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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation, Back on the drive here hour

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Speaker 2: number two. It is our final hour of programming before

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Speaker 2: the weekend. Congratulations, you made it. The week is winding

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Speaker 2: down Friday night tonight. Of course, some big high school

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Speaker 2: football games across Pittsburgh, like there always is, big Slate Saturday,

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Speaker 2: some fun NFL games on Sunday that we will get

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Speaker 2: into in our next segment, Matt, when we kind of

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Speaker 2: do our another great Yeah, these first two weeks there

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Speaker 2: have been some outstanding primetime stuff.

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Speaker 3: Dynamite, yeah, from.

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Speaker 2: A neutral perspective, just games that you're very intrigued by.

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Speaker 2: Between you know, a lot of division matchups, a lot

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Speaker 2: of contender matchups, all those different things. But before we

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Speaker 2: get to that, and of course Steelers in Seattle pick

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Speaker 2: them in final thoughts there, we do need to spin

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Speaker 2: the block in our little five star Friday. We talked

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Speaker 2: in the last segment more so Steelers offense Seahawks defense.

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Speaker 2: Now where's it start, Matt for you? From a Seahawks

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Speaker 2: offense against the Steelers defense. How much of this is

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Speaker 2: about Jackson Smith and Jigba how much of that Seattle

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the more I've thought through what do you do

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Speaker 3: with JSN? So I think I'm sure we brought it

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Speaker 3: up in the last four days, but he basically got

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Speaker 3: sixty percent of the target six zero crazy. It's insane.

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Speaker 3: I mean, and he did a lot with them, and

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Speaker 3: he's a really good player. But it's also because there

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Speaker 3: are other pass catchers are bad. I mean, Cup isn't

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Speaker 3: what he used to be. That they have a rookie.

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Speaker 3: I really really like Tory Horton, but he's a fourth

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Speaker 3: round pick and he's the third guy out there. They

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Speaker 3: also played and something we haven't mentioned all year or

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Speaker 3: all week is they played a very high percent with

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Speaker 3: a fullback on the field. So steals better get used

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Speaker 3: to dealing with fullback based runs, which can be really

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Speaker 3: hard on teams because you don't see him like you

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Speaker 3: did back in the day. You know, what shoulder do

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Speaker 3: I take on? What gap am I in charge of?

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Speaker 3: But the more I've thought about the cups that or

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Speaker 3: the JSN situation, I think Ramsey's gonna follow him into

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Speaker 3: the seats. And I didn't think that before, but with

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Speaker 3: the Porter injury and Echo's availability to do any of

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Speaker 3: the three positions. I think you rest Porter. I think

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Speaker 3: when you have two receivers on the field, or when

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Speaker 3: you have two corners on the field, it'll be Sleigh

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Speaker 3: gotten a lot better outside the numbers. He's not just

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Speaker 3: a slot. Cup is just a slot. So when you

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Speaker 3: have two corners on the field, you're gonna have Cup

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Speaker 3: and js and versus Sleigh and Ramsey. And I think

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Speaker 3: that screams Like what Tomlin was saying, is Ramsey's our

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Speaker 3: top guy. We're gonna put on their top guy. That

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Speaker 3: doesn't mean no safety support and things like that. But

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Speaker 3: I bet he follows him around because Smith and Jigba

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Speaker 3: ramsey spot. But because Eccles is so versatile, it's not

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Speaker 3: if it was Horton, Cup and Ramsey and Cups are slot,

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Speaker 3: I don't want Porter or Sleigh in the slot. But

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Speaker 3: Eccles take the slot. You know he's not as good

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Speaker 3: So Ramsey just follow JSN all day long.

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Speaker 2: It is my hunch and that feels like Listen. We

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Speaker 2: But I think now in the hey, you know what

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Speaker 3: That doesn't look promising as we record this, right.

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Speaker 2: It makes a ton of sense for me and you

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Speaker 2: and I haven sitting him this week. If it's close,

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Speaker 2: Absolutely this is the opponent to do it again where

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Speaker 2: much as Cooper cup As obviously has had an outstanding career,

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Speaker 3: I think that ship sailed.

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Speaker 2: I think so. I think so.

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Speaker 3: Even his numbers, like over his last six seven, eight

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Speaker 2: You you don't want to pigeonhole Jalen Ramsey. But I

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Speaker 2: don't think it's pigeonholing him this week. I think it's, hey,

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Speaker 3: One thing that kind of skewed things for us last week, though,

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Speaker 2: Yeah it'll be fun. Yeah, yeah, it certainly will be.

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Speaker 2: I don't think JSN. I think he's a very nice player.

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Speaker 2: They don't have a ton of options. But what they

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Speaker 3: And they're pretty much an outside zone team there. Their

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Speaker 2: So Matt, like, I don't want to like, I think

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Speaker 3: Coach Austin said, we're expecting why a Blacks snap total

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Speaker 2: He did, He did did talk. He did talk about

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Speaker 3: It, which I think is a good move, which.

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Speaker 2: Which makes a ton of sense. We've taught. We talked

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Speaker 3: I do louder Milk goes backwards a lot too.

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Speaker 2: I do expect just a better performance from Cam Hayward.

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Speaker 3: That'll blow me away if it's not true.

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Speaker 2: Which in its own right, will do a lot to

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Speaker 3: I do a show last night with Pursuda and Merrill Hodge,

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Speaker 3: and one of Merrill's big sayings is never underestimate a

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Speaker 3: Like Cam should win. That bats, you know what I mean,

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Speaker 3: And that they ran at Cam a lot. I think

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Speaker 2: That would that would make a lot of sense, And that's.

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Speaker 2: Certainly this week h.

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Speaker 3: Hayward positive game correct ye be one.

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Speaker 2: I think we'll come in on Monday and we'll be like,

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Speaker 2: I I think I would be as well. And then

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Speaker 2: I guess maybe finally here talk to me about Sam Darnold.

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Speaker 2: What is like, what are you expecting from him? What

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's had a weird career, as people know.

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Speaker 3: I mean he was high highly highly.

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Speaker 3: And things came easy to him exactly exactly. You know,

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Speaker 3: he's probably the best looking cheerleader. I mean, you know,

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Speaker 3: pressure off Exhale, be around one of the absolute best

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Speaker 3: in the business and understood I'm not the best player

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Speaker 3: I can get the ball to Debo and Ayuk and

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Speaker 2: on the other side, we will go around the league.

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Speaker 2: Another big weekend across the National Football League here as

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Speaker 2: six and a half number is pretty substantial.

436
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Speaker 1: It is.

437
00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,520
Speaker 2: I wish it was more like five and a half,

438
00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:46,960
Speaker 2: but I'm with you. I'm going to lean towards Detroit.

439
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,760
Speaker 2: Still really good. That Super Bowl window might not be

440
00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:51,879
Speaker 2: wide open like it was the last couple of years,

441
00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 2: but I think they are still clearly a much better

442
00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:58,879
Speaker 2: team than Chicago at home after an embarrassing effort at

443
00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:02,480
Speaker 2: lambeau Field. I'll lay the points. I'll take Lions minus.

444
00:21:02,240 --> 00:21:04,560
Speaker 3: Six and a little more points than I expected, though.

445
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,399
Speaker 2: I would I would like five and a half a

446
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,160
Speaker 2: little bit more, but I will still lean towards giving

447
00:21:09,200 --> 00:21:12,200
Speaker 2: Detroit the benefit of the doubt on this one. First

448
00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:15,919
Speaker 2: opportunity for cam Ward in Music City to make his

449
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,920
Speaker 2: Nashville debut for the Titans. The Rams head to town

450
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,920
Speaker 2: there feeling good about themselves starting. Want to know with

451
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,440
Speaker 2: that victory against the Texans on the road, Matt, the

452
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:28,480
Speaker 2: Rams are five and a half point favorites.

453
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,280
Speaker 3: I think they wiped the floor with them, do you

454
00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,640
Speaker 3: Stafford was awesome in week one. We could talk about

455
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:33,720
Speaker 3: his back and I don't know if it's going to

456
00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:37,840
Speaker 3: hold up, but he's good right now and his receivers

457
00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:42,000
Speaker 3: are a handful. Ward was really interesting to me because

458
00:21:42,760 --> 00:21:45,840
Speaker 3: awful environmental. You go go to Denver against that defense,

459
00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,560
Speaker 3: mile high, all that stuff, and his box score looks terrible,

460
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,359
Speaker 3: but he did a lot of good stuff Like Titan

461
00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,000
Speaker 3: fans should be excited, but I think the Rams beat

462
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:56,880
Speaker 3: him bad.

463
00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,760
Speaker 2: This is a number and I know it's on the

464
00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 2: road that I thought could be a six and a

465
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,840
Speaker 2: half seven and a half type number. Yeah, yeah, the

466
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:11,440
Speaker 2: Titans just they they are at square one. I mean

467
00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:14,760
Speaker 2: they are, they are, they are at the you know,

468
00:22:14,800 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 2: the first steps of a thousand step journey. Yeah, yes,

469
00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,840
Speaker 2: one thousand mile journey. And so yeah, I I I

470
00:22:24,880 --> 00:22:26,600
Speaker 2: think there is a chance that they could do some

471
00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,119
Speaker 2: things to keep it. But even even laying five and

472
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Speaker 2: a half still seems pretty comfortable for the Rams. And

473
00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,040
Speaker 2: you know, they won last week at home, but they

474
00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 2: didn't necessarily light it up offensively either. I think they've

475
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,159
Speaker 2: got some more some more juice there to squeeze. H

476
00:22:41,280 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 2: does la. So I'm with you. I will lay the

477
00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:46,359
Speaker 2: points minus five and a half on that one. In

478
00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 2: a surprising, maybe perhaps the most surprising line of the

479
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:52,879
Speaker 2: week to me, takes place down in Miami, where the

480
00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:56,600
Speaker 2: Dolphins host the Patriots for a for another one of

481
00:22:56,640 --> 00:23:00,159
Speaker 2: these divisional early season matchups. Miami is a one and

482
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,480
Speaker 2: a half point favorite.

483
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:03,919
Speaker 3: I don't know that they should have been a favorite

484
00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 3: over anyone after that.

485
00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 2: I know it's at home, and particularly in September. You know,

486
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,560
Speaker 2: they they have the this is the way the stadium

487
00:23:12,680 --> 00:23:15,840
Speaker 2: set up. The sun beats down on the visiting sideline

488
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:18,520
Speaker 2: and the Dolphins wear their white uniforms that the opponent

489
00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:24,280
Speaker 2: has to wear the darker color. It's a great advantage

490
00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:26,879
Speaker 2: in that regard. I just think that this team is

491
00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,080
Speaker 2: about as close to being unraveled as you can be

492
00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 2: for week two of a season.

493
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Speaker 3: Me too, I wish they were playing somebody else that

494
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,800
Speaker 3: I felt more confident in because I don't love what

495
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:39,800
Speaker 3: I saw from New England. But I think Rabel situation

496
00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,360
Speaker 3: and if you're this one, it's like, if you're gonna

497
00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,600
Speaker 3: give me points, I'll take whoever gets points, you know,

498
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:47,840
Speaker 3: And I just don't have it. I'm not sure I

499
00:23:47,840 --> 00:23:49,400
Speaker 3: can put money on Miami right now.

500
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Speaker 2: Very good way to say it. Yeah, I think the

501
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:55,879
Speaker 2: Patriots win. I think Rabel just finds a way Rabel

502
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,399
Speaker 2: type game. Maybe it's a little ugly, lower scoring that

503
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,080
Speaker 2: people expect, and the Patriots just make one more play

504
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,880
Speaker 2: or one less mistake that could be at the end.

505
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:06,520
Speaker 2: But I will take the points obviously as well too.

506
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 2: But that one, to me is a little surprising after

507
00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 2: everything that we've seen from Miami. One and a half

508
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,960
Speaker 2: point favorites at home against the Patriots. But I'm with you,

509
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 2: I'm not putting. I'm not putting any money on Miami

510
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,760
Speaker 2: at this point. Saints at home hosting the forty nine

511
00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 2: ers and another one of these one o'clock kickoffs, San

512
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,080
Speaker 2: Francisco three and a half point favorites on the road.

513
00:24:28,040 --> 00:24:33,040
Speaker 3: They're so injured and Pard he's out. And I actually

514
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,359
Speaker 3: thought the Saints and Rattler played okay, you know, like

515
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 3: I think it was expected. Yeah, I thought it was

516
00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 3: easy to say the Browns and Saints or worst two

517
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,040
Speaker 3: teams in the league times a thousand. Well, they didn't

518
00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,800
Speaker 3: play like it, you know, I mean. And so New

519
00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:49,280
Speaker 3: Orleans tough place to play. I think they keep it

520
00:24:49,320 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 3: close enough.

521
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,560
Speaker 2: I think New Orleans could surprise some people and maybe

522
00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:57,840
Speaker 2: even win this game at home. Yeah, maybe, but I

523
00:24:57,840 --> 00:24:59,719
Speaker 2: will take I will take New Orleans and the points.

524
00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,760
Speaker 3: Absolutely.

525
00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:03,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, give me New Orleans plus three and a half.

526
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:06,880
Speaker 2: I think the Saints could win the Niners, just they

527
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,399
Speaker 2: are so banged up. They're on the road for the

528
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,520
Speaker 2: second straight week two, which is always difficult. Longer, you know,

529
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,720
Speaker 2: longer road trip this time than going to Seattle. Obviously,

530
00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,320
Speaker 2: I'll take the Saints plus three and.

531
00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,679
Speaker 3: A half me too. Not an easy place to play.

532
00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:23,960
Speaker 2: Not an easy place to play without a doubt. Speaking

533
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:28,880
Speaker 2: of inter division matchups, here once again the Jets. They

534
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 2: are at home for the second straight week to open

535
00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 2: up the season. They got the Buffalo Bills and Josh

536
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:38,040
Speaker 2: Allen come into town. Tough test for New York cover loss,

537
00:25:38,600 --> 00:25:40,800
Speaker 2: Buffalo six and a half point favorites on the.

538
00:25:40,760 --> 00:25:44,960
Speaker 3: Road, kind of. I hope I'm not wearing Steeler colored

539
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,480
Speaker 3: glasses by picking the Jets here. Jets are really impressive,

540
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,760
Speaker 3: made the Steeler game look better than it was, and

541
00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 3: I believe that today they could get their Dwarfs blown

542
00:25:54,800 --> 00:25:57,360
Speaker 3: off by the Bill zone. Josh Allen might throw five touchdowns,

543
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,200
Speaker 3: but Keon Coleman's been kind of their number one. He's

544
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,080
Speaker 3: going to get sauce and the other receivers are fine.

545
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 3: And what really worries me for the Bills is really

546
00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:09,320
Speaker 3: the only defensive player I thought that was impressive this

547
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,439
Speaker 3: past week was at Oliver and he's out, and I

548
00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:14,399
Speaker 3: think they can run and keep it close. So I'm

549
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 3: going to bet on the Jets getting points, but I

550
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:17,800
Speaker 3: wish this was more than a touchdown.

551
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:21,400
Speaker 2: I'm going to lay the points of Buffalo.

552
00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:22,440
Speaker 3: I totally get it.

553
00:26:23,520 --> 00:26:27,560
Speaker 2: A couple of reasons. One just Buffalo has owned owns

554
00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 2: that division over the last couple of years. Oh this

555
00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 2: big time for Sorry, I wasn't like I was. I

556
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:40,119
Speaker 2: was quite an awkward little pause there while I was

557
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:41,879
Speaker 2: trying to bring up the total on this game to

558
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 2: forty seven and a half. I just I think that

559
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 2: for the Jets, they are without a doubt and improved team.

560
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,359
Speaker 2: But I don't think that that means the offense is

561
00:26:51,359 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 2: going to look like it did last week all season nine.

562
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,199
Speaker 2: I know, I know, I think that they overall are

563
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,239
Speaker 2: going to take a step forward, but this might be

564
00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:01,360
Speaker 2: one of those progression is in linear type weeks.

565
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:04,439
Speaker 3: It might be three steps forward last week, two back today.

566
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,840
Speaker 2: I'm gonna I'm gonna lay the points of Buffalo. I

567
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 2: just think the way they've the way they've owned that division,

568
00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,080
Speaker 2: and I'm gonna lean my kind of benefit of the

569
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:14,600
Speaker 2: doubt their direction on this one.

570
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 3: I totally get it. I wouldn't touch it. I just

571
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 3: think their running game might be able to keep things close.

572
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,040
Speaker 2: Last one o'clock game that we have to discuss other

573
00:27:22,080 --> 00:27:24,200
Speaker 2: than Steelers Seahawks obviously, but we'll do that in the

574
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:26,880
Speaker 2: last segment. Is stop me if you've heard this before.

575
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,439
Speaker 2: Another divisional matchup AFC North Baltimore at home, licking their

576
00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:36,880
Speaker 2: wounds after that disappointing fourth quarter debacle against Buffalo, they

577
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:40,040
Speaker 2: host the Browns biggest spread of the week by far.

578
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,679
Speaker 2: Matt Ravens are eleven and a half point favorites at

579
00:27:43,680 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 2: home against Cleveland.

580
00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 3: Already told myself that whistle ended, I don't care who

581
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 3: the Ravens are playing next week. I'm picking them no

582
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,640
Speaker 3: matter what the spread is. And then Grant Delpa today

583
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 3: is coming out saying, oh, how hard is it to

584
00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:57,960
Speaker 3: tackle Derrick Henry? Someone asked me. He's like, it's not hard,

585
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:02,600
Speaker 3: like poking bear. Somebody else said something to and from Yeah,

586
00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 3: I forget who.

587
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 2: It was, but come on, man, I I think I'm

588
00:28:07,960 --> 00:28:09,719
Speaker 2: very torn on this one because I think it very

589
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:13,040
Speaker 2: easily could be Cleveland played well. I think Cleveland played

590
00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:13,560
Speaker 2: pretty well.

591
00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:14,080
Speaker 3: Yeah.

592
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 2: I also hear Arthur Motes in the back of my

593
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,560
Speaker 2: head saying, you never take double digit spread international, you

594
00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,399
Speaker 2: stay away from double digit spreads in the National Football League.

595
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 2: I might take the Browns plus eleven and a half.

596
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,119
Speaker 3: They could easily backdoor cover it.

597
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 2: Or this is one that if it gets up to

598
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 2: like twelve and a half by kickoff. I think I

599
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:37,199
Speaker 2: think I would absolutely take Cleveland. That's just a you know,

600
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 2: Baltimore could be up seventeen the whole and then Cleveland

601
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 2: scores a garbage time touchdown at the end and the

602
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:45,000
Speaker 2: Ravens end up winning by ten.

603
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,600
Speaker 3: And never were in danger.

604
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,880
Speaker 2: Right, that's just as it's a lot of points, a

605
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,560
Speaker 2: lot of points.

606
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 3: I think.

607
00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,000
Speaker 2: I do think that that is certainly going to be

608
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,240
Speaker 2: the case as well. And yeah, Grant Delpit, way to go, buddy,

609
00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: poking the and the bear there into the four o'clock

610
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:05,440
Speaker 2: slate here, Matt. The Colts coming off maybe their most

611
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 2: impressive home opener in a long time. They host the Broncos,

612
00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: a battle of one and oh AFC teams. Here Denver

613
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,000
Speaker 2: one and a half point favorites at Lucas Oil Stadium

614
00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:15,400
Speaker 2: in Indye.

615
00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 3: See, I was kind of unhappy about this one too.

616
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,520
Speaker 3: I'm like, I thought the Colts would be favored, you

617
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,680
Speaker 3: know it, just considering how both teams play.

618
00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 2: The home team they're home.

619
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,720
Speaker 3: You know, they blew the Dolphins out, but Vegas is smart.

620
00:29:28,800 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 3: I mean, I would definitely pick Denver to win this

621
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 3: game straight up. So I'm gonna go, and I'm gonna

622
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 3: lay the points. A week ago. I think this spread

623
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:37,760
Speaker 3: is probably four and a half favor in Denver, you know.

624
00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:39,720
Speaker 3: And so I'm gonna kind of stick with what I

625
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,320
Speaker 3: thought of these teams all off season. But I thought

626
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 3: i'd get points with the Broncos.

627
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 2: Every every week. It's like there's it's like there's a

628
00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 2: little bit of a rat poison game, you know that

629
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: you kind of look at it and you're like that

630
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,200
Speaker 2: one doesn't feel right. Yeah, I don't want to buy

631
00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,120
Speaker 2: into that. This week, I think the Broncos did not

632
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 2: perform up the snuff. The Colts played what might be

633
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,240
Speaker 2: the best game of the season.

634
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,840
Speaker 3: Right right, I mean, if Daniel Jones that good, are.

635
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,040
Speaker 2: They gonna score on every possession of the game.

636
00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:09,920
Speaker 3: Like Miami at dysfunctional.

637
00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 2: I'll lay the points with the Broncos, though, I'm gonna

638
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 2: stick with Sean Payton. I'm gonna think he's gonna have

639
00:30:15,040 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 2: that the old cliche of you know, improving from week

640
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,360
Speaker 2: one to week two. I think we'll see that from Denver.

641
00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 3: I'm expecting it because their coach and they're good on

642
00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:22,920
Speaker 3: both lines of scrimmage.

643
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 2: Cardinals Panthers in Arizona, we talked about this kind of

644
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 2: a favorable slate for Arizona to open the year. You

645
00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:32,640
Speaker 2: get the Saints Week one, and then you get the

646
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 2: Panthers at home Week two. Panthers are bad, they were

647
00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:38,880
Speaker 2: real bad. Six and a half point favorites are the Cardinals,

648
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 2: though you're willing to bet on Arizona to win by

649
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:42,440
Speaker 2: a touchdown or more.

650
00:30:42,360 --> 00:30:44,400
Speaker 3: No, I'm gonna take the points. Not that I have

651
00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 3: extreme confidence in Carolina to bounce back or I'm a

652
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 3: big believer, but I do think their offense is better

653
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,320
Speaker 3: than it looked, and that just seems like a lot.

654
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 3: I don't have a lot of faith in the Cardinals

655
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:56,680
Speaker 3: at the moment either or Kyler.

656
00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 2: I think I'm gonna lay the points. I get it

657
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:01,000
Speaker 2: because I I don't have a lot of faith in

658
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,560
Speaker 2: the Cardinals or Kyler, but I have less faith in

659
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 2: the Panthers and Bryce you and I just think they

660
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 2: are in for a long season, at least last year,

661
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 2: at least the last couple of years. I think there

662
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 2: were like some things that you could hang on for Carolina.

663
00:31:16,840 --> 00:31:18,560
Speaker 2: I don't even know if they have anything right now

664
00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:20,080
Speaker 2: that you can point to and say at least they

665
00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 2: do this well, like they have bread and butter. You know,

666
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,200
Speaker 2: they've got one or two nice players on defense. I

667
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 2: think Ted McMillan is going to be a really reason right.

668
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 3: But I just ran the ball really well last year,

669
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 3: but not last week.

670
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 2: The Cardinals have a more proven quarterback. They've got two

671
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:37,800
Speaker 2: running backs that I really like. They've got a good

672
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 2: tight end, They've got a good wide receiver. I don't

673
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:42,760
Speaker 2: think they blow them out, but I'll take the Cardinals

674
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,280
Speaker 2: to win by at least seven.

675
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 3: I just thought that was a little too many points.

676
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: And perhaps the game of the week Matt for twenty

677
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 2: five Arrowhead Stadium, a rematch of the Super Bowl, the

678
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 2: Chiefs hosting the Eagles. That when was the last time

679
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:02,960
Speaker 2: the Chiefs were dogs at home? I know probably before mahomes.

680
00:32:02,520 --> 00:32:04,239
Speaker 3: And he wins like every one of them if they

681
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 3: if they're a dog ever, they would buy a million.

682
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 2: Well, they're a dog at home, something that we probably

683
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 2: haven't seen in seven eight years in Kansas City. Just

684
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:14,000
Speaker 2: one and a half point favorites are.

685
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 3: The h and two. They won fifteen games last year,

686
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 3: they go Super Bowl every year.

687
00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 2: He only lost two games last year. They get to

688
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 2: start out of a shoot losing two.

689
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 3: But We saw this not too long ago, and the

690
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,960
Speaker 3: Eagles crushed them and Jalen Carter wasn't even around for

691
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 3: the Week one game. I'm taking the Eagles, but this

692
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,000
Speaker 3: is a don't touch it. I don't like betting against

693
00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 3: Mahomes as an home dog. I would be coming off

694
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:39,800
Speaker 3: a loss. That seems insane to me. But I just

695
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:41,400
Speaker 3: think the Eagles are a better football team.

696
00:32:41,720 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: If you gave me one hundred dollars to bet on

697
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 2: this game, I'd ask you if I could use it

698
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,160
Speaker 2: somewhere else. Yeah, right, I'm with you. I don't want to.

699
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 2: I don't want to bet against Mahomes. No, but I

700
00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:54,320
Speaker 2: also the Eagles deserve the respect that they're getting.

701
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:58,440
Speaker 3: Matt If the weapons around Mahomes right now or the

702
00:32:58,640 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 3: banged up.

703
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: If I, you know, I have to, if I, you know,

704
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:05,800
Speaker 2: have to make a decision type thing, I'm gonna I'm

705
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,240
Speaker 2: gonna air on the side of my homes.

706
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 3: I get it, like I just in their building.

707
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 2: If it was in Philly, it's a completely different story.

708
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,200
Speaker 2: I think this game, off the backdrop of the Super Bowl,

709
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 2: being at home and having lost already last week, means

710
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,640
Speaker 2: a little bit more to Kansas City than it does Philadelphia, like,

711
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 2: I think they will be up and they will know like, hey,

712
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,800
Speaker 2: we we don't just leit not a disaster if we

713
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,920
Speaker 2: start the season. Oh and two, We're still the Chiefs,

714
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 2: but we do not want to start the season. Oh

715
00:33:32,880 --> 00:33:33,200
Speaker 2: and two.

716
00:33:33,560 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 3: If the Chargers of Denver wins your two games back

717
00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 3: in your division already, I mean.

718
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 2: I think I think Kansas City finds a way to

719
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 2: get it done by hook or by crook.

720
00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 3: They get it right now they are, and I won't

721
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 3: saying they're going to run back the exact same game

722
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 3: plan or anything, but they played them pretty strong.

723
00:33:49,040 --> 00:33:50,840
Speaker 2: If these if these teams played ten weeks in a

724
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: row here, I think the Eagles might go seven and three.

725
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, but I'm going to take the Chiefs.

726
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 3: This circumstances of something to do with it.

727
00:33:57,600 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: And then Sunday Night football Vikings Falcons, Minnesota favored by

728
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:03,800
Speaker 2: three and a half at home.

729
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 3: I really liked what Penix did. I thought the Falcons

730
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 3: defense took a step forward. But man, that place is

731
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 3: gonna be loubed up goal and all the stuff they

732
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 3: do night game. You know, I think that's a tough

733
00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 3: environment for a young team. I'm gonna take the Vikes.

734
00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 2: I think so too. I just think Minnesota looks like

735
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:24,799
Speaker 2: they're on the Yeah, they got a new quarterback, which

736
00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:27,240
Speaker 2: is a huge deal, but the rest of the operation

737
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 2: looks like it's on the same page. I think that

738
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,760
Speaker 2: was a really good learning experience for JJ McCarthy to start.

739
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 2: It wasn't easy for him, but he was able to

740
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:36,399
Speaker 2: figure it out, and you.

741
00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:39,279
Speaker 3: Know, tough environment overcame it.

742
00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 2: I think the Vikings are in line to have another

743
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:46,439
Speaker 2: double digit win season and be one of those teams

744
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 2: that will clearly be in the playoff picture throughout the

745
00:34:50,200 --> 00:34:52,760
Speaker 2: the string of things. Hey, Falcons can end up losing

746
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 2: by a field goal and that wouldn't shock me. But

747
00:34:54,719 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 2: I'll lay the three and a half point three and

748
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 2: a half with Minnesota.

749
00:34:57,760 --> 00:35:01,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, I like that. I also think Flores will cause

750
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:05,040
Speaker 3: Pennex issues. I mean, he can hold the ball and yeah,

751
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:06,840
Speaker 3: I think he's a good young quarterback.

752
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,279
Speaker 2: But maybe take Jon out of the game a little bit, yeah,

753
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:10,560
Speaker 2: and put it in Penick's hands.

754
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 3: Yeah. I think the Bikes are in good shot, in

755
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:13,399
Speaker 3: good shape than that one.

756
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 2: I think they are as well too. That'll do it

757
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 2: for our NFL pick them a A. I was just

758
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,000
Speaker 2: gonna say a doubleheader Monday nighter that we'll have some

759
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,800
Speaker 2: fun discussing on Monday as the Texans host the Bucks

760
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 2: the Raiders host the Chargers, but we will obviously get

761
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 2: into those on Monday when we return on the other side.

762
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,399
Speaker 2: Just one game left to pick, Stellar's Seahawks, the home

763
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,719
Speaker 2: opener one o'clock at Accer Stadium on Sunday. We'll give

764
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,560
Speaker 2: some predictions on how we think that one's going to

765
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 2: play out before we get up out of here. West

766
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:45,120
Speaker 2: Yeuler and Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on Steelers Nation

767
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your.

768
00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:54,879
Speaker 1: Tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven home

769
00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

770
00:36:13,120 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 2: Down the home stretch here on a Friday. That means

771
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,359
Speaker 2: it is all eyes on the Steelers here in the

772
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 2: final segment, of course, the home opener against the Seattle Seahawks,

773
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:27,480
Speaker 2: one o'clock Akershure Stadium on the north shore of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

774
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,680
Speaker 2: where the weather seems like it will be beautiful, about

775
00:36:30,680 --> 00:36:33,440
Speaker 2: eighty degrees at kickoff. All the tickets will be sold,

776
00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 2: the beers will be cold. Matt Steelers three and a

777
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 2: half point favorites before we give specific score predictions and

778
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,640
Speaker 2: get out of here. I'm gonna put you on the

779
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:43,480
Speaker 2: spot a little bit, but I know you're good at

780
00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 2: this kind of stuff. The Steelers win, if the Seahawks win.

781
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:55,720
Speaker 3: If hmm wow. A lot of games are a little

782
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:57,359
Speaker 3: more obvious to me than this one.

783
00:36:58,360 --> 00:36:59,920
Speaker 2: I can go first, if you want a second to

784
00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:00,640
Speaker 2: think about it.

785
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:02,920
Speaker 3: I was gonna say, run defense and run the ball

786
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,040
Speaker 3: and stealer. I mean, like those two things can't be

787
00:37:05,120 --> 00:37:09,240
Speaker 3: that bad again, and you're not gonna win many games.

788
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,920
Speaker 3: And I hate to say this has been they were

789
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 3: kind of fortunate to get out of Jersey with the win.

790
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 3: I mean, like not like, oh that was in the

791
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 3: bag from far as.

792
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,759
Speaker 2: Kenneth Danewell doesn't force that fumble and scron bounces on

793
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 2: it on the kickoff, if that kickoff goes in the

794
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:23,360
Speaker 2: back of the end zone instead.

795
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,440
Speaker 3: Or if Ooz kicks a fifty nine yarder instead of

796
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:28,120
Speaker 3: a sixty yarder, you know, like completely different world. The

797
00:37:28,200 --> 00:37:30,520
Speaker 3: sky's falling, you know, it wasn't far from the sky falling.

798
00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:34,319
Speaker 3: I think the big thing is just run defense, and

799
00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 3: it's even less so a running game. I could see Rogers,

800
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680
Speaker 3: especially with the secondary injuries, without much running game help

801
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,759
Speaker 3: winning this game, but not if the Steelers can't stop

802
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 3: the run. And to me, that's a big thing for me.

803
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:53,280
Speaker 2: It's as simple as Steelers win if they win the trenches.

804
00:37:54,239 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 2: Seahawks win if they win the turnover and sack differential battle.

805
00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:01,480
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm on.

806
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,960
Speaker 2: The if the Seahawks have four sacks and the Steelers

807
00:38:03,960 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 2: have one.

808
00:38:05,440 --> 00:38:06,560
Speaker 3: Might have four and they.

809
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:11,160
Speaker 2: Win the turnover ratio even plus one, yeah, yeah, plus two.

810
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:13,200
Speaker 2: I think that's how Seattle wins.

811
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 3: I can see it and sticks with me that. I mean,

812
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,560
Speaker 3: they were seven and one on the road last year.

813
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 3: I know a lot of is Pete Carroll, but no

814
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 3: one has come to one o'clock games on the eastern.

815
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:28,239
Speaker 2: Uh. That is Carol and Russ. But still, but still.

816
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 3: I mean it's that organization wins these games.

817
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 2: They did it last year too, and Carol and Russ

818
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:33,719
Speaker 2: weren't there last year.

819
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 3: I think it's a very dangerous game for the Steelers,

820
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:38,600
Speaker 3: very oh absolutely. Like you said, if you get a

821
00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 3: bounce or two that doesn't go your way, it could

822
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 3: and it's.

823
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 2: Not on the road. But it's another one of those

824
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 2: proverbial wounded animals. Like it doesn't mean as much as

825
00:38:47,680 --> 00:38:49,799
Speaker 2: it used to in the NFL now with the seventeenth

826
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 2: game and the extra wild card spot, But you still

827
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 2: do not want to start zero and two like that

828
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 2: is a thing that everybody knows.

829
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,920
Speaker 3: Everybody knows, right, I mean your playoff odds just just

830
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,759
Speaker 3: Oracley go down drastically, right?

831
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,080
Speaker 2: They do, Yes, they do. So with that being said,

832
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 2: Steelers three and a half point favorites. How's it playout, Matt?

833
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,319
Speaker 3: I have a Steelers I'm picking the same scorers last

834
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 3: week seventeen sixteen close game, which was a close game.

835
00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,719
Speaker 3: I got that part right, But the score I was

836
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:19,280
Speaker 3: not even.

837
00:39:19,680 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 2: In the hemisphere was fight we expected.

838
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,600
Speaker 3: I just think I'm a believer that the Steeler d

839
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,279
Speaker 3: is going to be a really good defense this year.

840
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 3: And I don't really like where Seattle's offense is. But

841
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 3: even though Pittsburgh's offense was much better than their defense

842
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:43,279
Speaker 3: last year, I'm not sold that even Rogers the passing game,

843
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 3: let alone the run game Rodert Jones against this defense

844
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:49,799
Speaker 3: is going to be Oh, they'll just keep it up.

845
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:51,880
Speaker 3: I don't think they're just going to keep it up.

846
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,399
Speaker 3: I don't see thirty points. I don't see thirty five

847
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:59,279
Speaker 3: points defensive minded head coaches, So I think it's a

848
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 3: close one. By the Steelers winning seventeen sixteen.

849
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:03,719
Speaker 2: Same score prediction as Lot.

850
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 3: I'd had the same prediction, but I would take the points.

851
00:40:08,560 --> 00:40:11,359
Speaker 2: I thought about going my same prediction as last week,

852
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,960
Speaker 2: which was sixteen thirteen. I'm gonna bump it up a

853
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,239
Speaker 2: little bit though. I got Steelers twenty to seventeen.

854
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,480
Speaker 3: That based off of Rogers in more faith than their

855
00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 3: ability to consistently move the football than we've seen in

856
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,399
Speaker 3: years past. Yes, I bet, yeah.

857
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 2: I think that the defense is going to be more

858
00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:30,799
Speaker 2: of the unit that we expected them to be, and

859
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,000
Speaker 2: I I don't think and I know he did a

860
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,440
Speaker 2: good listen Jets talented front as well too. Aaron Rodgers

861
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 2: did a good job of getting rid of the ball

862
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:41,200
Speaker 2: and he still got sacked four times. Right, But they

863
00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,480
Speaker 2: don't want to expose Aaron like that. They just can't.

864
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,719
Speaker 2: He's forty one years old. If he gets hit that often.

865
00:40:47,600 --> 00:40:50,800
Speaker 3: And that was seconds into the play. Those were quick sacks.

866
00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 2: You you have highlighted it all off season. Sacks are

867
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,000
Speaker 2: as much of a quarterback stat as anything. Yeah, Aaron

868
00:40:57,080 --> 00:40:59,000
Speaker 2: even spoke to some of that this week when he

869
00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 2: was talking about it, he said, some of those sacks

870
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:02,360
Speaker 2: were on me. I wasn't moving the way that I

871
00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 2: should have, which is.

872
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 3: A nice way of saying, I'm not gonna throw linemen

873
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,000
Speaker 3: under the bus, which.

874
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 2: What you expect.

875
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 3: You never throw. Yeah, but it's also too like but

876
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 3: he doesn't get out of the way. I mean, like.

877
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 2: One. It's not like ten years ago when he could

878
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 2: move and avoid people and evade the pressure like he

879
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:19,800
Speaker 2: used to be able to.

880
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 3: I mean, I'm a little less confident in Oh, their

881
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,080
Speaker 3: sack ratio is going to be better because he's not

882
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,800
Speaker 3: gonna He's not gonna shrug anybody off, and he's not

883
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 3: gonna elude sacks. I mean, he's gonna beat sacks from

884
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 3: the neck up, throw the ball away no where things

885
00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 3: are coming. But if his protection is not good this year,

886
00:41:37,520 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 3: he'sn'tna hit a lot because he doesn't get the way.

887
00:41:40,160 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 2: And you have got to minimize that against this talented

888
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:45,640
Speaker 2: Seattle front. So I think this is the the lower

889
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:49,160
Speaker 2: scoring game that we that we expected twenty to seventeen Steelers.

890
00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 3: Okay, I would think they're gonna do more max protect

891
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 3: I would think that there'll be a couple dk shots

892
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 3: down the sidelines. They're not going to go another game

893
00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:01,120
Speaker 3: without a twenty yard pass, you know, but can they

894
00:42:01,160 --> 00:42:04,000
Speaker 3: protect it up. I mean, that might be more Washington

895
00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:07,800
Speaker 3: and Warren staying in taking shots downfield. We'll see, and

896
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,799
Speaker 3: I expect Rogers to hit on some of those this year.

897
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:14,479
Speaker 3: I think he's still a really good deep passer special teams.

898
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,319
Speaker 3: I always favor the Steelers too, you know, just throw

899
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 3: that out there, and coaching advantage, I think you Tomlin that,

900
00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:24,640
Speaker 3: I mean, just the intangible stuff. Tomlin at home season opener.

901
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 3: Young coaching staff, all new offensive staff for Seattle. You know,

902
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:32,719
Speaker 3: maybe they are starting out hot and it's like the

903
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 3: Jets and kind of dwindle down the stretch. I don't know.

904
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:36,839
Speaker 3: I don't know. I think it's gonna be a really

905
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:37,160
Speaker 3: good game.

906
00:42:37,440 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 2: I do too. I think it's gonna be regardless of

907
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:40,960
Speaker 2: how it plays out, I think it's gonna be another

908
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,800
Speaker 2: close one, just as we saw this past Sunday. And

909
00:42:44,200 --> 00:42:46,759
Speaker 2: I am like, I'm I'm fired up. I want I

910
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:49,040
Speaker 2: want these games to start rolling in. I want more

911
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 2: data points. I want more more you know, real tangible

912
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 2: uh stuff to to see and to dissect and to

913
00:42:56,360 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 2: build upon and to deduce. And I think, listen, it'll.

914
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,960
Speaker 3: Still really hope we don't come in here Monday going, boy,

915
00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,279
Speaker 3: that look just as bad.

916
00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:05,959
Speaker 2: Same.

917
00:43:06,560 --> 00:43:11,120
Speaker 3: That to me is my fear. Even if if we're saying.

918
00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:13,200
Speaker 2: That about the run game, that's one thing I think

919
00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,399
Speaker 2: it's going. It is going to be a longer work

920
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:17,360
Speaker 2: in progress. But we cannot be saying that about the

921
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:19,160
Speaker 2: defense if we want this team to be who we

922
00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:20,120
Speaker 2: think they're capability of.

923
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:24,760
Speaker 3: Man, this defense is bottom third. That's problem.

924
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,240
Speaker 2: Matt enjoy the weekend, dude, great stuff.

925
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:30,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, enjoy your Saturday fun in Wuo.

926
00:43:30,239 --> 00:43:31,960
Speaker 2: I think I'm going to enjoy the tailgate much more

927
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:33,839
Speaker 2: than i am the result of the game. But weird

928
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 2: things happen in rivalries. That's why you play the game.

929
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 2: Any given Sunday, any given Saturday. We'll see, But hopefully

930
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 2: we are back in here on Monday talking about a

931
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:46,399
Speaker 2: Steelers team that is two and oh and uh making

932
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 2: some improvements based on all those things that we've discussed

933
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Speaker 2: this week. Big thanks to Missy Matthews for joining us.

934
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Speaker 2: Big thanks to our video producer on the YouTube side

935
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Speaker 2: of things, mister TV, for Matt Williamson, I'm west Huler.

936
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Speaker 2: Take care, everybody. We'll talk to you next week. As always,

937
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 2: you know where to find. It's on your twenty four

938
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Speaker 2: to seven Home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation

939
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