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Speaker 1: Drive on Home of the Black and Goals Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Drive. I'm Dale Ali here with

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson. It is Wednesday, and it's time for the

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Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Focus, and as we typically do on Wednesdays,

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Speaker 1: we'll go around the league here see who's in, who

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Speaker 1: is out in terms of practice availability and well. One

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Speaker 1: of the last week's stars, Davante Smith, with a back injury,

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Speaker 1: was limited today for the Philadelphia Eagles. He's really stepped

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Speaker 1: up in the big last two weeks have been really

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Speaker 1: good for him. Uh, They're a hard offense to deal

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Speaker 1: with and Brown is still the straw that serves to drink.

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Speaker 1: But Smith is really benefiting from Brown being around in

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Speaker 1: my opinion. Yeah, I forgot that. Somebody I heard a

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Speaker 1: nickname for him, something to Thin something or other. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: it's it's a funny one too, and I think it

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Speaker 1: was back from Bama. I can't think of it. It'll

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Speaker 1: him I'll be driving home from Man. But it was

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Speaker 1: pretty funny. It is pretty good because he is thin.

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Speaker 1: It's not like he and A. J. Brown couldn't be

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Speaker 1: different in terms of very different. And then you throw

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Speaker 1: like Quez Watkins in It's just a flat out burner

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Speaker 1: and got her. I mean they gotta go a wide variety. Absolutely.

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Speaker 1: Keenan Allen, with the hamstring, was participating in individual drills

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Uh. Still I don't think doing the doing

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Speaker 1: the team stuff. But it looks like he's trending in

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Speaker 1: the right direction. Yeah, I thought there was a chance

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Speaker 1: last week you'd go, they could use one more reliable

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Speaker 1: thing on that offense. They're they're taking a lot of

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Speaker 1: trapnel in terms of lineman injuries, and you know, I

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Speaker 1: mean Herbert and could use a safety blanket right about.

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Speaker 1: There should be a get right week. They play the

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Speaker 1: Texans this week, so that's get right back on the Uh.

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Speaker 1: Miles Sanders, with a hip injury, was limited in Wednesday's practice.

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Speaker 1: Keep an eye on that. But you consider him a

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Speaker 1: starter for Fantasy four? Guy, Like I think, if I

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Speaker 1: think you're starting him, you're not thrilled about it. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, he's okay, how about this little This is

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Speaker 1: a defensive injury, but it's certainly notable because he's played well.

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Speaker 1: Darius Slay did not practice on Wednesday because of a

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Speaker 1: back issue. Who do they have again? They played the Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they get the Jaguars. If you're a Christian co Kirk owner,

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Speaker 1: you're like, you're like hearing that. He has been a

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Speaker 1: real handful. He did a number on Justin Jefferson. Um

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Speaker 1: posted quarterbacks this year have completed seven of twenty four

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Speaker 1: passes in his coverage. I was about to say he's

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Speaker 1: had one of the best corner years today. That's pretty good.

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Speaker 1: That's amazing, right in Their pass rush helps. But boy,

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Speaker 1: that would be a loss for them and lose the Jags.

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Speaker 1: Jags are good. Yeah, uh, that could be a high

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Speaker 1: scoring game if he doesn't play or if he's limited. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and both those teams are putting up points. Alan Lazarre,

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Speaker 1: with an ankle injury, was limited on Wednesday. They get

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Speaker 1: the Patriots this week. I think Romeo Dubbs might be

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Speaker 1: their number one or is in the process of taking

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Speaker 1: it over. I don't trust rookie. I don't either. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying that's a good thing for the Packers.

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Speaker 1: I think that's the way it's trending. I'm sure Lazard

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Speaker 1: has you know, Rogers trust more, but doves doves bes

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Speaker 1: Man coverage. You know we always thought about that's step one. Yeah, Um,

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Speaker 1: I picked up in our league this week. Oddell Beckham

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Speaker 1: hoping they eventually he becomes a packer. That's my that's

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Speaker 1: my hope and dream. If I if I say enough

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Speaker 1: prayers and eat my vitamins. Yeah, that's that would be ideal.

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Speaker 1: There's a couple of spots and when there's a lot

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Speaker 1: of teams that could use them. Yeah, he's not a

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Speaker 1: bad pick up right now. Yeah. Yeah, if he's still

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Speaker 1: available out there, it's about time. You know, he'll be

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Speaker 1: a month in now, right you know you here, Oh

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Speaker 1: I mean even if he ends up in Indie, you

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Speaker 1: know's not bad. Yeah, there's a lot of spots that

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Speaker 1: it would be helpful. H A. J. Dillon with the

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Speaker 1: knee injury, was limited on Wednesday. Okay, that could be

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Speaker 1: good news if if you're just lean on Jones. I'm

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Speaker 1: leaning on those two backs a lot away. They play

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Speaker 1: them together. Everyone says they will and they don't, but

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Speaker 1: that really helps the other. Austin Hooper, with a neck injury,

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Speaker 1: did not practice on Wednesday. He's kind of not fantasy.

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Speaker 1: Maybe that helps Burks a little. This will maybe two

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Speaker 1: more targets that he wouldn't have got some Thursday night stuff.

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Speaker 1: Xavian Howard with a green injury questionable against the Bengals

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Speaker 1: Thursday night. I mean against that grouper receivers, you would

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Speaker 1: Jones is already out. Yeah, right, right right, So they

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Speaker 1: would be down both their starting cornerbacks against that group

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Speaker 1: of receivers. Yeah, I'm not sure if you know this.

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Speaker 1: listeners do. People have gotten on the Steelers offense, of course,

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Speaker 1: I mean I get that. For yards for play, you

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Speaker 1: know they're they're the Steelers are near the bottom league.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals are last. Yeah, with that offense, Like that's

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Speaker 1: unacceptable to me. Like I can make excuses, I can

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Speaker 1: explain away. The Steelers are work in progress. The Bengals

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Speaker 1: are last. That's some of that's a sack yardage hurts,

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Speaker 1: but still, I mean, you've got a lot of talent

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Speaker 1: and a really good quarterback. Tron Armstead is also questionable.

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Speaker 1: For that game with a toe injury. I don't know

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Speaker 1: if you saw this one. This one isn't fantasy relevant.

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Speaker 1: But DJ Readers out for the year two for the

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Speaker 1: Bengals too, so that's not good for them. He might

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Speaker 1: be their best defensive player. Yeah, he's a handful of

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Speaker 1: To is also questionable for that game with the back

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Speaker 1: removed from the injury report and he'll play. Joe mixed

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Speaker 1: He'll play. So that's good news if you have Bengals

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Speaker 1: the Bengals, there could be where that line moved to

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Speaker 1: Indianapolish lay All Collins, however, is questionable. Jonathan Taylor, with

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Speaker 1: I have proof that you did. Um. They have not

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Speaker 1: more volume volume. Yeah. I'm not worried about McCaffrey that

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Speaker 1: much either. He's been used, although he's on the injury

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Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. They hate to see these two things, yeah,

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Speaker 1: kind of hard to use. Yeah, I mean like I'm

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Speaker 1: me he's nowhere near. Yeah, and he wasn't much of

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Speaker 1: had two catches. Yeah, he got six targets though still

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Speaker 1: he's if Montgomery's out, he'd fire away on her. But yeah, uh.

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Speaker 1: Court Darryl Patterson with a knee did not practice on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: said knee and rest. Well, if you're sitting him out

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Speaker 1: Chargers did to finally place ra Shawn Slater on I

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Speaker 1: R with the torn biceps tending that ends his season.

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Speaker 1: They put both on the short one too. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 1: they're they're in a little bit of they aren't a

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Speaker 1: little bit of trouble. Yeah, that could go wrong for them.

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Speaker 1: This isn't fantasy related, but I'm not sold with Staley

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Speaker 1: is a good coach. Now you're dealing with a lot

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Speaker 1: of your important guys not being in the mix. Your

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Speaker 1: quarterback can't be quite a percent. You're not running the

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Speaker 1: ball as it was with Slater. Now you're really not

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Speaker 1: a very Uh. I think that would be a high

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Speaker 1: profile job that a lot of guys would want. A

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Speaker 1: great one. Hell Sean Payton, Yeah right right. But if

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Speaker 1: they only win eight games or something to be you know,

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Speaker 1: for whatever reason. I don't care what the reasons are.

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Speaker 1: As much as they've gone all in, ownership will not

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Speaker 1: team just won a championship, right, Greg Dortsch The everybody's

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Speaker 1: a fantasy favorite here. He was limited today with a

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Speaker 1: back issue. Um, I think we talked about him yesterday

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Speaker 1: or Monday. The whole key with him is what's the

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Speaker 1: status of Rondel Moore? Yeah, because Moore was limited today.

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Speaker 1: you know, and if Moore's back Doorgs will get bumped,

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Speaker 1: you know. But a j Green out this week, you know,

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Speaker 1: so much different style though. They've got some some moving parts. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they do. And then they throw the ball that that

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Speaker 1: teems pretty bad though too. He's got twenty catches already

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Speaker 1: on twenty three targets. It's been highly efficient. Yeah, highly efficient.

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Speaker 1: We got Hopkins back in six after week six year six.

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Speaker 1: James Conner with a knee was limited on Wednesday. There's

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Speaker 1: a shock. Yeah, do you buy low for you? No? No,

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Speaker 1: I don't want. I don't want to deal with that best.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, I hope, I hope it works out for him.

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Speaker 1: Uh money. Renfro with a concussion did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 1: That's been lingering to give you any Holland's love. Uh yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't think that that They're not one does not replace.

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Speaker 1: You know, they're not the same type at all. Maybe

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Speaker 1: it's just more targets for Hollands, but I'm not running

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Speaker 1: picking up Hollands even if he doesn't play. He got

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Speaker 1: ten targets last week. I think that was very opponent specific. Okay,

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Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know. I mentioned Joey Bosa. He

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Speaker 1: goes on injured reserve for them. That's a big deal

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Speaker 1: and get Khalil Mack, we get Macombosa's the number one

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