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

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to our number two of the Drive here

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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio. He is Matt Williamson. I am

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Speaker 2: Dale Lolli and it's the.

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Speaker 3: Time of the show.

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Speaker 2: It's fantasy football focus, but usually on Wednesdays we do

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Speaker 2: more of a whip around the league and see who's

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Speaker 2: practicing who isn't. It does have you know, if defensive guys,

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Speaker 2: are offensive linemen and things of that nature aren't practicing,

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Speaker 2: it does affect fantasy football.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot of guys out right now.

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Speaker 2: Vida Veya with a toe misspractice on Wednesday for the

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Speaker 3: He's having a great year. People forget about him, but

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Speaker 3: he is a star.

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Speaker 2: Hard to forget. How do you forget about the guy's

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Speaker 2: like three hundred and fifty pounds.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I just mean, like talk about Chris Jones and

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Speaker 3: Aaron Donald and these guys. You know, Veya's a Tier

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Speaker 3: two tackle in a league that's swarming with studs.

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Speaker 2: Jamar Chase has an ankle injury. He said he expects

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Speaker 2: to play in week fifteen against the Vikings. Remember that's

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Speaker 2: a Saturday game.

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Speaker 3: That is important. I didn't know there's anything wrong with

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Speaker 3: him till now, to be honest with you, Yeah, that

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Speaker 3: might hobbling around a little bit.

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Speaker 2: Now I explained wh I only had three catches for

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Speaker 2: twenty nine yards last week.

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Speaker 3: Thanks thanks to man.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate that our DFS lineup that we that we

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Speaker 2: put together last week. Chris Godwin has a knee. He

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Speaker 2: misspracticed on Wednesday. He's not really been a big factor

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Speaker 2: this year.

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Speaker 3: No, He's been a little slower and Evans was a

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Speaker 3: little quiet this past week. I would think he sets up.

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Speaker 3: Who do they play this week? I mean you mentioned

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Speaker 3: I sooner trying to.

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Speaker 2: Uh Tampa plays.

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Speaker 3: I don't know, I remember off the top of my head. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: It might be the vision it made of New Orleans.

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Speaker 2: IM not sure about that anyways. Yeah, yeah, I'm just

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Speaker 2: trying to see the Falcons.

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Speaker 3: No, that was it.

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Speaker 2: They just played the Falcons Packers.

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Speaker 3: Packers, okay in Green Bay. Yeah that's right. You used

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Speaker 3: to be a divisional game, used to Pigs.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, uh, back when the Buccaneers were in this central.

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Speaker 3: Just talk about that about alignment and weird divisions or whatnot. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Aaron Jones with a limited participant in practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: That's actually a good sign for him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, so they could sure use them more I think

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Speaker 3: about it. Dylan's okay, but Jones brings a different dimension

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Speaker 2: Zay Jones with the knee was limited in practice on

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Speaker 2: Wednesday for the Jaguars.

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Speaker 3: That's sort of important. I mean with kirkout Ingram's role

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Speaker 3: really spiked with kirkout. But they could be relevant.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're playing the Ravens this week. They could use

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and their tackle situation is really rough right now too.

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Speaker 2: AJ Dillon has a thumb issue. He didn't practice on

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Speaker 2: Wednesday for the Packers. Who's that third guy, Taylor Taylor?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I don't know much about Taylor, but sounds

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Speaker 2: Christian Watson hamstring did not practice on Wednesday. This is Yeah,

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Speaker 2: can you trust Christian Watson going into next year's draft?

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Speaker 2: This is two years of this where he's just constantly

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Speaker 3: He's just those high strung sprinter types have a lot

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Speaker 2: Travis atn with a rib issue limited in Wednesday's practice.

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Speaker 3: I wonder. I mean, he had such a heavy workload

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Speaker 3: of that because the last month he hasn't been the same.

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Speaker 2: I can remember when the Steelers played the Jaguars and

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Speaker 2: there were people in Pittsburgh's well, the Steelers took the

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Speaker 3: There's something that you could give me seventeen games of

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Speaker 2: I mean, Najee Harris is averaging more yards per carry

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he's not breaking the long ones. And they

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Speaker 3: drafted Tank Bigsby to take load off and they don't

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Speaker 3: They draft or they traded for Cleveland the guard from

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Speaker 3: Lawrence is on atn Kirk. I mean, they're pretty banged up.

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Speaker 2: Deeronis Johnson, somebody that he's ahead of Big sp. If

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Speaker 2: you've got Travis ATN and you don't have Deeranis Johnson,

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Speaker 2: you might you might be doing things.

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Speaker 3: Regret it. Yeah, it doesn't matter if he's good or not.

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Speaker 3: But he's in line for a lot of touches and

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Speaker 2: Greg Dolcic with a hamstring, returned to practice on Wednesday

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Speaker 2: for the Broncos. Okay, they could use him.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they could use him. Not gonna be a high

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Speaker 3: passing volume team, but he's dynamic. Uh boy.

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Speaker 2: The Dolphins are banged up. They're on Armstead with knee

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Speaker 2: Also their injury report also can concluded Liam Miikeenberg with

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Speaker 2: They also put Connor Williams on IR.

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Speaker 2: Their their offensive line is all banged up, and two

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Speaker 3: No, you know, we would one of our themes of

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Speaker 3: the day has been time to throw. It's got to

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Speaker 3: be quick with him, and he's good at that. But

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Speaker 3: teams have caught onto it too. They're crowding the heavier,

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Speaker 3: you know, the shallower zones. That O line's a disaster.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I never thought it was great to begin with.

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Speaker 2: Think about how the game ended Monday night with the sack.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, he knows he's.

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Speaker 2: Got to get the ball out of his hands and

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Speaker 3: Yeah. When it turns into a drop back pass game,

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Speaker 3: when it's great COSL always talks about it, eventually it's

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Speaker 2: I think it was since the seventy point output.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's tenth, it's tenth. Yeah. I mean people think

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Speaker 3: of him like this elite offense. It's good, but it's

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Speaker 2: No, right, Uh, Xavi and Howard with a hip injury

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Speaker 2: Devon, Devon and Cham with a toe really did not

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Speaker 2: Tyreek Hill with the ankle did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Who do they play this week?

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Speaker 3: Somebody good? I think? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I think their their schedule. Buffalo plays Dallas, Yeah, they

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Speaker 3: Of the season. Who do they play this week? Oh

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Speaker 3: the Jets. That's to be a tough matchup though. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: If they're missing a bunch.

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Speaker 3: Of those guys, all those linemens, right, I mean you

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Speaker 3: said I deal with Quentin Williams. I might just take

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Speaker 3: the under in that game, whatever it is. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Jerome Ford was limited in Wednesday's practice for the Browns

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Speaker 3: Keep an eye on it. I mean, I think you

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Speaker 2: Yeah, mentioned before, Jonathan Taylor did not participate in practice

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Speaker 2: This Wednesday, they have Thursday, so they're a day ahead.

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Speaker 2: They're probably right though, he probably will not practice on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned that Braden Smith, that's huge. Derek Carr with

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Speaker 2: their game against the Giants. They got to win that game.

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Speaker 3: They need to win that game. So this is all

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Speaker 3: third hand information. And I don't know this, but I

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Speaker 3: there's all these reports that the Raiders O lineman didn't

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Speaker 2: Loved by their line, the lining, their line quarterback relationship.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they should always be tighter, you know, Stabler having

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Speaker 3: I mean, like that's really important to me, you know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And because those guys are the ones that actually

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Speaker 2: literally have your.

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Speaker 3: Back exactly right, you're making their money for him too,

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Speaker 2: Uh. Chris Olave with an ankle, did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Rashid Shaheed returned to practice. They use them with the

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Speaker 2: Taysom Hill also returned to practice for them. They need

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's important in their offense. Car has been bad.

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Speaker 2: He really has been bad, and they're kind of married

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Speaker 3: Uh prizes Draft one.

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Speaker 2: A limited session for Kyle Hamilton with the knee issue

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Speaker 3: I thought that was worse than that. I thought he

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Speaker 2: We'll see if he is able to get back. Sharvarius Ward,

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Speaker 2: with a groin did not practice Wednesday for the forty

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Speaker 2: nine ers year. Neither did Javon Hargrave.

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Speaker 3: Okay, there's a big time, two big pieces on their defense. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Who they this week Arizona? Yeah, okay, maybe they even

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Speaker 2: Dalton Schultz with the hamstring, is trending towards returning in

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Speaker 2: Week fifteen against the Titans for the Texas. He's missed

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Speaker 3: I'll say, if Stroud plays, I think you plug them

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Speaker 2: Practice though today and he said he's feeling a little

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Speaker 3: That's a little bit super encouraging for concussion stuff. No,

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Speaker 2: a wide receiver one. Yeah, they play the Colts or

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but they could be down thirty and they're going

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Speaker 2: You don't have a first round pick the first round pick.

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Speaker 3: Gonna fire Week eight anyways.

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Speaker 2: Tommy DeVito winning the the your AFC and NFC Offensive

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Speaker 3: Nothing seems to be going right in Houston right now. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Something that's that's where they want to see more of

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Speaker 3: For the Bills. Okay, part of the rotation. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Though those safeties have taken a step back to they're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're both well over thirty.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've been foundational players for a long time, but

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Speaker 3: That's good. I thought it would be the opposite.

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Speaker 3: I think about that college team with Burrow. Yeah, unbelievable. Yeah, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't think he's Tim Boyle, like now you

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Speaker 2: No, they could certainly end up beating the Bengals this week.

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Speaker 3: They could. I think the Bears might beat the Browns.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I like their chances in Jacksonville. But the other two,

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Speaker 2: I mentioned Micah Hyde. How about this one? Ogbo Oker

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Speaker 2: Wonkwa can never pronounce the.

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Speaker 3: Name the end. Yeah. Yeah, suffered a.

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Speaker 2: Pictorial injury in Week fourteen that could end this season.

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Speaker 3: Oh, he's a rotational guy for him, but they're he's important. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean they're the defenses taking a couple of hits. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: He's having a phenomenal year.

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Speaker 3: No, they don't win. They're not other Woods yet. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: That's a groin injury. For Delpit. He did go on

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Speaker 3: He's the starting left tackle. Yeah, they need a new one.

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Speaker 2: Isaiah Pacheco, with the shoulder, did not practice on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, he looks like he's he.

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Speaker 2: The Bears placed Dockway on injured reserve. Okay, yeah, Trevor

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Speaker 3: Wow, I give him credit.

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Speaker 2: Travis Travis atn sitting are going, Okay, my ribs hurt

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Speaker 2: oh wait, Trevor's out there on the high ankle spring.

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Speaker 3: Yeah exactly. I mean he's a big time leader. He's

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Speaker 2: Vic taff Or of The Athletic believes it's very likely

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Speaker 2: Aiden O'Connell will be benched for Jimmy Garoppolo if he

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Speaker 3: they're favored against the Chargers in a brutal Thursday. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean they're playing more physically on defense, and they're

445
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Speaker 2: running the football.

446
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Speaker 3: More like DeVante Adams wants out though, and Josh Jacobs

447
00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,240
Speaker 3: has banged up and he's a free agent winning out

448
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,320
Speaker 3: of Vegas, like I wants to catch balls. But their

449
00:19:50,359 --> 00:19:53,400
Speaker 3: long term quarterback situations, Harry, it.

450
00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:54,440
Speaker 2: Is, there's there's no offense.

451
00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,400
Speaker 3: I don't think early enough to get on the top two.

452
00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:59,760
Speaker 3: Maybe they take Jayden Daniels or something like that, or

453
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Speaker 3: I don't think you want to run back Jimmy again.

454
00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:03,800
Speaker 2: No, I think that ship is sailed.

455
00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:05,520
Speaker 3: I mean, he can't last the season, and he's not

456
00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:06,520
Speaker 3: that great when he's in there.

457
00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just just yeah.

458
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's hard to count on it. If he's your two,

459
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,800
Speaker 3: that's fine, right, he's your Trubisky great, you know, but

460
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:15,760
Speaker 3: he can't be your one. Yeah.

461
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Speaker 2: How about the news out of New England. There was

462
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Speaker 2: a report last night that they've made the decision that

463
00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:24,680
Speaker 2: this is it for Belichick.

464
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Speaker 3: Wouldn't surprise me. I mean, these guys have been together

465
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Speaker 3: so long. I'm sure mister Kraft knows. I don't think

466
00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:32,760
Speaker 3: he has to wait till the end of the year

467
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,200
Speaker 3: to make that decision. Deep down, he may have known

468
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Speaker 3: months ago.

469
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Speaker 2: I can tell you, you know, walking down to the

470
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Speaker 2: locker room last week after the Patriots beat the Steelers,

471
00:20:44,600 --> 00:20:47,720
Speaker 2: those players were yelling and screaming like they had just

472
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Speaker 2: won the Super Bowl, and you saw some quotes coming

473
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Speaker 2: out of that. You know, we won this one for Bill.

474
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Speaker 3: I won.

475
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Speaker 2: If the players know this.

476
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Speaker 3: Maybe the whole building knows it, you know, I mean,

477
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Speaker 3: the janitors, the lunch people, I mean, everyone knows that

478
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,720
Speaker 3: this was an amazing run.

479
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,560
Speaker 2: Let's kind of send him off properly, and he's not

480
00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:10,159
Speaker 2: going to be back. You know how it happens. I

481
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,399
Speaker 2: know he won't get fired. And there's always in this.

482
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Speaker 2: You brought this up yesterday, when you're in that situation

483
00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:21,159
Speaker 2: as a player, and you know, like, for example, the

484
00:21:21,240 --> 00:21:23,080
Speaker 2: guys in Washington are in the same situation.

485
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Speaker 3: Sure that.

486
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Speaker 2: Okay, I got to put good stuff on tape because

487
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,000
Speaker 2: there's gonna be a whole new coaching staff coming in

488
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,360
Speaker 2: here with me. Yeah, they may want to just say,

489
00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 2: you know what, we don't want you. And then I

490
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Speaker 2: got to go out the free agency and I may

491
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Speaker 2: not have a good tape.

492
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Speaker 3: Yeah right, I mean that's really important now. I mean

493
00:21:38,400 --> 00:21:41,720
Speaker 3: you're not guaranteed anything. Everyone's on audition. I mean that's

494
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Speaker 3: what's all about. Yeah, so even the good players.

495
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we could see some of that, some some real

496
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Speaker 2: cleaning of houses in a couple of those organizations. Anyways,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, I'm looking here. Pro Football Focus has put

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Speaker 2: the fifth top.

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Speaker 3: Fifty right scan this this is interesting. Yeah, so I

533
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Speaker 3: thought we did Brad Spielberger do it?

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Speaker 2: This is by doesn't say yeah, it is Brad spiel Ok.

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Speaker 3: He's their cap free agent guy. He does really good work.

536
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Speaker 3: I'm just starting to kind of get tuned into him.

537
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Speaker 3: He doesn't it really nice work. Number one is Chris

538
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Speaker 3: Jones with the Chiefs. You know he's gonna make I

539
00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,200
Speaker 3: mean a lot of these guys are top are to

540
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Speaker 3: get franchise.

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Speaker 2: They could franchise tag him, but it would cost them

542
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Speaker 2: thirty three million dollars.

543
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Speaker 3: Playing on a franchise. Now.

544
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Speaker 2: They what they did was he had one year left

545
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Speaker 2: on his deal and they gave him a bump, kind

546
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Speaker 2: of holding the first couple of weeks of the season,

547
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Speaker 2: so they think they gave him a little bit of

548
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Speaker 2: a bump and put some incentives in there if he

549
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Speaker 2: got the fifteen sacks he gets.

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Speaker 3: I think they gave him cash up front.

551
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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, but I don't know if I don't know

552
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Speaker 2: if they can tag him thirty three thirty three million.

553
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Speaker 3: He's important for them, He's unbelievably important. I mean, he's

554
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:33,880
Speaker 3: a great, great player. That team's gonna be hard to maintain.

555
00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:35,480
Speaker 3: I mean, to be hard to go get your needs.

556
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Speaker 2: One thing that they could do is if Travis Kelsey says,

557
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:43,359
Speaker 2: you know what, I'm good with this, I'd like to

558
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Speaker 2: go spend time with Taylor Swift and just follow her

559
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 2: around and.

560
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Speaker 3: Do commercials and hang up my brother and podcast and

561
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Speaker 3: mean he's got pretty good life outside of of the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that would That would open up some cap

563
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Speaker 2: space for them.

564
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Speaker 3: But then you better find some pass catcher. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Number two is Kirk Cousins.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's gonna make a ton. I mean, his injury

567
00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 3: doesn't help things, No, it doesn't.

568
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Speaker 2: He did do it early enough in the season though,

569
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Speaker 2: that there's a good chance he is back to one

570
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Speaker 2: hundred percent by probably training camp at the very least.

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Speaker 3: I didn't think this was in the cards, But I

572
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Speaker 3: wonder now, maybe signs a one year, two year deal

573
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Speaker 3: with Minnesota and just runs it back and they know

574
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Speaker 3: more about his injury than everybody else, and they'd be

575
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Speaker 3: a pretty good team with him right now, especially that

576
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Speaker 3: defense is playing like coach Flores as him playing. You know,

577
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Speaker 3: that might be the best move.

578
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Speaker 2: Josh Allen with the Jaguars.

579
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Speaker 3: Having a career year at the right time, edge pass rusher,

580
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Speaker 3: super early pick. Yeah, right.

581
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Speaker 2: Spielberger thinks that they might just put the franchise tag

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Speaker 2: on him. T Higgins.

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Speaker 3: I don't think he'll get tagged, Well, he thinks.

584
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Speaker 2: Spielberger thinks he's gonna get tagged. But that's you're talking

585
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Speaker 2: like twenty twenty three million.

586
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Speaker 3: Is he mentioning like a tag in trade? I don't know.

587
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Speaker 3: They just fit him in, Okay.

588
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Speaker 2: I don't know how they would do that either. Now

589
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Speaker 2: they're a team.

590
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Speaker 3: His stocks dropped a little this year.

591
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 2: They tip The Bengals have have always kind of they

592
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Speaker 2: spend money on some of their own guys free agency

593
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 2: guy or free agency team. Now they've changed that in

594
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Speaker 2: recent years where they went out and bought a defense.

595
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Speaker 2: But they've been trying to replace those guys with some

596
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Speaker 2: draft picks, and.

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Speaker 3: They spend on no line too. To their credit. I mean,

598
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Speaker 3: they're not a cheap organization anymore.

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Speaker 2: I just wonder if T Higgins, like, if he does

600
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Speaker 2: get franchise tagged, somebody can still go out and try

601
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Speaker 2: to get him.

602
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:39,120
Speaker 3: If you, you know, Carolina doesn't first, they don't.

603
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Speaker 2: Have the first round draft picks.

604
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Speaker 3: They wouldn't be able to do it right.

605
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Speaker 2: You'd have to work out some other, some kind of trade. Yeah,

606
00:26:43,200 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 2: you have to work out something else.

607
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Speaker 3: I tend to think he won't be a Bengal.

608
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Speaker 2: I don't think he will either.

609
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Speaker 3: I don't think the opening day maybe the first round picks.

610
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Speaker 2: Receiver number five is Brian Burns with the Carolina Panthers.

611
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Speaker 2: They think he thinks he's going to get franchise taged I.

612
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Speaker 3: Would think, But I don't think he's super happy there.

613
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Speaker 2: I don't think he's happy there at all. Yeah, this

614
00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:06,119
Speaker 2: one's interesting. Justin Mattabuke. He's having a career year.

615
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 3: Massive year, yep, and he's get paid huge. Yeah. I

616
00:27:09,960 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: don't know. Is he franchise level guy? Maybe maybe. I

617
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,680
Speaker 3: mean he's young and he's developing.

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Speaker 2: The right, I don't think the Ravens are gonna be

619
00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:17,040
Speaker 2: able to afford it.

620
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Speaker 3: I don't think can afford him though. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

621
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Speaker 2: The contract that he's looking at his projection here is

622
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:23,840
Speaker 2: four years, ninety two million dollars. That's twenty three million

623
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Speaker 2: dollars a year.

624
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Speaker 3: That's a lot. Yeah, he's gonna get more than like

625
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,520
Speaker 3: at Oliver that signed recently. He might get more than

626
00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 3: like Christian Wilkins. They might. I think Wilkins is up.

627
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 2: He thinks he gets franchised with with Miami. Miami's got

628
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 2: some Yeah, they have some dilemmas though too. I mean

629
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 2: they get to buy it, gonna get an offensive line.

630
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 3: Two is coming up. I mean Herbert and Burrough get

631
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,720
Speaker 3: signed to it didn't the same draft class.

632
00:27:45,520 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 2: Right, So I don't know if they can go out

633
00:27:47,560 --> 00:27:53,919
Speaker 2: and franchise tag him Antoine Winfield with the Tampa Bay.

634
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,760
Speaker 3: I wouldn't break my heart if he was in black

635
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,400
Speaker 3: and gold. But that's a lot to spend on two safeties. Yeah, boy,

636
00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:03,679
Speaker 3: he's wasn't coach Tomlin with his dad in Minnesota. Yes, Okay,

637
00:28:05,760 --> 00:28:09,000
Speaker 3: throwing that out there, Winfield's a really good player. Slot

638
00:28:09,119 --> 00:28:09,600
Speaker 3: does it all?

639
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,960
Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson with the Bears.

640
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,000
Speaker 3: These the other one's been roomed one. Yeah, big tall

641
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 3: outside corner good Ye.

642
00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 2: Thinks are gonna franchise tag him?

643
00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 3: Now, Okay, I do know Spielberger's team is the Bears.

644
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:23,880
Speaker 3: I mean it's a team he's closest with. He may

645
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 3: know some people in their front office.

646
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,639
Speaker 2: And I don't know if you're the Steelers at this

647
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,320
Speaker 2: point going into next season, that you're going to necessarily

648
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:35,000
Speaker 2: want to go out and buy a cornerback because you've

649
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,560
Speaker 2: got two young cornerbacks on your roster, and Corey Trice

650
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:41,360
Speaker 2: and uh and Rush Rush that.

651
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,200
Speaker 3: Oh, I think they would. I think I think if

652
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 3: I had a big ticket item, and I haven't given

653
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 3: this a ton of thought, I think I'd go get

654
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 3: a corner and be done and let those guys fight

655
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 3: it out for three four whatever. I don't know. I

656
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,520
Speaker 3: don't know if I would be a big Biger Johnson

657
00:28:58,600 --> 00:28:59,360
Speaker 3: or one of those type of things.

658
00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 2: I mean, I can see rafting one. Oh, absolutely, and

659
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 2: now you got two young cornerbacks that you can build around,

660
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,360
Speaker 2: or you just you feel good good enough about what

661
00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 2: you saw this season from Rush and what you saw

662
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: from Trice during training camp last year.

663
00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 3: I know that's a leap of faith to me. I

664
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 3: don't know if Peterson and war Wallace will be back.

665
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 3: I think Peterson will be back if he wants to

666
00:29:20,280 --> 00:29:22,720
Speaker 3: be back. I don't think he's crazy expensive and his

667
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 3: leadership is important, but I would want him not being

668
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 3: in every snap guy, and that's fine.

669
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, like you're just gonna play dime for us and

670
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:34,160
Speaker 2: you know, maybe some some safety, but that kind of stuff. Uh,

671
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 2: lugerious sneid.

672
00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 3: He's no one's gonna make a ton. Yeah, really good year.

673
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,720
Speaker 2: He's got a ton of penalties this year. He's really physical.

674
00:29:43,840 --> 00:29:46,720
Speaker 3: Uh, Michael Pittman, who will see this year. There's a

675
00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:47,400
Speaker 3: lot of receivers.

676
00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 2: Actually, I think the cults up money.

677
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:51,400
Speaker 3: Cults up money.

678
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 2: They'd be crazy to not can't let him go, Yeah,

679
00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 2: I mean that's a best friend. You think about Richardson,

680
00:29:56,680 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 2: I mean, he'd be a best friend for your young quarterback. Yeah,

681
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:03,840
Speaker 2: you can't let him go. Uh, Danielle Hunter, I don't.

682
00:30:03,680 --> 00:30:06,719
Speaker 3: Know where they're at. They're so weird because they win

683
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 3: more games than they should.

684
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,120
Speaker 2: They gave him more money this year to come back

685
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: and because he's been really good this year. Yeah, No,

686
00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 2: it's been great. Yeah, Mike Evans, I don't know what

687
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:19,920
Speaker 2: you I don't know what you pay Mike Evans.

688
00:30:19,920 --> 00:30:21,800
Speaker 3: I don't either, but he's been really good too.

689
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 2: You're gonna be anything you pay him is going to

690
00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 2: be paying him for past what he's done in the past.

691
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,560
Speaker 2: Because but he had a good year, that's fine. But

692
00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 2: he's gonna he's north of thirty now.

693
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:35,520
Speaker 3: Oh, he's gonna decline.

694
00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:36,400
Speaker 2: He's gonna decline.

695
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 3: Yeah. The fact that they didn't trade him at the

696
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,160
Speaker 3: deadline makes me think they don't want to leave. That's fine.

697
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:43,720
Speaker 3: Teams are interesting. Here's that.

698
00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 2: So he has a little comparison for every guy on

699
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,760
Speaker 2: on this list. Top free agent comparison Kenny Galladay in

700
00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:54,080
Speaker 2: twenty twenty one. Well, that's not great news for Mike Evans.

701
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 3: That's apples. I mean, Galladay was coming off his first contract.

702
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 3: I mean, but he had been productive in Detroit. Yeah,

703
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 3: but I mean that's a Hall of Famer. That's still

704
00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:05,360
Speaker 3: a wide receiver two in fantasy. I mean, I guess

705
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:09,240
Speaker 3: Galladay was useful then too, But I don't think that's

706
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 3: a great comparison.

707
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: Fourteen is Tyrone Smith shocked if he goes anywhere else.

708
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,479
Speaker 2: Fifteen is Kendall Fuller.

709
00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:17,840
Speaker 3: That's a good player.

710
00:31:18,040 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yet Leonard Williams with Seattle. There's no way

711
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:23,960
Speaker 2: they can let him walk because.

712
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 3: You have a second round pick to rent him for

713
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 3: like eight games and you've lost lost won a game

714
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:29,040
Speaker 3: with him.

715
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:33,000
Speaker 2: Marquise Brown with Arizona, and if they.

716
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 3: Draft Marvin Harrison Junior or something, he could maybe move.

717
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,000
Speaker 3: You'd like to have them together. Bryce Huff the edge

718
00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 3: rusher from the Jets. He's just an undersized, pure edge rusher.

719
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 3: Really good at it though. Yeah, fastball uh. DJ Reider

720
00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:48,920
Speaker 3: with the Bengals. See, this is the problem that the

721
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 3: Bengals have. You can't keep Reader and Higgins. They have

722
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 3: a corner to now.

723
00:31:54,360 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 2: They've drafted some corners, some defensive backs, but they don't

724
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:58,840
Speaker 2: have a replacement for DJ Reader.

725
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 3: No. I I very much believe their roster will be

726
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:05,160
Speaker 3: worse next year than this year. Yeah.

727
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 2: Kyle Duggar with the Patriots, he could be a Steeler too,

728
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 2: that would look nice.

729
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, he does it all man.

730
00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 2: He thinks he gets franchised. He got a bunch of

731
00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 2: guys getting franchise tagged here and that never happens.

732
00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 3: But franchising is safety is cheap, and they have a

733
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 3: ton of money.

734
00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,120
Speaker 2: That's fine.

735
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:21,959
Speaker 3: But as the new coach, well, I'll say he's such

736
00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:22,680
Speaker 3: a Belichick guy.

737
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he fits into what they want to do.

738
00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:26,560
Speaker 3: They went that versatile chess piece.

739
00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:28,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's perfect for the new The new coach may

740
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:30,480
Speaker 2: not want that. You might just be a cover two

741
00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 2: or cover three. You know, who knows.

742
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 3: Cameron Curl safety for the Commanders. Not a big name,

743
00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 3: but he's been quite good for them. Yeah, I don't know.

744
00:32:37,960 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 2: Their secondary's been pretty awful.

745
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 3: Defense is dreadful.

746
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:47,520
Speaker 2: Trent Brown with the Patriots, No thanks no. Kevin Dotson

747
00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 2: with the Rams.

748
00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 3: He's done well for him. I mean he's gonna make

749
00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 3: more now than he did.

750
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's gonna make a lot more. Yeah, he's gonna

751
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: he's in line for a good payday. Calvin Ridley another

752
00:32:58,200 --> 00:32:59,040
Speaker 2: wise receivers.

753
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of them.

754
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,040
Speaker 2: Mike Onwenu with the Patriots.

755
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,760
Speaker 3: Yeah. I wonder if people look at him as a

756
00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 3: guard or a tackle. He's done everything.

757
00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:10,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, probably better.

758
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 3: He's been better at guard and better at guard and

759
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 3: been forced to play tackle.

760
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,680
Speaker 2: Should be a woozy a with the Bengals.

761
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 3: I don't know I'd be interested with Steelers. Third Bengal. Yeah,

762
00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 3: I think it's a third Bengal. And they're all big

763
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 3: name ones reader you know Higgins, Robert Hunt with the Dolphins.

764
00:33:26,160 --> 00:33:28,320
Speaker 3: I think he's get paid pretty well too. Yeah, And

765
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 3: I don't know that the Dolphins be able to afford

766
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:32,840
Speaker 3: it now. And that's just they also Wilkins and you know.

767
00:33:33,160 --> 00:33:35,600
Speaker 2: Chase Young with the forty nine ers. Can they afford

768
00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 2: to pay him?

769
00:33:37,720 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 3: Probably not?

770
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:41,720
Speaker 2: Probably not. Probably Again, you give it a high draft pick, yeah,

771
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 2: I mean that's.

772
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,000
Speaker 3: Spoiler alert though, folks, I should have said this start.

773
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 3: There's no Steelers on this list. No Steelers.

774
00:33:47,840 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 2: It's just great. It's what you want. Saquon Barkley sounds.

775
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 3: Like he wants to stay. I mean, he's a Jersey

776
00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 3: guy and all that.

777
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 2: Josh Jacobs, I don't think he'll be back, Yeah, I

778
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,240
Speaker 2: don't think so. This is the running back section of

779
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,239
Speaker 2: this Derrick Henry, he won't be back. Oh maybe they

780
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:08,760
Speaker 2: might deal or something, you know, something like that. Yeah,

781
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,600
Speaker 2: he's not going to get paid like he wants to

782
00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 2: get paid.

783
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 3: His big paydays are done.

784
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:14,440
Speaker 2: Kevin Zeitler with the Ravens.

785
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,720
Speaker 3: That's important and at his age, maybe say we'll draft

786
00:34:18,719 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 3: a guard. Yeah.

787
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:22,719
Speaker 2: They're saying two years, fifteen million for him.

788
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:27,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, that sounds the going rate for an older established guard.

789
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 2: Stefan Gilmour with the Cowboys.

790
00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, he doesn't get paid well.

791
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:36,600
Speaker 2: Linebacker Frankie Louvu with the Carolina Panthers.

792
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, it does it all. He's had a good two years.

793
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:41,359
Speaker 3: I don't know what he's worth.

794
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 2: Steven Nelson with the Texans.

795
00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:48,280
Speaker 3: I'm surprise he's on the list. Yeah he's okay. Yeah,

796
00:34:48,320 --> 00:34:49,839
Speaker 3: he's not a lot.

797
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:53,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, Dalton Schultz, you only signed a one year deal.

798
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:57,680
Speaker 3: With one year deal. Yeah, he'll get paid. I mean

799
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:00,520
Speaker 3: he'll make decent tight end money. Yeah. I think he's

800
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 3: hung out in free agency a little longer than I

801
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:05,320
Speaker 3: expected the last time. Saying three years, thirty three million

802
00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:09,400
Speaker 3: for him. Okay, I mean that's above average starter money.

803
00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: Connor Williams with the Dolphins. Well, he just went on

804
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,480
Speaker 2: IR that's not I always feel bad for those guys.

805
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:17,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, late in their contract year. He's been very good

806
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 3: for them though. Yeah.

807
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:20,960
Speaker 2: That's two offensive linemen for them that are Yeah, and

808
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:21,840
Speaker 2: maybe their best.

809
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:27,160
Speaker 3: To consider him a center for Steelers. Good, I'd rather

810
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 3: draft one. It's actually a very good center draft too.

811
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 2: Yeah. Jonathan Greener with the Texans, good pass rusher, make

812
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,759
Speaker 2: some money. Lavonte David with the Buccaneers.

813
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:39,919
Speaker 3: He was up last year and yeah, old linebackers are tough.

814
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: Jadavian Clowney of course once again.

815
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, but he's having his best year.

816
00:35:43,680 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 2: He keeps sinking on these Yeah, he's actually playing well

817
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,239
Speaker 2: this year and he's lower on the rankings than he

818
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,640
Speaker 2: was in years when after years he didn't play well.

819
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I could see them bringing them back. He'll probably

820
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:54,280
Speaker 3: sign a one year deal somewhere.

821
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 2: As always, Kenny Moore with the Colts. He's an interesting season,

822
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:01,239
Speaker 2: really good slot. Yeah, Steelers slot corners have not been

823
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:02,239
Speaker 2: where you want.

824
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:03,319
Speaker 3: Like Kennymore is good.

825
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 2: He's a tough guy, he's a leader, he's a really

826
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 2: good player, and.

827
00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:07,480
Speaker 3: You don't have to pay slots.

828
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 2: So what's he saying, make two years, thirteen and a

829
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:10,080
Speaker 2: half million.

830
00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,960
Speaker 3: I'm interested. I wand to see. Uh, that's a good question.

831
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 2: I think he's like twenty eight.

832
00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I think I don't think he's starty yet.

833
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'd be interested in that.

834
00:36:18,200 --> 00:36:19,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's it. He'd fit in well.

835
00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:22,040
Speaker 2: Zadarius Smith with the Browns.

836
00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:24,720
Speaker 3: And frankly, back to our corner conversation, if he signed

837
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,720
Speaker 3: the slot, then I'll worry about the other out I wouldn't,

838
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,080
Speaker 3: you know. I don't need to spend money on an

839
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 3: outside guy. It'd be a cheaper route to go Draft one,

840
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 3: the second round, bring back Peterson, try the two young

841
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:37,040
Speaker 3: guys something like that. Yeah, but a patch that together.

842
00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 3: Who was one? He was mentioned?

843
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:44,760
Speaker 2: Zadarias Smith. Hmm, he's saying two years twenty four million

844
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:47,359
Speaker 2: for him. I bet the Browns can't afford I don't

845
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:48,400
Speaker 2: know the Browns can afford him.

846
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:53,520
Speaker 3: Ye, yeah. Uh. Xavier McKinney with the Giants, Yeah, he's okay.

847
00:36:54,560 --> 00:36:55,839
Speaker 3: You wouldn't be a bad stealer either.

848
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: Center Andre James with the Raiders.

849
00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:01,320
Speaker 3: He's better than people think starting center.

850
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, three years twenty four million for him, that's yeah.

851
00:37:04,239 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 3: I'd probably look the upgrade more than that if I

852
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 3: were to invest in a center. Yeah, I think so.

853
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:12,359
Speaker 2: The day two pick or you know, linebacker Patrick Queen

854
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 2: with the Ravens.

855
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,480
Speaker 3: I think he's going to get a lot of money,

856
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 3: and I think.

857
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:17,560
Speaker 2: I think somebody's gonna regret it.

858
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,040
Speaker 3: Regret it too. Yeah, he's really stepped up when everything

859
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 3: around him got better. Tight End Hunter Henry with the Patriots,

860
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 3: probably lesson he's making now.

861
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: Offensive tackle. McKay becked him with the Jets.

862
00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:34,840
Speaker 3: I I yeah, I think your trainer would want to

863
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:35,520
Speaker 3: kill you for that.

864
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,439
Speaker 2: Josh Ucha with the Patriots.

865
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 3: Certain type of player. He's kind of like Huff. I mean,

866
00:37:42,200 --> 00:37:46,319
Speaker 3: he's an undersized, fastball, off the edge, situational dude who's

867
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 3: hurt right now.

868
00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:49,359
Speaker 2: Kind of the same thing here with Leonard Floyd from

869
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:49,800
Speaker 2: the Bills.

870
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I bet they can't afford him. I think

871
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 3: they have cap issues.

872
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,280
Speaker 2: And then the final guy in the list is Jordan

873
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 2: Brooks with the Seahawks.

874
00:37:58,160 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 3: Off the ball linebacker, former first round pick.

875
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,399
Speaker 2: Would you rather have him or would you rather have Queen?

876
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:04,720
Speaker 2: I think I'd rather have Brooks.

877
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 3: That have to study of them, but same neighborhood. There's

878
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:11,439
Speaker 3: ability there. They're both first round picks, never quite lived

879
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 3: up to it. They have a mentor type next to

880
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:19,399
Speaker 3: them right now, you know Wagner and ro Kuan. Yeah yeah, but.

881
00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:23,360
Speaker 2: That's the list on Pro Football Focus again, No Steelers

882
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:27,760
Speaker 2: are Steelers right, lots of guys from the other AFC

883
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 2: North teams.

884
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:30,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good point. Bengals are hit pretty hard.

885
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:32,080
Speaker 3: Baltimore's hit pretty hard.

886
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:32,279
Speaker 2: Yeah.

887
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, Brown's got a couple guys, but not as bad.

888
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 3: But they're gonna have to be. But I wonder if

889
00:38:36,640 --> 00:38:38,440
Speaker 3: they're cutting Conklin and yeah.

890
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:41,319
Speaker 2: Some of those guys trying to rebuild that offensive line

891
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 2: on the fly.

892
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:45,319
Speaker 3: So interesting. I don't think Higgins way back in the day.

893
00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 3: I don't think so either. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Uh, he is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolley. You're

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Speaker 2: listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're

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Speaker 2: gonna take another break. We'll be back to finish up

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Speaker 2: the show right after this.

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Speaker 1: With Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on your twenty four

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Speaker 1: to seven home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I'm Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson

901
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 2: and Matt. Such a big week that is in the NFL,

902
00:39:20,160 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 2: this big Steelers. Only three teams have either clinched a

903
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 2: playoff spot or are eliminated total total.

904
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 3: Across the league with four weeks left. Yeah, we're two

905
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:31,960
Speaker 3: weeks on Christmas here.

906
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, how about this little thing, this little nugget the

907
00:39:36,360 --> 00:39:39,400
Speaker 2: Chicago Bears currently own, well, first of all, they had

908
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 2: the number one pick because they have Carolina section, which.

909
00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:43,839
Speaker 3: I feel pretty confident they're going to end up at one.

910
00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: They've got a two game lead on having this, so

911
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Speaker 2: they're probably going to have the number one overall pick.

912
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:51,279
Speaker 3: New England Arizona's playing better, and yeah, they might win thow.

913
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 2: As things stand. They also own the fifth overall pick.

914
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:58,240
Speaker 3: Which is crazy because they're playing well. Now that's their pick.

915
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:01,719
Speaker 2: And yet the Chicago Bears are one game out of

916
00:40:01,719 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 2: a playoff spot and they on the fifth overall pick.

917
00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 3: Crazy, So that's exactly what you want. If you're the Bears,

918
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 3: You're like, maybe I can get in the playoffs this year,

919
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,080
Speaker 3: but in the meantime, I'm still picking really early.

920
00:40:13,160 --> 00:40:15,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I got the number one in my hip pocket.

921
00:40:15,360 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, they traded there too, or somebody maybe it

922
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:22,640
Speaker 3: was Carolina's too for sweat. Yeah, so you know, I'm

923
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 3: not sure exactly how that what all they have and

924
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,400
Speaker 3: the other picks, but there they could.

925
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:28,800
Speaker 2: They could recoup that with that number one overall.

926
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 3: Oh easily. Just a ton of cats.

927
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 2: We were just talking about because people are off. Maybe

928
00:40:33,160 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 2: the Steelers will go try to get Justin Fields this offseason.

929
00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:37,120
Speaker 2: I don't think they're going to try. I don't think

930
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:38,120
Speaker 2: they're going to trade him.

931
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Speaker 3: I lean towards they will, but this next month is pivotal.

932
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Speaker 2: And really why I would not do that if I

933
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Speaker 2: were the Bears. I've got the number one overall pick.

934
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,839
Speaker 2: I know what Justin Fields is. I know I can

935
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Speaker 2: win games with Justin Fields because I'm doing it right now.

936
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,720
Speaker 3: Real quick. The first question, though, is the coaching staff

937
00:40:58,760 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 3: going to be back.

938
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Speaker 2: I think if they continue to get down this road

939
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 2: they playing, I think you say, yes, then that increases

940
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 2: fields chance. If I can do that, trade the number

941
00:41:09,600 --> 00:41:11,600
Speaker 2: one overall pick because I'm not in the market for

942
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 2: a quarterback. Let's say I moved down to three, the

943
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 2: two teams ahead of me both take quarterbacks, and then

944
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:22,680
Speaker 2: I can take Marvin Harrison at three. And since I'm

945
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,799
Speaker 2: doing that, I'm gonna I'm gonna get a two and

946
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:29,360
Speaker 2: next year's one from somebody. Now now I can rebuild

947
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 2: my team. They just my own pick in the first round,

948
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 2: which is five, will probably higher when probably being around ten. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

949
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:38,960
Speaker 2: I doubt the end up in the playoffs. I don't

950
00:41:38,960 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 2: think it be twenty or higher. But we just saw

951
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:45,440
Speaker 2: them do this. I mean they they moved from one to.

952
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:50,040
Speaker 3: Nine with the Panthers got the ninth pick, a second

953
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 3: rounder this year's first, which ended up being first overall,

954
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 3: which they didn't know at the time, but you knew

955
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 3: it wasn't gonna be thirty second.

956
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, DJ Moore and DJ Moore.

957
00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,759
Speaker 3: And there might have been more. There might have been

958
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 3: a second or third or something else thrown in. They're

959
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 3: gonna get more for this pick than that pick.

960
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's the number one overall with a

961
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Speaker 2: quarterback that everybody's saying, well, he's a generational.

962
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 3: Guy, he's better than Bryce Young. I mean, I just

963
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,920
Speaker 3: know more people will pay more for this pick than that.

964
00:42:14,320 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 3: I think it's the most interesting team in the whole

965
00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 3: league because meanwhile, they have tons of cap space they

966
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:22,520
Speaker 3: could go sign. I know, we just talked free agents.

967
00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:24,279
Speaker 3: Chris Jones isn't going to hit free agency, but they

968
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,680
Speaker 3: could sign Mattabuke, yeah, you know what I mean, easily

969
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:31,040
Speaker 3: and something else on defense and be like, we don't

970
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:34,440
Speaker 3: really have that many needs. Yeah, and you mentioned this,

971
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,720
Speaker 3: and I think it's really smart is if you aren't

972
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Speaker 3: going to take the quarterback at one, I definitely want

973
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 3: a parachute of future first round picks that if Fields

974
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Speaker 3: bus I can go back up again, you know what

975
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:46,440
Speaker 3: I mean.

976
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,160
Speaker 2: But I know now if I'm the Bears, I can

977
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:51,759
Speaker 2: win games with Justin Fields if he plays this way.

978
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,600
Speaker 3: M h absolutely, And I'm told he's loved in the organization,

979
00:42:56,320 --> 00:43:01,400
Speaker 3: work ethic, toughness, all that stuff. Yeah, I see both cases.

980
00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:03,720
Speaker 2: I mean, they're five and four in their last nine games.

981
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 2: They just beat the Lions, who are your main competition

982
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 2: presumably in the in the division for the next couple

983
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:10,399
Speaker 2: of years.

984
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:10,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

985
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:13,880
Speaker 2: I you know again, if I think, if you finished

986
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,080
Speaker 2: strong here, you just run it back with Justin Fields.

987
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 3: Yeah. The argument against it, of course, is if you

988
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:21,759
Speaker 3: think I hate the word generational, but if you think

989
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 3: Williams is a special prospect, that he's the first pick,

990
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 3: not that he's Lebron or Lemieux, but I mean, if

991
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:32,440
Speaker 3: he's Lawrence or less in terms of prospect or in

992
00:43:32,480 --> 00:43:35,040
Speaker 3: that neighborhood at least, it's hard to just turn your

993
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 3: back on that guy, especially because of the finances. You know,

994
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:41,480
Speaker 3: like you can continue if you draft him first. Overall

995
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,120
Speaker 3: trade Field for picks as well. You still have so

996
00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 3: much earning power before you have to pay your quarterback.

997
00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:51,959
Speaker 3: But then you're restarting, you know, yeah, kicking it against Yeah,

998
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:53,120
Speaker 3: it's not like Fields old.

999
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:57,279
Speaker 2: This isn't Lawrence. Lawrence is great. Yeah, he was in

1000
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 2: that same draft as Fields. You and I both had

1001
00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:01,120
Speaker 2: Fields number two.

1002
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 3: Number two easily, and there.

1003
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 2: Were times that season where I was looking at him

1004
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,880
Speaker 2: like maybe Fields might be number one for me.

1005
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,439
Speaker 3: I ended up not going that direction. But I don't

1006
00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:11,279
Speaker 3: think Fields is a bad quarterback. I think he's just

1007
00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 3: scratching the surface of what he can be. No, we've

1008
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 3: both been Fields believers every step of the way, and

1009
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 3: he hasn't had an easy threat. Everyone talks about Lawrence's

1010
00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:22,800
Speaker 3: rookie year. His rookie year was a disaster too. That

1011
00:44:22,920 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 3: was Alan Robinson's last year. You're in Chicago dysfunction, craziness.

1012
00:44:27,440 --> 00:44:29,719
Speaker 3: It's just been till like midway through last year that

1013
00:44:29,800 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 3: the teams are using them properly. Yeah. No, it's a

1014
00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 3: really interesting dilemma and enviable one. The Bears. There's almost

1015
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 3: no wrong answer. If I'm them.

1016
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:42,560
Speaker 2: I take a look at what Baltimore, how Baltimore has

1017
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,440
Speaker 2: managed Lamar Jackson's whole koreer career.

1018
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 3: You now, he's runing to take less of a beating.

1019
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:49,640
Speaker 2: And now I understand the Ravens have only won one

1020
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:53,120
Speaker 2: playoff game with Lamar, but that's not necessarily Lamar's fault.

1021
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:54,880
Speaker 3: But they're happy with their guy. Yeah.

1022
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, So I take a look at how they handled that,

1023
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,400
Speaker 2: and I say, Okay, I think we can do that

1024
00:44:59,440 --> 00:45:01,359
Speaker 2: if we can build the rest of this around him,

1025
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:02,879
Speaker 2: which you can, which you can.

1026
00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:05,560
Speaker 3: You you have more resources than any team in the league. Yeah,

1027
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 3: I mean what you get for that first round pick

1028
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,279
Speaker 3: will be much more than last year. That much I'm

1029
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,880
Speaker 3: confident in. Yeah. I mean instead of Dj Moore and

1030
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 3: the deal, give me your best defensive lineman and two.

1031
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,839
Speaker 2: First, yeah yeah, or give me three first or three

1032
00:45:18,840 --> 00:45:19,359
Speaker 2: first yeah.

1033
00:45:19,400 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean tons, do you think this guy's that

1034
00:45:21,480 --> 00:45:23,200
Speaker 3: good and you think he's gonna I want you first?

1035
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:25,640
Speaker 3: The next three years? Yeah, I guarantee they'll be more

1036
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 3: than I have no idea how many teams were competing

1037
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 3: for that spot to go get Bryce Young or Stroud.

1038
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 3: There'll be more of them this year. Yeah.

1039
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:36,720
Speaker 2: It's kind of a similar situation to what the Eagles

1040
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:38,360
Speaker 2: were in a few years ago when they had multiple

1041
00:45:38,440 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 2: draft picks and they were signed. Okay, is Wentz the

1042
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:42,719
Speaker 2: guy or was once not the guy, and then they

1043
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 2: ended up not even using one of those first round

1044
00:45:44,719 --> 00:45:47,280
Speaker 2: picks to get the quarterback. He's a second.

1045
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean really, they did the same thing with Hurts.

1046
00:45:50,360 --> 00:45:52,520
Speaker 3: Miami did the same thing with Tua. You know, like,

1047
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 3: we got all these multiple firsts until we're we're gonna

1048
00:45:55,600 --> 00:45:57,480
Speaker 3: hang on to them until we're ready to commit the

1049
00:45:57,560 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 3: Hurts or Tua, you know, and then they paid Hurts

1050
00:45:59,520 --> 00:46:02,720
Speaker 3: and you know that pick for a J. Brown or whatever.

1051
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 3: That's not a bad thing either. Yeah, you can do that.

1052
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,319
Speaker 3: You can do that, right, That can turn into T

1053
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 3: Higgins or whatever, you know, right.

1054
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 2: So that's just interesting. I mean, the fact that the

1055
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 2: Bears are in the fifth spot in the draft right now,

1056
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 2: in our one game out of a playoff spot.

1057
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:20,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, it wouldn't be hard to rise. Yeah, it wouldn't be

1058
00:46:20,520 --> 00:46:22,759
Speaker 3: hard to rise up the ranks in the NFC either. No.

1059
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:25,279
Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, you look at that that grouping in

1060
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:28,000
Speaker 2: the AFC, they're all with seven wins in the A.

1061
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,919
Speaker 2: In the the NFC, they say the NFC.

1062
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 3: The a f C is allo is seven wins and

1063
00:46:33,080 --> 00:46:34,920
Speaker 3: then there's a two game spot.

1064
00:46:36,920 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 2: Two games yeah yeah in between them gap. In the NFC,

1065
00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:42,839
Speaker 2: it's really six.

1066
00:46:43,239 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 3: See, I didn't even mean for this year's playoff hunt.

1067
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 3: I just mean to compete with the Niners in Dallas,

1068
00:46:48,239 --> 00:46:52,399
Speaker 3: and I mean there's not the unbelievable group of young,

1069
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:55,000
Speaker 3: awesome quarterbacks in the NFC. I mean they're all on

1070
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:56,360
Speaker 3: this side. Yeah. Absolutely.

1071
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Speaker 2: Anyways, that's going to do it for today's show. So

1072
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Speaker 2: for my partner Matt Williamson for CJ. Wolfley here on

1073
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Speaker 2: site keeping us on the air, I'm Dale Lollie. We

1074
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Speaker 2: thank you for listening to this edition of the Drive

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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio