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

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

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Speaker 1: to the Drive. I'm Dale Lolly here with Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: and it's a it's been a while, Matt, it's been

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Speaker 1: a long time. Yeah, the last show A long time

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Speaker 1: to roll right crazy game over the weekend. I was

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Speaker 1: listening on, Um, have you heard the new Rubbert Plants stuff? Yeah? Um,

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Speaker 1: it's actually pretty. It's kind of blue grassy type stuff,

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Speaker 1: a couple of a couple of rong I'll definitely look

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Speaker 1: into that. Yeah, check that out, no doubt about it. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think it came out in November. I just heard

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Speaker 1: a couple of songs of a weekend like classic Robert Plant.

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Speaker 1: There any any exemplines by me anyways? Uh, so interesting

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Speaker 1: weekend in the NFL courses stores. Losing last week in

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Speaker 1: Minneapolis six crazy that within a score in the game,

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Speaker 1: but they were down twenty nine nothing. I mean, we

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Speaker 1: could spend the whole hour and a half talking about

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Speaker 1: that game. Were Frankly, it's been so long, I don't

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Speaker 1: know that we need to spend a ton of time

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Speaker 1: on it. I will say, you know, the five minutes.

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Speaker 1: Synopsis for me is, I don't know that I've seen

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Speaker 1: the first half worse. I mean, especially defensively, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the gaping holes. It wasn't great either in the offense

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Speaker 1: did nothing to help the cause. I mean, and that

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Speaker 1: was it was just as bad almost. But I give

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Speaker 1: the team credit to you know what, I mean, they

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Speaker 1: roared back and the quarterback is playing better than he

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Speaker 1: has all year, in my opinion, and that's sort of promising.

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Speaker 1: Gives you give you a glimmer, glimmer of hope. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: absolutely so if you could fix the issues. Are their

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Speaker 1: issues stopping the run over the last six weeks, it's

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Speaker 1: like a d seventy eight yards an almost, It's ridiculous.

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Speaker 1: They're they're on pace too, to shatter. They'll probably break

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Speaker 1: the team record for rushing yards allowed this weekend. Everybody said, oh,

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Speaker 1: a seventeen games schedule, all these records are gonna fall.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, let's just just look at a per game.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's the highest ever. I assume that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's been bad. And I think that,

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Speaker 1: you know, I was that I did the final word

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Speaker 1: on Sunday night, and and the question was, you know,

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Speaker 1: And I said, well, that might be my vote. That

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Speaker 1: would definitely be my vote, because you know, you see

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Speaker 1: games if you over the years, I mean, this is

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Speaker 1: you're covering the team, so you see games here. And

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Speaker 1: there were a short stretch a couple two or three

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Speaker 1: games where they have trouble stopping the run, of course,

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Speaker 1: and they talked about, guys, we need to stay in

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Speaker 1: our gaps, we need to get off blocks, the same

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Speaker 1: things that they're saying now. They fixed them in those situations,

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Speaker 1: right with. It just tells me that they're not capable

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Speaker 1: of fixing this because of the talent level. I think

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Speaker 1: that's a lot of it. You know, like you could say, well,

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Speaker 1: my most disappointing thing is their record or there tied

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Speaker 1: to the Lions or the old lines not great, but

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Speaker 1: we knew the old line wasn't gonna be great to

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Speaker 1: begin with, right or Ben looks old like they knew

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Speaker 1: these things, you know, like what are surprising? What let's

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Speaker 1: let you down? I mean maybe the play at Devin Bush,

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Speaker 1: you know, if you want to like just nail one guy, okay,

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Speaker 1: because high hopes were there and he was needed to

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Speaker 1: be a real step up type. Dude. That's not sure

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Speaker 1: he has a chance though. Yeah, and I say that

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Speaker 1: the surroundings hasn't helped when the defensive line can't, you know,

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Speaker 1: you talk about and one of the things that they've

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Speaker 1: I mean, now it's a trend. Now it's a trend.

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Speaker 1: The only team is like sixteen eighteen snaps something like that.

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Speaker 1: The only teams that haven't done it have been the

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Speaker 1: Ravens and Bengals, which is crazy. They just, well, Ravens

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Speaker 1: do their own thing, you know. I mean, the Ravens

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Speaker 1: just such a different team. And okay, so the Steelers

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Speaker 1: you know, they sold out. The Bengals are the Ravens

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Speaker 1: the case of what Dalvin Cook was doing a lot

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Speaker 1: he's not getting touched. I mean, that's the thing about

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Speaker 1: this Vikings game though, is like it's tenure down field before.

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Speaker 1: Dalvin's a great player. You know, obviously his feet were

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Speaker 1: that in that scheme, you know, the way that that

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Speaker 1: many cases when that happens, like I know, people talked

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Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook coming at you one on one right with

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Speaker 1: a Fitzpatrick had a game more than people. I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's a lot harder than you think. That's different than

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Speaker 1: he's a lot more physical. I mean, if it's Mixing

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Speaker 1: I don't know if the Titans can exploit that to

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Speaker 1: what they don't have those at Dalvin Cooker Joe Mixing,

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Speaker 1: And they still may win. But but still, you're right,

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Speaker 1: And the Ravens are a disaster right now, and they

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Speaker 1: might not. I mean, if Lamar doesn't play again, I

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Speaker 1: this interception. Yeah, and then he tried to throw a

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Speaker 1: I mean, going to Kansas City is daunting test. And

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Speaker 1: they're a lot better. Yeah, but their offenses only looked

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Speaker 1: I mean, there's probably another instance in you. And I'm

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Speaker 1: always impressed with tim Ben's with this because he'll be like,

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Speaker 1: but my god, they couldn't do anything good block right right,

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Speaker 1: I mean, just a lot of bad things happen. So

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Speaker 1: night game where he went over to be a loser,

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Speaker 1: leaves Hound mat and then they have the Bengals at home. Okay,

424
00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:28,520
Speaker 1: two and to the best two and to a best

425
00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,760
Speaker 1: I mean, I bet the line in all those games

426
00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:34,400
Speaker 1: are all three or under. Well, no, green Bay they're

427
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:37,160
Speaker 1: a big dog. Yeah, I kind of wrote the pack

428
00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:39,680
Speaker 1: of game off right. The other ones are all you know,

429
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,159
Speaker 1: field goal spread and they might be favorite there at

430
00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 1: home against the Raiders. So maybe they're four and a

431
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:48,359
Speaker 1: half something like that. Um, but they're at seven right now.

432
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 1: That can they get to ten? No, No, they're not.

433
00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:54,520
Speaker 1: They're not getting to ten. No, you get the Bengals.

434
00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,080
Speaker 1: I think the Bengals still, I would I like how

435
00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,040
Speaker 1: they're playing. I would say they're the favorite to win

436
00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,520
Speaker 1: a division, but have been the theme of the division,

437
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 1: hit the least by injuries. Yea, at the Broncos, that's

438
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,640
Speaker 1: a coin. That's a tricky little game. If the Broncos

439
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:11,639
Speaker 1: lose that one, do you think they're out of it?

440
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:13,960
Speaker 1: That would make me seven and seven. We'll get to

441
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 1: them here. But they got at Bronchos, Ravens at home.

442
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:20,960
Speaker 1: Remember they spent they're gonna they're gonna win that one.

443
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 1: Chiefs at home, probably a loss, but the Chiefs are

444
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,840
Speaker 1: gonna sweep everybody. I mean, they're gonna lose somewhere along

445
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,119
Speaker 1: the one. And then at the Browns. So they probably

446
00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,080
Speaker 1: went at least two, yeah, maybe three. Yeah, that's what

447
00:22:36,160 --> 00:22:38,960
Speaker 1: they could go. Right. They're still a young football they've

448
00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,640
Speaker 1: shown they've shown a little bit of that young football

449
00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:44,560
Speaker 1: team ish they do. Yeah, I trust them the most

450
00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:47,280
Speaker 1: in the division right now. But but they've got they've

451
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:51,040
Speaker 1: got seven right now. Then you've got Denver. It's seven

452
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:56,439
Speaker 1: and six. Denver has since the Bengals at the Raiders

453
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:01,840
Speaker 1: day after Christmas. They're traveling on Christmas Day at Chargers. Yeah,

454
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:06,120
Speaker 1: and then Chiefs at home. They're they're not getting to nine,

455
00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,919
Speaker 1: they're not getting to nine. They need three to get

456
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:12,360
Speaker 1: to nine, right, No, they need to to get to night. Yeah.

457
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:15,200
Speaker 1: I don't think. I think the one. Yeah, because there's

458
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,640
Speaker 1: seven and six right now. You got the Steelers at six,

459
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,600
Speaker 1: six and one, and we know that schedules Titans this

460
00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:25,840
Speaker 1: week at Chiefs, Browns at Ravens. Gotta win three, gotta

461
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,800
Speaker 1: win three. That's why this one this weekend is so critical.

462
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:32,400
Speaker 1: You get that one, then you go to the Kansas City,

463
00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:34,639
Speaker 1: but then you play the Browns on a Monday night

464
00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,880
Speaker 1: at your place, and then you go to Baltimore, who

465
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 1: already you just beat, you've won three in a row against,

466
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,920
Speaker 1: and they're they're in a bad spot. No, it's they're

467
00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:47,199
Speaker 1: not dead. It's it's certainly possible to get to night.

468
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:48,639
Speaker 1: I mean, you have to play better than what you

469
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:51,800
Speaker 1: did in the first half, you know. But there was

470
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: some good from that game too. There was a lot

471
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:55,840
Speaker 1: of bad, but there was some good. Those are the

472
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:58,880
Speaker 1: Those are the teams was six and a half wins

473
00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:03,200
Speaker 1: or more, The Raiders, the Dolphins. The Raiders can't get in.

474
00:24:04,160 --> 00:24:05,800
Speaker 1: I don't think they can. But the Dolphins are six

475
00:24:05,840 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 1: and seven. They've they've won however many games, five beating

476
00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: the Texans, the Ravens, the Jets, the Panthers, Giants. But

477
00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,160
Speaker 1: they need to win out they get the Jets don't win. Yeah,

478
00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:20,000
Speaker 1: at the Saints, I will pick them today, but it's

479
00:24:20,040 --> 00:24:23,960
Speaker 1: a losable. It's a night game too in New Orleans.

480
00:24:24,200 --> 00:24:28,679
Speaker 1: That at the Titans. I think they're better than all

481
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:30,960
Speaker 1: three of those teams. Yeah, and then the Patriots to

482
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:34,520
Speaker 1: finish off the season, you assume, I mean they can't win,

483
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,840
Speaker 1: they can't win all four. I don't think. I don't

484
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 1: think they I don't think they run it. I don't

485
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,600
Speaker 1: think they finished the season on a nine game winning streaking.

486
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: That's kind of like, I don't know. The Chiefs are

487
00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:43,840
Speaker 1: a different animal, but I don't know the Chiefs finished

488
00:24:43,840 --> 00:24:45,480
Speaker 1: the game on a ten game winning right either, you know,

489
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:48,560
Speaker 1: So get to nine, get to your nine wins, and

490
00:24:48,640 --> 00:24:51,919
Speaker 1: you're probably in the playoffs. For the Steelers, they might

491
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:54,240
Speaker 1: win the damn division if they get the nine wins

492
00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 1: because they beat the right teams in the right you know,

493
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 1: the right dominoes fall as they can because they're not

494
00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,800
Speaker 1: gonna have a tiebreaker. No, it's not all. Hope is

495
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,120
Speaker 1: not lost, is the bottom line. That's the bottom line.

496
00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,760
Speaker 1: You know. I keep again after that game, after every loss, Oh,

497
00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:10,920
Speaker 1: that's it. This one's yet, this is the one. They're done.

498
00:25:10,960 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 1: They're finished, not how math works. And I get, I

499
00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,920
Speaker 1: get if I get, Well, you're looking You're you're just

500
00:25:17,040 --> 00:25:19,560
Speaker 1: being an eternal optimist here. I'm like, no, I'm being

501
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 1: a realist here. I'm looking at the numbers and saying, no,

502
00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:24,760
Speaker 1: they're not done. There's some things working in their favor

503
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:27,440
Speaker 1: because a few teams that are playing better than them.

504
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 1: In my opinion, they don't play The Colts Dolphins have

505
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 1: too big a hold of climb out of right, you

506
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:35,159
Speaker 1: know what I mean, Like they hurt themselves earlier in

507
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: the season that it would be be more frustrating to

508
00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,440
Speaker 1: be a Colts or Dolphins fans saying we're playing play

509
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,239
Speaker 1: a football right now, but we can't really get there,

510
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,240
Speaker 1: you know. The crazy thing. So right now, as we

511
00:25:45,359 --> 00:25:49,159
Speaker 1: sit here the two seed in the a f C

512
00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:53,719
Speaker 1: is the Colts are the Titans. Titans makes sense. They

513
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:55,639
Speaker 1: may keep it too, They may keep it like they

514
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,959
Speaker 1: win to again, they win two games here at eleven

515
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:04,040
Speaker 1: and my hunches, they gotta they gotta head to head

516
00:26:04,040 --> 00:26:08,280
Speaker 1: win over the Chiefs, right, Okay, my hunches. None of

517
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:10,639
Speaker 1: these teams will be resting anyone in week eighteen, No

518
00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:13,280
Speaker 1: they can't. I mean, assuming you want the ones you

519
00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:15,200
Speaker 1: want to buy that maybe the one team that could

520
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,240
Speaker 1: be the Titans, Like we can't get to buy and

521
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,520
Speaker 1: we have a division now they there's a possibility that

522
00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:24,399
Speaker 1: there's a possibility they get Derrick Henry back. Yeah, week A. J.

523
00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:28,359
Speaker 1: Brown's coming, and yeah, maybe you don't even play him though, right,

524
00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,200
Speaker 1: you know why bother? But yeah, I mean, I'm just

525
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: looking at how this shakes down. So if you if

526
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:38,520
Speaker 1: you make, if you get in, it's not just you

527
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,080
Speaker 1: just have to get in. I hate this argument too,

528
00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: Like why do you guys care so much? They can't

529
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl? This team is not good enough

530
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,440
Speaker 1: to compete about like the Cardinals. That's what they said

531
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:51,360
Speaker 1: about the Steelers, and five, why even play the game?

532
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 1: You know what I mean? Like that's not how teams

533
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,360
Speaker 1: look at things, nor how anyone should look at things.

534
00:26:56,440 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 1: Like the whole goal is getting the postseason and figure

535
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 1: it out from there. And I'm not saying they're gonna

536
00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:03,280
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl, but three sixty five days ago,

537
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,960
Speaker 1: I know one thing that you have to do to

538
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:11,840
Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl. No Step one and three sixty

539
00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 1: five days ago. I'm not suggesting that they're the Gronk

540
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:17,840
Speaker 1: and Brady Bucks, but the Bucks that were not in

541
00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,680
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl conversation. We're coming off of bye and

542
00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,399
Speaker 1: didn't lose again. You know, like the league operates in

543
00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 1: weird ways. I'm not suggesting the Steelers are going to

544
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,080
Speaker 1: be that team, but somebody's going to be somebody. Somebody's

545
00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,399
Speaker 1: going to win the Super Bowl. One of these a

546
00:27:31,560 --> 00:27:34,560
Speaker 1: F teams will actually go to the Super Bowl, right.

547
00:27:34,960 --> 00:27:37,720
Speaker 1: I would be a hard time being convinced it's better

548
00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:40,160
Speaker 1: for the organization not to go either. I mean, even

549
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,160
Speaker 1: if you lose out, Okay, you pick twelve or thirteen,

550
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,280
Speaker 1: you don't pick the top five, you're not getting you're

551
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:48,240
Speaker 1: not getting the top ten pick right, and there's not

552
00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:51,159
Speaker 1: the quarterback in the world everyone wants anyway going to

553
00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,000
Speaker 1: the Super Bowl or going to the playoffs is better

554
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: for this team than not because especially with a young team, Yeah,

555
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 1: they have you realize that you need to get to

556
00:27:59,720 --> 00:28:02,359
Speaker 1: play off seasoning well and also you you learn how

557
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: to overcome adversity in like, boy, remember how bad you

558
00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 1: played in Minnesota and Cincinnati and you still found the

559
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:09,040
Speaker 1: way to get in and you still found a way

560
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:11,560
Speaker 1: to in the playoffs. Every game character building, yeah, you know,

561
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 1: like every game is a new day and the create

562
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,560
Speaker 1: You know, there are a couple of teams that I

563
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: look at and say they would be a bad matchup. Oh,

564
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 1: there's plenty. Like I would want to want to play

565
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 1: the Colds. They don't want to play the Patriots. They

566
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,040
Speaker 1: don't play Patriots. Um, those would be two. I'd rather

567
00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,159
Speaker 1: play Kansas City or the Buffalo the Buz. Yeah. I

568
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,439
Speaker 1: don't think Buffalo or Kansas City are awful matchups. From

569
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:32,119
Speaker 1: they're better teams than the Steelers. They're you know, they

570
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:35,720
Speaker 1: could score what they do. I'd rather play against that, yeah,

571
00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 1: without question, And especially if Wat's healthy and you're rushing

572
00:28:38,120 --> 00:28:40,200
Speaker 1: the pastor you know, the Bengals are a bad matchup

573
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 1: for them. Are balanced teams are a bad matchup for them.

574
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,640
Speaker 1: The Browns are teams that are run heavy, Yeah, really

575
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,800
Speaker 1: good running teams that can throw. You know, the Chiefs

576
00:28:49,880 --> 00:28:52,440
Speaker 1: and Bills are two one dimensional. The Browns are too

577
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:54,800
Speaker 1: one to mention the other way. The Ravens are too

578
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 1: familiar and banged up. Bengals are the team you don't want. Yeah,

579
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,800
Speaker 1: I don't think the Colts get in so it doesn't matter.

580
00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,520
Speaker 1: But there would be a really bad matchup Tennessee if

581
00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: they're clicking they had version could be real ugly. Yeah,

582
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: Derrick Henry would like playing that run defense. Yeah, but

583
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: I mean what kind of shape is he in right right?

584
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 1: You know? Is he ready to hand them? Can you

585
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: hand them the ball thirty times? When he's been off

586
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: for you know, six months with a foot injury, with

587
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 1: the foot injury, like he's not like he's out running

588
00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 1: right now, getting heap in his And I think we

589
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 1: might be getting slightly ahead of ourselves worrying about first

590
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:31,720
Speaker 1: round matchup. Well there's that too, slight, just getting a

591
00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 1: little bit out of the skis. Yeah, but it's certainly

592
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,240
Speaker 1: they've got something to play for in this last month. Absolutely,

593
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,120
Speaker 1: you know, much as every other team of division, or

594
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,800
Speaker 1: the Colts or the Chargers or you know, I know,

595
00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: it beats the hell out of being in Jacksonville right now,

596
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,120
Speaker 1: Jackson Jaguars Nation Radio right now, it is not a

597
00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,880
Speaker 1: happy place to be, no, I mean, but at least

598
00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:55,480
Speaker 1: they're all on the same page. So real quick. I

599
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,440
Speaker 1: know that we're getting up against on this segment. But

600
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,480
Speaker 1: there's a new rule in the NFL, right if you

601
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: fire your here's a coach vacancy. I think the last

602
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,120
Speaker 1: two weeks of the year you can start talking to

603
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:09,560
Speaker 1: other coaches. And it used to be to wait till

604
00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 1: after the season. So I'm like watching the Bears game

605
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:15,120
Speaker 1: the Jags like those. There might be some movement here

606
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 1: soon on some of the cold you could be we'll

607
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: see um. But yeah, that's uh. Jackson was the worst

608
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,680
Speaker 1: toxic situation, just completely toxic. Yeah, not that I am

609
00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,120
Speaker 1: surprised by all this, but no, that's gonna do it.

610
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: For second, it's gonna be a low floor, but this

611
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: one just like felt the train is off the tracks,

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Speaker 1: and uh, that's gonna do it. For this segment. He

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Speaker 1: is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lully. You're listening to the

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Speaker 1: drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. We're gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: We'll be right back with more right after this