1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,640 Speaker 1: Welcome back to our number two of the drive here 2 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: on Steelers Nation Radio, and it is time for the 3 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: Fantasy Football Focus. And well, it seems like a while ago. 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: It was last Friday when we set this lineup. It 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: was a winner. 6 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:17,040 Speaker 2: Nice fantasy season draft kings here, but THEFS is still rolling. 7 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,440 Speaker 1: We've we've we've done fairly well on these issues. 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, no question about that. So many have benefited. 9 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: Yes'm I know. Something happened last week with the show 10 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: on Friday and the first hour got immediately initially posted 11 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,000 Speaker 1: up until the second and the second hour was posted 12 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:42,000 Speaker 1: up later and people were screaming, the DFS lineup, that's cool. 13 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: Uh. 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: So we had Brock Party at quarterback. That was okay. Uh. 15 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 1: He didn't necessarily light the Washington Commanders up like we thought, 16 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: but he didn't. He didn't lay an egg either, but 17 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: he had seventeen point six points eighteen percent ownership. Kyron 18 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 1: Williams was a monster. 19 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 2: He's unbelievable. I was listening to a fantasy podcast on 20 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 2: the way here and they basically said he's a surefire 21 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: first round pick next year in redraft. I don't know 22 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 2: if I can go there. 23 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: I would look at him. I would look at him 24 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:12,560 Speaker 1: next year more like I looked at Tony Pollard this year, 25 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,240 Speaker 1: Like I got some other guys I'll take before him. Yeah, 26 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 1: he's in that like maybe the top top tier of 27 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 1: that second group of running backs. 28 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, you gotta do it again, you gotta do it again. 29 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: I mean, who knows, they may draft someone that you know, whatever, 30 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:27,360 Speaker 2: But like that's one of things I like about the 31 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: Dynasty is like if I owned him right now, like 32 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 2: you could get a lot for it. Oh yeah, sell them. Yeah, 33 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: I don't know if I trust it. 34 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 1: But he had thirty point one points. He was owned 35 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: in thirty one point five percent of the league, so 36 00:01:38,400 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: he's pretty chalky. 37 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 2: He was like the best draft pick in fantasy Football's here. 38 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 2: Yeah we're pick up. Yeah, yeah, you got picked up 39 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 2: what he paid for him. Yeah. 40 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:51,440 Speaker 1: DeAndre Swift was fine in that game, but he didn't score. 41 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:53,240 Speaker 1: They never thrown the ball and they don't h had 42 00:01:53,240 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: one catch for five yards. He had seven point six points. 43 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: Eh, okay, Yeah. 44 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson was owned in point eight per cent of 45 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,919 Speaker 1: the leagues. He had eleven point six points, so okay, 46 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:07,360 Speaker 1: all right, yeah, four for seventy six. We also started 47 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 1: Jackson Smith and Jigba to. 48 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:10,880 Speaker 2: Your bad call by me. 49 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: Uh, he had one catch, luckily it was for a touchdown, 50 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 1: so he had eight point two points. 51 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 2: One of my favorite bets a week was his over 52 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 2: catches and won. 53 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: Yeah one Brandon Ayuk stacked with Purty. That was a 54 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: monster game. Six point three percent ownership, seven catches, one 55 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 1: hundred and fourteen yards and a touchdown. 56 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 2: Gerald ever worked out okay for US? Yeah, cheapy, cheapy, Yeah, 57 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,079 Speaker 2: I mean it wasn't a fun game. I tried to 58 00:02:36,080 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 2: not watch hardly any of it if I could. 59 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: But how about this for ownership? Seventy point eight percent 60 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: for Everett? 61 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 2: For Everett, wow, I thought I was there. 62 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: He was really chalky there and uh but he got 63 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: a seven point seven points so first cheap as he was, 64 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: uh Zamir White. Now this is a little more expected, 65 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: eighty nine point three percent ownership because they declared josh 66 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: Acobs out on Saturday, and I think everybody probably pivoted there. 67 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,280 Speaker 1: Uh fifteen point six points, which was okay. 68 00:03:06,480 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 2: Yeah, but again a lot of touch. 69 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: When you get guys who are owned in fit over 70 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: fifty percent of league's it's kind. 71 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,000 Speaker 2: Of a wash. Yeah. 72 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: Uh. And then you had the We had the Ravens 73 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 1: defense at five point seven percent ownership. I'm surprised that 74 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: wasn't higher. 75 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a really good defense, and I guess people 76 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: were afraid of Miami. 77 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: They got us ten points. 78 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:27,600 Speaker 2: So where'd we make our money? 79 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: Auk was good, Kyram Williams was was Auk was a slam. 80 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 2: Yeah. Those are our big home run. Yeah. 81 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 1: And then the Ravens defense at you know, five point 82 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 1: seven percent, there were no there were no two's, yeah, 83 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: you know, nothing like that. I mean, even our bad 84 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: you know, Gerald Everett got a seven point seven, but 85 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: everybody had Gerald Everett, so that didn't hurt us. 86 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 2: Yeah. There weren't even many investments that weren't worth the money. Yeah, 87 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 2: you know, the guys were cheap, got to something. Yeah. Yeah, 88 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: so that was a winner. Yeah. Great. Karon Williams is 89 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,640 Speaker 2: a stud. He's a stud for fantasy. Yeah. 90 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's a top eighteen pick next year 91 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 1: in Fantasy. 92 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. I think that's more likely than slam rug first 93 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:07,680 Speaker 2: first round. 94 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: I'm not taking him at seven, no, but I'll take 95 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 1: him at twelve. 96 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 2: Like I might take him ahead of like Jonathan Taylor. Yeah, 97 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 2: you know that that neighbor. 98 00:04:15,720 --> 00:04:16,680 Speaker 1: So he catches the ball. 99 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, assuming there's not crazy new competition, but yeah, 100 00:04:20,400 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: he's the guy you want. 101 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's no doubt about that. Looking ahead at some 102 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: of these defensive matchups. We'll talk about the games here. 103 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: Of course, we know the Steelers play on Saturday. Do 104 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:36,880 Speaker 1: you start the Steeler defense this week against what's going 105 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: to be a patchwork Baltimore offense. 106 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: I don't think you can start the Ravens d even 107 00:04:42,440 --> 00:04:45,080 Speaker 2: though it's great and their backups are good and all 108 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 2: that stuff. It's just I'm gonna say the same thing 109 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 2: about the Niners. Yeah, like these teams that don't do anything, 110 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 2: I don't think you can get involved with. And I 111 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 2: should have a better feel. I have a decent feel 112 00:04:56,520 --> 00:05:00,120 Speaker 2: for who's playing for what my worry with the Steeler 113 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 2: is all of them might not throw. 114 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 1: They might well, that might keep that might that's going. 115 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,240 Speaker 2: To keep the score down and get you out of their. 116 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: Quick and gets you out of their quick. So even 117 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: though you've had at some point, I mean, are they 118 00:05:11,920 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: gonna run it on third and twelve? No? 119 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 2: You know, I mean, but I think he has Hunt's 120 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: gonna start right, I mean, I would think I think 121 00:05:19,800 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: he has twenty pass attempts. 122 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 1: So let's they say, you know what, we're gonna start 123 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: Malegue Cunningham this game. Yeah, because they're carrying them on 124 00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:30,359 Speaker 1: the roster. That's the other problem. They're carrying four quarterbacks 125 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: because they signed Cunningham off of the practice squad of 126 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: off in New England. So when you do that, you 127 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: have to carry him for three games. 128 00:05:37,839 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 2: I don't know who they are other guys. 129 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if this is if he's qualified for 130 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: the three games or not, because then, you you know, 131 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:43,840 Speaker 1: if you want to start bringing guys up off your 132 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 1: practice squad. 133 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 2: You're carrying four quarterbacks. Okay, Yeah, that's mixing stuff and 134 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,320 Speaker 2: it also makes it harder to field the other positions 135 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 2: people are gonna sit. Interestingly, they get a puzzle to 136 00:05:52,560 --> 00:05:54,840 Speaker 2: put together. Yeah. I'm okay with the Steelers d though. 137 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 1: Yeah, because I mean, honestly, how much is Baltimore gonna score? 138 00:05:58,160 --> 00:05:59,560 Speaker 2: I bet the point totals low? 139 00:05:59,680 --> 00:05:59,840 Speaker 1: Yeah? 140 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:01,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh. 141 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,240 Speaker 1: The night game, you got Houston at Indianapolis. 142 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 2: INDI's problems they have been taking the ball away. They're 143 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: so dependent in turnovers, and. 144 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: Houston doesn't turn the ball over. 145 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, and Stroud's out there. Houston's isn't bad. They've been 146 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: solid lately. Willie Anderson the past Rush has been decent. 147 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 2: I don't love either. But it's gonna be a weird week. 148 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:27,720 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a really weird week. Cleveland is at Cincinnati. 149 00:06:27,760 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: Cleveland has nothing to play for. 150 00:06:29,400 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 2: Here, Like does Males Garrett play? 151 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 1: Probably not? 152 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,640 Speaker 2: Probably not. I mean, the only reason to play him 153 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: is to push for a DEFENSI Player of the Year. 154 00:06:35,839 --> 00:06:40,880 Speaker 1: Denzel Ward play probably not, probably not play probably. 155 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:43,400 Speaker 2: I mean, there's he's terrible and I can't awful them. 156 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 2: Can't go there, I can't go there. 157 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,799 Speaker 1: They does Cleveland even start? What if they start? Uh uh? 158 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:51,240 Speaker 2: Do you think they start Flacco? 159 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: No, so what I'm saying, maybe they go with the backup. 160 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 2: I would think it's great. 161 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: So it's walk Walker, p J Walker. 162 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 2: I might start, might start to Cincinnati have trouble. You know, 163 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:10,920 Speaker 2: Hubbard and Fredrickson and there guys at least they've they 164 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 2: don't play for it. 165 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: They don't have anything to play for except for a 166 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: winning record. 167 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,480 Speaker 2: Ye boy, I don't know what to do with on that. 168 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: Any of those. 169 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, that you're gonna be there's gonna be a lot 170 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 1: of that this. 171 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:20,120 Speaker 2: Week, tons of that this week. 172 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, Minnesota is at Detroit. 173 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 2: I think you played Detroit's. 174 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: Because Minnesota, I mean Minnesota turns the ball off. I 175 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: don't they can't fall to the four spot. 176 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:35,880 Speaker 2: I think they're either two or three. Yeah, how much 177 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 2: does that mean to them? You know? 178 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 1: Does Hutchinson play the whole The problem is they lose 179 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: the tiebreaker right now to Dallas. 180 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,520 Speaker 2: Okay, yeah, they had the head so yeah, fire them up. 181 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:52,080 Speaker 1: How about the vitste new not against against the Lions 182 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:52,640 Speaker 1: in Detroit. 183 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're gonna go all out, so definitely not. Yeah, okay, 184 00:07:57,160 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 2: well that's not a bad one though. 185 00:07:58,280 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 1: Jacksonville is at Tennessee. 186 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 2: Yes on Jazz. 187 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,920 Speaker 1: That's a huge, huge game. Here's the here's the thing 188 00:08:04,920 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: about that game. To me, this could be the final 189 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: Derrick Henry game. 190 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,960 Speaker 2: And I think Tennessee and Tannehill game. 191 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: And final final Tannehill game. If you're Ryan Tannehill and 192 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 1: you're gonna be hitting the free agent market and he 193 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: didn't play. 194 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 2: Badly last week. No, they don't block anybody. 195 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,760 Speaker 1: They don't block anybody. This is your opportunity, one last 196 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: shot here. Okay, I go out there and win this game. 197 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,439 Speaker 1: Maybe Arthur Smith brings me in Atlanta next year. 198 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:36,160 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there'll be an opportunity somewhere. You're Washington with 199 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:38,200 Speaker 2: a caretaker or whatever's a lot of different one. 200 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: If you're Derrick Henry, you got one last shot here, 201 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:42,439 Speaker 1: and they're going to give him the football because if 202 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:45,600 Speaker 1: they know it's his last game, he's a hero. 203 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,439 Speaker 2: Down there, they're not going to rest them. 204 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, listen, and they may even they may even say, 205 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:51,440 Speaker 1: you know, this is Derek. It may make this a 206 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: going away game for Derrick Henry. 207 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 208 00:08:55,240 --> 00:08:57,880 Speaker 1: And oh, by the way, he's from right outside Jacksonville. 209 00:08:57,920 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 1: He's had some monster games against the Jaguars in his career. 210 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:02,880 Speaker 2: Of course, we want the Titans to win, which I 211 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: don't think is crazy. Are you starting the Titans D 212 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 2: I think. 213 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: That's a no, that's a I don't know if I 214 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: touch either one of the defenses in that game. 215 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 2: Jacksonville d is not great, but I do think they'll 216 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 2: get sacks they need to win. I think i'd play jacksonville' d. 217 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 1: You get the Jets at New England. 218 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 2: We assume both care I think you're firing both on 219 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 2: New York. 220 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 1: Has it won in New England in like fifteen years. 221 00:09:29,080 --> 00:09:30,600 Speaker 2: I mean, there's not gonna points in that game no 222 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 2: matter what. 223 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: No, I think you fire both. 224 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, Patriots d might be first on my list. I 225 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 2: mean it's really good and they did a great job. 226 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 2: It's of bills. 227 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I go ahead, no problem playing either 228 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: one of those ones. 229 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:45,400 Speaker 2: It'll probably be reasonably cheap too. In defense, they're not 230 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:46,240 Speaker 2: crazy expensive. 231 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, Atlanta do not want. 232 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 2: To be the guy making the DFS. Oh my god, 233 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,520 Speaker 2: that's a brutal assignment. 234 00:09:51,640 --> 00:09:56,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, Atlanta is at New Orleans starting to sessing. Yes, 235 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,079 Speaker 1: Saints defense for sure. 236 00:09:58,320 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, they've been playing really well lately. 237 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:02,120 Speaker 1: They still have a chance to win the division, right. 238 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 2: I think they win in Tampa loses, They're in, Yeah, 239 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: division champions. 240 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:09,520 Speaker 1: Their problem is that Tampa's at Carolina. 241 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:13,520 Speaker 2: Carolina's so bad, but could also win the wildcard. Yeah, 242 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 2: I think they need a couple of things to happen, right, 243 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,520 Speaker 2: like a Packard loss something like that. So, yes, on 244 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 2: the Saints. You could do worse than the Falcons. 245 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:22,800 Speaker 1: You could because New Orleans doesn't do a lot to 246 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 1: test the defense. Yeah, Tampa is that Carolina? 247 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 2: I guess Tampa's a Yes, even though they is bad. Yeah, 248 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,040 Speaker 2: Carolina's pretty embarrassing. 249 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,480 Speaker 1: That was pretty bad last week. Did you see the 250 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: video of Temper throwing a drink on a fan? 251 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah? How's the league in respond to that? How the 252 00:10:42,080 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 2: other owners and commissioner are going to deal with that? 253 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:48,120 Speaker 1: So you had Bud Adams, I think this was like 254 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: back in the late two thousands, like seven oh eight 255 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:53,680 Speaker 1: somewhere in there. He get fined two hundred and fifty 256 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,360 Speaker 1: thousand dollars for flipping off. 257 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,000 Speaker 2: A fan, which is worse. 258 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: I think throwing a drink on a fan is worse. 259 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: I wouldn't say they're in the same neighborhood, they're in. 260 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: This same ballpark. With two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, 261 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: that's you know, fifteen years ago. 262 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:10,959 Speaker 2: We had some inflation. Now to mister Tapper might be 263 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 2: out half a million at least. You can't do any 264 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: of that stuff. You can't do that. 265 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: That's the wheels are coming off paying customers. That's like 266 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: the soup nazi. 267 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:22,599 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, that's worse than a soup nazi. Bucks to 268 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:26,600 Speaker 2: those yes, yeah, yeah, just because they're Yeah, the environment's great. 269 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:29,199 Speaker 1: Chicago is at Green Bay. 270 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:35,560 Speaker 2: Ooh, those are like two of the best offense Green 271 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 2: Bay and defense Chicago of late I don't think I'm 272 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:41,040 Speaker 2: touching that game. 273 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: I don't think I want to either. 274 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,040 Speaker 2: Fields has a ton to play for, the coaching staff 275 00:11:45,040 --> 00:11:49,800 Speaker 2: has a lot to play for. That might be shootout galore. Yeah, yeah, 276 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:51,959 Speaker 2: that's a sneaky wanted to get other guys in though, right, 277 00:11:52,040 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 2: that's that's yeah. Ives playing great. 278 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:55,360 Speaker 1: You don't know what the weather is going to be 279 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: like there though, seeing Green Bay. 280 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: Either way, it's. 281 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: Either way, it's not gonna be great. 282 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, huh, Okay. 283 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,599 Speaker 1: Denver is at Las Vegas. 284 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 2: Yes, and yes, yeah, I don't see a lot of points. 285 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 2: I mean, you're gonna get Stidham, You're gonna get O'Connell. 286 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 2: Yeah that's his name, right, Yeah, no conn Yeah yeah, yeah, 287 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: I mean I would just think Josh Jacobs doesn't play. 288 00:12:22,040 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 2: I guess Adams will, But so what Yeah? Yeah, I 289 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,280 Speaker 2: think he got targeted like twenty three times last week. Yeah, 290 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,679 Speaker 2: he looks twenty three targets the season. He's Steelers through 291 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 2: twenty four fast what could have been? Yeah, he can 292 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:38,800 Speaker 2: still get it done. 293 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 1: How about this one? Philadelphia at the Giants Eagles d 294 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: is not I'm not touching either one of those. 295 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:54,800 Speaker 2: They got ran all over by James Connor. Yeah, nice 296 00:12:54,840 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 2: start this week, I start. I'm not using the Giants 297 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 2: D No, I think I'm using neither. Don't even get 298 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:03,080 Speaker 2: sacks anymore in Philadelphia. Don't do anything, do anything. They 299 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 2: get blown off the line and their back seven is horrible. 300 00:13:05,679 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: So five six weeks ago, Jalen Carter was seeded the 301 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,440 Speaker 1: defensive Rookie of the Year. 302 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 2: I haven't paid attention to him as much since he's 303 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 2: part of that. He's part of it, right, and he's 304 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:21,400 Speaker 2: not a full full time player either. Yeah, yeah, I 305 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,479 Speaker 2: still think he wins it, but yeah. 306 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:28,559 Speaker 1: He would not get my vote. Making you can't play 307 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: that badly as a team and tell me that the 308 00:13:30,320 --> 00:13:33,319 Speaker 1: defensive tackle who's a part time player wins the defensive works. 309 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 2: He's not racking up sacks either anymore. Right. 310 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: Wow, uh, Seattle is at Arizona. We just saw the setle. 311 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 2: No one Arizona's d too. That's I think there's a 312 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:48,640 Speaker 2: lot of Fantasy points in that game. 313 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:50,680 Speaker 1: I mean, we're struggling to find twelve here. 314 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 2: No. Luckily everyone's playing DFS and you can just pick one. 315 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,000 Speaker 2: You don't have to play one. 316 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 1: Okay here, now we finally got one here. 317 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 2: That's a game I want. 318 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: Other teams Well, maybe I just said we got one here, 319 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,680 Speaker 1: but maybe we don't because they can't improve their lot 320 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:09,920 Speaker 1: because Kansas City is at Los Angeles and Kansas City 321 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,559 Speaker 1: is locked into the three spot. 322 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I bet they don't play Chris Jones and right. 323 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:18,480 Speaker 2: I don't trust the Chargers to put up points against 324 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 2: their backup teat though, either. 325 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 1: But do you trust it enough to start the defense. 326 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 2: Like my homes won't play? Right? 327 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:30,280 Speaker 1: Probably that or maybe plays a half for you know whatever, 328 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,480 Speaker 1: because you say, yeah, they're not gonna get they're not 329 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: going to touch quarterback anyways. 330 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,320 Speaker 2: I don't know. I would rest all the starters if you 331 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 2: can't improve your lot, why bother? So they're the three 332 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: no matter what I believe. So yeah, so is the 333 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 2: two either the Bills or Miami. Yes, whoever wins that game. 334 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:47,320 Speaker 1: Whoever wins that game, because I think they both beat 335 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: Kansas City. 336 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 2: I didn't know that, but okay, yeah, then I don't 337 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 2: want anything to do with either. 338 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: The Rams are at San Francisco either, San Francisco is 339 00:14:58,600 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: locked in. 340 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: They're the one in the Rams with the five, right, 341 00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:05,080 Speaker 2: I think that's a lot, right, So nobody. 342 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: Want to touch either one of them. They've already but 343 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: they've already said, like McCaffrey's out. Yeah, it's probably be 344 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,320 Speaker 1: Sam Donald at quarterback. 345 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,040 Speaker 2: Mm hmm. So I mean if I mean, if Donald 346 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,040 Speaker 2: and Stafford and Cup and those guys don't play and 347 00:15:20,080 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 2: nobody plays the Niners, is that a sneaky DFS start 348 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 2: and just hope it's an ugly terrible game with a 349 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 2: lot of turnovers and pick sixes and things like that. 350 00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: Or do you just say no thanks because. 351 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 1: I just don't I don't even want to deal with it. 352 00:15:32,480 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 1: I'll find something else, all right. This one might be 353 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: the number one defense of the week. Dallas is at Washington. 354 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:43,720 Speaker 1: Yeah that is Dallas will be a four thousand dollars defense. 355 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, Washington's unusual, Yeah, Dallas, but Dallas might be because 356 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 2: so many guys are going to be playing this week 357 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:54,480 Speaker 2: in the DFS that you don't typically see play. 358 00:15:54,760 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: If you can mine those spots where you're gonna have 359 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 1: backups playing cheaply, you can afford to pay up and 360 00:16:00,280 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: get the Dallas defense. 361 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,560 Speaker 2: I bet it's heavily ooned, though it will be. 362 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:04,200 Speaker 1: It'll be shocked. 363 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, but it's a good one. 364 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,120 Speaker 1: But it's maybe the best one on the on the slate. 365 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:10,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a strong one for sure, so far. I 366 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 2: like it. Yeah, Parsons is going to try for I 367 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:17,600 Speaker 2: mean he's gonna try to get stats into the award 368 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 2: and yeah. 369 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:21,760 Speaker 1: And then uh, finally you got Buffalo at Miami in 370 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: the night game. 371 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,640 Speaker 2: I don't think that's a shootout. The nature either team 372 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:29,880 Speaker 2: right now. I don't love ball. I don't love Buffalo's D. 373 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 2: I think they're both knows. 374 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: I think so too. Yeah, although with the way Allen 375 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: has been throwing interceptions, yeah, like he's put the ball 376 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: in harms way a little bit. 377 00:16:39,640 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: And think both their past pass rushers are out. But 378 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 2: the d's still pretty good for Miami. Yeah, Diggs is 379 00:16:45,560 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 2: like doing nothing. They're trying to shorten games. I guess 380 00:16:49,680 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 2: either is doable. I would I think Buffalo probably wins 381 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: the game on first blush, so I would take them, 382 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 2: I think over Miami. But I don't love either. That's 383 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 2: in Buffalo, right, No, it's in Miami. Mm hmm. I 384 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:05,680 Speaker 2: don't love either. 385 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: For that's the thing about this situation. No, we did 386 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:12,480 Speaker 1: not the thing about this for the Steelers. Is that 387 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: Jacksonville and Buffalo? Who they need one of those two 388 00:17:15,880 --> 00:17:17,640 Speaker 1: to lose. They're both on the road. 389 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's nice. I mean that certainly helps the boy. 390 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 2: There's a lot of defenses I want for for this exercise. 391 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: No, I think you know New York, New England. Yeah, Jets, Jets, 392 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: New England. I think Dallas is thereanda be really high 393 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:37,680 Speaker 1: on my list. Kansas City, Okay, Denver playing again Denver 394 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: and the Raiders start the Raiders defenses. 395 00:17:41,280 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they're playing, they're playing. 396 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: They're playing hard for that, and that's a that's a 397 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,959 Speaker 1: big rivalry game. Neither one of those teams really has 398 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 1: anything to play for, but they're going to play proud. 399 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:52,200 Speaker 1: But I think Vegas is playing for the coach. I 400 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: think they want Pierce to get. 401 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 2: The job, and I think Peyton's trying to establish something 402 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,679 Speaker 2: right beyond that was like one or two others that 403 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 2: were okay, yuck. 404 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: Maybe Cincinnati if you had to hold your nose and 405 00:18:03,320 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: take one. 406 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean if you think it's quarterback. And yeah, 407 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:09,480 Speaker 2: like when Najoku and Cooper play and the Guards, yeah, 408 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 2: maybe not. I mean they may just pulled out their 409 00:18:11,280 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: worst guys. 410 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:13,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, and then maybe if you want to start one 411 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:15,320 Speaker 1: of the teams in the Houston Indianapolis game. 412 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,000 Speaker 2: I was thinking that's doable. They're gonna be competitive, and 413 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:18,800 Speaker 2: you know what you're getting at. 414 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: That's going to be the key I think this week. 415 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: And I haven't looked at any of the prices yet 416 00:18:21,720 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 1: on DFS. 417 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 2: But you want games like that. 418 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: You want the meaningful game. Yeah, you have a pretty 419 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 1: good idea who's going to play. 420 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 2: That's the same as a Week eight game. 421 00:18:30,240 --> 00:18:32,080 Speaker 1: You don't What you don't want is to start somebody 422 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:34,119 Speaker 1: and by halftime they're staying there with the hat on, 423 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: watching to get the pads off, right, That's no good. 424 00:18:38,040 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: You want the game to mean something like Chicago Green 425 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: Bay is another one that I think you want to 426 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 1: try to load up with some of those games. 427 00:18:44,119 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 2: So to me, I want to assume Chicago's Yeah, I'm 428 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 2: not going to play for but you would think that 429 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 2: they're That's a normal game. 430 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:54,400 Speaker 1: When I'm building my DFS lineups this week, I want Steelers, 431 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: I want people from Houston and Indianapolis. 432 00:18:58,040 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, they're going to play hard, no doubt. I want 433 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,960 Speaker 2: to lean on definitely Bills, Dolphins, Jaguars, Titans, yeah, I 434 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,680 Speaker 2: don't know. If I want Titans, i'd start again. 435 00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,000 Speaker 1: I think there. I think this is like a going 436 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: away party for Derek. 437 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:14,360 Speaker 2: Henry, that mode where he's not going to lay down. 438 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 1: No, I don't think he's he said today he said 439 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:22,959 Speaker 1: something about losing and dropped an epithetic. It stinks, so 440 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:26,399 Speaker 1: he's not happy. He wants to. He wants to win. Here. 441 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: You start your Lions unless they say that they're not 442 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:37,600 Speaker 1: gonna play guys, Saints Atlanta, both of them start. Start 443 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:44,720 Speaker 1: your Buccaneers, yeah, Chicago, Green Bay. Yeah, yeah, I don't 444 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:46,920 Speaker 1: know if I want to start anybody from Denver in Vegas. 445 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 1: But no, not either one of those offenses. I might 446 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:57,120 Speaker 1: I might look at Saquon in that game against the Eagles, 447 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 1: Seattle against Arizona. I want to I want to play 448 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:00,119 Speaker 1: some Seattle player. 449 00:20:00,840 --> 00:20:03,199 Speaker 2: Yeah, they need to win that game. I would be 450 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 2: interested in all their skill guys. 451 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm not interested in anybody in Kansas City, Los Angeles. 452 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 1: Nobody in Chargers, I'm sorry, Rams forty nine ers. 453 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 2: Know that's the way backup. 454 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:19,200 Speaker 1: Scalore Cowboys against Washington, Yeah, Dak and CD. 455 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:24,960 Speaker 2: And yeah yeahah yeah, and then Buffalo Miami's. 456 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, there'll be enough there, there'll be enough high level 457 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: game guys that if you want to pay up for somebody, 458 00:20:28,960 --> 00:20:30,639 Speaker 1: you want to pay up for Cede Lamb, have at it. 459 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:32,679 Speaker 1: You want to pay up for Dak Prescott, have at it. 460 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 2: What worries me is kind of like the defense is 461 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,120 Speaker 2: the singular positions, Like did that mean all the tight 462 00:20:38,200 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 2: ends are gone? Does that mean all the quarterbacks are gone? 463 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:43,439 Speaker 2: Like this, some position get hit really hard just because 464 00:20:43,440 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 2: the names we picked just and injury a good yeah, 465 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,119 Speaker 2: or who's questionable, Yeah, homes doesn't play. 466 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: And you know there could be some teams if a 467 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: guy's been nursing something all season long and he's gonna 468 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: need postseason surgery, we're just we're not going to play 469 00:20:56,560 --> 00:20:57,880 Speaker 1: in this game. Just shut it down early. 470 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,280 Speaker 2: Like I wonder if that's Stephan Diggs, Like, of course 471 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 2: he's going to play in this game, but there's players 472 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,600 Speaker 2: like him that are good and then for the last 473 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: month of the season they do nothing and then immediately 474 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,439 Speaker 2: comes out, well he's getting a scope and he's got this, 475 00:21:08,600 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 2: and like, okay, well those guys are games are going 476 00:21:11,920 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 2: to be done. 477 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gutting it out. 478 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 2: We'll just like T. Higgins and J. Chase. Yeah, they're 479 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 2: not gonna play, right. 480 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,920 Speaker 1: I wouldn't think Higgins does for sure. Chase probably does, probably, 481 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:24,080 Speaker 1: but Higgins reinjured. At him, he's gonna be a free agent. 482 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: He doesn't want to get you know. 483 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not going to play, so it'd be interesting. 484 00:21:28,640 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 2: It's tough. But if you're smart, there's you can make 485 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 2: some money this week. Yeah, can out smart the competition. 486 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,040 Speaker 1: The beauty of the DFS as opposed to season long 487 00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: And congratulations if you won your your season long championship. 488 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: A couple of people tweeted at us that they won 489 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,439 Speaker 1: their season championship helped out listening to us, So we 490 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: appreciate that and congratulations, But uh, there's still games to 491 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: be played out there if you want to play DFS, 492 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:51,119 Speaker 1: and you can do that right into the playoffs. 493 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's fun in another playoff STUF too. Yeah. 494 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: Absolutely, we're gonna get through another break. He is the 495 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:58,760 Speaker 1: Matt Williamson. 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I'm gonna guess. 513 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:56,919 Speaker 1: I'm gonna I bet it's maybe something with Naujee Harris, 514 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,320 Speaker 1: just a guess. I was thinking maybe Mason, but could 515 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 1: be Mason. It was a good chance for him. M 516 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 1: I like the now as you call Yeah. Anyways, so 517 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,639 Speaker 1: let's get to the topic of the topic of the 518 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: segment here, and that is NFL Power rankings heading into 519 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,400 Speaker 1: week eighteen. Can you believe it's week eighteen? Met Yes 520 00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:16,719 Speaker 1: and no. 521 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 2: I mean it's a grind. We have the best job 522 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 2: in the world and things, but all of a sudden, 523 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 2: a sudden, it's like, were. 524 00:23:22,520 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 1: We just in the trobe see it like at times? 525 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 2: You know? Sometimes Yeah, and this has to be Carolina 526 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: or Washington, right, I mean it's a true two horse race, for. 527 00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: It really is. And they were both really bad, but 528 00:23:34,320 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 1: they're so bad. I thought Carolina was worse less this 529 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,199 Speaker 1: past week. I thought they would at least put up 530 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:39,600 Speaker 1: a fight. 531 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:42,199 Speaker 2: The most fight their owner trying to be the new 532 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:43,040 Speaker 2: washing owner. 533 00:23:43,400 --> 00:23:45,480 Speaker 1: The most fight they put up was their owner throwing 534 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,880 Speaker 1: a couple of whatever it was on a fan. 535 00:23:47,960 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 2: That's just starting to look okay, you know, or not horrific, 536 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 2: and now it's horrific. Yeah. 537 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: They are thirty second, They're two, two and fourteen. It 538 00:23:58,400 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: is what it is. 539 00:24:00,200 --> 00:24:03,479 Speaker 2: And the Bears have clinched the number of overall pass. 540 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 1: They gotta love that. Oh man, Washington is at four 541 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 1: and twelve. They are thirty first. I don't know who'll 542 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:11,439 Speaker 1: be next, though, they were like four and five at 543 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:12,080 Speaker 1: one point or something. 544 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:16,479 Speaker 2: Yeah, they were highly respectable there. They're overachieving. I mean 545 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: they did trade both their d rushers and they also. 546 00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:20,639 Speaker 1: They kind of waved the white flag. 547 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,440 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, although could be something next year. 548 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: At thirty down a spot is New England. 549 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 2: I don't know if I agree with that. I think 550 00:24:29,080 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 2: they're hard to play against. They just can't complete passes. 551 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: They could have won that game. 552 00:24:32,600 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 2: They could have won that game, right yeah, I mean 553 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 2: they threw to they did some dumb stuff. I mean, 554 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 2: Zappi isn't any kind of option. 555 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:40,960 Speaker 1: So I get it. If you're gonna bump the Cardinals 556 00:24:41,040 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 1: up a spot this week, okay, I don't know if 557 00:24:43,160 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: I'd necessarily move them up at the expense of New England. 558 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: Now that's that much. It was better out of those 559 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 2: two teams. I mean, if you had the Cardinals offense 560 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 2: and the Patriots defense, that's a playoff team. Yeah yeah, 561 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 2: that's a good team. 562 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 1: At twenty eight holding steady the Giants. 563 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 2: Some of these bad teams aren't as awful as they be. 564 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: They changed, they figured some things out. 565 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, they haven't thrown it in, so this neighborhood is 566 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:06,520 Speaker 2: not as awful as you think. 567 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:08,240 Speaker 1: At twenty seven, are the Chargers. 568 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,359 Speaker 2: They might be thirty. 569 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:10,880 Speaker 1: For me, I would have had them down lower. 570 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 2: I don't know if they beat the Patriots right now. 571 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:13,119 Speaker 1: I don't think they would. 572 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:13,240 Speaker 2: No. 573 00:25:13,280 --> 00:25:15,080 Speaker 1: I don't think they moved the football at all. No, 574 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 1: I don't either, and the Patriots would move the football. 575 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:22,080 Speaker 2: Against them enough yeah enough. Yeah. At twenty the Cardinals 576 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:22,520 Speaker 2: beat them. 577 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty six, Cardinals are tough to play against. 578 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: They are twenty six. Are the Titans? 579 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they don't block anybody. I mean it 580 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:35,600 Speaker 2: be nice to see them win this week, but they're 581 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 2: pretty short on talent. 582 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: Yeah. Tanny Hill last week his first nine passes for 583 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty eight yards in that game. When 584 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,280 Speaker 1: you say, oh, they don't have a chance to beat 585 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: the Jaguars, chance they get a chance. 586 00:25:50,320 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 2: They get a chance. Division familiarity too. 587 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. At twenty five are the Jets. 588 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:00,680 Speaker 2: I probably Tennessee ahead the Jets, I think so too. 589 00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. 590 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:03,159 Speaker 2: I mean, just don't have a quarterback they do. 591 00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 1: Not, haven't had one all year. Well, they had one 592 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:12,439 Speaker 1: for four playces at twenty four, down four spots the Falcons. 593 00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 2: I think they get fired. I was torn on that 594 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:15,760 Speaker 2: a couple of weeks ago. I think they get fired. 595 00:26:15,840 --> 00:26:18,919 Speaker 1: They had coming into the season the easiest schedule in 596 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: the league. Yep, and they've gone seven to nine, didn't 597 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,680 Speaker 1: run the football like they had in previous years, used 598 00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 1: top ten pick after top ten pick on offensive skill 599 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 1: players that they then don't use. 600 00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 2: Right, defense got better quietly, but that's like the only 601 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,160 Speaker 2: good thing to report that's gotten better from last year. 602 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:37,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, you use that many picks in the 603 00:26:37,040 --> 00:26:39,840 Speaker 1: top ten picks, not first round picks, because there's a 604 00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,120 Speaker 1: huge difference between a top ten pick and a guy 605 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:45,080 Speaker 1: who's picked at twenty five. No doubt, you've used three 606 00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:50,120 Speaker 1: picks in a row on high profile, first first round ten, 607 00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 1: top ten skill position players and you don't get them 608 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: the ball. 609 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:58,119 Speaker 2: And your coach slash front office thoughts. Yeah, it was 610 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,240 Speaker 2: a good idea that Ritters are best option. Of course. Yeah, 611 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: he's bad. 612 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 1: Twenty three down two spots. I don't agree with this. 613 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: The Raiders they're playing better than that. 614 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean they could have won that game. 615 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, the defense. 616 00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,399 Speaker 1: Did you see how they they lost that game? 617 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,480 Speaker 2: Trying to think how that game went? Refresh me on, So. 618 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 1: They lost by three, okay, on I believe it was 619 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,680 Speaker 1: Indianapolis's final field goal attempt. 620 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 2: I didn't see this. 621 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 1: It was it was about, I think something like a 622 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 1: It was like a forty nine yard attempt. They missed it. 623 00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,119 Speaker 1: The officials ruled that one of the Raiders had come across. 624 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 1: Early replay showed he did not. They get the rekick 625 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,560 Speaker 1: it and they kicked the field and then the Raiders 626 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 1: come back and they score a touchdown to make it 627 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 1: a three point game. Well, he didn't think at the time. Well, 628 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 1: they held him to a field goal there. The field 629 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:49,920 Speaker 1: goal ended up being what won them the game. 630 00:27:49,960 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 2: Wow, I didn't notice that. 631 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:55,200 Speaker 1: Okay, uh, and the Steelers would be in the playoffs 632 00:27:55,280 --> 00:28:02,240 Speaker 1: right now. Houston, you're in, then you're in. At twenty 633 00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 1: two is Denver? 634 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 2: I think. I think picked the Raiders over Denver. 635 00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:12,520 Speaker 1: Denver's eight and eight right now, they were five. Oh. 636 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:15,480 Speaker 2: I know, Peyton's done a good job and he's building 637 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 2: something there, and I guess I'm fine. 638 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 1: But the Russell Wilson situation is gonna be a mess. 639 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: It's gonna be over the off season here. 640 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,480 Speaker 2: But it sounds like it's gonna be like a thirty 641 00:28:24,480 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 2: million dollar hit this year and next. If they June first, yeah, okay. 642 00:28:29,119 --> 00:28:31,920 Speaker 1: At twenty one down three spots the Vikings. 643 00:28:32,359 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 2: I hope they don't make the playoffs. I don't think 644 00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 2: they will. Quarter backs just a disaster. 645 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,680 Speaker 1: Not a fun team to watch right not right now. 646 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,480 Speaker 2: I mean they have some pieces, but it hasn't gone 647 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 2: well since a Cousin's injury. 648 00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: At twenty up four spots, Chicago. 649 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,400 Speaker 2: Good. They would beat the Vikes right now. Yeah, I 650 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 2: think it'd beat well. I like what they're doing. 651 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 1: I would not. I mean, you'd like the If the 652 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 1: season lasted two more weeks, they'd be in the playoffs, 653 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 1: and the Steelers might be in the playoffs. 654 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, they're trending the right. It would definitely be 655 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:05,800 Speaker 2: in Yeah, yeah, exactly something. 656 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,520 Speaker 1: They're playing better now than they were a month ago. 657 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 2: A ridiculous hole of the year. 658 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: At nineteen down three spots the Seahawks. 659 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, their offense is good, their defense is bad. Yeah, 660 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 2: pretty cut and dry. 661 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,360 Speaker 1: I don't know that every team could beat them the 662 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: way that the Steelers did, though, No. 663 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 2: I think it was also a bad matchup for them 664 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 2: in a physical run game time like that. 665 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:29,720 Speaker 1: That's this. I think it was the second touch maybe 666 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:31,640 Speaker 1: it was the first touchdown drive it was the first 667 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 1: touchdown drive stee. It was a fourteam play drive. The 668 00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:38,960 Speaker 1: Steelers ran the ball eleven times. Yeah, like just punishing runs. Yeah, 669 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 1: like they wore you down for later in the game. 670 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 1: Like not every team has those kind of backs. Like, yeah, 671 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 1: Jalen Warrens the change of pace back, but he's a 672 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: physical Jaleen Warrens two hundred and twenty pounds. 673 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, he's not one und four four. 674 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 1: No, he was delivering blows out like the angry runs were, 675 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 1: like they were angry one another. 676 00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, they might be better than that. 677 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:01,840 Speaker 1: They're a dangerous team. 678 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:02,880 Speaker 2: I say they're dangerous. 679 00:30:02,920 --> 00:30:03,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. 680 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:05,840 Speaker 2: I could paint a picture where they want a playoff game. Yeah, 681 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,280 Speaker 2: I mean, especially if it was against like a South team. 682 00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: But at eighteen down four spots are the Bengals. I 683 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 1: think the Seahawks are better than the Bengals too. 684 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 2: I think since you would be a couple spots lower 685 00:30:15,680 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 2: than that. 686 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: At seventeen up six spots the Saints. I think the 687 00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: Seahawks are better than the Saints too. 688 00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 2: I think the Saints are as average as could be, 689 00:30:24,920 --> 00:30:26,640 Speaker 2: which seventeen adds up to that. 690 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 1: But I think Seattle's better than I might have sat 691 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,920 Speaker 1: the Saints ahead of the Bengals, Yes, I would, but 692 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:33,520 Speaker 1: I would have Seattle ahead of both of them. 693 00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:35,920 Speaker 2: Agreed. Saint Steve's been strong lately. 694 00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: At sixteen up three spots, the Packers. 695 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,479 Speaker 2: Offense has been great. Defense played well this week. It's 696 00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 2: been awful, but played well this week against a bad team. 697 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 2: But yeah, I'm cool with them. 698 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:51,680 Speaker 1: I'd like to see, Actually, I'd like to see a 699 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:52,800 Speaker 1: Green Bay Seattle game. 700 00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 2: Yeah that might. 701 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,680 Speaker 1: That might be a seventy point game, but. 702 00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,680 Speaker 2: I want fantasy players in that one. Love looks good 703 00:30:59,760 --> 00:31:02,280 Speaker 2: they're they're doing. When Aaron Jones on that team there. 704 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: It changes everything, really does, Yeah, changes everything. At fifteen 705 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:07,640 Speaker 1: up two spots the Steelers. 706 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,280 Speaker 2: I haven't had everyone listed Green Bay. Where the Steelers 707 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 2: is a good conversation though, I mean. 708 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: I mean we saw that a few weeks ago and 709 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:17,400 Speaker 1: the Steelers won, and that was when Love was playing well. 710 00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I'm fine with Steelers there. 711 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:23,800 Speaker 1: At fourteen down four spots is Tampa Bay. 712 00:31:24,360 --> 00:31:28,840 Speaker 2: I think i'd have a couple teams ahead of Tampa. Yeah, Steelers, Packers, 713 00:31:29,160 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: maybe a couple. 714 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 1: I mean the fact that they're down four spots means 715 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,040 Speaker 1: he had them at ten last week. Yeah, they're not 716 00:31:35,200 --> 00:31:37,560 Speaker 1: anywhere near the tenth. That's a stretch, that's rich. 717 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:39,600 Speaker 2: I mean, if they win win their division, that doesn't 718 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 2: mean you're the tenth best team. 719 00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 1: No, if the Steelers were in the NFC right. 720 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,400 Speaker 2: Now, they'd be in the NFC South. Right now, in 721 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 2: the NFC. 722 00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:48,520 Speaker 1: Period, they might be the fourth best team in the 723 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:49,800 Speaker 1: in the NFC. 724 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:53,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, the Steers better than the Eagles right now, they might be. 725 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 2: I mean, I think that's how the how the playing 726 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 2: right now pretty soon is all I'm saying they're playing. 727 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 1: They're really bad right now at thirteen up two spots 728 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 1: or the. 729 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 2: Colts, Okay, I don't know how much I trust them, 730 00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,880 Speaker 2: but it's been a quality year for them. 731 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 1: At twelve up a spot. Jacksonville, they just lost four 732 00:32:13,160 --> 00:32:13,640 Speaker 1: in a row. 733 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they beat a horrible Panthers, they. 734 00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 1: Beat the worst team. They beat your thirty first team. 735 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: Now they beat them soundly. 736 00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:20,120 Speaker 2: They did. 737 00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:21,280 Speaker 1: It was thirty second team. 738 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 2: But yeah, I don't know about that. I question with 739 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 2: Jack's Jags are better than the Packers. 740 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:30,560 Speaker 1: I don't want to see Jacksonvill in the playoffs. As 741 00:32:30,600 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 1: a fan, yeah, as just a football fan, I just 742 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 1: think they're heading the wrong direction. I don't want to 743 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:35,960 Speaker 1: see the Eagles in the playoffs. 744 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, I hear you, Like, I think healthy Lawrence would 745 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 2: make me tune in more. 746 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,640 Speaker 1: You know at this point, though, I don't think he's 747 00:32:42,640 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: ever going to be healthy the rest of this year. 748 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 2: I assume he plays this week. 749 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, I heard something with c J. Bethard. I was 750 00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:53,520 Speaker 1: listening to the NFL Serious NFL and they said that 751 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: last week. Lawrence told c J. Beththard early in the week, a, 752 00:32:56,720 --> 00:32:58,760 Speaker 1: I'm not playing this week. Really like they took it. 753 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,640 Speaker 1: They they milked it out. He knew right away he 754 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: wasn't playing it. 755 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 2: Maybe he still does. Yeah, it'd be good for Pittsburgh. 756 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:06,760 Speaker 1: I think I think it might be better if he 757 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:10,120 Speaker 1: does play. I mean, they lost those four games in 758 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 1: a row with him at quarterback. They Bethard came in 759 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: and won, and they scored more points than they had 760 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,160 Speaker 1: the previous few weeks, and he played okay, he was okay. 761 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Carolina is so bad. 762 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:25,960 Speaker 1: Though, I understand that, but at eleven up one spot Houston. 763 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they're better than the other teams are 764 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 2: division for sure. I think they're better than the Eagles. 765 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: Right now at ten up a spot, the Rams. 766 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,720 Speaker 2: I think the Rams are better than that. They're better 767 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 2: than the Eagles. 768 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 1: They struggled though with the Giants. 769 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:42,800 Speaker 2: They did Giants maybe should be a little higher to 770 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:44,120 Speaker 2: Giants play hard. 771 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I mean it's different when you again, Tyrod 772 00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 1: Taylor's in there playing. 773 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 2: Quarterback, right right, I say they're an actual NFL quarterback. 774 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,280 Speaker 2: A NFL team again. 775 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: At nine down five spots are the Eagles. 776 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 2: I know they have a bunch of wins, and they 777 00:33:57,560 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 2: were ten. 778 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: And one at one point. They're all eleven and five. 779 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they've lost of some good team. 780 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,000 Speaker 1: This is not a two or three week Oh you 781 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: had a little stretch here. Everybody's had one of those, 782 00:34:07,680 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: maybe except for Baltimore this year. 783 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,759 Speaker 2: I mean, how much did the Steelers drop when they 784 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,759 Speaker 2: lost Arizona? Yeah, you know what I mean. And that 785 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 2: was the Steeler loss, I'm not being a steel apologist, 786 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,719 Speaker 2: was more fluky than this loss. This loss was he 787 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,440 Speaker 2: couldn't stop the rot. Yeah, and they just. 788 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:27,959 Speaker 1: Got bludgeoned again and again and again. Manndled at eight 789 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: upper spot, Kansas City. 790 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,120 Speaker 2: I'm fine they would be higher than everyone. We talked about. 791 00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:35,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're not scary. 792 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,360 Speaker 2: No, Chiefs versus Rams would be a conversation. 793 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:41,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's seven up a spot Cleveland. 794 00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:44,319 Speaker 2: I guess they a lot of momentum right now. 795 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:46,560 Speaker 1: I still think that I have the Chiefs out of Cleveland. 796 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 2: I think I would too, Like if that game, that 797 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 2: game played in Cleveland. I know it won't, but if 798 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 2: hypothetical Wildcard weekend Chiefs at Brown's, I think Chiefs are favored. Yeah, 799 00:34:58,680 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 2: in their buildings, they were definitely a can' city. They 800 00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 2: would be tested. 801 00:35:02,239 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, Cleveland's had some I mean, hey they've won them. 802 00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:07,719 Speaker 1: I'd bless them. They've had some flukey wins this year. 803 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 2: A little bit, yeah, a little bit at six up 804 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:15,439 Speaker 2: a spot Buffalo. Everyone knows I was their number three. 805 00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 2: I'm not as strong about that now this last week, Well, 806 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 2: no they haven't. I just still think they're better in Miami. 807 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 2: Who's coming up here? And Miami's got throttle they did. Yeah, 808 00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 2: I mean this whole neighborhoods not pretty now is a mess. 809 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,640 Speaker 1: Benzi asked me on the on the pregame show. You know, 810 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: what's your what how do you tier these teams or whatever? 811 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: And I look, there's like two teams and then there's 812 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,560 Speaker 1: a second tier that's okay, and then there's a whole group, 813 00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:44,680 Speaker 1: big group in the middle, and the Steelers are somewhere 814 00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:45,280 Speaker 1: in that middle. 815 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. But but the tier two is worse than usual. 816 00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, way worse. Yeah, yeah, these all have problems. 817 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 1: At five are the Lions. 818 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,359 Speaker 2: I think they would be my number three now. 819 00:35:56,800 --> 00:35:58,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, they all played Dallas. 820 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:00,520 Speaker 2: They're better than Dallas. I believe that. I mean, I 821 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:02,520 Speaker 2: know they got screwed. I mean, I don't care that 822 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 2: Dallas got the W. I thought Detroit was a better 823 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,319 Speaker 2: team then, and they're the better team now. 824 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:12,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. Four, Only down a spot is Miami. I'd have 825 00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: Detroit ahead of Miami. 826 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,520 Speaker 2: They have so many injuries and it's got crushed. 827 00:36:15,800 --> 00:36:17,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would have Detroit ahead of them. 828 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,360 Speaker 2: They would beat anybody still, right, it. 829 00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:21,560 Speaker 1: Be Dallas on the road. Dallas loses everybody in a 830 00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 1: round one. Three up a three spots is Dallas. 831 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,040 Speaker 2: They might be four for me. Yeah, I mean if 832 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 2: Detroit were three, they may be there four. 833 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 1: But you're so you bump this is our week, the 834 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:37,160 Speaker 1: week the league is you bump Dallas ahead of Miami 835 00:36:37,239 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 1: after Miami just beat It. 836 00:36:39,120 --> 00:36:43,560 Speaker 2: Just happened that wasn't Week two. Yeah, it just happened. 837 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: That leaves the r That leaves the nine Ers at 838 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:48,839 Speaker 1: two and the Ravens at one. So when you look 839 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: at this Steelers season, it's kind of a weird dynamic 840 00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,359 Speaker 1: because they have a win over the number one team 841 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:57,840 Speaker 1: with the game to play against, with the game to 842 00:36:57,840 --> 00:37:00,960 Speaker 1: play against them, lost at number two, lost the number two. 843 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,480 Speaker 1: They have a win over the number seven team. They 844 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,840 Speaker 1: split with them, so that's Cleveland. Yeah, so you're and 845 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:11,800 Speaker 1: two and two against the top ten. Didn't play the Eagles. 846 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 1: You beat the number ten team, so yeah, the Rams 847 00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:16,520 Speaker 1: think they should be high. So you're three and two 848 00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:20,360 Speaker 1: against the top ten teams. But then the problem is 849 00:37:20,640 --> 00:37:23,800 Speaker 1: you lost two games to the teams at the bottom. 850 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 2: Although Arizona and the Patriots are more. 851 00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,959 Speaker 1: Playing differently now than they were going into that. 852 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 2: Game perceived you know what I mean, Like that was 853 00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:35,080 Speaker 2: they're not good. You should beat those teams, of course, 854 00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:39,120 Speaker 2: but things have trended up in the last month for 855 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,360 Speaker 2: Arizona and the Patriots. Yeah, I mean, they're not the 856 00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:42,360 Speaker 2: worst teams in the league. 857 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:44,359 Speaker 1: No, No, I think there's I mean. 858 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:45,840 Speaker 2: That's not a lost to Carolina. 859 00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,239 Speaker 1: I mean honestly, Carolina's Carolina is still the worst team 860 00:37:49,280 --> 00:37:49,680 Speaker 1: in the league. 861 00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 2: In Washington. There's two top ones, there's two bottom ones. 862 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,239 Speaker 1: If you had to look at it right now, the 863 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 1: Chargers belong down maybe at thirty yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 864 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:01,200 Speaker 1: just what they are right now as we stalk. 865 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,399 Speaker 2: About, Like the Giants aren't horrible, right, I mean, there's 866 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:05,640 Speaker 2: some of these teams that are thirty to twenty five 867 00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:07,799 Speaker 2: on this list or better than that. 868 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:09,600 Speaker 1: The Falcons are trending the wrong way. 869 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, they definitely are. Vikings are trending the wrong way. 870 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:15,200 Speaker 1: But I mean, really, the Jaguars have been trending that 871 00:38:15,239 --> 00:38:17,279 Speaker 1: way until last week when they beat the worst team 872 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:17,680 Speaker 1: in the league. 873 00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 2: Make a crazy conversation. The Bears might be better than 874 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:22,960 Speaker 2: the Jags. They might be, you know what I mean, 875 00:38:23,080 --> 00:38:24,640 Speaker 2: Like who's better right now? 876 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,960 Speaker 1: I think if the Steelers played the Jaguars right. 877 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:28,880 Speaker 2: Now, I'd rather play the Jags and the Bears. 878 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,160 Speaker 1: They would win that game. 879 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, Bears might better than Steelers. Bears might be better 880 00:38:33,160 --> 00:38:36,359 Speaker 2: than they might maybe should be tenth. 881 00:38:36,400 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: The Bears out played Cleveland? Was that two or three 882 00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:41,719 Speaker 1: weeks ago in Cleveland? Yeah, could have won that game. 883 00:38:41,760 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 1: In fact, they should have won that game. 884 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 2: What's the spread in that game today? Pick them underfield goal? Yeah, 885 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,440 Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like, just because we have 886 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 2: these preconceived notions about how bad they were to start, 887 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:54,640 Speaker 2: I don't want to play the Bears right now. 888 00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:57,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, they should be higher. They figured some things out 889 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: and yeah. 890 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,480 Speaker 2: War's a nightmare fields playing well. Yeah, they're pretty healthy 891 00:39:01,840 --> 00:39:03,560 Speaker 2: since making that trade. The defense is like one of 892 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 2: the best in the league. Yeah, they're good. 893 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,320 Speaker 1: That's it for the power rankings. 894 00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,680 Speaker 2: We'll see that. We'll do one more huh. 895 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, well that we'll do next week after all the games, 896 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,360 Speaker 1: and then they'll re rank everybody at the end of 897 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,920 Speaker 1: the season again. So we had some other things to 898 00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:22,520 Speaker 1: talk about, of course, but anyways, that's going to do 899 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 1: it for that. We're gonna get to another break. He 900 00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,239 Speaker 1: is the Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lollie. You're listening to 901 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:34,840 Speaker 1: the Driver on Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back to the Drive. 902 00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,520 Speaker 1: I'm Dale Lollie. He is the Matt Williamson. And Matt 903 00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 1: looking here at the FTN Fantasy DVOA percentage on the 904 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:50,640 Speaker 1: playoffs here. So I know people have been quoting, like 905 00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:52,520 Speaker 1: the New York Times says that the Steelers aret like 906 00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,400 Speaker 1: twenty two percent to make the playoffs. 907 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:55,840 Speaker 2: So I don't know how they do that with the 908 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,040 Speaker 2: team that's going to rest, Like you can't treat the 909 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,400 Speaker 2: Ravens like they're the Ravens. You can't treat the like 910 00:40:00,440 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 2: they're the Niners. You know, I don't know how they 911 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,840 Speaker 2: do that. Well, I think I think from a mathematician. 912 00:40:05,400 --> 00:40:07,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think DVOA is figuring that in because they 913 00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,240 Speaker 1: have the Steelers at a twenty nine point one percent 914 00:40:10,360 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: chance okay to make the playoffs, so higher than what 915 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,800 Speaker 1: the New York Times was saying almost thirty percent. 916 00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:17,799 Speaker 2: I don't know if they're reputable or not, but I 917 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,280 Speaker 2: was looking at the athletics projection. They had the Steelers 918 00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 2: of fifty two percent, which to me sounds more logical, 919 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:25,840 Speaker 2: you know, I mean, I give them at least a 920 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:27,959 Speaker 2: fifty percent chance to win in Baltimore. Yeah. 921 00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:31,000 Speaker 1: Well, I think according to the New York Times stuff, 922 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:36,400 Speaker 1: if you factor in the Steelers beating Baltimore, the Steelers' 923 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:38,640 Speaker 1: chances to make the playoffs go up to like seventy 924 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: eight percent. 925 00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,000 Speaker 2: Okay, see how I was just even one of two 926 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 2: teams to lose. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean on the road. 927 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:48,480 Speaker 2: I'm not in close to a mathematician, nor do I 928 00:40:48,560 --> 00:40:50,719 Speaker 2: know DVA and all those things, you know, how to 929 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,640 Speaker 2: calculate them, but I would think they'd be a pretty 930 00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 2: easy formula just to go off point spreads. You know, 931 00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 2: like if you're a three point favorite, well then you 932 00:40:59,120 --> 00:41:00,880 Speaker 2: win sixty three percent of the time. 933 00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,239 Speaker 1: And the Steelers now a four point favorite in bar. 934 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:05,560 Speaker 2: I don't know the numbers, so that changed. 935 00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,520 Speaker 1: Initially when it came out, they were three point underdogs, 936 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,240 Speaker 1: and now I would know. Hardbaugh kind of said yesterday 937 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:12,719 Speaker 1: that that you know, the Lamar is not going to 938 00:41:12,760 --> 00:41:14,480 Speaker 1: play it flipped the Steelers. 939 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,279 Speaker 2: By four, okay, and then if you factored in what's 940 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:18,120 Speaker 2: the spread in the Bills game, or you know, like 941 00:41:18,320 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 2: I'm sure there's a mathematical formula you could figure it 942 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:23,440 Speaker 2: out from those that information. So yeah, what what do 943 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:24,000 Speaker 2: they have to say? 944 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:29,720 Speaker 1: Uh? So you're looking at that. So Buffalo's chance eighty 945 00:41:29,719 --> 00:41:30,800 Speaker 1: five point four percent? 946 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:33,879 Speaker 2: They win, they're in and they if they lose, they 947 00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:34,279 Speaker 2: need others. 948 00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:36,000 Speaker 1: They could still yeah, they could still get it because 949 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:37,040 Speaker 1: they're are ten wins right now. 950 00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:40,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, okay, they win, they win the division, right they. 951 00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,279 Speaker 1: Win, they win the division outright. In fact, they would 952 00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,760 Speaker 1: be right now, they're saying Miami's got a fifty seven 953 00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,840 Speaker 1: percent chance, fifty seven point two percent chance to be 954 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,360 Speaker 1: the two seed, because that's what they would be with 955 00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:54,239 Speaker 1: a win. Buffalo is at forty two point eight. 956 00:41:54,920 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 2: Do you know the spread in that game? If not, 957 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:57,279 Speaker 2: I mean, don't worry about you. 958 00:41:57,320 --> 00:41:58,360 Speaker 1: Does Buffalo is favored? 959 00:41:58,400 --> 00:42:00,239 Speaker 2: I think I think they're favored by two and a 960 00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:04,080 Speaker 2: half nursy fields. Yeah, so if. 961 00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:09,600 Speaker 1: They don't win, then Miami drops to the sixth seed, 962 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,560 Speaker 1: and Buffalo still has a chance to be the six 963 00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:15,000 Speaker 1: or seven seed. 964 00:42:15,160 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 2: So the Browns are the five no matter what. Yes, okay, 965 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,440 Speaker 2: they're locked in. That's why they may not play. I 966 00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:23,160 Speaker 2: mean they can't like go to five to six Miami. 967 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,319 Speaker 2: They're locked into five. 968 00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,520 Speaker 1: Okay, So the Steelers still have a chance, an outside 969 00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,160 Speaker 1: chance eight point five percent to be the sixth seed. 970 00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, I knew that, because Buffalo can still be the seven, 971 00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:37,040 Speaker 2: I think yes. And there's also a chance they don't 972 00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:37,799 Speaker 2: make it at all. 973 00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,759 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, so that's all also in play here. I 974 00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:43,319 Speaker 1: know everybody's looking, well, if they win there, you know, 975 00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:44,000 Speaker 1: they'll play the. 976 00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:46,560 Speaker 2: And that doesn't mean they have like the two ties 977 00:42:46,600 --> 00:42:47,239 Speaker 2: to happen either. 978 00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,040 Speaker 1: No, it's not crazy. Uh in the AFC South, this 979 00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:52,759 Speaker 1: is where it gets really kind of crazy here. 980 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:55,120 Speaker 2: So right now, that's where I can't keep up. 981 00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:58,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, you've got Jacksonville with a sixty three point eight 982 00:42:58,560 --> 00:42:59,520 Speaker 1: percent chance. 983 00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,800 Speaker 2: To be the four win the division. 984 00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:06,880 Speaker 1: Yes, Houston is at eighteen point nine percent. Indianapolis is 985 00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,800 Speaker 1: at seventeen point three percent to win the division. 986 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,120 Speaker 2: Okay, but obviously they have a decent chance to go 987 00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:14,640 Speaker 2: to the playoffs those two teams, yeah, or as are 988 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:15,560 Speaker 2: the Jags. 989 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:19,239 Speaker 1: To be the sixth seed. Jacksonville has no chance to 990 00:43:19,239 --> 00:43:19,959 Speaker 1: be the sixth seed. 991 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,799 Speaker 2: So theirs is a true playoff game, right, I mean 992 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:25,680 Speaker 2: they win, they win the division, they can't be a 993 00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:26,120 Speaker 2: wild card. 994 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:28,359 Speaker 1: They can be they'd be the seven though. Oh okay, 995 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,040 Speaker 1: that would that would involve I believe a Steelers. So 996 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:31,560 Speaker 1: if they. 997 00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,560 Speaker 2: Lose, they need a lot to happen. 998 00:43:33,640 --> 00:43:37,279 Speaker 1: They would need Denver to lose and the Steelers to lose. No, 999 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:40,560 Speaker 1: that would put that would yeah because Denver. The way 1000 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:43,239 Speaker 1: it works is if Denver finishes in a tie with 1001 00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:52,240 Speaker 1: Jacksonville in Pittsburgh. Yeah, Jacksonville's eliminated, Denver is eliminated, because 1002 00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:54,760 Speaker 1: that's good for this Steelers would have a better conference 1003 00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,680 Speaker 1: record even though they lost lost to the Jaguars because 1004 00:43:57,719 --> 00:43:59,520 Speaker 1: you split the three way team or the three way 1005 00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:02,920 Speaker 1: tie BETWSE we between the three teams and Pittsburgh gets 1006 00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,480 Speaker 1: to win with the better conference record, which. 1007 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:05,960 Speaker 2: Is the Steelers. 1008 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, they have a nine no percentage chance to be 1009 00:44:10,719 --> 00:44:13,120 Speaker 1: the sixth seed. They have a nine percent chance to 1010 00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:16,560 Speaker 1: be the seventh seed. Overall, it's a sixty three point 1011 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:20,200 Speaker 1: or was that I say, seventy two point seven percent 1012 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 1: chance to make the playoffs one percent for Houston and Indianapolis. 1013 00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:30,560 Speaker 1: Houston's got a sixty point six percent chance to make 1014 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,520 Speaker 1: the playoffs, an eighteen point nine percent chance to be 1015 00:44:33,600 --> 00:44:34,400 Speaker 1: to win the division. 1016 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,520 Speaker 2: So they win, Jacksonville lose, as they're the chance. 1017 00:44:37,480 --> 00:44:40,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, an eighteen point nine percent chance to be the 1018 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,640 Speaker 1: sixth seed and a twenty two point nine percent chance 1019 00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:46,480 Speaker 1: to be the seventh seed. 1020 00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,360 Speaker 2: But they have a tough game they do, Yeah, I 1021 00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,480 Speaker 2: mean as the Coals. Somebody's gonna win. 1022 00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,440 Speaker 1: The Yeah, Indianapolis has a fifty two point one percent 1023 00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:56,600 Speaker 1: chance to make the playoffs. 1024 00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:58,560 Speaker 2: Does under chaos occur if they tie. 1025 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,239 Speaker 1: If they tie in, the Steelers win, The Steelers are in. 1026 00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:03,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I knew it was good for the Steelers. 1027 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,360 Speaker 2: Is it just chaos for the AFC? 1028 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,480 Speaker 1: If Jacksonville ties, the Steelers are in. 1029 00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. Any tie helps them, and the. 1030 00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:12,080 Speaker 1: Tie would help the Steelers immensely, Unlike a couple of 1031 00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,960 Speaker 1: years ago, where a tie Chargers and Raiders would have 1032 00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,760 Speaker 1: left the Steelers standing on the sidelines, in this instance, 1033 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:24,680 Speaker 1: a tie would help the Steelers unless yeah. Yeah, so 1034 00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,160 Speaker 1: Indianapolis has a seventeen point three percent chance to be 1035 00:45:28,200 --> 00:45:31,360 Speaker 1: the four seed to win the division A seventeen So. 1036 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,200 Speaker 2: We don't know this answer, but sorry, my wheels were 1037 00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,160 Speaker 2: turning there. Did the Colts and Texans have any motivation 1038 00:45:37,560 --> 00:45:41,400 Speaker 2: to play for a tie? No, Like they don't want to. 1039 00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:44,839 Speaker 1: I think they would both. Yeah, they would both be. 1040 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,920 Speaker 2: Out because they don't know what happened to Jacksonville yet. 1041 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:50,160 Speaker 1: Unless the Steelers lose early and it's earlier in the 1042 00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,799 Speaker 1: day and they wouldn't know what happens, that would put 1043 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:54,719 Speaker 1: the Buffalo ahead ahead of them. Like if they already 1044 00:45:54,760 --> 00:45:57,000 Speaker 1: knew Jacksonville, if they knew Jacksonville lost, then they could 1045 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:57,200 Speaker 1: do that. 1046 00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,319 Speaker 2: And they don't want to waste. Yeah, you're gonna go 1047 00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:00,160 Speaker 2: forward at the end of the game. 1048 00:46:00,120 --> 00:46:02,279 Speaker 1: Jackson but would then have to lose if they if 1049 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:04,959 Speaker 1: they tied Jacksonville would have to lose for them both 1050 00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,200 Speaker 1: to get in. Okay, And I don't even know who 1051 00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:08,520 Speaker 1: wins the division title at that point. 1052 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 2: I think it would be should stop, should stop talking ties. Yeah, 1053 00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:12,600 Speaker 2: it makes my brain hurt. 1054 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,680 Speaker 1: And I think it might be Indye because Indy beat 1055 00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:15,839 Speaker 1: them earlier in the year. 1056 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:18,040 Speaker 2: Oh, because then it's only a one game, yeah, head 1057 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:18,359 Speaker 2: to head. 1058 00:46:18,520 --> 00:46:22,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, So seventeen point four percent chance to be the 1059 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,799 Speaker 1: sixth seed to seventeen point four percent chance to be 1060 00:46:24,840 --> 00:46:28,840 Speaker 1: the seventh seed, and a overall a thirty four. 1061 00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:31,200 Speaker 2: Point eight percent chance to be the wild card. So 1062 00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:31,920 Speaker 2: it's interesting. 1063 00:46:32,400 --> 00:46:36,040 Speaker 1: The AFC West, they're all eliminated except for Kansas City. 1064 00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:37,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, and they're set. 1065 00:46:37,440 --> 00:46:38,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're kind of they're locked in. 1066 00:46:38,920 --> 00:46:42,000 Speaker 2: They're the three, Okay, so they're gonna go on the. 1067 00:46:42,040 --> 00:46:45,160 Speaker 1: Roby, I mean to me, So you're either going to 1068 00:46:45,239 --> 00:46:48,400 Speaker 1: Kansas City if you're the sixth seed. If you're the 1069 00:46:48,440 --> 00:46:51,120 Speaker 1: seventh seed, you're going to Miami or Buffalo. 1070 00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,480 Speaker 2: No, you'd go to the South, wouldn't you. 1071 00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,120 Speaker 1: No, the seven goes to the five goes to the 1072 00:46:58,160 --> 00:47:02,080 Speaker 1: South Cleveland. Oh right, those ye, they're going to play Houston, 1073 00:47:02,239 --> 00:47:03,960 Speaker 1: Indy or Jacksonville. 1074 00:47:04,040 --> 00:47:07,480 Speaker 2: I was thinking backwards. So seven goes to two, which 1075 00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,600 Speaker 2: will be the East. Yeah, okay, I mean that's not easy, 1076 00:47:10,640 --> 00:47:12,560 Speaker 2: but I'll take your chances. 1077 00:47:12,680 --> 00:47:16,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. So ideally, if you're a Steeler fan, let the 1078 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:19,040 Speaker 1: let the Dolphins somehow figure out a way to win 1079 00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:21,359 Speaker 1: this game because they're all kinds of banged up. 1080 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:21,799 Speaker 2: Yeah. 1081 00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:25,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, you played that game last year. It was sixteen 1082 00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:26,600 Speaker 1: to ten. You take your chances. 1083 00:47:26,800 --> 00:47:27,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what you're. 1084 00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:29,759 Speaker 1: Looking at, folks. We're going to get the one. Here 1085 00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:32,920 Speaker 1: he is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lully. We want 1086 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:35,399 Speaker 1: to thank Justin Miller for keeping us on the air, 1087 00:47:35,400 --> 00:47:36,920 Speaker 1: and we want to thank you for listening to this 1088 00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 1: edition of The Drive on Steelers Nation Radio.