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Speaker 1: Welcome back to our number two of the drive here

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Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale,

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Speaker 1: Lolly and Matt. It's time for the Fantasy football focus

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Speaker 1: and our our Saturday lineup just missed finishing in the money.

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Speaker 1: We get shut out on Pat Friarmouth, which is, yeah,

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Speaker 1: didn't see that coming exactly. The Bengals were not going

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Speaker 1: to let Pat Fararmouth catch the football.

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Speaker 2: Good ripple effect for the rest of the team obviously.

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Speaker 1: Yet opened up George Pickens down the sideline. If you're

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Speaker 1: going to flood the middle of the field like that

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Speaker 1: and say, oh, we're not gonna let fire.

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Speaker 2: With it, well that the show's kind of what offense

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Speaker 2: and passing games capable of. It's hard to take all

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Speaker 2: those things away if you get good quarterback play and

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Speaker 2: see it all and yeah with the ball where it

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Speaker 2: needs to go.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So but our Saturday ours, I should say, our

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Speaker 1: Sunday lineup, well, that cashed in. We scored one hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty nine point four to two points with the

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Speaker 1: lineup of Baker Mayfield at quarterback only using eight point

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Speaker 1: six percent of leagues.

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Speaker 2: I bet he's gonna keep going up and up. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: playing pretty well.

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Speaker 1: Uh Breece Hall. Wow, thirty five point one percent league,

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Speaker 1: So he's a little chalky, but he had forty three

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Speaker 1: point one points and so many touches. I mean they

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Speaker 1: just fed him the football. He had one hundred and

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Speaker 1: ninety one total yards for scrimmage in two touchdowns. If

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Speaker 1: they use him like that this week against the Browns

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Speaker 1: on Thursday.

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Speaker 2: Night, he's an immense talent.

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Speaker 1: They might beat the Browns.

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Speaker 2: They might, they might. I mean Simeon's an NFL quarterback too. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You know that wasn't.

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Speaker 1: Getting the ball where it needs to go, much like

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Speaker 1: we saw with Mason Rudolph in the game, get the

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Speaker 1: ball where it needs to go.

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Speaker 2: So Jets owner came out and said, we're not letting

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Speaker 2: anybody go. We're gonna run it back next year. And

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Speaker 2: one thing I will say about this staff is not

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Speaker 2: everyone gets the ball to their best players, but Hall

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Speaker 2: and Garrett Wilson get featured.

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Speaker 1: They get fed the football. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I was like my son about it, like I'm way

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Speaker 2: getting ahead of myself. But assuming Rogers is back and

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Speaker 2: looks like himself, Reese Hall might be like a top

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Speaker 2: five pick next year. Yeah, I use him like that, right, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: he's talented and catch the ball.

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Speaker 1: And yeah, we got eleven point seven points out of

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Speaker 1: ty J. Spears one point one percent ownership. So that

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Speaker 1: was a solid. Yeah, that was a solid investment of

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Speaker 1: forty seven hundred bucks. Michael Wilson, however, thirty seven hundred

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Speaker 1: dollars five point three percent ownership a goose egging nothing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and we still needs Yeah, I mean you're taking you're

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Speaker 1: hoping for a catcher.

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Speaker 2: Too, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but our other two receivers blew up. Mike Evans

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Speaker 1: twenty seven with him twenty seven point six points, nine

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Speaker 1: point two percent ownership, That was nice. Calvin Ridley sixteen

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Speaker 1: He had minus one point two points at the half.

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Speaker 1: Wasn't even targeted in the passing game. Yeah, and then

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Speaker 1: they threw the ball to him like crazy in the

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Speaker 1: second half. That's like the third or fourth time this

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Speaker 1: year that's happened with him.

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Speaker 2: It's so weird. I know you had him in the league,

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Speaker 2: we were in together, and you text me at halftime,

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Speaker 2: what's up with this guy?

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Speaker 1: Yeahs he hurt. I mean there's no designation there, but

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Speaker 1: he has no catches, no targets.

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Speaker 2: I'm sure we'd have to study the team like we

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Speaker 2: do the stealers to know what's truly going on there

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Speaker 2: because it's such weird behavior. The whole offense is kind

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Speaker 2: of broken right now, and you would think that feature

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Speaker 2: him more start to finish. But I don't know what's

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Speaker 2: up with him, and he's a free agent after the year.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if they'll try to bring them. I

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Speaker 1: I don't think he do because they don't use him

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's gonna get twenty some million a year.

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Speaker 2: The way they use him isn't worth that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, David and Joku at tight end with twenty three

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Speaker 1: He's pretty consistent. I had to pivot the Mark Cooper insane,

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Speaker 1: but yeah, we initially had Michael Pittman in our lineup.

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Speaker 1: He got decleared out on Saturday, so I pivoted and

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Speaker 1: basically the same price. Yeah, twelve points out of him.

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Speaker 1: So it wasn't a great game.

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Speaker 2: He didn't score for the first time in forever. He did,

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Speaker 2: Oh he did.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he had a receiving touchdown, the one in the

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Speaker 1: rushing touchdown. But twelve points you know for the pivot.

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Speaker 2: Not bad.

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Speaker 1: And then the Bears defense got us three points despite

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Speaker 2: I say, they were really good. I guess they just

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Speaker 2: didn't have enough sacks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they had two sacks and that was pretty much it.

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Speaker 2: Okay, he's been really good though. I wouldn't hesitate to

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Speaker 2: use them again.

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Speaker 1: No, so overall, I mean, you know, not too bad.

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Speaker 1: Anytime you finish in the money, you'll take it.

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Speaker 2: Uh saw, I guess was our best pick.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. And the two receivers, yeah, Evans, Well, the Tampa

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Speaker 1: Bay stack was huge. That worked out well exactly. Looking

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Speaker 1: ahead to this week's schedule for some streaming defense action, Hey,

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Speaker 1: if you made your championship.

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Speaker 2: Game, heck, yeah, it's a grind.

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Speaker 1: This was not easy. And you know, if you had

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Speaker 1: like t J. Hawkinson, you're like, who's now out for

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Speaker 1: the rest of the year.

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Speaker 2: You're not going to have them going forward. As we

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Speaker 2: were there for them either.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the injuries this year in game injuries.

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Speaker 2: Have been rough, in game of the worst.

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Speaker 1: Uh So the Thursday night game this week, New York

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Speaker 1: Jets at Cleveland, Cleveland at home, I would start that defense.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's just that's a slammed DOWNE consider the Jets.

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Speaker 1: But I would consider the Jets too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I mean what they do well matches up well against

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Speaker 2: Joe Mark Cooper is gonna have two and fifty yards, right,

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Speaker 2: And I know the Browns a had a nice game,

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Speaker 1: They're not running the ball super well. They've they've they've

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Speaker 1: gone to more of a pass team. Yeah, like flat

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Speaker 2: toe tap and it's like the sun's just shining on

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Speaker 2: the rounds right now. It's unbelievable.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So it could be a good streaming defense night

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think i'd hesitate on the Jets. Moore,

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Speaker 2: I think about it.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm definitely playing.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Browns behind the list, Uh you got it could

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Speaker 2: be a good game, right, Jets could definitely hang around

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Speaker 1: Saturday game? Is there one Saturday game eight to fifteen?

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Speaker 1: It's a good one. Detroit is at Dallas. Wow, that

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Speaker 2: Yeah they will.

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Speaker 1: But that's a good test for both of those teams.

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Speaker 1: I don't think I want either to though, No, I

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Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of points in that game.

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Speaker 1: Moving on to Sunday schedule, New England is at Buffalo.

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Speaker 1: You gotta start Buffalo.

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Speaker 2: You gotta start Buffalo?

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Speaker 1: Would you start New England?

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Speaker 2: The defense played well, probably really good, But no, Bills

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Speaker 2: aren't putting forth. I mean they're running the ball and playing

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Speaker 1: We're not going to necessarily run the ball against New England.

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Speaker 2: Though side notes, I knew Stefan Diggs wasn't doing much,

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Speaker 2: his last five weeks, he's averaged being like wide receiver fifty. Wow,

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Speaker 2: I mean it's awful. Yeah, I mean I'm not saying

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Speaker 1: No, they're not. And he's working some of the other

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Speaker 1: a lot of the turnovers were coming.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they were. They were too one dimensional. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it was allen to Diggs. Maybe I played the Patriots,

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Speaker 1: It, biding what else was there. I mean they're playing well.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad you mentioned Christian Barmore the last segment too.

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Speaker 2: I mean, like that dude's a killer. Yeah, he's been

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Speaker 1: Uh, Atlanta is at Chicago. Do you roll Chicago's defense?

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Speaker 2: Yes, maybe Atlanta's is better than you think. And yeah,

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Speaker 1: Las Vegas is at Indianapolis. Vegas defense is playing way way,

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Speaker 2: Their heads spend like the best in the league of

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Speaker 1: I mean they're rushing the passer, well, they're shutting down

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Speaker 2: Think, I'm yes, and yes, I mean there's a lot

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Speaker 1: We went from nothing last week, so there's a whole

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Speaker 1: bunch of good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, you got.

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Speaker 1: The Rams at the Giants.

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Speaker 2: Rams.

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Speaker 1: I'm not starting the Giants defense. I probably can't start.

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Speaker 1: Here's the thing, They're gonna go to Tyrod Taylor.

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Speaker 2: Oh now, yeah, I don't.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't start the Rams defense against Tyron Taylor.

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Speaker 2: The probably the last of all the ones we've talked about.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, well that's the other thing that I'm factoring

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Speaker 2: But the Ramsey's good Giants are respectable again.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Arizona is at Philadelphia.

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Speaker 2: No, and no, I think no. I think the Eagles

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Speaker 2: d's gotten that point.

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Speaker 1: Can't start them, especially not against I mean, Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: will throw for some yards against that defense.

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Speaker 2: Ray McBride might have ten for one seventy five.

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Speaker 1: That's one to keep in mind.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not the one of the top tight ends.

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Speaker 2: We should put him in the line.

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Speaker 1: Philadelphia's pass defense is junk.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they're kind of broken on D. I think I

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Speaker 2: think they're not a starting, startable defense right now.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm with you that New Orleans is at Tampa Bay.

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Speaker 1: That's a huge game in the NFC South.

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Speaker 2: I'm not comfortable starting New Orleans.

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't start either one of them.

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Speaker 2: I don't think either. No, there's definitely way better options

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Speaker 2: I don't love either one. No, I don't.

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Speaker 1: I'm not a huge especially given some of the other matchups.

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Speaker 1: Don't know if I want to start either one of those.

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Speaker 2: Now. I expect there to be forty to fifty in

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Speaker 1: Uh, you got the charge at Denver? Yuck.

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Speaker 2: I guess Denver, I guess, but I don't.

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Speaker 1: They gave Buffalo everything they could handle Site. They in

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Speaker 2: I think they probably should have too. They were the

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Speaker 1: No, I'm not starting the Chargers defense.

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Speaker 2: I'm just sitting there thinking, is Denver yes or no?

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Speaker 2: No, they're probably ten to fourteen. Like you said about

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Cincinnati is at Kansas City.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and as bad as Cincinnati's defenses. If you look

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they're better with they have more sacks, you

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Speaker 1: The final game of the weekend this spot Monday night. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know this is Sunday night. Actually there's no there's

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Speaker 2: Mondaymore because of the I know, there isn't one week

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, Green Bay is at Minnesota. That's why there's

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Speaker 1: The ABC broadcast green Bay at Minnesota. No, no, no, no, no, I.

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Speaker 2: Think no's across the board references all the time. But

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Speaker 2: every Tuesday I go to the EP eight place and

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Speaker 2: Never have I gotten responses like I have this week

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Speaker 2: the last four weeks and the worst defense. And you

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Speaker 2: think people wanted mec Cannada fired. Wow is their defensive

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Speaker 2: they're they're oh man. I mean, so you can't use

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Speaker 2: their defense, It's my point. But their offense has been

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Speaker 2: then the Vikings something you reference all the time. There's

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Speaker 2: no way that since Kirk Cousins got hurt, anyone has

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Speaker 2: I mean Mullins throws three picks this past week.

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Speaker 1: I don't even who they're going to start this week, right,

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Speaker 2: Pulling my hair out of and now Jefferson, he.

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Speaker 1: Might be better off throwing the pulling a Denver and

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Speaker 2: Just let's up, it's brutal, say ty.

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Speaker 1: Chandler, take your X steps and just run the ball.

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Speaker 2: But now Addison left that game, I don't know if

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Speaker 1: Put Jefferson a quarterback and let him throw the ball

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Speaker 2: So is that a sneaky ten to seven game? No?

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Speaker 2: I think Green Bay score, green Bail score, Yeah, green

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Speaker 1: The problem is, can Green Bay stop Minnesota from running

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Speaker 2: To like cause turnover?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they stink.

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Speaker 2: I mean zero running hurts. Yeah, I mean there's a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you hear his quote? And this

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Speaker 1: So they couldn't catch him, said let him come through.

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Speaker 2: If you if you don't get a good block on them,

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Speaker 1: Vegas at Indianapolis. I don't know if I'm interested in

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and if Pittman's no, not even no yeah.

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Speaker 1: Uh the Rams, New York, Stafford always Stafford. I'll tell

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Speaker 2: I think he's good. I think he's like Mason rudolphere.

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Speaker 1: People don't think that would DFS start because he'll be cheap.

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Speaker 2: He runs, They always design runs for the quarterback.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: No, but again, he'll be a cheap DFS start.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would consider that.

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Speaker 1: And they're gonna have to score points.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you got Arizona at Philadelphia.

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Speaker 2: I don't love. I have no faith in car none.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Baker's maybe DFS worthy again. Yeah, he's not

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Speaker 1: Forty nine ers at Washington PERTI will have a good

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Speaker 2: So he looks so much better.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's not even close. It's amazing. You know what,

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Speaker 1: what do you turn to these veteran guys who have

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes it. Maybe he should have been the

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Speaker 1: Carolina at Jacksonville.

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Speaker 2: What if the only option is if Lawrence plays. I

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Speaker 1: No, I'll tell you what, Young had some moments.

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Speaker 2: He's turning a corner. Yeah, hear you. I mean he's

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Speaker 2: Not awful.

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Speaker 1: Miami at Baltimore.

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Speaker 2: Lawrence plays, No, I don't. I don't either.

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00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:49,600
Speaker 1: Miami's at Baltimore, Yes, and yes, I mean you never

446
00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:50,240
Speaker 1: sit Lamar.

447
00:18:50,320 --> 00:18:52,320
Speaker 2: But his fantasy numbers are as good as you think. No,

448
00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:53,879
Speaker 2: they're not MVP numbers.

449
00:18:54,119 --> 00:18:58,880
Speaker 1: No, you got Steelers at Seattle. I'm sorry, I'm miss Tennessee. Houston.

450
00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:03,159
Speaker 1: Maybe Stroud, maybe Stroud, but man, I'm scared.

451
00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:05,760
Speaker 2: I don't love the situation. Yeah, Like I wouldn't pick

452
00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,399
Speaker 2: him in DFS, but if he's on my roster, in

453
00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,399
Speaker 2: my this is super Bowl week too, This.

454
00:19:10,440 --> 00:19:12,640
Speaker 1: Is super Bowl. That's way if this is a big deal,

455
00:19:12,720 --> 00:19:15,359
Speaker 1: the big deal, like you you got to dance with

456
00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:16,280
Speaker 1: the guy who got you there.

457
00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:21,159
Speaker 2: But Stroud or Baker, Yeah, yeah, I mean there's a

458
00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:22,920
Speaker 2: kind of options probably people have. It's not gonna be

459
00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,840
Speaker 2: like Stroud verse Homes or Hurts or Allen.

460
00:19:26,040 --> 00:19:28,080
Speaker 1: No, No, those guys, you probably didn't get you to

461
00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:32,960
Speaker 1: the championship game. Maybe hurts maybe mm hmm uh. Pittsburgh

462
00:19:33,040 --> 00:19:34,119
Speaker 1: at Seattle, I.

463
00:19:34,160 --> 00:19:38,680
Speaker 2: Think I'm knowing. No, I don't think Rudolph startable.

464
00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,639
Speaker 1: I don't think he's you knows, okay, but I'm not

465
00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:44,880
Speaker 1: super I think they're both decent DFS starts.

466
00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:46,560
Speaker 2: I bet Rudolph were very cheap.

467
00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:48,920
Speaker 1: He was very cheap last week. He was a little

468
00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,560
Speaker 1: more cheaper than guys who weren't playing.

469
00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:56,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Steeler quarterbacks have been unusually cheap year y.

470
00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:56,399
Speaker 1: You know.

471
00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:57,280
Speaker 2: Doesn't excite me though.

472
00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:58,879
Speaker 1: No Chargers in Denver.

473
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:00,399
Speaker 2: No, no, no, no.

474
00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:07,040
Speaker 1: Cincinnati at Kansas City, no, no. You see, he got

475
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,280
Speaker 1: he got sacked late in that game and the offensive

476
00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:11,960
Speaker 1: lineman didn't even come back to help him up. They

477
00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:13,840
Speaker 1: just all like turned around, looked a him and walked away.

478
00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,520
Speaker 2: That's kind of what the feel you get in that team, right. Yeah.

479
00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:20,840
Speaker 1: Uh, Cincinnati at Kansas City, I'm not starting Browning Mahomes,

480
00:20:20,840 --> 00:20:22,560
Speaker 1: my homes. You're going to start. This is actually he's

481
00:20:22,600 --> 00:20:24,800
Speaker 1: like super expensive in DFS. I'm not going there. But

482
00:20:24,880 --> 00:20:28,040
Speaker 1: this is a good game, assuming weather. That's the other

483
00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:29,359
Speaker 1: part you have to factor into that.

484
00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:31,280
Speaker 2: They can't see it. Wipe the floor with them.

485
00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:35,320
Speaker 1: In Green Bay at Minnesota Love Love has been good.

486
00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,200
Speaker 1: You can't start a Vikings quarterback, no, unless you want

487
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:44,320
Speaker 1: negative unless you want negative points. Yeah, I'm not bad. Anyways,

488
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:45,679
Speaker 1: We're gonna get to a break that's gonna do it

489
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Speaker 1: for the Fantasy football focus. He is Matt Williamson. I'm

490
00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,280
Speaker 1: Dale Lolly, and you're listening to the drive here on

491
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Speaker 1: Steelers Nation Radio. It is Power Rankings Day. Man. I

492
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,000
Speaker 1: know it doesn't seem like it. Today is Tuesday, so

493
00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,239
Speaker 1: we'll do that right after this.

494
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:02,600
Speaker 2: Welcome back on Dale Lallie.

495
00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,199
Speaker 1: He is the Matt Williamson and then his time for

496
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,280
Speaker 1: the power rankings here on Tuesday, looking here at Eric

497
00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,320
Speaker 1: Edholmes Power Rankings on NFL dot Com and uh well,

498
00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:14,480
Speaker 1: hanging tight at thirty two. And I don't know that

499
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,080
Speaker 1: this is the case.

500
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 2: Something sire thinking who's the worst team in the league.

501
00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 1: Carolina has got the worst record, that's who he has

502
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 1: at thirty two. But given the way that they've played,

503
00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,720
Speaker 1: yeah recently, I would have Carolina head of Washington.

504
00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 2: I think Washington's worse. I mean, if they've played right now,

505
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,520
Speaker 2: I think Carolina wins more than they lose in that series.

506
00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:36,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got Washington at thirty one. The defense is

507
00:21:36,760 --> 00:21:38,480
Speaker 1: way better than the bloom is off the roads with

508
00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:39,000
Speaker 1: Sam Howe.

509
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:44,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think he'll be Gardner Minshew, Ryan Fitzpatrick.

510
00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:45,080
Speaker 1: For he'll be that.

511
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 2: Yeah.

512
00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:48,920
Speaker 1: I don't know as badly as he's played over the

513
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,399
Speaker 1: last six weeks, right, but I mean he's had like

514
00:21:52,800 --> 00:21:54,720
Speaker 1: a couple of good games early in the season and

515
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,560
Speaker 1: teams figured out like, oh, we don't have to worry

516
00:21:57,600 --> 00:21:59,159
Speaker 1: about this, and he's been garbage guy.

517
00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:01,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a fifth round pick.

518
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, at thirty down a spot Arizona.

519
00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:08,439
Speaker 2: I guess I'm a problem with that. I mean, the

520
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,720
Speaker 2: garbage teams have played better lately except for Washington. Yeah,

521
00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,720
Speaker 2: and I don't know if the Chargers deserve to be

522
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,560
Speaker 2: this low, but they're pretty They played hard this week

523
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 2: at least.

524
00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 1: At least, Yeah, we showed up this week and played.

525
00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,560
Speaker 2: I guess Arizona belongs here. Their defense is really wrong.

526
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,879
Speaker 1: Three and twelve, Yeah, three and twelve up a spot

527
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:27,520
Speaker 1: are the four and eleven Patriots.

528
00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:29,879
Speaker 2: They've been respectable lately.

529
00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't think it's a ZAPPI The defense is

530
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:32,680
Speaker 1: playing well.

531
00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you know, I haven't seen the draft order.

532
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,000
Speaker 2: I don't know where they're at overall and all that.

533
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:39,080
Speaker 1: I thought the way that game started last week was

534
00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:41,879
Speaker 1: Zappi just basically throwing the ball to a defender on

535
00:22:41,920 --> 00:22:43,679
Speaker 1: the first play from scrimmage, like, oh, this is going

536
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:47,520
Speaker 1: to go badly for New England. Yeah, but they're respectable

537
00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,840
Speaker 1: Denver he says, oh no, no, yeah, we're gonna go

538
00:22:50,880 --> 00:22:53,080
Speaker 1: for it here on fourth down instead of you like,

539
00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 1: come on, man, yeah, I.

540
00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:57,200
Speaker 2: Will say the bottom is getting better though.

541
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,160
Speaker 1: At twenty eight the Giants.

542
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,720
Speaker 2: Hmmm, I understand it, but I think they're I'd probably

543
00:23:03,760 --> 00:23:05,560
Speaker 2: have them higher. I'm not sure if thought my head

544
00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 2: it would be lower.

545
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:09,280
Speaker 1: But you know, let's see if we at twenty seven are.

546
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:11,040
Speaker 2: The Chargers, not of the Giants? Are the Chargers.

547
00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:17,080
Speaker 1: At twenty six down a spot, Tennessee.

548
00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:20,399
Speaker 2: Sounds about right. Giants first, Tennessee, if they battled it out,

549
00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,160
Speaker 2: would be pretty even.

550
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:24,400
Speaker 1: At twenty five up a spot are the Jets.

551
00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 2: I don't have any real qualms of them.

552
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,240
Speaker 1: I mean, they really they had to hold on to

553
00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:30,200
Speaker 1: beat Washington.

554
00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 2: I know they're often still pretty bad. Yeah it is.

555
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:37,520
Speaker 2: I think Tennessee is better than they are.

556
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:41,720
Speaker 1: At twenty four holding steady the Bears.

557
00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 2: They would be the best team we mentioned yet, but

558
00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:45,880
Speaker 2: not much higher than this for sure.

559
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:49,240
Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty three, down a spot in New Orleans,

560
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:50,639
Speaker 1: m I.

561
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 2: Always think of them as the most average team in

562
00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:56,680
Speaker 2: the league, like boring sixteen overall. I don't even know

563
00:23:56,680 --> 00:23:59,399
Speaker 2: if they's that right now, but it hasn't gone well. No,

564
00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,879
Speaker 2: pretty old and beat up too. And yeah, I'm not

565
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:03,680
Speaker 2: gonna fight him on that.

566
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 1: At twenty two, down eight spots is Denver.

567
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're trended.

568
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:11,200
Speaker 1: Denver should not have been up at fourteen or wherever

569
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 1: he had them last night.

570
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 2: No, No, it's amazing that they were ever in the

571
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 2: playoff conversation after they started the season, Wilson's not good.

572
00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 2: I did the Saints over Denver.

573
00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:27,239
Speaker 1: At twenty one, up two spots the Raiders five and

574
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,240
Speaker 1: four under Pierce yea for four and three. I'm sorry,

575
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:30,760
Speaker 1: four and three under Pierce. They're playing.

576
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:33,080
Speaker 2: They're definitely the best team we've thought to that. I mean,

577
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 2: no doubt. It really hasn't.

578
00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:36,679
Speaker 1: To give them credit, yeah, I mean this is a

579
00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:42,040
Speaker 1: similar situation when they fired John Gruden. Rich By Stecca

580
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,240
Speaker 1: was the interim. They went seven and five. Yeah, and

581
00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,399
Speaker 1: then they moved on to you know, because you had

582
00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 1: to bring in Josh McDaniels. Right, at some point you

583
00:24:52,280 --> 00:24:54,600
Speaker 1: gonna learn here, like I think Piers they give him.

584
00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:55,680
Speaker 1: I think Pierce keeps that job.

585
00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,880
Speaker 2: I think he does too. I mean, he gives.

586
00:24:57,680 --> 00:24:58,680
Speaker 1: Them a little bit of an edge.

587
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't see that coming in Kansas City in case. Yeah,

588
00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:04,560
Speaker 2: wasn't fluky.

589
00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 1: No at twenty unless you consider them not completing a

590
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: pass for three quarters.

591
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,560
Speaker 2: Fluky that part.

592
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,440
Speaker 1: I mean, fa Rolph at twenty up two spots is Atlanta.

593
00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:16,800
Speaker 2: Sounds about right?

594
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,800
Speaker 1: A little hard to trust a little bit. Yeah, but yeah,

595
00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,440
Speaker 1: they did get the ball to b jo More this week.

596
00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 2: I think that's yeah. Do you think he's returning as

597
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:26,280
Speaker 2: head coach.

598
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 1: I think he's coaching for his job.

599
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't think they'll win the division. But

600
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 2: if they win two the last three or whatever, maybe.

601
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:37,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, maybe they sneak into the playoffs at

602
00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: eight and nine or you know, something like a nine

603
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:40,320
Speaker 1: and eight.

604
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,960
Speaker 2: I don't know, can they get past like the Packers

605
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:43,520
Speaker 2: and Rams?

606
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:48,800
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe nineteen are the Packers at seven and.

607
00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,880
Speaker 2: Eight it's all offense, no defense. Yeah, so that makes

608
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:56,399
Speaker 2: an average team at eighteen at seven and eight or

609
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 2: the Vikings. I would take green Bay over minutes.

610
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,760
Speaker 1: I think green Bay's team right now as we sit here. Yeah,

611
00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:05,200
Speaker 1: I mean they don't have one.

612
00:26:05,320 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, they would be noticeably lower for me. Two or

613
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:08,640
Speaker 2: three spots at least.

614
00:26:09,560 --> 00:26:12,720
Speaker 1: At thirty or seventeen up three spots are the Steelers.

615
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 2: Okay, I think i'd have them over everybody mentioned.

616
00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:17,879
Speaker 1: Well, there's a team that they just beat twice in

617
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 1: the last four weeks that it hasn't been mentioned yet.

618
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 2: I'm gonna have a problem with that.

619
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, how do you not have them ahead

620
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:23,919
Speaker 1: of Cincinnati.

621
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 2: I'm out of green Bay over Cincinnati, of the Steelers

622
00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,600
Speaker 2: over Cincinnati. Yeah, they're not next, no matter what. I think,

623
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:32,320
Speaker 2: they're too high.

624
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:34,960
Speaker 1: The Steelers have. I mean they've played twice now in

625
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: the last four weeks. The Steelers swept that, including blowing

626
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 1: them out last week. How do you not have Pittsburgh

627
00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:43,919
Speaker 1: ahead of Cincinnati. It's awful.

628
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:46,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, they would be twentieth to me.

629
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 1: Actually, well let's see here. Next up is Seattle. Okay,

630
00:26:50,040 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 1: it's sixteen up a spot. I don't know problem with

631
00:26:51,920 --> 00:26:53,399
Speaker 1: Seattle over No, that's fine.

632
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:54,639
Speaker 2: That makes all the sense in the world.

633
00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 1: Having Cincinnati ahead of either of those teams makes no sense.

634
00:26:58,000 --> 00:26:59,639
Speaker 2: So I mentioned this to you off the air. I

635
00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 2: talked to about how that last four the grid that

636
00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:06,040
Speaker 2: I print out in the bottom right corner, are the

637
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:09,119
Speaker 2: teams that have great offenses bad defenses, and it's the

638
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,160
Speaker 2: Packers and Seattle right next to each other. You know, like, wow,

639
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:13,959
Speaker 2: I mean their d has been a lot worse than

640
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:14,560
Speaker 2: maybe you think.

641
00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, this makes us an interesting game.

642
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,320
Speaker 2: Oh, it's a really interesting game.

643
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 1: At fifteen down, we're still don't we still know have

644
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,680
Speaker 1: Cincinnatis fifteen down, two spots is Indianapolis.

645
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 2: I might have Seattle, Pittsburgh two or three teams and

646
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:32,080
Speaker 2: Steelers did just lose to the Indianapolis. I guess I'm

647
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,200
Speaker 2: not gonna kill the Colts for that loss. But he's

648
00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 2: he's he's the back of the Cincinnati, as I mentioned, criminal.

649
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: But his thought here is that, well they lost to

650
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 1: Cincinnati thirty four to fourteen. Well, okay, then, and but

651
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,639
Speaker 1: they just beat but they beat this I get it.

652
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:51,000
Speaker 2: If they just lost the Falcons, I was about to say.

653
00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 2: We talked about three minutes ago. You know it doesn't

654
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 2: all work out.

655
00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,000
Speaker 1: You can't do it that way. Now you can, you can't.

656
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,280
Speaker 1: So he is at fourteen, we finally get to the

657
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:03,240
Speaker 1: Bengals down two spots. Well, I'm sorry, I don't know

658
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 1: the culture. I don't understand how Cincinnati's playoff odds are

659
00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 1: better than the Steelers.

660
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 2: And I don't think it's just a math thing. I

661
00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:11,920
Speaker 2: think if people think they're better.

662
00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: I don't get it. I don't understand that you want

663
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,640
Speaker 1: to put Indianapolis ahead them. That's fine, We'll see about

664
00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: Seattle this week. That's fine.

665
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:19,479
Speaker 2: I get it.

666
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,760
Speaker 1: But you can't put the Bengals ahead of the Steelers

667
00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:23,320
Speaker 1: at this point.

668
00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 2: And and I know the Bengals just whipped up on

669
00:28:25,280 --> 00:28:26,920
Speaker 2: the Colts, but I still think the Colts are better.

670
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,520
Speaker 2: I think the Packers are better. I don't think since

671
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:31,400
Speaker 2: he's a great team, I think they're very average.

672
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,560
Speaker 1: At thirteen, down three spots is Jacksonville I have them

673
00:28:35,560 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 1: a lot lower. They're struggling.

674
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:39,640
Speaker 2: I mean, they're just in an awful place right now.

675
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 1: They've lost four games in a row. Yeah, and of

676
00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,800
Speaker 1: five of their last seven since disrespecting the terrible towel

677
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,200
Speaker 1: in the game. Against the Steelers, they would be at

678
00:28:49,280 --> 00:28:50,400
Speaker 1: least five spots lower.

679
00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:50,840
Speaker 2: Yeah.

680
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: And if you're taking Trevor Lawrence out of the equation,

681
00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:54,200
Speaker 1: oh yeah, yeah.

682
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean like Green Bays better than them. We

683
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,320
Speaker 2: talked to them a long time. The Raiders might be

684
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:00,560
Speaker 2: better than them. Yeah, Raiders play Jacksonville. Now, I probably

685
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 2: picked the Raiders.

686
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:04,360
Speaker 1: At twelve down. One spot is Houston.

687
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 2: I mean, this is a tough neighborhood these last five, six, seven,

688
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 2: But Houston with Al Stroud's on all that great. I

689
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:14,200
Speaker 2: know they won without him two weeks ago. I mean

690
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:15,560
Speaker 2: that's how you have to look at the team.

691
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:17,960
Speaker 1: I think right now, why were they using Davis Mills

692
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:18,440
Speaker 1: in that game?

693
00:29:18,680 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 2: Rotating?

694
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 1: That was nuts?

695
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 2: I don't know what the deal is with that. And

696
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:22,960
Speaker 2: I don't think ones like it's not like we bring

697
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 2: in the runner.

698
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: Well they're they're they're thinking was and they said this

699
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,120
Speaker 1: on the broadcast. They were bringing Davis Mills in when

700
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 1: they wanted to throw the ball deep. Well, because they

701
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 1: didn't they didn't trust Case Keenum to throw the ball.

702
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:37,200
Speaker 1: His better armed than Case Keenum. Like, then don't throw

703
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,160
Speaker 1: the ball deep, or don't bring Davis Mills in or

704
00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,520
Speaker 1: start Davis Mills one of the two.

705
00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,280
Speaker 2: Doesn't the defense pick up on us?

706
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 3: Pretty Hey, Mills is in the game. Let's watch the

707
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:49,080
Speaker 3: deep Ballah, let's play cover two. You're right, all right,

708
00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,120
Speaker 3: I don't know they're fine. I mean this whole neighborhoods.

709
00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:54,280
Speaker 3: Throw them in a bag and shake them up. But

710
00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:55,280
Speaker 3: I'm not real.

711
00:29:55,760 --> 00:29:58,600
Speaker 1: It's a week to week part of the of everything.

712
00:29:58,720 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 2: Yeah.

713
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,040
Speaker 1: Uh and eleven up five spots or the Rams.

714
00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:04,600
Speaker 2: They would be way better than anyone we've talked about

715
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 2: so far. I bet i'd have them six or seven

716
00:30:07,320 --> 00:30:09,240
Speaker 2: ish out of the Rams over the Eagles.

717
00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:13,400
Speaker 1: I don't know about that high at ten up five spluts.

718
00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:15,200
Speaker 1: I don't know if i'd have this well, I mean,

719
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: you can't, I'd have I'd have the Rams ahead of

720
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:17,920
Speaker 1: this team, Tampa Bay.

721
00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:20,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't mind that they're not. I think

722
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:27,560
Speaker 2: I have Tampa over sit in Cy, Pittsburgh, in the Houston.

723
00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,160
Speaker 1: Here's the here's the problem, though, Are we looking at

724
00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:34,840
Speaker 1: the AFC teams too harshly? Too harshly because they've played

725
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:36,240
Speaker 1: other AFC teams.

726
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 2: Like, maybe the AFC South isn't as bad as we

727
00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:39,520
Speaker 2: think it is, right because they all beating up.

728
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,680
Speaker 1: Maybe the NFC South is as bad as we think

729
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,440
Speaker 1: it is, and Tampa's just beating up on a lot

730
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 1: of bad teams.

731
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:47,960
Speaker 2: I think there's some truth to that for sure. I

732
00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,120
Speaker 2: would definitely have the Rams ahead of them.

733
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 1: Though, Uh at nine down three spots Kansas City.

734
00:30:55,840 --> 00:31:01,680
Speaker 2: That's fair for Tampa. Yeah, Rams versus Casey would be

735
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 2: a conversation for me, But I also think that Casey

736
00:31:06,360 --> 00:31:07,520
Speaker 2: is not going to be an embarrassment.

737
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 1: They're nine and six, yeah, I mean that's kind of

738
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,440
Speaker 1: what they've played like, it's the offense. I don't know

739
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 1: that I would have them behind the next team though,

740
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 1: even though they have one more win. Eight is Cleveland.

741
00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,120
Speaker 1: Cleveland versus Kansas City is a discussion.

742
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:22,640
Speaker 2: I can't remember if we said that on the air.

743
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:24,360
Speaker 2: Off the air, we had like, I don't know who

744
00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 2: i'd picked in power ranks between those two. I'm glad

745
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 2: they're right next to each other. That's about where i'd

746
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:28,280
Speaker 2: have them to.

747
00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, it might depend on where the where's the game

748
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:31,560
Speaker 1: team played at?

749
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:34,880
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I would pick the home team in that game? Yeah? Yeah?

750
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:39,360
Speaker 1: Yeah? Uh at seven up a spot? Is Buffalo too low?

751
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 2: Too low? They're good, they're beating good teams. They're good.

752
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:44,240
Speaker 2: They're good.

753
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 1: At three, i'm sorry, six down three spots is Dallas.

754
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,320
Speaker 1: Didn't they beat Dallas fifty or something two weeks ago?

755
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 3: Yeah?

756
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I know that that you can that

757
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,160
Speaker 2: transitive property or whatever you can use all over there.

758
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 2: But Buffalo should be third in my opinion.

759
00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,520
Speaker 1: Uh. At five up two spots, Detroit.

760
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:05,240
Speaker 2: They've earned it. They would definitely be my top five.

761
00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: When we'll get to see one of those two teams

762
00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 1: Buffalo or I'm sorry, Detroit or Dallas is taking a Yeah,

763
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: I should move down this week At four up a

764
00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,960
Speaker 1: spot is Philadelphia. I don't know if I would go

765
00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: there after a they won the game. I'll give them

766
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:24,960
Speaker 1: all there, but they're not playing well right now.

767
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 2: I would have them in Kandam City.

768
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:30,200
Speaker 1: I mean, you just beat the Giants, like the Giants

769
00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: were way down there and you needed like to rally,

770
00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 1: not rally to do it, but you need to hold

771
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:35,680
Speaker 1: them off to do it.

772
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 2: This is a really hard question. Power rank the Chiefs,

773
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 2: Eagles and Browns, the Rams and Bills over all those

774
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,120
Speaker 2: teams are the Lions.

775
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 1: Over all those teams, I can't argue with it. I

776
00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:54,200
Speaker 1: think Dallas is with those three, I can't argue with it.

777
00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 2: I mean they're not. I mean just because they've been

778
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 2: to Super Bowls lately and all that stuff doesn't hold

779
00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 2: a lot of waters.

780
00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: Well, I mean, would you would you throw Miami into

781
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 1: that same.

782
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 2: Miami over k C Cleveland Philly?

783
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:11,760
Speaker 1: That wasn't a resounding win. No, by the Dolphins over Dallas.

784
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,840
Speaker 2: No, their offense is going backwards, the defense to go forward.

785
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 2: I met the Bills over Miami.

786
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:20,040
Speaker 1: We'll get to see that one in a couple of weeks,

787
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 1: and Bills can still win that division at two. Falling

788
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,160
Speaker 1: a spot is San Francisco. That's how I would do

789
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,240
Speaker 1: that too. I wouldn't dig them more than two. And

790
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:33,760
Speaker 1: then number one is Baltimore. Yeah, I didn't think we'd

791
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,720
Speaker 1: get to the point where Baltimore would be considered the

792
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:36,120
Speaker 1: best team.

793
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:37,720
Speaker 2: No one's going to even fight you on it.

794
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:41,240
Speaker 1: I'll admit that I was wrong on them.

795
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:42,960
Speaker 2: You know, I think we both picked them to be

796
00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 2: fourth in the division. Yeah, and didn't think the d

797
00:33:45,880 --> 00:33:48,040
Speaker 2: was good. And No, they're doing a lot of good stuff.

798
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised by the offense. I've always been a

799
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,760
Speaker 1: Lamar guy, but I didn't think the defense would be

800
00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 1: good at all this year. No, I didn't think it

801
00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: would be good at all.

802
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was a very performance and against what I

803
00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:02,640
Speaker 2: thought was best in the league.

804
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,920
Speaker 1: Somebody brought up on Twitter last night it was it's

805
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:08,279
Speaker 1: a former player. I can't think of who it was.

806
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:10,400
Speaker 1: It was either Ryan Clark or tree Essex, I can't.

807
00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:11,600
Speaker 2: Remember now, former Steeler.

808
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, that opposing teams when they play Lamar aren't there too.

809
00:34:18,560 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 1: They were too afraid to draw a flag where they

810
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: don't want to be the guy that hurts him. So

811
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:24,920
Speaker 1: a lot of times you just see him kind of

812
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 1: lay him down the ground.

813
00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,399
Speaker 2: Nobody to run. Last night where I thought the same thing. Yeah,

814
00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:29,839
Speaker 2: you know, like he had a long run. He just

815
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 2: kept extending and I'm like last him in the next week. Yeah,

816
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 2: people were just kind of hovering around him, and they're.

817
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 1: So afraid that he's gonna, you know, be like a

818
00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,759
Speaker 1: cat and escape, that they don't hit him, hit him.

819
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: I think they are afraid. I mean I kind of

820
00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:45,080
Speaker 2: get this logic of it. Maybe i'd phrase it differently,

821
00:34:45,120 --> 00:34:47,480
Speaker 2: but I feel like they're afraid to like leave their

822
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,719
Speaker 2: feet and blast them because they're going to just like

823
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 2: swing and miss like a carpoon.

824
00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:51,959
Speaker 1: You look bad.

825
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:56,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, but no, I mean Evon plays them differently though. Yeah,

826
00:34:56,280 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 2: they're ginger around them and they fear them.

827
00:34:58,600 --> 00:35:01,680
Speaker 1: The teams are playing more off and the Steelers, the Bengals,

828
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,600
Speaker 1: the Browns, they go after him.

829
00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:05,719
Speaker 2: They go after him. So I'm not cutting on them

830
00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,360
Speaker 2: are at all. I actually think this is a positive.

831
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:09,560
Speaker 2: But he added like ten pounds of muscle this offseason.

832
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 2: He's not as explosive as used to be as a run.

833
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 1: That run last night was a long ast of the season.

834
00:35:13,600 --> 00:35:15,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean he's still a great runner. Yeah,

835
00:35:15,800 --> 00:35:19,719
Speaker 2: a great runner, but we're seeing his career change a

836
00:35:19,719 --> 00:35:21,960
Speaker 2: little bit now. He shrugs people off in the pocket

837
00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 2: a little bit more with the strength he added, you know,

838
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,960
Speaker 2: but he doesn't he's not a lightning bolt like he

839
00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 2: used to be.

840
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:27,759
Speaker 1: No.

841
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he's a great runner, but he's not a

842
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:30,680
Speaker 2: lightning bolt, you know.

843
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,080
Speaker 1: But you still fear him, Oh, especially if.

844
00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 2: You haven't played him a lot exactly. His reputation precedes him,

845
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 2: and it should. He's a tremendous player.

846
00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: We'll see here what happens this week. They get the

847
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:44,319
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins coming in, so somebody's taking a fall off

848
00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:47,479
Speaker 1: of that one based yet three number three against number one,

849
00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: based off of everything that we've seen this year.

850
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:54,040
Speaker 2: Three should win. Three probably wins. Yeah yeah in second

851
00:35:54,040 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 2: half of next yeah yeah.

852
00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,759
Speaker 1: Next week we come back here and we're talking about,

853
00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 1: oh this Dolphins are number one. Yeah, Dolphins are number

854
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:00,959
Speaker 1: one or the forty nine now one.

855
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:02,040
Speaker 2: Again by twenty next week.

856
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 1: Right, just the way the season is gone.

857
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,319
Speaker 2: They could absolutely see all that. Are you worried about

858
00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:10,040
Speaker 2: the Niners at all? I'm not. No, there's a script

859
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 2: of games that doesn't go well for them.

860
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:14,719
Speaker 1: I mean I thought that for the basically two and

861
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 1: a half quarters last night, I thought they were the

862
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 1: better team.

863
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:19,560
Speaker 2: I did too, I mean they ended up with three

864
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 2: backup offensive lineman, including Trent Williams was out. Yeah, there's

865
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 2: some bad luck with some of the party stuff, but

866
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 2: he's also.

867
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:27,279
Speaker 1: Perty had three turnovers in the first half and they

868
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: were down thirteen to twelve.

869
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah.

870
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 1: Like if anybody else turned the ball over three times

871
00:36:32,719 --> 00:36:35,359
Speaker 1: against the Ravens like that in the first half, you're

872
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 1: down twenty to nothing.

873
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 2: It's yeah, yeah, it's over a half. Last note though,

874
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,200
Speaker 2: is I do think there's something too when he's been

875
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 2: down eight points or less or more in the fourth quarter.

876
00:36:45,600 --> 00:36:48,480
Speaker 2: Shanahan's zero in whatever, Like there's something to that.

877
00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:49,600
Speaker 1: I mean a lot of teams are.

878
00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:50,400
Speaker 2: It's fun to do.

879
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's not a first year head coach. Yeah, yeah, No,

880
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: it's it's definitely a track record. And they don't throw

881
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:56,600
Speaker 1: the ball down the field.

882
00:36:56,800 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 2: No, I mean they're not their drop back passing game isn't.

883
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 1: It's a lot of side way stuff and a lot

884
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: of stuff in the crossers in the middlefield.

885
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 2: Yeah. Ian McCaffrey and right.

886
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,839
Speaker 1: So anyways, that's the power rankings for this week. We're

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Speaker 1: gonna get to another break. He is Matt Williamson. I

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Speaker 1: am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the drive here on

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Speaker 1: to win. This week's pressure today, I think is still

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Speaker 1: the Joey Porter jersey. I think that goes until tomorrow,

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Speaker 1: oh or today. Okay, it might be the last day

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Speaker 1: for that one. Okay, go ahead and log onto that.

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Speaker 1: There's great prizes on there every week, Matt. To finish

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Speaker 1: up the show here, I thought we'd run through some

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Speaker 1: of the clinching scenarios.

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Speaker 2: For this, Okay, I don't yet.

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Speaker 1: So in the AFC, we've got, first of all, there's

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Speaker 1: twenty four teams still alive.

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Speaker 2: That's unbelievable. Two weeks left left, uh obvious, Yeah, real

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Speaker 2: long shots.

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Speaker 1: But you know having clinched is Baltimore and Miami have

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Speaker 1: both clinched a playoff Berth, the winner of their game

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Speaker 1: on Sunday clinches their division title.

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Speaker 2: Okay, gotcha, then you have to go down.

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Speaker 1: Baltimore also clinches the division title with a with a

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Speaker 1: win or a Cleveland lost or tie fair enough so

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Speaker 1: that they'll know by Thursday what their what their situation is.

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Speaker 2: But they're in.

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Speaker 1: They clinched the number one seed in the AFC with

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Speaker 1: a win. That's all I have to do regardless. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: win the game and you're the number one seed. That's

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Speaker 1: what we're talking about. Thanks eighteen. Yeah, the Bills clinch

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Speaker 1: is a playoff berth. There's like eighty seven different yeah. Yeah, uh,

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Speaker 1: with a win and a loss or tie by Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: and Cincinnati. Losses by Pittsburgh and Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and Houston,

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Speaker 1: or lost by Indianapolis. Ties also factor in here. They

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Speaker 1: got a bunch of different scenarios there, but most of

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Speaker 1: them involve a Steelers loss. If the Steelers lose and

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Speaker 1: the Bills win, they're pretty much in.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so the Bills they're gonna have a row eye

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Speaker 2: Steeler gain. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Cleveland still isn't clinched or ten and five. That's yeah,

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Speaker 1: right now they're in the five spot, but they could

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Speaker 1: fall out of that if they don't win.

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Speaker 2: Four oh no, yeah, it's four divisions.

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Speaker 1: So Cleveland clinch is a playoff berth with a win

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Speaker 1: or tie lost by the Steelers, Buffalo, Jacksonville or Houston

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Speaker 1: lost or tie in an Indianapolis lost or tie.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so it sounds like they'll probably get in this week.

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Speaker 1: You probably gonna get in. They may not win, and

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Speaker 1: if that's the case, then they would need a bunch

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Speaker 1: of a bunch of those teams to lose. Jacksonville clinch

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Speaker 1: is a playoff berth in the AFC South Division title

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Speaker 1: with a win plus a Houston or Houston loss in

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Speaker 1: an Indianapolis loss.

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Speaker 2: They're all fighting their South.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that probably all doesn't happen this weekend. Kansas City

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Speaker 1: Clinch is a playoff berth and the a f C

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Speaker 1: West Division title. They play Cincinnati this week with a

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Speaker 1: win or a Las Vegas loss or tie and a

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Speaker 1: Denver loss or ties. They could still lose the a

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Speaker 1: f C West Championship if they lost, but if they

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Speaker 1: lost their last two and either Vegas or Denver won

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Speaker 1: their last two.

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Speaker 2: MM, they'd bet it. Sounds like they almost can't be

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Speaker 2: a wild card.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they really can't be. Or be out out. Miami

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Speaker 1: clinches the AFC East Division title with a Miami win

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Speaker 1: or tie nobody thinks about the ties in it. They

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Speaker 1: if Baltimore and Miami tied, that would be the case

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Speaker 1: in a Buffalo loss or tie.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: In the NFC, the teams that have clinched, there's more

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Speaker 1: teams that clinch. They very well could. Yeah. In the NFC,

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Speaker 1: Detroit is clinched. San Francisco has clinched. There's both division titles.

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Speaker 1: Dallas and Philadelphia both clinched playoff berths, but not the

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Speaker 1: division title.

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Speaker 2: Ye all right, Eagles are a game ahead of them, though.

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Speaker 1: The Rams need a They need to win and a

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Speaker 1: Seattle loss. So people in Los Angeles Rams fans are

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Speaker 1: cheering for the Steelers this weekend or a Rams win

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Speaker 1: in Green Bay Minnesota tie. Well, that's not likely. The

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Speaker 1: Eagles clinch with a win, obviously. They get the division

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Speaker 1: title with a win plus a Dallas loss or a

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Speaker 1: tie in a Dallas loss. The Niners clinched the NFC's

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Speaker 1: number one seed and the bye with a win plus

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Speaker 1: a Detroit loss and a Philadelphia loss.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so those two still have a chance to get

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Speaker 2: the one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Seattle clinch is a playoff berth with a win

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Speaker 1: over the Steelers plus a green Bay slash Minnesota tie.

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Speaker 1: They're not, and then Tampa clinches the playoff berth in

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Speaker 1: the division title with a win and a Tampa Bay

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Speaker 1: tie or plus an Atlanta loss.

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Speaker 2: Okay, well, these ties aren't going to the ties probably

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Speaker 2: aren't going to happen.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, OK, So there's we're starting to get a little

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Speaker 1: more clarity here on some of the They didn't give

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Speaker 1: us all the Steelers scenarios there because there's a bunch

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Speaker 1: of them.

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Speaker 2: I don't know we're gonna get I mean, obviously we're

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Speaker 2: gonna get more clarity after this week, but I don't

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Speaker 2: know the things will be set.

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Speaker 1: If the Steelers win this week, they'll be very much alive,

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Speaker 1: and you'll see a bunch of different scenarios that they need,

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Speaker 1: including the loser of the Houston Indianapolis game is out presumed.

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Speaker 2: That's a huge game.

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Speaker 1: That's a huge game, huge next two weeks from now.

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Speaker 2: Wow, No, I mean win, Yeah, I gotta.

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Speaker 1: Win this week. I gotta win this week to stay relevant,

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Speaker 1: and then you'll take a lot of stuff though. Still yeah, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: it's very very convoluted at this point.

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Speaker 2: It is more than it seems like usually. Like you said,

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Speaker 2: there's twenty four teams to win. It's amazing.

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Speaker 1: Like the Raiders are still alive, very much a lot.

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Speaker 2: I like the Bears out now.

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Speaker 1: Finally, no, I don't be on. There's six and nine,

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Speaker 1: so yeah, they're still alive. But that's going to do

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Speaker 1: it for our show today. So for my partner Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: for Justin Miller here on site keeping us on the air,

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Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lelly. We thank you for listening to this

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Speaker 1: edition of the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.