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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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

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Speaker 2: Hello, Steelers Nation, It is the Drive on Steelers Nation

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Speaker 2: Radio on the Steelers Audio Network. West Shuler and Matt

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Speaker 2: Williamson with you this afternoon as we come to you

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Speaker 2: with heavy hearts as the news that we did not

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Speaker 2: want to have to share half to bear, but our

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Speaker 2: good friend and our colleague Dale Way passing away at

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Speaker 2: the age of.

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Speaker 3: Fifty six.

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Speaker 2: I guess in the late hours of last night, early

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Speaker 2: hours of this morning, after a lengthy battle with a

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Speaker 2: nasty cancer and Matt, there's there's no other way to

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Speaker 2: make this easy. There's uh, I don't even think, you know,

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Speaker 2: for guys like us that are pretty you know, levity

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Speaker 2: is is a is a.

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Speaker 3: Strong, strong suit of us.

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Speaker 2: There's no other way than to just kind of admit

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Speaker 2: that this is a a tough day, a huge loss,

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Speaker 2: and things just won't be the same without our buddy

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Speaker 2: and our colleague Dale around here.

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Speaker 4: No, it's been a tough, tough it's been tough months. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: you're honest with you. It's a seat No, No, it

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Speaker 4: should not. Sorry, Yeah, and that was sixteen I.

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Speaker 2: I think I've I think, you know, between the last

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Speaker 2: six months of of Dale Today and Wolf Back in March.

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Speaker 2: I'm right there with you. I, in my thirty four

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Speaker 2: years of life, have felt emotions this year that I

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Speaker 2: didn't think I was capable of feeling.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been a rough couple of months. He's been

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Speaker 4: going through a lot.

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Speaker 3: He's been going through a lot and obviously.

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Speaker 4: Very aggressive and it was really hard on him. So yeah,

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Speaker 4: he's was in a lot of pain at the end

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Speaker 4: until the very end, so I kind of knew this

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Speaker 4: was coming.

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Speaker 3: Still doesn't make it any doesn't make it any easier.

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Speaker 3: And we do.

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Speaker 4: Take sitting here, you know, Yeah, what we've done.

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Speaker 2: Together where I mean, you guys have you know the

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Speaker 2: this show I think is a good representation of your friendship,

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Speaker 2: you know, started about a decade or so ago. Quick, absolutely,

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Speaker 2: and and that's kind of the the adage of time

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Speaker 2: flies when you're having fun exactly. That's one of the

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Speaker 2: things that I'll always remember when Dale was around. Everything

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Speaker 2: was fun, Uh, it was lighter. There was always good conversation,

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Speaker 2: whether it be about football, music, just life in general. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the same. Like I I think this is maybe the

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Speaker 2: biggest credit that I could give to Dale, and and

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Speaker 2: a lot of true and wonderful things that we could

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Speaker 2: say about him. He had the same kind of omnipresence

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Speaker 2: around us around this town, around this organization, around Steelers Football,

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Speaker 2: as as guys like Tounch and Wolf. But he didn't

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Speaker 2: play for the team for you know, for a decade

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Speaker 2: like like Tounch and Wolf did.

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Speaker 3: He he he.

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Speaker 2: Was omnipresent around everything that we did. And you know,

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Speaker 2: I like one of the things that that I have

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Speaker 2: been thinking a lot about today is success leaves clues.

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Speaker 2: That's kind of like an old adage that you hear

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Speaker 2: that we can all learn so much from in terms of, uh,

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Speaker 2: just what he gave to his care rear, to his

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And I did learn a lot from him, and

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Speaker 4: he really became like a big brother to me, you know,

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Speaker 4: professionally in a way. We really should open with condolences

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Speaker 4: to his family.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, that's he's got three really cool kids.

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Speaker 4: And my heart goes out to all the Lawley's, of course,

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Speaker 4: I didn't know Dale when we started the drive in Passing,

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Speaker 4: you know, but I wasn't at the Stewart facility. A

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Speaker 4: lot back on him. We weren't on the air together. Reagan,

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Speaker 4: who's in charge, thought would be a good pairing and

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Speaker 4: he was very, very right. We have a lot of

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Speaker 4: enjoyed it and thank you. But what stood out was,

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Speaker 4: I'm like, I assumed he was just a bulldog that

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Speaker 4: I mean, I thought it's like the I thought he

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Speaker 4: but he's also six three and runs a four two.

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Speaker 2: Comprehendion right, regurgitated perfectly, right.

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Speaker 4: You know, so he was He's the best yea butler me.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, really, we need to get to get

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Speaker 2: you know, when I got hired by iHeart and the Steelers,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, right.

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Speaker 3: I had grown up in the Pittsburgh area.

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Speaker 2: I had grown up reading Dale Lallie and Black. I

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Speaker 2: listened to PURSUITA and and Punch and Wolf, and.

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Speaker 4: My heart goes out to all of them. They knew

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Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely and and so you know, I get there

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Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen to Latrobe. My literally my first day

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Speaker 2: And you know you deserve credit in this regard to

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Speaker 2: And here's how training camp works, and here's how you

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Speaker 2: get to the cafeteria, and here's what you need to know,

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Speaker 2: and here's where we're gonna go out at night and

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Speaker 2: have some avage. You have some fun in the evenings.

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Speaker 2: And here's the coaches you should be talking to. I Matt,

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Speaker 2: It was like, he cared so much about his work,

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Speaker 2: know you know this, and I'm sure the listeners understand this,

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Speaker 2: Even want to say chare to fill or shoes to fill,

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Speaker 2: always be Dale's show, this will always be what Dale built,

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Speaker 4: Yeah. And I told the story before. It was somewhat recently.

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Speaker 4: I told it on the air here about when this

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, they had to, Like they drove the ship

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Speaker 2: I think that'll make sense to a lot of people.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't make it any easier for anybody, but I hope

433
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,159
Speaker 2: they at least understand that we were trying to respect

434
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,200
Speaker 2: his privacy, give him space.

435
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, and kind of Twitter is the place for that.

436
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,160
Speaker 3: No, No, not at all.

437
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:59,199
Speaker 2: But at the same time, the magnitude of people that

438
00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 2: were concerned for or well for his well being did

439
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:03,360
Speaker 2: not go unnoticed.

440
00:22:03,440 --> 00:22:06,439
Speaker 4: Oh I'd probably get twenty tweets a day yep. And

441
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,480
Speaker 4: was Dale com back? Okay? Miss him? Well, you guys

442
00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,760
Speaker 4: a great together, you know, all sorts of those things, you.

443
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 2: Know, says says everything you need to know about him,

444
00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 2: as does a kind of close down with this, if

445
00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:18,520
Speaker 2: it's all right with you, Matt.

446
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,880
Speaker 3: A great article on Steelers dot Com.

447
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:22,720
Speaker 4: Written Yeah, it's really well done, written.

448
00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 2: By Bob Labriola. As a tribute to Dale, and I can't.

449
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,120
Speaker 2: I mean I could, but I can't read the whole thing.

450
00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,879
Speaker 2: Not because it's crazy long or anything like that. But

451
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 2: if I tried to get through reading it all again now,

452
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:37,920
Speaker 2: I wouldn't make it. I would turn into a blubbering

453
00:22:37,960 --> 00:22:39,640
Speaker 2: mess here, but I will.

454
00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was posted while I was like getting in

455
00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:42,679
Speaker 4: the car to come here today.

456
00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,880
Speaker 3: Same I read it. I read it as.

457
00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:48,720
Speaker 2: I read it as I was pulling out of my driveway,

458
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,520
Speaker 2: and let's just say I had blurry vision pulling out

459
00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:55,919
Speaker 2: of my neighborhood and getting on to seventy nine. A

460
00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:00,280
Speaker 2: great article written by Labs that I encourage everybody to read.

461
00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 2: But I think if it's all right with you, Matt,

462
00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:04,879
Speaker 2: we can kind of kind of close down this segment

463
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:08,680
Speaker 2: with this. Uh. The final thing that Labs put in

464
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:13,199
Speaker 2: this article for Dale was was actually once written by

465
00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:16,119
Speaker 2: Dale when he left DK Pittsburgh Sports to join the

466
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 2: Steelers full time. Everybody who listened to this show or

467
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 2: was around Dale knew that. Yeah, obviously he loved football

468
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 2: and baseball, but he also loved music.

469
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,280
Speaker 4: And what's funny is he grew up baseball and basketball.

470
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,880
Speaker 3: Baseball basketball was in a bag.

471
00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:31,400
Speaker 4: I mean, he was a good hooper for an underseap.

472
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:35,040
Speaker 4: He was played some center at six foot and took

473
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:37,600
Speaker 4: on six' eight dudes and stuck his elbows in their.

474
00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:39,760
Speaker 4: Ribs and bet he's a real pay in the ass

475
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:41,400
Speaker 4: to play. AGAINST i can tell you that back, THEN.

476
00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,879
Speaker 2: I bet he, Was AND i bet you he was

477
00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 2: a tough little league baseball until a.

478
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:47,280
Speaker 4: Couple of months ago he still thought he could run

479
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 4: a six. Forty we had a battle going on about

480
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 4: it if he could run a forty six six to.

481
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,880
Speaker 4: O and same With. Starks i'm, like got no way

482
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,160
Speaker 4: on either of. You and and at that, Point i'm,

483
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:01,000
Speaker 4: like you just kicked, way have won the, cancer but

484
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:02,880
Speaker 4: you just had. Cancer, Dude you're not run to six

485
00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:05,480
Speaker 4: o For he's, Like, Oh i'm no doubt training camp

486
00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,880
Speaker 4: ever to do. It and that is it.

487
00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,480
Speaker 3: Is that's exactly exactly who he.

488
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:16,040
Speaker 2: Is competitive as, hell, bulldog but just one of the

489
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 2: one of the, kindest caring people you could ever hope to.

490
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,840
Speaker 2: Meet at the same, time that was the perfect balance

491
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:26,639
Speaker 2: that he struck When dale LEFT Dk Pittsburgh sports for

492
00:24:26,720 --> 00:24:28,560
Speaker 2: his kind of full time gig with The steelers a

493
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,080
Speaker 2: few years.

494
00:24:29,119 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 3: Ago here's what he.

495
00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,240
Speaker 2: Posted of, Course dale was a Big George harrison, fan

496
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,080
Speaker 2: one of the members of The. Beatles of, course for

497
00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:40,640
Speaker 2: those of you that know Classic, Rock dale, said it's

498
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,440
Speaker 2: been a great run, here One i'll always recall. Fondly

499
00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:47,840
Speaker 2: all apologies To George. Harrison all things must. Pass none

500
00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,280
Speaker 2: of life strings can, last SO i must be on

501
00:24:50,359 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 2: my way and face another.

502
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:55,159
Speaker 3: Day we love, You.

503
00:24:55,280 --> 00:25:10,080
Speaker 1: Dale your tune's about drive on your twenty four to

504
00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 1: seven home of The black And Goal Steelers Nation.

505
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:30,119
Speaker 2: Radio back on the drive here as we roll along

506
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,080
Speaker 2: on A wednesday, Afternoon, matt around this time every Single,

507
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 2: wednesday we get to our best of The.

508
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,280
Speaker 3: West real simple.

509
00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,760
Speaker 2: CONCEPT i rank the top ten of something in THE,

510
00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 2: nfl and you kind of give your thoughts and. Critique, yes,

511
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:48,040
Speaker 2: no like, this didn't like this for the third.

512
00:25:47,880 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 4: AND i don't see him beforehand or.

513
00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,680
Speaker 2: Cor for the WHAT i think is the, third maybe

514
00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:54,600
Speaker 2: the second for the third straight. Week i'm going to

515
00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,000
Speaker 2: just continue to do best ten teams in THE. Nfl

516
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,800
Speaker 2: but we, will we will kind, of you, know this

517
00:26:00,840 --> 00:26:03,159
Speaker 2: will evolve throughout the. Season sometimes it might be top ten,

518
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:07,040
Speaker 2: quarterbacks sometimes it might be top ten. Defenses and if

519
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,159
Speaker 2: we're in the middle Of march And april and need

520
00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 2: something to talk. About it might be top ten places

521
00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:13,240
Speaker 2: to grab a bike to eat Around.

522
00:26:13,280 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 4: Pittsburgh, yeah, yeah, Yeah i'm cool with.

523
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:17,520
Speaker 2: It but a little best of The west, here and

524
00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 2: we will start towards the back as, Always And, MATT

525
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,199
Speaker 2: i gotta be honest with. You NORMALLY i, have LIKE

526
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,040
Speaker 2: i joked with you last, week like a like a

527
00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,920
Speaker 2: college ap you, know top twenty five pole where you

528
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 2: also see the others receiving. Votes NORMALLY i have a

529
00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:32,560
Speaker 2: couple others receiving. Votes this WEEK i did.

530
00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 4: Not THE nfl is in kind of a weird spot right. Now,

531
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Speaker 4: Yeah LIKE i was did a little bit of previewing

532
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,199
Speaker 4: games on another, podcast and, like The texans really going

533
00:26:41,280 --> 00:26:43,720
Speaker 4: to Be oho and? Three you know it Is arizona

534
00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:45,439
Speaker 4: really going to be three and? Oh you, know like

535
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,240
Speaker 4: there's sometimes after that you get those two games in the,

536
00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:51,879
Speaker 4: Books you're, LIKE i can't imagine some of these teams

537
00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,480
Speaker 4: just keeping it. Up you, know two's. Different three starts

538
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,720
Speaker 4: to be a. Trend, yes you, KNOW i, mean but

539
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:00,240
Speaker 4: we're learning things, quickly AND i think we know who

540
00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:02,760
Speaker 4: the best teams. Are but is there a sleeping. Giant

541
00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:04,399
Speaker 4: we don't, know and there usually.

542
00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 2: Is, yeah, absolutely and we're starting to get that picture

543
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 2: a little, bit you. Know at the same, time, Too,

544
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:11,800
Speaker 2: like are some of the teams that we thought were

545
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 2: really gonna be bad this? Year Indianapolis, colts you know

546
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 2: a great, example might they Be, okay a team that

547
00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,920
Speaker 2: we thought was prime to really be good this? Year

548
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,199
Speaker 2: The Houston texans or The Kansas City chiefs that are

549
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,919
Speaker 2: now at zero and, two how do you evaluate them

550
00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,439
Speaker 2: at this? Point this one was a little tough to,

551
00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,080
Speaker 2: do BUT i think tough in just the sense of

552
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 2: picking the top ten, teams not as much with like

553
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 2: the mushy. Middle, okay so number, TEN i have The.

554
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:35,760
Speaker 2: NINERS i know they're really banged up right. Now, yeah

555
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,280
Speaker 2: but they're two to. Zero they still just they've got

556
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:41,080
Speaker 2: such a way to, play in a way to win

557
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:43,119
Speaker 2: Under Kyle shanahan and what they've built.

558
00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 4: There, yeah and.

559
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,120
Speaker 2: Maybe i'm projecting a little, bit but if they get.

560
00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,240
Speaker 2: Healthier as they get, HEALTHIER i think this is a dangerous.

561
00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 2: Team once, AGAIN i don't think they certainly have the

562
00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 2: ultimate ceiling that they did three, four five years, ago

563
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 2: BUT i still think this is a good and dangerous.

564
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,840
Speaker 4: Team, yeah And Mac jones is a legit, dude you,

565
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:01,840
Speaker 4: know like if you had to Play rudolph for a,

566
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:03,600
Speaker 4: while if you had to Play Mac jones for a. While,

567
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,080
Speaker 4: okay it's not shot total. Disaster the guys have been

568
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 4: around the. Block he fits the system really. Well shanahan

569
00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:13,800
Speaker 4: knows how to win and scheme things. Up i've mentioned

570
00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:17,159
Speaker 4: BEFORE i host A Peak peacock And williamson, podcast and

571
00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 4: he's A niners, guy and he thinks THE mvp of

572
00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,719
Speaker 4: The niners season so far Is Robert, sola who got

573
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 4: fired by The, jets coming back getting the most out

574
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 4: of a very young. Defense you Got, warner you Got,

575
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,280
Speaker 4: bosa but then you got a lot of moving parts,

576
00:28:32,320 --> 00:28:36,800
Speaker 4: there and that's been kind of the the booying, effect you,

577
00:28:36,840 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 4: know for the whole team while the offense is fighting.

578
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 4: Stuff you. Know SO i know that you probably do

579
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,320
Speaker 4: these semi like power, ranks BUT i do think it's,

580
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 4: noteworthy like when when you talk about like sharp strength to,

581
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 4: schedule easiest scheduled league.

582
00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 3: Too so with a two and oh, start that's.

583
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 2: Base.

584
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah maybe it ends up being an eleven win

585
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:56,160
Speaker 4: team or something like.

586
00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:59,280
Speaker 3: That you, KNOW i think there's a real chance they

587
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,000
Speaker 3: could win the. Division.

588
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:02,680
Speaker 2: AGAIN i know that that's far, off but at this,

589
00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:04,560
Speaker 2: point the way they're, playing the way the schedule, looks

590
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:06,720
Speaker 2: if they get some guys back in the health, DEPARTMENT

591
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,120
Speaker 2: i certainly don't think it's. Impossible number, NINE i think

592
00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 2: the hardest team to evaluate to this. Point BUT i

593
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:14,920
Speaker 2: am going to continue to give them a little benefit

594
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 2: of the doubt based on who they are and who they've.

595
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,680
Speaker 2: Played two teams that are in the top ten here

596
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:21,840
Speaker 2: that they lost to by one score.

597
00:29:21,920 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 3: EACH i got The chiefs at number.

598
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 4: Nine they have to be in this somewhere where they

599
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 4: STILL i don't, know BUT i mean they have to

600
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:29,360
Speaker 4: be in the top.

601
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 2: Ten if they would have gotten blown out by The

602
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:32,600
Speaker 2: chargers are blown out by The, EAGLES i think it's

603
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 2: a different.

604
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:33,760
Speaker 4: Conversation it's a different.

605
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 3: Conversation they had won like seventeen straight one score. Games

606
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:37,680
Speaker 3: now they've lost two in a.

607
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 4: Row, okay so, Hypothetical let's say The chiefs are eight

608
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:45,800
Speaker 4: and one and one of those losses happens In week. Ten,

609
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 4: okay so what they're eight and two and you know

610
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,760
Speaker 4: they're back to back tight. Losses you can explain them.

611
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:57,240
Speaker 4: Away but let's not be blind. EITHER i think there's

612
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 4: more cause for concern than. Ever, totally you, know no, doubt.

613
00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 2: Totally they are in a weird, spot they, are but

614
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,720
Speaker 2: Still Hill.

615
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,480
Speaker 4: Chargers have a two game lead on, them you, know

616
00:30:08,520 --> 00:30:09,680
Speaker 4: and have a head head.

617
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 2: Could very easily start three to zero with their with

618
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,080
Speaker 2: their clash with the with The raiders coming up for The.

619
00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:16,560
Speaker 3: Chargers number, Eight i've got The.

620
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 4: Rams i'm very cool with. That stafford's pretty awesome right.

621
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Speaker 2: NOW i think so. Too and like you AND, I

622
00:30:24,080 --> 00:30:25,720
Speaker 2: i think we said this. Yesterday as long as he's,

623
00:30:25,760 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 2: healthy with what they've got at wide, receiver with what

624
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: they got on that defensive, line that's a good.

625
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 4: Team when we were Talking, NINERS i almost SAID i

626
00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:36,160
Speaker 4: would have The rams number one in that. DIVISION i

627
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,520
Speaker 4: didn't want to bring it. UP i want to see

628
00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:40,120
Speaker 4: if you had them, ahead and that's about where i'd

629
00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:41,760
Speaker 4: have them. TOO i would have them slightly ahead The.

630
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 2: Niners these next two were very difficult for. Me feel

631
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 2: great about my top, four, yeah feel feel pretty good about, eight, nine, tens, five, six.

632
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,120
Speaker 2: SEVEN i guess these next three are a little. DIFFICULT

633
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 2: i went bucks at. SEVEN i think that's.

634
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:56,480
Speaker 4: EARNED i.

635
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 3: THINK i know they're a little banged up and Losing

636
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 3: kaladjuk nancy for the whole.

637
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 4: Year sex that's another. One, yeah it's a.

638
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,520
Speaker 2: Big, loss but the way that they're playing right now

639
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: is still still very. Good and it's like this is

640
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 2: also a team that's made the playoffs for five straight

641
00:31:09,760 --> 00:31:11,479
Speaker 2: years and won a lot of division titles.

642
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 3: Recently, YEAH i think The bucks are.

643
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 4: Legit ibuka is a real nice, edition defensive minded head.

644
00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:20,760
Speaker 4: Coach will always have that side of the ball pretty.

645
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 4: Strong the cancy thing, hurts and they might hit as

646
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 4: hard as. ANYONE i, Mean Worfs, godwin they're these. GUYS

647
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 4: i don't know his current, status but the right tackle Geed,

648
00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 4: key who they just gave a nice contract to not you,

649
00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:36,680
Speaker 4: know blow the doors, off but he's a real high

650
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 4: quality right. TACKLE i thought that might be too much

651
00:31:39,320 --> 00:31:42,080
Speaker 4: for them to. Overcome it. Wasn't at the end of

652
00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:44,760
Speaker 4: The houston. Game you, know you can't lose both. Tackles,

653
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 4: YEAH i, mean they don't grow on.

654
00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:50,479
Speaker 2: Trees absolutely, not, Absolutely, okay these next two.

655
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:51,480
Speaker 3: Difficult number.

656
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 2: SIX i got The lions, though back from you, know everyone,

657
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 2: game a statement, game you, know going back home after

658
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,800
Speaker 2: licking their wound from Lambeau. Field they put up fifty

659
00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 2: plus on The. Bears they win by thirty one. Points,

660
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 2: yeah as you AND i have said a few, TIMES

661
00:32:07,080 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 2: i don't know if they're super window or Their Super bowl.

662
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 2: Window part of me is as wide open as it's

663
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 2: been the last couple of. Years but this is still

664
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 2: one of the better teams in the.

665
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:15,680
Speaker 4: Nation it, might.

666
00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 3: But, yeah there's there's still room.

667
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:23,040
Speaker 4: There they got a lot of star power. TOO i

668
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 4: Mean Brian branch And hutchinson And seoul And Saint brown

669
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 4: And gibbs and you, know the guys that are really

670
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 4: good at what they do and. OVERCOME i, mean we

671
00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 4: bring up all the. Time you lose both, coordinators you

672
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 4: lose a starting, center you lose interior. LINEMEN i, mean

673
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 4: they did a lot of things go against them this,

674
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 4: offseason but they still a lot going for.

675
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,120
Speaker 3: Them they absolutely, do absolutely.

676
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 2: Do and, YEAH i think reports of their demise After

677
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 2: week one greatly. Exaggerated number five the, one the one

678
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: team on this LIST i feel the most not confident.

679
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,719
Speaker 3: IN i was trying to think of the word. UNCONFIDENT

680
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 3: i think.

681
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 4: We agree there's four that are a little different than. Five, six,

682
00:33:04,960 --> 00:33:05,520
Speaker 4: Seven you, know.

683
00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 3: CORRECT i got The chargers at number.

684
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:12,600
Speaker 4: Five i've been hesitant to buy, in And i'm buying.

685
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 3: In this might be the HIGHEST i have them all.

686
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 4: Season they kind of lean towards it, is but that's pretty.

687
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:19,400
Speaker 3: High but the resume is pretty impressive right.

688
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 2: Now, yeah AND i think they got the, quarterback AND

689
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:24,479
Speaker 2: i think the other pieces around him are only going

690
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:25,000
Speaker 2: to get better and.

691
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 4: Improve he could WIN. MVP i, mean he's that type of.

692
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,680
Speaker 4: Guy And i've been kind of just, commenting LIKE i

693
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 4: feel like he's leveling. Up you know that Maybe burrows,

694
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 4: injury he has to walk away from the roundtable for

695
00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 4: a little and then Sort lancelot's, Gone i'm just gonna

696
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 4: sit here At, herbert you. KNOW i mean like there

697
00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 4: might be there's a spot at the table and he's

698
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 4: ready to take. It as those top.

699
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,120
Speaker 2: Four, GUYS i am leading in that direction as. WELL

700
00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 2: i did not THINK.

701
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,080
Speaker 4: I would have The. Chargers they are well, coached they

702
00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,360
Speaker 4: are well, Physical.

703
00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:56,520
Speaker 2: They've got an, identity they're, physical they are they are

704
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,520
Speaker 2: completely bought into what they're doing, there and it's so,

705
00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,200
Speaker 2: far so. Good now the top, FOUR i think everybody

706
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 2: probably has the top same top four teams at LEAST

707
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:05,160
Speaker 2: i think you. Should it's just the question of what

708
00:34:05,280 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 2: order do you have them. IN i Go eagles, Four

709
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 2: ravens Three bills To Green Bay packers number.

710
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: ONE i THINK i, Agree AND i know that sounds

711
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 3: crazy to have.

712
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 4: The, EAGLES i, know but somebody has to.

713
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:23,279
Speaker 3: Be somebody has.

714
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,200
Speaker 4: To mean it's easy to say that there's not three

715
00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 4: better teams in the league than The, eagles and you

716
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,319
Speaker 4: might be right if you said, that but somebody has

717
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 4: to be at.

718
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:33,280
Speaker 2: Four i'm very confident in The packers being number, one

719
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 2: then the other three.

720
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,040
Speaker 4: Kind of confident The packers being. One, YEAH i MEAN

721
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 4: i would Say i'm super. Confident but, yeah we talked about.

722
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 4: Yesterday you have to put The bills over.

723
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 3: The ravens at this point, today not in week. Twelve, no, TODAY.

724
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 4: I don't want to hear back in Early september they

725
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 4: won when the snows, Falling, Yeah. Thanksgiving their teams are the.

726
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:54,520
Speaker 4: Same but if we're gonna do it, now you have

727
00:34:54,560 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 4: to put The bills over The. Ravens and that game

728
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:57,719
Speaker 4: could have went either, way you know WHAT i, Mean

729
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,279
Speaker 4: but it went one, way and so you gotta go that.

730
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 4: Way that's a. Tiebreaker, Yep So i'm cool with. That

731
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,920
Speaker 4: there are some concerning eagle things though a. LITTLE i,

732
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 4: mean we're nitpicking on the four best. Teams their second

733
00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:15,880
Speaker 4: corner isn't, great their d line is still really, good

734
00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:17,160
Speaker 4: but they lost more.

735
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:18,880
Speaker 3: Than they Gat ye're, right all?

736
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:20,680
Speaker 4: RIGHT i, mean so some of those younger guys just

737
00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:23,240
Speaker 4: need to prove it that they're, ready and they probably.

738
00:35:23,280 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 2: Are you win The Super bowl and a lot of

739
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,800
Speaker 2: your guys get plucked and, yeah big money and free.

740
00:35:27,640 --> 00:35:31,080
Speaker 4: Agency and they haven't needed. It AND i think some

741
00:35:31,120 --> 00:35:33,760
Speaker 4: people saw this. Blurb you, Know Chris jones is getting

742
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 4: on hurts about you didn't even throw for one hundred

743
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 4: yards and he's, like, yeah but we, won you, know

744
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:39,759
Speaker 4: but they didn't even throw for a hundred, yards you.

745
00:35:39,760 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 4: KNOW i, mean again for. Niitpicking do we know the

746
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:44,520
Speaker 4: passing game is? GOOD i don't know that right.

747
00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 2: Now they were asking the same question this time last

748
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:48,880
Speaker 2: year and they ended up figuring it.

749
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 4: Out but it's good when it needed to.

750
00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 3: Be it's a new year and they got to prove

751
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 3: that they can do it.

752
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 2: Again but, YEAH i think that top four kind of

753
00:35:56,440 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 2: unquestioned top four just what order you have them that's

754
00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 2: my best The west for week.

755
00:36:00,800 --> 00:36:01,000
Speaker 3: Three.

756
00:36:01,040 --> 00:36:02,600
Speaker 4: Matt, YEAH i can't fight you too.

757
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,439
Speaker 3: Much we're gonna take a break.

758
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:06,760
Speaker 2: Here on the other, side some good news From steelers

759
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:09,239
Speaker 2: practice THAT i want to get you to. Close, yes we,

760
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 2: could AND i will try and deliver some for you

761
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:13,399
Speaker 2: when we. Return on the other, side some good news

762
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 2: From steelers practice that we will get into to close

763
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 2: down our number one We. Shouler Matt, Williamson it's The

764
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,239
Speaker 2: drive On Steelers Nation radio on The Steelers Audio.

765
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 3: Network your tunes.

766
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 1: About drive on your twenty four to seven home of

767
00:36:32,080 --> 00:36:33,959
Speaker 1: The black And Goal Steelers Nation.

768
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:54,120
Speaker 2: Radio good news from the South side today At steelers.

769
00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 2: Practice matt as first round Pick Derek harmon return to

770
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,200
Speaker 2: practice for the first, time, wow since he sprained HIS.

771
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:03,440
Speaker 3: Mcl in the.

772
00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 2: Preseason he is wearing a you, know a brace on

773
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,000
Speaker 2: that right now BECAUSE i think everyone would, imagine but

774
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,840
Speaker 2: a lot of speculation when could he?

775
00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,000
Speaker 3: Return when will he?

776
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 2: Return the first part of that is getting his butt

777
00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:17,360
Speaker 2: back on the practice, field and he did that, today

778
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 2: first practice since THAT mcl injury For Derek, harmon that's good.

779
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,440
Speaker 3: News that's a good starting.

780
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 4: Point, yeah on A, Wednesday so maybe he can string

781
00:37:25,239 --> 00:37:27,680
Speaker 4: a lot of these. Times dale was great this kind of.

782
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:29,279
Speaker 4: Stuff for being in practice all the. Time it's, Like,

783
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,120
Speaker 4: okay he goes out and he does. Stuff let's see

784
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 4: how it feels. Tomorrow can you do two practices in

785
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 4: a row.

786
00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 3: And maybe a little bit more tomorrow than you did?

787
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:40,799
Speaker 4: Today, yeah and maybe it's LIKE i BET i better back.

788
00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 4: Off i'll take this week, off or it held up pretty,

789
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:46,640
Speaker 4: Well let's see how we go. Tomorrow. Right, yeah the

790
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,080
Speaker 4: fact that he's out there doing stuff on A wednesday real.

791
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 4: POSITIVE i, MEAN i would think at a, minimum and

792
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 4: we kind of knew this when he was not put ON.

793
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:56,680
Speaker 4: Ir you got to think he's playing In.

794
00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:00,239
Speaker 2: DUBLIN i WOULD i would hope get like worse case,

795
00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 2: scenario case scenario they give, him, like, hey you're our

796
00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 2: first round. Pick we're hoping you're gonna be here for

797
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 2: the next twelve. Years, yeah let's let's give you one

798
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 2: extra week to be. Safe BUT i would think worst case,

799
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 2: scenario he makes his debut In. Dublin BUT i think

800
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,480
Speaker 2: at least the door is who knows how wide that

801
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 2: door is, open but the door is at least open

802
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,880
Speaker 2: for him to play this weekend In New.

803
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 4: England, yeah and maybe That New. England it's, like we

804
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:22,400
Speaker 4: just want to put you out there in third and

805
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,440
Speaker 4: longs or we're gonna give you ten. Snaps and sometimes

806
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:28,799
Speaker 4: people say that and you go into the game and he's, like,

807
00:38:28,960 --> 00:38:30,959
Speaker 4: COACH i can do, more you, know and we'll, see,

808
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 4: YEAH i know you're about to bring it. Up but

809
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 4: Louder milk goes To. Ir so the fact that they

810
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 4: didn't bring another d lineman in the mix pretty, promising you, know,

811
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,279
Speaker 4: right that's a that's a they could sure use.

812
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:44,719
Speaker 2: Them that's a good kind of reading of the tea

813
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 2: leaves by you there as well. Too and that is

814
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 2: the other news of the. Day Isaiah loudermilk has been

815
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,080
Speaker 2: placed ON ir of, course with that high ankle sprain

816
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,080
Speaker 2: that he suffered in the first half Against seattle No.

817
00:38:58,239 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 2: Ir For Alex highsmith, though WHICH i think is a

818
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: good news in the bigger picture for his for his.

819
00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 2: Timeline we had kind of speculated a little bit yesterday

820
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 2: if either of those guys could be headed TO.

821
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 3: Ir Louder milk does head TO.

822
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:12,040
Speaker 4: Ir they've never called his a high ankle. SPRAIN i don't.

823
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,000
Speaker 3: Think, Loudermilk HeiG smith, correct.

824
00:39:15,440 --> 00:39:18,880
Speaker 2: Correct Mike tomlin made sure that to make that distinction

825
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,399
Speaker 2: in his in his press. Conference and, uh for those

826
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 2: who maybe don't you, know FOLLOW nfl injury reports or

827
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:28,520
Speaker 2: speak much, medical high ankle sprain worse than an ankle,

828
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,480
Speaker 2: Sprain so better news for High smith than it was

829
00:39:31,520 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 2: for Louder. Milk and that's reflected in the roster moves

830
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:37,719
Speaker 2: here with Loudermer milk moved TO ir now getting caught

831
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,719
Speaker 2: up to the active roster De Marvin lee out. Right

832
00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 2: and as you, mentioned that's not a square peg for

833
00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,680
Speaker 2: a square, Peg yew has, been an, edge has has.

834
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 2: Been he's a full time outside guy, now which Louder

835
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:54,520
Speaker 2: milk is. Not so while they're, similar that's not a

836
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 2: one for, one one guy, in one guy.

837
00:39:56,680 --> 00:40:00,400
Speaker 4: Out. No so we've talked about this a. Lot in

838
00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,600
Speaker 4: the run, game everyone's running a wa way away From

839
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 4: Tjah SO i think now That herbig's back, good BUT

840
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 4: i don't want him also to be to the offense is.

841
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,400
Speaker 4: Left you hold the point thirty carries right at you

842
00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 4: all day. Long he's just not built to do. That

843
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,040
Speaker 4: that's not who he. Is he's a pass, rusher and

844
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:20,080
Speaker 4: that pass rush is going to be really valuable when

845
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 4: it was last. Week sawyer's a, rookie but he's kind

846
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:25,960
Speaker 4: of was brought in for that duty, Too AND i

847
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:29,600
Speaker 4: think at this stage Of leal he's that guy. Too you,

848
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:33,920
Speaker 4: know he's not super. Twitchy you, know he's not going

849
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,239
Speaker 4: to really bend the. Edge he's not going to give

850
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:38,759
Speaker 4: you much as a pass. Rusher but now you have

851
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:42,839
Speaker 4: two big, bodied run stuffish guys you know in the.

852
00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 4: Mix And harrison did a little of that and he got.

853
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 4: Hurt High smith's pretty good at. It hurt you know.

854
00:40:48,520 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 4: Herbig you don't want to do that and you totally

855
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 4: trust Uh jack Saw sure right?

856
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:58,000
Speaker 2: Right, yeah that, that to me is is hopefully a

857
00:40:58,040 --> 00:41:02,080
Speaker 2: sign That leal is the Highest myth replacement and Hopefully

858
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,719
Speaker 2: Derek harman is the healthy replacement along.

859
00:41:04,480 --> 00:41:07,600
Speaker 3: The defensive line and interior at.

860
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,960
Speaker 4: Least as we see On sunday.

861
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,840
Speaker 2: TOO i WOULD i would absolutely figure that's going to

862
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:16,680
Speaker 2: be the case with that as well. Too some moving

863
00:41:16,719 --> 00:41:18,960
Speaker 2: and shaking to the practice, squad so.

864
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 4: Some brand name guys to throwing the practice squad.

865
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,040
Speaker 2: Absolutely Rakeem, jarrett the wide, receiver was released the third

866
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:27,759
Speaker 2: year guy out Of, MARYLAND Jj, gallbreath the rookie tight

867
00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 2: end out Of South dakota who we spent a lot

868
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:33,120
Speaker 2: of time talking about On latrobe was released from the

869
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:36,640
Speaker 2: practice squad as well. Too with, that three additions to

870
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,840
Speaker 2: the practice squad because the two releases and then To

871
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,319
Speaker 2: Marvin leoal being called, up so.

872
00:41:40,239 --> 00:41:42,240
Speaker 4: That leaves three.

873
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:42,560
Speaker 3: Spots on the practice.

874
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:46,960
Speaker 2: Squad Matt sokele a second year tight end out Of Michigan,

875
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,800
Speaker 2: State Isaiah hodgens wide, receiver fourth year guy out Of Oregon,

876
00:41:50,840 --> 00:41:54,680
Speaker 2: state And Juwan bentley, linebacker eighth year man out Of,

877
00:41:54,719 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 2: purdue most recently with The New England.

878
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 4: Patriots so Circle i've heard, of And i've heard, of

879
00:42:01,040 --> 00:42:04,120
Speaker 4: And hodges has caught some passes for The giants when

880
00:42:04,160 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 4: their receivers were real weak frankly the last couple of.

881
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:09,680
Speaker 4: Years like pre. Neighbors, YEAH i, mean and he's a

882
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 4: big body. Guy he's not super flashy or, dynamic but

883
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 4: he has a tough edge to. Him he's kind of

884
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 4: removed the change dude from WHAT i. Remember nice, story you,

885
00:42:17,880 --> 00:42:21,839
Speaker 4: Know But bentley's. Interesting i'm not saying it's the same

886
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,840
Speaker 4: thing As, pepper's but this guy's been around the. Block

887
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 4: to say the least is a big time downhill thumper

888
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:35,480
Speaker 4: in like The Landon Roberts Malik harrison mold he will

889
00:42:35,520 --> 00:42:38,840
Speaker 4: blow you, up not the swiftest of foot that or

890
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:41,319
Speaker 4: won of them in, coverage flipping his, hips running with

891
00:42:41,520 --> 00:42:44,360
Speaker 4: top tight ends and things like. THAT i think he

892
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:48,280
Speaker 4: had actually has played some fullback just as A belichick type.

893
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 4: Thing AND i guess it's. Relevant you, know we're Talking

894
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 4: patriots this, week and we've talked about him more of

895
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,320
Speaker 4: the next two. Days BUT i think What rabel wants

896
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,239
Speaker 4: and this isn't a knock On. Belichick we played Under.

897
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 4: BELICHICK i think the friends blah blah, blah BUT i

898
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 4: think they Want belichick guys out of the, building you,

899
00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 4: know like it's The Rabel Drake may. TEAM i don't Need,

900
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 4: TOM i don't.

901
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,919
Speaker 3: Need this is How that's How i've always done, it.

902
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 4: RIGHT i, mean it's such an amazing tradition And i'm

903
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,600
Speaker 4: sure you can feel hints of those guys, everywhere but

904
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,160
Speaker 4: that doesn't help you. Win. Now you, know like you

905
00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,239
Speaker 4: gotta put your own stamp on the, team and you

906
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 4: never want to be the guy that follows the. Guy

907
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 4: But rabel. Wasn't there was a dude in between the

908
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 4: Failed NOW i look a lot better BECAUSE i don't

909
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 4: not compared To bill as, much you, know, yeah. Smartly

910
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,319
Speaker 4: that's Why peppers And bentley are out.

911
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 2: There AND i think even when you're coming off of

912
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 2: a successful, era, obviously as The Bill belichick era, was

913
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 2: you gotta do your own. Thing you got to chart

914
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:44,319
Speaker 2: a new. Path you gotta close one chapter and start.

915
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:45,239
Speaker 3: Another, yeah, yeah.

916
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 2: Yeah Bill cower had to do that when he took

917
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:49,440
Speaker 2: over For Chuck. Nole, No tomlin had to do that

918
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,400
Speaker 2: when he took over For Bill. Cower despite the success

919
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:55,439
Speaker 2: that those guys had and what you want to keep

920
00:43:55,480 --> 00:43:58,440
Speaker 2: around in some cultural things, there there just has to

921
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,279
Speaker 2: be a turning of the page in two right at

922
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 2: the same, time right.

923
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:04,040
Speaker 4: THOUGH i, mean this isn't fantasy. Football these are locker room,

924
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:06,279
Speaker 4: guys you, know, man we never did this when we

925
00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 4: were Winning Super. BOWLS i don't need, that you, know

926
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 4: like and be. Different if it Was Richard seymour in his,

927
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:14,960
Speaker 4: prime you don't let him, go you. KNOW i, mean

928
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:17,480
Speaker 4: but The bentleys And peppers of the world might have

929
00:44:17,520 --> 00:44:21,320
Speaker 4: more value to them outside the, building but The steelers

930
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 4: they got a lot of value inside their, building you.

931
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 3: Know perd.

932
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:27,200
Speaker 4: PERCENT i hope we See peppers this. WEEK i got.

933
00:44:27,200 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 4: It i'd be shocked if we.

934
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 3: Don't i'll be shocked if we.

935
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,920
Speaker 2: Don't i'm not saying it's going to be some massive

936
00:44:31,000 --> 00:44:33,240
Speaker 2: role and be double digit, snaps But i'll be shocked

937
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:34,879
Speaker 2: if he doesn't step between the white lines a few.

938
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,839
Speaker 4: Times, yeah we're playing on Having chris hallick. On i'm

939
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:40,120
Speaker 4: going to bring that. Up Could Mike peppers make a?

940
00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 4: Debut those, dudes as we found out over the years

941
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 4: with a man in the empty seat, HERE i, mean

942
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,359
Speaker 4: those dudes did. Practice they know a thing or two

943
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:49,360
Speaker 4: of WHAT i think it might. Go, yeah exactly.

944
00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 2: Right that's the one thing you know you had that

945
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:54,400
Speaker 2: you had that nice benefit With dale of having a

946
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 2: boots on the ground there every day at practice.

947
00:44:56,760 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 4: And even sometimes off the. Area be like they might

948
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:00,200
Speaker 4: run reverse this.

949
00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:05,280
Speaker 2: Week See dale was seeing how the sausage was made.

950
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:08,000
Speaker 4: Right and there are some goofs on the sideline to

951
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,680
Speaker 4: cover the. TEAM i won't call anybody out that are

952
00:45:09,680 --> 00:45:12,760
Speaker 4: just heading the, clouds not getting anything out of, practice

953
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:14,200
Speaker 4: just down there because they have to. Be but then

954
00:45:14,239 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 4: there's the people that know what they're talking about and

955
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,160
Speaker 4: Realize i'm learning a lot from. Practice we pay, Attention.

956
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,759
Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, Absolutely and that that's Something motes used to

957
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: drilling to me all the time, Too like those context

958
00:45:23,960 --> 00:45:25,239
Speaker 2: clues are there as long as you're paying.

959
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:27,040
Speaker 4: Attention it's not always easy to find to.

960
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:28,480
Speaker 2: Watch you gotta know what to look. For you got

961
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,520
Speaker 2: to know where to look for those. Clues but they

962
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:33,120
Speaker 2: are out. There that'll do it for our news of the,

963
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,360
Speaker 2: Day Like matt mentioned our number, two we're going to

964
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:37,560
Speaker 2: talk To Chris. Hallick we're going to do our weekly

965
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:41,719
Speaker 2: college quarterback update here as well, too and a kind

966
00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,080
Speaker 2: of you, know the Hodge podge of randomness a Early,

967
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:45,759
Speaker 2: lord we got.

968
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:47,640
Speaker 4: Some twitter stuff last night And i've been doing some.

969
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,760
Speaker 4: Digging matt stats gets finalized, tonight even despite The dale.

970
00:45:51,760 --> 00:45:54,480
Speaker 4: News poor guy doesn't have to edit that thing. Anymore

971
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 4: that was.

972
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:01,440
Speaker 3: It was not his favorite one time joy about his.

973
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:03,200
Speaker 4: Job he didn't like WHEN i emailed him that.

974
00:46:03,280 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 2: Thing Editing matt's five thousand randomly placed that thing was

975
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 2: Like Charlotte's. Web it goes here and then it starts,

976
00:46:09,120 --> 00:46:10,359
Speaker 2: there and then it comes, here and they're just back

977
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:11,879
Speaker 2: there and it's over, here and it's like a it's

978
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,000
Speaker 2: like a spider spinning a web all over the. Place

979
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 2: we'll get into all of. That an hour number two

980
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 2: and more Was Schueler Matt. Williamson it's The drive On

981
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:22,280
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation radio on The Steelers Audio network