: If Austin's a no go. Do you think there's a

643
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Speaker 3: direct replacement for him for wide receiver too? Is it

644
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Speaker 3: Scottie Miller just assumes it or is it a group project?

645
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Speaker 3: Do we see more scronic? Would Wilson potentially be out

646
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Speaker 3: there in two receiver sets more than he has been?

647
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Speaker 3: What do you think?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I wonder, I mean, does it play into I guess

650
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Speaker 4: that kind of goes back to the a little bit,

651
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Speaker 4: to the to the big personnel and ascronic. Would it

652
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Speaker 4: be a guy that's out there a lot in that

653
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Speaker 4: scenario if that's either working or part of your game plan.

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Speaker 4: He's obviously a guy that leaned on and knowing for

655
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Speaker 4: his blocking and everything in the run game.

656
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Speaker 3: And if that's.

657
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Speaker 4: Part of your game. I mean, the Browns are good

658
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,720
Speaker 4: against the run. The Brown Stevens is good in a

659
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:15,520
Speaker 4: lot of ways. So I don't know how exactly you

660
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 4: want to try to attack them, but I would think

661
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 4: if I would laser right now, I think Scuddy Miller

662
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 4: would probably get the most snaps, and especially maybe if

663
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 4: they're behind or something, or if they.

664
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:28,160
Speaker 3: Need to throw.

665
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,240
Speaker 4: I think he's probably at this point they're most comfortable

666
00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 4: with him as a past game option. Man, It's like again,

667
00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:38,600
Speaker 4: I'm sure they would never do this, and they have

668
00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,640
Speaker 4: a game to win and that's going to be the focus.

669
00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 4: But at some point you got to find out what

670
00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:45,960
Speaker 4: we got Rowland Wilson, right, I mean, Austin's a free

671
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,800
Speaker 4: agency coming up, and I know you don't look forward

672
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 4: to twenty twenty six and there's a lot more pressing

673
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,360
Speaker 4: needs in the moment, but this is a perfect opportunity

674
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Speaker 4: at least get them on the field and try something.

675
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,920
Speaker 4: At least you have some on field data points during

676
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:01,560
Speaker 4: regular season games to say, okay, there's some promise here. Okay,

677
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,760
Speaker 4: you know what, we're gonna move on. You know, we

678
00:31:03,800 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 4: gonna you know, he's never gonna be a you know,

679
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 4: top two run over top of receiver for us, because

680
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 4: at some point you just need to know, right, I mean,

681
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,800
Speaker 4: it's probably like it's the mini version of the Browns

682
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 4: need to see what their quarterbacks are and the quarterbacks are.

683
00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 4: You know, it's something like that, where and you have

684
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:20,040
Speaker 4: an opportunity and off Austin doesn't play, to at least

685
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 4: get them out. There are some reps, but like I said,

686
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 4: if the game plan is gonna be heavy, then it'll

687
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,719
Speaker 4: be chronic, and I think that at this point they

688
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 4: believe that Miller's their best uh, you know, receiving option

689
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:32,800
Speaker 4: or you know, in terms of receiving production at that position.

690
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Speaker 2: Buzz last one We've got for you. In the first

691
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 2: hour of the show, we uh debated the Steelers MVP

692
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:44,320
Speaker 2: Team MVP so far to this, uh, you know, early

693
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,840
Speaker 2: on here in this season. Uh, if you had to

694
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 2: give the give the award today for Steelers Team MVP,

695
00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:52,040
Speaker 2: who would.

696
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:52,160
Speaker 3: It go to.

697
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,680
Speaker 4: It's crazy because you obviously always default to the quarterback.

698
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 3: Sure, yeah, we kind of did.

699
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 4: I mean, it's when I kind of it's but it's

700
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 4: weird because the Steelers, the official team MVP has voted

701
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,040
Speaker 4: by their players, has trended away from the quarterback for

702
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:11,760
Speaker 4: a decade. And whether that's intentional with I don't know

703
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 4: how to read that. I don't I don't never knew

704
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 4: what was Ben.

705
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,520
Speaker 2: Ben didn't win it nearly as many times as you

706
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 2: would think.

707
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I'm pretty certain by now TG has more

708
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,280
Speaker 4: than Ben ever got in his career, I think. And

709
00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 4: it's just, uh, you know, but at the same time,

710
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:31,600
Speaker 4: it's like, you know, I mean, Rogers, there's between the

711
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 4: clutch moments and just sort of just with this offense.

712
00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,360
Speaker 4: And we've talked about limitations and especially in the first

713
00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,680
Speaker 4: couple of games of offensive line in the running game,

714
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:43,360
Speaker 4: and and even your wide receiver depth and the production

715
00:32:43,360 --> 00:32:45,600
Speaker 4: are getting other tight ends for the quarterback to you know,

716
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 4: be up there in the league leading touchdown passes, and

717
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 4: it's kind of hard to go away from a quarterback.

718
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 4: And I mean defensively, it's like there's't a lot of

719
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:57,720
Speaker 4: guys that have been up there. I don't know, Like

720
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 4: Ramsey kind of sticks out to me. You know, he's

721
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 4: made it up with splash plays. See your best defensive player,

722
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 4: Like I wouldn't have a problem if you said that.

723
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,720
Speaker 3: But Cam Haber's coming on strong. TJ's coming on strong,

724
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 3: you know, right.

725
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, that's a couple of weeks. Like I don't

726
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 4: want to say, I guess this is looking at a

727
00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 4: negative point, like who's at the best you know, four games,

728
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 4: who stood out for four games in a row, and

729
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,480
Speaker 4: you know, to be that the defense, especially in terms

730
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:24,200
Speaker 4: of the splash plays and stuff. I mean, I mean

731
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 4: I wouldn't I'm not saying he's MVP, but to Shaun Elliott,

732
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 4: you know, they missed. You saw how much you missed

733
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 4: him when he was out. He came back and started

734
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,440
Speaker 4: making plays again, and uh so there's uh I feel

735
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,040
Speaker 4: like I'm I want to look as a positive that

736
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 4: there's been a lot of guys on defense that made

737
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:41,200
Speaker 4: plays and everything, and no one's really stood out. So

738
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:43,120
Speaker 4: I guess you got to fall back to the quarterback then.

739
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 2: And with Eric it's uh maybe a low hanging fruit answer,

740
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:51,040
Speaker 2: but certainly one that has plenty of merit. Chris Damski,

741
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 2: make sure you're listening to him and Tom Mott from

742
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 2: in on the Blitz every single day checking out all

743
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 2: his work in the trib Buzz. Thanks for the time

744
00:33:57,840 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 2: as always, man, and we will see you on Sunday.

745
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 4: All right, joy talking to you guys.

746
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 2: See that there he goes Chris Adamski, Great stuff from him,

747
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 2: Boots on the ground down there on the south side.

748
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,000
Speaker 2: And Matt, as we take our final break here and

749
00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,480
Speaker 2: come back for our last segment, We've got the Steeler's

750
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,799
Speaker 2: latest injury report. Cool some good news on there.

751
00:34:17,320 --> 00:34:21,200
Speaker 3: One last thing on the Steeler MVP conversation. I'm I

752
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 3: love him, but I'm glad it's not Boz. Yes, well

753
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 3: said you know, well nice and his name doesn't even

754
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 3: come up.

755
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 2: It's like you said a couple of weeks ago with

756
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 2: Jalen Warren. It's a testament to him that he's leading

757
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,520
Speaker 2: the team in receiving, but I don't want him leaving.

758
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,960
Speaker 2: It's a testament to Chris Boswell that he has legitimately

759
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 2: been the Steelers MVP. Because he's awesome, Because he's awesome,

760
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:46,400
Speaker 2: but I don't want him to be the VP. I

761
00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,200
Speaker 2: think todowns, yes, I think everybody is picking up what

762
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 2: we're putting down there last break to get to Steeler's

763
00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 2: latest practice report. We'll paint the picture for you when

764
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Speaker 2: we return on the other side to close this thing down. Well, Sheeler,

765
00:34:57,560 --> 00:34:59,759
Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on

766
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Speaker 2: the Deeler's Audio network.

767
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

768
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal, Steelers Nation.

769
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:25,520
Speaker 2: Radio down the home stretch here on the Drive on

770
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 2: a Wednesday, and now it is time. We've got the

771
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 2: latest Steelers practice report. And I would say, for the

772
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 2: most part, pretty good news. What we expected, yeah, didn't

773
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:38,080
Speaker 2: make that.

774
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 3: It looks like about what you expought.

775
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,439
Speaker 2: Did not practice Jalen Ramsey and Calvin Austin. I don't

776
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,000
Speaker 2: think that's shocking. I think we were all kind of

777
00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:49,520
Speaker 2: hoping that we might see something in there.

778
00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 3: But it is only Wednesday, and only practice of course twice.

779
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,920
Speaker 3: Sometimes you get ahead of yourself. Thursday is a key one, and.

780
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 2: I gotta feel both of those guys if they were

781
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,040
Speaker 2: going to be placed on the IR, that would have

782
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 2: happened already. So I still overall think that that's better

783
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,360
Speaker 2: news than we expected leaving Dublin.

784
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, and a Damski and Hallick both kind of said

785
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 3: they could still play Thursday too. I mean, I know

786
00:36:12,080 --> 00:36:13,839
Speaker 3: it seems so short. You assume if you don't play

787
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 3: Sunday or not play Thursday, well maybe they need a

788
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:17,479
Speaker 3: couple extra days.

789
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe they're looking at it in the bigger picture sense, uh,

790
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:23,800
Speaker 2: which would make a lot of sense.

791
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:25,880
Speaker 3: I think makes you think they're sort of close.

792
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, but no practice today for Ramsey or Calvin Austin.

793
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:35,000
Speaker 2: Limited today in practice. Ben Skronik dealing with an illness.

794
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,920
Speaker 2: Hopefully that's nothing, nothing too serious.

795
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 3: Yeah that spreads throughout the team or anything.

796
00:36:40,760 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 2: That time of year, I got some some things are

797
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,120
Speaker 2: starting to go round. That's one of my favorite yinerisms.

798
00:36:47,160 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 2: You get into like winter time and someone's like, I

799
00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:50,759
Speaker 2: got a cough and I got a cold. Yeah, it's

800
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 2: going around.

801
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 3: The place. But okay, I didn't even know if like

802
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 3: going a Pittsburgh thing.

803
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 2: I think it is.

804
00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,759
Speaker 3: And when you said that, I'm like, I bet they

805
00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:05,520
Speaker 3: don't say that in like like New Mexico.

806
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:11,759
Speaker 2: Like last winter of my kid's daycare got hit with

807
00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 2: like a a bout of hand foot in mouth and

808
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 2: I remember the teacher like, we got handfot mouth going around.

809
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 3: The flu.

810
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:23,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, the flu's going around. It's that time of year. Uh,

811
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:28,239
Speaker 2: schronic limited with an illness. Alex high Smith a participant,

812
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 2: but a limited participant with that ankle.

813
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 3: Okay, fine, you know they're working Russian back right top.

814
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 2: He's full tomorrow. But you're absolutely right, no need to

815
00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 2: rush him back. They're not going to, but at least

816
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:43,080
Speaker 2: nice to see him out there in some capacity. And

817
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 2: then the very good news full practice participants Joey Porter

818
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 2: Junior and Jalen Warren.

819
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 3: Boom, great news. I think they're playing.

820
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,879
Speaker 2: I would be very surprised if they both aren't. You

821
00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 2: rightfully so pointed this out that like especially with Jalen Warren.

822
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: It felt like if that Dublin game was a wild

823
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 2: card game or a divisional round game in the playoffs,

824
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 2: they would be truly a game time decision. Like they

825
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 2: didn't even take Alex high Smith to Ireland.

826
00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 3: No, we knew that when.

827
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,879
Speaker 2: You know, but you know, Jalen Warren was a true

828
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: game time decision. I think Joey Porter Junior was as

829
00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 2: well too.

830
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:23,080
Speaker 3: The Warren seems so close, very close.

831
00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,800
Speaker 2: I mean he was even there were a couple of

832
00:38:24,880 --> 00:38:27,319
Speaker 2: times I was watching him on the sideline because their

833
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 2: sideline was kind of right in front of us from

834
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 2: that nice vantage point that we had at Croke Park,

835
00:38:31,719 --> 00:38:33,120
Speaker 2: and there was a couple of times he was like

836
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 2: bouncing up and down and I mean looked chomping at

837
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:39,319
Speaker 2: the bit, like okay, this guy there. Yeah, it wasn't

838
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 2: sitting on the bench like hobbling around or anything or

839
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 2: limping whatsoever. In fact, he loves to wear like that

840
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 2: jumbo towel that we've laughed about out of his backside.

841
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:54,960
Speaker 2: He was wearing that towel on the sideline with like

842
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 2: the guy standing in the batter's box like evaluating every pitch.

843
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,520
Speaker 2: So great news for ps Junior and for Jalen Warren.

844
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:06,200
Speaker 2: Hopefully no setbacks. Hopefully there are full participants again tomorrow

845
00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: and in green light full speed uh ahead?

846
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,160
Speaker 3: Yeah good, Yeah, And there's some I saw there's some

847
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 3: veteran rest days too that no one needs to really

848
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:25,400
Speaker 3: worry about what and Cam just had their veteran day off. Yes, correct, correct, cool,

849
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,760
Speaker 3: They're in good shape.

850
00:39:26,440 --> 00:39:30,000
Speaker 2: Absolutely right, absolutely right. Angry Bike Lane tweets us and says,

851
00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:32,720
Speaker 2: just so you guys know, the quarter pole in racing

852
00:39:33,160 --> 00:39:35,520
Speaker 2: means that there is a quarter left to go, not

853
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 2: a quarter into the race. All right, semantics, they're angry

854
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:41,719
Speaker 2: Bike I believe so.

855
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:45,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, Nascar, I don't think they. I do some f one.

856
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:46,839
Speaker 3: I don't think I ever heard.

857
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,440
Speaker 2: That's something that I've been told I should get into.

858
00:39:51,840 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 3: The Netflix series hooked me.

859
00:39:53,360 --> 00:39:55,440
Speaker 2: But I've already, Matt, I've got enough.

860
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 3: Vices consuming and like this time of year, I don't

861
00:39:58,680 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 3: even watch the race.

862
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: And you know this, I'm like an I'm a big

863
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:04,640
Speaker 2: English Premier League guy, so on Saturdays and Sundays in

864
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 2: the morning, if I have nothing to do, like I'm

865
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:09,719
Speaker 2: flipping on the Manchester United in Chelsea game. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

866
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:11,280
Speaker 2: I don't need any more sports.

867
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Speaker 3: And even at one, I mean they show you the poll,

868
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,279
Speaker 3: the qualifying, the practice rounds, or like an hour on

869
00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 3: Thursday before the race is due, and pretty cool. Actually,

870
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,319
Speaker 3: I mean it's big money. Oh I would you like

871
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 3: the Netflix series? I would?

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Speaker 2: And I'd love to go to like one of those

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Speaker 2: Monaco I mean.

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Speaker 3: And I really money is insane.

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Speaker 2: That's probably like someone from Ireland saying I'd like to

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Speaker 2: go to the super Bowl, right right, No, kids.

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Speaker 3: Football is kind of cool. I'd like the super Bowl. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: that's mony.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you're right, Yeah, anybody would.

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Speaker 3: Like to do that. And you're sitting next to Leo

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Speaker 3: DiCaprio right.

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Speaker 2: Right, paying seven grand for your ticket. Good stuff Today.

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Speaker 3: They just said this on the show. The boats that

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Speaker 3: you see park there.

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Speaker 2: It's got to be insane.

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Speaker 3: It's seventeen thousand dollars a day to park your boat,

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Speaker 3: and the yachts are as big as it's building. I mean, right,

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Speaker 3: seventeen k a day. Stuff, right, Yeah, I don't think

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Speaker 3: I could afford that.

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Speaker 2: It's a little too rich for my blood. Matt good

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Speaker 2: Stuff Today. Enjoyed the show. A big thank you to

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Speaker 2: Chris Adamski for joining us. In a big thank you

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Speaker 2: to our video producer Tyler V mister TV for making

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Speaker 2: us look nice on the YouTube. As always. That'll do

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Speaker 2: it for today, but we'll be back tomorrow time to

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Speaker 2: fully turn the page to the Browns. Yeah, we'll get

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Speaker 2: in a match, get into Matt's stats heavy. We will talk.

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Speaker 2: Got a game tomorrow night again.

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Speaker 3: Is it Eagles Giants Giants?

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Speaker 2: Okay, another opportunity for the Eagles to assert their dominance.

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Speaker 2: Another look at Jackson Dart. We'll also catch up with

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Speaker 2: our guy Bob Labriola tomorrow on the program as well.

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Speaker 2: So plenty to look forward to. But that will do

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Speaker 2: it for today. Take care, everybody, We'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 2: As always, you know where to find us. It's on

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

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