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Speaker 1: Welcome back to our number two of the drive here

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio, and it is time for the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Focus. Matt, do you want to do our

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Speaker 1: DFS lineup for Thursday's game first? Or do you want

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Speaker 1: to go around the league here? Real quick, let's.

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Speaker 2: Get the let's tear the band aid off. Let's build

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Speaker 2: ourselves a powerhouse for Thursday night. Out of these two powerhouse.

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Speaker 1: Here we go on Draft Kings FO on a captain's chair,

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Speaker 1: scho game. Gotta watch it as we'll have something to

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Speaker 1: do to have a Yeah, yeah, all right, So in

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Speaker 1: the captain's chair, George Pickens is fifteen thousand dollars. He's

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Speaker 1: number one, Okay, I thought Wemandre Stevenson was number one.

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Speaker 1: To make sense, Deontay Johnson fourteen to seven, Ezekiel Elliott

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Speaker 1: fourteen to one, Mitch Trubisky thirteen to eight, Bailly Zappy

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Speaker 1: thirteen to five. Then you're looking at Naujie Harris at

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Speaker 1: twelve six, jaylen Moren at twelve thousand, Pat Friarmouth at

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Speaker 1: eleven to one, the Steelers defense at ninety nine hundred. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and you're looking at me Malie Cunningham nine thousand, that

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Speaker 1: would be a dark troll Snegy Devonte Parker eighty four hundred,

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Speaker 1: Chris Boswell eighty one hundred, Hunter Henry seventy eight hundred,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots Defense seventy five hundred, Chad Ryland, who is

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Speaker 1: their kicker at sixty nine hundred, the Mario Douglas is

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Speaker 1: at juju is fifty seven hundred, Taikwon Thornton fifty one hundred,

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Speaker 1: Alan Robinson forty five hundred, Ty Montgomery thirty nine hundred,

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Speaker 1: Calvin Austin thirty six hundred, Jalen Rager twenty four hundred,

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Speaker 1: Mike Kasicki eighteen hundred, Anthony McFarlane six hundred. He hasn't

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Speaker 1: been active, Quadri Olison is three hundred, Miles Boykin three hundred.

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Speaker 1: We're getting into craziness, so it's got to be one

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Speaker 1: of those top guys.

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Speaker 2: Well, here's my initial thoughts, just from a fantasy perspective,

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Speaker 2: of some players. I would like to have pieces of

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Speaker 2: I know we have to build a puzzle. I don't

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Speaker 2: know how to do that necessarily. But Trubisky, you know,

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Speaker 2: we just said he might run. I think he's gonna

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Speaker 2: have to make some throws his receivers are both valuable.

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Speaker 2: That's where the ball's going, Pickins or Johnson. I don't

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Speaker 2: have a strong feeling one way or another with Harris's

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Speaker 2: injury news. I would lean towards Warren over Harris. But

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Speaker 2: just knowing Harris, I bet he's gonna play. Yeah, you

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Speaker 2: know so. I wouldn't count on that as a full

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Speaker 2: time role for Warren, But if you stumbled into that

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Speaker 2: from a fancy perspective, you'd be really really happy.

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Speaker 1: I feel so putting for the Captain's chair, I kind

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Speaker 1: of like putting the Steelers defense in there.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's I wasn't done with my list.

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Speaker 1: I like talking for this part of it. That's fine

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Speaker 1: with me because that allows us and to perhaps get

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Speaker 1: more of those guys. Yes, okay, unless we go even

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Speaker 1: cheaper and go with Boswell at eighty one hundred in

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Speaker 1: the Captain's.

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Speaker 2: Chair, Well, I wanted to make sure we got Boswell

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Speaker 2: and to make sure we the Steelers D in some capacity.

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't hate having the Patriots D. Hunter Henry is sort

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Speaker 2: of appealing to me because he's cheap and those are

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Speaker 2: kind of my names. Let's put cr D.

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Speaker 1: Let's put the Steelers D in there right now, and

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Speaker 1: see what that leaves us with. Then if we start

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Speaker 1: putting some of those other guys in, So do.

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Speaker 2: You want to put like Trubisky in from there?

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Speaker 1: Okay? Trubisky is ninety two hundred. Yeah at that, So

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Speaker 1: now we can average seventy seven hundred the rested away

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Speaker 1: here picking just ten thousand. Johnson is ninety eight hundred.

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Speaker 2: And I said, do you want one of those two?

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Speaker 1: We gotta plug in Jaalam Moore in at eight thousand, right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, I mean he's not gonna hurt you.

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Speaker 2: If Harris plays and plays a lot, now we.

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Speaker 1: Can average seventy six hundred dirested away.

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Speaker 2: Will we want you to find it cheapy like a Henry.

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Speaker 1: So Boswall is fifty four hundred.

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Speaker 2: Boz, I don't want their kicker, No, I'd consider the

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Speaker 2: Patriots d The.

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Speaker 1: Patriots defense is five thousand. Let's see where Hunter Henry

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Speaker 1: is fifty two hundred, so he is cheap. He's two

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Speaker 1: hundred less than Boswell.

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Speaker 2: I mean it's considering the Steeler linebackers. I don't love

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Speaker 2: Hunter Henry, but that's good a chance.

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Speaker 1: That's how if we were putting together a game plan

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Speaker 1: which you would try to do.

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Speaker 2: I mean if they throw a touchdown, I like his

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Speaker 2: chances of catching as much as anyone's.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which is happy. He hasn't done all year now.

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Speaker 1: So if we put Hunter Henry in there with our

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Speaker 1: last two, we have seventeen seven hundred left over here,

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Speaker 1: Let's take.

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Speaker 2: One of the two Steeler receivers.

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Speaker 1: Which one do you feel is better? Johnson is two

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Speaker 1: hundred dollars cheaper. When Trubisky has played, he has featured

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Speaker 1: like thirty percent of his throats go to Johnson.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he has sixty one career targets to

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Speaker 2: Johnson and no one else is close.

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Speaker 1: But that's Pickens. Wasn't Pickens.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he was a second career start, first career start,

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Speaker 2: So who really knows? Pickens got featured pretty nicely last week.

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Speaker 2: I mean clearly they tried to get them the football.

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Speaker 2: I don't have a strong preference. I think they both

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Speaker 2: do well against Man.

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Speaker 1: So if it's if it's Johnson that leaves us with

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Speaker 1: seventy nine hundred to spend the rest of way, that

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Speaker 1: would get us Friar mooth, which I'm bad.

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Speaker 2: I don't love.

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Speaker 1: I don't love.

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Speaker 2: It's not one of my targets. No, if we go

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Speaker 2: Pickens and ste.

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Speaker 1: Either way, we're gonna have this. We're gonna have seventy

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Speaker 1: nine hundred dollars. There's there's a there's a a drop

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Speaker 1: off there from Najie Harris at eighty four hundred to

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Speaker 1: down to Friarmouth to seventy four hundred is a pretty

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Speaker 1: decent drop off there. So it's not going to really

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Speaker 1: matter one way or the other.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I can live with firemoth is. I mean,

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Speaker 2: when you build these off two teams, it's pretty hard

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Speaker 2: to get every piece of the puzzle.

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Speaker 1: You're trying to get the right pieces, yeah puzzle.

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Speaker 2: And then you kind of settle for the last one.

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Speaker 1: So it's it's either that it's either going with Pickens

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Speaker 1: or Johnson. That's the decision, and really and with Friar

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Speaker 2: I don't have a strong feeling. I mean I would

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Speaker 2: always bet Johnson to have more targets. I would probably

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Speaker 2: bet on Pickings. I have a better chance to get

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Speaker 2: in the end zone or create a big play. They're

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Speaker 2: equal to me.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think in terms of straight DFS single game PPR,

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Speaker 1: I think I would lean towards Johnson.

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Speaker 2: I mean the targets.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're you're playing the target game. He is the floor.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, history with him. Yeah, we're just.

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Speaker 1: Trying to get to the top fifty percent. So then

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Speaker 1: we have seventy nine hundred left. Now, I wonder what

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Speaker 1: that would look like if we took the Steeler defense

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Speaker 1: out of there and put Boswell.

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Speaker 2: Okay, and that might buy us a little something. I'd

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Speaker 2: be fine with that. He's I think he's gonna get

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Speaker 2: swing his leg a few times.

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Speaker 1: Boswell at eighty one hundred leaves us with ninety seven hundred.

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Speaker 2: So if we take bos out of the regular spot

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Speaker 2: and put the Steelers D in the regular spot, is

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Speaker 2: that what you did? Well? No?

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Speaker 1: So right now? So what we have here now is Boswal, Trabisky, Warren,

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Speaker 1: Henry Johnson, and one spot left that we have ninety

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Speaker 1: seven hundre undred for. If we go ninety seven, then

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Speaker 1: we could get Ezekiel Elliott into the lineup. We just

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Speaker 1: miss getting Pickens. We need three hundred more dollars to

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Speaker 1: get Pickens as well. Well.

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Speaker 2: What if we put Steeler D in the lineup and

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Speaker 2: look the upgrade somewhere big?

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Speaker 1: Okay? So we if we do that, we get with

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Speaker 1: Boswell as.

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Speaker 2: The out of the cap. Let's just do that right.

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Speaker 1: Well, do we want Hunter Henry in the captain's chair,

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Speaker 1: that's the that's the question, because he's actually cheaper.

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Speaker 2: Mmkay.

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Speaker 1: Our one patriot would be would be at seventy eight hundred.

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Speaker 1: That would give that would leave us an eighty six hundred.

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Speaker 2: Maybe that gets us Johnson and Pickens.

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Speaker 1: No, that would get us Naugy Harris. We'd still just

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Speaker 1: fell short. So so if I've changed it, we put

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Speaker 1: Boswell back in at fifty four hundred, we have ninety

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Speaker 1: eight hundred. We're just they do this on person. Yes,

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Speaker 1: this is torture because now we're we have ninety eight

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Speaker 1: getting Pickings.

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Speaker 2: Hm. But we don't on the Steeler D in the lineup.

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Speaker 1: That's without the Steelers D. That's with Hunter Henry in

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Speaker 1: the in the captain's.

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Speaker 2: Well, let's put the Steeler D in the line up.

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Speaker 1: Where do we want to go?

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Speaker 2: Not in the captains Try try Henry in there, and

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Speaker 2: could one of our cheap guys then turn into Pickens.

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Speaker 1: We don't have any real Boswell is our cheapest guy

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Speaker 1: at fifty four.

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Speaker 2: Hundred, okay, because he would Yeah, we have a ton

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Speaker 2: left over.

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Speaker 1: So if we if we take him out, we put

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Speaker 1: Pickens in, that leaves us with fifty two hundred, and

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Speaker 1: then we can get the Patriots defense.

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Speaker 2: It's not bad. I do love their sack potential. I

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Speaker 2: think they'll keep the points down.

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Speaker 1: We get us their kicker, that would get us Juju

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Speaker 1: Taekwon Thornton, Allen Robinson, Time Montgomery, Calvin Austin, Jalen Rager.

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Speaker 1: I mean we're kind of throwing darts at that point.

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Speaker 2: Patriot d is not bad. I mean, I don't think

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Speaker 2: they're going to hurt us.

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Speaker 1: We're two hundred dollars short of getting Boswell back in

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Speaker 2: That's the idea. That's the They definitely did some purpose

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Speaker 2: because there's some what if we took Warren out.

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Speaker 1: That's without the Steelers defense. So if we go that route,

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Speaker 1: we take that that out, and we don't have the

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Speaker 1: Steelers defense in there. Anywhere, where's the Steelers defense at

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Speaker 1: I'd like it in there. Sixty six hundred.

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Speaker 2: I mean I could live without Warren.

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Speaker 1: That leaves us sixty six hundred. That that's just short

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Speaker 1: of getting that doesn't do us any good, and then

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Speaker 1: we can get the get Devonte Parker instead.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we're boss not I think Porter's gonna

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Speaker 2: fallow Parker.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, shut it down.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a perfect matchup for Porter.

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Speaker 1: Shoot. This is a tough puzzle.

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Speaker 2: It's a real tough puzzle because there's only like five

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Speaker 2: pieces we like and they all got to fit just right.

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Speaker 1: It's all right, let's go back to what we initially

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Speaker 1: had to put Boswell back in the captain's chair. I

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Speaker 1: think it's.

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Speaker 2: More Henry could hurt you get in the captain's chair. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean he could have one catch for six yards.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so Boswell at eighty one hundred, Now we get

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Speaker 1: sixty three hundred left. So right now we get Trubisky,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers Pickens Johnson, and we get sixty three hundred.

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Speaker 1: Here we could also gets just short on pat Frour move.

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Speaker 1: Of course, then I don't mind Hunter Henry.

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Speaker 2: As a No, I don't mind Henry.

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Speaker 1: I mean we got eleven hundred left over.

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Speaker 2: Could we bump up Warren to somebody or I don't

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Speaker 2: know who else to bump?

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Speaker 1: Would you who would you bump.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers?

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Speaker 1: Then we'd be two hundred dollars short.

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Speaker 2: Again instead of eating eleven hundred? Would the Steelers can

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Speaker 1: Fifty nine hundred left over here. That would get us. Now,

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Speaker 2: I'm not touching him. If we got real creat you

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Speaker 1: Get that, we get bass Well there, I'm sorry, Okay.

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Speaker 2: In our nice but still those are the guys we wanted.

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Speaker 2: It's a huge game for them. If he misses two

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Speaker 2: they finished the season pretty easy. I was looking at today. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: When do you start shutting those guys? He's unusual, he's unusual. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Kenneth Walker was able to practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: Would you fire him back up? I guess I suppose so.

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Speaker 1: Sharbon Hey didn't do anything to scare me away from now.

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Speaker 1: Right. Tackle Brayden Smith did not practice Wednesday for the Colts.

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Speaker 2: No, keep an eye on, they're gonna use them.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, hoof mouth and whatever disease. Yeah, Derek Carr still

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Speaker 2: See if that's Winston or not.

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Speaker 2: Probably the plunge guy. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Darren Waller said he expects to return to practice next

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Speaker 1: Trevor Lawrence uh not practicing today, but they're still not

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Speaker 2: It's a high ankle, true high ankle's brain.

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Speaker 1: Denzel war with a shoulder injury, was back at practice

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Speaker 2: All the more reason maybe not to play Ridley.

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Speaker 2: Surprise me. There was even a little bit of doubt.

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Speaker 2: I always think he's on borrowed time. The way he runs,

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Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy is undergoing an appendectomy, but he expects to

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he doesn't have to block anyone to run any patterns.

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Speaker 2: I think people were a lot of fantasy folks are

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Speaker 2: he's been really good, so whatever happens to knock, so

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Speaker 1: Jonathan Taylor when ster Shane Steiken was asked about his

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Speaker 2: See, I've heard like three different reports in the last

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Speaker 1: Three to five, he's not playing next week as Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Either, he's not gonna play the next two weeks.

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Speaker 1: Why would you do that? And then he I assume

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Speaker 1: Like, you're not playing with that.

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Speaker 2: No, he's not playing next two weeks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Uh. Bill's head coach Sean McDermot said von Miller

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Speaker 1: There's a domestic violence situation here. Typically the commissioner will

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Speaker 2: They're not getting much.

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Speaker 1: Out They're not getting much out of them at all.

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Speaker 2: They really would push the chips in and have not

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Speaker 2: might be getting better than stinky.

442
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Speaker 1: Yeah, but Palmer's still the better either. They need they need.

443
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Speaker 2: Something big down. Oh, they could use him bad. I

444
00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:48,440
Speaker 2: think Everet's banged up too.

445
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Speaker 1: The Rams sign Mason Crosby. Did their practice squad know

446
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Speaker 1: they're the kickers dealing with something here or what?

447
00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,280
Speaker 2: But I know he's kind of a no name guy.

448
00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:58,040
Speaker 2: They let Matt Ga go because they make money.

449
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Speaker 1: They're now on the playoff contention here, can use it

450
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Speaker 1: a little more, something, a little more stable.

451
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Ego's offensive coordinator Brian Johnson, who does not sing. Yeah

453
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Speaker 1: it's not the lead singer for uh, said the team

454
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Speaker 1: needs to commit to the run going for with DeAndre Swift.

455
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Speaker 2: I guess I mean they run the ball fair amount.

456
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Speaker 2: Swift is a good player. Hurts gets a lot of carries.

457
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Speaker 2: Hurts is a pastor, is taking a step backwards though,

458
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Speaker 2: it's kind of what I'm reading between the lines on

459
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Speaker 2: that comment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, as we mentioned earlier that the Jaguars have not

461
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Speaker 1: ruled Trevor Lawrence out for this.

462
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Speaker 2: Week and what else you say about it, But he

463
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Speaker 2: won't be the same, But yeah, he might force his

464
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Speaker 2: way on the field.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean if if I think, if Trevor Lawrence

466
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Speaker 1: tells them he's good enough to go.

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Speaker 2: That's how I'm feeling. Yeah, he goes, Yeah, and it

468
00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,399
Speaker 2: will be hobbled and he won't run around much.

469
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Speaker 1: Because the backup is CJ. Bethards banged up. Like how

470
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Speaker 1: they practice today. I'm a quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I don't know who else is on the roster, but

472
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Speaker 2: neither one of them is practicing today.

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Speaker 1: I mean they played Monday night. Maybe today was kind.

474
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Speaker 2: Of a light crashes walk.

475
00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,480
Speaker 1: But somebody saw who's who's standing behind the center.

476
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Speaker 2: But back your Monday night calm, and that is Lawrence.

477
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Speaker 2: One less day to get ready too. Yeah. Right, and

478
00:21:10,960 --> 00:21:14,119
Speaker 2: it's a tough defense, so it wouldn't shock me if

479
00:21:14,160 --> 00:21:14,760
Speaker 2: he guts it out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Uh, that's gonna do it. For the Fantasy Football Focus.

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Speaker 1: love that DFS lineup we put together record yeah, first

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Speaker 1: this week's prize, which they never sent us so We

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Speaker 2: I assume it's something lovely.

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Speaker 1: Something quite good, because they've they've been very great with those.

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504
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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely so, madam looking here at Maurice Jones, Drew

505
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Speaker 1: on NFL dot Com puts together his running back index.

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Speaker 2: Okay, we've gone through this in a while.

507
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Speaker 1: We have not.

508
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it has been a down year for running back,

509
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Speaker 2: it really has.

510
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Speaker 1: Right. So he leads it off this week though, by

511
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Speaker 1: ranking the top three running back duos in the league

512
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Speaker 1: right now.

513
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Speaker 2: Oh okay, I bet the Steelers are on it.

514
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Speaker 1: Number one for him is Raheem Moster and Devin a Chan.

515
00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 2: Yeah that's fine.

516
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:07,399
Speaker 1: I mean a chance played like five games this year.

517
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think they benefit from that system, especially

518
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Speaker 2: most See, this is one.

519
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:14,040
Speaker 1: Of the problems with the people that I have with

520
00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: the people to say, well, you can get a running

521
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:19,840
Speaker 1: back anywhere, Yeah you can, but can you keep them healthy?

522
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,399
Speaker 2: Well that's a problem too. Yeah. And most sure, to me,

523
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Speaker 2: I can't believe still taking this year.

524
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Speaker 1: It's hard to believe he's because he misses games every year.

525
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Speaker 2: I mean in terms of production, that too is great.

526
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,239
Speaker 2: I mean per carry and all that stuff too, But

527
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Speaker 2: I get it.

528
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Speaker 1: Number two David Montgomery and Jamier Gibbs, well they've missed

529
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Speaker 1: timed as well.

530
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Speaker 2: Good one though. That's a dangerous backfield. They're complimenting.

531
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Speaker 1: They compliment each other.

532
00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:46,200
Speaker 2: Well yeah, yeah, that's a good one. Yeah. Number three

533
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,920
Speaker 2: is nausea. Harris and Jylem Warren good good. I'm glad

534
00:23:48,960 --> 00:23:52,280
Speaker 2: he recognizes. Not everyone's still it's grasped that Warren's really good,

535
00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:52,560
Speaker 2: you know.

536
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Speaker 1: And people are like, people are saying that hair, Oh

537
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Speaker 1: he's not having a good year. They're both having good years.

538
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,080
Speaker 2: No, they absolutely are. I think it's not his best year. Maybe.

539
00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,440
Speaker 2: I guess we saw Gibbs do it for a game,

540
00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:07,119
Speaker 2: a chance done it for a game. But if you

541
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Speaker 2: lost your partner, I think the Steelers are fine, and

542
00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 2: you'd prefer to have both. But if you only have

543
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Speaker 2: one for a game or a month or whatever, I

544
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Speaker 2: don't think you suffer a lot.

545
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Speaker 1: Here's what he has to say about Harris and Warren.

546
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Speaker 1: Though this might not be the sexiest pick, the Steelers

547
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Speaker 1: join the Lions as the only teams with two running

548
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Speaker 1: backs ranking in the top twenty five in rushing yards

549
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Speaker 1: through week thirteen. Nijie Harris is a master team leading

550
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Speaker 1: six to sixty one. Jayalaen Warren doesn't sit far behind

551
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 1: with six zho one. Pittsburgh leans on its rushing attack,

552
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Speaker 1: featuring two a true two back system, with Harris and

553
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Speaker 1: Warren often swapped out in the in the same series.

554
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Speaker 1: Harris's numbers aren't spectacular this season, but he's the one

555
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Speaker 1: wearing down the defense for Warren, who's the more explosive

556
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Speaker 1: of the two. Well, you say that right, Harris is

557
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Speaker 1: explosive runs this year or high, like, he's third in

558
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Speaker 1: the league in explosive runs.

559
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you probably notice that the stat pack I

560
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Speaker 2: turned in this week, Warren's yards per rush are really

561
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Speaker 2: high over the last month or whatever. But I compared

562
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Speaker 2: with the Nausey and not to make Naugy look bad,

563
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Speaker 2: because he's at like four or five or four eight

564
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Speaker 2: or something, and it's well over four too. For what

565
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Speaker 2: he's been doing against you know, stack boxes and whatnot.

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Speaker 2: I think he's had his best year the Steelers.

567
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Speaker 1: Steelers still currently hold a wild card spot, but there's

568
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Speaker 1: a little room for error. With mister Bisky replacing an

569
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Speaker 1: injured Kenny Pickett at quarterback, expect Pittsburgh to look to

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Speaker 1: Harris and Warren frequently.

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Speaker 2: I think doesn't matter the quarterback is on to do that.

572
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Speaker 1: No, just what they want to do because those are

573
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Speaker 1: two of their you know, they want to run the.

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Speaker 2: Football, that's their identity. Yeah. Yeah, and your points are

575
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Speaker 2: good about Thursday. It's going to be harder than ever.

576
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Speaker 2: So your quarterback is going to have to make plays.

577
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Speaker 2: But I agree with ninety percent of MJD. You had

578
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Speaker 2: to say there, and I respect him. He was a

579
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Speaker 2: great player. I bet I argue with his running back

580
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Speaker 2: right Yeah, I'm with you on that, and I haven't

581
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Speaker 2: seen him yet.

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Speaker 1: That's what don't often go through them Because now he

583
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Speaker 1: has Christian McCaffrey number one.

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Speaker 2: I think nobody's arguing hard away.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he has most number two.

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Speaker 2: Oh, come on, I mean moster. It's having a tremendous year.

587
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,280
Speaker 2: He'd be third here. I honestly believe that in terms

588
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:18,200
Speaker 2: of if he was thrown on the Steelers right now,

589
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Speaker 2: I think he would get the third amount of carries

590
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Speaker 2: per game.

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Speaker 1: He's not a run between the tackles guy.

592
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Speaker 2: He's not like I mean, he's good, he's fine. I

593
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 2: mean he's he breaks the home runs He's tough, he

594
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:29,800
Speaker 2: runs into things hard, but I just don't think he's

595
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Speaker 2: a plus player.

596
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Speaker 1: Number three up three spots is Derrick Henry.

597
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Speaker 2: Hmm. I respect him to no end. His line's really bad,

598
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,280
Speaker 2: but he doesn't take over games anymore.

599
00:26:43,960 --> 00:26:46,119
Speaker 1: Not like he used to, not even close. He's not

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Speaker 1: that guy anymore.

601
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Speaker 2: I'm just trying to think who should be there though,

602
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Speaker 2: I mean, there's back sort of down right now.

603
00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:55,520
Speaker 1: Number four is Josh Jacobs, quality player. He's three point

604
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Speaker 1: five yards per carry this year.

605
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Speaker 2: He's not having a great year.

606
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Speaker 1: He's tough to put him up that high on this list.

607
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 2: He's really only had one great year. Yeah, but he's

608
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Speaker 2: a quality player.

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Speaker 1: Number five is Travis atn holding steady, but he's going

610
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Speaker 1: the other way. He's only three eight yards of carry

611
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Speaker 1: this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I remember when the Steelers played the the Jackguars. Well

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Speaker 1: that was the big argument. Well, the Steelers took they

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Speaker 1: took it, took nause Hero. They could they could have

616
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Speaker 1: taken Travis Aten and said, look at what a great

617
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Speaker 1: season a ten is having. He was He's got seven

618
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:28,439
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy one rushing yards and Harris Harris is

619
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Speaker 1: one hundred yards behind him with fifty fewer carries.

620
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Speaker 2: I mean atn to me is somebody everybody would love

621
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Speaker 2: to have.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you'd love to have him, but you can't war

623
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Speaker 1: him down.

624
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't ever work him.

625
00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:42,000
Speaker 1: I mean he's even They know that they're starting to

626
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,119
Speaker 1: mix in daranis Johnson.

627
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,200
Speaker 2: Right because big They drafted Bigsby for that reason. He's

628
00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:49,399
Speaker 2: been really bad. They know it, right. Uh.

629
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Speaker 1: At six down three spots is DeAndre Swift.

630
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Speaker 2: What has he done wrong to move down? He's been

631
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 2: really good. He does score touchdowns.

632
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Speaker 1: He's got four rushing touch he's not been actually he's

633
00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,119
Speaker 1: got five overall because he has thirty six catches too.

634
00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:05,320
Speaker 2: I met to take him over most ort.

635
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,560
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, imagine Miami's offensive. They had DeAndre Swift.

636
00:28:09,359 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 2: Exactly right, and he makes people miss. He's a good receiver,

637
00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:15,160
Speaker 2: a little inconsistent over his career, that's why he's on Detroit,

638
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:16,560
Speaker 2: but he's a good player.

639
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Speaker 1: Number seven is David Montgomery.

640
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Speaker 2: Okay, I mean he's not super dynamic. I know he's

641
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 2: a long run or two. Having a really good year

642
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:26,919
Speaker 2: to see him catch the ball more. But yeah, but

643
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:27,840
Speaker 2: Gibbs is gonna hur him.

644
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,800
Speaker 1: He's getting the first and second down one. He's got

645
00:28:29,840 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: ten touchdowns, he's averaging four point seven yards per carry.

646
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Speaker 1: I mean, he's been really good this year.

647
00:28:34,800 --> 00:28:37,600
Speaker 2: What's weird about this conversation, as is with any list,

648
00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 2: is who's having the best year or who's the best player? Right, Frankly,

649
00:28:42,080 --> 00:28:44,560
Speaker 2: I'd put Bejon Robinson over like all these guys, you know,

650
00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:46,160
Speaker 2: but that he's not having as good a year. Or

651
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:48,000
Speaker 2: I'd have Breese Hall over a lot of these guys.

652
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,080
Speaker 1: Next guy in here's number eight is Saquon Barkley. Saquon

653
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:52,640
Speaker 1: Barkley in Miami.

654
00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,120
Speaker 2: He'd be doing pretty well.

655
00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: Yes, it would be having a monster see right. Or

656
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Speaker 1: I mean he's averaging four point two yards per carry

657
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,440
Speaker 1: on that Giants team that basically has you and me

658
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: playing tackle.

659
00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, and quarterbacks were awful and couldn't move the ball

660
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,080
Speaker 2: for much of the year, whole offense. Imagine if he

661
00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:13,920
Speaker 2: was a Lion. Oh you know, exactly right.

662
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: Number nine up two spots is Isaiah Pacheco.

663
00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,480
Speaker 2: He said a really good year, really good year. But

664
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,320
Speaker 2: he's like moster to me. Yeah, I think he's replaceable

665
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:25,760
Speaker 2: and he's good, and I respect his game because he

666
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 2: plays so hard. But he doesn't change the game necessarily.

667
00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: Number ten up two spots. James Cook. He's got one

668
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:35,640
Speaker 1: rushing touchdown this year.

669
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 2: He's not even proven to be a special receiver. Yeah,

670
00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,440
Speaker 2: like very few of these names. Does the defensive coordinator

671
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:44,720
Speaker 2: get off the bus going, oh man, we're gonna play

672
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,520
Speaker 2: this dude, right right? I mean, I guess Henry still qualifies.

673
00:29:47,600 --> 00:29:50,200
Speaker 2: Barkley's one of those dudes, but many of these aren't.

674
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:53,200
Speaker 1: Eleven up two spots is be Jean.

675
00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 2: Robinson Again, I'll take him over all of them except McCaffrey.

676
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,680
Speaker 2: But he's he's not he's proven. He hasn't had as

677
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:03,440
Speaker 2: good a year. I'm sure the numbers aren't as good

678
00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:04,080
Speaker 2: as some of these dudes.

679
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 1: He's got one hundred and fifty nine carries for seven

680
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty six yards, so he's averaging four point

681
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,520
Speaker 1: eight yards per touch. For whatever reason, Arthur Smith just

682
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,280
Speaker 1: refuses to give him the ball more so, he's only

683
00:30:14,280 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 1: got three rushing touchdowns.

684
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, how years been the short hand, He's got.

685
00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: Thirty five catches for two hundred and sixty six yards.

686
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 1: He's got three receiving touchdowns.

687
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:25,520
Speaker 2: So he already has like a thousand all purpose yards

688
00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:27,680
Speaker 2: will probably end up with like fifteen hundred. Yeah. I

689
00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 2: mean he's getting used more now than he was at

690
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 2: the beginning of the year.

691
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Speaker 1: And maybe this was their plan, like we're gonna save

692
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Speaker 1: him for late in the year when we really need him.

693
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 2: But then might payoff the playoffs.

694
00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, twelve up two spots and everybody's complaining about him.

695
00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:45,080
Speaker 2: Two weeks ago, Tony Pollard good player. I mean he

696
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:47,120
Speaker 2: didn't people complained about him.

697
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 1: He drafted them have the same season that he Yeah,

698
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 1: the fantasy stuff comes into play.

699
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Speaker 2: Right, I drafted him into tenth pick overall, and he

700
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 2: hasn't been the tenth best player in the league. So

701
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,400
Speaker 2: he stinks. You know, that's necessarily true. I don't think

702
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,040
Speaker 2: they're unhappy.

703
00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:00,560
Speaker 1: He is only averaging four point one yards per carry though,

704
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 1: I mean it's not been dynamic, and he has forty

705
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 1: two catches but only two hundred and forty eight yards.

706
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 2: Made a lot of big plays, yeah.

707
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:08,719
Speaker 1: I mean, they just haven't been there like they were

708
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,280
Speaker 1: last year when he was more the he was more

709
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Speaker 1: in the Jaleen.

710
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 2: Warren role last year. Again, this is what happens.

711
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 1: When you sometimes you say, well, we can do, we

712
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 1: can do without the banger, and we'll just go with

713
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: the smaller guy and the smaller guys that the littler

714
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,320
Speaker 1: guy is not the.

715
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 2: They could use a Montgomery, Yeah they could.

716
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:28,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, that guy Detroit did that. Well.

717
00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:31,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Jamal Williams. You know, I'm just thinking

718
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 2: those types that aren't real expensive.

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Speaker 1: Thirteen up two spots is Karen Williams. This is another

720
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Speaker 1: like this is easier. He's one of these people. Oh see,

721
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,960
Speaker 1: you can get running backs every anywhere, but they missed time.

722
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 2: He's not that big. He runs hard. I don't know

723
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:46,520
Speaker 2: problem with.

724
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Speaker 1: Him being there though, No, I don't either, but I

725
00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:48,800
Speaker 1: mean he.

726
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:50,600
Speaker 2: Ran like a four to eight at the combat. Yeah,

727
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 2: and he doesn't really run.

728
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:53,959
Speaker 1: It just goes to show you that that speed is

729
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 1: not the you know, straight line speed is not the

730
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Speaker 1: be all end off for running backs.

731
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Speaker 2: I mean he'll protect. He's super high character guy. He's

732
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 2: a success story.

733
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Speaker 1: Yeah, fourteen was not ranked last week. That was Devin a. Chan.

734
00:32:08,440 --> 00:32:11,560
Speaker 1: He's got fifty six carries for five hundred and thirty

735
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: four rushing yards. Yeah, he's after nine point five yards

736
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:17,720
Speaker 1: per carry. He's got thirteen receptions for one hundred and

737
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:18,440
Speaker 1: one yards.

738
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Speaker 2: I might have him higher just because he's so frightening.

739
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 2: But he's there aren't many running backs that you fear.

740
00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:28,200
Speaker 2: I would fear him. But he's played what four games, Yeah,

741
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 2: he's played six games. In the six games, he has

742
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:36,000
Speaker 2: sixty nine touches. Yeah, and even last week, first half,

743
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 2: he barely did anything. They're winning by thirty and he's

744
00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,560
Speaker 2: out there just running all over the Commanders.

745
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, but they could use a pounder. They could use

746
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 1: a guy, yeah, like David Montgomery would have been good

747
00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:46,000
Speaker 1: for them.

748
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:47,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're not that hard to find.

749
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Speaker 1: I can't put this guy at this fifteen down six spots.

750
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards.

751
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:53,920
Speaker 2: He's getting phased out a little bit.

752
00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: Come on, I got s Edwards.

753
00:32:55,560 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I think he's a I was going to

754
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,600
Speaker 2: say a solid number two, and I think that's too kind.

755
00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:05,400
Speaker 2: You know, like if Dobbins was what we hoped he

756
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 2: could be, Evan Edwards' his backup would be Okay, maybe

757
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:10,360
Speaker 2: we could do better.

758
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: He's always your number two guy.

759
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean he doesn't have any dynamic qualities. It's

760
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:20,280
Speaker 2: benefited from Lamar a lot. Yeah, I mean to be

761
00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,320
Speaker 2: very popular if you're a Steeler. I'm not cutting on him, but.

762
00:33:23,360 --> 00:33:25,440
Speaker 1: He's not the fifteenth best running back in the league.

763
00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: I would like to see Nausey in that role in Baltimore.

764
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 2: It'd be better than what he does. Yeah, I mean

765
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 2: it would Jamoth Warren.

766
00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 1: And he's got ten touchdowns that's great. But he's got

767
00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:36,720
Speaker 1: one hundred and forty one carries for five and ninety

768
00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 1: yards and he's got ten catches.

769
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:41,400
Speaker 2: Like he's just like, there's a lot of better backs

770
00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:43,640
Speaker 2: in the league than were on that list. But I

771
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 2: understand whether Vonte Williams over him. Oh yeah, I mean

772
00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,840
Speaker 2: Walker Hall, Yeah, I mean, just they're just better players.

773
00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,760
Speaker 2: I'm just scanning the league in my head. Jonathan Taylor, well,

774
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:57,959
Speaker 2: he dropped off because he and I get that. I mean,

775
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 2: all these guys have issues, but harder to play against

776
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 2: than happen.

777
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,960
Speaker 1: How about White, I was.

778
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:07,240
Speaker 2: Wrong about him. He's better than people think. He catches

779
00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,040
Speaker 2: the ball, well, he's Yeah, he's dangerous as a receiver.

780
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:12,440
Speaker 2: Who are some others?

781
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: Kamar is having a pretty darn good Tom I should

782
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,440
Speaker 1: be on the lists.

783
00:34:17,600 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 2: Edwards, Yeah, that's a good one. Anyone else I'm trying

784
00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 2: to think here, let's go team by team in my cranium.

785
00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,160
Speaker 1: I mean Ramandre Stevenson should have been on here before

786
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:27,479
Speaker 1: he got.

787
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 2: Yea yea hundred, no doubt about it.

788
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,680
Speaker 1: Bryce Hall is not on here.

789
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:36,680
Speaker 2: He should be. What if he were a dolphin? Yeah,

790
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:37,480
Speaker 2: what if he were?

791
00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,720
Speaker 1: What if he were a raven?

792
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 2: Yeah?

793
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,920
Speaker 1: You think they wouldn't be using him more than Gus Edwards.

794
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:44,400
Speaker 2: Echolers should not be on that list.

795
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: No, I think he's pretty much. Yeah, Aaron Jones played enough.

796
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking Aaron Jones played like three games this year.

797
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 1: He just can't stay healthy.

798
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:54,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's older than you think too. I think he's

799
00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:55,440
Speaker 2: twenty eight already.

800
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 1: But we just named like five guys who are playing

801
00:34:57,880 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 1: who were if they were in Gus Edwards's role.

802
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, let alone Mosters? Yeah, I mean rightest, Hall

803
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:09,000
Speaker 2: and Walker? Wow. Yeah, Okay, it's not a terrible list.

804
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:10,240
Speaker 2: The criteria is tough.

805
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know how how much do you.

806
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:14,160
Speaker 2: Have to is? How good a year did you have?

807
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 2: You know, how good a football player are you today?

808
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:18,800
Speaker 2: Those are different questions.

809
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 1: Like Harris and Warren both have more rushing yards than

810
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:23,360
Speaker 1: Gus Edwards.

811
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think they would trade either one. They'd

812
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,880
Speaker 2: give us, they'd give the Steelers Edwards straight up for

813
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:30,839
Speaker 2: either one of them, without a doubt, without a doubt,

814
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,399
Speaker 2: without a doubt, Yeah, without a doubt.

815
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:35,120
Speaker 1: Anyways, not to rip on Gus there, I think.

816
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, he plays hard.

817
00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:39,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt about it. We're gonna get to another break.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lolly. You're listening

819
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 1: to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be

820
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:51,000
Speaker 1: back to finish up the show right after this. Welcome back.

821
00:35:51,040 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 1: I'm Dale LOLLI. He is v Matt Williamson and Matt.

822
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:59,120
Speaker 1: It is that time of oh yes, yes week here

823
00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 1: we have to make our pay for the Steeler game.

824
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,000
Speaker 1: Steelers are last. I saw six point favorites in this game.

825
00:36:06,760 --> 00:36:08,400
Speaker 1: The over under just thirty.

826
00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,000
Speaker 2: I actually twenty nine and a half going down I

827
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,960
Speaker 2: mean somebody told me it was thirty and a half

828
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 2: and went down to twenty nine and a half today.

829
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 2: I mean. So it's not trending the other way either.

830
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 1: Usually when the line moves that far one direction, you

831
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 1: go the other way with it.

832
00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 2: Mm hmm.

833
00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:24,720
Speaker 1: I mean I think they don't get opened at thirty

834
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:25,279
Speaker 1: one and a half.

835
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,560
Speaker 2: Oh really, so it keeps dropping and dropping. Take it away,

836
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,640
Speaker 2: go for it, well, score.

837
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: The Steelers are twenty eight and eight at home in

838
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,960
Speaker 1: primetime games under Mike Tomlin. They're two to zero in

839
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 1: such games in twenty twenty three. That's the second best

840
00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:43,080
Speaker 1: win loss record since two thousand and seven, behind only

841
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,319
Speaker 1: the Ravens, who are twenty and five. They're seven and

842
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: one at home on Thursday Night football under Tomlin, the

843
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,120
Speaker 1: only lost coming in Week four of twenty fifteen against

844
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: said Ravens. This is their second game this season. As

845
00:36:56,040 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 1: I mentioned on Thursday Night, they beat the Titans twenty

846
00:37:00,640 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: to sixteen earlier this season. I don't expect this to

847
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: be quite that high scoring, so, but I do think

848
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:13,480
Speaker 1: that the Steelers get a win in this one. This

849
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: raven or this Patriot seaming at Ravens on the mind. Now,

850
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 1: this Patriots team very offensively challenged, I think they'll get

851
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,120
Speaker 1: after Bailey Zappy. I think TJ. Watt enters this game

852
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 1: with fourteen sacks this season. I think he goes over

853
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:30,640
Speaker 1: the fifteen sack mark. Yeah, and maybe this could be

854
00:37:30,640 --> 00:37:32,560
Speaker 1: a game where he kind of wraps up or at

855
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:36,479
Speaker 1: least puts himself, puts his foot forward for defensive Player

856
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:36,680
Speaker 1: of the.

857
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 2: Year primetime games. Helpless sort of things too. I mean,

858
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,839
Speaker 2: if he's shining and that's all people are talking, all

859
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 2: the announcers are talking about. I mean, that could certainly happen.

860
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 2: Didn't get a score out of you, though.

861
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,799
Speaker 1: I'm still formulating, Okay, I'm gonna go Steelers win this one,

862
00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 1: sixteen to seven. How about that.

863
00:37:54,080 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 2: I'm similar. I have thirteen to six Steeler victory, a

864
00:37:57,800 --> 00:37:59,920
Speaker 2: lot of field goals, but Steelers get a touchdown in it.

865
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 2: I have great respect for Belichick as a defensive mind,

866
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 2: his defense as a whole. But the more we talk

867
00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: through it today, I do think the Steelers will throw

868
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:12,560
Speaker 2: the ball better than I thought earlier in the week,

869
00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 2: you know, and not that anyone cares about my process,

870
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:18,440
Speaker 2: but usually by the middle of Wednesday, I don't have

871
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,720
Speaker 2: as good a feel as I do by Thursday Friday,

872
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 2: and I'm thinking that there were more success passing than

873
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 2: originally thought, so maybe even more points than I guess,

874
00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 2: but I'll stick with what I had. I think they're

875
00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,719
Speaker 2: a vastly more talented team, really on both sides of

876
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 2: the ball, but especially on offense. They actually have playmakers,

877
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:38,080
Speaker 2: and frankly, it comes down to not losing it, and

878
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:41,160
Speaker 2: they lost it against last week. Yeah, I think it's

879
00:38:41,200 --> 00:38:43,440
Speaker 2: going to be a cleaner game. I mean, I know

880
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 2: it's going to be a cleaner game than the one

881
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,600
Speaker 2: we saw. And maybe Mitch does throw a pick or

882
00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,480
Speaker 2: two that Kenny wouldn't and a touchdown, but he might

883
00:38:52,480 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 2: also get you over the top too, So I think

884
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,600
Speaker 2: he'll be aggressive. He'll be aggressive. I like where they're

885
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,080
Speaker 2: at in this game. Low score always scares. You get

886
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,480
Speaker 2: a goofy bounce or a block kick or something. All

887
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,319
Speaker 2: of a sudden, you're dominating the game and they're only

888
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:08,439
Speaker 2: down to score with the last drive, and you hate

889
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 2: that kind of feeling. But I don't. I think the

890
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:13,680
Speaker 2: Patriots are just really in trouble right now.

891
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:15,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't think. I mean, when you talk

892
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 1: about not being in a good place, when when every

893
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:23,280
Speaker 1: press conference is led off with Billy you're coming back next.

894
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: Year, a lot of that kind of stuff.

895
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:27,040
Speaker 1: You're you know, we still got games left this year

896
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: and that's.

897
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 2: Quarterback second overall, and things like that. Are you the

898
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 2: man for the rebuild? And mister Kraft, what do you

899
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 2: think are you gonna trade Belichick?

900
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:36,840
Speaker 1: You know, Like, I mean, I don't know if you

901
00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:40,759
Speaker 1: heard the so they caught uh. Last two weeks ago

902
00:39:40,800 --> 00:39:44,440
Speaker 1: when the the Patriots played the Giants, they caught on

903
00:39:44,520 --> 00:39:47,040
Speaker 1: a hot mic. Saquon Barkley was miked up for that one,

904
00:39:47,680 --> 00:39:49,879
Speaker 1: and I believe it is Jabil. Peppers came over after

905
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:50,960
Speaker 1: the game, was talking.

906
00:39:50,760 --> 00:39:52,840
Speaker 2: To him teammates at one point and he said.

907
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 1: You were lucky. We are He's basically said bad, but

908
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,879
Speaker 1: he didn't say bad. Okay, and not nice man, such

909
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:02,280
Speaker 1: not such a nice fashion.

910
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 2: Pepper said that the bar.

911
00:40:04,160 --> 00:40:06,560
Speaker 1: Pepper said that the Barkley because they won that game

912
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 1: ten to seven. They just don't They have no faith

913
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:11,879
Speaker 1: in what's going on up there right now.

914
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 2: No, I know they've bad juju around Mac Jones, but

915
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 2: I know I think they have bad juju around the

916
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:21,600
Speaker 2: whole process right now, the whole passing game. How can

917
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:24,000
Speaker 2: you not. Yeah, I mean it's pretty rough. I mean,

918
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:26,399
Speaker 2: it's a really tough watch right now. It is.

919
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,279
Speaker 1: And you know, I just I look at this game

920
00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:32,759
Speaker 1: and this is this is one the Steelers should win.

921
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: Especially you're not going to lose the back to back

922
00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,520
Speaker 1: game to win. It's just not going to happen.

923
00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 2: I tend to think so too.

924
00:40:38,800 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 1: I Mean, I've done this a long when people, when folks,

925
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: when I say something like that, I've done this for

926
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,520
Speaker 1: a long long time. This is my thirty second year

927
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:52,320
Speaker 1: covering the Steelers. This organization. They've had three losing seasons

928
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 1: in thirty two. Out of thirty two, they've had more.

929
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: They've gone to more Super Bowls then they've had losing seasons.

930
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 2: And big reason is you don't lose back to back

931
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 2: games to bad teams. You know, they haven't lost back

932
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:08,440
Speaker 2: to back all year. Bad teams like the Patriots lose

933
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:10,200
Speaker 2: three in a row. When you don't give up ten

934
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 2: points or more, you find.

935
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,760
Speaker 1: Ways to lose, and now you know again. I think

936
00:41:16,160 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 1: some of what I think may have happened last week

937
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:21,399
Speaker 1: was there was such a I think maybe a sense

938
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 1: of relief, Well, we finally got four hundred yards here,

939
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 1: the offense is moving the ball effectively. Oh, okay, we

940
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 1: can just go out.

941
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,960
Speaker 2: There and we'll be fine. We'll figure it out. Yeah,

942
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:30,520
Speaker 2: And so you.

943
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 1: Don't pay as much attention to the details. I think

944
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 1: that brings you back into this. Losing that game last

945
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,399
Speaker 1: week snaps your attention back. Okay, we can lose these

946
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 1: kind of games. Oh we're not fixed. It's a stark

947
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: slap in the face. Ye, we are not fixed. We

948
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,120
Speaker 1: still have to pay attention to the details and take

949
00:41:46,160 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 1: care of the little things. We're not going to win.

950
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 2: So that's why I think this game be vastly cleaner.

951
00:41:51,040 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 2: I mean, don't think they'll be pre snap penalties or

952
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:58,239
Speaker 2: substitution issues, things like that. Special teams penalties as strong

953
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 2: as they were. Killer Brew is not going to blow.

954
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:02,120
Speaker 2: That's the pump returner, you know, things like that. I

955
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 2: bet Boz kicks it between the uprights, you know, so

956
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 2: things you can count on. I think should go back

957
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 2: to reality. No, I don't think they're gonna put thirty

958
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:09,640
Speaker 2: on the Patriot. No, I don't.

959
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:11,799
Speaker 1: I don't neither one of us expect that kind of game.

960
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,839
Speaker 1: I mean, if they can get into the teens, they

961
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:14,600
Speaker 1: should be okay.

962
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, if I told you today they got to fourteen,

963
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,880
Speaker 2: would you go fish or would you take it? Low number?

964
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:24,160
Speaker 1: It's a low number. I mean I might go I

965
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:28,120
Speaker 1: said sixteen, Yeah, so you didn't. No, thirteen, No, I

966
00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 1: mean I think take it today. I think Trubisky will

967
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:33,200
Speaker 1: take some shots down the field in one on one situations.

968
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,000
Speaker 1: I trust Johnson and Pickens to make a play.

969
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:38,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's more of an advantage than I

970
00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 2: originally gave it credit.

971
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,960
Speaker 1: For, especially outside the numbers. Away from those safeties, the

972
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 1: safeties are the strength of the.

973
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,640
Speaker 2: Yah single high versus man coverage. Yeah, you know, blitzes

974
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 2: and stuff like that. Because they don't have a great

975
00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,480
Speaker 2: pass rush. I think those guys will be open affair.

976
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 1: And I think Trubisky's running will be a little.

977
00:42:52,200 --> 00:42:54,040
Speaker 2: Bit of a or something like that.

978
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,919
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, we've been screaming all year long for pickt

979
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: to run more. For whatever reason he had. Maybe it's

980
00:42:59,680 --> 00:43:01,919
Speaker 1: the stuff some of that. You know, there's a knee

981
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 1: issue earlier in the area at the ankle, you know,

982
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: so maybe that's kind of kept him from running little bit,

983
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 1: which Bisky's got fresh legs.

984
00:43:08,320 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 2: What would you set Trubisky rushing yards over under at

985
00:43:11,239 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 2: if you were Vegas nineteen and a half, I was

986
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:16,320
Speaker 2: say twenty Yeah, yeah, okay, so yeah.

987
00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:17,759
Speaker 1: We're in the same I think he should be right

988
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:18,879
Speaker 1: around there, if not over that.

989
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 2: I would think three or four carries. Yeah, one of

990
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,840
Speaker 2: them's versus man coverage where it's twelve yards slide.

991
00:43:23,680 --> 00:43:26,279
Speaker 1: Run out of Yeah, when he rolls out, there's that that,

992
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:28,560
Speaker 1: you know, potential there for him to take off and run,

993
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:29,840
Speaker 1: especially against man coverage.

994
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:31,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe a sneak here and there on fourth and

995
00:43:31,920 --> 00:43:33,680
Speaker 2: one h third and one two. You know, Yeah, I

996
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:34,600
Speaker 2: don't think that's crazy.

997
00:43:34,719 --> 00:43:37,239
Speaker 1: So we'll see if we're right. Uh again, we're not

998
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:37,919
Speaker 1: right all the time.

999
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:40,240
Speaker 2: Nobody will. We'll be back on Friday.

1000
00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll trust our assessments of these things. But yeah,

1001
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,600
Speaker 1: we're back. No, no, no Drive tomorrow. We'll be back

1002
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: on Friday to talk about this game. And then next

1003
00:43:48,560 --> 00:43:50,919
Speaker 1: week is more of a normal week with the game

1004
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: on Saturday at Indianapolis. H. That's going to do it

1005
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,600
Speaker 1: for our show today. So for my partner Matt Williamson,

1006
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:00,640
Speaker 1: for Justin Miller here on site keeping us on the air,

1007
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,239
Speaker 1: I am Dale Lalli. We thank you for listening to

1008
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,080
Speaker 1: this edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.