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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we doing well? That's good

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Speaker 2: us too, our number two here of the drive, as

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Speaker 2: we are staring down the barrel of Division Round weekend

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Speaker 2: across the NFL. Before we give all of our thoughts

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Speaker 2: and predictions on how those four games this weekend play out,

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Speaker 2: we do need to put a bow on our twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five Rookie Class conversation here. Y, Yeah, this one

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Speaker 2: surprising to me. To number eleven, just outside of the

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Speaker 2: top ten is the Tennessee Titans. And I guess it's

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Speaker 2: because maybe just in my mind, I'm.

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Speaker 3: An, but I just like them a lot.

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Speaker 2: Same same is like, hey found your future quarterback. But

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Speaker 2: I guess in terms of actual production from the class.

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Speaker 3: Right, you know, two receivers have played lot, but they

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Speaker 3: don't look like they're the answer. You know, they're going

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Speaker 3: to be pieces of the puzzle.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Jimary Dyke and elk a manure a manure close enough,

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Speaker 2: close enough. Everyone's got these everyone's got these crazy difficult

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Speaker 2: names now things.

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Speaker 3: And actually it's not Dike, it's dk.

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Speaker 2: No, it's not yes it is. No, it's not. Yes

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Speaker 2: it is if somebody's been saying that wrong.

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Speaker 3: You were closer on the tough name.

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Speaker 2: I was closer on the tough name. DK Metcalf. There's

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Speaker 2: only one Dk around here. Okay. Number twelve, Dallas Cowboys.

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Speaker 3: The first on guard is a really yeah, I'm stretching

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Speaker 2: Thirteen the Miami Dolphins, Kenneth Grant. He started real slow,

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Speaker 2: Ollie Gordon.

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Speaker 3: Gordon was Okay, These middle of the pack ones are

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Speaker 3: not that impressive. No, not that the Steelers is way better,

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Speaker 3: but it's in the same neighborhood as most.

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Speaker 2: Of the leagues, but it's way down on the list exactly. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Fourteen Arizona Cardinals. How do you evaluate because Walter Nolan

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Speaker 2: was one of those names we discussed a lot has

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Speaker 2: been the last year, along with Derek Harmon and Grant

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Speaker 2: and Grant, how do you feel about the pepping order

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Speaker 2: of those three?

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Speaker 3: At the rant was definitely third, But his last six

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Speaker 3: weeks or so, the season got better and better and

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Speaker 3: you start to see it. So that's I don't think

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Speaker 3: they're like disturbed about it. Sure, Nolan was phenomenal, but

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Speaker 3: he's he had two different injuries. Yeah, so I think

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Speaker 3: he maybe played five games something like that because he started.

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Speaker 2: The season hurt six games six yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean totally guessing, and the end of the season hurt.

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Speaker 3: But when he was out there he was Wow. I

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Speaker 3: mean I would take those flashes over Harmon, but not

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Speaker 2: Fifteen the Buffalo Bills, Buffalo Bill, Maxwell, Harriston, TJ. Sanders.

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Speaker 3: They went defense crazy.

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Speaker 2: They really did, Deon Walker, Jordan Hancock.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're all pieces and role players.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Sixteen the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a Mecca Buca.

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Speaker 3: Started really strong and caseled very so.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Tess Johnson did a little bit for this year. Seventeen

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Speaker 3: Harvey didn't explode, but he's starting to. I think they're

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Speaker 2: Yes, the first round corner. Yeah, out of Texas. He started.

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Speaker 2: Guy to played all seventeen games. Yeah, had an interception,

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Speaker 2: thirty five tackles, five passes. Defense decent group. Eighteen The

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Speaker 2: Eagles might have thought they might be a little bit higher.

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Speaker 2: John Campbell I think is going to be a star.

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Speaker 3: I think he's the thing is they have Dean and

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Speaker 2: And they gave Zack Bond that big contract. But I

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Speaker 2: think you're right. I think Gid Campbell's got a first

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Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, it's funny because we talked about the Patriots,

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Speaker 3: m You are a They both are like on the right,

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Speaker 2: Number twenty the Houston Texans Jaden Higgins offense, Jalen Knowle,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, the left tackle Urser.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately, who we have all this pleasure of seeing playing

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Speaker 2: a lot this year. Twenty one the Kansas City Chiefs.

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Speaker 2: Josh Simmons, he was.

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Speaker 3: In that lineup, was really impressive when he was in there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Omar Norman Lott, the defensive tackle from Tennis CEE

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Speaker 3: They found the left tackle. If they can keep them

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, and they're going to be a very interesting

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Speaker 2: one to evaluate this draft. Go round twenty two the

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Speaker 2: Detroit Lions, Tyleek Williams, Tate Ratledge, Isaac Tislaw another one

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Speaker 2: of Zach Fraser's Yeah brothers cousins, Miles Fraser. Yeah, Feacher's

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Speaker 2: coming out of this NFL draft these last two years.

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Speaker 3: Drafted interior line pretty heavy, and the interior line was

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Speaker 3: pretty bad. But maybe they're better as they age, you know.

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Speaker 2: Isn't it wild? Tislaw had sixteen catches this year. Six

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Speaker 3: I say they're like all big plays. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Twenty three the Cincinnati Bengals. I don't know how they're

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Speaker 3: I say they drafted defense like play crazy, played them

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Speaker 3: all and they all played bad. And you drafted guards

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Speaker 2: Like Demetrius Knight Junior was okay for a second round picks.

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Speaker 2: A rookie, he was okay, but you got nothing else.

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Speaker 3: Nothing of the first round pick. The edge guy and

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Speaker 2: I thought TOAJ Brooks for them in the sixth round

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Speaker 3: It's only anything as a rookie.

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Speaker 2: Twenty four the Indiana A colts Man. I think if

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Speaker 3: But still he was an impact player for him. Trying

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Speaker 2: Picked Riley Leonard, Jalen Travis Okay, Jonathan Edwards. Their undrafted

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Speaker 3: Oh, they drafted a corner from Minnesota that got hurt

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Speaker 2: Justin Wally Wally Okay. Twenty five the Washington Commanders.

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Speaker 3: I think they got a starting tackle in the first round.

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Speaker 2: And that and it picked twenty nine.

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Speaker 3: That's yeah, that's something.

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Speaker 2: That's certainly something. Trey Amos, Yeah, I think they're real

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know one of those drafts, like you mentioned,

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Speaker 2: Next eight to ten years and a good running back.

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Speaker 2: That's better than twenty five twenty six. No surprise here

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Speaker 2: mean Caleb Rodgers in Charles Grant, the two tackles they

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Speaker 3: But play a time.

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Speaker 2: From what I remember from your you know, uh kind

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Speaker 3: when we talk with Steelers, when you get they could

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Speaker 2: Another team that made eleven draft picks. I don't understand

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Speaker 3: Oh, they had to play a lot of those guys.

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Speaker 3: A lot of the whole defense was was rookies.

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Speaker 2: Right, third round nickel Upton Stout, fifth round safely safety

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Speaker 3: Pick, right, even as an undersized nickel corner, he's been

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Speaker 2: Number twenty eight, your Pittsburgh Steelers, and they basically said,

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Speaker 2: you know, Derek Harmon missed six games, you didn't have

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Speaker 2: a second round pick, your third round pick, Caleb Johnson

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Speaker 3: I mean, if he gets six games really out of

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Speaker 3: your top three rounds, you have to rank them.

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Speaker 2: Well, yeah, no, no doubt. And that doesn't mean listen,

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Speaker 2: we're all really high on Derek Harmon going forward. I

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Speaker 3: Pick, correct me if from wrong, But I don't even

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Speaker 3: remember like an undrafted rookie being impactful this year.

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Speaker 2: No, I do not. I mean Carson Bruner was a

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Speaker 2: little bit on special teams, but didn't see Will Howard,

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Speaker 2: didn't see Dante Kent, barely saw Caleb Johnson, didn't have

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Speaker 3: Usually there is an undrafted guy Castro or you remember

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Speaker 3: we were exciting yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, some of these

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Speaker 2: Some of these guys. Uh Jalen Warren was one of

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Speaker 2: Number twenty nine. The Green Bay Packers, Matthew Golden, Anthony Belton, Eh, yeah,

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Speaker 2: be excited by there. The Minnesota Vikings, who only made

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Speaker 2: Donovan Jackson, the guard from Ohio State. I think he

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was a plus starter for that for the season,

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Speaker 3: but that that's about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. They only gets two years in a row that

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Speaker 3: they went without like second and third round pick.

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Speaker 2: They only made five picks as well.

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Speaker 3: It's been a couple of years in a row. They

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Speaker 3: have not made many. That's gonna bite you.

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Speaker 2: Gavin Bartholomew, the tight end from Pitt in the sixth round.

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Speaker 2: I still think he can be a pretty good player.

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Speaker 2: They got to find a quarterback that can get him

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Speaker 2: the football. Thirty one the Jacksonville Jaguars, which I guest

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Speaker 3: I mean, you gave everything you had to move up

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Speaker 2: Yes, and you know they had no second round picks.

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio. Back on the drive here, and it's

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Speaker 2: time to focus on Divisional Round weekend. But before we

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Speaker 2: do that, Matt, one, I guess last kind of I

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Speaker 3: How feasible it is would be nice to land both.

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Speaker 3: There'll probably be a couple coaching spots filled. I do

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Speaker 2: I think you're right if you're asking me right now.

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Speaker 2: But now, Matthew, it is time for the main event,

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Speaker 2: Divisional Round action. Two games Saturday, two games Sunday. I

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Speaker 2: Let's go in chronological order here.

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Speaker 3: We could get weather in all four spots too.

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Speaker 2: We certainly we could. We certainly could wait a second.

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Speaker 2: You mean in Denver in mid January, the Elements, nothing

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Speaker 2: chronological order. I am a little surprised that the Buffalo

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Speaker 3: But you knew the two by teams would be Saturday.

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Speaker 2: That is always the case. Denver hosting the Bills for

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Speaker 3: I'm looking forward to this one. Alan. Watching the game,

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Speaker 3: That's enough for me to change.

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Speaker 2: You know, another edition of Seahawks and Niners in the

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Speaker 3: is right there with Houston's for me, is the best

438
00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:09,480
Speaker 3: out there.

439
00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:13,159
Speaker 2: A pass rush could cost some problems.

440
00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:17,359
Speaker 3: They cause problems everywhere. I think Seattle. I'm pretty certain

441
00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,720
Speaker 3: Seattle wins. I know they're the better team, but it

442
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:23,520
Speaker 3: is that third time you play, and Shanahan and those

443
00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,840
Speaker 3: guys aren't going to be at all intimidated or you know,

444
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:31,159
Speaker 3: overwhelmed by the circumstances. Seven seems like a lot.

445
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:33,000
Speaker 2: I was thinking the same thing.

446
00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,480
Speaker 3: I'm still taking Seattle, but that's a big number.

447
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,320
Speaker 2: I'm taking the points are. I think the Seahawks win,

448
00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,160
Speaker 2: but not by more than a touchdown, so I'll take

449
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 2: I'll take the Niners plus seven, but that's not an

450
00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 2: easy one to pick.

451
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,560
Speaker 3: No, I mean that's a big number for this round

452
00:21:47,560 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 3: of the playoffs.

453
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:50,479
Speaker 2: It's by I mean, it's it's I shouldn't say by

454
00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:52,680
Speaker 2: far because the Rams are four and a half point

455
00:21:52,680 --> 00:21:56,320
Speaker 2: favorites in Chicago. Yeah, but it's I mean, it's You're right.

456
00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,919
Speaker 2: You don't often see a touchdown until you get to

457
00:21:58,960 --> 00:21:59,600
Speaker 2: the final eight.

458
00:21:59,640 --> 00:22:01,960
Speaker 3: Teams had to buy or beat it left of the.

459
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:04,280
Speaker 2: League, and I understand it's at Seattle. Good home field

460
00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:07,760
Speaker 2: advantage and all that stuff. Yeah, I'll take the points

461
00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 2: with San Francisco, but I do think Seattle wins.

462
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:12,119
Speaker 3: Did you take Denver?

463
00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 2: I took Denver? Yeah, yep, you convinced me. Yeah, you

464
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,639
Speaker 2: talked me into it. On to Sunday. Here two more

465
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:23,359
Speaker 2: games on Sunday, begetting at three o'clock on ESPN and

466
00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:28,199
Speaker 2: ABC up in fox Borough, Massachusetts, where the Patriots look

467
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:32,160
Speaker 2: to continue their winning ways against Houston the Texans. Now

468
00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:35,360
Speaker 2: they go to Pittsburgh last week on Monday night. Now

469
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:40,320
Speaker 2: they traveled to New England Sunday afternoon. Matt the Patriots,

470
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:42,119
Speaker 2: I don't think they'll be able to get away with

471
00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:44,760
Speaker 2: the performance that they got away with against the Chargers.

472
00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:49,720
Speaker 2: Against this Houston team. The Patriots are those three point

473
00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:50,520
Speaker 2: favorites at home.

474
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,840
Speaker 3: In this one. So the Chargers defense, led by Mincher,

475
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,919
Speaker 3: did a good job, but eventually they were just on

476
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,440
Speaker 3: the field too much, and you know, I couldn't.

477
00:22:58,920 --> 00:22:59,960
Speaker 2: Keep giving a sixteen point.

478
00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:01,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, they did their job.

479
00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,080
Speaker 2: But also this is the lowest over under of the I.

480
00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:07,400
Speaker 3: Would say, I think this is gonna be whatever over

481
00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:07,840
Speaker 3: under is.

482
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 2: I might just go under forty and a half.

483
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,480
Speaker 3: I'm definitely go under. I think this game is like

484
00:23:11,720 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 3: in the team's thirteen twelve type of game. Fourteen. Yeah,

485
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,640
Speaker 3: because I was really impressed with the Patriots defense. When

486
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,280
Speaker 3: Milton Williams is back next to Barmore. That's a really

487
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,360
Speaker 3: good group and they're a lot healthier than they've been

488
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,920
Speaker 3: on defense. Now. If I'm sure Houston folks are going

489
00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:31,120
Speaker 3: man Stroud played, we all bet Stroud played terrible here,

490
00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,600
Speaker 3: I would imagine, and his numbers actually are much better

491
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 3: at home and in the Dome and than they are away.

492
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:41,320
Speaker 3: I don't know, we didn't really discuss that. I don't

493
00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,280
Speaker 3: know which quarterbacks other than Allan are super equipped to

494
00:23:44,280 --> 00:23:46,360
Speaker 3: handle the weather. I mean, Nicks. We haven't seen a ton.

495
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:47,680
Speaker 3: Maybe we haven't seen a.

496
00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 2: Time Williams at least he's played.

497
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,199
Speaker 3: They're all physical enough. Yeah, I mean Stafford I'm sure

498
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,359
Speaker 3: will be fine. But overall, if you look at the

499
00:23:56,400 --> 00:24:00,359
Speaker 3: Patriots schedule, which has been easy, they have not faced

500
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,560
Speaker 3: a defense like Houston's. And I'm not sure there is

501
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:06,000
Speaker 3: a defense like Houston, but nothing close. I think he'll

502
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,119
Speaker 3: be under a ton of pressure. I expect Stroud to

503
00:24:09,160 --> 00:24:11,880
Speaker 3: play better. I don't think they'll have as much success

504
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 3: on the ground as they did against the Steelers. They

505
00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:18,000
Speaker 3: usually just don't. But Niko's out, I assume he's out.

506
00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 3: I haven't heard that.

507
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:19,360
Speaker 2: I haven't.

508
00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:23,200
Speaker 3: I haven't heard that he's even practiced yet, So I'm

509
00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:28,920
Speaker 3: just assuming he's out. Christian Gonzalez does come back. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

510
00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:32,720
Speaker 3: Christian Gonzalez came back. I think from his concussion. I

511
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,600
Speaker 3: would my bet here is take the points in the

512
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,320
Speaker 3: under because I think it's going to be defense galore.

513
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:41,520
Speaker 3: But I'm gonna say New England ends up winning. But

514
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:44,200
Speaker 3: I'm taking points. It's like a two and a half

515
00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:45,000
Speaker 3: game something like that.

516
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:49,520
Speaker 2: Okay, I'm not I'm not laying points with New England

517
00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 2: really against most people. I'm not sitting here saying there's

518
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:56,560
Speaker 2: some fugazy fraud and all that. But I'm just I'm

519
00:24:56,600 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 2: not laying points with the Patriots. Yeah, you're not doing it,

520
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,480
Speaker 2: so I'm with you. I think the real play here

521
00:25:01,520 --> 00:25:03,240
Speaker 2: is the under forty and a half.

522
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 3: Two good defenses and I think Houston's have trouble blocking them.

523
00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 2: Two good defenses and weather seem like a lower I mean.

524
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:13,400
Speaker 3: We can talk much about the game, but really, yeah,

525
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:16,640
Speaker 3: I mean compatively speaking, but the Steelers pass rush showed up,

526
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,080
Speaker 3: and I think New England's pass rush will show up.

527
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 2: You know, they forced to turnovers for Stroud. You know,

528
00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:24,800
Speaker 2: the Steelers defense when that game was still clearly in

529
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 2: the balance. I'll take Houston plus three. I'm with you.

530
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,679
Speaker 2: I think they seems like a lot. I think they

531
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,800
Speaker 2: certainly could win. I'm just not laying points with the Patriots.

532
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:36,000
Speaker 2: I'm just not doing it. I'm not that sold on

533
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:36,560
Speaker 2: them yet.

534
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 3: I would pick them to win if Nico was in,

535
00:25:39,280 --> 00:25:42,680
Speaker 3: but the other weapons aren't bad. We saw Christian Kirk

536
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 3: and you know, it's a big it's a it's a

537
00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:46,720
Speaker 3: big loss for Houston in a list of guys you

538
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 3: can't lose.

539
00:25:47,280 --> 00:25:50,000
Speaker 2: For an offense. There that doesn't have a ton of

540
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 2: dynamic pieces. Yeah.

541
00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:51,480
Speaker 3: Yeah.

542
00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,640
Speaker 2: And then finally Sunday at six thirty in the windy

543
00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,119
Speaker 2: city of Chicago at Soldier Field, Can I just a

544
00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: real quick quick digression. Yeah, you obviously watched that fantastic

545
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,040
Speaker 2: Bears and Packers game that might end up being the

546
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,160
Speaker 2: game of the postseason by the time it's all said

547
00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:16,680
Speaker 2: and done. The comeback and the backdrop of the rivalry

548
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:21,280
Speaker 2: and all those things. After going back and watching that

549
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: game again, you'll laugh at this, But you also know

550
00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:27,760
Speaker 2: I am a sports dork. I'm a sports romantic. I

551
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:30,360
Speaker 2: just have to say this because I've got a microphone.

552
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,480
Speaker 2: Adam Sandler wedding singer. I have a microphone and you don't,

553
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 2: so you will listen to every word I have to say.

554
00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:39,440
Speaker 2: The Bears can't move from Chicago, Like, come on, those

555
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,119
Speaker 2: aerial shots and they're playing the Packs because it's snowing

556
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,400
Speaker 2: and Chicago skyline is in the background. You cannot uproot

557
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 2: and move to the middle of nowhere. Illinois or Indiana

558
00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 2: or whatever they're trying to do, don't do it. All

559
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,800
Speaker 2: those jokes that I've made in the past about the

560
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 2: Steelers moving to Cranberry would be really nice because it'd

561
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:58,720
Speaker 2: be right down the street from me and I could

562
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,560
Speaker 2: take I could take an electric scooter to the stadium

563
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,080
Speaker 2: every game day. Don't do it. I'm telling you there's

564
00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:07,920
Speaker 2: something said, there, something to be said. When it's nighttime

565
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,600
Speaker 2: and they're doing those wide shots and the skylines in

566
00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,679
Speaker 2: the background, and like, you can't you can't leave Chicago Bears.

567
00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:15,239
Speaker 2: Don't do it. Don't do it.

568
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,120
Speaker 3: And I'm sure they have fun pre and post game

569
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 3: at the new place. But I'm sure it's a blast

570
00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:21,680
Speaker 3: at the bars and restaurants.

571
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:24,680
Speaker 2: And all that. Cleveland's moving their stadium out to the suburbs.

572
00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 2: I'm sure it'll be gorgeous, shot be pretty beautiful. I'm

573
00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,280
Speaker 2: sure the weather will be much better than it is.

574
00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:33,040
Speaker 2: But it's not It's not the same as when they

575
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 2: do those wide shots and the skylines right in the background.

576
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:39,159
Speaker 2: Carolina Panthers that game against the Rams, same thing. Like

577
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,119
Speaker 2: their stadium is right downtown, and.

578
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:45,400
Speaker 3: I imagine if Monday football's here and you don't even

579
00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,280
Speaker 3: see the point in the three rivers exactly right.

580
00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:50,800
Speaker 2: You know, you see West, you see West's house in

581
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:51,760
Speaker 2: Cranberry and Mars.

582
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 3: You don't see the bridges and the you know, people

583
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,320
Speaker 3: that don't see Pittsburgh GoF like, wow, that's a really

584
00:27:56,359 --> 00:27:56,880
Speaker 3: pretty city.

585
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:59,000
Speaker 2: All right, And again I'm a dork. I like the

586
00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:02,680
Speaker 2: Bills have never played in Buffalo, you know, like these

587
00:28:02,880 --> 00:28:06,680
Speaker 2: LA teams, Inglewood is not it's not far crazy outside

588
00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 2: of LA but it's not. But man, I just that

589
00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: really struck me when I went back and watched.

590
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,879
Speaker 3: These giants were in the heart of the Big Apple

591
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 3: and you moved them. Yeah, exactly right.

592
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,320
Speaker 2: Like the Bears are in the heart of Chicago.

593
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 3: Yah.

594
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,240
Speaker 2: Can't do it, can't move them. I like that take,

595
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:23,119
Speaker 2: don't you know. I know Candlestick Park was a dump.

596
00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 2: I know that the Niners had to do something, but

597
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 2: moving sixty miles outside of San Francisco wasn't the answer.

598
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:30,119
Speaker 3: I've bet seen the ticking orders. They love it either,

599
00:28:30,200 --> 00:28:31,920
Speaker 3: unless they happen to move in their neighborhood. Like you

600
00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 3: you mentionined it.

601
00:28:32,680 --> 00:28:35,320
Speaker 2: It's it's not my money. I get it. These as

602
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 2: you and I discussed yesterday. This is McDonald's and Wendy's

603
00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,720
Speaker 2: and Chick fil A and Burger King. They're all in

604
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,320
Speaker 2: the same sphere, but they all operate differently. Yeah, yeah,

605
00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:46,560
Speaker 2: I I just it's it's it's easy for me to

606
00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 2: say when I'm not the owner, who's who's looking at

607
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 2: the spreadsheet and the costs and all those things. But

608
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 2: Steelers never leave downtown Chicago. Bears never leave downtown. Just

609
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,760
Speaker 2: the football romantic, the sports door up.

610
00:28:58,840 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, especially when he's put the hometown spin on it too.

611
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 3: Like imagine not seeing the rivers. You know, come on, it's.

612
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:07,240
Speaker 2: Great and no bridges, no rivers, no Washington.

613
00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 3: Even like PNC Park looks cool.

614
00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 2: Next year, we're gonna make the Darnell Washington Mount Washington

615
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 2: joke if you're playing thirty minutes away. Yeah, out there

616
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 2: Monroeville or Cranberry.

617
00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:18,760
Speaker 3: All right, let's break this one down.

618
00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 2: Rams four and a half point favorites against dub Bears

619
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 2: in Chicago.

620
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,840
Speaker 3: So I think these teams are in such different like headspaces.

621
00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 3: And I don't even know if teams think this way.

622
00:29:29,200 --> 00:29:33,840
Speaker 3: They probably don't, they shouldn't. But the Rams expectations are

623
00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,760
Speaker 3: kind of like Super Bowl or bust. The Bears are

624
00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: just like playing with house money, you know, like we're

625
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 3: ahead of schedule, this is going great. You know, we'll

626
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 3: come back and win. We'll get a bunch of turnovers.

627
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,120
Speaker 3: Kleb will figure out a way to win even though

628
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,840
Speaker 3: we're down twenty at the half or whatever. Where I

629
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 3: think the Rams are like playing tighter and you know,

630
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,000
Speaker 3: but I'm still gonna take McVeigh and Stafford to win.

631
00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,520
Speaker 3: And I think the Rams defense that has struggled a bit,

632
00:29:59,640 --> 00:30:03,240
Speaker 3: and we know Shula's coordinator there, I think he can

633
00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:06,840
Speaker 3: get that a little more right. The front is good,

634
00:30:07,040 --> 00:30:09,120
Speaker 3: but I think the Bears are a high quality offense.

635
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:12,360
Speaker 3: I could see a lot of points in weathers yeah, everywhere.

636
00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 3: I mean, unless the offense the weather is really poor.

637
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,400
Speaker 3: I could see a lot of offense in this game.

638
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:20,120
Speaker 3: I'm taking the points, but the Rams will win.

639
00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:24,280
Speaker 2: Okay, so you're taking Chicago plus four and a field goal.

640
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 2: I'm taking by two or three or four something like that.

641
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 3: I think it's like thirty one twenty nine.

642
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,680
Speaker 2: You know that seems like about the right scrape this is.

643
00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 2: I'm sure you're not surprised by this, but this is

644
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 2: the highest over under.

645
00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 3: Okay, they must not expect whether to be two insane.

646
00:30:38,760 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 2: Forty eight and a half. There is Let's see here,

647
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:47,000
Speaker 2: if I can get a quick Yeah, I see anything

648
00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,360
Speaker 2: on the weather report that really stands out here on.

649
00:30:50,640 --> 00:30:54,400
Speaker 3: Bad fridging temperatures, heavy winds and snow in the forecast.

650
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: Wow, sorry I looked at the wrong act. Maybe that

651
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 2: as much twenty one degrees and snow, although you know what,

652
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 2: I will say this.

653
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,240
Speaker 3: That might be better than wet and wind.

654
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,400
Speaker 2: And you know, and I don't know if you guys remember,

655
00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,080
Speaker 2: but the Rams went to Philly last year for the

656
00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:13,479
Speaker 2: Divisional round and it was dumping snow. Yeah, and they

657
00:31:13,520 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 2: stood right in there and went toe to toe with

658
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,400
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl champions in the snow on the road

659
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,360
Speaker 2: in Philadelphia. Stafford played great. Yeah, Saquon Barkley played great.

660
00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 2: But the Rams just played in one of these divisional

661
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:26,640
Speaker 2: round on the road, bad weather games three hundred and

662
00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 2: sixty five days just ago and held their own against

663
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 2: the Super Bowl champions. I think they can do it

664
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,080
Speaker 2: again in Chicago. I don't have a problem with Stafford, No,

665
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 2: absolutely not. I'm with you, Matt. I like what you said.

666
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 2: I think the Rams win, but at four and a half,

667
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:42,120
Speaker 2: I'll take the points with the Bears.

668
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: One thing I want people to note for all these

669
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 3: games is when you watch them, or if you're betting

670
00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:50,800
Speaker 3: on them or whatever, you're into an aspect of whether

671
00:31:50,840 --> 00:31:53,040
Speaker 3: that people don't think about enough is how it affects

672
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:56,320
Speaker 3: pass rush and get off. And I always think of

673
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,520
Speaker 3: Chicago that way because I always think of them having

674
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,440
Speaker 3: like the sloppiest field in the lead. Yeah, you know

675
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 3: what I mean, like and that would hurt the Rams

676
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 3: more than the Bears if get off is tough, because

677
00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 3: they're so reliant on that front four on the fence,

678
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 3: on the defense where the Bears front isn't that great,

679
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 3: Or if Will Anderson and Hunter can't get off the

680
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:17,480
Speaker 3: ball as usual, if it's slippery or slippy slippy, you know,

681
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 3: just keep an eye on that stuff. Like people always

682
00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 3: think about the kickers and the kicking game and which

683
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 3: quarterback has the biggest arm and ability to cut the

684
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 3: wind in the snow. First off, there's an art to

685
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:32,040
Speaker 3: throw in the football, and Brady actually showed last.

686
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 2: Week the one time I thought he really did a h.

687
00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 3: That's a nice little TV twelve. I like that, right,

688
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 3: I met you know, some other things. But think about

689
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 3: the pass rush too. When the weather's sloppy, especially the field,

690
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,560
Speaker 3: you know your footing.

691
00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 2: It can absolutely mitigate a Yeah, it can really slow

692
00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 2: down a very strong pass rush and that the weather. Okay, yeah, definitely.

693
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,560
Speaker 2: As I'm looking at it here, now looks like a

694
00:32:58,000 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 2: sub play.

695
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,520
Speaker 3: It's a little lower scoring. I thought, I'll still take

696
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:01,720
Speaker 3: the point. It makes me want to take the points

697
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:02,120
Speaker 3: even more.

698
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: I was just if if we think it's gonna be

699
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 2: lower scoring, even tighter, four and a half points seems

700
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:09,680
Speaker 2: like a lot, seems like a safe bet, seems like

701
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 2: a safe bet. Hopefully, well, I guess it won't be. Well,

702
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:14,160
Speaker 2: I mean it could be, because it'll still take them

703
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,760
Speaker 2: a few years, but the hopefully not the last playoff

704
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:20,680
Speaker 2: game there at Soldier Field. I'm gonna I'm gonna run

705
00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,360
Speaker 2: for president on that platform. Keep stadiums in the city.

706
00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 2: Think of Fenway Park versus Foxboro. Foxborough is in the

707
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,720
Speaker 2: middle of a neighborhood thirty miles outside of the city.

708
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 2: Fenway Park is like Fenway Pack. It's like this historic

709
00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:37,080
Speaker 2: ah Fenway Pack downtown. If you flip those two places,

710
00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:39,120
Speaker 2: if you put the Patriots in the city and put

711
00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,000
Speaker 2: the Red Sox thirty miles out of the suburbs, I'm

712
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:45,240
Speaker 2: sure that that that wouldn't quite be the same nostalgia

713
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:46,360
Speaker 2: over the Green Monster.

714
00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 3: All yeah, I know this in next week conversation. I

715
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,400
Speaker 3: should know this, But when's the national title game? Thursday?

716
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 2: Monday? For you're talking for Indiana Miami College Football, It's Monday.

717
00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,600
Speaker 3: So it'll be a couple days from yep. Okay, I

718
00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 3: thought there was a week in between.

719
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 2: Because it was fun. When I was coming in here today,

720
00:34:00,360 --> 00:34:03,080
Speaker 2: I was like, Oh, like, we've got two divisional game Saturday,

721
00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 2: two divisional game Sunday, college football national championship Monday. I

722
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:06,640
Speaker 2: was like, but.

723
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 3: We'll definitely talk about that Monday.

724
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,080
Speaker 2: We'll spend five ten minutes talking about that on Monday, certainly.

725
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,440
Speaker 2: But Indiana eight and a half point favorites.

726
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:14,719
Speaker 3: Where's the game at?

727
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:19,239
Speaker 2: The game is in Miami at Miami's which stadium, which

728
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 2: is crazy, but it's that's where Fernando Mendoza is. There's

729
00:34:21,640 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 2: a lot of like funny side plots in really.

730
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,960
Speaker 3: Okay, break that one down to I am too. It

731
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:28,920
Speaker 3: was up this Monday.

732
00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 2: It's this Monday.

733
00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 3: Yep.

734
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 2: We'll talk about that a little bit more on Monday.

735
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 2: I think Indiana wins. I think Indiana should be favored,

736
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:36,400
Speaker 2: but eight and a half seems like a big number.

737
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 2: But we'll dive into that Monday and we'll share some

738
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,239
Speaker 2: other than Mendoza and Carson Beck and some of the

739
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 2: obvious names. We'll give some some prospects to watch in

740
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:44,520
Speaker 2: that one.

741
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, Indian's got a few Monday Night ed rushers for Miami,

742
00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 3: to edge rushers.

743
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 2: And the tackle my god, yeah, yeah for for Miami.

744
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,279
Speaker 2: Miami also has the best freshman wide receiver in the

745
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 2: country who's going to be a top ten pick in

746
00:34:58,320 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 2: a few years.

747
00:34:58,880 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, he is.

748
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:02,880
Speaker 2: He's still got a while before he can enter the draft.

749
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,200
Speaker 2: We'll put a bow on this thing. On the other side, Matt,

750
00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,840
Speaker 2: I want to wrap up a couple.

751
00:35:07,640 --> 00:35:09,640
Speaker 3: Tweets, Okay, we got a lot of good ones lately.

752
00:35:09,800 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 2: And then there there's an article on NFL dot com

753
00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: today talking about teams that must resign their quarterback. Okay,

754
00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 2: and there were two names on that list that really

755
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:24,960
Speaker 2: made my ears perk up. So I want to discuss

756
00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 2: that with you before we get out of here today too.

757
00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 2: We'll do all that and more when we close this

758
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,719
Speaker 2: thing down. On the other side, why heeler, Matt Williamson.

759
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 2: It is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the

760
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.

761
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:44,880
Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

762
00:35:44,960 --> 00:36:00,080
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

763
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,960
Speaker 2: Closing this thing down here on a Friday. Oh what

764
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,799
Speaker 2: a week, it's ben, gentlemen, tell you what sure has?

765
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:12,840
Speaker 2: My goodness.

766
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 3: Didn't expect the week to go this way.

767
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,680
Speaker 2: No, I did not. I did not. I thought we

768
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:18,600
Speaker 2: would have, and you kind of referenced this in the

769
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,160
Speaker 2: last segment, but I thought we would have spent a

770
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 2: lot more time talking about the Steelers wild card loss

771
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 2: than we did, yes, which was only in about two

772
00:36:25,880 --> 00:36:28,720
Speaker 2: segments of our thirty this week, because of, of course,

773
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 2: the seismic news that Mike Tomlin was stepping down as

774
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: the Steelers head coach.

775
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:36,319
Speaker 3: I told you I recorded one for Wednesday. I guess

776
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 3: it was. No, I guess it was for Thursday. That

777
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 3: was like my day to recap of the game. And

778
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 3: I got a lot of tweets and they were all

779
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 3: cool about it. They were like, it's funny. But I

780
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 3: kind of didn't even want to talk about it anymore,

781
00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 3: you know, like all the things that went wrong, there's

782
00:36:50,239 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 3: nobody to blame anymore, you know, like it's just a weird,

783
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,880
Speaker 3: weird situation, and certainly this town's not used to it.

784
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,200
Speaker 3: Like I'm sure if it's probably weird in Cleveland if

785
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 3: the coach didn't get fired after the year.

786
00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,040
Speaker 2: You know, that's exactly right. And you know what, it's

787
00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:07,680
Speaker 2: funny that that was something. Maybe we should ask Missy

788
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:10,000
Speaker 2: about that. But I heard Missy earlier this week. I

789
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:11,799
Speaker 2: think it was Wednesday. She went on with the DV

790
00:37:12,040 --> 00:37:15,880
Speaker 2: morning show and I was laughing because they asked her, like,

791
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 2: you know, what are the emotions, like what's running through

792
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 2: your mind? And she was like, honestly, she was like,

793
00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 2: I had a text. She's like, we have a we

794
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:24,879
Speaker 2: have a group like a I don't remember she said,

795
00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:26,960
Speaker 2: a teams or a group me or you know, like

796
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:30,000
Speaker 2: one of those apps Slack or something with all of

797
00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:33,959
Speaker 2: the all of the sideline reporters that are women around

798
00:37:33,960 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 2: the National Football League.

799
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 3: I know they like get together the combine, they get

800
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:37,360
Speaker 3: to get.

801
00:37:37,200 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: The combine and stuff like that. She's like, I had

802
00:37:39,600 --> 00:37:41,600
Speaker 2: to reach out to a couple of the girls in

803
00:37:41,640 --> 00:37:44,520
Speaker 2: my group, and she kind of insinuated, like you know

804
00:37:44,520 --> 00:37:47,160
Speaker 2: from like the Jets and the Panthers and the Brawn,

805
00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 2: like what do you do? How do you what's this? Like,

806
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,040
Speaker 2: I don't know what to do with my hands. I'm

807
00:37:52,040 --> 00:37:54,760
Speaker 2: in a coaching. You guys do this every couple of years.

808
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,839
Speaker 3: Like tell me, I thought she was asking about like

809
00:37:57,760 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 3: and mentor.

810
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:02,640
Speaker 2: Now I navigate this. Are we doing? What's the timeline?

811
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,360
Speaker 2: What type of questions should I be asked?

812
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,160
Speaker 3: All that I'm the only one here.

813
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:09,640
Speaker 2: It's ever done this, guys, tell me what I need

814
00:38:09,680 --> 00:38:09,920
Speaker 2: to know.

815
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 3: The Ravens reporter probably did the same thing before, like, man,

816
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:14,279
Speaker 3: I'm not used to.

817
00:38:15,040 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 2: Be eighteen years for Baltimore, nineteen years for Pittsburgh. Matt

818
00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 2: I mentioned to you there was something that caught my

819
00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 2: eye on NFL dot com that I wanted to run

820
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,360
Speaker 2: by you here, and it was a free.

821
00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 3: Agent many free agent quarterback coming up, so I'm interested, there's.

822
00:38:28,080 --> 00:38:31,120
Speaker 2: Not And the article was basically teams that need to

823
00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:33,919
Speaker 2: re sign their quarterback in the twenty twenty six off scenes.

824
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 2: And some of these are not that like Daniel Jones is.

825
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,400
Speaker 3: One of them. I kind of forgot about them.

826
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 2: But Marcus Mariota, you know, bring him back to report

827
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: to be Jade and Daniels.

828
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,520
Speaker 3: Backup similar style, exactly like like Tyler Huntley's on here

829
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 3: for Baltimore.

830
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,560
Speaker 2: Don't let him get away, you know, keeping around.

831
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,320
Speaker 3: Shock they ever did let him get away. He's like

832
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,839
Speaker 3: a perfect lifetime back. He's that Jason Garrett Khons guy

833
00:38:57,960 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 3: that we talked about forever.

834
00:38:59,120 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, and what really caught my eye on here was

835
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:04,360
Speaker 2: two of the names on this list are two names

836
00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 2: that we've discussed and will discussed plenty. Malik Willis in

837
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 2: the past.

838
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:11,399
Speaker 3: That's a mistake who wrote it?

839
00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 2: And the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nick shook for a while dot

840
00:39:17,680 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 2: Com his uh his his. His logic for Malik Willis was,

841
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 2: you can't let him walk off the door because or

842
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 2: walk out the door because you see how much time

843
00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,080
Speaker 2: Jordan Love has missed with injury over the past two seasons.

844
00:39:30,080 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 2: It's too much risk. I do understand that. But what's

845
00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:33,600
Speaker 2: that money?

846
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 3: Look like?

847
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:34,319
Speaker 2: That's it.

848
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 3: The finances of it don't make any sense. I mean,

849
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,279
Speaker 3: I think there's still a misconcern. I don't know what

850
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 3: Willis is gonna make. But he is one of the

851
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 3: happiest people that Dante Moore went back to school and

852
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:49,360
Speaker 3: that this class thinks. And hey, I'm very very interested

853
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:50,840
Speaker 3: in him for the Steelers. We're gonna talk about hm

854
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:52,440
Speaker 3: a lot. Doesn't get me wrong, Yes we are. But

855
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 3: there is a dollar amount that this that won't make

856
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 3: sense after a while. And this is people to be

857
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,439
Speaker 3: sick of me talking about this subject too. But there's

858
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,200
Speaker 3: gonna be a lot of quarterback movement that might not

859
00:40:03,400 --> 00:40:06,000
Speaker 3: mean much this year, you know, like guys moving around.

860
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:08,640
Speaker 3: You know, Cousins goes from here to there, blah blah.

861
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,600
Speaker 2: It's a lot of stopgap guys Kyler Murray.

862
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 3: So there's gonna be some mac Jones shuffling deck chairs

863
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,080
Speaker 3: on the Titanic at the quarterback position because there's just

864
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 3: not enough of a supply. So some of these teams

865
00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:21,719
Speaker 3: looking for him, and unfortunate Steelers are going to be

866
00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:24,080
Speaker 3: in this market and hopefully they hit on one. But

867
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:31,040
Speaker 3: my point is he could easily get vastly overpaid on

868
00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,439
Speaker 3: the open on the open market, I mean, I think

869
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 3: he's worth similar to what Field's got when he went

870
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:36,760
Speaker 3: to the Jets.

871
00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:37,879
Speaker 2: That would make sense.

872
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,000
Speaker 3: And let's throw another ten to twenty percent on there

873
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 3: for inflation. And you know, upside, he's the ultimate door

874
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 3: number two go fish guy. Because we still don't.

875
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 2: Know he's only twenty six.

876
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 3: He's still a puppy, you know, and that's why I'm

877
00:40:53,120 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 3: super interested in him. But even if he's making fields money,

878
00:40:57,719 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 3: which I think would be the low end. You can't

879
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,120
Speaker 3: pay that and love. I mean, you can't bring them back.

880
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 3: There's no way he's going back to the Green Bay

881
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 3: and he might have a chance to start somewhere. He's

882
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 3: gonna have a chance starts.

883
00:41:07,160 --> 00:41:08,880
Speaker 2: I don't think he would want to go back to Green.

884
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 3: Bay, and I think he had a great experience there.

885
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:10,960
Speaker 3: It made him better.

886
00:41:11,160 --> 00:41:12,920
Speaker 2: I could get more money on the open market, and

887
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 2: I want a chance to be the guy.

888
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: I think he'll be one of the thirty two opening

889
00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:16,840
Speaker 3: day starters.

890
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:19,879
Speaker 2: Agreed. If you asked me to put a chip down

891
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:21,680
Speaker 2: on it right now, I absolutely.

892
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 3: Think yeah, yeah, because so many landing spots.

893
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:25,680
Speaker 2: I know it's still a small sample size, but if

894
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 2: you asked me to rank one through thirty two quarterbacks

895
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:31,319
Speaker 2: in the NFL hall, I would have him on that list. Yeah,

896
00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,200
Speaker 2: he's one of the best thirty two quarterbacks in the word.

897
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:35,000
Speaker 3: Especially when you think of opportunities, you know, like what

898
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:35,920
Speaker 3: are the Jets going to do?

899
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 2: What are the Yeah, yeah, a lot of spots you

900
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 2: could land and using your reference, you know, like on

901
00:41:40,680 --> 00:41:43,840
Speaker 2: the Titanic there were only so many chairs for all

902
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,359
Speaker 2: the people trying to get off the boat.

903
00:41:46,000 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 3: Yeah.

904
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,439
Speaker 2: Now it's like there's only so many chairs for people

905
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 2: that are trying to find a spot.

906
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:52,120
Speaker 3: On the boat. Yeah, yeah, the musical chair. Right.

907
00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,560
Speaker 2: In terms of supply and demand, Malik Willis is high

908
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 2: in demand and there's low supplies.

909
00:41:57,120 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 3: That's why he's his agent is thrilled, and he is thrilled.

910
00:42:00,200 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 2: I wonder Aaron Rodgers being on this list surprised me,

911
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,279
Speaker 2: and their logic was Their logic was, you are going

912
00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 2: to have such an organizational upheaval and change without Mike

913
00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 2: Tomlin And the same thing we've talked about. It's not

914
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,440
Speaker 2: a crazy deep draft class that we all thought it

915
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:15,800
Speaker 2: might be. It's not a crazy deep free agent class.

916
00:42:16,239 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 2: There's not a you know, other than Malik Willis. There's

917
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: not a lot of interesting reclamation projects bringing Aaron Rodgers

918
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,120
Speaker 2: to run it back and you know, have some type

919
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:31,320
Speaker 2: of stability within the organization. Is there is their argument.

920
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,480
Speaker 3: I mean, I wouldn't slam the door on it from

921
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:39,920
Speaker 3: a Steelers perspective or from Rogers perspective if I even

922
00:42:39,920 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 3: played on playing football. I mean, that's the step number

923
00:42:42,560 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 3: one to even he.

924
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:47,600
Speaker 2: Can announce two months from now that and he's standing

925
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 2: in the atrium at lambeau Field, next to the next

926
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 2: to the statue he's doing his his farewell press conference. Yeah,

927
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 2: and retiring as a Packer.

928
00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:00,359
Speaker 3: Or maybe he goes to the Vikings or I mean,

929
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 3: I still think there would be some market for him, absolutely,

930
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 3: Or maybe he's the guy that waits until training camp

931
00:43:06,920 --> 00:43:09,520
Speaker 3: and somebody gets hurt and they call him like Flacco

932
00:43:09,800 --> 00:43:11,840
Speaker 3: or Rivers. I mean, I know those are extreme, but

933
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 3: he's better than that too. But I mean, so I'm

934
00:43:17,239 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 3: not saying no, but I think it's unlikely it happens.

935
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:22,960
Speaker 2: I think it's very unlikely that it happens.

936
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:24,400
Speaker 3: Mister Roone even said and mentioned it.

937
00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,960
Speaker 2: You know that he came here to play for Mike,

938
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 2: right right, right right, so you would and I.

939
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,080
Speaker 3: Did get a positive experience here. I think there's other

940
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,320
Speaker 3: aspects of teammates city organization.

941
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 2: He like spoke about historical you know how he liked

942
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,560
Speaker 2: being with a historic organization. Yeah, you know, Packers are

943
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:43,160
Speaker 2: historic organizations. Steelers are her historic organization. I don't know.

944
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:44,719
Speaker 2: Maybe some of that was just because he liked to

945
00:43:44,760 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 2: throw dart on the jets, which probably.

946
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 3: Probably a little bit of that too, But and I'm

947
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,240
Speaker 3: sure he wouldn't even consider it until he knew the coach.

948
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:56,160
Speaker 2: Was it's a great point. Yeah, that's a that's a

949
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:59,040
Speaker 2: that's a that's a great point. So that just kind

950
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 2: of surprised me. And I think, uh, you know, deserve

951
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:02,319
Speaker 2: to deserve to mention there.

952
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:02,719
Speaker 1: M m.

953
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 2: But Matt, I think that'll about do it for today.

954
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:08,560
Speaker 2: I think that's an interesting week. A to put it lightly,

955
00:44:08,640 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 2: an interesting week. Yeah, when we come back on Monday,

956
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:11,360
Speaker 2: we'll have.

957
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:13,200
Speaker 3: If the rest of the off season keeps us as

958
00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 3: busy from.

959
00:44:14,040 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 2: A content, it's almost like too much.

960
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,360
Speaker 3: It's like whoa we'll be talking about like the Steelers

961
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 3: free agents to be and things like that already and

962
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:23,799
Speaker 3: we can wait still, you know, we'd have been more.

963
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: Than who did they sign to futures contracts and all that.

964
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,840
Speaker 2: The rest week there's some uh some some some bigger

965
00:44:30,880 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 2: fish to fry on the table, certainly. So Monday will

966
00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 2: recap Divisional round, we'll preview the College Football National Championship,

967
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 2: and as Matt alluded to, we will definitely have more

968
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,440
Speaker 2: news on the Steelers coaching search front and for the

969
00:44:43,560 --> 00:44:46,879
Speaker 2: other eight teams around the uh yeah, other eight becauld

970
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 2: you take the Giants off the board the other eight

971
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,760
Speaker 2: teams around the National Football League as well, So plum,

972
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:54,919
Speaker 2: I'm sure we will have plenty to get to next

973
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,319
Speaker 2: week and for the foreseeable future here, So join us,

974
00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,960
Speaker 2: won't you? But that'll do it for us this week.

975
00:45:00,080 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 2: Thanks to Missy Matthews for joining us today from a

976
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 2: hockey rink somewhere in parts unknown to time.

977
00:45:06,520 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 3: Did you get a go on?

978
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 2: I hope it was her one of her son's teams,

979
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 2: though not not the opposition. Thanks to Tyler V Mister

980
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Speaker 2: TV for producing on the video side, keeping us nice

981
00:45:17,239 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 2: and handsome on YouTube. For Matt Williamson, I'm Wes Yuler.

982
00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:22,920
Speaker 2: Take care everybody, and we'll talk to you next week.

983
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:24,320
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984
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:26,440
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985
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