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Speaker 1: This is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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Speaker 1: on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Gold SNR Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I'm Dale Lolly, he is Williamson, and this

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Speaker 2: is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio and it's time

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Speaker 2: Matt for our weekly fan or our daily fantasy football

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Speaker 2: focused our weekly waiver wire day, today Tuesday's waiver.

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Speaker 1: Interesting, dudes, if you should we overreact and go get them.

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Speaker 1: I'm always early in the season, think about you. I mean,

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Speaker 1: use your fab money up because save a little, of course,

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Speaker 1: but you get on these guys for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the fab money that you have now, Like, let's

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Speaker 2: say you get one hundred dollars. Well, let's say I

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Speaker 2: go out and I want to spend twenty dollars on

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Speaker 2: a guy. Now, I have him for all the rest

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Speaker 2: for sixteen weeks.

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Speaker 1: He's worth more now than he was a week from

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Speaker 1: now even.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. But if I let's say at the end of

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Speaker 2: the season, I spend twenty dollars on a guy going

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Speaker 2: in the week seventeen, I get him for one week

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Speaker 2: for a week. Yeah, basically, you know I spend now

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Speaker 2: rather than save it. For you know, I'll save some

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Speaker 2: for later, but to kick.

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Speaker 1: Or injuries happen or whatever, something goofy like that. But yeah,

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Speaker 1: I don't mind spending early. You always worry, am I? Overbuying?

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Speaker 1: You know something, something that's a shiny little walk?

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Speaker 2: Well, and don't it's the point your point you were

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Speaker 2: just talking about off the air. Don't you just pick

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Speaker 2: up a guy just to pick up a guy you

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Speaker 2: just drafted your team.

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Speaker 1: I'm having problems cutting anyone at the moment on the

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Speaker 1: two teams.

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Speaker 2: I mean, I had a couple of guys on my roster,

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Speaker 2: Like I've got Trevor Lawrence, a quarterback. He's not off

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Speaker 2: until like week ten. I don't need a second quarterback

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Speaker 2: on my roster. Trevor Lawrence is going to start every week.

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Speaker 2: I all pick up a quarterback down the road, get it? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: same thing, Like a tight end I had to pick up.

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Speaker 2: I have Mark Andrews, he's not off until week thirteen,

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Speaker 2: but he missed this week, so I had to pick up.

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Speaker 2: I had already start someone. Yeah, I already. I had

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Speaker 2: already cut my tight end, my second tight end. I drafted,

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Speaker 2: thinking why did I do that when I could just

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Speaker 2: fill this with roster spot.

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Speaker 1: But I'm sure you're going to cut your.

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Speaker 2: Now, I can cut that other Yeah, well I can

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Speaker 2: cut that other tight end and pick somebody up.

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Speaker 1: My roster was constructed. It's exactly who I drafted, and

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Speaker 1: there's no one that's glaring like I don't want that

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Speaker 1: guy anymore. Yeah, you like him enough to save my

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Speaker 1: money for a week and see what happened?

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Speaker 2: You know, don't you know because you drafted Jamison Williams.

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Speaker 2: You drafted Jamison Williams, or you picked up uh, he

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Speaker 2: drafted Alvin Kamara knowing that these guys were going to

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Speaker 2: be off for.

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Speaker 1: That's always for some weeks, it's always get him. But

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Speaker 1: then you got to sit there and be like, well,

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Speaker 1: wouldn't I rather a Pooka and akula? Yeah? Well yeah,

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Speaker 1: but you knew this going in. This was baked in.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. So looking here at this is on NFL dot com.

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Speaker 2: This by from matt Acada. Uh, he's one of their

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Speaker 2: fantasy guys. Rock Purty rostered in fifty one percent of

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Speaker 2: the leaguees.

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Speaker 1: Sure he's a backup though.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's done as somebody i'd want to start now

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Speaker 2: two quarterback leagues. That's a little of course, of course,

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Speaker 2: he should be already in those leagues. Yeah, no, but

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Speaker 2: his stock's going up.

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Speaker 1: His receivers are really good. You know he's gonna play.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Uh, Derek Carr is only rostered in. This is

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Speaker 2: what we talked about. Twenty nine percent of the league's

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Speaker 2: Derek Carr was rostered in.

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Speaker 1: Doesn't run, though, he doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Run, but the weapons are good.

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Speaker 1: The weapons are good, and he's throwing down the field

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Speaker 1: and even like Shaheed and in garbage schedule, now he's attractive. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'd probably rather have Car than I don't know. I

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Speaker 1: don't know. They're both about to say.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, if you were in a two quarterback league, would

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Speaker 2: you stash Malik Willis right now?

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Speaker 1: Oh? Yeah, yeah, I mean I.

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Speaker 2: Don't know that Ryan Tanneals long for the starting lineup.

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Speaker 1: I wonder if Dannaels will be a Falcon and follow

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Speaker 1: Arthur Smith if they start winning games and Ritters still

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Speaker 1: only complete in twelve passes, why not? And Willis is

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Speaker 1: ahead of Levis or people don't know, you know, yeah,

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Speaker 1: one of those two or both those two will play.

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Speaker 1: And Willis can be terrible and still be fantasy worthy.

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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, it does have to be great. But he

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Speaker 2: looked pretty good in the preseason.

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Speaker 1: He did. He looks like he's taking a step, yeah,

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Speaker 1: which in Levis doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Running back Tyler Algierre is only rostered in fourteen percent

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Speaker 2: of leagues. What I'm just saying, this is what they

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Speaker 2: have on NFL dot out Maybe they're using the NFL

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Speaker 2: dot Com leagues or whatever. Fourteen percent.

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Speaker 1: That's bonkers. I mean, he should be in every league.

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Speaker 1: He should be in every league. He's a good player.

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Speaker 1: We were talking off the air. I think he's Aj Dillon.

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Speaker 1: You know. AJ Dillon's in ninety nine percent.

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Speaker 2: Of league with the team that likes to run the

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Speaker 2: ball even more than than Green Baykers. Yeah right, and

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Speaker 2: that's all they want to do.

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Speaker 1: You're a tragic injury away from being a top ten guy.

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Speaker 2: Not to mention, their schedule.

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Speaker 1: Is cave in the Saints. It's it's beautiful.

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Speaker 2: Kieran Williams only rostered in point one percent of leagues.

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Speaker 1: That I understand. I think he's the one. I also

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Speaker 1: think maybe the rams best game just happened, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean. Yeah, but he catch the ball and

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Speaker 1: he gets the ball to the carries.

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Speaker 2: He's better than cam Akers.

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Speaker 1: And they definitely think so cam Akers almost got cut

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Speaker 1: last year.

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Speaker 2: Cam So he out touched cam Akers fifty. He out

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Speaker 2: snapped him fifty two to twenty six. Now that being said,

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Speaker 2: Acres in twenty six times he was on the field,

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Speaker 2: got the ball, he got twenty two carries for nothing.

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Speaker 1: For nothing, didn't go anywhere. Yeah, no, but he should

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Speaker 1: be in every league.

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Speaker 2: Twenty two carries for twenty nine yards.

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Speaker 1: That's hard to do. Channel's run defense isn't that great? No,

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Speaker 1: not even close.

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Speaker 2: One point three yards per carry.

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Speaker 1: Wow, couldn't even break like a seven yard or.

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Speaker 2: That's falling for like if you're six foot tall, Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Take two steps hit the last scrimmage and.

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Speaker 2: Like that's two yards. That's two yards too.

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Speaker 1: That takes your average up. Just treat it like a

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Speaker 1: quarterback Steague.

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Speaker 2: For the Ravens. I'm gonna combo this Justice Hill and

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Speaker 2: Gus Edwards. Justice Hill rostered in point one percent of

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Speaker 2: the league's Gus Edwards in point nine.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a true fifty to fifty. And they're

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Speaker 1: gonna activate Melvin Gordon, who doesn't play special team, so

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Speaker 1: he'll get some carries too. I think it's a true

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Speaker 2: The upside guy is Justice Hill, whereas Gus Edwards, you

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Speaker 2: know exactly what you're gonna get. It's going to be

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Speaker 2: thirteen for fifty four. Maybe falls into the end zone,

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Speaker 1: See those guys, to me, I'm not investing heavily in

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Speaker 1: in terms of like fab money, Like, yes, they just

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Speaker 1: got a golden opportunity, but it was Dobbins played enough.

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Speaker 1: It was clear they wanted to feed Dobbins, not one

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Speaker 1: of those guys, you know, and will they ever be startable?

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Speaker 1: There's always a question I have with some of these dudes,

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Speaker 1: Like yes, in a bye week when I have nothing else,

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Speaker 1: so I'm gonna have to live with the Gus Edwards, Right,

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Speaker 1: But do I want to give thirty percent of my

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Speaker 1: for ten weeks unless I have crushed my injuries? Right.

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Speaker 2: Josh Kelly, however, is in that different situation. He's only

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Speaker 2: rostered in point six percent of league's like he's if

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Speaker 2: you think about it. So the offensive coordinator in with

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Speaker 2: the Chargers now was the offensive coordinator in Dallas. What

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Speaker 2: did Dallas do last year?

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Speaker 1: Had a heavy guy and they had a receiver guy. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, yep. And they've been looking for the heavy

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Speaker 1: guy in La forever.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and Kelly Kelly's now that guy. And he has

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Speaker 2: one Austin Ekeler injury away from being really family.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, because they're going to score points, especially if

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Speaker 1: I'm an Echoler owner. But no matter what, I'm putting

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Speaker 1: money in for Kelly.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. He gets sixteen carries in a game that was tight.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, And I liked him coming out of school.

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Speaker 1: He's not a throwaway talent, you know.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Uh, Kenneth game well owned in twenty six percent

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Speaker 2: of league's He's the clear number one in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 1: Penny's inactive, yea, he was. He also doesn't play.

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Speaker 2: He didn't play any special teams. Yeah, Boston Scott was

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Speaker 2: active over him because he does play special team special teams,

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Speaker 2: and the Swift was on the field for like eighteen plays.

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Speaker 1: Dame Weell's the one on a great offense up.

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Speaker 2: That runs the football.

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Speaker 1: If everyone mentioned, he's the one I'm putting the most in. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: well maybe I was here.

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Speaker 2: Are you stashing Leonard Fournette at this point? I think

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Speaker 2: if any of the backs who are out there right now,

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Speaker 2: I'll get picked up. I'd take Fournette over Kaream Hunt.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Fournette could end up in his tape.

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Speaker 2: Was better last year than Korea Huts. Yeah, and he

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Speaker 2: has less baggage.

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Speaker 1: A Raven or a Colt you know tomorrow. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: then another injury away from three other teams aut in

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Speaker 1: that list, you know. Yeah, Yeah, I guess.

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Speaker 2: At wide receiver, Pooka and the Kua rostered him point

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Speaker 2: six percent of leagues I'm in.

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Speaker 1: I mean fifteen targets.

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Speaker 2: Here's here's the problem with Pooka and the kooy. He's

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Speaker 2: playing the spot the Cooper Cup would play. Yes, he's

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Speaker 2: the big slot at some point if Cooper Cup comes back,

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Speaker 2: just pooking the coupa once to say that whole bit

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Speaker 2: like Cooper Cup and pooking the couh If when when

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Speaker 2: Cooper Cupp returns, let's say he comes back in four weeks,

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Speaker 2: does that mean pookin the kup is completely out of

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Speaker 2: the offense. Do all those targets he got fifteen targets

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Speaker 2: on Sunday, those are going to Cooper Cup.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a strong point. It's you good player?

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Speaker 1: Is he an impressive young guy?

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Speaker 2: Who's not now, Maybe maybe that leads them to trade

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Speaker 2: Cooper Cup once he shows that he's you know, healthy

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Speaker 2: for a couple of games.

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Speaker 1: But right now, Cooper Cup is waiting in the wings

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Speaker 1: because at Well and Jefferson or you're outside speedser types. Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying.

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Speaker 2: It could be, it could be, It could be end

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Speaker 2: up being like a three game rental is what my

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Speaker 2: my point is.

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Speaker 1: Which has some value if you're a back, if you're

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Speaker 1: a receiver, Like, all right, weird question, are you starting

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Speaker 1: him over Drake London who had a zero?

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Speaker 2: No, first of all, they played, they played play the

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Speaker 2: Niners this week? Yeah, I mean what second will look like?

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Speaker 2: Jacobe Myers rostered in fifty one percent of the leagues.

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Speaker 2: Kendrick Bourne rostered in point seven percent of leagues.

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Speaker 2: I don't love the passing game, and they threw the

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Speaker 2: Which again is crazy, like yeah, but I think Bourne's

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Speaker 2: He's he got twelve targets and borderline wide receiver two.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Elijah Moore got nine touches for the Browns. Uh.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Watson to me's got to look better before I'm

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Speaker 1: I know he just screams to Sean Jackson Teddy Gin. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: The problem is is that they've got two other guys

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Speaker 1: But they throw deep, and that won't be Thomas getting

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Speaker 2: At tight end rookie Sam Laporter only in eight percent

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Speaker 1: There's about five tight ends that are all in that

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Speaker 2: He'll be the guy that they go to down in

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Speaker 1: I mean, no, I just don't think he's a.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the Packers are at the Falcons.

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Speaker 1: I don't love either, but I bet they're You can

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Speaker 2: Raiders are at the Bills.

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Speaker 1: No one, Raiders firing up the Bills this week.

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Speaker 2: The defense didn't look bad. Yes, it's good. Yeah. The Ravens.

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Speaker 2: But it's not going to happen twice at scary Yeah. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Streaming defenses is harder this year.

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Speaker 1: Maybe both?

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Speaker 2: Maybe both?

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Speaker 1: That's not terrible.

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Speaker 2: That might be. That might be a thirteen ten game.

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Speaker 2: Chiefs at Jaguars neither.

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Speaker 2: Bears at Buccaneers. Are you firing up the Buccaneers defense

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Speaker 2: Even against Baker Mayfield, like yeah, No. Chargers at Titans.

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Speaker 2: Can you play that Chargers defense? It just got completely

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Speaker 1: Miami ripped them through the air.

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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, I get that back.

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Speaker 1: I don't know the Titan backwards. Yeah. I think I'll

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Speaker 2: Wouldn't be hind my list.

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Speaker 2: Giants at Cardinals, A, you're firing up the Giants defense

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, you're firing up the Cardinals. They didn't play badly,

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Speaker 1: Because I think they're that good? But this is true

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Commanders at Broncos.

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Speaker 1: Yes, and yes, okay, I mean that's a seventeen to

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Speaker 2: That hasn't written all over it?

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Speaker 2: Dolphins at Patriots. What is surprise you if the Patriots

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Speaker 1: No? I think I don't. But I can't play the

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Speaker 2: They come out of the gate playing in Philadelphia and

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Speaker 1: I mean Jets and Patriots.

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Speaker 2: They're both at home, I know, but they might be.

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Speaker 2: It is at home and Dolphins are going cross country.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, two Monday night games this week, don't forget that.

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Speaker 2: At seven point fifteen you have Saints at Panthers. Fire

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Speaker 1: I think Panthers are that bad. Yeah, no one, the Panthers.

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Speaker 1: Both these I was leaning towards both sacks. I don't

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Speaker 1: Who they got again?

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Speaker 2: They thinks Vikings at home on a Thursday. It's Kirk

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I don't think you drop them or anything.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, you're playing the Falcons. I'm sorry, the Packers.

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Speaker 2: you're playing the Bengals against the Ravens.

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Speaker 1: I think they might not be owned, may not be

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Speaker 1: quorder line.

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Speaker 2: No, Seahawks, Ravens, Colts, Texans. You want to play both? Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's is crazy.

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Speaker 1: I mean that's Adam which is crazy. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Uh No, one, the Jaguars and Chiefs. There's three or

448
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Speaker 2: four cheepies that are out there. The Buccaneers one. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the Buccaneers are one. The Chargers despite getting gashed last week,

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Speaker 2: the Giants defense again, that's against the Cardinals obviously, the

451
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Speaker 2: forty nine Ers are on Jets against the Cowboys is

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Speaker 2: not one that idea you want to play both of

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Speaker 2: those defenses, but because they're probably both owned, I.

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Speaker 1: Mean, you're definitely playing Cowboys d that's.

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Speaker 2: Without a doubt. The Commanders and Broncos, you're playing both defenses.

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Speaker 1: You could pick up both defense. Yeah, you picked up

457
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Speaker 1: the Commanders last week to play the Cardinals. Roll them

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Speaker 1: out again, play another one, right.

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Speaker 2: Uh, you have Patriots Dolphins not not great, but yeah, okay,

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Speaker 2: and then the Saints and then Browns and Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Saints might be by number one. Yeah, I think there's

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Speaker 1: the chance to smash and I think it's a good

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Speaker 1: not great defense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so interesting. Well there's more. We'll look at that

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Speaker 2: when we get out there for DFS later in the

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Speaker 2: week and see which one of those ones.

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Speaker 1: That we liked. Ones like Tampa Giants gotta be cheap, yeh, yeah, cheap.

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Speaker 1: The Giants might be dirt cheap after what they did.

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Speaker 2: After giving up forty not that it was the defense

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Speaker 2: is all.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but they'll find that game.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, But we're gonna take another break. Was the Fantasy

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Speaker 2: Football Focus. He is Matt Williamson, I am Dale Lalley.

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Speaker 2: You're listening to the drive here on Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back with more right after. This is Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: This is the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio, and Matt,

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Speaker 2: we know this week the Steelers will be with This

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Speaker 2: will be more than just just this week. Cam Hayward

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Speaker 2: for a while, several weeks, and Deontay Johnson for at

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Speaker 2: least this week.

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Speaker 1: Uh, Deonta's is more week the week?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, more, that's what Han you know, you see, you

483
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Speaker 2: see the reports out there, and Deontay Johnson could be

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Speaker 2: out in multiple weeks. Yeah, it could be. Anybody that

485
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Speaker 2: pulls a hamstring could be out in multiple weeks, but

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Speaker 2: they could also miss just a week. It just depends

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Speaker 2: on on the severity of the hamstring.

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Speaker 1: I mean, hamstring in general are usually a week or two. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know how severe it is. I'm

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Speaker 1: not a doctor, but just we've been doing this a

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Speaker 1: long time. In hamstring, you don't keep you out that long.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean there's a bunch of guys who missed

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Speaker 2: Week one with hamstring injuries. That's and they're on track

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Speaker 2: to perhaps play in week two. So I don't get

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Speaker 2: overly concerned with that one I mean, you're going to

496
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Speaker 2: be missing guys here and there. That's just the reality

497
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Speaker 2: of it.

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Speaker 1: But what you don't want to see too is he

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Speaker 1: runs two routes and then pulls up again right now, Like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, the recurring part of it is always worrisome

501
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Speaker 1: with those.

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Speaker 2: That that is one correct If the Steelers were going

503
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Speaker 2: to lose a player, I mean, you don't want to

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Speaker 2: lose those two guys in particular.

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Speaker 1: They're high on the list, they're high in the list. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: they're very good at what they do.

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Speaker 2: But those two positions might be two of the deeper

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Speaker 2: positions on the team.

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Speaker 1: I one hundred percent agree at receiver. I have more

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Speaker 1: doubt at the tackle, you know, like if it was

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Speaker 1: ogn Joby being missed, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: But that doesn't that doesn't changer the defensive line depth.

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Speaker 1: I think, That's what I mean, Like, I'd rather test

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Speaker 1: it with Cam in the line.

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Speaker 2: Well, that's different, that's a different that's a different that's

516
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Speaker 2: a different question.

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Speaker 1: So I have extreme faith and optimism about Ben. Yeah,

518
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Speaker 1: so that in itself is great. Adams played more than

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Speaker 1: I wanted. Do you think for Hooko ends up on

520
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Speaker 1: the roster? Maybe act of maybe not that would give

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Speaker 1: you that I don't have to.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's a pure nose thing.

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Speaker 1: Is he's not a one for one replacement. Yeah, I

524
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Speaker 1: really didn't like what I saw from ouder Milk.

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Speaker 2: No, he got pushed around little bit, get.

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Speaker 1: Too much more than you know, and he played a

527
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Speaker 1: lot and if he's if that's going to be a trend,

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Speaker 1: then I don't like that part of it. Where I

529
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Speaker 1: liked what I saw from Robinson and Austin and have

530
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Speaker 1: every step of the way. And I don't say I'm

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Speaker 1: fifty to fifty on Leal, but I don't know. I

532
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Speaker 1: just don't know. I'm not saying good or bad. Are

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Speaker 1: more snaps better for him? Or do we liked him

534
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Speaker 1: rotating in flashing here and there?

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Speaker 2: More what you're going to see you know when they

536
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Speaker 2: open up and if they you know, against in their

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Speaker 2: three four defense for however much they play that I

538
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Speaker 2: had somebody say on this week. I had somebody on

539
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Speaker 2: social media today, I can't believe the Steelers when on

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Speaker 2: the long run that that that Christian McCaffrey had, they

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Speaker 2: only had two defensive linemen and two outside linebackers on

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Speaker 2: the line of scrimmage. I'm like, that's like, what are

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Speaker 2: you watching. That's seventy percent of what they do and

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Speaker 2: have done, and every team in the league does every

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Speaker 2: year every year.

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Speaker 1: I don't remember what personnel San Francisco was in for

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Speaker 1: that particular run, but if you're well.

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Speaker 2: Ray Ray McCloud was on the field, I know that,

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Speaker 2: so they were probably an eleven.

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Speaker 1: Then they were definitely eleven.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so yeah, you're being your nickel against that.

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Speaker 1: Right, That's the norm and every team in the league would.

553
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Speaker 1: But the other part thing I want to say about

554
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Speaker 1: the tackle situation is there's probably no way around it,

555
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Speaker 1: but Ogan Jobe's snap count probably has to go up.

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Speaker 2: He has to play a little bit more.

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Speaker 1: I don't love that, you know, just considering that he's

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Speaker 1: always dealing with something.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he played more in Week one than I thought

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Speaker 2: he would, and I think part of that was because

561
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Speaker 2: of the Cam Hayward issue.

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Speaker 1: I'm more confident receiver than a MP table.

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Speaker 2: But I'm interested to see. Like Mike Tomlin was asked

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Speaker 2: about Armam Watts.

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Speaker 1: Today, Yeah, mentioned him.

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Speaker 2: The guy's played a lot of snaps in the league.

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Speaker 2: Had five sacks a couple of years ago for the

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Speaker 2: Minnesota Vikings.

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Speaker 1: I would think he can warm le it up.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he can. He can push the pocket a little bit,

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Speaker 2: a little bit, Yeah, play here and there, and maybe

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Speaker 2: you don't want him out there in your base defense.

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Speaker 2: But if he's out there's your situational pass rusher and

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Speaker 2: your nickel and dime. Okay, if that's his if that's his.

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Speaker 1: Role, how much do you think Benton truly plays?

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Speaker 2: I mean he played more than any of the other

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Speaker 2: guys on Sunday. Now that was you know, some of

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Speaker 2: that may have been because Leal had that elbow issue injury,

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Speaker 2: but he was out there. I don't mind seeing. Like

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Speaker 2: my question with with this whole process is, when you're

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Speaker 2: in your base defense, Adams is your nose?

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Speaker 1: Do we know that without certainty? I mean my quest

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Speaker 1: that's where I.

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Speaker 2: Was going, Adam Adams is your nose. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think with Hayward out of the equation, Benton is

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Speaker 1: now not in the nose equation in the four right.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So I want to work Benton on the outside.

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Speaker 2: But do I do I make him the starter on

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Speaker 2: the outside or I leave Leal as the starter in.

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Speaker 1: The three four? In the base three phase four with

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Speaker 1: Ogan Jobie out there. I went betting out there's every

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Speaker 1: snap by pass we can get him. I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: that high on him. Can he handle it? I don't know.

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Speaker 2: That's the problem that you don't know.

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Speaker 1: You just don't know, right, You're just and that's a

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Speaker 1: big Tomlin thing and he's great at this, and you

597
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Speaker 1: always talk about it.

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Speaker 2: Do I put that much on the guy's plate as

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Speaker 2: a rookie?

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Speaker 1: That's the right, Like, that's part of the reason Porter

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Speaker 1: but didn't play a ton of snaps. I mean, prove

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Speaker 1: to the coaching staff you don't have to practice on

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Speaker 1: Wednesday and Thursday, and I'll put you in the games,

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Speaker 1: or prove to me that you can perform in stadiums

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Speaker 1: and all these type of things. But to me, it's

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Speaker 1: almost like the Zach Wilson situation. Not a good comparison

607
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Speaker 1: because Wilson's been terrible, but an injury opens up an

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Speaker 1: opportunity for a talented young player, and to me, that's Ben.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. No, I agree, I agree. I just don't like it.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know. Do you save him strictly for Nickel?

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Speaker 2: Do you put him out there?

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Speaker 1: Do you?

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Speaker 2: Because I know that's the problem.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the beauty.

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Speaker 2: But I also think that he can. He's a guy

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Speaker 2: that that you know, moves the pocket.

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Speaker 1: I think I tell him he's Cam Heyward. You know,

618
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Speaker 1: we need someone to be Cam Haywell.

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Speaker 2: But Mike Tomlins saying they're not. It's not going to

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Speaker 2: be just one guy replacing Cam Hayward. I don't want

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Speaker 2: to what I don't what you don't want to do.

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Speaker 2: I think to me is go and say, hey, Okay, Keanu,

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Speaker 2: Cam Hayward's out.

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Speaker 1: Yeah you be Cam. I agree, especially on Tuesday. But

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Speaker 1: on Monday night in the second quarter, when he's winning

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Speaker 1: and the other guys are stalemating.

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Speaker 2: That that might change. I mean, I understand what you're saying.

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Speaker 2: I understand what you're saying. In theory.

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Speaker 1: I even think on Monday he might be better than

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Speaker 1: Ogu Jobi let alone. The other guys like he may

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Speaker 1: be their best at d Lineman this year not named

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Speaker 1: Cam Hayward.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think that's in the It could be in the cards.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's it's it's the you know, the game.

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Speaker 2: It's the game that Mike Tomlin is gonna have to

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Speaker 2: play here because well the other part of this is

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Speaker 2: is that you don't want. You're gonna need the other

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Speaker 2: guys too.

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Speaker 1: Oh, the wats is gonna have to play.

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00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, all those these guys are going to have to play.

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Speaker 2: And so now you know, do you do you want? Well,

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Speaker 2: I'm only playing six snaps and the rookies playing, you know,

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Speaker 2: forty eight, like I don't.

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Speaker 1: Know, is getting pushed around again.

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Speaker 2: You can't you can't stick with it.

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Speaker 1: You can't run back out, you know, right, So I

648
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Speaker 1: don't know, it's it's a it's a problem. You're losing

649
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Speaker 1: a great player, a mobole player. Of course, it's a problem.

650
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Speaker 1: But I think it's a great opportunity for Benton. I mean,

651
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Speaker 1: I thought he was their second best defensive player besides

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Speaker 1: Watt in that game, you know, and he first on

653
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Speaker 1: the scene late and can you do it in the

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Speaker 1: first quarter against McCaffrey and Party and Samuel all those guys.

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Speaker 1: I've been different.

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Speaker 2: But I can also understand why Mike Tomlin wouldn't want

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Speaker 2: to put that pressure on because now, all of a sudden,

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Speaker 2: if he comes out today and says, well, Keanu Benton

659
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Speaker 2: is gonna be We're gonna replace Cam Hayward Kean Benton,

660
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 2: Keu Benton gets steamrolled all week longt By I'm talking

661
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:20,640
Speaker 2: him just in the media, like he's got he's got

662
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 2: every person in the you know, microphone, every microphones in

663
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,720
Speaker 2: his face, every Yeah, Mike Thomas, you could be That's

664
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,360
Speaker 2: why you don't. You don't say that.

665
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:32,040
Speaker 1: You know, if he would say that and would be

666
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,920
Speaker 1: bad team management, bad head coaching, you know what I mean,

667
00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:38,520
Speaker 1: Like we'll just plug him in. He might think it

668
00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 1: and on game day it might reflect it. Right, Yeah, So.

669
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,680
Speaker 2: Don't get My point here is that don't get caught

670
00:28:43,760 --> 00:28:49,080
Speaker 2: up in the minutia of what Mike Tomlin says on Tuesdays,

671
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 2: because the actions will speak louder than the words.

672
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:54,280
Speaker 1: And I think the same sort of true for Porter,

673
00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:57,520
Speaker 1: Like he's not gonna play seven STAPs again, No.

674
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: No, they're gonna Okay, we had you ready. We couldn't

675
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 2: do it because they're not gonna be in dime that

676
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 2: much this week.

677
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,719
Speaker 1: No, Well, they play three wide a fair amount.

678
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, but there's still a team that's gonna run the football.

679
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: As long as Nick jobs on the football field, you're

680
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 2: gonna be a nickel.

681
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,320
Speaker 1: Then there's gonna be two three tight ends on the

682
00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 1: field a lot, right, you know, So it might not

683
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 1: be a huge quarter week, but I bet he plays thirty.

684
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, when they play the Raiders, I think that could be.

685
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,440
Speaker 2: That's different, even though Josh Jacobs is out. I just

686
00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 2: I think you pick and choose when to expose those kids,

687
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 2: and I think if they had their druthers, they might

688
00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:33,160
Speaker 2: not be exposing Benton quite this much this early.

689
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: I'm throwing rookies in the mixes. It's not a great

690
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 1: tried and true method for winning football games. Parcels. You

691
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 1: say every rookie I start is one loss. Yeah, I

692
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: mean times change, you can't do that anymore. But they struggle.

693
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 1: It's hard being a rookie.

694
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting looking at the other injuries. Mike Toman

695
00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:57,160
Speaker 2: pretty pretty optimistic. Uh, Chookes of Corford gets the extra

696
00:29:57,240 --> 00:29:59,440
Speaker 2: day to get through concussion protocol. You think that, Yeah,

697
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,000
Speaker 2: it feels pretty it about that. Pat Fryarmouth with the

698
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 2: chest injury, he gets an extra day to uh to

699
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,640
Speaker 2: get better with that. And I think he mentioned that

700
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:12,840
Speaker 2: James Daniels was dealing with something as well. So when

701
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:14,040
Speaker 2: he came back and played.

702
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:18,760
Speaker 1: And he played through it, I assume he'll be in

703
00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:19,040
Speaker 1: the mix.

704
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 2: But he thought, I mean the only injuries he thought

705
00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: were you know, he would definitely cross guys off the

706
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 2: list this week were Johnson and Hayward, and he said,

707
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 2: everybody else we feel pretty good about being ready to

708
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 2: go good on Monday night.

709
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: I mean, that's not good. They're two stars, but yeah,

710
00:30:32,560 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 1: you know you knew that was.

711
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 2: But I mean, you know, the the Browns losing Conklin something.

712
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know whether injury. Have you seen

713
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 1: an injury.

714
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 2: I was looking at their depth chart. They're they're a

715
00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:46,120
Speaker 2: little thin now and on the offensive line and.

716
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 1: They're gonna throw face right in the rookie sure, but

717
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: there no line is not what he used to be.

718
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 2: No, I mean, they don't have the depth that they did.

719
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 2: And you know, if you start looking at you know,

720
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 2: the guys that they have here, uh, the only guys

721
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,040
Speaker 2: they have now on the on behind the their their

722
00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 2: starting offensive lineman are James Sutzman, Michael Dunn, and Nick Harris.

723
00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:10,720
Speaker 2: Like that's what they've got.

724
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 1: In Hudson's yeah, and Whippler's okay, but they're all unproven.

725
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:18,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, you guys, I mean, you know, your your tackle

726
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 2: depth is severely tested now the rest of the season,

727
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,960
Speaker 2: and you're not going out and finding somebody like you.

728
00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:28,400
Speaker 2: You're one your one offensive tackle injury away from being disaster.

729
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 2: And that's assuming that day one Jones is the answer.

730
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: Is okay, Yeah, I mean I know he did okay

731
00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 1: in the preseason, gada YadA. They like him. Maybe he's

732
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:37,480
Speaker 1: a draft steal, but that doesn't mean he's starting to

733
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,200
Speaker 1: right tackle. Yeah.

734
00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,480
Speaker 2: I mean they're right now not super happy that Jadrick

735
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:42,520
Speaker 2: Willison at left tackle.

736
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:44,800
Speaker 1: No, they're not. No, they're not. I mean he's probably

737
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,920
Speaker 1: on his last year there, yeah, and probably Conco's last

738
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: year there. They be in the market for a tackle

739
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: or to this offseason.

740
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:53,680
Speaker 2: The other guy who's questionable right now is one Thornhill

741
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 2: at free safety.

742
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 1: Okay, I didn't know he was banged up, but he's

743
00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:58,640
Speaker 1: a quality player.

744
00:31:58,760 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you know, we'll see what what what happens

745
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 2: here is the week goes on, who's in, who's out.

746
00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:06,960
Speaker 2: But I mean the Brown's got a bunch of guys

747
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 2: who are already on I R Jekeem Grant, Anthony Schwartz,

748
00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 2: Dawson Deaton, who's one of their offensive lineman already.

749
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:16,280
Speaker 1: Now.

750
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 2: Conklin goes on to IR one game played, Yeah, they

751
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: got three guys on defense who are down the down

752
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,320
Speaker 2: the depth chart guys, but still you know, in the

753
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 2: mix and that that doesn't even include the one inside

754
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: linebacker that they lost in the preseason who played a

755
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:33,720
Speaker 2: lot of snaps for them.

756
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:37,600
Speaker 1: I can't think it would name.

757
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,680
Speaker 2: But he played a lot of snaps for them last year.

758
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:41,360
Speaker 2: So you know those are gonna happen. It's gonna happen.

759
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 2: You know, you just have to deal with it.

760
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 1: You know, it's a tough game.

761
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:47,560
Speaker 2: It is.

762
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 1: It is a tough game. Browns are coming to have

763
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,680
Speaker 1: a lot of momentum right now and are the healthier team,

764
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: and it is in the Steelers building and we'll start

765
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:58,120
Speaker 1: breaking it down. But we'll see. I mean, I think

766
00:32:58,160 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be a walk in the park. I

767
00:32:59,320 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be.

768
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it will be, and they usually are. I mean,

769
00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 2: you know, there's all the division games will Yeah, that's

770
00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,800
Speaker 2: that's what you came into this expecting it, you know,

771
00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:12,000
Speaker 2: to be a kind of a bare knuckle backstreet fight,

772
00:33:12,120 --> 00:33:13,680
Speaker 2: and we'll turn that into this.

773
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,560
Speaker 1: And that might work in the Steelers favor too. They

774
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:17,600
Speaker 1: could maybe use one of those right now. Yeah, with

775
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:18,960
Speaker 1: an extra day to stew about it.

776
00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,400
Speaker 2: Well, I mean when they played the Browns last year

777
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,240
Speaker 2: to close out the season, and that was with Deshaun

778
00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:26,000
Speaker 2: Watson on the field. It was twenty fourteen, and they

779
00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:27,320
Speaker 2: dominated the play.

780
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: Watson didn't play well last week. No, he hasn't played

781
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:31,480
Speaker 1: well in a Browns uniform period.

782
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:36,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, so tell your tell your outside linebackers to stick them.

783
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:37,160
Speaker 1: No, he didn't get hit.

784
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:40,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, so we're gonna take another break. He is Matt Williamson.

785
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: I am Dale Lawley. You're listening to the drive here

786
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio. We'll be back to finish up

787
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:53,120
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788
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793
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795
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,840
Speaker 2: directly from the Steelers here on Steelers Nation Radio. And

796
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 2: let's go around the league here real quick. Matt and

797
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 2: see yes, some of these transactions from today. The Atlanta

798
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:31,120
Speaker 2: Falcons have signed defensive lineman Joe Gaziano to their active roster.

799
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 2: I assume he was on their practice squad.

800
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: Probably a lot of guys getting bumped up from practice

801
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,839
Speaker 1: squads and street free agents and things like that on

802
00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 1: it too.

803
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's what you see. So the Ravens

804
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:45,000
Speaker 2: made two moves. They added Deron Harmon to their practice squad.

805
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:47,560
Speaker 1: He's better in safety Williams.

806
00:34:47,760 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, And then they added from their practice squad defensive

807
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 2: back Daryl Worley. Okay, none of these are replacements for

808
00:34:56,400 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 2: US Williams, but.

809
00:34:57,040 --> 00:35:00,000
Speaker 1: Obviously Marcus Williams is out of the man. Yeah, yeah

810
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: they can. I wonder how bad these Linderbaum and Stanley

811
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,080
Speaker 1: ones are. Yeah, they sound like week to.

812
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:09,799
Speaker 2: Week Jack Conklin officially placed on injured reserve by the

813
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:10,920
Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns.

814
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 1: Uh.

815
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 2: They signed offensive tackle Tye and Niska to their practice squad,

816
00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:20,560
Speaker 2: signed guard Michael dung Done to their active roster. That's

817
00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 2: why when I looked at that before him, like they

818
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,200
Speaker 2: only have seven offensive linemen on their active roster. Well,

819
00:35:25,200 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 2: that's because they just signed Done. Did go to the

820
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,479
Speaker 2: active know he's on the practice squad.

821
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,640
Speaker 1: Okay, he's been a swing tackle pretty much his whole

822
00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,280
Speaker 1: career and had some okay moments.

823
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. They also signed defensive tackle Tommy Togi. I do

824
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:36,960
Speaker 2: they haven't.

825
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,319
Speaker 1: They drafted him a couple of years ago, and I

826
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 1: guess he didn't make the final roster. Now they're bringing

827
00:35:41,560 --> 00:35:43,440
Speaker 1: them back in. I don't know any deed line injuries

828
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,000
Speaker 1: they had, though.

829
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 2: They must be a little nicked up. There were, they

830
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,120
Speaker 2: weren't they're worried about they weren't happy about their rundy.

831
00:35:48,160 --> 00:35:48,560
Speaker 2: I don't know.

832
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,200
Speaker 1: Maybe Ika didn't impress or anything like that.

833
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 2: Greg Dulsic with the Broncos suspected to miss some time

834
00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:58,640
Speaker 2: with a hamstring injury he suffered and Sunday's loss to

835
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:03,279
Speaker 2: the Raiders. It's the same injury, same hamstring injury he

836
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:06,520
Speaker 2: had last year. So he's done that now two years

837
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 2: in a row.

838
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: Okay, he's kind of a hard guy to figure out. Yeah,

839
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:10,560
Speaker 1: he's been in and out.

840
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 2: This guy keeps somehow sticking around. The Packers signed offensive

841
00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,800
Speaker 2: lineman Michael Jordan to their practice squad. The old, the

842
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:21,760
Speaker 2: old Cincinnati Bengals guy.

843
00:36:21,600 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: That I didn't I thought he was years removed from

844
00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 1: the league.

845
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:32,640
Speaker 2: Yeah, he just shows you where the offensive line. The

846
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 2: Colts signed three guys and cut three guys. Signed running

847
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:39,439
Speaker 2: back Tyler Goodson from their practice squad, tight end Jordan

848
00:36:39,520 --> 00:36:43,239
Speaker 2: Murray from their practice squad, and center Jack Anderson from

849
00:36:43,280 --> 00:36:48,880
Speaker 2: their practice squad. And released from their practice squad Jason Huntley,

850
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:53,400
Speaker 2: Johnny Lumpkin who's a tight end, and wide receiver Michael Stracan.

851
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 1: Who was there. Starting running back Dane Jackson.

852
00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 2: Right, No, it's not Jane, it's not Dane.

853
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: It's uh. He was horrible. Yeah, he was really really bad.

854
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:05,920
Speaker 1: I heard something today.

855
00:37:06,040 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 2: He's a third down back, is what he is.

856
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:10,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he was thrust into the first down stuff

857
00:37:10,880 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 1: and I think he had like twenty touches and it

858
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,879
Speaker 1: was the pro football focused stuff, but he had one

859
00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 1: yard after contact, like the worst, like broken tackle rate.

860
00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 1: You came like every time anyone hit them, he went down. Yeah,

861
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: Like that's why the running back move.

862
00:37:26,719 --> 00:37:29,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's why Zach Moss the guy to own.

863
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 1: Yeah, or Jonathan Taylor sitting there going good, keep getting

864
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:32,359
Speaker 1: to that guy.

865
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:34,879
Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you think happens with it? Like if

866
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 2: you're the Ravens are you pursuing that, I'd call, but

867
00:37:38,880 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 2: you can't afford him.

868
00:37:39,640 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 1: I said, money's a problem.

869
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 2: That's the problem.

870
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:41,919
Speaker 1: Money's a problem.

871
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, he'd have to if you're gonna trade for him,

872
00:37:44,160 --> 00:37:46,239
Speaker 2: he's gotta want to come because you're gonna sign him

873
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:47,959
Speaker 2: to a new deal. And they don't have the money

874
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:48,279
Speaker 2: to do that.

875
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: And I know they just paid Roque, they just paid

876
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:53,600
Speaker 1: Lamar Beckham's contract. Yeah, because you'd like to have him,

877
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 1: because Dobbins isn't gonna play for you.

878
00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,520
Speaker 2: Again, they would have been much better off signing pick

879
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 2: a water Or to a lesser contract than Odell and

880
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,880
Speaker 2: then have that extra money avail. That's why that was

881
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 2: such a bad contract, because they just they have no

882
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:09,759
Speaker 2: wiggle room.

883
00:38:09,800 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 1: They don't and you'd love to get Taylor if you're

884
00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:14,319
Speaker 1: on that team. I don't know how you could finagle it.

885
00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,719
Speaker 1: I'm sure there's I'm sure it's feasible.

886
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 2: But it's gonna cost you a good draft.

887
00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: Pick a third at the least.

888
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,800
Speaker 2: That's not what they were everything that I've heard about

889
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 2: what the Colts were asking, uh with Miami, they were

890
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 2: asking for Jaylen Waddle.

891
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:28,719
Speaker 1: Which is bonkers.

892
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:31,720
Speaker 2: But yeah, when they when they when the Packers called,

893
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 2: they were asking for Christian Watson. Yeah, so what are

894
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:37,560
Speaker 2: they gonna ask. They're gonna ask for Bateman, They're gonna

895
00:38:37,560 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 2: ask for you know, Jay Jones.

896
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I'd consider moving Bateman in a four. But

897
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:46,720
Speaker 1: the money is the problem.

898
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:47,319
Speaker 2: Yeah.

899
00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,240
Speaker 1: Do you really want to pay for him and extend

900
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:51,600
Speaker 1: the back?

901
00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like, I mean, obviously the cults are looking for

902
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 2: wide receiver help.

903
00:38:57,600 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: But you understand, like downs play over snap, Pittman was good,

904
00:39:01,960 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 1: Pierce is fine.

905
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:05,520
Speaker 2: Well, maybe they aren't now. I mean maybe now it

906
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:07,080
Speaker 2: is straight, a straight pick, and they're not going to

907
00:39:07,160 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 2: take anything less than a two. I think they are

908
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,879
Speaker 2: more than content just let him sit. Yeah, I think

909
00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,680
Speaker 2: it's become that. I think they've drawn the line in

910
00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 2: the sand.

911
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: That's what their ownership does too. Yeah, and they're wedded,

912
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 1: you know.

913
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:23,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I don't know that that gets resolved anytime soon.

914
00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: I mean on the field, he'd be great for the Ravens,

915
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 1: an ideal for the Ravens.

916
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:27,920
Speaker 2: Yeah.

917
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 1: Can you make it happen as it worth it? I

918
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: don't know.

919
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,759
Speaker 2: Kansas City, of course, Chris Jones deal one year deal

920
00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 2: worth up to twenty five million. There's a lot of

921
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:38,680
Speaker 2: incentives built into that thing. I was looking at the

922
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:43,040
Speaker 2: breakdown with that. Basically, it's the same base salary that

923
00:39:43,120 --> 00:39:46,879
Speaker 2: he had last season, but there's like, if he has

924
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,239
Speaker 2: fifteen sacks, he gets this. If he makes the if

925
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,160
Speaker 2: he's voted first team All Pro, he gets this. If

926
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:54,799
Speaker 2: he's the if he's the Defensive Player of the Year,

927
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,399
Speaker 2: he gets this. If they go to the super Bowl.

928
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 2: It's kind of like the way they built Juju's contract.

929
00:40:00,200 --> 00:40:02,319
Speaker 1: They want him to hit, right, you know, because then

930
00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,319
Speaker 1: times are going well yeah, and they're winning. I get it.

931
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,720
Speaker 2: If you're him, though, and you're signing those things, you're like, Okay,

932
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 2: I've already missed a game, right, how much A yeah?

933
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:15,399
Speaker 2: How much am I going to play in Week two?

934
00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:19,240
Speaker 2: And then can I get to fifteen saction playing fifteen games? Basically?

935
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 1: And you have to wonder too, like if I'm at

936
00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,560
Speaker 1: thirteen sacks and it's week sixteen and we're winning by thirty, Hey, Chris,

937
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 1: why don't you come off the field? You know?

938
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,840
Speaker 2: I mean those are the problems with those kind of contracts.

939
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:35,000
Speaker 1: You can go both ways, yeah, yeah, but they need

940
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 1: to get him in. Yeah, you know, he was losing checks.

941
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 1: Andy had fifty grand and they.

942
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 2: Can't wave those he had. He still has to pay

943
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:42,080
Speaker 2: those in them regardless.

944
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: So the other thing too is he can be franchised

945
00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:46,360
Speaker 1: after the year, so they might just fight them, they

946
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:47,040
Speaker 1: might just buy them.

947
00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:49,440
Speaker 2: That's all basically all they did. I think. I think

948
00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,400
Speaker 2: he was at that game Thursday night and said, you

949
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,160
Speaker 2: know what, I want to play, which is surprising from

950
00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 2: that guy. I mean, that's not been his MO.

951
00:40:57,239 --> 00:40:58,439
Speaker 1: Won a lot of games with those dudes.

952
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, with the Rams, they signed tight end

953
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: Miller forrest All to their practice squad. Okay, but that's

954
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 2: that's no big deal. Here's the big deal. They signed

955
00:41:09,080 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 2: kicker Brett Mayer to their active roster.

956
00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:13,880
Speaker 1: Hmm, I can't remember who their old kicker was.

957
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:15,399
Speaker 2: Well it's now Brett Mayer.

958
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:15,600
Speaker 1: Now.

959
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,319
Speaker 2: You know, you don't sign them to your active roster

960
00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:18,480
Speaker 2: unless you're changing kickers.

961
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: So they didn't drop a kicker though not yet. Man.

962
00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:24,160
Speaker 2: They also sign a punter to their practice squad, which

963
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:24,880
Speaker 2: is weird, you know.

964
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:27,399
Speaker 1: I mean, that's the whole battery, though, I'm just thinking

965
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:28,839
Speaker 1: about the holder and all that too.

966
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,839
Speaker 2: I mean, that's the only reason, that's maybe the only

967
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 2: reason you do that is because hey, we need this

968
00:41:33,719 --> 00:41:38,520
Speaker 2: guy in here working into on the kicks and things. Uh.

969
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:41,440
Speaker 2: Miles Gaskin signed to the active roster from the practice

970
00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:43,400
Speaker 2: squad for the Minnesota Vikings.

971
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:49,839
Speaker 1: They ran the poorly really badly. Get a shot bo.

972
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,200
Speaker 2: So the Eagles play Thursday night, they had to come

973
00:41:54,239 --> 00:41:59,200
Speaker 2: out with that mock practice practice report. Uh. So you're

974
00:41:59,239 --> 00:42:03,400
Speaker 2: looking here at Kenneth game well, with ribs did not participate.

975
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,680
Speaker 2: This was not just yesterday's practice when they were estimating.

976
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:08,319
Speaker 2: This is in today's practice as well.

977
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,040
Speaker 1: So this is more of a fantasy thing. I mean, yeah,

978
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,080
Speaker 1: could Penny or Swift get their chance now, just when

979
00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:16,239
Speaker 1: we thought we had clarity not?

980
00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:20,200
Speaker 2: Maybe not, I don't know, maybe not. Fletcher Cox limited,

981
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:25,000
Speaker 2: he's got rib issue. NI Kobe Dean placed on injured reserve.

982
00:42:25,840 --> 00:42:27,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, the linebacker situation is not great.

983
00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 2: James Bradbury with a concussion, did not practice. He's not

984
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,560
Speaker 2: he's not gonna play as a concussion. They play Thursday night.

985
00:42:33,640 --> 00:42:34,799
Speaker 2: He can't get through.

986
00:42:35,840 --> 00:42:37,400
Speaker 1: It's in Philly, right Yeah.

987
00:42:37,640 --> 00:42:40,800
Speaker 2: And then safety Read Blankenship with ribs did not practice.

988
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 2: They got a lot of rib injuries coming out of

989
00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 2: that Patriot game.

990
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: We lost safety, linebacker issues, just going back to the

991
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 1: off season and roster change and all that stuff too.

992
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:51,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, they signed Nicholas Morrow off of their practice squad.

993
00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:55,520
Speaker 2: He's a linebacker. And then they signed linebacker Rashaan Evans

994
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:56,560
Speaker 2: to their practice squad.

995
00:42:56,960 --> 00:42:59,080
Speaker 1: I forgot he was still out there. People wouldn't see

996
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,920
Speaker 1: hers to pick them up, but he's not.

997
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, they cut Charleston Rambo from injury reserve as well.

998
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:05,520
Speaker 1: It's a lot of change.

999
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:10,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. The Stealers signed a wide receiver, Jacob Copeland to

1000
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,319
Speaker 2: their practice squad. They released their running back Greg Bell

1001
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 2: and defensive back Luke Barkus.

1002
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you just kind of a training camp

1003
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:20,360
Speaker 1: darling of ours, you know.

1004
00:43:20,440 --> 00:43:22,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, he could be back, you know, you get through

1005
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 2: this injury stuff, you know, and then you're you're adding

1006
00:43:25,120 --> 00:43:28,960
Speaker 2: guys back. The forty nine ers quarterback Ian Book was

1007
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,919
Speaker 2: working out for the forty nine ers for a practice squad.

1008
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 2: We're probably a practice squad squad. Jason Peters signed with

1009
00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:37,839
Speaker 2: the Seahawks.

1010
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 1: Always they don't need tackles apparently, guess he can play guard.

1011
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:43,960
Speaker 2: I guess. I mean, this is guy's made like one

1012
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 2: hundred and eighteen million dollars in his career.

1013
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's probably going to the Hall of Fame. It's

1014
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:49,239
Speaker 1: very overweight.

1015
00:43:49,840 --> 00:43:51,760
Speaker 2: But I can't imagine he's in good shape.

1016
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 1: He wasn't last year or the year before when someone

1017
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 1: calls him in off the street. But he's remarkably talented

1018
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 1: and he doesn't stink.

1019
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:00,920
Speaker 2: Yeah that's all you're looking for. Don't go out there

1020
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 2: and don't stink.

1021
00:44:01,640 --> 00:44:03,600
Speaker 1: And I don't think he wants to be anything close

1022
00:44:03,640 --> 00:44:06,719
Speaker 1: to a training camp. Yeah, he's done with that well.

1023
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:08,880
Speaker 2: And the reason you make that signing now instead of

1024
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:11,560
Speaker 2: last week is because now you know you're through the

1025
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 2: week one, so the contract isn't guaranteed for the veteran

1026
00:44:14,680 --> 00:44:15,600
Speaker 2: for the rest of the season.

1027
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:18,759
Speaker 1: Week thing. I don't want to go to camp. I'm

1028
00:44:18,760 --> 00:44:20,319
Speaker 1: not really gonna be in shape, but I'm still good.

1029
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, I stopped eating Cheetos two weeks ago, so.

1030
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:27,160
Speaker 1: I'm training regimen. Let's go throw the pads on me,

1031
00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: let's go block. You play guard for him, insurance, maybe

1032
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 1: maybe both.

1033
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:36,200
Speaker 2: Maybe both. Let him play his way into shape playing

1034
00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:38,080
Speaker 2: guard and then if you have an issue, attackle you

1035
00:44:38,120 --> 00:44:40,040
Speaker 2: bump them out. Then just kind of tells you where

1036
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 2: they're at. He does a lot of offensive lineman signings.

1037
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:46,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean scoring was down. The linemen are

1038
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:48,279
Speaker 1: ripping them up. It's still I mean, there was a

1039
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:53,440
Speaker 1: lot of suspect offensive performances this past week. There's no

1040
00:44:53,640 --> 00:44:55,879
Speaker 1: line shortage, Yeah there is.

1041
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 2: And uh, well, we'll see if the Steelers can get

1042
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,719
Speaker 2: their O line, if they can of things rolling a

1043
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,120
Speaker 2: little bit here again. They that offensive line did have

1044
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 2: success last year against the Browns, running the football and

1045
00:45:07,640 --> 00:45:11,600
Speaker 2: handling their defensive front. We'll see. I mean, Miles Garrett

1046
00:45:11,600 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 2: hasn't been a major major factor against them. He hasn't.

1047
00:45:15,719 --> 00:45:18,239
Speaker 2: He hasn't blown up any games against them, not like t. J.

1048
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:19,800
Speaker 2: Watt has. As we went over.

1049
00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:22,399
Speaker 1: Early on the show, some alarming numbers against.

1050
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,280
Speaker 2: If they will move those guys around, they.

1051
00:45:24,160 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 1: Do a lot now, more so than they did in

1052
00:45:26,520 --> 00:45:28,680
Speaker 1: the past. Garrett's always been a left right dude, but

1053
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:30,000
Speaker 1: now they're moving those guys all over.

1054
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. Hunter will bump inside on you know see.

1055
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:37,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Smith Smith, he's an end, but he

1056
00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:40,960
Speaker 1: will be over the guards a lot. I mentioned Garrett

1057
00:45:40,960 --> 00:45:42,880
Speaker 1: played off the ball a little bit this week, And

1058
00:45:43,040 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 1: do you see some of the weird stuff he does

1059
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,759
Speaker 1: pre snap? Yeah, yeah, that's this kind of like dance thing.

1060
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:49,919
Speaker 1: That's kind of strange, but it was effective. We'll see.

1061
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:50,879
Speaker 2: But he's a weird dude.

1062
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:51,640
Speaker 1: He's a weird dude.

1063
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,560
Speaker 2: Dude, I would think if I'm if I'm a guard,

1064
00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 2: I don't mind when Zadarius Smith kicksen side.

1065
00:46:01,239 --> 00:46:02,800
Speaker 1: If he quickness though.

1066
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:05,640
Speaker 2: I understand, yeah, he's he's he's a quicker guy. But

1067
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,319
Speaker 2: if once I get my hands on him, like, tell

1068
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,680
Speaker 2: me the difference you know, between that and dealing with

1069
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:17,120
Speaker 2: Aaron Donald like this, it's night and days in terms

1070
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 2: of like Donald has. Yeah, Donald has the speed and

1071
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,920
Speaker 2: the and the strength, whereas I mean is Darius Smith's

1072
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 2: not a weak guy.

1073
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,520
Speaker 1: For an end for an end, Yeah.

1074
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:28,120
Speaker 2: But he's you know you're kicking him inside, I'm gonna

1075
00:46:28,200 --> 00:46:30,320
Speaker 2: lean on him.

1076
00:46:29,440 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 1: And if it's third and three in your showing pass,

1077
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:35,040
Speaker 1: why not double him and sneaker hand of the nause

1078
00:46:35,080 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: of your warren.

1079
00:46:35,719 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 2: Absolutely, that's where you know people complaining, well, you only

1080
00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 2: have two defensive tackles and two outside linebackers on the

1081
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,239
Speaker 2: on the field. With the outside linebackers first one on

1082
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,040
Speaker 2: the Steelers defense are really defensive ends. So there's no

1083
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 2: difference in a four man front. But if I've got

1084
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 2: three of them on the field and only one defensive tackle.

1085
00:46:52,760 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1086
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:53,680
Speaker 2: Now you got a.

1087
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:57,680
Speaker 1: Problem car type package. Yeah, which is fine on third

1088
00:46:57,719 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 1: and ten.

1089
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 2: Now Garrett changes that because he's too an nd and

1090
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:02,920
Speaker 2: eighty pounds. He's not the light end that you know

1091
00:47:03,120 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 2: some of these other teams are running out there.

1092
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,040
Speaker 1: But still but even this schwartz offen or defense is

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Speaker 1: play the run on the way the pass, or to

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Speaker 1: just explore the field, especially those wide nine guys too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so try to take a strip, try to take

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Speaker 2: advantage of that. That's going to do it for the

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Speaker 2: show today, Matt, all right, Yeah, so another one in

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Speaker 2: the books. We hope you've enjoyed listening to this. For

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Speaker 2: my partner Matt Williamson, for Brian Lamartine here on site

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Speaker 2: keeping us on the air. I am Dale, Lolly. We

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Speaker 2: thank you for listening to this edition of The Drive

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Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio.