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Speaker 1: You are tuned about Drive on Home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Goals Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I am Dale Lali.

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Speaker 1: He is Matt Williamson, and it is time here on

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Speaker 1: the Drive to look at the final regular season power rankings,

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Speaker 1: according to Dan Hansas of NFL dot Com and brought

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Speaker 1: to our attention. It's one of our favorite segments too. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: people like this, well, you know, it gives us an

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Speaker 1: opportunity to talk about every team, a little nugget on everyone. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Uh so let's go ahead and take a look at

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Speaker 1: the bottom, as we usually do. We know the Bears

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Speaker 1: have number one, the Texans have number two, but that

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Speaker 1: doesn't mean that's how they're gonna be, you know, power ranked,

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Speaker 1: of course, and I'm talking about draft of course at

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Speaker 1: thirty two holding steady the Indianapolis Colts they worked on

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Speaker 1: the Bears. I don't think so. I start. I heard

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Speaker 1: a that today. So the Bears this season had two

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Speaker 1: games all season long where they threw for two hundred

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Speaker 1: or more yards two and one of those was two

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Speaker 1: hundred on the those None of this is where their

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Speaker 1: receivers are really bad. It's easy to forget how bad

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Speaker 1: fields was for the first month of this before they

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Speaker 1: started running him. I mean, he's I know you and

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Speaker 1: I are both very high on him. And I was

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Speaker 1: just about to say, imagine if the Colts had Field,

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Speaker 1: there's nothing to work with them, a bad offensive line.

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Speaker 1: He's not out of the wood Zoe as a passer.

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Speaker 1: By no means would I be considering drafting one at

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Speaker 1: I said, what if the Colts had Fields? But that's

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Speaker 1: a good team. I mean their quarterback problems are horrendous, horrendous, horrendous.

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Speaker 1: At thirty one down two spots are the Bears, Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean they're gonna they have needs everywhere. At thirty

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Speaker 1: the Arizona Cardinals holding steady in the draft. Cliff Kingsbury

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Speaker 1: is now out. How about I saw a thing today.

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Speaker 1: He has signed through him and the GM and Kyler

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Speaker 1: all signed right like within a month of each other.

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Speaker 1: Three You're gone people always, and they're gonna give Kyler

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Speaker 1: input into who the new coaches. Come on, man, that's

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Speaker 1: just asking for between games of whatever game he plays,

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Speaker 1: you know, real quick though, Black Monday is sad. Nobody

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Speaker 1: wants to get fired. YadA, YadA, but once you become

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Speaker 1: a head coach in the NFL, it ain't so bad

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Speaker 1: if somebody wanted to pay me through to not work

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Speaker 1: and pay me what Cliff Kingsbury is getting paid for

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Speaker 1: the next couple of years, for the next four years, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, like a lot of talk around Houston, who

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Speaker 1: I'm sure we're about to bring up, David Cauley is

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Speaker 1: probably on a beach somewhere still getting paid because he

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Speaker 1: got to be a head coach. I mean, when you've

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Speaker 1: reached that pinnacle, it's different than the running backs almost

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Speaker 1: like yeah, get me wrong. You know, I heard, I

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Speaker 1: saw one and this is this. I file this one

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Speaker 1: under show me you don't know anything about football without

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Speaker 1: telling me that you don't know anything about football. One

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Speaker 1: of the local Pittsburgh radio hosts I'm not gonna name

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Speaker 1: any names here, suggested that the Steelers should bring in

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Speaker 1: Cliff Kingsbury as their offensive coordination. Been asked three or

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Speaker 1: four times by people that aren't in the business, friends

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Speaker 1: of mine, whomever, Twitter and O was the only thing

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Speaker 1: I could respond to that it's the most static Big

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Speaker 1: twelve offense if you if you think Matt Canada's offense

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Speaker 1: is Saturday level. Take a look at what the Cardinals do.

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Speaker 1: They do the exact same things over and over. They

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Speaker 1: never throw the ball down the field. Everything's been sideways

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Speaker 1: or a shot that you know is coming. I mean, no, no, no,

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Speaker 1: As I said, show me you don't know anything about

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Speaker 1: football without actually saying it. People that don't know better,

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Speaker 1: they will claim to have asked me that, and I'm

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Speaker 1: no that. At twenty nine, up two spots the Houston Texans,

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Speaker 1: I think that's fine. They want They went out on

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Speaker 1: anyways fired anyways, Yeah, he gave him a parting gift though.

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Speaker 1: He got them the number two draft pick instead of

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Speaker 1: the number one. And again he's gonna retire a happy

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Speaker 1: person to or you know, I don't feel too bad

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Speaker 1: for him. At down two spots the Los Angeles Rams.

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Speaker 1: Baker is really bad. Yeah, there was a minute there

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Speaker 1: that I thought maybe McVeigh can save Baker if Stafford

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Speaker 1: of rumors about McVeigh is he coming back or not?

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Speaker 1: But he now today that he's gonna allow his whole

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Speaker 1: by the way, I'm gonna come back and I getta hire.

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Speaker 1: They have like twenty nine assistant coaches. That's the other

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Speaker 1: thing about that. They have more assistant coaches than any

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Speaker 1: other team in the league. I bet Stafford retires, I

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Speaker 1: bet Donald retires, and I bet Ramsey demands trade or

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Speaker 1: whatever you know. And as you mentioned there on the

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Speaker 1: serial schedule next year, they are on the schedule at

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Speaker 1: seven up a spot and thus far everybody from here

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Speaker 1: down if you include McVeigh in that he's looking for

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Speaker 1: a new coach, good point are the Denver Broncos they're

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Speaker 1: looking for spot, They're looking for a new coach. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: been really linked to hardball. I have no idea if

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Speaker 1: know that they're unbelievably inexperienced and if they think hiring

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Speaker 1: hardball is the answer, right, and they're pocketed, so they'll

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Speaker 1: get who they want, But they're not going to get

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Speaker 1: Sean Payton. I wouldn't take that job of fire Payton.

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Speaker 1: Ay that there's that, But they don't have any draft

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Speaker 1: picks to give up to get Sean. They have the

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Speaker 1: Niners pick from Miami for Chubb, but is it gonna be?

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Speaker 1: Are they gonna take just that? And if you're paying me, right,

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Speaker 1: and if you're Payton, you go, well, okay, you're gonna

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Speaker 1: give up your only first round draft pick for the

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Speaker 1: next three years. And how am I going to make

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Speaker 1: this team better? In the end? Is everything you gave

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Speaker 1: up for Wilson and Peyton gonna get you anyone? Probably not?

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Speaker 1: And Sean Payton's Sean Payton walked away from New Orleans

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Speaker 1: this year because he knew they weren't going to win. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: Like you guys went all in and you know all

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Speaker 1: very good cards in your hand, right. Plus I'd go

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Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons. I suppose, I mean, I'd probably put Denver

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Speaker 1: of it was early in the season. I think they

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Speaker 1: a spot. The Cleveland Browns, that's really belong. They're not

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Speaker 1: a good team. They are not a good team. And

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Speaker 1: I feel bad for the defense coordinator, like somebody had

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Speaker 1: You know, Stefanski make it through next year? Are they

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Speaker 1: go get new stuff, and I have to make him right,

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Speaker 1: it's a power bricks on your back. Yeah, that you're

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Speaker 1: paying dollars fifty million dollar cap they've got, as I

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Speaker 1: big loss to the Panthers, right, yeah, nine to six

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Speaker 1: or seven? It was bad. Yeah, Yeah, I guess that's

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Speaker 1: where they're at ten seven. I'm sorry seven. I guess

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Speaker 1: that's the type of team they are. Now. Who's their

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Speaker 1: know that they don't think he's good enough. Hopefully you

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Speaker 1: get a pick for Sean Payton and that doesn't mean

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Speaker 1: he turns into Sean Payton. Doesn't have to come back

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Speaker 1: TV deal. Like he could build Coward this for the

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Speaker 1: next five years and still be still be the hot

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Speaker 1: He could be sitting waiting for Mike McCarthy to screw

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Speaker 1: You can do having better than anybody. He's like, right,

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Speaker 1: those TV gigs. I mean again, you're you're making money,

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Speaker 1: in the public eye. The owners are still looking at

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Speaker 1: smart things that football when I was watching too perfect example.

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Speaker 1: But I think the Saints are in trouble going forward,

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Speaker 1: Like they dump in Kamara, and I mean like Michael

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Speaker 1: Thomas can't come back. They just redid his deal last

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Speaker 1: week to make sure that to try to trade him.

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Speaker 1: But who's gonna want Yeah, really, who's gonna want trade

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Speaker 1: for him? I can't give you anything for him. And

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Speaker 1: if I from the Bears and I've got a hundred

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Speaker 1: twenty million cap space, I'll give you a seventh to

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Speaker 1: take him off your hands. Yeah, that's what you're looking

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Speaker 1: meaningful football. And three years at twenty three down a spot.

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Speaker 1: The New York Jets, Wow, currently constructed? Yes, they scored

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Speaker 1: should be below some of these teams. I'm sorry, pretty bad.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not sure they beat Denver right now.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they would. Wilson played a little better.

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Speaker 1: And you know they could use Russell Wilson. That's I mean,

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Speaker 1: that's all you need to say. Real quick. On them too,

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Speaker 1: Like I've been praising their defense all year and it's

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Speaker 1: very very good, but they run the same thing. It's

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Speaker 1: and they don't ever really do that. That to me

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Speaker 1: Maybe Peyton goes there. I think they see the Sean

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Speaker 1: Payton stuff going on here and they go, oh, well,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm such a Dak supporter, but I'm almost

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Speaker 1: certain he's thrown the most interceptions in the league, and

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Speaker 1: he missed four games, and yes, and he fumbled double

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Speaker 1: digit right, I think that's who he is. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I do think he puts the ball on Harm's way.

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Speaker 1: But man, I mean, I don't know that. I'm at

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Speaker 1: the point now where I don't know if you can

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Speaker 1: win with Dak Prescott. You can win, you can win games,

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Speaker 1: win division, you get the playoffs. I don't think you

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Speaker 1: can win a super Bowl with Dak Prescott. It's possible.

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Speaker 1: I also think Kellen Moore is one of the most overrated.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, I I was just gonna say this,

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Speaker 1: Like every time you watch a Cowboys game, mostly because

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Speaker 1: Troy Aikman is doing a game, or Tony Romo is

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Speaker 1: doing a game, callamore, callumore. What has he done? What's

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Speaker 1: he doing? It's so great? Nothing? Yeah, absolutely, I mean

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Speaker 1: people refer to him as future head coach Kellen Moore

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Speaker 1: based on what right? I don't see it. And I

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Speaker 1: think McCarthy is highly overrated too. At five. The Eagles,

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Speaker 1: Oh they might be one that's harshly what's wrong with

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Speaker 1: the Eagles? What are we worried about with that? If

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Speaker 1: the Eagles and forty miners play right now, I'm taking

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Speaker 1: the Eagles. I mean, I get the Niner love, but

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Speaker 1: the Eagles wouldn't be five. If you look at who

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Speaker 1: the Niners have beaten during this this big stretch, this

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Speaker 1: big wins nobody. The last time they played somebody good,

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Speaker 1: they got wamped by Kansas City. Yeah, I mean they

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Speaker 1: lost by like three touchdowns. I would have the Eagles

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Speaker 1: over the Niners. Absolutely, yeah, absolutely. In fact, the Niners

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Speaker 1: might be fifth of this group for me. Yeah, the

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Speaker 1: Bengals will be topps in the a f C for me,

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Speaker 1: At four of the Chiefs, okay, at three are the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: These top five you can put in a bag and

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Speaker 1: shake them up. I'm sure two are the Bills and

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Speaker 1: then he has at one. Let's just go over that

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Speaker 1: schedule real quickly. Pulling that up. I read something on

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Speaker 1: Football Siders today that the Bills were one of the

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Speaker 1: only teams in their history that ended up top five

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Speaker 1: and both sides the ball. And you know I didn't

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Speaker 1: read the who all three special teams as well special

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Speaker 1: teams as well that's pretty strong. So Niners. The Niners

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Speaker 1: lost to the Bears in Week one, that was in

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Speaker 1: a rainstorm's lands time beat Seattle seven. That looks like

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Speaker 1: a good win. Um, I guess Jimmy's a quarterback at

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Speaker 1: that point. I can't remember how long Lance lasted. Jimmy played.

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Speaker 1: He played against the Broncos. He Lance got hurt in

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Speaker 1: net game hurt. Lost at Denver eleven ten. Okay, that

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Speaker 1: doesn't look so good right now. Beat the Rams to nine. No,

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Speaker 1: that doesn't know, but that doesn't matter now. I say

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Speaker 1: people were super excited about the Rams win. We thought

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Speaker 1: they were good back then, and they're not. Beat the

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Speaker 1: Panthers fifteen. Also thought Denver was good back then, right,

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Speaker 1: beat the Falcon or lost to the Falcons. They played

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Speaker 1: like me and you on defense. That's right, because they

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Speaker 1: saved it up for the next week to play the

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Speaker 1: Chiefs and lost at home at home, they lost by

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Speaker 1: twenty one points. Then they beat the Rams again. Who

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Speaker 1: and they? I mean, so since the Chiefs they haven't lost? Yeah, right,

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Speaker 1: that's they beat the Chargers. They beat them. So they

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Speaker 1: beat the Rams. They beat the Chargers, they beat the Cardinals,

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Speaker 1: they beat the Saints, they beat the Dolphins, but that

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Speaker 1: was without oh right, right right, they were big favorites

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Speaker 1: of that one. Beat the Buccaneers to seven. Yeah, beat

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Speaker 1: the Seahawks, beat the Commanders, beat the Raiders, beat the Cardinals.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't think people talking about the Steelers schedule,

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Speaker 1: they didn't beat anybody. Who the hell did beat and

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Speaker 1: who was it? Was it the Dolphins? Somebody put a

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Speaker 1: lot of points on them recently, defense, I don't say

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Speaker 1: I would say I knew it was a backup quarterbacks.

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Speaker 1: The Commanders scored twenty on them, you know, I mean,

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Speaker 1: the defense starting to show some crack. Not clearly number

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Speaker 1: one anymore. I think we both love their roster. Yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: But I'm not saying, you know, the people who are

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Speaker 1: pushing brock Purty to beat they ain't beat anybody. Yeah nobody.

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Speaker 1: I mean, one of my annual things I do is

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Speaker 1: I build a spreadsheet Chalker of in rank all the

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks one to fourteen, all the coaching staffs won to fourteen.

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Speaker 1: If it wasn't for the Ravens and Dolphins situations, clearly

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Speaker 1: Perdy would be fourteen. Yeah, you know what I mean, Like,

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Speaker 1: I just think that they're not going to play to

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Speaker 1: or Lamar. So I'm gonna put them behind them. But

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Speaker 1: every year Perdy would be fourteen. I mean, I'm not

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Speaker 1: out of the woods with this guy. Yeah, I once

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Speaker 1: he played the last five. Kay. Yeah, it's a good story.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know he's the last Leak for years.

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Speaker 1: Good for him. They played the Seahawks this week, a

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Speaker 1: team that's a team that they've already beaten twice. But

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Speaker 1: I mean that was game in Seattle just a few

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Speaker 1: weeks ago. Mccaffrio two purpose, right, and they'll they'll crush

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Speaker 1: the att Philadelphia is better, right, the NFC in general,

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Speaker 1: there's not there's only one roadblock for me. You know,

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia is better. And all three of the top teams

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Speaker 1: in the a f C are better than San Francisco. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think their fifth. I think the fifth. I mean

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Speaker 1: quarterbacks matter, they do. At some point you're gonna have

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Speaker 1: you know, you're gonna have to pull their They're they're

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Speaker 1: baking out of the fire here, and he's not gonna

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Speaker 1: be able to do it. I mean, those guys with

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Speaker 1: the teams just mentioned are probably the first four m

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Speaker 1: v P candidates. Hurts, Alan Burrow, Mahomes and I'm not

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Speaker 1: picking on the kid. I mean he's played very well.

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Speaker 1: He's done what Dave estimate do. But when I said

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Speaker 1: the same thing about Hurts last year, like going into

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Speaker 1: the playoffs against the Todd Bowles, He's gonna hurt you

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Speaker 1: at some point. Is a different animal than beaten Seattle

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Speaker 1: by handing at the McCaffrey over and over and hitting

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Speaker 1: debo and slants without a doubt, without a doubt. You

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Speaker 1: Dale Lally. When we come back, it's time for the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Focus. We will do that right after this.

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Speaker 1: I get a little curb ball to throw, so I'm

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Speaker 1: not going to tell him what it is off the

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