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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Lallie.

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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson, the Matt Williamson and it is

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Speaker 2: a Wednesday here at the Steelers. Getting back on the

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Speaker 2: practice field today. Met Yeah, and a little bit of

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Speaker 2: an adjustment today. They practiced later today.

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Speaker 1: Than usual.

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Speaker 2: I think that was because of the Monday night game,

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Speaker 2: so practice was pushed back from three to five. So

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Speaker 2: they're actually on the practice field right now.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so you think they're just letting them sleep in

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Speaker 3: a little bit, you know, they catch them buye a

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Speaker 3: little bit asleep because.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well I think you know, you maybe had they

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Speaker 2: had a few more meetings before you get into practice

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Speaker 2: later this afternoon. It also doesn't hurt that you're playing later. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: later in the afternoon.

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Speaker 3: You might want to get your body clock right now

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Speaker 3: used to performing later in the day.

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Speaker 2: So a little bit of an adjustment today for the Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Uh No, actually they go back to the regular school

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Speaker 2: of tomorrow. So I think it was more Monday night

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Speaker 2: football related.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I was thinking Monday Sundays both being night games.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so maybe just trying something a little bit different there,

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Speaker 2: and uh, well, we'd like to see the Steelers maybe

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Speaker 2: try a little something different than what they've done on

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Speaker 2: the field. Although winning on Monday was when he's nice. Uh,

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Speaker 2: can't stress us enough when we talked about this yesterday that.

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Speaker 3: You one on one, the.

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Speaker 1: Sky is not falling. This is not last year where.

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Speaker 2: You were you're two and six every week was it

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Speaker 2: was an opponent that looked like, oh my god, you

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Speaker 2: know this is this is gonna be worse than the

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Speaker 2: last one because you know you're.

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Speaker 1: You're going you play Buffalo in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 3: And like, okay, there was not a lot of light

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Speaker 3: at the end.

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Speaker 1: Of there was no Then you're going to Miami and

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Speaker 1: like these.

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Speaker 3: Are quarterback and Watts out and and times aren't super

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Speaker 3: rosy now either. I mean, we're not ignoring the issues here.

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Speaker 3: I mean they have two major injuries that aren't going

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Speaker 3: to come back this you know, they're both.

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Speaker 1: I saw Cam Heyward in the locker room today walking around.

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Speaker 3: Really, I wonder if no limp like just it's surgery.

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Speaker 2: It's surgery, and it's growing like two days ago, right

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Speaker 2: like last Thursday, like it's not even been a week.

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Speaker 3: I wonder if they're like regretting putting them on. I'd be.

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Speaker 2: If I had surgery on my groin. I wouldn't get

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Speaker 2: out of bed for about three weeks.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I can imagine the pain and the imbibility. And

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Speaker 3: you know, walking down the steps would be hard, walking

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Speaker 3: up the steps would be hard. Opening the fridge would

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Speaker 3: be hard, you know, I mean.

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Speaker 1: Just getting out of bed would be hard.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's remarkable. I mean that's you're not implying he

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Speaker 3: could dress And.

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Speaker 1: No, he's got to be off.

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Speaker 2: He's got to be out four weeks and that's that's

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Speaker 2: the But this, this whole thing of eight weeks, I'm

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Speaker 2: not buying eight weeks. Do you think it's gonna be

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Speaker 2: on the I mean, I think they're gonna have to

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Speaker 2: hold him back. If it's eight weeks, it's because they

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Speaker 2: told him no.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what. And people, I mean, it's the more

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Speaker 3: I hang out the facility, everyone seems to know it.

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Speaker 3: He's like a remarkable healer. He's like a great white

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Speaker 3: shark or a wolverine or something. You know.

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Speaker 2: The great players, Mike Tomlins says this all the time.

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Speaker 2: Great players are just built differently than than normal people.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you never want to you never.

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Speaker 3: The bad players aren't even normal people, but.

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Speaker 2: The great ones are really not like they are. I

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Speaker 2: don't even know if they're the same species as the

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Speaker 2: rest of us.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like exactly exactly.

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Speaker 1: You're telling me. There are people on this earth like

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Speaker 1: like TJ.

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Speaker 3: Watt, like his brother or it's just a different species

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Speaker 3: and they healed differently and all those good things too,

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Speaker 1: Why they're able to do different things in the rest

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Speaker 1: of us.

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Speaker 3: So a total side note, but I knew that Nick

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Speaker 3: Chubb messed up his knee in Georgia. Yeah, but I

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Speaker 3: stumbled across it. I didn't even like seeing it because

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Speaker 3: it made me googly in my head. But he basically

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Speaker 3: did the exact same thing to the exact knee at

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Speaker 3: Georgia and came in and was like the best back

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Speaker 3: it's over his case. Maybe he can get over it again.

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Speaker 3: It's just dawned on me.

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Speaker 2: I was like, wow, Yeah, I gotta think that's do

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Speaker 2: it once. I that's that's one thing to do it again.

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Speaker 1: That's tough. Anyways, Getting back to so the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Play at got a little blurb that matters for this

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Speaker 3: Chandler Jones from the Raiders has been placed on non

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Speaker 3: football Illness list. Yeah, and he deals with a personal issues.

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Speaker 3: I know he hasn't been part of them.

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Speaker 2: I've heard some rumors about the personal issue, and I've

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Speaker 2: heard I'm not going to repeat them here, some of

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Speaker 2: the stuff that's going on with that. He is, let's

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Speaker 2: just say he's at odds with Raiders owner Mark Davis.

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Speaker 3: I've thought he's been wanting to get traded since the start.

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Speaker 2: He's obviously trying to get traded with some of the

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Speaker 2: stuff that he's put out on social media. So they

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Speaker 2: can call it what they want to call it. He'll

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Speaker 2: never play for them again.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's not. I didn't think he'd be

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Speaker 3: in the mix for this game. But I think as

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Speaker 3: soon as they drafted a defensive end and he doesn't

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Speaker 3: want to be there, he could have ended up somewhere else.

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Speaker 3: Very sure.

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Speaker 2: As they play the Raiders this week on Sunday, then

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Speaker 2: they get they go to Houston to play the Texans.

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Speaker 3: See these two games to me are of course ultra important,

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Speaker 3: but ultra telling, Like if the offense is anemic against

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Speaker 2: If we're sitting here on October first, after they've played

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Speaker 2: the Texans, Because this is So when NFL coaches break

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Speaker 2: down film on a team, sure they look at basically

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Speaker 2: the last three or four games. They don't look, well,

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Speaker 2: what what they do last year? Yeah, they don't care

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Speaker 3: What week ten? They care what happened week one?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what are you doing right now? So you're gonna

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Speaker 2: look at these, you know, and and even you know,

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Speaker 2: they break seasons down into quarters.

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Speaker 3: Especially when it's sixteen games.

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Speaker 2: Now it's you get an extra one quarter has a

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Speaker 2: little overtime to it. But other than that, but that's

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Speaker 2: what you do. So if the Steelers, let's say the

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Speaker 2: Steelers come out and put up the same numbers that

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Speaker 2: in the last in their first two games over these

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Speaker 3: Now I think the sky falls.

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Speaker 1: Yeah now, and now it's become a serious trend.

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Speaker 3: Like by no means am I not concerned? Right? Concerned?

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Speaker 3: I mean, frankly, I think the run blocking is atrocious

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Speaker 3: and the quarterback can't seem to hit anyone open receivers. Well,

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Speaker 3: that's a pretty bad problem to happen.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Now are they correctable? Of course, And of course I'm

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Speaker 3: i care about their record. I kind of expect them

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Speaker 3: to be three and one in two weeks from now,

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Speaker 3: but you know, whatever is But if the offense doesn't

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Speaker 2: So if they get back to doing that and then

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Speaker 2: and there will still be people out there. So let's

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Speaker 2: say they go out, they put up twenty five points

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Speaker 2: in each of these next two games, and in each

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Speaker 2: they have three hundred and fifty yards of offense in

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Speaker 1: Whatever, it doesn't look so awful.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, right, they win both of them, They're still going

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Speaker 2: to be people that go, well, yeah, but they can't

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Speaker 3: Right, And I get that. I mean, hey, if you're

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Speaker 3: trying to win the Super Bowl, you got to beat

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Speaker 3: the Niners defense, or at least compete better than you did.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, I still I know it's only two weeks

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Speaker 3: these are going to be two of the top six

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Speaker 3: top tier that they just played and maybe the two

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Speaker 3: most difficult tests that they'll have all year. And we

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Speaker 3: both knew. Everybody knew that the Niners defense was going

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Speaker 3: to be really good. It was really good last year.

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Speaker 3: The player of the year and he came back and

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Speaker 3: he had Hardgrave and they have stars everywhere. But I

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Speaker 3: was uncertain if the Browns defense truly was taking a

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Speaker 3: be the contrarian and said, well, they played a Bengals

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Speaker 3: team where Burrow was massively compromised. Yes, but they were

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Speaker 3: even harder on the Bengals than they were the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: I mean they abused that Bengals team and then the

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Speaker 3: Steelers had troubles with them too. Of course, I think

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Speaker 3: the Browns are going to be a very very good

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Speaker 3: the stats after two games show it so far. It's

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, well, you know that's that's going to

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Speaker 2: be play out over the course of the season. But

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Speaker 2: from what I saw, I wasn't knew it. We knew

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Speaker 2: San Francisco had a good defense, of course they I

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Speaker 2: mean they went out they had the number one defense

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Speaker 2: and added Javon Hargrave. Now, they had a couple of losses,

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Speaker 2: you know, safety and things like that, but by and large,

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Speaker 2: they were they were the same defense they've played last season.

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Speaker 2: The Browns I wasn't sure about because watching them play

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Speaker 2: in Week one against the Bengals.

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Speaker 3: It was easy to say, is it the chicken or

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Speaker 2: We had seen the Bengals in Week one last year

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Speaker 3: It was always a hard time with the Browns too, so.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't sure.

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Speaker 2: And now after seeing the Browns defense, I think it's

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Speaker 2: pretty good defense.

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Speaker 3: I think their front is really good and they fly around.

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Speaker 1: The corners are pretty good. I mean there's there's some

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Speaker 1: a lot of things that they do. The scheme is

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Speaker 3: Is a very good defensive coordinator? Is a long track record? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: So, and it's easier.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, But that doesn't mean it's okay to be bad

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Speaker 3: against the good teams. But it's not okay to be

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Speaker 3: bad against the bad teams.

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Speaker 1: Right, that's not okay.

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Speaker 2: That's where so you know, the Steelers and Raiders, for example,

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Speaker 2: played last year. Now, this game has a little caveat

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Speaker 2: to it that it was about minus seven degrees that day.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it was a little strange, but they won.

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Speaker 2: That game thirteen to ten. If this game is thirteen ten,

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Speaker 2: I you know, hey, it's it's time to start. Okay,

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Speaker 2: maybe we need to be a little more critical this year,

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Speaker 2: but I'm not if.

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Speaker 3: You got two division losses already.

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Speaker 1: They've been very scrappy thus far.

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Speaker 3: So this you hope you figured some things out.

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Speaker 2: You've gotten a little bit of confidence back, you know.

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Speaker 1: Offensively, and he said, we don't have one.

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Speaker 1: They don't know after two games they don't know. Now,

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Speaker 3: No, No, I think.

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Speaker 2: It took them, you know, half a season last year

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Speaker 2: So they need to They need to get that corrected,

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Speaker 3: That's unbelievable. Ball comes out of the quarterback's hands, whether

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Speaker 1: The ball slips out of quarterback's hand, whatever it may be.

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Speaker 3: No, it still gets completed ten times basically. Now that

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Speaker 3: Like that's almost impossible. But I was about to say

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Speaker 2: Now. And no, fine, yeah again, you know everybody wants

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Speaker 1: I just don't. I see it as a quarterback not

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Speaker 3: Now, Yeah, and mixed with poor accuracy when he does

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Speaker 2: Oh, absolutely, you know, if you're not if you don't

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean confidence in this game or any athletic,

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Speaker 1: To me, they kind of go hand in hand.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, one makes the other worse, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I mean if you're running the ball and

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Speaker 3: Now Kenny's got to bail us out, he probably feels

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Speaker 2: I do think that they're kind of I mean, we've

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Speaker 1: Because they watched they watched the tape of the Steelers

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Speaker 2: But oftentimes what happens is that you don't trust your stuff.

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Speaker 3: I don't feel great. I don't trust it throwing that

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Speaker 3: So the Steelers could lose to the Raiders or Texans

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Speaker 3: But you would hope over the course of those two games.

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Speaker 2: Might tell my players that all the time when I'm coaching,

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Speaker 2: Just make the normal stuff, the stuff you're expected. If

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Speaker 1: That should be a completion every single time.

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Speaker 3: really close to the line of scrimmage too, you know.

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Speaker 3: And I think it's I think he needs his role

445
00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,760
Speaker 3: needs to expand, his production needs to expand. I didn't

446
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Speaker 3: look at him last week and be like, man, his

447
00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,439
Speaker 3: chest looks like he's really bugging him.

448
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Speaker 2: He's just going through I think some of that's because

449
00:18:34,560 --> 00:18:37,879
Speaker 2: of the the who they've played. Yeah, you know, you

450
00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:40,919
Speaker 2: know San Francis. San Francisco's got good pass rushers.

451
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Speaker 3: I mean, he was chipping on the way routes.

452
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Speaker 2: You know that the Browns have good pass rushers. So hey,

453
00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,679
Speaker 2: you got to give him something. You've got to give

454
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Speaker 2: pick at somebody. He can get the ball too quickly.

455
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Speaker 2: But at the same time, you're taking away one of

456
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Speaker 2: your own weapons, and then you don't use it.

457
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Speaker 3: Then you don't use them. Yeah. I'm not saying he's

458
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Speaker 3: the answer to all their offensive problems, but that would

459
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Speaker 3: be step one to me is let's feature this guy more.

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Speaker 3: He needs eight to ten targets.

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Speaker 1: I completely agree with you. I'd love to see that,

462
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Speaker 1: especially this week.

463
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Speaker 3: Raiders the middle of the field.

464
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Speaker 2: They play first of all, Robert Splain is on the

465
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Speaker 2: field one hundred percent of the time for them, and

466
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Speaker 2: they live in Nickel and Dime.

467
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Speaker 3: Live in it.

468
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Speaker 2: They play seventeen percent of their defensive snaps over the

469
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Speaker 2: last nineteen games, going back to the start of last

470
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Speaker 2: year seven ye seventeen percent of their snaps have been

471
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Speaker 2: in their base for.

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Speaker 1: Three seventeen percent.

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Speaker 2: That's like almost It's not the lowest in the league,

474
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Speaker 2: but it's pretty darn closed. I mean Buffalo is lower,

475
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Speaker 2: but yeah, yeah, they don't have the defensive talent of Buffalo.

476
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Speaker 3: So but if you come out, especially with Deonta Hurt

477
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Speaker 3: and the more we talk through this with Mouth and

478
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Speaker 3: Washington Nausey and two receivers, and you see Dime or

479
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:56,120
Speaker 3: you see Nickel, I mean I'm running the ball, yeah.

480
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Speaker 2: And then when I do throw it, I want to

481
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Speaker 2: get I want to get Splain matched up on fire move.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely absolutely, I don't. I think it's a good matchup.

483
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Speaker 1: I do too.

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Speaker 2: You know, they they're gonna have to, you know, see

485
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Speaker 2: what they what the Raiders injury report looks like. Here

486
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Speaker 2: later in a week again, playing another one of these

487
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Speaker 2: teams from the West Coast or out west, I should say, yeah,

488
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Speaker 2: we're not going to get an injury report from the Raiders,

489
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Speaker 2: but I don't expect Devonte Adams to practice today. No,

490
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Speaker 2: you know, we'll see about some of their other injuries.

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Speaker 3: But I would think Myers is getting closed. He missed

492
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Speaker 3: with a concussion of a week ago.

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Speaker 2: It must been pretty bad when them because he didn't

494
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Speaker 2: practice at all last week. He never never even got

495
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Speaker 2: a limited yet, so that that must have been a

496
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Speaker 2: pretty bad one. Yeah, so we'll see if that lingers

497
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Speaker 2: as well. But you know, I think this is, you know,

498
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Speaker 2: a winnable game. It is a road game, but I

499
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Speaker 2: expect there to be I know there's gonna be I

500
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Speaker 2: know there's gonna be a lot of Steeler fans at

501
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Speaker 2: this one. You know, we'll see for the for the

502
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Speaker 2: ones who couldn't go to this game against the Raiders,

503
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Speaker 2: maybe they go to the game against the Texans next week.

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Speaker 3: You know, the Raiders haven't been great in this building

505
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Speaker 3: either since they've moved.

506
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Speaker 1: Because the opposing team's fans always fill it up.

507
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Speaker 3: It's so easy to get to. It's such a destination spot.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: I think they've won like fort game. Yeah.

510
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Speaker 2: Mark Davis was complaining about i't want to see the

511
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Speaker 2: opposing team's fans coming into our building and taking over anymore.

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Speaker 5: Well, maybe you.

513
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Speaker 1: Shouldn't have moved to Vegas.

514
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:18,160
Speaker 3: Then, right, there's a flight from everywhere to Vegas.

515
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Speaker 2: Everywhere in the country has direct flights to one city

516
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Speaker 2: in the country.

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Speaker 1: Well, maybe three cities they're direct for everybody else. Well four,

518
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Speaker 1: I'll say four.

519
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Speaker 2: There are four cities that everybody has direct flights to

520
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Speaker 2: New York, Chicago, LA, and Vegas.

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Speaker 5: Okay, that's it.

522
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Speaker 3: You maybe you should move to OMAL.

523
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Speaker 2: So yeah, posing fans are going to take over your stadium.

524
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Speaker 1: That's just the way it goes.

525
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,960
Speaker 3: I think people like to visit Vegas.

526
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Speaker 1: Come on, man, absolutely. Anyways, we're overdue for a breaker.

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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lollie. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be

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Speaker 2: back with more right after this.

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Speaker 5: Black and Gold football leaves here twenty four to seven.

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Speaker 5: You're listening to SNR this football season, stopping shopping Steve

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Speaker 5: Cannonsburg and grabbed longer light, longer, black and tan and

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Speaker 5: golden pills in twelve pounds.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lallie.

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Speaker 2: He is the Matt Williamson and this is the drive

536
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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio. And Matt, I'm hearing the thirty

537
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Speaker 2: third team and they have their Derek Klausen has his

538
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Speaker 2: Week three power rankings at the quarterback position.

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Speaker 3: Should like these. I think he does really good work.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so let's dig into this and well, as we typically.

541
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Speaker 3: At least have two games to go off of. Yeah,

542
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Speaker 3: there's a little something there with these guys around. If

543
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Speaker 3: you recall he had Watson very very low to start

544
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Speaker 3: the season, and he's looking like a prophet.

545
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Speaker 1: Yeah, well maybe listening to this show at thirty two,

546
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Speaker 1: he has Zach Wilson.

547
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Speaker 3: He's really horrid. Yeah, I mean he's really really bad.

548
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Speaker 3: I thought, I know that Dallas was a really difficult

549
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Speaker 3: test for him. I think he gets the Patriots this week,

550
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Speaker 3: which is going to be ugly as could be, Like, gee,

551
00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:03,280
Speaker 3: poor guy, but he's not showing any signs of life.

552
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Speaker 1: No, no, it's killing their running game too.

553
00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 3: Like killing everything.

554
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Speaker 1: Yeah, everything.

555
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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: At thirty one Josh Dopps, Yes.

557
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Speaker 3: Of course, but he's far exceeded my expectations through two games.

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Speaker 3: I mean, they weren't horrible except for that last. I mean,

559
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Speaker 3: if you look at it in the light that they're

560
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Speaker 3: trying to lose games and they're the worst team in

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Speaker 3: the league and he's not a starter. I think he's

562
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Speaker 3: been better than that.

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Speaker 1: He's been better than that. He's been better than Zach Wilson.

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Speaker 3: He's been better than Zach. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: At thirty Bryce Young.

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Speaker 3: He looks totally overwhelmed. Yeah. Yeah, So I sent a

567
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Speaker 3: tweet out today and I think I'm not going to

568
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Speaker 3: bet every dollar I own on it that Arizona and

569
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Speaker 3: Chicago are going to own the top four picks in

570
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Speaker 3: the draft. Wow, that includes Houston in Carolina's picks. Like,

571
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Speaker 3: how fun would that be if you have two teams

572
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Speaker 3: have the top one picks in some way, shape or form.

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Speaker 3: I think that could be the case. Caroline's in bad

574
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Speaker 3: shape for this year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty nine, Sam Howe, I kind of like.

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Speaker 3: How he's played. I mean I know that Derek is

577
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Speaker 3: so here. Here's one of these guys at a low spot.

578
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Speaker 2: Here's one of the reasons why he has him this low.

579
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Speaker 2: In two games, He's taken ten sacks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he takes That's a great point, it really is.

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Speaker 2: I mean, like that's playing A part of playing quarterback

582
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Speaker 2: is not putting your team in bad situations like that

583
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Speaker 2: by taking sacks.

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Speaker 1: And he's taking a ton of sacks.

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Speaker 3: And one thing you correct me on a lot is

586
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Speaker 3: fumbles for quarterbacks too, which go hand in hand with

587
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Speaker 3: taking sacks and the you know, I don't look at

588
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Speaker 3: fumble numbers enough when I evaluate quarterbacks, but like fields Watson,

589
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Speaker 3: how yeah, they take sacks.

590
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Speaker 2: They take sacks, and the more you get hit by defenders,

591
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Speaker 2: the more likely artists to lose the football, as Deshaun

592
00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:56,440
Speaker 2: Watson did the like you can't do that in the NFL.

593
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Speaker 3: Yeah. Like what also worries me about, how too is

594
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Speaker 3: as a run or like I cite this a lot.

595
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Speaker 3: He ran for over eight hundred yards was last year

596
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Speaker 3: in North Carolina, But he really should run for like

597
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,480
Speaker 3: three hundred yards. Yeah right, you know what I mean,

598
00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:11,040
Speaker 3: Like Gavonte Williams was gone, and he just does anything

599
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Speaker 3: to make a play in like a Josh Allen manner.

600
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Speaker 3: But he runs through walls and I don't.

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Speaker 2: Not gonna last right right, But I mean it's kind

602
00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 2: of the same problem Anthony Richardson's having right now, right

603
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Speaker 2: now so far.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean too, he's gotting. He's played two games,

605
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Speaker 1: he's getting banged.

606
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,480
Speaker 2: Up in both as unfinished either. Yeah, that's not a

607
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:30,640
Speaker 2: good sign. At twenty eight he has Deshaun Watson.

608
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Speaker 3: Wow. Yeah, I mean that's how he has played, how

609
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Speaker 3: he's played. I mean I didn't see hardly any glimmer

610
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Speaker 3: of hope in that game.

611
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Speaker 2: And it wasn't in week one. He was bad, really bad.

612
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Speaker 2: I mean, Kenny Pickett did not play well in that game.

613
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Speaker 3: No, I'm assuming we'll hear Kenny's name soon.

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Speaker 2: He played better than Deshaun Watson. I think he didn't

615
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:53,640
Speaker 2: turn the ball over. He didn't take a bunch of sacks. Yeah,

616
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Speaker 2: Watson took six sacks.

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Speaker 3: Six sacks and a ton of turnovers. Yeah. He hurts

618
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Speaker 3: the team.

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Speaker 1: I mean they were and they were they were.

620
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Speaker 2: Like think about the one deep ball he threw Levi

621
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Speaker 2: wall I mean it looked like it was intended for

622
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Speaker 2: Levi Wallace. Yeah, like he could have had another interception there.

623
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Speaker 2: There's some other ones that could have been like, he's.

624
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Speaker 3: Bad, He's bad. There was a couple of decent throws

625
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Speaker 3: to Cooper down the left sideline.

626
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Speaker 1: Everything his best throws were to the left.

627
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was about to say that, but I'm sitting

628
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Speaker 3: here thinking the skin of my head. There was out

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Speaker 3: routes that were at least reasonably open NFL open. He's

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Speaker 3: thrown them in the seats.

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Speaker 1: They were ten feet over the receiver's head. They weren't catchable.

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Speaker 3: A lot of those, Yeah, I'd be worried.

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Speaker 2: At twenty seven is Kenny Pickett. Here's what he has

634
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Speaker 2: to say about Kenny Pickett. A lot of Kenny Pickett's

635
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Speaker 2: placement at twenty first on this list heading into the

636
00:26:41,240 --> 00:26:44,159
Speaker 2: season was banking on some year two improvements. So he

637
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Speaker 2: was came into this at twenty one.

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Speaker 3: I read his sorry rut, but he he wrote a

639
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 3: whole preview on all these quarterbacks based off last year.

640
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Speaker 3: And he's a picket fan. Yeah, but you got to

641
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:56,280
Speaker 3: value what you see.

642
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Speaker 2: Uh. I assumed his processing and ball placement would take

643
00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,040
Speaker 2: a step forward. That hasn't happened. Monday Nights game against

644
00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:06,320
Speaker 2: Cleveland encapsulates pickets issue. Every so often, he flashes a

645
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 2: tough throw under pressure or strings together a few accurate

646
00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,760
Speaker 2: quick throws. But there's but there's always so much meat

647
00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 2: left on the bone. Pickets, timing, and accuracy within the

648
00:27:14,600 --> 00:27:17,479
Speaker 2: structure of the system are all over the place. He

649
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:19,440
Speaker 2: needs to turn things around quickly for the Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't disagree with any of that.

652
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Speaker 3: That's right. That's an honest assessment from somebody that has

653
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:25,400
Speaker 3: no skin in the game whatsoever.

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Speaker 2: But by all means, let's continue to blame the offensive

655
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Speaker 2: coordinator for this. Now I'm not saying he is blameless.

656
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:34,199
Speaker 2: I mean you have to take ownership with this. With

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Speaker 2: the young quarterback.

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00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:37,719
Speaker 3: How are you gonna make him better? Now? Right? You know? Right?

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Speaker 3: How are you gonna get him out of this?

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Speaker 2: But what I've seen the first two games are more

661
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,879
Speaker 2: Kenny Picket issues than they are Matt Cannada issues.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean because even when he makes the good decision,

663
00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:49,440
Speaker 3: he hasn't hit him right. Yeah, I mean, like what's

664
00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 3: missing here? You know it, ball comes out nice, and

665
00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,639
Speaker 3: it comes out nice, but the back foot hits play

666
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 3: as designed and then you missed the receiver. Yeah.

667
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: At twenty six, is Baker Mayfield probably climbing? Yeah? I

668
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:06,040
Speaker 1: think he started. He might have been like thirty one

669
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:06,439
Speaker 1: or so.

670
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:07,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it started.

671
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:11,120
Speaker 1: He said, I'd like to see it against the non

672
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:16,240
Speaker 1: NFC nor secondary Yeah again, these are again who you

673
00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,040
Speaker 1: play matters.

674
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 3: I bet Baker would look worse if he played the

675
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,360
Speaker 3: Niners and Browns.

676
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 2: Or the Yeah if if that's what he had played

677
00:28:22,040 --> 00:28:24,200
Speaker 2: in the first two weeks, he would look much worse.

678
00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:25,760
Speaker 3: Than what has That definitely matters.

679
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:27,440
Speaker 1: At twenty five is Desmond Ritter.

680
00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,600
Speaker 3: I have major concerns with him. I don't know if

681
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 3: his accuracy's ever gonna be good enough either.

682
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,360
Speaker 2: At twenty four is justin fields he'd be lower. I

683
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 2: can make your argument that he should be much lower

684
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:40,440
Speaker 2: than this.

685
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 3: I mean, none of the names that we mentioned scream

686
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: that they should be over him. But he looks broken. Yeah,

687
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:49,720
Speaker 3: and that whole offense looks broken. That's the one team

688
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,719
Speaker 3: to me that might have the worst offense and defense

689
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 3: in the league. But I mentioned I think that they're

690
00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:56,800
Speaker 3: gonna have two picks in the top four. I'm pretty

691
00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 3: confident that theirs is gonna be.

692
00:28:58,040 --> 00:28:59,560
Speaker 1: They play the Chiefs this week.

693
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 3: There's a lot of those games, by the.

694
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:02,840
Speaker 1: Way, like what's the score of that game?

695
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,800
Speaker 3: Going to be as much as the Chiefs one and

696
00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:08,600
Speaker 3: they're not even running them. Yeah, you know, I would

697
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,880
Speaker 3: think Gatsy, who I'm a fan of, I mean just

698
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 3: because we were put together. But I think you have

699
00:29:13,840 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 3: to say, we need to save our jobs. We need

700
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 3: to get first downs, We need to go back to

701
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:21,160
Speaker 3: last year and get this guy eighty rushing yards again,

702
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 3: you know, and just see what happens.

703
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,040
Speaker 1: At twenty three is c J. Stroud.

704
00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, he kind of looks like he belongs though. Yeah,

705
00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 3: you know, he has no line, he has no running game.

706
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 3: His circumstances are as bad as anybody's right now, then

707
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:36,160
Speaker 3: you know he's okay.

708
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: Twenty two is Anthony Richardson.

709
00:29:39,360 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, I mean finishing a game would be.

710
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,840
Speaker 1: Big, that would be huge. Yeah, start one and finish it.

711
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:44,120
Speaker 3: Yeah.

712
00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:46,640
Speaker 1: At twenty one is Jimmy Garoppolo.

713
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:49,520
Speaker 3: Well, well they say about him, he's on slate this week.

714
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,800
Speaker 2: Jimmy Garoppolo didn't play well against the Bills. He missed

715
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 2: a few opportunities to be aggressive down the field and

716
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,160
Speaker 2: three two costly interceptions given the situation, though it wasn't

717
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:01,920
Speaker 2: out of wasn't out of Garoppolo. Norm the Raiders were

718
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:03,720
Speaker 2: in a twenty one to ten hole at halftime, and

719
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 2: their run game was completely useless. Garoppolo just isn't a

720
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 2: quarterback built to win from behind with no run support.

721
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,960
Speaker 2: That's important to note, because Garoppolo still did some his

722
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:15,960
Speaker 2: some of his typical stuff. Well, he got the ball

723
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,400
Speaker 2: out early and accurately and didn't allow a solid Bills

724
00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 2: pass rush to sack him. Garoppolo strings as a quick,

725
00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 2: efficient passer just don't matter when the game turns into

726
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,160
Speaker 2: a shootout. He's a quality game manager, not a game changer.

727
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:30,640
Speaker 3: Perfectly said. Yeah, I mean, it'll be fine there if

728
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 3: Jacobs is the leading rusher in the league. But you

729
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,880
Speaker 3: got Adams and you know those dudes. But hey, if

730
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:39,360
Speaker 3: you got to bring me from behind in harsh circumstances,

731
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 3: ain't happening.

732
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,960
Speaker 2: I'm starting to believe that Buffalo's pass rush since he

733
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 2: brought that up, might be a little non existent without

734
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 2: von Miller.

735
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,160
Speaker 3: And they've invested heavy in it.

736
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think they have any pass.

737
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:53,160
Speaker 3: Rush about the line too.

738
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, because I mean watching them in there in their

739
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:58,360
Speaker 2: opener against the Jets, they didn't really Okay, Yeah, I

740
00:30:58,440 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 2: realized that that, you know, Aaron Rodgers got hurt being

741
00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,600
Speaker 2: thrown to the ground.

742
00:31:03,200 --> 00:31:05,640
Speaker 1: First play the game, first play the game. Yeah, after that,

743
00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: they didn't do much to put pressure.

744
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 3: No, you should pressure the Raiders.

745
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,200
Speaker 4: Yeah. Uh.

746
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:12,959
Speaker 1: Twenty is Daniel Jones.

747
00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 3: Okay, I mean this last half of football he put

748
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 3: together was spectacular, but the.

749
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 1: Next the next two halves aren't gonna be spectacular.

750
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 2: I can tell you that Thursday night in San fran

751
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 2: and San fran without without off two of your offensive

752
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,200
Speaker 2: lineman and your best offensive.

753
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,080
Speaker 3: Weapon, Yeah, they're gonna get slaughtered. It's gonna be three

754
00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 3: or four slaughters.

755
00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:33,320
Speaker 1: Oh, it's gonna be ugly.

756
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:35,880
Speaker 2: They might have They should have a running clock in

757
00:31:35,920 --> 00:31:38,880
Speaker 2: the second half of that one. Nineteen is brock Party.

758
00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 3: He's a Party doubter. Yeah, I mean I think he's

759
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 3: moved him up since the beginning of the season, but.

760
00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 1: That's where he belongs.

761
00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, like this, these rankings putting him in the top ten,

762
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 2: that's that's the I don't have a problem with brock

763
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,480
Speaker 2: Purty at nineteen. I have a problem when brock Purty's

764
00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 2: ranked Ahad of Lamar Jackson and stuff like that, then

765
00:31:57,640 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 2: that offends me.

766
00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's rough. Like frankly, if I was doing quarterback

767
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:04,719
Speaker 3: ranks to start the season, he'd probably be like twenty

768
00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,040
Speaker 3: five or twenty six for me. Yeah, and I'll can

769
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:08,480
Speaker 3: see he's probably nineteen.

770
00:32:08,520 --> 00:32:09,640
Speaker 1: He didn't play well last week.

771
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:10,640
Speaker 3: No he didn't. He didn't.

772
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:14,040
Speaker 2: But I mean that that stuff last year when when

773
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 2: you know, based off of like his first three starts

774
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,320
Speaker 2: and all of a sudden, he's he's in the top twelve.

775
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:20,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's in the top twelve in the NFL. I'm like,

776
00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,440
Speaker 1: you gotta be out of your mind.

777
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 3: Matthew Stafford.

778
00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:26,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it's ridiculous. Yeah, yeah, ridiculous. Eighteen is

779
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:27,400
Speaker 1: Jordan Love.

780
00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,280
Speaker 3: It's had a really good year. I think he leads

781
00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:33,960
Speaker 3: to the league in touchdown receptions or touchdown throws.

782
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,479
Speaker 1: Not going to hold up, No, No, Seventeen is Derek Carr.

783
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 3: Okay, it was so so this past week.

784
00:32:41,800 --> 00:32:43,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, not great.

785
00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 1: Sixteen Russell Wilson.

786
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 3: I think he's back to respectable, not being bad.

787
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,120
Speaker 2: He played the Raiders and then he played Washington. Then yeah,

788
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: I don't know that either one of those defenses are.

789
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 3: I think they're in Miami.

790
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,640
Speaker 2: Getting back to what we were talking about with Pickett

791
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 2: early in show, like let's see when you get tested.

792
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: If if the Steelers had played.

793
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 2: The Raiders in Washington to open the season, there's a

794
00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 2: good chance Kenny Picketts might be right here at sixteen.

795
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think they're in for a long

796
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 3: one in Miami too.

797
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,760
Speaker 1: I think so too. Fifteen is Mac Jones.

798
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 3: I don't think he's been bad this year. I mean

799
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,840
Speaker 3: having a real offense and that helps. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

800
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 3: I mean he doesn't have a lot of round him.

801
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,479
Speaker 2: We're still going two. Fourteen is Jared Goff. You can

802
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,600
Speaker 2: make the argument golf should be a little higher than this.

803
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been quite effective now for I mean basically

804
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:32,560
Speaker 3: since he's joined the Lions.

805
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 4: Yeah.

806
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 1: Thirteen Ryan Tannehill. He was high on him going into

807
00:33:38,040 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: the season.

808
00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 3: He's a Tannehill guy, and he's kind of a quarterbacks

809
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,200
Speaker 3: quarterback because he'll take hits and he's a tough guy.

810
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 3: But he was horrible in week one. He was quite

811
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 3: good in week two.

812
00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 4: Yeah.

813
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,120
Speaker 2: I think as he as Derrick Henry goes, he goes

814
00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 2: like if if Derrick Henry gets over eighty yards, there's

815
00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:58,959
Speaker 2: a good chance Ryan tanney Hill looks decent.

816
00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 3: Side note, the Chargers defense is horrible, yeah, or horrible.

817
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,080
Speaker 1: And for what the money they're spending exactly.

818
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 3: They have no right to be. Yeah.

819
00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:07,680
Speaker 1: Twelve is Kirk Cousins.

820
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean they throw more than anyone in the league.

821
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,359
Speaker 3: He's got crazy stats, but you're not gonna put him

822
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:13,879
Speaker 3: the top five.

823
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 4: Yeah.

824
00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: Eleven is two a Tego Vailoa.

825
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 3: So I heard it in insane stat about Tua. What's

826
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,400
Speaker 3: more about the Patriots than Tua? Tua is five and

827
00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 3: zero against the Patriots, Right, Okay, that's not so crazy.

828
00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 3: I mean a lot of this is timing of when

829
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 3: you get the Patriots. Since two thousand, basically the Brady

830
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:38,400
Speaker 3: Belichick era, there's three quarterbacks that have five wins against

831
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,399
Speaker 3: the Patriots period period. Josh Allen, Peyton Manning, who played

832
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,000
Speaker 3: them fifteen times, and Tua, and Josh Allen's won like

833
00:34:47,680 --> 00:34:49,279
Speaker 3: one out of three two. I mean, like he's like

834
00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 3: fifty fifty, he's like five hundred against him. Now, that's

835
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 3: more of a stat for yesteryear. But it's amazing that

836
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,080
Speaker 3: since two thousand, no one has more than five wins

837
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:01,359
Speaker 3: against them. Him. This week he's going to be the

838
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:02,399
Speaker 3: number one on that list.

839
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: Well, he already beat him last week.

840
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:06,239
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, yea, yeah, okay, that's where I came from.

841
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:06,960
Speaker 4: Oh yeah.

842
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,880
Speaker 1: Number ten is Gino Smith.

843
00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:11,719
Speaker 3: I was ready to kind of leave him for dead,

844
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,360
Speaker 3: and he played really well last week. So that's the

845
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 3: first time I've been excited about him since about Week

846
00:35:18,640 --> 00:35:19,399
Speaker 3: twelve last year.

847
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:23,400
Speaker 1: Yeah. Nine is Jalen Hurts. That's where Jalen Hurts belongs to.

848
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 1: He is not playing well.

849
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,040
Speaker 3: He's not playing well. He's still an effective football player,

850
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 3: but like he's not better than the mar or you

851
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 3: know what I mean.

852
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, he had one pass that it was between eleven

853
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: and twenty yards last week, which he did not complete.

854
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:40,720
Speaker 1: Like his intermediate intermediate passing is just non existing.

855
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 3: It's hard.

856
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 1: I mean, it's all deep stuff or dump offs to

857
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 1: the you know, it's.

858
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:48,320
Speaker 3: A I don't want to say he's got it easy.

859
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 3: He doesn't, because he's earned everything. But you have the

860
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,000
Speaker 3: best line in the league, your wheels, plus the running

861
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,200
Speaker 3: backs and those three receivers including Goddard, and you always

862
00:35:58,200 --> 00:35:59,959
Speaker 3: are playing with the lead. Yeah, not so bad.

863
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: Eight is Matthew Stafford having a really good year.

864
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like, Stafford to me, is a better quarterback than hers.

865
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 4: Yeah.

866
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 1: Seven is Dak Prescott.

867
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:10,719
Speaker 3: Okay, also having a good year.

868
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:13,920
Speaker 1: Six Trevor Lawrence.

869
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 3: Oh, I thought he was bad this bad.

870
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 1: I thought he was bad too.

871
00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 3: I'm a believer, don't get me wrong. But I thought

872
00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:20,760
Speaker 3: their offense was pretty rough.

873
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:21,640
Speaker 1: Yeah.

874
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:23,200
Speaker 3: I didn't think it was great week one either, Now

875
00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 3: I think about it, I mean number k okay, yeah,

876
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,319
Speaker 3: Five Joe Burrow. Where would you put him? I mean

877
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 3: you can't put him.

878
00:36:31,000 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: Thirty, right, but that's how he's played.

879
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 3: He's played like thirty two. Yeah, but the actually i'd

880
00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:37,839
Speaker 3: put him like thirty one.

881
00:36:37,960 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 1: I mean they got to sit him for the long like.

882
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:46,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's some short term misery here, but they would

883
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 2: be in a much better spot right now if they'd

884
00:36:48,120 --> 00:36:49,720
Speaker 2: have sat him these first two weeks.

885
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, much better knowing what you know now. Yeah,

886
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,800
Speaker 3: it'd be great if he's coming off the bench now yeah, roo.

887
00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 2: And okay, more healthy and okay, now we get Joe

888
00:36:58,160 --> 00:36:59,240
Speaker 2: Burrow on the white Horse.

889
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 3: Yeah right, yeah.

890
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,839
Speaker 2: Now you've taken your you've taken your lumps, and you've

891
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 2: got nothing to show for it.

892
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 3: Up to take more.

893
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,280
Speaker 1: Yeah.

894
00:37:06,200 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 3: Do you think he plays this week?

895
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,399
Speaker 1: I don't think he does. Yeah, I don't think he does.

896
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: Four is justin Herbert Yeah, and they're owing too.

897
00:37:13,520 --> 00:37:16,600
Speaker 3: He's a great player. Yeah. And two that's same as

898
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:18,879
Speaker 3: Rivers when he was there and Fouts when he was there.

899
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:22,240
Speaker 3: And you know, like I hope there's not a narrative

900
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,120
Speaker 3: around Herbert that he can't win the big one, but

901
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 3: there is starting to be that. You know, like say,

902
00:37:28,040 --> 00:37:29,080
Speaker 3: the fourth quarter leads.

903
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,480
Speaker 2: They were three for twelve on third downs last week,

904
00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: and that's the quarter. I mean, I'm sorry, that's quarterback Sam.

905
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean at least half of it is. And

906
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 3: going to Jacksonville with that lead in the playoffs and

907
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:41,480
Speaker 3: not getting out of there with a win doesn't look

908
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,760
Speaker 3: good for anybody in that organization.

909
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,479
Speaker 1: Yeah, if they lose a couple more here coming up, like.

910
00:37:46,760 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 3: They're owing two and they're going to Minnesota is also

911
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:53,080
Speaker 3: and two and a loser leaves town match, you know, right.

912
00:37:53,040 --> 00:37:56,279
Speaker 1: Like they lose that one, his seat might be that

913
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 1: might you might be done.

914
00:37:57,960 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 3: I could see Kellen Moore being the interim head coach

915
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:00,399
Speaker 3: there some point.

916
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:01,800
Speaker 4: Yeah.

917
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:06,000
Speaker 2: At three is Lamar Jackson it's playing really well. See

918
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: I watched that game. I thought he didn't. I didn't

919
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,399
Speaker 2: think he played all that well in the first half

920
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:14,360
Speaker 2: of the Gay against Cincinnati. It wasn't until they actually

921
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 2: started designing some starting some run designed runs for him

922
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:20,439
Speaker 2: when I thought he finally kind of started playing better.

923
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 3: I think they're crazy if they don't. I mean, you

924
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 3: don't want him just to be a.

925
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:25,080
Speaker 1: Drop back guy. Yeah, I was.

926
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 2: I was watching that game because I want to see,

927
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,560
Speaker 2: all right, what's this Lamar Jackson offense look like? Or

928
00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:33,319
Speaker 2: what's this new top monk on offense looked like? Once

929
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 2: he started running, it looked like what they used to

930
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,440
Speaker 2: It looked like the same offense they've always worn.

931
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,959
Speaker 3: Three receivers on the field a bunch of time.

932
00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:45,440
Speaker 1: Right, that was the only difference. Yeah, at two, Josh Allen.

933
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:46,319
Speaker 3: I guess, But.

934
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: I mean he's he played really well though last week.

935
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 2: I mean, I think he's a superstar. But against the Raiders.

936
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 2: It's against the Raiders.

937
00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 3: Week one wasn't great. He just takes a lot of risks.

938
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: How about this that for him passes between one and

939
00:39:02,800 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 2: ten yards against the Raiders Allen was eighteen of nineteen.

940
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 3: Wow, maybe the Steelers should do that, you think, Yeah, yeah, yeah,

941
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:14,840
Speaker 3: but weak areas of the field, flats, quick slants, things

942
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 3: like that. Yeah yeah, just move the chain, move the

943
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,240
Speaker 3: chain again, like we talked about last segment, hit the layups,

944
00:39:21,239 --> 00:39:22,960
Speaker 3: you know, get to make the routines, and.

945
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:24,320
Speaker 1: Then every once in a while you take a shot.

946
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,480
Speaker 3: Sure, sure so.

947
00:39:26,080 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: And then of course one is Patrick Mahomes.

948
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:32,480
Speaker 3: No, yeah, as it's no matter what he does, He's

949
00:39:32,520 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 3: going to be one for the foreseeable future. But I'm

950
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 3: not sure who two is. Right.

951
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: He got off to a slow start against Jackson.

952
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 3: He did, he did?

953
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: I mean that whole team did many points? Yeah, no,

954
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,680
Speaker 1: they scored seventeen. So yeah.

955
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:49,319
Speaker 2: The quarterback situation around the league, we we've talked about it.

956
00:39:49,320 --> 00:39:51,800
Speaker 2: This is why we talk fantasy football because it does overlas,

957
00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,000
Speaker 2: it does tie into this stuff. The top quarterbacks haven't

958
00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 2: played like top quarterbacks consistently.

959
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 3: No, I mean Alan, yeah, r yeah, borrow.

960
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 2: Let's talk about that when we come back. He is

961
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening to the

962
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 2: drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna take a

963
00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:11,920
Speaker 2: break when we be back. When we come back, we'll

964
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 2: tackle that little subject here right after this.

965
00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 5: These Black and Gold fan habit.

966
00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,600
Speaker 1: We've invented a new messaging system using that.

967
00:40:22,719 --> 00:40:28,080
Speaker 3: Christian's really rough right now, with injuries and uncertainty, youth

968
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 3: versus old. I mean, who's really in their prime?

969
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,840
Speaker 2: Or what I think is happening around the league, Matt is,

970
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 2: I think a lot of teams are crowding the middle

971
00:40:36,120 --> 00:40:38,080
Speaker 2: of the field. He's saying, we're not going to give

972
00:40:38,080 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 2: you these these easy layups down the middle of the field.

973
00:40:40,880 --> 00:40:43,480
Speaker 1: We're gonna make it throw everything to the outside.

974
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:45,719
Speaker 3: With more time and more arm strength, all those type

975
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,920
Speaker 3: of things. Too. No, I think you're right, and I'm

976
00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 3: not one hundred percent believer A tight end is a

977
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,319
Speaker 3: young quarterback's best friend. But they're a pretty good friend.

978
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:55,040
Speaker 1: Pretty good friend.

979
00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:59,720
Speaker 2: I've seen too much of that, yeah, over the years

980
00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:01,719
Speaker 2: that you know when you when typically when you have

981
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,759
Speaker 2: a young quarterback in there.

982
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,839
Speaker 3: I mean, those are easy throws A big target.

983
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 2: To a big target, a guy who's got a big

984
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 2: catch radius. Yeah, and there's a matchup issue.

985
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, that much I stressed in the article too,

986
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 3: is like this guy is a little different type of target.

987
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,239
Speaker 3: He's got a big catching radius, he can adjust the

988
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:22,080
Speaker 3: bad balls, he's good after the catch. Get him involved,

989
00:41:22,080 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 3: get him involved. Yeah, and I don't quite understand why

990
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:26,600
Speaker 3: he's not getting peppered with targets.

991
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 2: So I think that plays into this a little. I mean, yeah, yeah,

992
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 2: even Travis Kelcey came back last week and didn't go off.

993
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:34,680
Speaker 3: I would saying I bet my homes would have been

994
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,920
Speaker 3: better with a healthy Kelsey in the first two weeks. Yeah,

995
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:38,440
Speaker 3: you know that that situation.

996
00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:41,040
Speaker 2: But just across the league, I mean, the only the

997
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,960
Speaker 2: only tight end who's really lived up to what you

998
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:44,440
Speaker 2: thought he was.

999
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,000
Speaker 1: Going to do is Is Hawkinson.

1000
00:41:47,719 --> 00:41:51,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, but lots of but that's they're throwing every down

1001
00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,840
Speaker 2: and he's also got Justin Jefferson on the outside taking

1002
00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:56,719
Speaker 2: up You're rolling coverages to that side, so you're not

1003
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:58,720
Speaker 2: crowding the middle of the field exactly.

1004
00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:02,440
Speaker 3: Good point, and that you're thinking too, like, hey, this

1005
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 3: is fantasy nuggets. But Dallas Goddards got a zero in

1006
00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,399
Speaker 3: fantasy in week one. You know, we were talking about

1007
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 3: how Herbs is struggling.

1008
00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:09,920
Speaker 2: And then we too he had like he had liked,

1009
00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,839
Speaker 2: like seven catches, but it was like for thirty five yards, Like.

1010
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 3: I mean, like zach Ertz is catching balls, but yeah

1011
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:17,799
Speaker 3: he catches them and falls.

1012
00:42:17,560 --> 00:42:20,480
Speaker 2: Down like even as Friar Moose one catch on Sunday

1013
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 2: or Monday night. I should say it's like a little

1014
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,880
Speaker 2: tight end screen. He got two yards on it because

1015
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 2: he had to. You had to draw that up for him.

1016
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:31,279
Speaker 2: I just think I think opponents are really forcing quarterbacks

1017
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 2: right now, and you see these trends in the league.

1018
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:36,439
Speaker 2: I'll be interested to see if this continues. Yeah, yeah,

1019
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,680
Speaker 2: you know, Hey, we're going to force you to throw them.

1020
00:42:38,680 --> 00:42:40,879
Speaker 2: We're gonna I think you're seeing a lot of Cover two,

1021
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:44,759
Speaker 2: but then they're they're they're jamming everything. Yeah, condensing things

1022
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,399
Speaker 2: in the middle of the field. Hey, we're not gonna

1023
00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:47,920
Speaker 2: let you go over the top here because we're in

1024
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:48,479
Speaker 2: Cover two.

1025
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:50,920
Speaker 3: But we're even seeing the Minkas of the world come

1026
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 3: down and not just sitting deep and more versatile safety play.

1027
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:59,759
Speaker 3: I think linebackers are maybe getting better in coverage at

1028
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 3: least summer shining, I mean looking for that. I don't know.

1029
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 3: I mean Pitts, Wall or Kittle. They've done very little

1030
00:43:09,440 --> 00:43:12,839
Speaker 3: this year. Kelsey, there's an excuse, but all the top

1031
00:43:12,920 --> 00:43:14,399
Speaker 3: guys are not shining now.

1032
00:43:14,400 --> 00:43:19,920
Speaker 2: Again, I watched all of the Bengals game against against Baltimore,

1033
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 2: and Andrews.

1034
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 1: Didn't really take the game over. He didn't take the

1035
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 1: game over.

1036
00:43:24,360 --> 00:43:27,239
Speaker 2: I mean he got his normal amount of targets, but

1037
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:29,960
Speaker 2: the completions he did have were all shorter stuff because

1038
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 2: anytime they threw him again, he had two guys on

1039
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 2: him no matter what over the middle of the field.

1040
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 2: And even if it wasn't a straight coverage situation over

1041
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 2: the middle, there was somebody sitting there in the middle

1042
00:43:39,640 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 2: of the field.

1043
00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 3: And plus he's another one that wasn't even there for

1044
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,000
Speaker 3: week one. So I mean he didn't produce that week,

1045
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 3: of course, And as we think through this, I bet none,

1046
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 3: I mean, like zero have good after the catch production.

1047
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 3: Usually Kittle and Kelsey are rumbling through.

1048
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:56,799
Speaker 1: That's what those guys do.

1049
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,239
Speaker 3: He had anger him on a slant. I mean, I'm

1050
00:43:59,239 --> 00:44:01,880
Speaker 3: even trying to think of some of the more younger

1051
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:06,520
Speaker 3: athletic guys. I can't recall any tight end big plays

1052
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 3: this year.

1053
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 1: They just haven't happen.

1054
00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 3: Hasn't happened. I'm sure there's something to do with it.

1055
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:12,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think that's part of it.

1056
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 2: That's an interesting I want to watch that trend over

1057
00:44:14,520 --> 00:44:16,680
Speaker 2: the next couple of weeks to see if, yeah, see

1058
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 2: if this is something that Okay, is this something that

1059
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:22,160
Speaker 2: the teams, our teams are doing here specifically, and if so,

1060
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,680
Speaker 2: what are they doing and how are they doing it?

1061
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:27,440
Speaker 3: It's certainly trying with the Steelers offense, I mean it's

1062
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 3: not like Washington's catching balls left and.

1063
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 2: Right now, or even even tight ends against them haven't

1064
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,440
Speaker 2: really hurt them all that. Joku had one catch in

1065
00:44:35,480 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 2: that game that was of any substance.

1066
00:44:37,440 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 3: But he hasn't done much a series.

1067
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 1: I think Kittle had three for nineteen. Like, that's not

1068
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: gonna that's not going to beat you.

1069
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,440
Speaker 3: No, right, it's interesting. I mean, even like the Raiders

1070
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 3: that they're guys just thinking about the upcoming opponents they

1071
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,120
Speaker 3: had despite their struggles, they're not using the tight ends

1072
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 3: at all. Yeah, they drafted Mayor in the second round.

1073
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:55,040
Speaker 2: I mean you heard all this stuff, like Derek Carr

1074
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 2: loves to throw to the tight ends. Juan Johnson, he's

1075
00:44:58,320 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: he's done nothing nothing.

1076
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:02,799
Speaker 3: Ye own deep to a Lava and Shaheed and those

1077
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,759
Speaker 3: guys too. And scoring has been down, I mean in

1078
00:45:05,800 --> 00:45:08,719
Speaker 3: Week one scoring with that just across the league, it

1079
00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,160
Speaker 3: was a historically low scoring week. I'm interested to that though,

1080
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:15,040
Speaker 3: I mean, is it our tight end is not particularly

1081
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,280
Speaker 3: good or is there a reason?

1082
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:18,080
Speaker 2: See, I don't think it I don't think that's a thing.

1083
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, you look at this year's tight end class.

1084
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 2: All you heard was this is a really good tight

1085
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 2: end class. Those guys aren't even lighting it up.

1086
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 3: When Washington goes six tight end off the board or

1087
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,959
Speaker 3: whatever behind Laporta and Kincaid and Musgrave, et cetera, et cetera,

1088
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 3: we'll see. I think that's interesting. You know, last year's

1089
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 3: class wasn't strong. McBride was the first pick and he's

1090
00:45:38,520 --> 00:45:41,080
Speaker 3: a backup sort of, you know. Yeah, and so that

1091
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,439
Speaker 3: group's not particularly strong. And there's some hot young tight

1092
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:48,200
Speaker 3: ends like Jilanni Woods that are on pits, pits, you know,

1093
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 3: order that are hurt non existent, non existent. Yeah, jig

1094
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 3: took a zero in Week one. I'm just scanning the

1095
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,640
Speaker 3: league and who is doing well. I expect the big

1096
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:58,200
Speaker 3: things from Waller. We haven't seen that.

1097
00:45:58,440 --> 00:46:00,040
Speaker 2: I think that's and that's some of those easy he

1098
00:46:00,160 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 2: throws that the teams were willing to give up. It's

1099
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:04,839
Speaker 2: not happening this year yet thus far.

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Speaker 3: No, I haven't thought a guy like Hayden Hurst. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: rookie quarterback, young guys, best friend, bad receivers. If I

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Speaker 3: can catch five balls a game, you know for sixty yards. No,

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Speaker 3: not happen, right, No, that's not really isn't.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: So, I mean even as well as the Rams are playing,

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Speaker 3: Higbee's like the third.

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Speaker 1: Option there, he's non existent.

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Speaker 3: And if you told me they scored what they did,

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Speaker 3: I'd be like, Higbe should be the first tight end

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Speaker 3: drafted in fantasy. Puka Nakua getting a million targets.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so I just think I don't know if that's

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Speaker 2: causing causing effect, but it's something I'm going to keep

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Speaker 2: an eye on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I think you're onto something there.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, we're gonna take another break. When we come back,

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Speaker 2: it's time for the Fantasy football focus. We'll go around

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Speaker 2: the league and look at some of the injury issues

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Speaker 2: happening out there from a fantasy standpoint, and well, if

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Speaker 2: there's some defensive injuries, we'll talk about those as well

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Speaker 2: offensive line injuries. There's all effect fantasy play. We'll do

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Speaker 2: that in we return. He is Matt Williamson. I am

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Speaker 2: Dale Lallie.

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