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

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

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Speaker 1: to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: and h Well. Some interesting news coming out of the

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Speaker 1: Steelers practice today. Ben Roethlisberger dealing with a right shoulder injury.

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Speaker 1: That's uh well now puts his uh participation uh Monday

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Speaker 1: night in a little bit of Jeopardy Jeopardy. I mean,

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Speaker 1: you were there, I weren't. I'm just reading blurbs over here,

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Speaker 1: and it sounds like it wasn't an issue yesterday. Um,

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Speaker 1: it is an issue now and he was limited. I

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Speaker 1: don't know what that means. I don't know what that

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Speaker 1: means for Monday. But he's got a lot of bumps

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Speaker 1: and bruises over the years, and he's played through many,

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Speaker 1: many of them, I would imagine. I don't know. I mean,

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Speaker 1: is there a reason to think that this is minor?

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Speaker 1: Or is there a chance that it's get Rudolph Ready Well,

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Speaker 1: I will say that he was limited, but did some stuff.

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Speaker 1: So limited such a vague word, and everyone uses every

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Speaker 1: practice now, which makes me crazy. It's very vague. But um, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know I think, you know, if I had to

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Speaker 1: I would guess that he plays. But yeah, you know,

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Speaker 1: it probably depends on how he feels smart. Maybe slept

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Speaker 1: on it wrong. I don't know that we're speculating, but

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Speaker 1: something's going on. People need to be aware of how

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Speaker 1: much would you change up the game plan if it's Rudolph?

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Speaker 1: Not at all? Me neither. I think I'd run the

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Speaker 1: basically the exact same stuff. I'd run the ball heavy,

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Speaker 1: amount limit turnovers, play the same style game. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that's the plan. That's why you have Mason

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Speaker 1: Rudolph as your backup. You know. Part of me would

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Speaker 1: like to see what you can do, but I mean

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Speaker 1: I'd rather see the starter and win the game. You know,

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Speaker 1: but I think they still can win the game without.

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you're going to pick a game or two,

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Speaker 1: if it were to turn into something like that, uh

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Speaker 1: that you could get by without Ben Roethlisberger, these might

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Speaker 1: be the two games. This could be a good stretch. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: we we've talked about it all week. It seems like

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Speaker 1: a long week of prep for where we stand. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to put any panic in any right that,

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Speaker 1: you know, right, But the Bears are not a fun

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Speaker 1: team to break down. To be very honest with you,

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Speaker 1: I mean, could they pull off an upset, of course,

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Speaker 1: I mean in the Lions will be worse next week.

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Speaker 1: To be very honest with you, I have a hard

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Speaker 1: time imagining how this goes super south for the Steelers,

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Speaker 1: especially on a Monday night at home. I mean, unless,

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Speaker 1: of course, they're riddled with injuries or turnovers or big

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Speaker 1: special teams plays or whatever. I do think the Bears

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Speaker 1: are a little scarier than they were a couple of

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Speaker 1: weeks ago, just because I think Fields is quietly only

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Speaker 1: figuring things out, and he's obviously an immense talent. But

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Speaker 1: they don't have much to hang their hat on. No,

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Speaker 1: they don't. And you know, it doesn't appear for them

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Speaker 1: that Cleio mc or Eddie Jackson are going to play

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Speaker 1: what two of their top four defensive players, maybe Max

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Speaker 1: Max might be number one. Jackson's guy that maybe a

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Speaker 1: lot of Steeler fans haven't heard of. But he's a

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Speaker 1: really good player. Yeah, He's had some real high moments

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Speaker 1: and you know, certainly can take the ball away. He's

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Speaker 1: a playmaker on the back end. I mean you look,

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Speaker 1: you look at him, Quinn Roke, yeahs, maybe they're they're

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Speaker 1: along with mac As being their top four defensive player.

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Speaker 1: Kim Hicks win right, although he hasn't been super as

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Speaker 1: noticeable this year, but he's a big power player in

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Speaker 1: the middle of their line. Max are best player. I

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Speaker 1: mean broke one to me, you know, I mean, Roan

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Speaker 1: has come on heavily and shows up more um again. Amazing.

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Speaker 1: I saw a stat somewhere Roquan Smith coverage snaps. He

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Speaker 1: didn't have any. He he has very few coverage snaps

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Speaker 1: that I'm like, I couldn't. I didn't look into it.

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Speaker 1: mean I did a little bit of work on how

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Speaker 1: and maybe that's where this was coming from. Blitzing him

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Speaker 1: all year that he's blitzed, and he's played more passed

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Speaker 1: all phases. Let's pick up coverage and stuff and maybe

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Speaker 1: in the run game. And I think they're two of

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Speaker 1: to focus on the whole game, just for entertainment reasons,

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Speaker 1: I think it would be Harris or Smith. Yeah, looking

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Speaker 1: here at their coverage numbers. Uh, where is Roke one here? Well,

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Speaker 1: he's actually being targeted quite often. And yeah, um, he's

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Speaker 1: a lot of twenty six completions on forty one attempts

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Speaker 1: for two hundred eleven yards. Um. He does have an

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Speaker 1: interception there that's five point one, So it's I mean

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Speaker 1: which is pretty good. Actually, no, Yeah, I think he's

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Speaker 1: a really good young player that's developing well with a

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Speaker 1: lot of ability. You know. I think for Steeler fans, um,

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Speaker 1: he's kind of the guy that you know, you can

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Speaker 1: guy you maybe one Devon Bush to become. This is

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Speaker 1: year four for Rokeland Smith. Yeah, Bushes in year three. Now.

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Speaker 1: The difference is Rokelan Smith has played sixteen twelve, sixteen

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Speaker 1: and in every game this year he hasn't missed a

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Speaker 1: time that Bush didn't last year. Right, But he's a

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Speaker 1: top ten pick one year ahead of Bush, who great tester,

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Speaker 1: a great prospect, you know, fast, big, explosive, all those

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Speaker 1: well as some of the Vets, and you know they

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Speaker 1: show up because of their right But I think Roquans

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Speaker 1: games into it, he's turning into the face of the defense,

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Speaker 1: every down guy. There's no real holes in his aime

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Speaker 1: can't forget about Bush. I mean, he's coming off a

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Speaker 1: major injury that there were times early in the season

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Speaker 1: or preseason I didn't think that he was super trusting

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Speaker 1: Isn't he just played his seven career game. Yeah, right

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Speaker 1: to your point, Um, Roquan Smith for Examp played his

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Speaker 1: you know, a time like Darren you're coming off a

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Speaker 1: major injury. Everybody wants I get it. Everybody wants instant

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Speaker 1: doesn't happen like that the time. I mean, even Devin White,

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Speaker 1: lot of plays where you go, WHOA, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: when when a quarterback steps up to the line of scrimmage,

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Speaker 1: they identify the mike because you know that's that's the guy. Well,

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Speaker 1: you know these are what you're talking about here, who's

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Speaker 1: that guy and that's who you're Okay, we're gonna attack

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Speaker 1: And if he's never coming off the field, you do

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Speaker 1: every every bit of scouting all week to find every

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Speaker 1: potential weakness with this guy. Um, they just get manipulated

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Speaker 1: so much and putting so much conflict by scheme and

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Speaker 1: motions and the speed of the game and all those

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Speaker 1: maybe the hardest defensive position to come in right as

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Speaker 1: a first round pick with expectation, and I definitely think

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Speaker 1: it is. I think early on you're getting by pure athleticism.

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Speaker 1: To your point about which mecause you saw the same

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Speaker 1: But largely, like I was asked today in my In

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Speaker 1: Joe Schobert's play, And I haven't seen him making a

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Speaker 1: lot of you know, a lot of last Place and like.

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Speaker 1: just because the player is not making splash plays does

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Speaker 1: not mean he's not doing his job. It's Evan's argument

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Speaker 1: as well. Yeah he's a great lay away, but is

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Speaker 1: he doing his job? Yeah, they obviously feel he's doing

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Speaker 1: you know, he's doing his job and doing it correctly.

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Speaker 1: Where they would try to replace him, they haven't done that,

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Speaker 1: you know, because they're they're happy with the job. We

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Speaker 1: were talking about PURSUITO was asking Meryl or I guess

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Speaker 1: it was last night. I get my days wires crossed

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Speaker 1: here about the linebacker situation. And frankly, Hodge was a

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Speaker 1: as you'd like, you know. I think the knee also contributed.

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Speaker 1: And in the paraphrase, Meryl is a big spellane guy.

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Speaker 1: Mike asked him, why is Speleane getting snaps, and Hodge said,

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Speaker 1: His route recognition is better than bushes right now. You know,

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Speaker 1: if it's third Nate, he's got more. He understands the

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Speaker 1: he won't guess on the wrong thing. And I didn't

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Speaker 1: wouldn't trade the Steelers offensive line right now for what

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Speaker 1: the Ravens. I wouldn't either. Who are the couple above

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Speaker 1: the Steelers besides Chicago, because I think I would probably

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Speaker 1: Chicago Jacksonville. I would trade him for Jags. I just

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Speaker 1: think the Jags had more talent that better players. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you'd also have to take on this contract, right right, right,

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Speaker 1: But if you brought those five here, I bet the

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Speaker 1: Steelers who get more out of him than what jackson

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Speaker 1: is getting in probably you know what I mean. The

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Speaker 1: Lions are at two. That's surprising. I mean they rag

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Speaker 1: now has hurt. I mean that's the only thing they

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Speaker 1: do well. They yeah, okay, okay, um, there are one.

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Speaker 1: The tackle is also hurt too, right, Dector has been

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Speaker 1: out so which actually kind of made is interesting because

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Speaker 1: they were able to take Seul move I go back

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Speaker 1: to the regular spot. I mean, you take the guy

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Speaker 1: six overall or seventh overall and you made him switch sides.

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Speaker 1: The Raiders are at one. Yeah, you got the Cardinals

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Speaker 1: at okay. I would say those are all better than

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Speaker 1: the Steelers right now. The Angles at nineteen, that's too high.

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Speaker 1: That's they were exposed this week, and I don't think

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Speaker 1: they're a good line. I think they're about where the

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Speaker 1: Steelers should be. The Seahawks at eighteen, yeah, that seems

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Speaker 1: a little rich too, But I mean eighteen to thirty two,

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Speaker 1: that's the Tier four, the below average so good. I say,

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Speaker 1: none of those are a quality line, and that's eighteen

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Speaker 1: to thirty two in the league, it's fourteen lines, right yeah,

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Speaker 1: fifteen right right, I mean just for people to realize

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Speaker 1: half a league has bad lines. Seventeen is Washington, Sixteen

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Speaker 1: is the Vikings. All those I put again. Fifteen is

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Speaker 1: the Broncos. Yeah, I mean they're not perfect, they're all

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Speaker 1: average ones. I would say fourteens the Chargers, Thirteen the Titans.

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Speaker 1: I think that's too high for them. I bet that's

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Speaker 1: gonna go down and down is not in the picture

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Speaker 1: and they get a past protect right. Uh. Twelve is

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Speaker 1: the Bills, Okay, okay, it's not great. Yeah. Eleven is

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Speaker 1: the Colts. Yeah, although if you watch last night's game

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Speaker 1: there yeah. Uh. Ten is the Patriots. Uh. Not is

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs. I think that's too high. I think that's

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Speaker 1: too high. I think there are much better run blocking

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Speaker 1: line and they don't run the ball much, man, they

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Speaker 1: don't do it. Eight is the forty Niners. Seven is

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. Those are the tier three lines, the solid

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Speaker 1: offensive lines, the you get the Cowboys at six, I

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Speaker 1: would think this is where the good ones are. Ye,

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Speaker 1: the Rams at five. They started the season at eighteen.

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Speaker 1: They don't really have names, but they're playing well collectively,

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Speaker 1: and the scheme helps the Packers at four. Mm hmm.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I guess if bok r s at the equation,

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Speaker 1: I think you gotta see. I think you might see

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Speaker 1: that exposed this week. Yeah. I think so too. That

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Speaker 1: there's it's not gonna look quite as good with with

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Speaker 1: Jordan's Love at quarterback as opposed to here. No, I

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Speaker 1: mean for years we've said sacks are a quarterback and

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Speaker 1: offensive lines. Wouldn't surprise me if like Love gets sacked

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Speaker 1: six times this week. Yeah, I can see that because

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs will be aggressive with him. They'll be aggressive

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Speaker 1: and they'll come after him. And right, I agree. The

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Speaker 1: top three of the brown the Saints, and then the Buccaneers, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they're the class. I might put Dallas in

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Speaker 1: that top of Look, here's the thing. The Steelers just

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Speaker 1: played the number three line the Browns and pretty much

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Speaker 1: handled the line quite well. Yeah right, I was taking

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Speaker 1: that too. Is I don't know that any of those

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Speaker 1: top offensive lines would just push the Steelers around. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean that's you know, they played the Packers. The

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Speaker 1: Packers didn't exactly dominate the line of scrimmage. No they didn't.

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Speaker 1: Mean they were okay, but you know, Rogers gets a

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Speaker 1: ball out quick. Rogers one of the few that can

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Speaker 1: not only get the ball out in a very short

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Speaker 1: amount of time, but still attack downfield, you know, and

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Speaker 1: that that's that's when you're elite. He can, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he moves into pockets, he can manipulate things a little bit,

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Speaker 1: or puts a little more air under the ball so

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Speaker 1: that when it lands it's deeper downfield at the right time,

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Speaker 1: and you know, those type of things just really manipulating

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Speaker 1: the coverage. So if you look at what the Steelers

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Speaker 1: have left on their schedule, get the Chiefs at nine, okay,

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Speaker 1: you got is that the highest ranked, that's the highest

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Speaker 1: link other than the Browns. The second time around us

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Speaker 1: the Titans at thirteen, but without they play the Chargers

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Speaker 1: at fourteen. Yeah. Um, they play the Vikings at sixteen.

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Speaker 1: Darrisaws back and playing well actually yeah uh. And they

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Speaker 1: still have a games left another one against the Bengals nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Again they should be lower. They got the Lions at

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Speaker 1: twenty two they got this week, they get two against

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Speaker 1: the Ravens at twenty three. Yeah right, that's why I

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Speaker 1: think they may sweep the Ravens this year. I think

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Speaker 1: they could be too low scoring games and go from there.

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Speaker 1: Uh you get the Bears this week at five. I

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Speaker 1: mean they got some games there where their their defensive line,

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Speaker 1: if it's things round in the shape correctly here can

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Speaker 1: really dominate the play. Yeah, oh yeah, without question. And

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Speaker 1: another thing Thorn does for that established a run site

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Speaker 1: is every week he puts out where are the biggest

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Speaker 1: O line D line mismatches? In Almost every week he

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Speaker 1: still has the Steelers as a big advantage over their opponents.

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Speaker 1: He didn't against the Browns, he did this week against

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Speaker 1: the Bears. Of course, you know so, I mean we

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Speaker 1: we said this a lot last year. I mean, batt

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Speaker 1: old lines, the Steelers will be in the game. I

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Speaker 1: don't care what else they have. That's what keeps you in. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's why these these scores have been relatively close the

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Speaker 1: whole way through, because that, you know, and if he

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Speaker 1: had to it it would be Yeah. I was saying

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Speaker 1: and thinking on that too, But who knows when that

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Speaker 1: day comes, but some of these games they might have

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Speaker 1: to it. Yeah, you know, yeah, we'll see, but it

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Speaker 1: was going to take a break. He is Matt Wynson.

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

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio. When we come back, we'll take

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Speaker 1: a look at the games from this weekend, what we like,

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Speaker 1: what we don't like. We'll do that right after this