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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we do it? Well, that's

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Speaker 2: good us too. Our number two here and Matt. It's

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Speaker 2: time to go round campus. And this is gonna be

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Speaker 2: a little different because no games last week except for

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Speaker 2: Army Navy, which was awesome delivered as always every year.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, I gotta get to that game, you know

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Speaker 2: what I mean? Like it's all drive Baltimore, Philadelphia, all

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Speaker 2: driveable easy. I know, people got places to stay. I

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Speaker 2: get I should have done it this year, steel I

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Speaker 2: wasn't paying attention. That's something that if I would have

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Speaker 2: noticed before the season started that the Steelers were on

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Speaker 2: Monday that week, I wouldn't have to like rush home

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Speaker 2: Sunday or anything. That's the time to do. It just

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Speaker 2: completely went over my head. It's almost like I got

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Speaker 2: two young kids and a million things going on. But

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Speaker 2: it is time to go around campus as we anticipate

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Speaker 2: Friday night. Actually, so just a little over a little

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Speaker 2: over forty eight hours.

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Speaker 3: Okay, we got a great game Thursday, and then Friday

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Speaker 3: and their Saturday.

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Speaker 2: For buddy words, it is one of those time, one

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's good Saturday NFL stuff.

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Speaker 2: Great Saturday NFL stuff, good, good Saturday college football action.

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Speaker 2: Friday night we get on the campus of Oklahoma and

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Speaker 2: Norman Alabama versus John Mattire. Yeah, and a rematch of

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Speaker 2: the regular season in the playoffs there at the Palace

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Speaker 2: on the Prairie they call it Norman. Uh.

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Speaker 3: Should we start with those two quarterbacks?

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Speaker 2: Then let's start with those two quarterbacks. And especially because

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Speaker 2: you mentioned in the first hour how there's a really

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Speaker 2: good chance it might just be Mendoza and more. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and I agree with you. Yeah, I think Simpson's the

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Speaker 2: real wildcard in there. And now there's also the possibilities

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Speaker 2: we'll talk about some of these guys that have already

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Speaker 3: I was talking today, I mean even December seventeenth or

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Speaker 3: whatever it is today, Mayfield went, I mean there's a

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Speaker 3: Trey Lance that weren't no brainer mock draft top five

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Speaker 2: Even cam Ward it was a little bit later in

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Speaker 2: Yes, So let's talk about those two guys, Matier and

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Speaker 2: ty Simpson because you mentioned and I said, ty Simpson

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Speaker 3: Be the third the biggest wildcards.

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Speaker 2: He's the biggest wildcard in all this because a lot

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Speaker 2: of these guys now, matt are clearly there's still a

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Speaker 2: now are clearly gonna go to the draft, are gonna

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Speaker 3: Wait see, but Tear's years has not gone his way.

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Speaker 2: No, it hasn't started strong, it hasn't He's won though

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Speaker 3: Like if you asked me, I mean, you know, you're

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a lot of smoke around he might transfer that,

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Speaker 3: I thought I heard this. I might be a thousand

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Speaker 2: I'm not going to be Nick Saban and that's never

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Speaker 2: Being ten and two and in the playoff is not

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, and he's not a Southern guy. He

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Speaker 2: doesn't sound like Nick Saban when he talks and have

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Speaker 2: So Simpson is the real wild card. Could he go

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Speaker 3: we all know these guys are getting money now at

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Speaker 3: Say, I think you're guaranteed like five if you're in

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Speaker 3: the NFL still is more lucrative.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's a longer term contract.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's it's a longer term being and you

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Speaker 2: You can't ward, you're getting your pay your massive payday

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Speaker 3: So I think this is mostly acclable to Simpson though,

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Speaker 2: The as a Jack Dart territory.

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Speaker 3: Maybe it's not best for me. Maybe I could use experience,

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Speaker 2: It's not a bad move.

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Speaker 3: I mean, you could sell me pretty easily if I

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Speaker 2: on Oklahoma, Alabama, and the quarterbacks, in particular Fernando Mendoza.

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Speaker 2: Speaking of which, Young Jacob Erect, host of the Steelers

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Speaker 2: He was showing me he ordered this IU Rose Bowl

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Speaker 2: made it to a rose Ball. Mendoz is going to

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Speaker 2: told you this before. Oregon should have the best roster

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Speaker 3: Next year, next years.

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Speaker 2: They're top ten now and they're so young, so they

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Speaker 3: And more aside. I mean, they have a tight end

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Speaker 2: Tough place to be arch Manning returning to Texas in

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Speaker 3: The way too early mock drafts, will he be one one? Yes,

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Speaker 2: Yes, Now there could be some like I think Leonora's

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Speaker 3: Even over saying I think so. Yeah, I think so.

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Speaker 2: I think so. You could make a good faith argument

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Speaker 2: Hayes King, NFL Draft. He'll play in the Pop Tarts

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Speaker 2: Bowl for Georgia Tech against BYU, and then he's out

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Speaker 2: that's a really good one. Also, Marcel Reid, who you know,

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Speaker 2: I like his his athleticism and his traits the Texas

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Speaker 2: an exciting prospect. He plighs one hundred and eighty five

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Speaker 2: I haven't seen anything official for those two on Senior

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Speaker 2: Maybe he's there and like a Zach Fraser capacity. Remember

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Speaker 2: remember with Zacha broke his leg Thanksgiving weekend and was

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Speaker 2: but that was about it. It could could see something

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Speaker 2: he is going to play in their bowl game in

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Speaker 2: the Penn Stripe Ball against Penn State. I give him

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Speaker 3: He doesn't need to do that right, No, because.

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Speaker 2: I feel like, really, if he goes out there and

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Speaker 2: a throwaway bowl game. It's Penn State who just hired

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Speaker 2: think he has much the game, but he could get hurt.

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Speaker 2: He could have a bad game that its part in them.

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Speaker 3: I mean, if he's MVP of that game and it's

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Speaker 2: Maybe moves the needle a little bit, but it seems

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Speaker 2: like you have a lot more to lose than you

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Speaker 2: do to gain. But I give him credit. Year hasn't

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Speaker 2: gone the way for him or for Clemson. He's been

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Speaker 2: but I'm going to the Senior Bowl and he will play.

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Speaker 2: He wants to finish out his Clemson career on a

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Speaker 2: positive note in that Pinstripe Bowl. And what is like

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Speaker 2: December twenty seventh. I think it'll be cold at Yankee

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Speaker 2: lot of credit. Sawyer Robinson, very good. Sawyer Robinson another guy,

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Speaker 2: You know what, Matt after the the Top Guys conversation,

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Speaker 2: will work himself into first round conversation. Yeah, by the

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Speaker 3: I've told you he's.

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Speaker 2: One of my favorites in this class. He's six four,

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Speaker 2: He's got everything you can't coach. He's got crazy arm, talent,

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Speaker 2: of those guys I wouldn't I wouldn't take a top

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Speaker 2: I'm the Steelers and Aaron Rodgers comes back, if I'm

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Speaker 3: Peasy, see that. I don't know enough about these players yet,

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Speaker 3: but I know an awful lot about how this thing works.

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Speaker 3: And if he does well at the Senior Bowl, I

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Speaker 3: at thirty two correct tackle nine, and then like they

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Speaker 3: by draft time you and I are going to be like, well,

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Speaker 3: the Steelers is gonna have to trade up six picks

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Speaker 2: That's how we go fifteenth fourteen yeah, like that totally

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Speaker 2: in Argue League off things about him. Patrino ended up

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Speaker 3: But I listened to some Senior Bowl stuff saying he's

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Speaker 3: another one.

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Speaker 2: That he's another has everything you must.

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Speaker 3: Say he's gonna be a top twenty pick or anything

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Speaker 2: He I think could be like a Tyler Shuck, like

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Speaker 2: top fifty. He's got some even more so, even more

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Speaker 2: so than Yes, even more so than Robertson. He needs

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Speaker 2: some real polish. But my goodness, does he have.

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Speaker 3: What I'm starting opening day of his year.

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Speaker 2: But he's got arm strength, he's got athleticism like crazy,

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Speaker 3: Say that's a trade.

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Speaker 2: He's he's got the traditional pocket passer build, but with

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Speaker 3: Glad you have him on here because I hadn't thought

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Speaker 3: of Robertson, but I was thinking of who's going to

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Speaker 3: be the Risers because so many people going back to school,

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Speaker 3: and he was the name that's screaming at me, you know, like.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, totally him and Sawyer Robinson I think will do

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Speaker 2: very well for themselves in those senior Bowl settings. And

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Speaker 2: then finally Matt. We've discussed all these guys. I kind

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Speaker 2: of told you, like Sellers is not like committed to

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Speaker 2: South Carolina, but still not official. You know, arch Manning's returning,

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Speaker 2: Jadamov is returning. Two guys on here that are in

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Speaker 2: the portal still on they will be back in college football,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the.

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Speaker 2: He's the guy in the portal right now. If I

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Speaker 2: could have any of them, he would be my pick

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Speaker 2: and less Sellers were to enter, But it doesn't seem

438
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Speaker 2: like that's going to be the case.

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Speaker 3: Like hypothetical, if you're like I could somebody in the

440
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Speaker 3: portal and sticking on WU, it'd be.

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Speaker 2: His call, buddy, absolutely, And actually I think he'd fit

442
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Speaker 2: pretty well in rich Rod's offense too, so that would

443
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Speaker 2: be that'd be an easy one. But yes, and then

444
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Speaker 2: Brendan Sorosby, who's the Cincinnati quarterback who went on a

445
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Speaker 2: tear in the middle of the season, fell off a

446
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Speaker 2: little bit at the end. I still think he's got

447
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Speaker 2: a lot of potential. He's in Portal.

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Speaker 3: Do you think he ends up in like a top

449
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Speaker 3: twenty five program?

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Speaker 2: Yes, Okay, he could end up at like say, Trinidad,

451
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Speaker 2: Chambliss leaves Old Miss somewhere somewhere like that, not maybe

452
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Speaker 2: LSU or Alabama, but but a really good program that's

453
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Speaker 2: going to be in the top twenty five and pay

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Speaker 2: him Miami. Maybe Miami is probably another one who's in

455
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Speaker 2: on the Sam Levitt sweepstakes, But it might be your.

456
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Speaker 3: History is pretty strong of grabbing those guys.

457
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Speaker 2: It might be one of those like Sam Levitt. Right now,

458
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Speaker 2: his phone is like Miami, Ole, Miss LSU. You know

459
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Speaker 2: some really sexy people that are trying to swipe right

460
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Speaker 2: on him, but they've all got they've all got stores.

461
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Speaker 2: Be kind of online too. Is like that. He's and

462
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Speaker 2: it's not a terrible fallback play. He's not a four

463
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Speaker 2: point zero valedictorian, but he'll he'll he'll get he'll get

464
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Speaker 2: some a's and win you some games. So that's kind

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Speaker 2: of it for the for the quarterback conversation. Starting to

466
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Speaker 2: at least get clear, starting to get a little bit

467
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Speaker 2: a little bit clear, Matt, I want to just follow

468
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Speaker 2: up a little bit more. Let's take a break here

469
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Speaker 2: a little bit more on some playoff stuff and some process.

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Speaker 3: I definitely want to do some draft stuff, some.

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Speaker 2: Some some draft prospects to keep an eye on. And

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Speaker 2: we need to, of course on a Wednesday here steal

473
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Speaker 2: a Detroit Lion for the Steelers roster. One of our

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Speaker 2: favorite new Wednesday exercises.

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Speaker 3: Oh, forget about that till you spring it up. We'll

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Speaker 3: do Okay.

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Speaker 2: That's that's why I like to spring it on you.

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Speaker 2: I think we I think it's I think it's good

479
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Speaker 2: when we when we do it live here on the fly.

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Speaker 2: We'll do all of that in the next segment as

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Speaker 2: we get into this second hour of the program. Was

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Speaker 2: Shuler Matt Williamson. It's all happening here on the Drive

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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network, your tunes.

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: I'm the home stretch here, two more segments to go

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Speaker 2: on this Wednesday show. And if you're watching on our

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Speaker 2: YouTube page, as you always should be, Matt just you know,

489
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Speaker 2: to see our handsome faces on all the wonderful camera

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Speaker 2: work that our guy mister TV Tyler V does. You'll

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Speaker 2: notice I've switched chairs. I say, I you right here,

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Speaker 2: man Ago, Matt's the other lay I'm in a different chair.

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Speaker 2: Producer Nathan got double booked.

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Speaker 3: I mean I kind of did too. Following him, he's

495
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Speaker 3: he's leading away for me. He's my lead blocker.

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Speaker 2: I will say, I love doing this show with you. Now. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: obviously I miss my buddy Motes, just like you miss

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Speaker 2: your buddy Dale. We are all miss Dale. Change is

499
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Speaker 2: good and change is tough at the same time. Right.

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Speaker 2: One thing that I do miss is like I used

501
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Speaker 2: to be in this building same time, so I'd get

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Speaker 2: here nine thirty every morning, I'd leave like three three

503
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Speaker 2: thirty every afternoon. Now it's every day. It's a different

504
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Speaker 2: balancing act. And this show and that show, and Matt's

505
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Speaker 2: got seven shows and Nate's gotta leave early because he's

506
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Speaker 2: got to produce something down at some clubhouse.

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Speaker 3: By six o'clock with Tom tim and doing that right.

508
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Speaker 2: But we're light on our feet, baby. That's that's what

509
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Speaker 2: it's all about. Much like juggling, much like the COVID.

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Speaker 3: Now, Monday night always screws things up to that too.

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Speaker 2: That's everything. Five days gets condensed into four days, and

512
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Speaker 2: it's it's very much like the COVID year.

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Speaker 4: Matt.

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Speaker 2: You better be ready to play on a Sunday. Sure,

515
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Speaker 2: but you might play on Monday, Thursday, Tuesday, Wednesday in

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Speaker 2: the afternoon and.

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Speaker 3: Next week because Christmas.

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Speaker 2: Oh lord, yeah, at least we get it. At least

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Speaker 2: we get some time off in there.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it is Christmas next weekend. Yeah, it's weird juggling too.

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Speaker 2: I got you a Christmas present already. I gotta pick one.

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Speaker 2: I gotta pick one up, I gotta pick one. Don't

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Speaker 2: get me anything. I got all I need. I got

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Speaker 2: you guys. Come on, Matt, before we get to our

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Speaker 2: weekly exercise of steal a player from the Steelers upcoming opponent,

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Speaker 2: some final kind of around campus NFL draft stuff that

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Speaker 2: I wanted to discuss with you. You brought this to

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Speaker 2: my this article to my attention, which I really liked.

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Speaker 3: What it's laid out nicely.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think it's a good way to kind

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Speaker 2: of tee up some of these four games this weekend,

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Speaker 2: one Friday night, one Friday night, three Saturday in college football.

533
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Speaker 2: And with that, some non quarterbacks to keep an eye

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Speaker 2: on from a black, black and Gold Steelers glasses, guys

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Speaker 2: who might fit the bill for something the Steelers might

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Speaker 2: be looking for this off season.

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Speaker 3: Already watching, you might as well pay attention to a

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Speaker 3: couple of dudes. It could be in black and.

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Speaker 2: Gold, absolutely for old Miss. One of them who really

540
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Speaker 2: stands out to me is Xavian Harris. He's a defensive tackle.

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Speaker 2: He does some nosy things, but he's versatile and I

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Speaker 2: think will translate well to the next level.

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Speaker 3: I think they'll still be in the market for more

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Speaker 3: D line.

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Speaker 2: I think so too. Yeah, I absolutely think so, because.

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Speaker 3: It's much round one, possibly as.

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Speaker 2: Much as it feels like you hit a home run

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Speaker 2: with Harmon. Yeah, you know, and why a black looks

549
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Speaker 2: like a nice piece, Keanu Benton looks like a nice piece.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's not crazy. I think Cam might retire.

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Speaker 2: I was just going to say one thing we know

552
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Speaker 2: about Cam Heyward is he's not going to play forever

553
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Speaker 2: and to use a Jerry Dulac and now he's much

554
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Speaker 2: closer to the eighteenth green in the clubhouse than he is.

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Speaker 3: He might the twelfth ud right, it might have been

556
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Speaker 3: the sixteenth, but he's not on the twelfth.

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Speaker 2: Old Missus produced some quality defensive lineman as of late

558
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Speaker 2: Walter Nolan last year first round pick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been very impressive a little he's been out

560
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Speaker 3: there this year.

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Speaker 2: I think Xavian Harris could be a Day two guy

562
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Speaker 2: that could be a really nice fin.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I really don't know that name, so I'm excited.

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Speaker 3: I'll pay attention to him in particular that game.

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Speaker 2: I also really like as a Day two guy, Old

566
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Speaker 2: Missus tight end day Kwon Wright. I just don't think

567
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Speaker 2: the Steelers are going to be in that market.

568
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Speaker 3: What I can tell you is this is considered to

569
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Speaker 3: be an excellent tight end class, which probably doesn't influence

570
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Speaker 3: Steelers at all, but hopefully other teams are drafting them high.

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Speaker 2: You know, they play two lane three point thirty on Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Not the best game for prospects, not the best game,

573
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Speaker 3: playoff game, right, absolutely.

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Speaker 2: I am surprised they didn't make that the noon game,

575
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Speaker 2: just to kind of because I think that's the least intriguing.

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Speaker 2: I guess you could argue Oregon JMU. I mean, it's

577
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Speaker 2: a twenty one point spread in a college ball playoff game,

578
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Speaker 2: but this is a seventeen and a half point spread.

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Speaker 3: How's Motes feeling about it?

580
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Speaker 2: You know what, It's funny.

581
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Speaker 3: I haven't.

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Speaker 2: I haven't. I haven't reached out. I've been meaning to

583
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Speaker 2: do that, Like I was gonna text him and be like,

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Speaker 2: so when are you leaving for Eugene? You know, like

585
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Speaker 2: you find out Friday. But yeah, I've been It's funny

586
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Speaker 2: you say that because the last like four days, I've

587
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Speaker 2: been like, I need to text Motes about JMU. I

588
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Speaker 2: need text notes about JMU Texas.

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Speaker 3: A and m By the way, JAMU doesn't any prospects, No,

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Speaker 3: not for like they all went.

591
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Speaker 2: They all went to Indiana to follow to follow Kurt Signetti.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna go through this in the way that the

593
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Speaker 2: teams are ranked, so Old Miss the highest ranked team.

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Speaker 2: That's that's uh this weekend or no, I guess Oregon

595
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Speaker 2: technically is. But when we started with old Myths there,

596
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Speaker 2: now we'll go to Oregon. They play Saturday night. That's

597
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Speaker 2: a tough one because that's right up against Bears Packers,

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Speaker 2: right be is it? Is it Bears Packers Saturday night?

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Speaker 2: Am I correcting? That?

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Speaker 3: Is that the Yes, I know that the first game

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Speaker 3: is not great. It's Raiders.

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Speaker 2: Somebody commander, commander, it is Bears Packers. So yeah, sorry

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Speaker 2: to Oregon in James Madison, they'll be on the small

604
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Speaker 2: TV in the basement Oregon. Obviously, Dante Moore and Kenyon

605
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Speaker 2: Sadiker first round prospects you mentioned Amouri Washington have.

606
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Speaker 3: Seen him mock the first a lot.

607
00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 2: I think his late first, early second type guy. He's

608
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Speaker 2: another one of those defensive lineman I think you would love,

609
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Speaker 2: love love to have keep an eye on though Emmanuel

610
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Speaker 2: per Gone. I think that's how he pronounces his last name.

611
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Speaker 3: The alignment.

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Speaker 2: He's the the interior guy.

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Speaker 3: Yes.

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Speaker 2: And if saamal lewins, I mean we all know he's

615
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Speaker 2: he's at least up after this year. Yes, if saamal

616
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Speaker 2: owins up, if they want to go to that well

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Speaker 2: day two ish, I think he's a guy to keep

618
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Speaker 2: on keep an eye on in that ring.

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Speaker 3: Is your offensive tackle on there, Isaiah.

620
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Speaker 2: World, Yes, he's an early day two guy. I think

621
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Speaker 2: this is going to be a good tackle class.

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Speaker 3: Yes. So here's what I know about world was people

623
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Speaker 3: had really high hopes for him because he had great traits, Okay,

624
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Speaker 3: tackle traits which will still get him drafted high. I

625
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Speaker 3: mean he doesn't. I mean, you don't have to be

626
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Speaker 3: a good play if you have great tackle trades to

627
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Speaker 3: be a pretty high pick. But a lot of people

628
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Speaker 3: were disappointed with him this season for what he could

629
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Speaker 3: have been to what he is now. But the interior

630
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Speaker 3: guy Stock is going the other way. Yes, like he's

631
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Speaker 3: been the much better player.

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Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be a second round type. It's

633
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Speaker 2: I mean, to be a guard and go in the

634
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Speaker 2: first round. You gotta be oh, you're fan, you're quitting Nelson.

635
00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,200
Speaker 2: I mean, you're you're really good.

636
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Speaker 3: The second round guys are expected to.

637
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Speaker 2: Like the Zach Frasier range perfect plug him in, and

638
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Speaker 2: I think he could be one of those guys that

639
00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,239
Speaker 2: will be talking a lot about He will be one

640
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 2: of those guys we're talking a lot about his interior guys.

641
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Speaker 2: One more for Oregon to keep an eye on Dylan Thieneman,

642
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 2: who is a safety for the Ducks. Okay, and you

643
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Speaker 2: know how I mentioned to you like, Organ's done a

644
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,960
Speaker 2: really good job doing the Derek Harmon think identifying a

645
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Speaker 2: ready made This guy was at Michigan State for multiple years.

646
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Speaker 2: We can plug him in. He's going to be a stud.

647
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Speaker 2: He's going to be a first round pick. Derek Harmon

648
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 2: boom them in. Was kind of one of those guys

649
00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 2: for them this year. Started his college career at Purdue,

650
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,400
Speaker 2: was a really good player in a really bad program.

651
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Speaker 2: They brought him in there, plugg him into that defense,

652
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Speaker 2: and he has been outstanding. Two interceptions, sixty four tackles,

653
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Speaker 2: and we know the Steelers are gonna have something. He

654
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,240
Speaker 2: could be like a Day three guy. Draft them there,

655
00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:22,240
Speaker 2: plug him in next to Ramsey, have him sit behind

656
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:24,680
Speaker 2: Elliott for a year, and then he's he's ready to go.

657
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 2: Type type guy to keep an eye on.

658
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 3: I mean, we'll get into this stuff the off season,

659
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 3: but I'm pretty confident Elliott and Ramsey or your starters

660
00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 3: next year. I don't know why you wouldn't consider bringing

661
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 3: back Dugger.

662
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:38,120
Speaker 2: I think that's a very good point.

663
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, they may not be in the big safety market.

664
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:40,960
Speaker 3: I don't know.

665
00:29:41,240 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 2: You soon killed that's a very good point.

666
00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, but maybe it's a fifth rounder or something like that.

667
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:46,560
Speaker 3: I don't know, I don't know what.

668
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe thirds a little too early there.

669
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, considering the other needs, you know.

670
00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, a couple guys to keep an eye on here

671
00:29:52,600 --> 00:29:56,160
Speaker 2: for Texas A and M two interior offensive linemen. Once again,

672
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,960
Speaker 2: that will be day two picks. Trey Zoon and Chase

673
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 2: Bistonis both the two starting guards for A and M.

674
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 2: Both are gonna get drafted both I would say probably

675
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,680
Speaker 2: on Day two. Both worth both certainly worth keeping an

676
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 2: eye on Matt. We've also talked a lot about wanting

677
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,560
Speaker 2: to add a hammer type running back if Caleb Johnson

678
00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:16,960
Speaker 2: ends up not being the answer for the Steelers.

679
00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 3: Not super encouraging this point.

680
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 2: The guy that I really like is CJ. Donaldson, who

681
00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,280
Speaker 2: I think will be a Day three pick out of

682
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 2: Ohio State. But they're not playing this weekend, so keep

683
00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 2: an eye on Levon Moss. The last time the Steelers

684
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: drafted a l'von running back it worked out pretty well.

685
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:32,120
Speaker 2: I think he's an early day three guy, like a

686
00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 2: round like a round now A and M guy, yep,

687
00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 2: round four type guy. He could fit the bill now game.

688
00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 3: Boll is also a free agent. There's no guarantee he's back,

689
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 3: but if Warren and Gamewell's back, they would only be

690
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 3: in the market for a big guy, I would.

691
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 2: Think, correct, correct. Oklahoma, they produce some pretty good wide receivers.

692
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 2: They've been known to do that. They've got two that

693
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 2: I think are both going to be Day two picks.

694
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 2: They could always end up working the way up into

695
00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 2: the first round, but I think they're more second third

696
00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:01,479
Speaker 2: round guys than first round guys. Keep an eye on

697
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 2: Isaiah Stegna and Dion Burks on Friday Night. The two

698
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 2: wide receivers for Oklahoma. Man. As it relates to Alabama,

699
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,840
Speaker 2: They've obviously got a ton of dudes to keep an

700
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:16,520
Speaker 2: eye on. We've talked about Simpson Caden Procter. I don't

701
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 2: think the Steelers are going to go offensive tackle in

702
00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 2: the first round, but he's a very intriguing prospect.

703
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 3: He's like three seventy and he's one of those huge A.

704
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,600
Speaker 2: Guy who could work his way into the end of

705
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:30,800
Speaker 2: the first round is Alabama wide receiver Jeremy Bernard. He's

706
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 2: got some Debo Samuel type qualities to him. He's one

707
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:37,560
Speaker 2: to keep an eye on, as is their other wide receiver,

708
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,280
Speaker 2: Isaiah Horton. Who I think could be a Day two guy.

709
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:43,480
Speaker 3: Bernard somebody know more about and people look at this

710
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,400
Speaker 3: as a negative. It's not. He's projected to be a

711
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:51,360
Speaker 3: really strong number two receiver, which would be great opotion mecalf,

712
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:51,800
Speaker 3: you know what I mean.

713
00:31:51,880 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, jam Miller is another one of those I think

714
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:59,240
Speaker 2: early Day three running backs out of Alabama who could Again,

715
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,880
Speaker 2: if you want to go to the well in the draft, well,

716
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: hope you don't need to, but if you need to,

717
00:32:04,280 --> 00:32:07,560
Speaker 2: I think that's the ranger looking for fourth fifth round. Yeah,

718
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 2: and he's one to keep an eye on you hope.

719
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:11,520
Speaker 3: Maybe you just need to throw a sixth round pick

720
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:14,240
Speaker 3: that and let him in Johnson battle it out. Who knows. Again,

721
00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,200
Speaker 3: off season.

722
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 2: Talk, Miami has a couple of studs in the trenches.

723
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 2: Ruben Bain might be the first defensive player drafted. Francis Muaga.

724
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 2: I think it'll be him or Fannu from Utah who's

725
00:32:26,760 --> 00:32:29,440
Speaker 2: the first offensive tackle drafted. It'll be one of those two.

726
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:32,720
Speaker 3: Also some things he might be a guard, but he

727
00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,440
Speaker 3: probably will be a tackle and less proven otherwise because

728
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 3: that's just how work.

729
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,480
Speaker 2: I really like a key messador from that Miami team

730
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:41,480
Speaker 2: as well as a Day two edge rusher. He's a

731
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,960
Speaker 2: guy who started his career at WVU and then got

732
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:46,840
Speaker 2: a huge bag from the from the Hurricanes to move

733
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:49,120
Speaker 2: south to better, better weather. He feels like he could

734
00:32:49,120 --> 00:32:51,000
Speaker 2: work his way to the first round, but in more

735
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,040
Speaker 2: likelihood an early Day two pick. Mark Fletcher, I like

736
00:32:55,120 --> 00:32:57,800
Speaker 2: the running back. There is a potential Day three guy

737
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,360
Speaker 2: uh for for the U and then they've got wide

738
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 2: receivers that you know his later round pick's worth keeping

739
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 2: an eye on. CJ. Daniels and Klelan Marion some speed

740
00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,120
Speaker 2: down there, as you can imagine Uh for TWU Lane. Again,

741
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,480
Speaker 2: it's a little fin here as you get to the

742
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: end of the list, but Schadre Hurst is a guard

743
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 2: for Tulane and he could be a top one hundred pick.

744
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 2: He's not gonna go in the first or second round,

745
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 2: but he could go in the third round, fourth round range.

746
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,360
Speaker 2: He's a legit prospected guard that's worth keeping an eye on.

747
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 2: With all due respect to Arthur Motes, I don't really

748
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:35,320
Speaker 2: know who to say for JMU. There's there's not there's

749
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 2: not many there and that's why they're a twenty one

750
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:41,959
Speaker 2: point underdog against Okacomo on the Road in Eugene. But listen,

751
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 2: I also like, I don't know how I feel about

752
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:47,840
Speaker 2: two G five teams getting into the playoff, Matt. I

753
00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 2: like the fact that there's one there. I do.

754
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:53,720
Speaker 3: I respect that some years they have a better chance

755
00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 3: than others.

756
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and we've we've seen in the past. We've seen

757
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,480
Speaker 2: the Boise States of the world knock off some Hey,

758
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 2: twenty years ago, WU was that team, you know in

759
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 2: the Big East, and and and you know, teams like

760
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,239
Speaker 2: Pitt and Yukon and Louisville, like they would get to

761
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:10,799
Speaker 2: that stage and people would be like, all the Big

762
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:13,560
Speaker 2: East stinks. And then w knocks off Georgia and the

763
00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 2: Sugar Bowl, you know, Louisville knocks off somebody, Cincinnati knocks

764
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,399
Speaker 2: off somebody. So I like having the quote unquote non

765
00:34:21,440 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: traditional conferences and powers and some capacity. Yeah, I don't

766
00:34:25,239 --> 00:34:26,560
Speaker 2: know about two. I don't know about two teams.

767
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,359
Speaker 3: That might be we'll get too deep into it. I'm

768
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,040
Speaker 3: sure a lot of people would rather watch anund Dame obviously.

769
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 2: Or BYU or you know, Vanderbilt. But yeah, certainly, I'm

770
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 2: glad that they get a crack. I'm glad that they

771
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 2: get a crack but it might be too much of

772
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,520
Speaker 2: a crack. I wonder if that's I wonder if.

773
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:47,360
Speaker 3: That's sitting here as a viewer, I'm like, so h so, last.

774
00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,359
Speaker 2: Year, with the way that the system was set up,

775
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:51,800
Speaker 2: you had to be you had to win your conference

776
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:54,360
Speaker 2: to get a first round by. So that led to

777
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,319
Speaker 2: Arizona State and Boise State both getting first round bys, which,

778
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,719
Speaker 2: of course the SEC and the Big Ten looked at

779
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,760
Speaker 2: that and said, no way, cousin, that can't happen.

780
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,680
Speaker 3: Will be favored fourteen points over these.

781
00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 2: Guys, right, even though Arizona State took Texas to overtime

782
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 2: and you know, uh, Boise State, Okay, they kind of

783
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,040
Speaker 2: got handled by Penn State. But that was the big

784
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,200
Speaker 2: change from from the first year of the twelve team

785
00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,120
Speaker 2: playoff was like anybody can get a buy, it's just

786
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:18,920
Speaker 2: the four highest seeds forget the conference.

787
00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:19,720
Speaker 3: That's probably the best.

788
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,759
Speaker 2: I think the next change is gonna be they're gonna

789
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,680
Speaker 2: make it a look last.

790
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 3: Year, Indiana and Ohio State would not have got to buy.

791
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,240
Speaker 2: Correct, just Indiana and so Ohio State would be hosting

792
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 2: a game on campus.

793
00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 3: Right now, yes, as the five seed.

794
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 2: As the five seed and so I think the I

795
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 2: think the next change that the uh you know, the big,

796
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:38,960
Speaker 2: the big bad SEC and Big ten are going to

797
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,840
Speaker 2: push for is something about the automatic qualifying situation for

798
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,640
Speaker 2: the for the for the g fives. Really like they're

799
00:35:46,640 --> 00:35:47,399
Speaker 2: gonna look at it.

800
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,840
Speaker 3: Like this is a cute experiment, but nobody cares.

801
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,960
Speaker 2: Vanderbilt Notre Dame byu. Yeah, even nine and three Texas,

802
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:55,800
Speaker 2: who like, I think, if you have three losses, you

803
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 2: should be out of the conversation completely. But who's going

804
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:01,279
Speaker 2: to sell more money? Who's gonna get more eyeballs? You

805
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 2: know that this is all politics, that's all politics.

806
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:06,160
Speaker 3: Now, Oregon Notre Dame would sell pretty well.

807
00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:09,520
Speaker 2: Moregon Texas, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, So I still want

808
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,800
Speaker 2: the Cinderella representation. It's a big part of March madness,

809
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:14,680
Speaker 2: and I think this is kind of moving in that direction.

810
00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 2: But what I really want more than anything is just

811
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:23,399
Speaker 2: define parameters to make the playoffs. Yeah, you might get

812
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 2: a nine and eight Tampa Bay Buccaneers who gets in,

813
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 2: but at least there's no committee. There's no committee going well, Detroit,

814
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,279
Speaker 2: what ten and seven? Why is Tampa Bay getting in

815
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 2: at nine and eight? You know? Yeah, but that's obviously

816
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,560
Speaker 2: that toothpaste is out of the tube with the SEC

817
00:36:38,600 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 2: and the Big Ten picking apart all the conferences, and

818
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 2: they're just never going to agree to something like that.

819
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 2: Now when they could go ahead and get four or

820
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,319
Speaker 2: five teams in every single year, it's gonna be fun.

821
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,839
Speaker 2: I'm excited for Tomorrow night Seahawks and Rams. Oh yeah,

822
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:52,680
Speaker 2: Friday night.

823
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 3: Alabama together from Thursday to Monday night. Really good football.

824
00:36:57,960 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 2: I cannot wait. Cannot wait, Matt, we got a couple

825
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,280
Speaker 2: of minutes left here in this segment. Let's go ahead

826
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,880
Speaker 2: and do what's become one of our new favorite exercises.

827
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: Take a look at these Steelers upcoming opponent and steal

828
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,719
Speaker 2: somebody for their roster. I'm sure most of you know

829
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,640
Speaker 2: this drill by now, but there's a couple of rules.

830
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,960
Speaker 2: No quarterbacks, although I don't think that that would be

831
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:17,759
Speaker 2: a factor.

832
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 3: Here, not at his age. Right.

833
00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,680
Speaker 2: This is you are taking this player on for the

834
00:37:21,680 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 2: foreseeable future. This is not just like I'm adding him

835
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 2: for this year type thing. You're taking their contract, their age,

836
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 2: their injuries, all that stuff. You are completely taking this

837
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 2: player and everything attached to them from the upcoming opponent.

838
00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,040
Speaker 2: And Matt, there's some really, I mean, we could probably

839
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:41,399
Speaker 2: have it. We could probably do a half an hour

840
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 2: on this, because there's there's probably eight or nine or

841
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,480
Speaker 2: ten guys that you could make a legitimate argument for

842
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:47,480
Speaker 2: here on Detroit.

843
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,680
Speaker 3: I'll make a couple of bullet points on all of them,

844
00:37:49,680 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 3: but my answer is very clear in the end. Okay,

845
00:37:53,160 --> 00:37:56,800
Speaker 3: Brian Branch is injured and he's a wonderful do it

846
00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,480
Speaker 3: all modern day nickel, and he's on a rookie deal.

847
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 2: So for another year or two, Yeah, which is great.

848
00:38:04,680 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 3: Hutchinson on defense is the other defensive guy I would consider.

849
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 2: It's big money, but he's awesome.

850
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 3: He's awesome in a premium position.

851
00:38:11,880 --> 00:38:14,160
Speaker 2: It's like the Jamar Chase conversation, like, yeah, you're gonna

852
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 2: have to break the bank for this guy, but he's

853
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:17,359
Speaker 2: really stinking good.

854
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:20,200
Speaker 3: But if the Steelers weren't so good at edge, he'd

855
00:38:20,200 --> 00:38:24,439
Speaker 3: probably be my pick. But they're I mean, obviously he'd

856
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 3: be helpful. But now high Smith and Herbert are on

857
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 3: the bench. I mean, like, I just I'm not adding

858
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:32,680
Speaker 3: an edge unless it's you know, the Browns. We took

859
00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 3: Garrett of course, because they have anything else.

860
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 2: They don't have much else.

861
00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, this roster is a lot better to pick from.

862
00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:42,040
Speaker 3: Jamison Williams and Saint Brown are both really attractive, Yes

863
00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:44,319
Speaker 3: they are, and the only reason that they're in the

864
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 3: same breath is Williams a cheaper right now, but Saint

865
00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,720
Speaker 3: Brown's better, and Saint Brown would be a wonderful heinz

866
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 3: wardleg Steeler, I mean slot outside. I mean, he's the

867
00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 3: first receiver you'll see in the stats when I send

868
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 3: you fine straight years with ninety plus catches, first time

869
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:04,600
Speaker 3: it's ever been done. I mean, and he's a dog.

870
00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,919
Speaker 2: And Jared Goff is good, but he doesn't have Pat

871
00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:09,000
Speaker 2: Mahomes throwing him.

872
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 3: No, right, I mean he's awesome. Jami or Gibbs would

873
00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:14,080
Speaker 3: be an incredible addition for.

874
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,520
Speaker 2: Anybody, and he's still on his rookie contract contract.

875
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 3: Like if you said, Matt, you've got to build a

876
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,600
Speaker 3: team around a running back in this league right now,

877
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 3: it'd either be bjenre.

878
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,040
Speaker 2: Gibbs because they're so young.

879
00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:29,560
Speaker 3: Because they're so young and skill sets, yes, cheap, I

880
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:32,320
Speaker 3: mean awesome, But to pick his soul.

881
00:39:34,400 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 2: Feeling, that's where you were going, and.

882
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 3: It reminds me of the Bears conversation. Yeah, I danced

883
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 3: around this with the Bears because I don't you know,

884
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,080
Speaker 3: I really love right the right tackle for the Bears.

885
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:49,400
Speaker 3: But I'm like, why I don't want to move Troy.

886
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:54,120
Speaker 3: He's been great. But if you ask me, blank slate,

887
00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:57,560
Speaker 3: I'm an expansion team. I get one offensive lineman walking

888
00:39:57,600 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 3: the planet to build around, it's Penn because he's awesome,

889
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,399
Speaker 3: he's young, and Troy, sorry, you got to move the left,

890
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 3: you know, but you'll figure it out and we'll have

891
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:09,959
Speaker 3: that guy. Yeah, you know, and are the best book

892
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 3: ends maybe in a league this one. Don't care that

893
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:12,600
Speaker 3: he's expensive.

894
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 2: I'm with you, Like Aiden Hutchinson would be great. I

895
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:20,840
Speaker 2: think Branch and Joseph both the safety are worth conversation. Yeah,

896
00:40:20,920 --> 00:40:23,000
Speaker 2: you know, Mike Tomlin loves Jack Campbell.

897
00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 3: I mean, he's had a phenomenal year All Pro not

898
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:27,600
Speaker 3: a pro bowler.

899
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 2: At a position that's hard to find that level of quality.

900
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 3: And he's ahead of the curve in terms of young

901
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:35,080
Speaker 3: guys usually don't get it as quickly as he did.

902
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,560
Speaker 2: I really would love Jamiir Gibbs or I'm on Ross

903
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,960
Speaker 2: Saint Brown to be my answer because the Steelers offense

904
00:40:40,080 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 2: is crying out for another playmaker of that level.

905
00:40:43,160 --> 00:40:45,200
Speaker 3: Need to need more explosives, need more explosives.

906
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 2: But pinasals don't grow on trees. And he's like in

907
00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 2: his mid twenties. He could play younger than you think.

908
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,640
Speaker 2: He could play at a high level for another seven

909
00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 2: or eight years. Yeah, and I know he just got

910
00:40:54,640 --> 00:40:57,640
Speaker 2: the big contract extension, but you're paying for one of

911
00:40:57,680 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 2: the best tackles in the world.

912
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,040
Speaker 3: Right, if you get eight ten years of that guy,

913
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,440
Speaker 3: I'm with you. I mean, right now, it's Tim and

914
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 3: Lane Johnson, but Lane's not gonna be in his way much.

915
00:41:06,239 --> 00:41:09,840
Speaker 2: But Lane's eight years older, right, yeah, right, I'm with you.

916
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,480
Speaker 2: It's not an easy one, but it's a it's a

917
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 2: it's a thin easier than you think. But if you

918
00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 2: would say Jamier games arom On Rossaint Brown, I wouldn't

919
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:19,840
Speaker 2: fight you. But it has to be someone from the offense.

920
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:22,799
Speaker 3: But if there's thirty one teams in this Penny Sewell

921
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:25,720
Speaker 3: is still one of my top seven or eight picks. Yes,

922
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 3: you know, like i'd take Jamar Chase over him just

923
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:30,439
Speaker 3: because of need, you know, but there probably there isn't

924
00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 3: another lineman. And maybe you'd take Alt but he's injured

925
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 3: just because he's left. But I mean, this guy is

926
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:40,000
Speaker 3: a bird in the hand, he is a stud he's unbelievable.

927
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he would fit into the Steelers oh big

928
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:47,080
Speaker 2: offensive scheme. I think very well, that's the answer. But

929
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 2: it is, it's it's there's, man, there's some guys even

930
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,760
Speaker 2: like a Ja Jamison Williams, you could make the argument

931
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 2: for I mean, there's there's some some really really good

932
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,280
Speaker 2: ones to choose from. But I think we're both landing

933
00:41:57,360 --> 00:42:00,879
Speaker 2: on seowol and having no regrets about that. We'll wrap

934
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Speaker 2: this thing up when we return on the other side.

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Speaker 2: West Shouler, Matt Williamson. It is the Drive on Steelers

936
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Speaker 2: Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

937
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Speaker 1: You were tuned about Drive on your twenty four to

938
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Speaker 1: seven home of the Black and Goal.

939
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:41,080
Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio back on the drive here and we

940
00:42:41,160 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 2: have a very special guest joining us now, Steelers running

941
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 2: back Jalen Warren. Jalen, it's a short week, it's a

942
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,120
Speaker 2: busy week. Thank you so much for taking the time

943
00:42:50,160 --> 00:42:52,720
Speaker 2: here for us today, and just got to start asking

944
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:54,799
Speaker 2: by how you're feeling. We know you were dealing with

945
00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:57,759
Speaker 2: some sickness on Monday night against the Dolphins. I think

946
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,440
Speaker 2: you mentioned you know, being ready to go home and

947
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:02,399
Speaker 2: and get a bunch of sleep in. I hope you're

948
00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 2: hope you're feeling better and doing well here today on

949
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:05,160
Speaker 2: this Wednesday.

950
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, I feel great, you know, obviously big miss

951
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,799
Speaker 4: everybody's you know, I had one. Doesn't feel good, But

952
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:16,839
Speaker 4: I'm doing as good as can be. It's definitly getting better.

953
00:43:17,560 --> 00:43:19,799
Speaker 2: Good good, Uh, that's what I That's what I like

954
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 2: to hear. And we're hopeful for that obviously ahead of

955
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,600
Speaker 2: a big one against the Detroit Lions team this weekend.

956
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 2: Gonna need you gonna need all hands on deck for that,

957
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 2: and you know, kind of sticking with that last couple

958
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 2: of weeks. I think a ton of improvement on on

959
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 2: your guys side of the football. You know, this is

960
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,640
Speaker 2: the time of year when you want to be hitting

961
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 2: your stride and hitting your peak. Does it feel like

962
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,399
Speaker 2: this offense is coming together at the right time?

963
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:46,959
Speaker 4: Yeah, yes, sir, you know, everybody making plays as we knew,

964
00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:50,400
Speaker 4: we knew all year. It's just coming in fruition right now.

965
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 4: And I'm glad it's you know, being displayed.

966
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, and I think it's it's got a lot

967
00:43:55,239 --> 00:43:57,680
Speaker 2: of people excited about, you know, where this, this thing

968
00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,760
Speaker 2: could continue to go here in the month of December.

969
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 2: You know that road narrows and the playoff push gets

970
00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,400
Speaker 2: closer and closer, And I gotta think, Jalen, like, just

971
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,080
Speaker 2: in general, you guys a ton of confidence in that

972
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:13,080
Speaker 2: running back room right now, yourself, Kenneth Gainwell, Caleb Johnson's

973
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:14,919
Speaker 2: starting to get more and more in the fold here.

974
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 2: I gotta think, you know, along with Eddie Faulkner, you

975
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,839
Speaker 2: guys are just in a really good spot right now.

976
00:44:21,320 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, you know it starts with, you know, our coaching.

977
00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:26,960
Speaker 4: The coach, you know, he gets us done, gets as

978
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 4: well prepared for the week. And you know, as professional

979
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 4: as we do our things, we look out for each other,

980
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,719
Speaker 4: give each other tid bits, you know, throughout the week,

981
00:44:34,840 --> 00:44:37,880
Speaker 4: help each other where whatever we see on film, and

982
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:39,640
Speaker 4: we just go out there and ball on Sunday.

983
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 2: Gotta love it and hoping for more of that this

984
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 2: Sunday against the Lions. Jalen, last one for you before

985
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,399
Speaker 2: we let you go. Just what it's been like here.

986
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,239
Speaker 2: You know you're now deep into this thing into December

987
00:44:51,360 --> 00:44:54,440
Speaker 2: with Aaron Rodgers. It's getting to be crunch time. It's

988
00:44:54,440 --> 00:44:56,239
Speaker 2: getting to be as you mentioned that that time of

989
00:44:56,320 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 2: year where you want all the tidbits and all the information.

990
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 2: What's it like like having a guy like that, you know,

991
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,759
Speaker 2: four time MVP, future Hall of Famer, one of the

992
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:09,120
Speaker 2: best point blank period quarterbacks ever in NFL history. I

993
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:12,040
Speaker 2: gotta think it's a huge benefit having that guy in

994
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 2: your corner, having that guy on your team this time

995
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 2: of year.

996
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's good, you know, good feeling on. We've got

997
00:45:18,560 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 4: that guy on our side of the ball, especially when

998
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 4: it comes down to, you know, this time of the year. Obviously,

999
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:27,480
Speaker 4: he's been in a lot of games like this, a

1000
00:45:27,560 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 4: very important win, so he knows what it takes and

1001
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 4: whatever he says. That's kind of the spait we move in.

1002
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:37,120
Speaker 2: Steelers running back Jalen Warren. Jalen, glad you're feeling better.

1003
00:45:37,239 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 2: Thank you so much for the time. Merry Christmas, Happy

1004
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,960
Speaker 2: Holidays to you as well, and and go get those

1005
00:45:43,000 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 2: Lions on Sunday.

1006
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,480
Speaker 4: Thank you, yeah, sir, Happy holladays.

1007
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,399
Speaker 2: There he goes, Steelers running back Jalen Warren kind enough

1008
00:45:49,440 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 2: to give us some of his time here on a

1009
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Speaker 2: busy portion of the season. We were hoping to make

1010
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Speaker 2: that one work for you today here on the Drive.

1011
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:59,520
Speaker 2: A lot of moving parts on the on the Drive today,

1012
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:04,080
Speaker 2: but thanks to everyone on Steelers PR for getting that there.

1013
00:46:04,160 --> 00:46:06,839
Speaker 2: I was gonna promote that throughout the show, but we

1014
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,319
Speaker 2: weren't sure we were going to be able to make

1015
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Speaker 2: it happen. So a nice little surprise for you all

1016
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Speaker 2: a few minutes there with Jalen Warren as we kind

1017
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Speaker 2: of put the end of today's show the finishing touches

1018
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Speaker 2: on today's program and that will do it for us today.

1019
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 2: So big thank you to Chris Hallick and Jalen Warren

1020
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Speaker 2: for joining us steelers PR and and everybody for setting

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Speaker 2: that one up for us. A big thank you to

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Speaker 2: Nathan for producing most of the show until he had

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Speaker 2: to go and I had to slide in here. Big

1024
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Speaker 2: thanks to TV. TV's the only one here. We started

1025
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Speaker 2: with four in the studio. We've cut that number in half.

1026
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Speaker 2: It's just me and TV. Big thanks to our video

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Speaker 2: producer Tyler V as always, and from my co host

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson. I'm Wesheeler. Take care, everybody. We will talk

1029
00:46:51,040 --> 00:46:53,120
Speaker 2: to you tomorrow. As always, you know where to find us.

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Speaker 2: It's on your twenty four to seven Home of the

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Speaker 2: Black and gold. It's Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers

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Speaker 2: Audio Network.