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Speaker 1: Welcome Inside with the Insiders, presented by Progressive Insurance alongside

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Speaker 1: Ian Rappaport, I am Tom Pelisero. Week fifteen is underway.

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Speaker 1: It was wild, there were a lot of penalties. There

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Speaker 1: What was released from the hospital today, My understanding is

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Speaker 2: Yeah, obviously a concerning situation for the Steelers star. Here's

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Speaker 2: earlier today. TJ Watt was undergoing treatment called dry needling

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Speaker 2: My understanding is he is expected to play again this season.

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Speaker 3: We spoke, We've heard.

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Speaker 2: From from Mike Tomlin, from other Steelers players who obviously

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Speaker 2: Dry needling is something a lot of players do with

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Speaker 3: This obviously different for the Steelers star edge.

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Speaker 1: In other news, going into Week fifteen Sunday, the Colts

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Speaker 2: Was limited this week with an ankle injury. Only limited

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Speaker 6: How well can you do your job?

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Speaker 3: You might know it as GoF v. Stafford.

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Speaker 9: play after play after play, fighting through the soreness, the

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Speaker 9: pain to.

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Speaker 1: Get that win over the Eagles.

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Speaker 9: Justin Herbert saying this week that he wasn't as swollen

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Speaker 9: that hand as it was last week after surgery. In fact,

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Speaker 9: he said his grip strength is better this week, his

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Speaker 9: ability to use that left hand is better this week,

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Speaker 9: and the swelling not nearly as much, so he expects

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Speaker 9: to be even better this week in Kansas City. The

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Speaker 9: issue for the Chargers may be the fact that it's

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Speaker 9: going to be seventeen.

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Speaker 1: Degrees at kickoff.

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Speaker 9: Ian and Jim Harbaugh saying this week that these guys

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Speaker 9: are young, they just got to keep moving.

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Speaker 1: They are human hot tubs.

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Speaker 9: Another issue that they talked about this week was the

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Speaker 9: ten am their body clock time, so Jim Harbaugh had

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Speaker 9: them practicing early.

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Speaker 1: He said they talked to some.

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Speaker 9: UCLA sleep study experts to get the latest in that realm,

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Speaker 9: and so they started practicing a little early to start

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Speaker 9: getting their bodies used to it.

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Speaker 1: And obviously Kansas City at this.

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Speaker 9: Point, Ian, they are desperate for a win, trying to

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Speaker 9: keep their season alive. Obviously have to know they pretty

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Speaker 9: much have to run the table at this point. So

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Speaker 9: it should be another fantastic showdown in Arrowhead between these

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Speaker 9: two division rivals.

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Speaker 2: Chiefs gotta have it, they gotta have I mean, I

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Speaker 2: love how many different things Harbaugh tries to get his

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Speaker 2: team to win. You really got to be impressed a

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Speaker 2: little bit. Omar great stuff. Enjoy those games? Can we

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Speaker 2: get Joe Burr to enjoy something? Give this man a hug,

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Speaker 2: Give him a hug. Let him express himself and give

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Speaker 2: him a hug. We're going to get into it with

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Speaker 2: Camwolf on the Wolf Football Street coming up next on

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Speaker 1: Steelers star pass resher TJ. Watt has been ruled out

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Speaker 1: for Monday Night's game at Miami after undergoing a procedure

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Speaker 1: to repair a partially collapsed lung. What reported discomfort when

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Speaker 1: he got to the team facility on Wednesday, subsequently ended

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Speaker 1: up in the hospital where he underwent a battery of tests.

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Speaker 1: Was released today. My understanding is he may only miss

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Speaker 1: one game, but Pittsburgh will have to try to get

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Speaker 1: a win without him on Monday Night. Let's bring in

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Speaker 1: our Wolf of Ball Street himself, Cameron Wolf. Now, who's

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Speaker 1: got the latest all around the league? To start out

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Speaker 1: right there in your backyard, Miami, Cameron. Devon ah Chan

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Speaker 1: also popping up on the injury report this week. What's

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Speaker 1: the latest on him and everything else you're hearing around

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Speaker 1: the league?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, Wolf of ball Street in Miami, where Devon a

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Speaker 7: Chan told me he is good to go. He said,

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Speaker 7: no doubt I'll play Monday. And he also is the

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Speaker 7: face of this Dolphins offense as they've made a run.

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Speaker 7: Now they're six and seven and they start to think

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Speaker 7: about our playoff odds. A Chan has been practicing this

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Speaker 7: week despite that rib injury. He's been wearing a flat jacket.

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Speaker 7: He said he doesn't think it'll limit him. They're going

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Speaker 7: to run the ball a lot on Monday. That's been

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Speaker 7: their calling card. They've rushed with a Chan for over

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Speaker 7: one hundred and sixty scrimmage yards at last four weeks.

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Speaker 7: They lead the NFL on rushing the last five or

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Speaker 7: six weeks, and they're playing a Steelers team that's really

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Speaker 7: struggled to stop the run. So a Chan is embracing

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Speaker 7: this responsibility as a new face of the team and

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Speaker 7: they think they can ride him to a fun end

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Speaker 7: to the season. Now, let's go to Cincinnati, where Joe

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Speaker 7: Burrow certainly made a stir with his comments questioning how

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Speaker 7: much he really wants to do this with this love

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Speaker 7: of the game. Well, I talk to a couple of

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Speaker 7: people in the Bengals organization. No one is panicking yet.

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Speaker 7: I had one comment said that he's the ultra competitor

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Speaker 7: and he thinks that he is trying to press the

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Speaker 7: Bengals to not go down this path of missing the

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Speaker 7: playoffs again, a message maybe to other people in the organization.

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Speaker 7: I had another person say, this is not Andrew Luck

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Speaker 7: two point zero. They feel like that this was just

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Speaker 7: a Borough who is expressing his emotions since coming back

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Speaker 7: in injuries in a different way than he has before,

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Speaker 7: and he's still learning how to express that. And so

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Speaker 7: although it's eye popping, it's something that Bengals do not

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Speaker 7: think is something they have to be concerned about. They

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Speaker 7: do need to get that roster better for him for

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Speaker 7: twenty twenty six. And number three, let's go down to

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Speaker 7: Buffalo where they have a huge matchup against the New

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Speaker 7: England Patriots, trying to hold them off in the afcast.

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Speaker 7: Player to watch is Christian Benford, who has been maybe

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Speaker 7: their most important defender the last couple of weeks, two

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Speaker 7: defensive touchdowns. He is questionable, what I'm told is truly

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Speaker 7: in question, but they're hopeful, more hope than not that

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Speaker 7: he will go despite the toe injury that he suffered Thursday,

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Speaker 7: So there's.

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Speaker 1: Optimism somewhat that way.

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Speaker 7: If he doesn't play, it'll be Tredavious White and Maxwell

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Speaker 7: Harrison outside. But he is super important because they've given

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Speaker 7: him the responsibility the shadow top receivers in coluding Jamar

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Speaker 7: Chase last week. He did an excellent job on him

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Speaker 7: and he was expected to see a lot of Stefan.

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Speaker 10: Diggs this week in a huge matchup there.

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Speaker 7: So they want him to play steph and hopefully limit

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Speaker 7: him in this potential revenge game he's got against his

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Speaker 7: former team.

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Speaker 1: Cam tremendous stuff. As always, we will see you next

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Speaker 1: week on Ball Street. Congratulations to Bill's quarterback Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: and his wife Haley Steinfeld officially announcing they're having a baby.

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Speaker 1: So one more thing you can add to Josh Allen's

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Speaker 1: list of accomplishments in the year twenty twenty five and

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Speaker 1: NFL MVP, a monster contract, a wedding, and now set

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Speaker 1: to become a father for the first time.

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Speaker 10: What did you play?

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Speaker 4: What do you play with brand now a second, I'm

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Speaker 4: not sure right?

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Speaker 1: How about that? That's an honest answer. Time out to

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Speaker 1: go inside with NFL Fantasy Live and our guy Adam

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Speaker 1: Rank with me, Tom Tellicero, and Ian Rappaport talking about

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Speaker 1: fantasy impact here ranked number one, what is your current

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Speaker 1: playing weight? And number two? What if anything does there

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Speaker 1: a turn of Philip Rivers mean for all the different

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Speaker 1: permutations of exactly what your fantasy lineup might look like.

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Speaker 11: You know, I'm currently locking in at one eighty nine,

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Speaker 11: feeling pretty good, feeling pretty sprising here in the holiday season.

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Speaker 10: Listen, I'm I listen. I keep after it during the

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Speaker 10: during the playing season.

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Speaker 11: I will say this, it could be but uh listen,

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Speaker 11: I uh, I'm you know, just trying to just trying

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Speaker 11: to get by here.

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Speaker 10: I'm gaining some holiday weight.

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Speaker 11: Apparently, in any event, Philip Rivers is gonna be.

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Speaker 1: You know, this is an.

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Speaker 11: Interesting situation because a couple of weeks ago, when Joe

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Speaker 11: Flakker was going to Cincinnati, Everybody's like there's no way

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Speaker 11: he could do what he's doing, and then he went

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Speaker 11: out and did it. And similarly, I think with Philip Rivers,

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Speaker 11: what can you do? Can you get the ball into

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Speaker 11: the hands of Tyler Warren?

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Speaker 10: Can you get the ball to Michael Pittman and players

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Speaker 10: like that?

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Speaker 11: I would truly believe that if Philip Rivers is the

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Speaker 11: quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, they're going to end up

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Speaker 11: going out there, They're going to run the football exclusively

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Speaker 11: with Jonathan Taylor, which all opened up some pop plays

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Speaker 11: for Philip Rivers. So I do think that the pass

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Speaker 11: catchers take a little bit of a downgrade, but not

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Speaker 11: as severe as a lot of people would believe.

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Speaker 3: All right, what about this one?

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Speaker 2: The Dallas Cowboys get Cede Lamb back officially cleared the

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Speaker 2: nfo's concussion protocol, which I think Tom reported earlier today

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Speaker 2: or maybe that was yesterday. I don't even know what

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Speaker 2: is the impact for Dallas having Lamb back in the

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Speaker 2: lineup against the Vikings on Sunday night.

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Speaker 11: Well, the good news is you're obviously going to be

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Speaker 11: starting CD Lamb, which is what you want. I know

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Speaker 11: a lot of people went out there and picked up

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Speaker 11: Ryan Floroy in the waiver wire situation this week using

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Speaker 11: some fav using waiver priority, and now you're like, what

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Speaker 11: do I do? We'll leave him on the bench. You

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Speaker 11: want to start Ceedee Lamb. A healthy Ceedee Lamb is

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Speaker 11: the guy that you absolutely want to start. But I

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Speaker 11: think the biggest question is what happens with George Pickens.

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Speaker 11: A lot of people were disappointed last week when he

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Speaker 11: didn't have a monster game against the Lions, and it's understandable,

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Speaker 11: but he does have four games this season where he's

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Speaker 11: scored at least twenty nine Fantasy points. He's averaging over

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Speaker 11: ninety receiving yards per game this year. That's the third

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Speaker 11: most in the NFL, and the Minnesota Vikings have been

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Speaker 11: allowing a lot of production to wide receivers this season.

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Speaker 11: Despite the fact that Brian Flores is considered one of

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Speaker 11: the best defensive coordinators in the game, you can still

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Speaker 11: feel comfortable starting Ceedee Lamb and George Pickens.

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Speaker 1: Last time we saw Kyle Pitch go off with Drake

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Speaker 1: London out of the lineup, flip it around with Zach

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Speaker 1: Ertz out. Do we see Terry mcclaurin do more this week?

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Speaker 4: Here?

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Speaker 11: Rank well, I think Terry McLaurin has played excellent football

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Speaker 11: ever since he's returned from his injury, and regardless of

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Speaker 11: who the quarterback is, he's going to get targeted an

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Speaker 11: awful lot. He's had two receiving touchdowns in his last

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Speaker 11: three games, is for the fifth most targets to the

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Speaker 11: fifth most targets since you returned to the league in

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Speaker 11: a week thirteen.

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Speaker 10: And now he's.

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Speaker 11: Got a great matchup against the Giants, who allowed the

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Speaker 11: fourth most receiving yards to the position this season. I

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Speaker 11: anticipate this being a high scoring game, similar to what

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Speaker 11: we saw last night, where both teams were just kind

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Speaker 11: of going after it, throwing the ball all over the field.

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Speaker 11: We're going to see a lot of that this weekend

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Speaker 11: with Jackson Dark Marcus Mariota. So I would make sure

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Speaker 11: that Terry McLaurin is in your lineup this week. Earlier

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Speaker 11: this week, when I was shopping for a new ski outfit,

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Speaker 11: I reported that Gino Smith was likely going.

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Speaker 3: To be out with the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Speaker 2: Pete Carroll confirming today Kenny Pickett is going to be

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Speaker 2: the starting quarterback. Okay, so what does that mean for

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Speaker 2: fantasy star Brock Bowers on Sunday.

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Speaker 11: We're still starting them, and like you, I had to

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Speaker 11: go out and get some snowboarding gear this week and

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Speaker 11: went out to Chicago. But Brock Powers is still going

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Speaker 11: to be an excellent start. I think that anybody goes

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Speaker 11: out and I hopefully you're not looking at the other

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Speaker 11: side of Kyle pity it's scoring forty Fantasy points on

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Speaker 11: Thursday night.

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Speaker 10: But there is an opportunity here for Brock Powers.

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Speaker 11: He's averaging close to sixteen Fantasy points per game over

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Speaker 11: his last four He's really started to emerge over the

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Speaker 11: last couple of weeks, even though he was a little

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Speaker 11: bit of a disappointment earlier.

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Speaker 10: But if you're a player like.

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Speaker 11: Kenny Pickett, you're coming out here, you're getting your opportunity

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Speaker 11: to start for the Raiders. What is on the agenda,

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Speaker 11: I don't know. Throw the ball at number to eighty nine.

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Speaker 11: So I would start Brock Powers with confidence this week,

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Speaker 11: regardless of who the quarterback is.

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Speaker 1: Grant great stuff. As always. We will see you next week,

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Speaker 1: same time, same place.

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Speaker 2: That is Alex Heismith, Steelers star edge rusher, but his

659
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Speaker 2: context right now is because he is the Walter Payton

660
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Speaker 2: Man of the Year club winner, a man who contributes

661
00:31:48,760 --> 00:31:53,560
Speaker 2: extensively in the community, certainly someone who has made a

662
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Speaker 2: name for himself off the field as well as on

663
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Speaker 2: the field. Alex, thank you very much for joining us

664
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Speaker 2: on the ends. Great to hang out with you. Of course,

665
00:32:02,000 --> 00:32:03,760
Speaker 2: everyone knows you are a friend of the show. We

666
00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 2: always appreciate your appearances. I want to get to some

667
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:10,840
Speaker 2: stuff on the field. There's plenty to talk about as well,

668
00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 2: but first off the field. By now, you know that

669
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 2: you are the Steelers club winner for Walter Payton Man

670
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Speaker 2: of the Year. What was your reaction to that and

671
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:20,880
Speaker 2: how meaningful is this for you?

672
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Speaker 12: Yeah, I'm just super grateful, honored, humbled to be the

673
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,360
Speaker 12: Steeers nominee for this year's Walter Payton Man of the

674
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 12: Year Award. And you know, for me, I true believe

675
00:32:31,600 --> 00:32:34,680
Speaker 12: that I've been given this platform by God to be

676
00:32:34,760 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 12: blessing to others and to bring glory to Him. And

677
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 12: so we started the Outside of the Family Foundation back

678
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:42,200
Speaker 12: in twenty twenty one to my first year in the league,

679
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Speaker 12: and basically our mission is to empower the next generation,

680
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:48,600
Speaker 12: empower the youth to build strong foundations in different areas

681
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Speaker 12: of life. So those areas include physical fitness, nutrition, education,

682
00:32:53,840 --> 00:32:56,959
Speaker 12: athletic preparation, family involvement, mentorship.

683
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Speaker 4: So those are a few of the pillars that we

684
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Speaker 4: just that our mission lives around.

685
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Speaker 12: And so, like I said, I've always had a passion

686
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Speaker 12: for kids and a passion to get back in that way,

687
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Speaker 12: and so I've been don my youth football camp since

688
00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:10,880
Speaker 12: since twenty twenty one. That's an angle thing as well,

689
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Speaker 12: and so we do different back to school drives here

690
00:33:13,920 --> 00:33:16,360
Speaker 12: in Pittsburgh and Wilmington. The three areas that we give

691
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 12: back to are Pittsburgh, Wimington, and Charlotte. And why those

692
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:24,160
Speaker 12: three Pittsburgh obviously because I'm here, I'm playing, called this

693
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 12: place home for the past six years. And then Wilmington's

694
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 12: where I was born and raised. That's my hometown, and

695
00:33:29,040 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 12: then played ball at Charlotte. I me and my wife

696
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:33,480
Speaker 12: met as Charlotte, so I have a lot of connections

697
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,880
Speaker 12: back there as well. So it's all about really just

698
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 12: giving back and being a blessing and knowing that my

699
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,680
Speaker 12: purpose goes way beyond the great Iron way, beyond the field,

700
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Speaker 12: and so ultimately I know that you know, what I

701
00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 12: do off the field is what's really gonna last yeah, and.

702
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Speaker 2: It's been more than just your camp and and your foundation,

703
00:33:49,760 --> 00:33:52,560
Speaker 2: which which obviously has been a lot. There was a

704
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 2: homeless shelter that burned essentially in a fire. You stepped

705
00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:01,400
Speaker 2: in to provide clothing, shelter, meals for those affected. You

706
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:07,520
Speaker 2: could help contributed for hurricane relief recently. I mean there's

707
00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:10,399
Speaker 2: been there's been a lot of different ways that you've

708
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:12,680
Speaker 2: been able to help. And I guess what I would

709
00:34:12,719 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: say to that is, how does this happen? You see

710
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: something bad happen in the world, and you make a

711
00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:18,520
Speaker 2: couple of calls and say how can we help them?

712
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Speaker 3: It is as simple as that.

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Speaker 12: Yeah, I feel like I've always just had a servant heart,

714
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 12: and that is something that my parents instilled in me

715
00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 12: at a young age, and so I'm super grateful for

716
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,719
Speaker 12: them and how they instilled let me at a young age.

717
00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:32,239
Speaker 12: And so, like I said, it just goes back to

718
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:35,280
Speaker 12: having this platform and just using it for good, bringing

719
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 12: God glory in and being a blessing to others. And

720
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Speaker 12: you know, I have family up in the mountains of

721
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Speaker 12: North Carolina, so I'm when that hurricane hit last year,

722
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,480
Speaker 12: you know, they weren't in the worst part of where

723
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:48,400
Speaker 12: it hit, but they were definitely still affected. And so

724
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Speaker 12: you know, the mountains of North Carolina have a special

725
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:53,360
Speaker 12: place in my heart, and so that's one of the

726
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 12: reasons I wanted to try to help and do some

727
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,280
Speaker 12: disaster relief stuff there. Actually it'll be there in person,

728
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 12: but to help donate stuff. So yeah, I think it

729
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 12: just all just goes back to being survey hearted and

730
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 12: serving others, and that's just really I feel like that's

731
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Speaker 12: what my passion is to do.

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Speaker 3: I love it.

733
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Speaker 2: It is great to hear you will be on stage,

734
00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:19,080
Speaker 2: everyone waving at you for the for NFL honors Walter

735
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:20,319
Speaker 2: Payton Man of the Year club winners.

736
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 3: I'll be waving at you from the seats allow from there.

737
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 2: So I want to get to some football topics as well,

738
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:30,319
Speaker 2: and obviously you guys are deep deep in the preparation

739
00:35:30,600 --> 00:35:33,400
Speaker 2: for the game this week Monday Night against the Dolphins,

740
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 2: a fun one. Cannot wait for that. I want to

741
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,520
Speaker 2: take a look back quickly to last week. There was

742
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,320
Speaker 2: a lot going on in the Steelers world. There's a

743
00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,080
Speaker 2: lot of discussion about Mike tom Win of his job status,

744
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 2: which is you know, fairly bonkers, but that is the

745
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 2: world we live. In How necessary was it for you

746
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 2: guys to get that win, just to kind of clear

747
00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 2: everything a little bit away.

748
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Speaker 12: Yeah, this one was huge for us, you know, course

749
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:57,239
Speaker 12: for of the most foremost because it was it was

750
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 12: to take first place in the AS North. And so

751
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 12: we know every time we play the Ravens is going

752
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 12: to be an intense matchup, It's going to be a

753
00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:05,439
Speaker 12: heating match up. And this this game meant a lot

754
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 12: for us to be able to take control the first place.

755
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:10,200
Speaker 12: And so especially after losing the past two games, the

756
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:11,880
Speaker 12: way we played against the Bills, you know, we kind

757
00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 12: of wanted to just kind of silence, silence everyone what

758
00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 12: they were saying.

759
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,040
Speaker 4: But ultimately there was a lot being.

760
00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 12: Said, I know, like outside noise, social media, whatnot, But

761
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:22,399
Speaker 12: we didn't care.

762
00:36:22,480 --> 00:36:24,160
Speaker 4: We we drowned all that noise out.

763
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Speaker 12: We just was really focusing in the locker room and

764
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:29,719
Speaker 12: just knowing that all right, you know, we're all we're

765
00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:31,879
Speaker 12: got that. Everybody's gotta trust everyone. And so I feel

766
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 12: like we definitely moved in the right direction last week

767
00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,000
Speaker 12: by getting that win. So for us, we just got

768
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,719
Speaker 12: to be consistent. We got to stack wins. We haven't

769
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 12: stacked stacked the win stacked wins since the beginning of

770
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 12: the year, so this this game against Miami is huge

771
00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 12: and so we just got to you know, keep progressing

772
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 12: and ultimately, you know, play our best ball this time

773
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:52,560
Speaker 12: of year and be hot, you know, and when the

774
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:53,800
Speaker 12: division going into the playoffs.

775
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Speaker 3: As of this taping right now, TJ.

776
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:57,680
Speaker 2: Watts status, I would say, up in the air, dealing

777
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 2: with a long issue. Have you've spoken to him, what

778
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 2: do you know? And if he is not able to play,

779
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 2: how much might that affect you?

780
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,120
Speaker 3: Guys?

781
00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:08,520
Speaker 12: Yeah, I've spoken to him and he's doing better. It's

782
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 12: definitely a scary situation, you know, anytime one of your

783
00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 12: teammates goes to the hospital for something like that. So

784
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 12: we've all been reaching out to him, you know, we've

785
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 12: been praying for him, and so he's already doing better

786
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:21,759
Speaker 12: and so we'll see what his status is. But you know,

787
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:25,360
Speaker 12: football side, I'm just glad. I'm just glad that he is.

788
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,960
Speaker 12: I'm just glad that he is okay, and that's what

789
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,200
Speaker 12: matters most. And so, like I said, we've been praying

790
00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 12: for him and we know he's gonna be all right.

791
00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 4: So we'll see what his status is for the game.

792
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 2: Looking ahead, to the Monday Nighter mentions against the Dolphins.

793
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,080
Speaker 2: You've been on quite a little run here. I believe

794
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,400
Speaker 2: it's five sacks in three games, really really making that

795
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 2: difference that you've always been able to make as far

796
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 2: as effecting a quarterback. You got the Dolphins offense that's

797
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,640
Speaker 2: been definitely better early in the season. Not as good

798
00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:00,000
Speaker 2: play at turnovers recently much better. What do you say

799
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 2: from this Dolphins offense? You guys are going to be

800
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 2: facing it and what kind of challenge is this in

801
00:38:05,360 --> 00:38:06,759
Speaker 2: front of the entire country.

802
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:07,040
Speaker 4: On Monday Night.

803
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Speaker 12: Yeah, I think they've been successful recently because they've been

804
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,319
Speaker 12: running the ball well. So we know that's it starts there.

805
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 12: We gotta we got to smash the run and if

806
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,840
Speaker 12: we want to get to tow it, we know that,

807
00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 12: you know, we got to take out their running game,

808
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 12: and so.

809
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 4: We just got to be physical.

810
00:38:22,840 --> 00:38:24,920
Speaker 12: We got to get off blocks and stop them from

811
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 12: coming down hill. And so I think for us that's

812
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,440
Speaker 12: where that's where it starts. It kinds of stopping, stopping

813
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,960
Speaker 12: the running game and then getting that the them in the past,

814
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 12: and so we just got to play physical, we got

815
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 12: to play fast, and we just got to be disciplined

816
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 12: and everything that we do because we know that when

817
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:41,839
Speaker 12: we play our best football, you know, we're we're flying around,

818
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 12: we're playing fast, we're creating havoc, we're causing turnovers. So

819
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:46,680
Speaker 12: we're going to be at home and we've got to

820
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 12: get the crowd into it, and we do that by

821
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 12: you know, making big plays, making splash plays. So, like

822
00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 12: I said, this is a really important game for us,

823
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 12: and so we just feel like we know we knock

824
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,520
Speaker 12: out the run early, that'll set of suff for success.

825
00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 3: Backs against the wall.

826
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Speaker 2: That's usually when you guys step forward as you did

827
00:39:00,800 --> 00:39:01,480
Speaker 2: last week.

828
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 3: Have fun on Monday night against the Dophin. That is

829
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Speaker 3: going to be a great one.

830
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 2: Good luck to rest of the week in practice, and

831
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Speaker 2: congratulations again on being the Walter Payton Man of the

832
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Speaker 2: Year club winner. Alex Heismith. Always happy to have you

833
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 2: on the Insiders.

834
00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:16,399
Speaker 4: Yes, sir, appreciate you all having me.

835
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 3: Talk to Alex.

836
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 2: Of course yesterday before we knew the TGI was for

837
00:39:20,560 --> 00:39:23,360
Speaker 2: sure for sure out Monday night. Great stuff from the

838
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 2: Walter Payton Man of the Year club winner. Great stuff

839
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,840
Speaker 2: coming from us? Is it too much?

840
00:39:28,360 --> 00:39:29,000
Speaker 3: TMI?

841
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 2: What am I talking about? Stay tuned and you're about

842
00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 2: to find out. Coming up next on the Insiders.

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Speaker 13: I wonder who my mom thinks will win this weekend,

852
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:10,279
Speaker 13: I asked her. She's up already. She's such a help

853
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 13: with our kids at all. I say, hey, Mom, morning,

854
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 13: you know for GMFB. I'm wondering if you could pick

855
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:15,879
Speaker 13: a winner for this weekend. She said, well, I'm waiting

856
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,760
Speaker 13: for the TMI guys to tell me if mister Rivers

857
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 13: is starting. Until then, she can't pick the Seahawks indie

858
00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:23,839
Speaker 13: game guys. My mom refers to the Insiders as the

859
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Speaker 13: TMI guys, Tom Mike.

860
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 1: G and rap sheet Ian Rappaport.

861
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Speaker 13: She's like, I can never keep them straight, so she

862
00:40:30,680 --> 00:40:31,280
Speaker 13: called them.

863
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:32,200
Speaker 1: The TMI guys.

864
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,200
Speaker 13: They actually have a name, The insiders, but she just goes.

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Speaker 1: With the TMI guys. Thanks Mom. We are now in

866
00:40:39,080 --> 00:40:41,640
Speaker 1: year nine of us all working together Ian and it

867
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Speaker 1: never occurred to us that TMI is Tom Mike Ian.

868
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Speaker 1: What do you think?

869
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Speaker 2: I don't like it. Here's why. It's not too much information.

870
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Speaker 2: I understand. It's all our initials.

871
00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 3: It's the information you need to know. It's not too much.

872
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 3: It's just the right amount.

873
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,439
Speaker 2: And if I could deliver more, I would deliver more

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00:40:59,600 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 2: for the Hi Jamie's Mom.

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Speaker 1: Bye, everybody,