1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your seven home of the 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back to the 3 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,640 Speaker 1: Drive on Dall Lolly here with Matt Williamson. It is 4 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: time for the Fantasy Football Focus. This will be an 5 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 1: extended version. Nice we will dig in, Yeah we can. 6 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:06,479 Speaker 1: By the way, huh. I enjoyed the bagpipe. Always enjoyed 7 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,759 Speaker 1: the bagpipes. Before we get into this, I did want 8 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:11,080 Speaker 1: to mention that the Devil and Hodges released by the 9 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 1: Rams today, Well, you get any tweets or questions about 10 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: picking them back up. God, I would really hope not. 11 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: I would hope. Yeah, come on, Duck has sailed. I 12 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: predicted he would never throw another NFL pass and he 13 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: started a preseason game for the Rams this year, so 14 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: I wasn't throwing in the NFL pass though he didn't 15 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,400 Speaker 1: throw a pass, and I can well I didn't think 16 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 1: it even like throw a pass in the preseason. I'm 17 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: pretty sure he won't throw on the regular season. Yeah, 18 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,280 Speaker 1: I'm like killing the guy. Good for him, Yeah, good 19 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: for him, but released that maybe someone'll pick him up, 20 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: perhaps perhaps, man. I wanted to talk to you about 21 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,920 Speaker 1: the rankings of some of the Steeler players Okay, where 22 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 1: these guys are ranked at um Let's take a look here, 23 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm looking here in the ESPN ranking where 24 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 1: you can actually break things down by team. Oh. Interesting, 25 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: they have yeah, it is actually uh, they have their 26 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: projected stats and everything from us. Their number one, yeah, 27 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: number one Steelers fantasy player this year is Nausea Harris. 28 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 1: No surprise there, as it should be. The projections for him. 29 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,160 Speaker 1: Two fifty nine carries. Tell me if this, if you 30 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: would take this season from Nauja Harris, two nine carries 31 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,320 Speaker 1: for one thousand, one seventeen yards, that's a four point 32 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:34,520 Speaker 1: three yards average, four point three part absolutely forty nine 33 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: catches for three seventy two yards and then two touchdowns, 34 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:42,960 Speaker 1: so ten ten overall touchdowns, right around fifteen hundred total yards. Okay, 35 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:44,880 Speaker 1: I'm gonna get this disclaimer out of the way. Let's 36 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,880 Speaker 1: just assume health. You know, obviously that's three touches. Yeah, 37 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: I mean you you take yes for all these because 38 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 1: that means they didn't get hurt. But let's take that 39 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: out of the equation. I would certainly take the four 40 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: point three average. You said, forty nine catches. Yes, I 41 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 1: might go fish on that one. He might get the 42 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: sixty or didn't Claypool set the rookie record last year 43 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: at like sixty two, or he might challenge it. I mean, 44 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 1: they're not gonna throw as much and there's a lot 45 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: of mouse to feed, so I mean I'm being ambitious 46 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:20,839 Speaker 1: with that pretty nice number. Extra game, extra game, Yeah, 47 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:22,440 Speaker 1: I mean that's what's that? How many a game? I mean, 48 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: if he gets three a game, he beats that, Yeah, 49 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: I'll take the over on that. Yeah. Um, and I 50 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: think you know you're looking at nausea Harris now depending 51 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: on your format, but if if he's even despite format, 52 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 1: even if it's PPR or just straight, yeah, I think 53 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: he's going to produce. Yeah, it should be a late 54 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: first round pick, early second round pick. Yeah. We did 55 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 1: this fantasy get together, zoom call whatever, and people made 56 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: a big deal with I'm like, the world is still 57 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: too low on Harris. You know, like that you're gonna 58 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: get him at the fifteen pick or you know, reason 59 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: nobly well into the second round. That's a steel running 60 00:04:05,400 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: back in the league this year. He is. And I 61 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: don't know my list in front of me, and I 62 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: change it by the hour, but I've been putting my 63 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,000 Speaker 1: spreadsheet together. These are the backs I have ahead of them, 64 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: and he could go a lot higher than this. I mean, 65 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: I have obviously McCaffrey, Cook, Kamara, Henry, and then I 66 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: have this three that I don't really know what to 67 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 1: do with, and Aaron Jones, who I'm pretty confident in, 68 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 1: Zeke and Barkley based kind of on just their history. 69 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: And then I have Gibson and Harris, and those are 70 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: the guys I really want. I want Gibson and Harris, 71 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: and and there are two guys who Gibson you get 72 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: a little flash of it last year, but he's not 73 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:48,960 Speaker 1: been a high volume guy even in college. And Harris, Yeah, 74 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: they're both sort of unknowns. But I could paint a 75 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: picture where both those guys were top five picks next year, 76 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: easily easily. Their number two player is Deante John Puson, 77 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 1: I suppose. Yeah, the projection for him is the same 78 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: hundred forty four targets that he got last year, which 79 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: one and that makes sense and he missed some yeah right, 80 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 1: right right, ninety fewer per game, you know, per route 81 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: run or whatever, catches yards, six touchdowns, four carries for 82 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 1: twenty five yards. That sounds right, But I bet he's 83 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: a thousand yards receipt. I bet he is too. Y. 84 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I just think there'll be more. It's one 85 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: play we saw it on this week, But I think 86 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: he'll be targeted downfield a little more. I do think 87 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 1: his targets per game, per route run will go down 88 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,839 Speaker 1: slightly because I don't know, they can't go up, you know, 89 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,359 Speaker 1: And so the targets are fine, the receptions are fine. 90 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: I bet he goes over a thousand yards though, I 91 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: think right um, Juju Smith Schuster comes in third. I 92 00:05:58,040 --> 00:06:02,679 Speaker 1: value Claypool more than hundreds wenty four targets, eighty seven 93 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 1: catches for eight hundred ninety six yards and six touchdowns. 94 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: It's actually a little lower than what he did. And 95 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:10,960 Speaker 1: he had ninety seven catches for eight hundred thirty one 96 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: yards last year, nine touchdowns. He was very you know, 97 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,479 Speaker 1: kind of touched on dependent. Yeah, but yeah, ninety seven 98 00:06:15,480 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 1: catches that used to be a like ninety seven catches 99 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,839 Speaker 1: that would that would lead to league. It wasn't that 100 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:26,039 Speaker 1: long ago. Um. In the post game show, I said 101 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: something along lines over Juju. I feel like I'm always 102 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 1: hard on him on the air, but then you watch 103 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: that game and I just wanted to say he's a 104 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,159 Speaker 1: good football player, like I think he gets overlooked because 105 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: I'm very guilty of this. He's really just a slot 106 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: you know, He's not a uh fifteen million dollar a 107 00:06:44,600 --> 00:06:46,680 Speaker 1: year receiver. There aren't many of them, you know. The 108 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: thing with Juju Matt he had ninety seven catches last 109 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,720 Speaker 1: year and a hundred twenty eight targets, So there were 110 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,960 Speaker 1: thirty one passes that Ben Roethlisberger through did Juju Smith 111 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,440 Speaker 1: Schuster that weren't caught. I mean, it's a really high 112 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,840 Speaker 1: catch percentage. He does catch the ball very well. I'm 113 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 1: sure his AID dot will go up, but it won't 114 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: be you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, um. I bet 115 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: his target my qualms with that. Or if they throw 116 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: the ball a little less percentage wise and Friar Muth 117 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: and Harris catch more of the pie, I'm not sure 118 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: Jujuice targets and receptions will be as high as they 119 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 1: project them here. Yeah, eight seven catches is still a 120 00:07:28,200 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 1: big number, right, right, right, I probably go under the 121 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 1: projected by projecting Johnson to catch ninety two passes, right, 122 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 1: and then Johnson gets a lot more targets than Juju 123 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: um but he's been good in the red zone too. 124 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: I guess touchdown just talking fantasy, I'm not implying that 125 00:07:46,080 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: Juju is useless. I mean, if you get Deante Johnson 126 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 1: is your mid level number two on down, you're you're 127 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,120 Speaker 1: happy with that. If you get Jujuice miss Schuster as 128 00:07:57,160 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: your three, you're okay there. I bet Juju catches more 129 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 1: touchdowns than Deonte, Yeah I do too. Yeah, I'd rather 130 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 1: have Deonte for fantasy, right. I think you'll get noticeably 131 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: more targets and that more downfield. But Juju is a 132 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,840 Speaker 1: good player. I don't say that enough on this none 133 00:08:13,840 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: of the station. Here's where I think they're missing the boat. 134 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 1: It must be Claypool. Claypool. They have him as the 135 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:23,040 Speaker 1: fourth best Steelers fantasy player. Hundred eighteen targets. That's actually 136 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: that nine more than what he got last year. Seventy 137 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,000 Speaker 1: two catches, which is ten more than what he had 138 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 1: last year. Okay, nine forty six yards and I'll take 139 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: the over on that part. Thirteen point one average. You ever, 140 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,480 Speaker 1: his fourteen point one last year only six touchdowns he 141 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: had nine last year. In the year, yeah, eight carries 142 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 1: for forty one yards. He got ten carries last year 143 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: and scored twice on the ground. Now, I think Harris 144 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: hurts him in that. Like, I don't know if you 145 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,480 Speaker 1: do as many Jets sweeps down by the goal line, 146 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: but I don't think that's gonna go away. I bet 147 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: he gets five to ten carries throughout the year, and 148 00:08:58,160 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: one of them might be for thirty. But I think 149 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: he scores more than six touchdowns in the year too. 150 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,040 Speaker 1: I think he'll have more yardage than that too. I 151 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:09,960 Speaker 1: think he's a really really good player. Like I really 152 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: like Johnson. He's my first receiver drafted of those three 153 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,960 Speaker 1: for fantasy. But I don't have to squint hard at 154 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 1: all to say we're sitting here a year from now 155 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: and going well, Claypool is clearly the first receiver off 156 00:09:22,640 --> 00:09:25,480 Speaker 1: the board. Even like he's freaky, yeah, I mean, and 157 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: he's showed it already. I mean it's not a projection. Yeah. 158 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:32,880 Speaker 1: The comparisons the DK Metcalf in terms of size, speed, 159 00:09:33,360 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: even the rookie years, we're almost identical. Yeah, I think 160 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: he's a little smoother than Metcalf. Metcalfs freak here. I mean, 161 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 1: he's freaky as anyone I've ever seen, probably faster, certainly 162 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 1: stronger or bigger, but they're not the same. I guess 163 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,319 Speaker 1: he's not bigger. He looks bigger. He's so ripped it 164 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: looks like a body belt heavier than him. Yeah, I 165 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: think he's smoother, and I think I would rather have 166 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: Claypool on deep out routes, you know, things like that. 167 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: You know, I think he's better changing directions. Yeah, and 168 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,760 Speaker 1: Metcalf to me is like the third receiver off the board, right, 169 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 1: So a year from now, can Clay will be the 170 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:08,480 Speaker 1: tenth receiver off the board. Yeah, Yeah, I think so. 171 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: I mean, you know, it's just he has that kind 172 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,240 Speaker 1: of talent and he does. Um, it's just a matter 173 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: whether that gets. He'll be on my team a lot, 174 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: especially for where you can get him. Yeah again, you 175 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: get him as your number three receiver, three and with 176 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,760 Speaker 1: massive upside a day. Get Juju is your three. You 177 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: know what the ceiling and floor are, they're both. He's yeah, 178 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:31,560 Speaker 1: but you know, you're okay, I'm gonna get like in pencil, 179 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: win ten to twelve points every week. He's gonna have 180 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: maybe scores, you know, every week he scores a touchdown, 181 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:39,760 Speaker 1: I can get eighteen at him. You're thrilled on those 182 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,560 Speaker 1: kind of touched on dependent and that makes your weak, 183 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:44,400 Speaker 1: but it doesn't win you the week. Like would you 184 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 1: you know, you'd rather have Juju as your number three 185 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:49,719 Speaker 1: than Cole Beasley? Right, oh yeah, yeah? And I think 186 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:52,199 Speaker 1: guys of that nature, who are the other slot receivers 187 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: around the league. That thing about scores touchdowns he does. 188 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 1: The other thing about Claypool though, is lad the league 189 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: in pass interference yards. That's going to convert into more 190 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: some of those caches catches and was very very high 191 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: just in air yards in general, you know, So I 192 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:15,400 Speaker 1: think he's just scratching the surface. Roethlisberger Ben Roethlisberger's number 193 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:21,959 Speaker 1: five in terms of steering stars the projections three nine 194 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 1: completions and six hundred and three attempts, four thousand, one 195 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:30,480 Speaker 1: hundred fifty nine yards, twenty seven touchdowns, thirteen interceptions, six 196 00:11:30,559 --> 00:11:33,600 Speaker 1: carries for sixty five yards in a touchdown. His last 197 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 1: year numbers six hundred eight attempts that was in the 198 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: projections are down a little bit, thirty eight hundred and 199 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,960 Speaker 1: three yards again in fifteen games, thirty three touchdowns in 200 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,520 Speaker 1: fifteen games. People forget about that. Yeah, the line that 201 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: they created for Ben. My original problem was I bet 202 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,640 Speaker 1: he throws two or three more touches over thirty touchdowns. Yeah, 203 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:56,920 Speaker 1: I think twenty nine. I think I'll take throw for 204 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: thirty or more. I mean, his last two full seasons, 205 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 1: he's been over thirty touchdowns both times. And he's really 206 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: good in the red zone. He's got great red zone weapons. 207 00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think fire Moo is gonna catch 208 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:10,520 Speaker 1: a dozen of him, but he helps. Yeah, you know, Uh, 209 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,000 Speaker 1: the thirteen interceptions would be more than what he threw 210 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: last year. Yeah, but I would take it. I mean 211 00:12:16,200 --> 00:12:21,120 Speaker 1: that's right around his average seventeen games. Probably a few 212 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:22,800 Speaker 1: more attempts than they project him. I don't think he 213 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 1: scores any rushing touchdowns. I'm sorry they gave him one. 214 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:29,080 Speaker 1: They gave him one. Yeah, the under on that, the 215 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:30,760 Speaker 1: over under for that, it's got to be like a half. 216 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: But what's your comfort level with Roethlisberger? Like, I think 217 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 1: he's a high end QB two. If you're going to 218 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:40,199 Speaker 1: would you be Let's we've talked about this. I don't 219 00:12:40,200 --> 00:12:42,000 Speaker 1: think he's a high QB two. I think if you 220 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:46,680 Speaker 1: take if you if you go the route of taking 221 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:50,120 Speaker 1: a justin fields lance or or lance or one of 222 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: those guys and then drafting Roethlisberger as your bridge until 223 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,400 Speaker 1: that guy is ready to go. Not bad. I mean 224 00:12:55,920 --> 00:12:59,840 Speaker 1: compare him though, to Matt Ryan. Who do you prefer? 225 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,960 Speaker 1: They're They're the same to me. I think the schedule 226 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: to me favors the Steelers. I know that the Falcons 227 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: are gonna behind a lot. Yeah, right, right right? I 228 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: expect more garbage time from Ryan. Yeah, but do I 229 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:18,960 Speaker 1: trust Ryan? Do not get sacked fifty plus times this year? No? No, 230 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean he is, he is a statue, right, would 231 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: rather Ben or car Ben? Yeah? But they are the 232 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 1: three of them? Are you know, in the same if 233 00:13:29,280 --> 00:13:32,680 Speaker 1: you're gonna be drafting Kirk Cousins or I'll think Cousins 234 00:13:32,720 --> 00:13:34,679 Speaker 1: over all three of those, And not that I think 235 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: he's better. I just think they throw a little more. 236 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: But would you rather have Ben or Baker Mayfield? Is 237 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: that bridge? I know Ben's gonna throw to football and 238 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: be more efficient with it than Baker. Doesn't run, contrary 239 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: to popular belief either, And they want to throw the 240 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:49,560 Speaker 1: ball five times a game, that's what they want to do. 241 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: That's not good for your fantasy team. Yeah, no, I 242 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: hear you. I mean they're all in the same neighborhood. 243 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: But and it's a cheap neighborhood to go shopping, right, 244 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: and you can live with it. So No, it's not horrible. 245 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: You're not gonna run. No, he's just that he's that's 246 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:06,319 Speaker 1: the problem. It's a totally different fantasy nugget. But I've 247 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: warned I moved Brady up my list a little bit, 248 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: and he's the only one high on my list that 249 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 1: doesn't run. He made through fifty touchdowns this year. I 250 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,560 Speaker 1: don't think they're gonna run the ball much. You know 251 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: that you gotta be really in that situation to be 252 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,960 Speaker 1: a starter that doesn't run. And we're gonna be Rodgers 253 00:14:24,040 --> 00:14:26,800 Speaker 1: Brady with elite weapons around you that are is not 254 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,840 Speaker 1: going to try to run the ball at a higher percentage. 255 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 1: And I still have doubts. Now this came out before 256 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,440 Speaker 1: this week's game. I believe, but they have. Eric Ebroun 257 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:39,600 Speaker 1: is the number six Steelers fantasy target. The projections on 258 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 1: him forty six catches, four sixty five yards, four touchdowns. Um, 259 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:47,240 Speaker 1: that's actually down from what he did last year fifty 260 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:50,280 Speaker 1: six catches for five eight and five touchdowns. I bet 261 00:14:50,320 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: he plays fewer snaps this here seventy two targets for him. Um, 262 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: he's interesting to me though, because for for some reason, 263 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: and this goes back to Detroit, Indie, that poor guy 264 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: he was criticized because they passed on O'Dell and Aaron 265 00:15:09,280 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: Donald for him. Like, that's not his fault, and he 266 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,320 Speaker 1: wasn't as star as a rookie on a terrible team. 267 00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 1: And yeah, he drops balls and he's frustrating. Okay, Um, 268 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 1: that's not the end of the world. But at the 269 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 1: end of the day, even in this past game, what 270 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 1: do you have four for fifty? Yeah, and he does 271 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: that a lot, you know. I mean he played really 272 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: well with the exception of a drop that would have 273 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:34,520 Speaker 1: been a heck of a catch, you know, like he's 274 00:15:34,520 --> 00:15:37,560 Speaker 1: a valuable player. I don't know that he's valuable Fantasy 275 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: tight end two fantasy yeah, maybe a high end dish 276 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 1: tight end too. I Mean there's some depending depends who 277 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:47,000 Speaker 1: you like, you know, the efforts and some of the 278 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: younger guys people probably more excited about. But I'm taking 279 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,920 Speaker 1: him over the Hoopers of the world. Yeah, you know, right, 280 00:15:53,480 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 1: But I do think friar Mouth cuts into his production. 281 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: He's never had a two to really worry about the 282 00:15:59,640 --> 00:16:03,400 Speaker 1: Steeler defense comes in at seven. Here, listen to these projections. 283 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 1: Really the seventh most impress the seventh highest scoring. Actually, 284 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 1: they do have more projected fantasy points than even you're 285 00:16:14,720 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: saying the seventh. They scored a hundred forty seven fantasy 286 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:24,040 Speaker 1: points last year, fifty six sacks, eighteen interceptions, nine fumble recoveries, 287 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 1: three touchdowns, scores, give up three six points three yards. 288 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 1: The projections this year forty one sacks. No flipping way 289 00:16:33,240 --> 00:16:35,200 Speaker 1: this team has led to league in sacks the last 290 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: four seasons. They're they're not falling off to forty one. 291 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 1: Here's three factors. Well, I thought even I think that 292 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,320 Speaker 1: there front seven is better than it was. Four factors, 293 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: extra game crowd noise that they didn't have it all. 294 00:16:52,280 --> 00:16:54,840 Speaker 1: And I do believe holding will become illegal again. Yes, 295 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: at least to some degree more so than it was 296 00:16:58,400 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 1: last year. I'm gonna tell you right now, you can 297 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,240 Speaker 1: sensil the Steelers in for fifty plus sex this year, 298 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: no doubt. I mean yeah, I could not give you 299 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: any other stat that I feel more confident about in 300 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: the NFL this season than the fact that the Steelers 301 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,479 Speaker 1: will have fifty plus sex of all the numbers we've 302 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: talked about for the segment, I'll take the over on 303 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: sacks at the mortgage on it, yeah, more so than anything. 304 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,880 Speaker 1: Give me, oh yeah, you're over under forty one one 305 00:17:24,960 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 1: over that I'm I'm taking out a loan to go 306 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:31,040 Speaker 1: over overt right, that's what two and a half a game. Yeah, 307 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: they're gonna have some more. They have six or seven, Yeah, 308 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 1: it's always due. Thirteen interceptions this year, down from eighteen 309 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,880 Speaker 1: some of them. I mean, I'm sure there's math involved 310 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: that you don't project teams to pick off twenty balls, 311 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:47,879 Speaker 1: you know, because no, it's it's the harder thing to predict. 312 00:17:48,160 --> 00:17:50,600 Speaker 1: The nine fumbles is the same as last year. That's 313 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:53,439 Speaker 1: fumble luck is just that. Yeah, they get a lot 314 00:17:53,480 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: of people to the ball, and I do think t 315 00:17:54,920 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: J is really good at creating fumbles. But touchdowns is 316 00:17:57,080 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: the same, two compared to three last year. Fair enough, 317 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: three or seventy points though after giving up three oh 318 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 1: six last year, you really think their defense is gonna 319 00:18:05,880 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: be seventy that's like four points, four more points a 320 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: game over the course of the season. More, I mean, 321 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 1: it's one more game, So maybe that's another twenty right there, 322 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:18,719 Speaker 1: twenty five or whatever. But even on average, that's an 323 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,479 Speaker 1: average of four points per game. I'm wondering how much 324 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: strength and schedule they're looking into that. Like the slate 325 00:18:23,880 --> 00:18:27,440 Speaker 1: of quarterbacks they play, it's harder than last year's so 326 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: it'll probably go up no matter what the defense does. 327 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:32,840 Speaker 1: It still seems high. It seems on the high. And 328 00:18:32,880 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: then they give have them giving up a thousand more 329 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 1: yards than they gave up last year. Yeah, I don't 330 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: think that's thousand more. That's a lot of yards in 331 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: one game, right that's like three games worth a yardage 332 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: right right right now doesn't make equate to me. It 333 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:49,879 Speaker 1: doesn't um real quick. It's a minor note. But they 334 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,240 Speaker 1: you have them down there, they have them down there 335 00:18:51,280 --> 00:18:55,400 Speaker 1: for two touchdowns. That's a hard thing to project, of course, 336 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 1: but Manca gives you a little more there than other teams. 337 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 1: You know, if you a defensive back that's really dangerous 338 00:19:01,960 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: with the ball in his hands, it gives you a 339 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 1: leg up. And you know there's ten teams that have 340 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 1: that guy. Uh they say have James Washington is number eight. 341 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: The projections for James Washington twenty six catches for three 342 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 1: sixty nine and two touchdowns. That's actually down from last year. 343 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,520 Speaker 1: Benny Snell is in, Jalen Samuel's at nine and ten. 344 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,640 Speaker 1: I don't even know if they need roster. McFarland will 345 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,520 Speaker 1: be next. Yeah, McFarlane comes in at eleven. Um Friar 346 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: Mouse comes in at twelve. I might combine whatever they 347 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: have for Samuel's and Snell though, and give it the blage. Yeah, 348 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,200 Speaker 1: he's cal gonna be he's the handcuff. Yeah, he's the 349 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 1: guy you want to get there. Yeah. Yeah, Uh. Friar 350 00:19:41,920 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: Mouse projection eighteen catches for hundred and eighty seven yards, 351 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: one touchdown. I'm taking. I'm taking the over the whole way, 352 00:19:48,760 --> 00:19:51,399 Speaker 1: across the whole way, across the board. Certainly red zone stuff, 353 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: and that's not just recency biased. But he's not going 354 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: to be draftable in fantasy. No. No, I think next 355 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: year he'll be. Next year he's going to be the 356 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:01,639 Speaker 1: guy that everybody's talking about. Yeah, you know, there'll be 357 00:20:01,720 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: the Troutman's maybe not the best example, but people are 358 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: talking about comment and Troutman in their second year. I 359 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:12,879 Speaker 1: think I'll take Friar move a year from now. Thirty 360 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,920 Speaker 1: passes this year I bet he catches four touchdowns. I 361 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,760 Speaker 1: think he might go I'd go over that. I mean 362 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 1: more than one. He's a red zone target, Like, I mean, 363 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,440 Speaker 1: that's pretty clear. He'll be a guy that I think, 364 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 1: at some point or another during this season, in your 365 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: fantasy season, he's gonna have a week where maybe Ebra 366 00:20:31,440 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: misses the game and he's gonna go out and catch 367 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: like five passes for sixty yards in a touchdown, and 368 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:38,680 Speaker 1: he's gonna be the hot waiver wire pick up Matthew 369 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:40,920 Speaker 1: Berry's and like the dude not tight end one for 370 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: the Steelers, and we see in the tip of the 371 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,240 Speaker 1: iceberg second drafted tight end. Pick him up now while 372 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: you still can, and that will be an overreaction as 373 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:52,680 Speaker 1: fantas a year earlier. But yeah, no, he's gonna be 374 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: really a good fantasy commodity going forward. Yeah, you kind 375 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: of see it, like get sick. He's kind of that guy, 376 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,400 Speaker 1: like sick, big week and then nothing in a big week, 377 00:21:02,480 --> 00:21:04,840 Speaker 1: and then nothing for three weeks and another big week, 378 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: and like there's a lot of tight ends like that, unfortunately, 379 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 1: and it's tough, you know, when you get so many 380 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: miles of feeding an offense. Yeah, I wonder if they 381 00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:16,280 Speaker 1: all add up to what Ben's totals are. You know, yeah, 382 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know projection. I'm glad I'm 383 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 1: not in the projection game. It's hard. It's awfully difficult. 384 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 1: Boswell about that these numbers. He comes in fifteen for 385 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 1: fifteen on a one to thirty nine yard They only 386 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: am missing three field goals all year. It's about what 387 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,760 Speaker 1: he does twenty ninety one on extra points. That hundred 388 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,720 Speaker 1: twenty three points. I know we always take him as 389 00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: our fantasy care hundred twenty three point seven three points. 390 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 1: I take it from my kicker. I mean again, I 391 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 1: make fun of our last pick all the time, but 392 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 1: it always shocks me he's there, you know, after he's 393 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:53,200 Speaker 1: thought of was one of the top fantasy kickers, and 394 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:56,840 Speaker 1: they always is five type fantasy kicker to me, He's like, 395 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: there's so much there's so much variance. They're like, oh, 396 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: who's this Guy's Jason Sanders or one of the Yeah, 397 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: you're guessing there's a lot of offenses that who's the 398 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: guy from the Giants last year made the Pro Bowl 399 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: because he was all he had all these points or 400 00:22:12,040 --> 00:22:14,919 Speaker 1: coup from Atlanta with those guys. I mean, I'd rather 401 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 1: have the kicker that's been the league five to ten years, 402 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,040 Speaker 1: it's in his prime, that you know, as good at 403 00:22:19,080 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 1: his job and everything else. I mean, yeah, you can 404 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,080 Speaker 1: hit on taking a good offensive kicker, but they can 405 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 1: get cut in week five too, I mean, which doesn't 406 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,520 Speaker 1: hurt you that bad in the fantasy world, but that 407 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: doesn't mean they put the ball through the uprights. Yeah, 408 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: that's the Steelers fantasy projections there from. I mean, I'm 409 00:22:36,600 --> 00:22:41,000 Speaker 1: not gonna go get into, uh what Mason Rudolph's numbers are, right, 410 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: I know how you project those guys at all. Yeah, 411 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: for sure, it's Steeler D, your number one D off 412 00:22:46,359 --> 00:22:50,280 Speaker 1: the board, though it is for me, you know, I 413 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:53,360 Speaker 1: think I have Washington to let me see where he's 414 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:55,879 Speaker 1: been a maround here. They've got the Buccaneers one the 415 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 1: Steelers too. I think the Buck schedules a lot easier. 416 00:22:59,040 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: Certainly their divisions are. Schedule is ridiculously easy, and that 417 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 1: carries them weight with defenses. For me, it's weird like 418 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,240 Speaker 1: they project the Bucks at forty eight sacks, which is 419 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: the exact same number that they had last year, and 420 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: the Steers are well below though weren't they. They have them, 421 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:15,199 Speaker 1: the Steelers at forty one. They have the Ravens at 422 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: forty one, Washington at forty three. They had forty seven 423 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 1: last year. I'll think the over on Washington to the 424 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,520 Speaker 1: forty Niners at forty three, So they have them with 425 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:24,879 Speaker 1: more sacks. They have the Bills with more sacks. The 426 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,920 Speaker 1: Bills at thirty eight sacks last year, I mean the 427 00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: first two picks or defensive linemen. But there were superstars 428 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: the Broncos at forty, the Patriots at thirty nine, the 429 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:37,239 Speaker 1: Rams at forty one, the Browns at forty one. MM 430 00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:41,920 Speaker 1: assume a healthier Garrett. Yeah, clowney, you know the Colts 431 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:44,520 Speaker 1: at forty one. Forty one seems to be a popular number. Yeah, 432 00:23:44,520 --> 00:23:47,159 Speaker 1: there must be. The Dolphins have forty one, the Saints 433 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:49,719 Speaker 1: have forty one, the Packers forty that's I mean, it's 434 00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:53,480 Speaker 1: right around that number. Seventeen games, the Cardinals at forty five. 435 00:23:54,440 --> 00:23:59,280 Speaker 1: What the forty eight last year without Jones or what. 436 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 1: I'm surprised they had that many. And the Jets at 437 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: forty three sacks that's probably before last they weren't getting 438 00:24:07,040 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 1: there with lawsom I don't see the Jets taking a 439 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:12,239 Speaker 1: big jump up. The Titans with forty three sacks had 440 00:24:12,359 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 1: nineteen last year, nineteen sacks last year, and they got 441 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: them with more sacks and the Steelers this year. Sorry 442 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:21,200 Speaker 1: with all respected, but I mean that's bubb would have 443 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,240 Speaker 1: to have thirty five sacks this year, and if you 444 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 1: could get them to that night, I mean, if you 445 00:24:25,040 --> 00:24:27,360 Speaker 1: told Rabel you can get the thirty two this year, 446 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 1: I think you'd take it. You know, like a lot 447 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: better than what we had, and at least it's progress. 448 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 1: We got the Falcons with forty one sacks twenty nine 449 00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 1: last year. That doesn't make any sense to me. Panthers 450 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 1: of forty one sacks, the Seahawks of forty three. The 451 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,760 Speaker 1: true their mathematician is on sack projections, all right. They 452 00:24:43,800 --> 00:24:46,680 Speaker 1: had the Bengals with thirty seven sacks. They had seventeen 453 00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,440 Speaker 1: sacks last year, and they projected Steelers with forty one. Yeah, 454 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: come on, Trey Henderson, what do you even get stabs here? 455 00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 1: And he's making like fourteen million for the Bengals. The 456 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: Jaguars with thirty nine sacks they had eight team last 457 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: year at eighteen last year. Wow, Like, where are these 458 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: projections coming? There's I liked a lot of what we 459 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: did in this segment. Not that that's not ending with 460 00:25:09,040 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: the bat They need to take their sack formula, throw 461 00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: it away and they get the Texans with thirty nine sacks. 462 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: They don't have any pass freshers, not gonna have a 463 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,960 Speaker 1: lead all season, right, and their fans will be booing 464 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: them probably. Yeah, right, I'm with twelve interceptions, maybe more 465 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:30,840 Speaker 1: than don't I'm buying that. I mean some a couple 466 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:33,399 Speaker 1: of teams are gonna have fifty sacks this year as 467 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: a bunch of teams throw the ball and home field 468 00:25:35,240 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 1: advantage in a seventeenth game and start. If they start, it, 469 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,520 Speaker 1: certainly looks like they're going to I asked. I actually 470 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:43,120 Speaker 1: asked Mike Tomlin that at his press conference last week 471 00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:46,000 Speaker 1: because the Steelers they were five holding penalties called in 472 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: the Eagles game. Yeah, they're actually calling them this year, 473 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 1: they're actually calling We saw some steers league by the way, 474 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,880 Speaker 1: absolutely right, and so I asked him about it. I said, 475 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,200 Speaker 1: you know, was that one of the points because we 476 00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: didn't get to talk to the officials this year. Usually 477 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,720 Speaker 1: when they come to camp, they'll have a little things 478 00:26:00,880 --> 00:26:04,399 Speaker 1: in these years are worth stressing these three things. It 479 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 1: sounds like they're stressing taunting. Yeah, it was. The holding 480 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: was one of the points of emphasis this year because 481 00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:11,480 Speaker 1: it was down last year by more than a sack 482 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:15,480 Speaker 1: as listeners this show, well, no, uh, and he said, 483 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: he said, no, it wasn't something that they specifically pointed out, 484 00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: he said, but I guarantee you that the league does 485 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:23,879 Speaker 1: see that, they see the analytics of that. They have 486 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 1: to it's such a and say, hey, guys, this is 487 00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:28,560 Speaker 1: something that we can't We can't have that one drive 488 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 1: different one. We can't get that. And again, you can't 489 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: call them all. You can't call fifty of the holds 490 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,280 Speaker 1: because nobody was. People stop watching, you know, it would 491 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 1: be too much. It wouldn't surprise me though, that the 492 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: first month of the season you see flags flying a 493 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: little bit and the CAA Bowls of the World and 494 00:26:46,680 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: he's you know, the guys, well he's a great player. 495 00:26:49,119 --> 00:26:52,879 Speaker 1: He didn't He's holding is legally phenomenal. Right, But I 496 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: do think they should send the message that what you 497 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: guys did last year, O line ain't gonna fly because 498 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: that's not football. To me. You know, I understand why 499 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 1: it happened, and last year is a weird year in general, 500 00:27:04,119 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: which doesn't excuse everything, but the t J Watts in 501 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 1: the world need to be able to rush the pastor 502 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: without being drugged to the ground. And really the Washington 503 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: certainly the Rams just because it's Donald but no one 504 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:22,439 Speaker 1: more so than Steelers will benefit from that as well 505 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,439 Speaker 1: as crowd noise. I keep mentioning crowd noise. I mean 506 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: what a huge advantage of that is for in the 507 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:31,720 Speaker 1: Steelers case, nine games crazy screaming people, you know, with 508 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 1: just helping your get off. And they've been a much 509 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: better team at home rushing the past in tracing years, 510 00:27:38,359 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: which most teams, which most totally adds up right, didn't 511 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:42,639 Speaker 1: have any of those advantages last year. I think it's 512 00:27:42,680 --> 00:27:45,480 Speaker 1: something that gets overlooked when just when people talk about 513 00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: the Steeler schedule, they have this difficult schedule, but nine 514 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:49,359 Speaker 1: of them are at home and nine of them are 515 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 1: on the road. You know, we're gonna go six and three, 516 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: seven and two at home. Yeah, typically, and I don't 517 00:27:56,040 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: think they travel all that many miles. No, they have 518 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 1: a short travel. We had divisions the second shortest in 519 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,040 Speaker 1: the league. Yeah, I mean times you have to leave 520 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:05,639 Speaker 1: home and three of them are real closed, you know, 521 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 1: but that's gonna do it for this fantasy football segment, 522 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 1: the good fantasy football focus there, Matt. It's a programming 523 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,640 Speaker 1: note that we're three days a week for the next 524 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:16,080 Speaker 1: we are, but no show on Friday because there's a 525 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 1: game this week. So so Wednesday will be our last 526 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: show of this week's all right, we go. I'm looking 527 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: for the Drive. That's what's happening here. But for my 528 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: partner Matt Williamson, for jacobrect here on site, we want 529 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:28,280 Speaker 1: to thank you for listening to this edition of the 530 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:30,520 Speaker 1: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.