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Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Drive. I'm Dale Lallie. He is

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Speaker 1: the Matt Williamson and it is time for the Fantasy

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Speaker 1: Football focus here and Matt, the first thing we gotta

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Speaker 1: tip off or tip top this off here with is

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson getting bench benched.

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Speaker 2: And so people, there's a lot to this. You guys

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Speaker 2: might recall last year around this time, the same thing

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Speaker 2: happened to the Car with the Raiders for coincidentally, Jared Stidham.

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Speaker 2: I don't think it's a Stidham thing, boy, but the

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Speaker 2: Broncos when free agency opened, they signed him like immediately,

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Speaker 2: like obviously he was a target. So they like Stidham.

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Speaker 2: But that's not one hundred percent of this is about.

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Speaker 2: What is happening is Wilson is done playing for the Broncos.

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Speaker 2: They just don't want him to get hurt. They've been

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Speaker 2: eliminated more or less. Now's the time to shut him down.

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Speaker 2: They're going to cut him. There's gonna be a cap

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Speaker 2: ramifications He's going to be on the open market, just

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Speaker 2: like Car did, because the contract gets all screwed up

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Speaker 2: if he gets hurt.

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Speaker 1: And they almost have to take a look and see

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Speaker 1: if Stidham is the guy.

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Speaker 2: You might as well see something, right, Yeah, to see

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Speaker 2: if he.

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Speaker 1: Can be the starter, at least a bridge starter next

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Speaker 1: year for.

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Speaker 2: A mix Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, because you can't afford to go get another one,

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Speaker 1: because you're gonna be on You got Russell Wilson's gonna

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Speaker 1: be on your books next year for a bunch of money.

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Speaker 2: You can't sign Kirk Cousins or something like that. I mean,

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Speaker 2: you could draft somebody or you know, who knows. Maybe

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Speaker 2: you could get a Brissett or whatever. But you know,

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Speaker 2: there's'ld be somebody different. It'll be Stidham and somebody else.

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Speaker 2: But that's interesting. So I hesitate to even bring this up.

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Speaker 2: So I was getting a coffee five minutes ago and

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Speaker 2: out there with Mark Madden, who everyone knows, and.

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Speaker 1: He of course says everybody does.

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Speaker 2: Yes, Mike Florio reports the Steelers or the leaders in

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Speaker 2: the ridiculous I'm like, I mean he told me that

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Speaker 1: I'm like, no, that is Mike Florio throwing crap against

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Speaker 1: the wall and hoping something sticks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that makes no sense to me at all.

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Speaker 2: He's not the best I don't know. I was about

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Speaker 2: to say he's not the best teammate. I don't know that.

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Speaker 2: But he's a high profile kind of pain in the

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Speaker 2: butt who isn't playing that well and he's gonna want

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Speaker 2: money like that makes no sense to me whatsoever. He'll

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Speaker 2: be still play for someone next year, but it won't

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Speaker 2: be here. Uh.

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Speaker 1: Wilson is guaranteed thirty nine million dollars in twenty twenty four,

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Speaker 1: whether he is with the Broncos or not. So he's

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Speaker 1: paying him thirty nine million dollars to go to go away.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly what happened. Yeah, right, So is that his

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Speaker 2: cap hit too?

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Speaker 1: Well, the reason they're doing this now and sitting in.

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Speaker 2: There as a bonus or something.

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Speaker 1: He is a thirty seven million dollar bonus that becomes

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Speaker 1: guaranteed if he cannot pass a physical in early March.

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Speaker 2: So now he's clean, yeah, so let him at our field.

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Speaker 1: Russell you healthy, Yeah, I'm good, all right, you're not playing?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? And oh, by the way, he's happy he gets

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Speaker 2: thirty some million still coming to him. Yeah. I mean

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Speaker 2: if everybody kind of wins, well except their cap. So,

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Speaker 2: but he'll hit the market.

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Speaker 1: The Broncos could ignate Wilson as a post June first,

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Speaker 1: released after the season, and oh eighty five million dollars

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Speaker 1: in dead money spread over two seasons, and they gave

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Speaker 2: And some of these other guys as well.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they would be on the hook for thirty five

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Speaker 2: Wow, just to get him out there, just to be

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Speaker 2: to be done with it, to be done with the

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Speaker 2: Russell Wilson experience. Wow.

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Speaker 1: They've also owe him thirty nine million in cash wow

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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty four to not play football.

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Speaker 2: Fow. I mean, so he's happy. It could be either way.

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Speaker 2: I mean, like financially, boy, he's in great shape. He'll

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Speaker 2: be a free agent he can. He'll probably have three

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Speaker 2: or four teams interested, won't make much, yeah, and won't

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Speaker 1: Trading Wilson before June first would be a sixty nine

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Speaker 1: or I'm sorry, a sixty eight million dollar cap hit

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Speaker 1: next year, all at once, all at once, okay, unless

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Speaker 1: Denver could convey and it's the team to pay his

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Speaker 1: twenty two twenty two dollars million dollar option bonus. The

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Speaker 1: acquiring team would also William fifty four million dollars over

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Speaker 1: and seventy six million dollars if it did.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 1: So I don't know there, nobody's trading for nobody's.

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Speaker 2: Training for him. They're gonna cut him. I don't know

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Speaker 2: who would be interested. You know, Like remember when Cam

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Speaker 2: Newton was kind of at this stage, nobody wanted him

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Speaker 2: because he was really good at that point, just a

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Speaker 2: he's you know, Wilson's a potential Hall of Famer. I mean,

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Speaker 2: he's he comes into the locker room, he changes the

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Speaker 2: locker room like you don't want him there with Bryce Young,

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Speaker 2: you know what I mean, Like this is Bryce Rungings team.

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Speaker 2: I don't want Wilson Looman around. There was a backup,

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Speaker 2: you know, I mean, like that's a sticky situation.

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Speaker 1: And he's not good enough for that day at this

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Speaker 1: point to say yeah, we're going to turn it over here. Right,

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Speaker 1: Like nothing that he's done really the last three ye.

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Speaker 2: Right, No, his last couple years and Seattle weren't good.

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Speaker 2: It was last year or so. I maybe retires. I mean,

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Speaker 2: his wife super wealthy, and he's super wealthy, and.

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Speaker 1: He's gonna make thirty nine million dollars next year whether

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Speaker 1: he plays or not.

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Speaker 2: Maybe a team like the Raider signs them. I don't know.

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Speaker 2: I mean someone that's too good to get an early pick.

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Speaker 2: It has no options. Washington. Washington is at least gonna

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Speaker 2: pick high.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but are they gonna pick high enough to get

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Speaker 2: I think they're like two or three now, all of

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Speaker 1: They have five wins. Don't they do that? They have

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Speaker 1: five wins.

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Speaker 2: I thought they were picking real high. Now maybe they'd

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Speaker 2: have to trade up to go get a quarterback.

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Speaker 1: You get the guy maybe they want.

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Speaker 2: But you know, if if you're the Patriots, you don't

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Speaker 2: want them, right.

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Speaker 1: No, because you will have a we do have an

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Speaker 1: early pick.

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Speaker 2: I mean I have a hard time coming up with

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Speaker 2: teams that that's a good answer.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I don't see one.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't either. I mean, it's not gonna be

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Speaker 2: like an Aaron Rodgers situation where you bring him in

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Speaker 2: and den Broy went down that.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you know, would Minnesota do it and cut

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Speaker 1: bait with Kirk Cousins. If they don't think Cousins is

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Speaker 1: going to be ready at these always think that's gonna

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Speaker 1: be the problem. Right, So it's it's not going to

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Speaker 1: happen here, folks.

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Speaker 2: No, I can't see it happening here.

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Speaker 1: As we head into this fantasy week though. I mean

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Speaker 1: we talked about this yesterday. Well, okay, would you start

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Speaker 1: Russell Wilson in this game? I mean, well not now?

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Speaker 1: Not now takes another quarterback off the off the starting slate,

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Speaker 2: Still I'm excited to see what he does.

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Speaker 2: The two games just like any other you know, like

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Speaker 2: does is they're playing somebody bad too. They're playing Chargers.

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Speaker 2: They're playing the Chargers in Denver.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which should have been a should have been a

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Speaker 1: nice you know, hey, you start rusting this week and

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Speaker 2: I think I still start Sutton. I mean they're playing Chargers.

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Speaker 2: I don't see it's Chargers will be as miserable as

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Speaker 2: they were against the Raiders. But it's clogs things up,

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Speaker 2: that's for sure. Yeah, it's not pretty, not pretty at all.

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Speaker 1: Looking at some of the other news of the day. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: the Patriots placed for Mondre Stevenson on injured reserve.

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Speaker 2: Saw that not surprising.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he hasn't played a few weeks and you're not

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Speaker 2: He's probably best offensive player, right and exactly have been

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Speaker 2: pretty decent.

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Speaker 1: H forty nine ers practice today. Trent Williams was limited,

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Speaker 1: Deebo Samuel limited. Marquise Brown with the Arizona Cardinals did

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Speaker 2: Real quick on the Niners, keep an eye, keep an

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Speaker 2: eye on their O line situation. I know they're playing

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Speaker 2: the Commanders and they'll probably beat them by a thousand,

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Speaker 2: but I think three of their five offensive linemen didn't

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Speaker 1: They could bang up yeah yeah, yeah, and if Deebo

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well fire up by you.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah yeah. Joshua Palmer as a concussion did not

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Speaker 2: I can't imagine Keenan.

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Speaker 1: Allen is not playing this week again, he's not practicing today.

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Speaker 2: His season's over.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, that's that's interesting.

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Speaker 2: Quintin Johnston it's been a little better lately, but it

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Speaker 2: was so bad before. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Zay Jones with that knee in hamstring was limited in

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Speaker 1: Wednesday's practice for Jacksonville.

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Speaker 2: Who's his quarterback going to be? And they've all had

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Speaker 2: line injuries. I don't think that team's a at all. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Zach Moss with the forum was limited at Wednesday's practice.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they rush him back.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean, if he's back, does it. Do you

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Speaker 2: have any hesitations on Taylor? I don't know. He had

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Speaker 2: a major workload this last week. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Michael Pittman was limited in Wednesday's practice. He's got the concussion,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's been two weeks though, I mean against Steelers.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, this is week two. But the thing with that

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Speaker 1: Saturday it was late developed some more concussion.

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Speaker 4: Sad.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so if more things were drumming up, Yeah, that

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Speaker 2: they need them.

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Speaker 1: That's not good.

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Speaker 2: I mean they're in the hunt and they need them.

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Speaker 1: Uh. Amari Cooper with a heel injury, Wow, is questionable

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Speaker 1: to play against the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Wow. And that's tomorrow. That's tomorrow and after the biggest

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Speaker 2: game ever. Yeah. It was the best game of any

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Speaker 2: wide receiver all year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so that's a big deal.

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Speaker 2: That's huge.

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Speaker 1: He might have gotten you into the finals and the

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Speaker 1: playing somebody else.

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Speaker 2: At least, you know, had to know. Now it's not

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Speaker 2: a Monday night or something like that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Kyle Kyler Murray with an illness did not practice

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Speaker 1: on Wednesday. Don't expect that to be anything that lingers. No,

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Speaker 2: How many games he played this year?

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Speaker 2: Maybe five? Not many? No.

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Speaker 1: Jayden Reid with the toe and chest injuries, was back

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Speaker 1: at practice on Wednesday this week.

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Speaker 1: True Hubbard has been good. Yeah, Tuber Hubbard hamstring injury

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Speaker 2: Doesn't sound like much, but in the fantasy world he

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Speaker 1: He's been good.

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Speaker 2: Their their team has gotten a little better lately too.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and they played jackson This was a mess.

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville's defense has not been good.

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Speaker 2: No, and the offense, I don't think it's going to

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Speaker 2: hold the ball a lot. So you play true a

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Speaker 1: If Tuba doesn't play, though, Miles Sanders.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not a bad option.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, I mean he may have been cut by

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, that's that's not a bad option.

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Speaker 1: Carlton Davis for the Buccaneers did not practice. He's dealing

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Speaker 2: Okay, they played the Saints. I mean maybe that's a

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Speaker 1: Cole Comet with a knee did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: He's a top twelve tight end. Yeah, yeah, pretty solid,

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Speaker 1: Deonta Foreman, for personal reasons, practiced in full for Week

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Speaker 2: Did he not play last week?

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Speaker 2: Just when you're happy about Herbert. Maybe he has more competition.

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Speaker 1: Well, just when you were happy about Foreman, right right,

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Speaker 1: Darnell Mooney Mooney with a concussion, did not practice on Wednesday.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's not super fancy relevant, but he could.

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Speaker 1: Have been if he cut that Nil Mary against the

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Speaker 2: He can't use any of their guys besides Rice.

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Speaker 1: Ian Rapaport reports that Trevor Lawrence with the shoulder injury

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Speaker 1: probably should not play in week seventeen against the Panthers. Well, thanks, Ian,

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Speaker 1: That really that clears it out. But he's probably right.

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Speaker 2: That way with all the things he's dealt with. I mean,

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Speaker 1: They're in the hunt. They have to look at this

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Speaker 1: sit him down for his own good and just say,

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Speaker 1: there and beat the Carolina Panthers this week.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I under stand, But at the same time, you're

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Speaker 2: He's too valued.

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Speaker 1: If Trevor, yeah, You're all you're doing is potentially ruining

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Speaker 1: your your franchise quarterback here.

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Speaker 2: Beating the crap out of Trevor Lawrence isn't the answer.

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Speaker 2: That's not the answer, right.

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Speaker 1: YEA, Jamar Chase with that short injury, took part in

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Speaker 1: the steat in the Bengals walk through practice on Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: So it was a walkthrough. But the fact that he

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Speaker 2: They walk through?

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Speaker 1: I don't know.

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Speaker 2: And they played Saturday an extra day to prepare. They

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Speaker 2: Maybe they don't know.

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Speaker 1: Whatever reason, ya, he participated, So that tells me that

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Speaker 1: he's thinking of playing here.

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Speaker 2: It's not time to shut him down yet. If you're

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Speaker 2: the Bengals, No, I think he plays if he can.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: Jalen the Dolphins wide receiver Jayleen Waddle with that high

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Speaker 1: ankle spring. Uh, they're saying that he has a chance

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Speaker 1: that that's malarkey. Mike McDaniel was saying, you know, it's

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Speaker 1: not overly severe, that's just that's coach talk.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's for Harbor.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, don't uh, don't believe that for a second. And

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Speaker 1: even if he does, like they've they've shown that they'll

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Speaker 2: A decoy yeah, yeah, yeah, don't start Wattle.

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Speaker 1: I mean they did that with Tyreek two weeks ago. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: not going to throw you the ball, Tyreek, but you

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Speaker 1: just stand out there.

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Speaker 2: And you're that valuable.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and then you shut him down.

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Speaker 3: You know. No.

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Speaker 2: I bet a lot of owners though, are sitting there

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Speaker 2: going for the Super Bowl play who Wattle plays? Boy?

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Speaker 2: Who Wattle plays?

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Speaker 1: And they run him out there and he doesn't do anything.

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Speaker 2: I would lean the other way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Mike Vrabel said. Will Levis with the anchoringery expected

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Speaker 2: Oh good. I mean they're not going anywhere, but you

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Speaker 2: want him out there as much as possible. Just get better.

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Speaker 1: Uh, JayR Alexander got suspended for a game. Did you

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Speaker 1: see what did you see?

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Speaker 4: This?

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Speaker 2: Is this the coin toss?

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Speaker 1: This is the coin toss thing.

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Speaker 2: To the team suspended the teams just no.

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Speaker 1: Not the league. The team's just ended him because he

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Speaker 1: toss because he was not an elected captain. Then who

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Speaker 1: they played?

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Speaker 2: And they played Carolina?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, he goes out and they called it called

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Speaker 1: the coin flip. He's not supposed to be out there,

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Speaker 1: and he calls it like hell tails right, and they

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Speaker 1: say what do you want to do and he says,

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Speaker 1: I want to play we want to play defense.

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Speaker 2: I know even more about the story. So then there,

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Speaker 2: are you sure about that? Because if you say it

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Speaker 2: that way, that would give Carolina the option of having

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Speaker 2: they could take the ball in the second half to

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Speaker 2: start the half. Yes, you're basically giving up a possession. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: you have to, maybe too. We defer this is the

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Speaker 2: correct answer.

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Speaker 1: Here because you're not a captain's ear.

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Speaker 2: And the reason he went out there. The only thing

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Speaker 2: I have to add to the story is he thought

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Speaker 2: he should be a captain because he's from Carolina. He

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Speaker 2: thought that they not that they screwed up that like

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Speaker 2: this is my home, okay, dude, And now their defense

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Speaker 2: doing the only good players and they're trying to get

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Speaker 2: the playoffs. Lovely. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's great. Yeah, that's

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Speaker 2: a great story.

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Speaker 1: Michael Pittman, as by the way, remains in concussion protocol. Obviously,

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Speaker 1: he won't get clear until later in the week, so

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Speaker 1: we'll see about that.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 1: The Commanders will start Jacoby Brissett against really good but

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Speaker 1: they're playing forty nine ers this week.

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Speaker 2: Kah, I'm not using them.

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Speaker 1: I will say this.

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Speaker 2: He's done good things though.

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Speaker 1: Terry McLaurin with Jacoby Brissette on the field.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a thing. That's a thing, that's definitely a thing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so keep an eye on that.

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Speaker 2: The Giants will start convinced for sets. One of the

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Speaker 2: best thirty two on the planet. Yeah, he was good

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Speaker 1: The Giants are going to start Tyrod Taylor again this week.

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Speaker 2: He's one of the best forty on the planet.

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Speaker 1: Who they play the Rams. The veto is not Tyrod

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Speaker 1: Taylor is kind of a sneaky Yeah, fantasy start produces.

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Speaker 1: I mean against the Rams. Defense is good, it's not fine. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: No, their corners aren't great. They'll complete a bunch of

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Speaker 2: passes to Wandell and Waller and Barkley and he'll run

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Speaker 2: for forty yards. No, that's not bad.

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Speaker 3: Uh. C J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud with the concussion expected to practice today.

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Speaker 2: That's huge. Yeah, it's been two weeks.

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Speaker 1: I think he's been he's been out two weeks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they need him bad.

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Speaker 1: The Bengals open the practice window for cornerback cam Taylor Britt.

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Speaker 1: They need him back in a bad way. Yeah, he's

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Speaker 2: Defense.

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Speaker 1: The Colts play safety Julian Blackman on injured reserve.

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Speaker 2: That's a big deal for them, a top twenty safety

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Speaker 2: in the league.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe better, that's a big deal for them.

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Speaker 1: Tier Elam is back.

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Speaker 2: They play, he's their old Thomas. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, tire Elam back from my injury reserve for the Bills.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know if they're happy or not with

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: This kind of gives me a little hint here and

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Speaker 2: Enough said, yeah, yeah, that's the smart move, especially because

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Lawrence's Lawrence isn't playing this week. Kareem Hunt also

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Speaker 2: Weird, you know, like, boy, they're doing some good things

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Speaker 2: You know, they have o line injuries. I don't say

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they won't have Dustin Hopkins or kicker so again

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Speaker 1: said yet some in week seventeen either. So yeah, he's

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Speaker 1: I think it is too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's not a no brainer. Two good defenses,

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Speaker 1: Yeah. So that's where we're at here in terms of

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Speaker 1: this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there'll be a lot of quarterback movement in the

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Speaker 1: So is how started every one? I know Tyrod Taylor

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Speaker 2: So you're thinking about the numbers.

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Speaker 1: The number is going up because I think it I

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Speaker 1: think it was at fifty eight. Sett has not Brissett

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Speaker 1: is not he's played a few games, yes not, and

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Speaker 1: Tyrod Taylor is not.

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Speaker 2: He didn't start last week. Huh he got pulled.

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Speaker 1: Did he started early in the year when he got hurt.

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Speaker 1: I bet yes, I would say yes, I bet yes.

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Speaker 1: And of course Denver, Yeah, Stidham started the game this

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Speaker 1: year healthy, so we'd be up over sixty.

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Speaker 2: Wow. So again yeah again, but these guys are actually

452
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Speaker 2: kind of good. I mean, like Stidhamsett and Taylor. Well,

453
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Speaker 2: Taylor already played, but yeah, right, I mean they're not bad.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so some track some guys that you can pivot

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Speaker 1: to if you need to, especially if you're in a

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Speaker 1: two quarterback league.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I mean, my goodness, I'm in league and

458
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Speaker 2: I have like I mean, the rosters are bigger, but

459
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Speaker 2: I have like eight guys on my roster. Yeah, I mean,

460
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Speaker 2: like someone everyone put in for. And Mason Rudolph was

461
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Speaker 2: actually on the market and I put every dollar I

462
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Speaker 2: had left, and I didn't have enough to get him

463
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Speaker 2: just because he might play, I mean because he played and.

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Speaker 1: He was good, Like we almost put him into our

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Speaker 1: DFS line up for Saturday, where if we had would

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Speaker 1: have been pretty happy with it.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely. Now the Super Flex League anyone that plays or

468
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Speaker 2: could be a two next year has value.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, absolutely, that's going to do it for the

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Speaker 1: fantasy football focus. Matt and I are gonna take a break.

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Speaker 1: We'll be back with more right after this. Welcome back

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Speaker 1: a trip to the twenty twenty four NFL Draft. You

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Speaker 1: for a chance at this week's prize. They have great

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Speaker 1: stuff on their great prizes. Matt one prize, that one

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Speaker 1: of the Steelers would like to win this year would

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Speaker 1: be Cam Hayward winning the NFL. Oh yeah, wala Peyton

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Speaker 1: Mann of the Year award and.

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Speaker 2: Teams do it seems like it could be his year.

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Speaker 1: He's six times now he's been nominated for this, hasn't

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Speaker 1: won it yet, and people want to say, what does

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Speaker 1: that matter? So I looked it up today.

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Speaker 2: I haven't done any homework on it.

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Speaker 1: Of the they started giving us award out and I

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Speaker 1: believe late sixties and was just the Man of the

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Speaker 1: Year back they yeah, it was just a Man of

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Speaker 1: the Year, the NFL Man of the Year. Of the

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Speaker 1: guys who have won this, more than thirty of them

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Speaker 1: are Hall of famers.

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Speaker 2: Really interesting, and some are active and don't have a

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Speaker 2: chance yet.

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Speaker 1: Like the first winner was Bart Starr.

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Speaker 2: Wow. Okay. These are the early combination of what you

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Speaker 2: do feel the.

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Speaker 1: Early run of this, like the first probably fifteen guys,

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Speaker 1: the first fifteen winners, like fourteen of them are Hall

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Speaker 1: of Fame.

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Speaker 2: Hall of famers. Wow. Interesting, including a bunch of Steelers.

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Speaker 1: So I mean, and I go to bad players, No,

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Speaker 1: I know for a fact, like that was you know

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Speaker 1: something that was brought up, you know, when I was

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Speaker 1: doing the Hall of Fame vote a couple of years ago.

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Speaker 1: It carries some weight to it carries some weight to

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Speaker 1: be able to add something like.

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Speaker 2: That, you know. Okay, So I mean I remember all

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Speaker 2: the new the latest ones. But I think Eli wanted,

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Speaker 2: you know, I think he's a borderline one, and that'll

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Speaker 2: be something maybe that pushed.

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Speaker 1: The JJ Watt has wanted and he's going the way.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, But like Dak, if he continues to have a

522
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Speaker 2: really good career, I know he's won it. Breeze is gonna.

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Speaker 1: Get Andrew Whitworth one of a couple of year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Maybe that gets him in eventually, and it's enough

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Speaker 2: to get him motive.

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Speaker 1: And that's the key. For players who play positions quarterbacks,

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Speaker 1: running acts, wide receivers, they have stats.

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Speaker 2: They have stats.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, if you're a defensive lineman, particularly a defense of

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Speaker 1: your guy. Yeah, no, interior guy, you're not going to

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Speaker 1: have the necessarily the gaudy stats.

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Speaker 4: You know.

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Speaker 1: For so for example, when when you.

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Speaker 2: Can put in your resume, it goes along the.

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Speaker 1: Forty nine ers defensive times Brian Young. When Brian Young

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Speaker 1: was was Kennedy was brought up. One of the things

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Speaker 1: that was said about, well, he won the forty nine Ers.

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Speaker 1: He was the forty nine Ers representative for the Water

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Speaker 1: Payton Man of the Year Award like four times, and

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Speaker 1: he won They're Good Guy Award. You know that goes

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Speaker 1: to their Yeah that was five times, and you know

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Speaker 1: these are the other guys that have won that.

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Speaker 2: So even if Cam never wins it, whoever presents him

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Speaker 2: might be like, well he was the eight time nominee

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Speaker 2: for the Steelers, you know, or whatever it is, and

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Speaker 2: it's all said and done. Interesting. I really hope he doesn't.

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Speaker 1: It just raises your visibility too within the.

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Speaker 2: It's cool you wear the patch too, you know, like

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Speaker 2: it's I know the players revere it. I mean, like

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Speaker 2: they often say it's the most prestigious trophy. I still

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Speaker 2: think you team rather an MVP, but you know it's

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Speaker 2: still it's they really care about the.

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Speaker 1: Super Bowl or the super Bowl ring or yeah.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, if you.

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Speaker 1: Want to, uh, you want to give Kim Hayward some

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Speaker 1: votes on that, you can do a hashtag w P

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Speaker 1: Y or w P m O Y and then also

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Speaker 1: do at Cam Hayward.

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Speaker 2: I didn't know fans could vote for that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, every time you retweet the Steelers. You see

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Speaker 1: the Steelers putting those things out the tweets about that.

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Speaker 1: When you retweet that, it gets Hayward to vote.

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Speaker 2: Oh okay.

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Speaker 1: You can also go on to uh uh, I think

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Speaker 1: he's very deserving.

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Speaker 2: I'm not just say Steeler or whatever, you know, right.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, he does a lot of work in

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Speaker 1: the community.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Uh NFL dot Com go to the backslash Honors, backslash

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Speaker 1: Man of the Year, backslash vote to actually put your

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Speaker 1: vote in for that as well.

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Speaker 2: I get the impression you that told me this or

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Speaker 2: people down there that he really cares about this too,

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Speaker 2: like he wants to win it.

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Speaker 1: He would like to win. I mean, he would do

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Speaker 1: his charity stuff regardless, sure, but he'd like to win this.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you're up for it six times, you know,

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Speaker 1: and you see other guys win it. It's like and

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Speaker 1: plus you get two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for

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Speaker 1: your charity.

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Speaker 2: Oh really?

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So my son was like in fourth grade or whatever,

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Speaker 2: and he happens. Of course, he's a Steeler fan, but

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Speaker 2: he's also an Ohio State fan. And his reports or

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Speaker 2: their big project that year he did on the Hayward

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Speaker 2: House yeah, so I learned more about it just through him,

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Speaker 2: you know, and he's doing phenomenal work. And if you

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Speaker 2: can get quarter million dollars to the Hayward House, that's awesome.

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Speaker 1: So Matt, there's there's still a lot to be determined here.

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Speaker 2: Side note, I apologize, but I know he also does

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Speaker 2: a lot of work in Atlanta, you know where Ironhead

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Speaker 2: played and where he grew up too. It's not just Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 1: Not only are we determining who is going to make

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Speaker 1: the playoffs here and there's still twenty four teams alive

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Speaker 1: for that, we're also figuring out the twenty twenty four schedule.

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Speaker 2: Oh right, hadn't thought about that.

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Speaker 1: Steelers have nine road games next year, eight home games,

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Speaker 1: so as all the AFC. Yeah, your home opponents next year,

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Speaker 1: you got the Ravens, Bengals, Browns of course, of course

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Speaker 1: the Chiefs and Chargers.

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Speaker 2: So that's a definite.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're playing playing you're playing the West. The Cowboys

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Speaker 1: and Giants both come here.

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Speaker 2: Okay, and then I assume the answer to that is

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Speaker 2: the last time you played the NFC East, the Eagles

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Speaker 2: and Washington game here. Okay, they just flops every four years,

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Speaker 2: every three years of the AFC.

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Speaker 1: Then you have a game against the team that whichever

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Speaker 1: team finishes in the same place you finish in in

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Speaker 1: the AFC East, which is obviously to be determined. That

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Speaker 1: would right now be the Jets are in third place,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers are in third place, the Jets are in

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Speaker 1: third place.

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Speaker 2: No, Steiers aren't going to be coming in first probably, yeah,

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Speaker 2: probably won't come in second. So it's either probably the

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Speaker 2: Jets or the Patriots. Yeah, so that's not bad.

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Speaker 1: And you get to get both New York teams here.

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Speaker 1: You don't have to go to New York twice. That's nice.

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Speaker 2: Did you say for you too? Yeah? Yeah. Do you

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Speaker 2: say k C was here? Yeah, you'd much rather do that.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, no doubt absolutely. Word's Denver? Was that

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Speaker 2: one here?

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Speaker 1: That one is out there?

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Speaker 2: I don't like that.

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Speaker 1: So you got your away game games Baltimore, Cleveland, Uh,

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati obviously Denver.

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Speaker 2: Hopefully it's not early in the year, right, Yeah, early Denver.

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Speaker 1: Back to the to Las Vegas to play the Raiders again.

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Speaker 2: But there's a lot of Steelers fans there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you got the Eagles away. That's never pretty. They

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Speaker 1: always struggle out there. Then you play the team from

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Speaker 1: the a f C South that matches up with you.

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Speaker 1: So right now you're looking at Houston or Indianapolis again Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: Tennessee's out of it. Then you play the NFC South

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Speaker 1: third or fourth place team.

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Speaker 2: Oh, you're saying, yeah, in the NFC South, So you're.

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Speaker 1: Looking at you know, going to Atlanta again or going

641
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Speaker 1: to New Orleans, Carolina, Carolina, Carolina's can't finish well, you

642
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Speaker 1: have to finish last.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers finished fourth.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you go to Washington, take that, that's your one,

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Speaker 1: you know, uh, and you go to Cincinnati. Already said,

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Speaker 1: so you're one crossover game next year is against the

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Speaker 1: AFC South. That extra game, the seventeenth game is against

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Speaker 1: a NFC South team.

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Speaker 2: So Steelers still have a chance to go to the playoffs. Yes,

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Speaker 2: but really the best chance of them being in the

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Speaker 2: division is third. Yes, So the game that's the games,

652
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Speaker 2: there's two right that they're to be determined. Right, you

653
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Speaker 2: either get a third place team or fourth.

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Speaker 1: Well three, you get three three to three or three

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Speaker 1: or two one at home two in a row.

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Speaker 2: Most likely none of those teams are going to be

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Speaker 2: playoff teams this year. Correct, I mean it's either Patriots Jets.

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Speaker 2: They won't come out of South as the third or fourth.

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Speaker 2: It's kinds is silent heart. Just in terms of the

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Speaker 2: teams you're playing.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean you're gonna play some you know, how

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Speaker 1: how much does Kansas City fix what's ailing them between

663
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Speaker 1: this game? You know, does Travis Kelsey say, you know what,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go retire and hang out with Taylor?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: I mean they're trending the wrong way and that looks

667
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Speaker 2: like a tough game.

668
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: But well they have Chris Jones, you know, right right.

669
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:00,760
Speaker 2: I mean, Chargers are gonna have a new coach. Raiders

670
00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 2: don't look like a powerhouse.

671
00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:03,800
Speaker 1: The Chargers will have a new coach and maybe about

672
00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,000
Speaker 1: twelve new players because they can't afford the old ones.

673
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:08,480
Speaker 2: Please have a long discussion about Denver. I mean, they're

674
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,920
Speaker 2: not gonna have They're gonna have some kind of quarterback issues.

675
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 1: Washington's Washington, Washington Washington rebuilding.

676
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,360
Speaker 2: Philly is gonna be tough. Yeah, yeah, Dallas will be tough.

677
00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 2: I'm sure. Maybe the Giants are a little better. And

678
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,560
Speaker 2: right now, as.

679
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,360
Speaker 1: As things sit here, you're four and one in your division.

680
00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:27,400
Speaker 2: By the way, oh, by the way, you've.

681
00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:29,000
Speaker 1: Won four of your five games in the AFC.

682
00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 2: North issue, you might end up with five.

683
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, as crazy as that sounds, you've won four of

684
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 1: your five games. If we when we were sitting in

685
00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:39,080
Speaker 1: training camp at Saint fins And College, we're up in

686
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,800
Speaker 1: the press box, where do shows what will the Steelers

687
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:43,480
Speaker 1: record be in the division this year?

688
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 2: I mean, I think we came to the conclusion we

689
00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 2: would accept three and three. Four would have taken.

690
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:51,160
Speaker 1: If you say, hey, you're the Steelers gonna win four

691
00:28:51,160 --> 00:28:53,280
Speaker 1: games in the division this year, they might win five.

692
00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean if you told me four, period, I said.

693
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: Yes, if you told me they win five, if you

694
00:28:58,520 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: told me that, like, because if Baltimore wins this week,

695
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,600
Speaker 1: they got nothing to play for in week eighteen, Right,

696
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,120
Speaker 1: They're not John harboll is not playing Lamar Jackson. He's

697
00:29:09,120 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 1: not playing Roquan Smith. He's not playing Marlon Humphrey. He's

698
00:29:12,240 --> 00:29:14,560
Speaker 1: not playing either of the two old tackles. No, I

699
00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:15,640
Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of guys.

700
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 2: He'll sit down anyone that's questionable.

701
00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:21,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't mean the Steelers will necessarily win that game.

702
00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 2: No, No, I mean, frankly, the Ravens defense, minus some

703
00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 2: key starters, is still probably better than Arizona's and the

704
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 2: Steers lost Arizona. Yeah, I mean, like, you know, it's

705
00:29:31,320 --> 00:29:32,000
Speaker 2: not an easy game.

706
00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:34,520
Speaker 1: You have a bunch better chance of winning that they

707
00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 1: could go five and one in the division.

708
00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:39,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, now we have taken that in a heartbeat.

709
00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,600
Speaker 1: I think if you told me at the beginning of

710
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: the year, the Steelers go five and one in the

711
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,320
Speaker 1: AFC North, I'd say they won the North.

712
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,160
Speaker 2: I would say they won thirteen games, Like, wow, they

713
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,239
Speaker 2: must be really good. Burrow, Jackson, Watson, you know, all

714
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 2: the other stars in the division. While you got the

715
00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 2: better of those guys. That's awesome and so that does

716
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,000
Speaker 2: bode well for the future schedule too, Like you can

717
00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 2: hang in the division, Yeah you can.

718
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 1: You've showed this year that you can. You can beat

719
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:04,880
Speaker 1: those teams even when they're.

720
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 2: You probably won't get Browning twice. You're probably gonna play

721
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 2: against Joe Burrow, but.

722
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,760
Speaker 1: They beat They beat Baltimore with Lamar, they beat Cleveland

723
00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: with Deshaan Watson here. Yeah, now they didn't see Burrow

724
00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:17,000
Speaker 1: in either game this year, so you got that. But

725
00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:18,080
Speaker 1: you hung with those.

726
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 2: Teams, Yeah, I don't maybe Flack over the quarterback next year.

727
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,520
Speaker 1: Might they couldn't.

728
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:28,720
Speaker 2: They can't. They can't better they can't, but.

729
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 1: Try to injure. Look to Sean Watson in the off

730
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,719
Speaker 1: hope he retired. Beat him in the leg with a

731
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:38,560
Speaker 1: baseball bat or something. Yeah, so you know.

732
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,600
Speaker 2: You can hang in the division, you know, but then

733
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 2: the rest of got bad.

734
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,560
Speaker 1: The Steelers problem this year has been the non division games,

735
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 1: you know, some of.

736
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 2: Them, some of them, some of them. Yeah, they have

737
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,520
Speaker 2: been successful.

738
00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:52,360
Speaker 1: The one thing that they've done this year that they

739
00:30:52,400 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 1: don't typically do is win on the West Coast.

740
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 2: Yeah. We were having a conversation today that you kind

741
00:30:58,520 --> 00:31:01,200
Speaker 2: of in their history they're bad in the West. In

742
00:31:01,240 --> 00:31:03,440
Speaker 2: their history that they are. The Steelers are a bad

743
00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 2: West Coast team. It doesn't matter who the coach. Chuck

744
00:31:05,560 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 2: Nole was bad out there, Bill Cower was bad out there.

745
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,719
Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin has been bad out there. Prior to that,

746
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:11,360
Speaker 2: you didn't make a lot of West Coast trips. We

747
00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:13,280
Speaker 2: probably mentioned this week, but they've been won in Seattle

748
00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:14,280
Speaker 2: since nineteen eighty three.

749
00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: They're nineteen and thirty eight in their history in the

750
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:19,120
Speaker 1: Pacific time zone.

751
00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:21,240
Speaker 2: See that sounds crazy to me, though, that doesn't seem

752
00:31:21,280 --> 00:31:21,920
Speaker 2: like enough games.

753
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,240
Speaker 1: I'm just you know, I believe you. You don't go

754
00:31:26,280 --> 00:31:27,680
Speaker 1: out there that often.

755
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,040
Speaker 2: Right, you'd think you go out there twice a year though,

756
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:31,400
Speaker 2: once or twice a year.

757
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:34,960
Speaker 1: I mean that's sixty six or fifty six games.

758
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I mean, if you play the division,

759
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,520
Speaker 2: you go out there. Well, I guess Denver's not, Kansas

760
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 2: City's not. Yeah, you're talking Pacific times against West.

761
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of California trips there.

762
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:45,600
Speaker 3: Yeah.

763
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say it's the AFC West, isn't that.

764
00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 2: But they're not all in the same time time Yeah, yeah.

765
00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: But they're two to oh this year in the Pacific

766
00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 1: time zone. Well, you beat the Rams out there, you

767
00:31:56,960 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: beat the Raiders out there, and those quite frankly, are

768
00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 1: two of your the better games that you've played this year,

769
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:03,680
Speaker 1: particularly on the road.

770
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 2: That Rams win looks particularly good, and the Raiders are respectable.

771
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:10,360
Speaker 1: Now, yeah, I mean they controlled, They controlled the game

772
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,280
Speaker 1: against the Raiders the whole way. They were the better team, Yeah,

773
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:16,840
Speaker 1: they were throughout. The Rams was back and forth. The

774
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:19,600
Speaker 1: Steelers took a lead with about seven minutes left. They

775
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: went ahead, the Rams get the ball back, went nowhere.

776
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,160
Speaker 1: The Steelers get the ball back with about five and

777
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: a half minutes left and just ran the clock out.

778
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:32,920
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, then as they usually are. This is a

779
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 2: four o'clock start, so it's not going to be as

780
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 2: it's not like crazy on your body. Yeah, so no,

781
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: I think they got a shot.

782
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 1: There's one thing that Mike Tomlin has done this year

783
00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:48,680
Speaker 1: different because you look for Okay, what's the difference this

784
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,880
Speaker 1: year for the West Coast trips. This year Tomlin has

785
00:32:52,960 --> 00:32:56,520
Speaker 1: left at nine o'clock in the morning the day before

786
00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 1: the debut this Saturday or the day before the game.

787
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,360
Speaker 1: He has left nine o'clock in the morning. They used

788
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,080
Speaker 1: to leave at their normal time and just get out there.

789
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: He get out there. Well, no, it's usually they leave

790
00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:07,640
Speaker 1: it like three, three.

791
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,160
Speaker 2: Three thirty in the afternoons.

792
00:33:10,560 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: Want, Yeah, you have well you have your practice in

793
00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:15,320
Speaker 1: the morning, you walk through and all that stuff. Now

794
00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: they he gets them up, they go. They stay on

795
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,240
Speaker 1: their basically on their kind of schedule.

796
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,600
Speaker 2: Okay, so they don't do a walk through before leaving

797
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: at nine walk through, no.

798
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,840
Speaker 1: No, but they do the walk through out there. They

799
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,440
Speaker 1: stay on there a similar schedule.

800
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:31,120
Speaker 2: After they land. Yeah, okay, I mean I'm just wondering

801
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:34,240
Speaker 2: body clocks, what time are the players getting up well,

802
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 2: to get.

803
00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: To to get to the airport, you're staying on a

804
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,240
Speaker 1: similar clock if you you know, oh, we don't have

805
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: to be to the facility until ten o'clock today, Because

806
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 1: so I just wonder if that's one of the reasons

807
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,320
Speaker 1: why they've but they definitely did that different this year.

808
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,440
Speaker 1: And Bill Cower, I can remember Coward tried all kinds

809
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:54,760
Speaker 1: of different stuff, leaving to leave two days before. Well,

810
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,040
Speaker 1: I mean we spent a weekend for it was a

811
00:33:57,040 --> 00:34:00,640
Speaker 1: Monday night game in San Francisco, and he left Saturday.

812
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 2: We left Saturday. Wow, it was a long weekend weekend, right,

813
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 2: and you guys, I mean Saturday night, you might as

814
00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 2: well's go out and do whatever the heck you want.

815
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 1: Sunday get all day, yeah, all day Sunday or Sunday

816
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:16,200
Speaker 1: or Monday morning as well. Like I can remember multiple

817
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 1: times doing that and it didn't work. You changed hotels

818
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:21,879
Speaker 1: and you just do all kinds of different stuff. And

819
00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:23,600
Speaker 1: maybe Tomlins found something here.

820
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,879
Speaker 2: Maybe that means only two games, but it's promising. I mean,

821
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: the record's pretty brutal.

822
00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: Two games against two teams that are not bad. They're

823
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: not that same class of teams that you you're in

824
00:34:34,239 --> 00:34:34,600
Speaker 1: right now.

825
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm interested. I think Seattle is too.

826
00:34:38,320 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, and that same linked in that same grouping, you know,

827
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,399
Speaker 1: those teams that are all from between eight and twenty two.

828
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, and there they all are in that group,

829
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:47,439
Speaker 2: no doubt.

830
00:34:47,520 --> 00:34:49,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's kind of the is that kind of where

831
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 1: the line of delineation is. I think it might even

832
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,000
Speaker 1: be it might even be between six and twenty two.

833
00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 2: Who's really the good who's the top tiers? I mean,

834
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,920
Speaker 2: think Baltimore and San fran Or Tier one still and

835
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,760
Speaker 2: then tier two is five teams maybe, yeah, it's Dallas

836
00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:07,680
Speaker 2: still in there. I don't know.

837
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:08,719
Speaker 1: I think Detroit is.

838
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know if Philly still is. It's Kansas

839
00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,640
Speaker 2: City still yeah, I don't know. I think Miami and

840
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,920
Speaker 2: Buffalo are. It's not many. Yeah.

841
00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:21,399
Speaker 1: So you found ways to beat those teams on the road,

842
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: in their buildings where you don't usually win. Maybe you

843
00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:26,400
Speaker 1: found something.

844
00:35:26,160 --> 00:35:29,240
Speaker 2: Here, maybe maybe that's interesting about travel though. Yeah.

845
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: So I just I just looking for something that there's

846
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 1: got to be some kind of commonality here because I've

847
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:36,200
Speaker 1: I mean, I've covered a bunch of games on the

848
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:39,040
Speaker 1: West Coast and they typically lose them unless they were

849
00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: in against the Chargers. The Chargers the one place they

850
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,760
Speaker 1: could go into San Diego and they could win. Couldn't

851
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:49,359
Speaker 1: win in Oakland, couldn't win against the forty nine ers

852
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:50,680
Speaker 1: in San Francisco. Can't do that.

853
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:51,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, Seattle's terrible.

854
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: Seattle's awful. They're one and seven out there. The Rams

855
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 1: weren't in La the whole time, but I've I've covered

856
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 1: like the first regular season road trip that I made

857
00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: covering the Steelers was the Steelers against the Rams in

858
00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,160
Speaker 1: ninety three and Jerome Bettis just went off against them

859
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:10,839
Speaker 1: and would be that game. Yeah, okay, yeah, just there's

860
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:12,439
Speaker 1: been some nightmares out there.

861
00:36:12,560 --> 00:36:15,839
Speaker 2: I don't remember many bad Arizona ones. But they also

862
00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 2: think they're in Arizona forever.

863
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: Are they Pacific time zone?

864
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,359
Speaker 2: I mean they were in Saint Louis for a while. Yeah,

865
00:36:20,440 --> 00:36:21,200
Speaker 2: I assume Pacific.

866
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,280
Speaker 1: That's where some of that stuff gets, you know, yeah, yeah.

867
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:26,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, but yeah, how many teams are even in the

868
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:29,799
Speaker 2: Pacific times many Denvers not not many now yeah yeah yeah.

869
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 1: So anyways, that's that's where we stand with that. But

870
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 1: we're gonna get to another break he is the Matt Williamson.

871
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 1: I am Dale Lolly. When we come back, we'll hear

872
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:43,160
Speaker 1: from presumptive starting quarterback Mason Rudolph nice right after this,

873
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 1: welcome back to the drive. I am Dale LOLLI he

874
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:55,239
Speaker 1: is the Matt Williamson and Matt though, we got to

875
00:36:55,280 --> 00:36:59,279
Speaker 1: hear from presume starter Mason Rudolph at quarterback for the

876
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:02,480
Speaker 1: Steelers this week. He met with the media earlier today

877
00:37:02,520 --> 00:37:04,959
Speaker 1: and confirmed that he did take all the first team

878
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: snaps uh with the with the offense today. So let's

879
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 1: get to hear what Mason Rudolph had to say to

880
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,680
Speaker 1: the media today. A lot of this is a long,

881
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,680
Speaker 1: wide ranging kind of questions here for Mason Rudolph's interesting

882
00:37:17,719 --> 00:37:19,919
Speaker 1: answers from him, Ayson.

883
00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 4: What do you do for an encore? We're gonna We're

884
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 4: gonna drive away again this week. That's always the that's

885
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 4: always the goal. So big, big, big challenge of going

886
00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,960
Speaker 4: out west to a to a uh, you know, a

887
00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 4: tough from what I've heard, quite a tough venue to

888
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,879
Speaker 4: play at it and again a great team, So that's investing.

889
00:37:43,280 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 5: What's the challenge in having your oncre be on the

890
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 5: road in annoys the environment, maybe the comforts of home here,

891
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:50,640
Speaker 5: But how do you take that.

892
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 3: On the road.

893
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 4: Have you got experience you know, playing and then just

894
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:58,680
Speaker 4: being on the sidelines. You know also for a lot

895
00:37:58,719 --> 00:38:03,600
Speaker 4: of noisy venues. Uh, a lot of you know, strong

896
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:08,000
Speaker 4: home crowd environment. So I'm not I won't be intimidated

897
00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 4: about that. But uh, but you know through the week

898
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,719
Speaker 4: we love the crowd noise and get some reps in

899
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:17,080
Speaker 4: some communication and the way we snaff the ball and

900
00:38:17,080 --> 00:38:21,120
Speaker 4: and get get get through checks. So uh, that's what

901
00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 4: the week of practice for. Then you think good fun

902
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 4: was really praised your aggressiveness and how you were able.

903
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:29,520
Speaker 3: To attack on Saturday. Is that kind of mindset applicable

904
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,440
Speaker 3: again here Sunday? Is that something that is by design?

905
00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:35,680
Speaker 3: It is by intent? Mm? I think.

906
00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 4: You know, I L I don't know that I w

907
00:38:39,280 --> 00:38:40,640
Speaker 4: was I trying to be I don't know that I

908
00:38:40,640 --> 00:38:41,800
Speaker 4: would say I was trying to be aggressive.

909
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,200
Speaker 3: I was just trying to take what the defense gave.

910
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:45,520
Speaker 4: You know, you snap, Uh, there was time that that

911
00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:48,520
Speaker 4: that check down was needed where they they covered you know,

912
00:38:48,600 --> 00:38:51,760
Speaker 4: maybe the the intermediate to the deeper to the deeper concepts.

913
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:56,040
Speaker 4: But but ye know, when we know when when when

914
00:38:56,040 --> 00:38:58,000
Speaker 4: we've got those matchups, uh that we liked out the

915
00:38:58,080 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 4: field splash plays, you know, they eliminate a lot of executions, so.

916
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,600
Speaker 3: And and and the extend drive. So we're we're always

917
00:39:06,680 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 3: hunting those sort of follow up on that.

918
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:11,200
Speaker 6: How much of that do you think was residue from

919
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 6: what the Bengals had seen previously with the way Pat

920
00:39:14,239 --> 00:39:16,840
Speaker 6: really hurt them in the last game, And like, do

921
00:39:16,880 --> 00:39:19,799
Speaker 6: you see to Mike Tomlin's point, the chestnut checkers thing

922
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 6: happening here where maybe the now Seahawks are more concerned

923
00:39:23,440 --> 00:39:25,720
Speaker 6: about the out you you go into the outside of numbers.

924
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:26,440
Speaker 3: Yes, I agreed.

925
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 4: I mean, you know, Pat killed 'em inside we had

926
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 4: had a great game, uh, and.

927
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 3: Since a game won, and you know that they they

928
00:39:36,760 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 3: weren't they were very.

929
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,480
Speaker 4: Hyper, you know, concerned about Fionte and George on the outside,

930
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 4: and so Pat played and then you know, a few

931
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,520
Speaker 4: weeks later the opposite happened. So yes, I think it's

932
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 4: reasonable to to expect u you know, uh, maybe see

933
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 4: ill to to obviously be more aware of of of

934
00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:56,920
Speaker 4: the outside. But we're gonna play our game, and we

935
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,880
Speaker 4: think we have we we do a good job of adjusting.

936
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,000
Speaker 4: We did a good job Saturday of adjusting in game. Uh,

937
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:05,839
Speaker 4: Bill tweaks who without changes, Guy, I can play here

938
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 4: and there and you know, just taking what the defense

939
00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:09,920
Speaker 4: gets you.

940
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 7: And he's never the last couple of years, you really

941
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 7: haven't done a lot of opportunities game match.

942
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,240
Speaker 3: But mm you were leading.

943
00:40:16,120 --> 00:40:18,440
Speaker 7: The scout team against this still a defense which has

944
00:40:18,480 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 7: been a pretty good defense over that stand, What did

945
00:40:20,680 --> 00:40:22,680
Speaker 7: you feel like the benefit was to every day in

946
00:40:22,760 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 7: practice going against PJ and you know, all all those talented.

947
00:40:26,440 --> 00:40:27,399
Speaker 3: Guys on that type of ball.

948
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a it's a it's a great group to

949
00:40:30,719 --> 00:40:32,520
Speaker 4: to uh to work against.

950
00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 3: You know they we we we do we employ so

951
00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:39,000
Speaker 3: much sort of pre snap.

952
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:43,000
Speaker 4: Uh disguise that that it really it really it makes

953
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 4: you play every snap with with a sort of a

954
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,040
Speaker 4: keen sense of a keen sense of awareness of where,

955
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:54,920
Speaker 4: where the stage is moving, where's making Fitzpatrick and uh

956
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,359
Speaker 4: I think a h that prepares you a lot for

957
00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 4: oh the other other teams are their looks.

958
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 3: And then when you get when you get a team

959
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:06,040
Speaker 3: you know, Cincinnati was not what theasy they discussed very well.

960
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 3: When you get a team that's maybe less would.

961
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,719
Speaker 4: Be more vanilla you can kind of take a breath

962
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,239
Speaker 4: and say, you know, I've I've seen harder books than

963
00:41:14,239 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 4: this in practice.

964
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,120
Speaker 3: So one of the main benefits of playing here.

965
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:21,719
Speaker 1: How much how much conversation was on the sidelines on

966
00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,160
Speaker 1: Saturday between you and Mitch and and Kenny just about

967
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 1: what you all were seeing out there.

968
00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:26,799
Speaker 3: Yeah, a lot.

969
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:32,359
Speaker 4: They were very upble uh you know, I uh get

970
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,800
Speaker 4: a lot of respect and and and enjoyed their company

971
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:36,439
Speaker 4: very much, both of them.

972
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 3: And there's always a great.

973
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,120
Speaker 4: No matter who's no matter who's played, but there's been

974
00:41:41,120 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 4: great communication and everyone is truly trying to you know,

975
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,479
Speaker 4: uh uh make the other w make.

976
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 3: The other person better.

977
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 4: Fin you know, find a find a nugget if you

978
00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:56,919
Speaker 4: see something, you know, suggest something that's truly gonna help

979
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 4: us out opposed to you know, other There's been other

980
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,680
Speaker 4: times where there's a not a co co as cohesive

981
00:42:02,680 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 4: as a group and people aren't forthcoming with pail h

982
00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:06,759
Speaker 4: how do we help so.

983
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:09,319
Speaker 3: Th th they.

984
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:12,320
Speaker 5: Degree mean said from what you've seen in your experience

985
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:13,240
Speaker 5: in around the league.

986
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:15,120
Speaker 3: M He's quarterback, a position that.

987
00:42:15,560 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 8: Maybe is one of the more I don't know, impatient

988
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,080
Speaker 8: it's positions in the NFL as far as how teams

989
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 8: evaluate how quickly.

990
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 3: They are to move on from somebody.

991
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 8: Is that something that you've noticed that maybe there's when

992
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,600
Speaker 8: you're a book, can you come in you start that

993
00:42:28,680 --> 00:42:31,720
Speaker 8: doesn't go well, it's okay, we gotta find somebody else.

994
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 3: Yeah.

995
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:36,720
Speaker 4: Absolutely, I think it's a you know, an instant gratification league.

996
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 3: And uh.

997
00:42:39,160 --> 00:42:40,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I I've got a lot of respect

998
00:42:40,640 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 4: for Gina Smith, who who you know, battle uh what.

999
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:47,879
Speaker 3: You know what a career? What what?

1000
00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:49,440
Speaker 4: What an inspiration to a lot of guys and how

1001
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:53,759
Speaker 4: he's uh battled through and it's you know, stayed stayed

1002
00:42:53,800 --> 00:42:57,120
Speaker 4: aggressive and stayed confident and positive and and and he

1003
00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:58,960
Speaker 4: got a shop you know, a couple of years ago,

1004
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 4: and and the police don't with it. So it's uh, yes,

1005
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:07,839
Speaker 4: I think I think it's definitely you know, sometimes there's

1006
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,360
Speaker 4: a quick there's a quick trigger, but but that doesn't

1007
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 4: mean that you can't you know, overcome and and sort of.

1008
00:43:15,480 --> 00:43:17,480
Speaker 3: Come back and make a resurgence.

1009
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 9: Pleasing you've changed from twenty nineteen from now A lot

1010
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 9: of you know, I.

1011
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:28,840
Speaker 4: Think, uh, just maturity level age was twenty four just

1012
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:33,880
Speaker 4: you know, football like Q I think, uh, you know,

1013
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,399
Speaker 4: you're you, You improve your body, You improve your body,

1014
00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:40,120
Speaker 4: your your your throwing motion, little things like that.

1015
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:45,400
Speaker 3: But I think mostly football LIKEQ and knowledge and.

1016
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:47,920
Speaker 4: And uh just p being in being in a helmet

1017
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 4: for more games and going through the week and understanding

1018
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 4: understanding defenses.

1019
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,399
Speaker 5: Is June's career or something that you've followed or kept

1020
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,800
Speaker 5: an eye on as yours is kind of maybe not

1021
00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:59,840
Speaker 5: follow the exact same path, but as you've kind of

1022
00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,200
Speaker 5: how to be patient to wait for another shot.

1023
00:44:04,080 --> 00:44:07,279
Speaker 4: I I, I definitely am aware of of you know,

1024
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 4: the university that the university he's fought through and overcome,

1025
00:44:11,680 --> 00:44:13,320
Speaker 4: as well as a lot of other players in the

1026
00:44:13,360 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 4: league who who maybe they don't have the initial success

1027
00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 4: but they.

1028
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,759
Speaker 3: Find a way to overcome and and you know.

1029
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:25,479
Speaker 4: I think those are those are great, you know, uh good,

1030
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 4: great hopeful lessons to to see and to uh remind yourself.

1031
00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:31,319
Speaker 3: Up only when you're may not when you may not

1032
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:31,600
Speaker 3: be in.

1033
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 6: The position you wanna be. How's this week been for you?

1034
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 6: On the heels of people chanting your name at the

1035
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:37,560
Speaker 6: stadium and then a lot of people saying we wanna

1036
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:39,279
Speaker 6: see him again, hopefully he starts again.

1037
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:43,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's been good. You have a good practice today,

1038
00:44:43,719 --> 00:44:46,680
Speaker 3: and you know, uh, I'm taking one day at a time.

1039
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:51,200
Speaker 4: I'm I'm really interested in joying getting reps practice.

1040
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 3: It's it's foreign, it seems it seems like it's.

1041
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,200
Speaker 4: Foreign, but I uh yeah, I I I think it's

1042
00:44:57,719 --> 00:44:59,880
Speaker 4: your build confidence when you have when you stack day,

1043
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 4: you know, a good.

1044
00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:02,879
Speaker 3: Day on a good day. And that's what we're trying

1045
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 3: to do. And you know, I know it's a week to.

1046
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 4: Week league, and in no way, my you know, I've

1047
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:11,840
Speaker 4: turned the page from last week, even those you know,

1048
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,399
Speaker 4: big time winning we needed, but but turned the page.

1049
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,839
Speaker 4: As when you watch the film from Saturday, How were

1050
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,359
Speaker 4: the running game and the short passes you were able

1051
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:21,480
Speaker 4: to execute.

1052
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 3: Able to open up things for you downfield?

1053
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought we were very we were balanced Menagie

1054
00:45:26,480 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 4: and and Jalen ran the ball very well. I was

1055
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:31,719
Speaker 4: a line obviously, it doesn't happens, you know, it was

1056
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:35,480
Speaker 4: a line protects really drives off and and I think

1057
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 4: rightly so they've got a lot of recognition and praise

1058
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:40,200
Speaker 4: for their performance.

1059
00:45:40,239 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 3: But uh yeah, and then I think it.

1060
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:46,279
Speaker 4: You know, obviously, when you're up, when you're up, you know,

1061
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,239
Speaker 4: a couple scores a few touchdowns. That's when you know,

1062
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:51,320
Speaker 4: teams have to pack the box and become more aggressive

1063
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,919
Speaker 4: and and then you you you can you have those

1064
00:45:53,920 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 4: shots down the field. So I think it was more

1065
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,520
Speaker 4: of a credit the fat start, the turnovers of the

1066
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:03,600
Speaker 4: defense created. It was just then it was just a

1067
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:08,800
Speaker 4: complete effort and and uh it was just truly truly

1068
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 4: enjoyed of to uh congratulate and celebrate with the guys

1069
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:13,800
Speaker 4: on both sides of the balls off on.

1070
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 10: You take the start of reps today correctly, I did

1071
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 10: when when you were running scout from what was kind

1072
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 10: of like your routine or rhythm during the week. And

1073
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:24,840
Speaker 10: how much is that change now, Howard thing you?

1074
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, So, I mean my routine or real the during

1075
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:33,240
Speaker 4: practice would be if there's there's eight refs, Mitch takes

1076
00:46:33,320 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 4: five and I if I take three, and so I,

1077
00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:40,360
Speaker 4: you know, grab an equipment manager and stay warm, you know,

1078
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,200
Speaker 4: through those first five rets, so I can go in

1079
00:46:42,320 --> 00:46:45,480
Speaker 4: on h you know cold and uh and then after

1080
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 4: practice and.

1081
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:48,759
Speaker 3: We could uh pre practice you're getting throws in it.

1082
00:46:48,760 --> 00:46:52,440
Speaker 4: But uh, but yeah, it's it's uh that's why I

1083
00:46:52,440 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 4: say it's such a joy to get to get more reps.

1084
00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:56,760
Speaker 3: It's it's uh, you just get so many.

1085
00:46:56,600 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 4: Different looks and so different you get to watch the

1086
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,640
Speaker 4: film correct it and take a look at how it

1087
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:02,799
Speaker 4: all looks from behind the sky.

1088
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:05,840
Speaker 11: So it's been good interting to know you made the

1089
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:09,600
Speaker 11: commercial real estate job after the game, but those on

1090
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 11: a job. Yeah, and you were considering the commercial real

1091
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 11: estate uh that, but it this summer before you were

1092
00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 11: you signed to come back here.

1093
00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:20,640
Speaker 8: I mean, were you seriously thinking, like, there's a chance

1094
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 8: you may not be on an NFL ross, you be

1095
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:24,399
Speaker 8: back on a field that's fall.

1096
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1097
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:28,600
Speaker 3: I think I I'd be lying if I said I

1098
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,239
Speaker 3: didn't work on my resume a little bit. I haven't

1099
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 3: done that since like freshman year of college.

1100
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 4: But I just think like I wanted to be I

1101
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:39,120
Speaker 4: didn't know what was gonna happen, and I wanted to

1102
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Speaker 4: have a plan, be and think about a plan, be

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00:47:40,920 --> 00:47:44,239
Speaker 4: a bit your whole life here and you're doing one

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00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,239
Speaker 4: thing and your your head's down and there's you know.

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Speaker 3: It's not nothing to think about it.

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Speaker 4: And I had a little bit of time, no with

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Speaker 4: a family, to kind of think about what I might

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Speaker 4: be interested in.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I still had a lot of confidence

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00:47:57,320 --> 00:47:59,600
Speaker 3: that I was gonna get an opportunity somewhere. But uh,

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00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:02,120
Speaker 3: but yeah, I think I think whenever.

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Speaker 4: This ends for me, for all of us, I I

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00:48:05,160 --> 00:48:07,319
Speaker 4: you know, I I I know for it's from other

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00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:10,000
Speaker 4: guys that it sometimes it takes a there's a transition

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00:48:10,040 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 4: period and I just kind of I wanna jump in it,

1116
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:14,840
Speaker 4: you know, if it was gonna be this pa, I

1117
00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 4: wanted to just jump into.

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Speaker 3: Something and keep my brain, you know, moving, and not

1119
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Speaker 3: be sitting around. Wait a minute, was it gonna be

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Speaker 3: commercial real estate or were there other things that you

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00:48:24,560 --> 00:48:25,440
Speaker 3: were looking at or that.

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00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:27,879
Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't I think I had gotten that far,

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00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 4: but that that's my dad does that, So I, uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, it.

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Speaker 3: Was something I thought about. I guess sort of along

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Speaker 3: those lines.

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Speaker 9: I mean you mentioned football like you and mechanics, but

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Speaker 9: how have you changed, like personally since being that twenty

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Speaker 9: four year old and maybe thinks alright, I got my

1130
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Speaker 9: felt now I'm gonna run with it VERSU Yeah, four

1131
00:48:44,719 --> 00:48:46,680
Speaker 9: years later where you are, Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Definitely you're v Oh yeah, I think I think when

1133
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,920
Speaker 4: you're going through it, you know, everything from uh, you know,

1134
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:59,320
Speaker 4: I being thrown in then and then you know I

1135
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:01,839
Speaker 4: can not I tho uncounetos for a bid and and uh,

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Speaker 4: you know, uh some university later in.

1137
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Speaker 3: The year in Cleveland and then big bids.

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Speaker 4: I think it's it's you know, it's there's no it's

1139
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 4: no fun to tell while you're going through it. But

1140
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 4: that just when when you take a s a step

1141
00:49:16,040 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 4: back and breathe, and you at twenty eight years of

1142
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:22,920
Speaker 4: age or uh, I'm just ultra thankful that that that happened.

1143
00:49:22,960 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 4: I think everything happens for a reason. But you know, uh, hay,

1144
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:30,480
Speaker 4: who wants to go through life and have no adversity?

1145
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 4: It just kind of always went. I mean I think

1146
00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:35,600
Speaker 4: it it it teaches you lessons in it and it

1147
00:49:35,800 --> 00:49:38,600
Speaker 4: uh prepares you for you know, life after football.

1148
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:41,719
Speaker 3: What'd you do with that game ball? So what would

1149
00:49:41,719 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 3: you do with the game ball?

1150
00:49:43,320 --> 00:49:43,440
Speaker 4: Uh?

1151
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,560
Speaker 3: I gave it to my dad to take back to

1152
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Speaker 3: his office.

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Speaker 1: It's not the tree houses.

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00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,920
Speaker 3: Uh have you gotten back there anything else?

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Speaker 8: To that point in twenty nineteen, do you feel like

1156
00:49:56,239 --> 00:49:59,560
Speaker 8: you had had the level of adversity that you fased

1157
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 8: that you're head here and I don't necessarily want to always.

1158
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Speaker 3: Win in life.

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Speaker 8: I mean, to that point, did it feel.

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Speaker 5: Like okay, everything's kind of falling into place with at

1161
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Speaker 5: the first.

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Speaker 6: Really big life flumping.

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Speaker 4: Absolutely. Yeah, high school was pretty pretty much a breeze

1164
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:17,360
Speaker 4: and it was fun. It was a little adversity, but

1165
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Speaker 4: let's say most most part injury free.

1166
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Speaker 3: And then you know, took over as a as a

1167
00:50:24,040 --> 00:50:26,480
Speaker 3: as a starter in college as a freshman.

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Speaker 4: So it was, like I said, looking back, it's it's

1169
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Speaker 4: a it's probably gonna make me better goods.

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Speaker 1: That was Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph or presumed starting quarterback

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Speaker 1: this week.

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Speaker 2: Mason Rudolf as until further notice or you know, for

1173
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Speaker 2: for now or you know on situation.

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Speaker 1: You heard him say there, he took all the snaps today,

1175
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Speaker 1: make the first team offense. He's a pretty good indicators,

1176
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Speaker 1: pretty good indicator what's going to happen. But that's going

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Speaker 1: to do it for our show today. So for my

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Speaker 1: partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here on site keeping

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Speaker 1: us on the air as he always capably does, I

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Speaker 1: am Dale Lollie. We thank you for listening to this

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