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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How we do it? Well, that's good.

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Speaker 2: Us to our number two here of the Drive on

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Speaker 2: Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network. West Shooler

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Speaker 2: and Matt Williamson with you, and much like Jean Wilder said,

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Speaker 2: and Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, so much to

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Speaker 2: do in so little time.

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Speaker 3: Here, Yeah, we can squished some things.

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Speaker 2: Hour number two. I do want to do some fantasy

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Speaker 2: football focus with you here, Matt are kind of I

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Speaker 2: think it's become typical here Tuesday waiver wire conversation. As

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Speaker 2: again we're getting to the part of the season bye

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Speaker 2: weeks or rolling in. Injuries are piling up. Yeah, got

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Speaker 2: to hit that waiver wire hard. A couple guys that

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Speaker 2: I want to run past you that are popular waiver

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Speaker 2: wire pickups, still available in a lot of leagues. And

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Speaker 2: let's start with yeah, one half of the tandem that

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Speaker 2: has been perhaps the topic of football the last couple

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Speaker 2: of weeks, Jackson Dart.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and for fantasy I'm all in. He runs, he

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Speaker 3: runs a ton, and he's aggressive as can be. And frankly,

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Speaker 3: if he gets hurt that let's pick up another quarterback,

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Speaker 3: you know what. I like that. That's not a hard

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Speaker 3: position to replace. So durability for me in quarterback world

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Speaker 3: isn't that big a deal. I think there's plenty of

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Speaker 3: really tough games ahead where he'll be throwing late in

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Speaker 3: the games, you know, pick up extra eight yards in

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Speaker 3: the fourth quarter, garbage time. They want to play him

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Speaker 3: no matter what. The offensive line is in a little

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Speaker 3: bit better shape with Andrew Thomas back, So sure, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I mean he should probably be in close to every league.

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Speaker 2: He has yet to throw for more than a two

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Speaker 2: hundred and two passing yards. Yea three starts. But when

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Speaker 2: you combine the running, I think it's worth it. If

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Speaker 2: you if you need a quarterback, I think it's worth it.

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Speaker 3: The running. He's not going away. No, that were flukey,

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Speaker 3: I'd be like, I'd be quite you know. Yeah, that's no,

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Speaker 3: he's he's got to do.

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Speaker 2: Here's another one. How about Bryce Young. There's some good ones,

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Speaker 2: interesting for me.

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Speaker 3: Good days.

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Speaker 2: The last two weeks he's faced the thirty first and

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Speaker 2: thirty second pass defense by Epola are so bad, but

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Speaker 2: he has five passing touchdowns. In his last two games.

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Speaker 3: They want to run the ball by nature though, Yeah, and.

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Speaker 2: They do also the Jets though this weekend, so another

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Speaker 2: favorable matchup for him. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean if your guys on by or you're streaming

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Speaker 3: or DFS, you know, I'd have a hard time probably

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Speaker 3: putt him like in my top twelve, you know, but situationally,

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Speaker 3: maybe Teed McMillan's really involved Coker's coming back.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, situationally he could maybe get you out of a

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Speaker 2: jam for this week.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, I wouldn't hitch my wagon entirely.

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, no, absolutely not. But again, a lot

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Speaker 2: of people you just need a kind of one week

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Speaker 2: fix at this point. You slap duct tape on it

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Speaker 3: If he's cheap in DFS, i'd consider it too. Against

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Speaker 3: the Jets.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's a good that's a good point as well.

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Speaker 2: Running backs here, how about Kamani Vidall. Yes, love that name,

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Speaker 2: Cups with Argentina and Leo Messi. Kamani Vitall go. He

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Speaker 2: through the air, sixty seven percent snap share, seventy two

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Speaker 3: Probably? I mean, like this time last week, it was

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Speaker 3: the better talent in the more well rounded player. Haskins

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Speaker 2: You know, he is RB one on a team that

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Speaker 2: About Ta Taj Spears of the of the Titans. Man

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Speaker 2: Tony Pollard's snapshare continues to fall four straight weeks, spears

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Speaker 3: Maybe there's such an awful football team that they mean

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Speaker 3: things that could work in his favor for fantasy. Is

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Speaker 3: about there's five or six horrendous teams, and I think

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Speaker 2: Yes, yes, that's a that's actually a very astute point there,

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Speaker 2: final one in the UH.

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Speaker 3: And I urge people use that strategy too, Like if

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Speaker 2: Spot could move to a better situation.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, Like I'm not saying pick up Jack Besh,

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Speaker 3: But if Jacobi Myers gets moved from the Raiders, they're

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Speaker 3: gonna play Jack Besh a lot. Yeah, I mean, but

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Speaker 3: I'm not saying he's relevant. But that's just one example.

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Speaker 2: You know what about Kareem Hunt of the Chiefs, Carri

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Speaker 2: I still think he's very good. He's not Kareem Hunt

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Speaker 3: But he just hasn't been relevant enough. I'm thinking about

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Speaker 3: dropping him. I don't they seem like a team that's

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Speaker 3: a trade for a running back? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: They really do.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I don't think Pacheck goes particularly good.

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Speaker 3: Hunt is trustworthy but very pedestrian. But he gets the

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Speaker 3: goal line, carries in a good offense. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Like maybe one of these teams.

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Speaker 3: Right, yeah, Yeah, there's there's running backs you could get.

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Speaker 3: I think they should be in the team.

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Speaker 2: What's the not Breeze Hall but the their Jets running back.

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Speaker 3: Allen got hurt?

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Speaker 2: Did get hurt? Never mind?

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Speaker 3: It calls up after this year, there's a chance he

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Speaker 3: gets moved. Imagine throwing him on the on the Chiefs, Yeah, exactly.

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Speaker 3: I think they're not going to give him money. You

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Speaker 2: I think they would definitely be the best, my best

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Speaker 2: team in the AFA. You were able to get Breeshall,

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Speaker 2: that would be scary. A couple of wide receivers to

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Speaker 2: run past you here, Matt, how are we feeling about

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Speaker 2: Sterling Shepherd on the Bucks with all their injuries.

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Speaker 3: Any receipt come the conclusion and this is a conflict

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Speaker 3: of the Baker. Any starting receiver on that team is

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Speaker 3: fantasy worthy. I mean, guys, we've hardly heard of Tess

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Speaker 3: Johnson's playing well. I don't know what the status is

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Speaker 2: Last one for you a guy that you and I

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Speaker 2: Dale Motes trying to think who all else was there

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Speaker 2: with us? Jerry Doulac spent a lot of time talking

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Speaker 2: about this guy at the combine. Lucer Burden, Yeah, of

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Speaker 2: the Chicago Bears offense, is starting to come on a

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Speaker 2: Is Burden worth a waiver wire pick at this point?

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Speaker 3: He flashed a little last night. He's flashed a little

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Speaker 3: I can't remember if you and I have talked about

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Speaker 3: it or not, but it's not uncommon for a rookie

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Speaker 3: coming off their bye to get a spike, you know,

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Speaker 3: spend extra time with him. Now, I trust him. I'm

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Speaker 3: ready to thrust them in the mix. That's just a

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Speaker 3: note for fantasy that if your guy that you've been

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Speaker 3: waiting on, Trevon Henderson or whoever you know, like when

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Speaker 3: they come off their bike, yeah right right, they come

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Speaker 3: off their by, they sometimes get a spike. And this

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Speaker 3: is sort of Stiller related, but it would not blow

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Speaker 3: me away if DJ Moore got trade.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's got to be one of the guys. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Burden to be I think so usable for fantasy now.

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Speaker 2: Dj Moore was also hospitalized for unknown reasons.

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Speaker 3: Something just right now about.

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Speaker 2: But even if if it's something injury related or health

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Speaker 3: And he's your third receiver. That's you know, that's not bad.

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Speaker 3: There's a lot of mouths to feed there.

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Speaker 2: Though there are there. Certainly they've got some talented eligibles

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Speaker 3: Is love one going to get a bump?

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Speaker 2: Maybe?

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Speaker 3: Usual the first one pick on the guy.

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Speaker 2: Maybe he's been a little banged up. But I think

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Speaker 3: They just did.

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Speaker 2: That's right, they just did right, never mind, And so yeah,

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Speaker 2: maybe maybe it's the time to start seeing him.

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Speaker 3: He's the first one picking on tight end. You think

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Speaker 2: Maybe he'll start to perk up, as Mike Tomlin would

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Speaker 2: say here before the Steelers see the Bears in about

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Speaker 2: a month or so there in Chicago. That's it for

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Speaker 2: your your Waiver Wire conversation of the week. Here when

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Speaker 2: we come back on the other side, it's time. I'm

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Speaker 2: for a little NFL power rankings and spoilers. Spoiler I

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Speaker 2: think I do. I think it's one of the teams

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Speaker 2: in the NFL that is not named after an actual city,

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Speaker 2: Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay is not a Tampa Yeah,

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Speaker 2: along with Carolina and who's the other one. There's one more.

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Speaker 2: Three teams in the league. They're not named after an

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Speaker 2: actual Arizona city, Arizona Cardinals. There you got.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know that that makes sense.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Arizona, Carolina and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Good stuff. That

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Speaker 2: it's that's it for fantasy football. Onto some power rankings

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Speaker 2: when we return. On the other side, was Shooler Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 3: Two wins in a row. They're not the best wins

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Speaker 2: That's gonna be one of those Yeah, circle and watch

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Speaker 3: Sunday Funnybody football. Three or four people were telling me

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Speaker 3: Gotcha.

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Speaker 2: Both teams are ranked.

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Speaker 2: Also, like, obviously we're a little biased. The coolest rivalry

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Speaker 2: Okay, they've got they've got a lot of those. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: He was outstanding. Drake London's playing at a high level.

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Speaker 2: They shirt certainly haven't had any success in the twenty

440
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Speaker 2: first century. Number fifteen, the San Francisco forty nine ers,

441
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Speaker 2: that might be a little rich for my blood. After

442
00:20:49,800 --> 00:20:53,600
Speaker 2: the Warner injury, after the Warner breaks, just keep on

443
00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:56,360
Speaker 2: coming for them, man, I mean Fred Warner and Nick

444
00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,600
Speaker 2: Bosa for the year, right, Like they still have some talent.

445
00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:02,639
Speaker 2: I just mentioned Mac Jones. Credit to him.

446
00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:05,960
Speaker 3: He's really good. I bet Shanahan has He's a starter

447
00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:09,119
Speaker 3: in the league next year. I kind of think he

448
00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:12,199
Speaker 3: might be. He's under contract after this year, but I

449
00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 3: bet they get a third round pick for him or something,

450
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,240
Speaker 3: and more so competing with like a first round pick

451
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Speaker 3: or something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you.

452
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,800
Speaker 2: Know, more so now than ever before. Teams take those

453
00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:25,520
Speaker 2: flyers on those guys.

454
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Speaker 3: Give me Daniel Jones, Donald Baker blah blahlah. You know,

455
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:28,640
Speaker 3: they go to a.

456
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Speaker 2: Gino Smith like all these reclamation projects in the last

457
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Speaker 2: ten years where we used to never see that kind

458
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Speaker 2: of stuff.

459
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Speaker 3: And these coaches and these quarterbacks getting so much smarter,

460
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,440
Speaker 3: they go to a great place to learn. I'm gonna

461
00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,880
Speaker 3: go hang out with Shanahan. That's what Donald did before Minnesota. Yeah,

462
00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:48,840
Speaker 3: I mean he spent a year with the Niners, I

463
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:52,560
Speaker 3: mean Orvey or you know, somewhere like that, so smart.

464
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Speaker 2: Makes a lot of sense. At number fourteen, they get

465
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Speaker 2: back in the win column. Justin Herbert once again looks

466
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Speaker 2: fantastic the LHL.

467
00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:04,520
Speaker 3: I'm cool with that. Maybe they've weathered the storm a little.

468
00:22:04,560 --> 00:22:09,080
Speaker 3: All it's not that far out, but that getting that

469
00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,720
Speaker 3: win late in the game like they did, they would

470
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Speaker 3: be so much lower in this list. If they're two

471
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Speaker 3: and four, no doubt, you know what I mean, no

472
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 3: doubt bury him, They're done. You know. That's how this

473
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Speaker 3: league is. Though that's rough.

474
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Speaker 2: It is a it is a one possession league, man

475
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Speaker 2: number thirteen. After you know that, they come off that

476
00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,080
Speaker 2: emotional win against Kansas City, they fall at home to

477
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Speaker 2: Seattle in a one score game. But Jacksonville Jaguars at

478
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Speaker 2: number thirteen.

479
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Speaker 3: I'm not going to hold that loss too far ahead

480
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Speaker 3: of them. Against them, I'm not.

481
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Speaker 2: I mean, the offense, it was all field goals, right,

482
00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 2: those twelve points. I don't think they scored a touchdown

483
00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,920
Speaker 2: if I'm remembering correctly. But still it's a good Seattle team,

484
00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:51,399
Speaker 2: good Seattle defense. I don't think Jacksonville is gonna win

485
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:53,720
Speaker 2: the division. But I still think they're heading in the

486
00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:54,200
Speaker 2: right direction.

487
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they had a coach and yeah, we'll

488
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Speaker 3: see on Lawrence still.

489
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Speaker 2: But I made the joke yesterday about how or so

490
00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:04,159
Speaker 2: hyperbolic with football because we love it. It's religion, and

491
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,840
Speaker 2: it's not baseball, it's not basketball, it's not hockey. You

492
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:10,320
Speaker 2: get seventeen meaningful games a year. Maybe if you're lucky, right,

493
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,359
Speaker 2: Cleveland's not playing seventeen meaningful games. The Jets aren't playing

494
00:23:13,400 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 2: seventeen meaningful games. I think the Jaguars, they have very

495
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Speaker 2: rarely in their history, played sixteen or seventeen meaningful games

496
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Speaker 2: in a season. I think they're going to play seventeen

497
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Speaker 2: meaningful games this.

498
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Speaker 3: Year, one of the first times in their existence, are

499
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Speaker 3: not picking in the top ten. And yeah, that type

500
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Speaker 3: of thing. I think they're definitely turning it that way.

501
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Speaker 3: So I heard this just today. I knew Lawrence was

502
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Speaker 3: under a lot of pressure. That Seattle front is awesome,

503
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Speaker 3: as we saw in person, but it was one of

504
00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,720
Speaker 3: the most pressured any quarterback has been since like next

505
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:47,120
Speaker 3: gen stats. Oh wow, Yeah, I mean just every snap's ah,

506
00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 3: you'll run for your lot.

507
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Speaker 2: I would explain why they had to settle for four

508
00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:51,119
Speaker 2: field goals and weren't able to find the back of

509
00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 2: the end zone. Number twelve, This is a little too

510
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:56,840
Speaker 2: rich for my blood. The Washington commanders me too.

511
00:23:57,119 --> 00:23:59,639
Speaker 3: But the names we just mentioned that aren't blowing me

512
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Speaker 3: away to be ahead of them either.

513
00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:03,400
Speaker 2: They're not. And listen, I get it, like Washington had

514
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,879
Speaker 2: that game literally in their hands last year, whether they

515
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:12,560
Speaker 2: fumbled it away a sloppy exchange there with with Jaylen Daniels.

516
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:15,440
Speaker 2: And I'm not saying I would bury this team.

517
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Speaker 3: But I know I've never been super high on them

518
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,879
Speaker 3: all year. But the teams around them aren't blowing my

519
00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:20,680
Speaker 3: doors off either.

520
00:24:20,800 --> 00:24:22,240
Speaker 2: They're not. But I like, I think i'd have the

521
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Speaker 2: Jags and the Chargers ahead of them. I might have

522
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Speaker 2: the Patriots ahead of them at this but they're at twelve.

523
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Speaker 2: I'd have them at fourteen.

524
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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

525
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Speaker 2: Number eleven, they actually fall a spot despite winning a

526
00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 2: sloppy one across.

527
00:24:35,720 --> 00:24:37,639
Speaker 3: The pond there ooh they should.

528
00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,720
Speaker 2: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It's the Denver Broncos.

529
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Speaker 3: At eleven, he was great offenses worrisome. I mean, I

530
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,640
Speaker 3: know your stuff happens overseas, so I don't hold.

531
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Speaker 2: That's been happening to them all.

532
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,040
Speaker 3: Year all year's And what's funny is Sean Payton is

533
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,240
Speaker 3: not funny if you're a Denver fan. But Sean Payton

534
00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,399
Speaker 3: is so good with quarterbacks and it's such a grasp

535
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 3: of offense. He's not letting Knicks do much.

536
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 2: He's very talent, exactly right. That would be worrisome to

537
00:25:01,600 --> 00:25:05,280
Speaker 2: me if I were Denver. A big, one, big kind

538
00:25:05,320 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 2: of measuring stick game this weekend between the Broncos and

539
00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:10,719
Speaker 2: the Giants. Are the Broncos, who they think we are

540
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,160
Speaker 2: take care of a lesser opponent. Are the Giants really

541
00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:15,480
Speaker 2: onto something and knock somebody else off?

542
00:25:15,960 --> 00:25:19,919
Speaker 3: You hope it's not like Broncos Jets if you're Denver fan. Correct,

543
00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 3: I know, wins a win, but it's like we better

544
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 3: than these New York teams or not, you know.

545
00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 2: Correct? Number ten into the top ten for the first

546
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Speaker 2: time this season. Matt up five spots after defeating the

547
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,520
Speaker 2: Cleveland Browns. It's for Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm good with this.

548
00:25:35,000 --> 00:25:35,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

549
00:25:35,680 --> 00:25:37,200
Speaker 2: Compared to the other teams around them.

550
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Speaker 3: I would have them. I had all these teams you mentioned,

551
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Speaker 3: the Washington's and that group. We just talked about for sure,

552
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,160
Speaker 3: I were one of the only four and one teams

553
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:44,600
Speaker 3: in the league.

554
00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:46,080
Speaker 2: I completely agree.

555
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,160
Speaker 3: I are one loss teams in the league.

556
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Speaker 2: I think that this is about perfect for the Steelers

557
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,520
Speaker 2: right now. Yeah. Yeah, number nine, it's the Kansas City Chiefs.

558
00:25:53,600 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 2: They move up three spots after that impressive win at

559
00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,879
Speaker 2: home against the Lions. They've got the Raiders and the

560
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 2: Commanders next, and then they go to Buffalo.

561
00:26:03,040 --> 00:26:04,399
Speaker 3: I has to schedule already.

562
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,240
Speaker 2: They have had a tough schedule already. Okay, hosting the Raiders,

563
00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:10,040
Speaker 2: you're probably not too moved by that one. Commanders is

564
00:26:10,080 --> 00:26:13,560
Speaker 2: gonna be a tough one. Buffalo, of course, always a

565
00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 2: great one. When those two teams get together.

566
00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:18,240
Speaker 3: I know them higher and we talked about who's the

567
00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,639
Speaker 3: best team there. I think that came down to Kansas

568
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:21,480
Speaker 3: City in Indian Apples.

569
00:26:21,520 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: I still don't think it's gonna be a cakewalk for

570
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 2: them in the division. I think the Chargers and the

571
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:25,640
Speaker 2: Broncos are gonna.

572
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:27,000
Speaker 3: They're not going away hang around.

573
00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, but I think Kansas City in the top

574
00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:30,960
Speaker 2: ten makes sense at this point.

575
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 3: Okay, I would have the Colts ahead of them.

576
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 2: We were talking about AFC, Well, there you go, that's

577
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:35,440
Speaker 2: who's at number eight?

578
00:26:35,560 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 3: Oh really?

579
00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,119
Speaker 2: The Colts stay at number eight after they move to

580
00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:43,200
Speaker 2: five and one, a close win over the Cardinals and

581
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,040
Speaker 2: some real uh you know in the next uh the

582
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,880
Speaker 2: next three weeks here, Indy has to go to the Chargers.

583
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 2: They have to go to the Steelers. They've got some

584
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 2: all right, let's see it tight?

585
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:56,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah up here. I mean, if they win those

586
00:26:56,880 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 3: two games handily, it's like whoa.

587
00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:00,960
Speaker 2: It's like, Okay, they are really for real. But what

588
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,080
Speaker 2: I like about the Colts is they have won games

589
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 2: in a lot of different ways this season. Had a

590
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 2: bad week exactly.

591
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,800
Speaker 3: Right, their loss isn't the terrible exactly right?

592
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,720
Speaker 2: Like they You and I kind of talked about, how,

593
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:16,160
Speaker 2: you know, it felt like the last couple of years,

594
00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 2: I think we talked about this yesterday. The last couple

595
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,560
Speaker 2: of years, it felt like the Steelers only had one

596
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 2: recipe of victory, whereas now they have a few more.

597
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 2: It feels like the feels like the Colts have a

598
00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:26,760
Speaker 2: lot of avenues to victory here through the first six

599
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 2: weeks of the season, which I would be encouraged by

600
00:27:29,320 --> 00:27:32,960
Speaker 2: if this were Colts Nation Radio Number seven. It's the

601
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:35,120
Speaker 2: l a rams.

602
00:27:36,280 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 3: Less than impressive against the Ravens.

603
00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,480
Speaker 2: Though less than impressive against the Ravens. Yeah, they came.

604
00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,520
Speaker 3: Out to go overseas, I think, and then get a bye.

605
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,199
Speaker 2: They do, And so they've had a lot. They've had

606
00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 2: a weird like they're traveling to Baltimore across the country,

607
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,720
Speaker 2: then they go home, then they're over to London, which

608
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:54,320
Speaker 2: is a crazy long trip for them. That's what I

609
00:27:54,400 --> 00:27:56,480
Speaker 2: was just gonna say. Yeah, if they should have stayed

610
00:27:56,520 --> 00:28:01,240
Speaker 2: in Maryland, you know, practice at a for a day

611
00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:03,960
Speaker 2: or two, and then fly over to I don't know.

612
00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:06,440
Speaker 3: They didn't. Third, they didn't. I don't know it. That's

613
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:06,960
Speaker 3: a lot.

614
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,119
Speaker 2: Is going to be a big, big loss.

615
00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:12,560
Speaker 3: But they weren't that great against the Ravens.

616
00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,639
Speaker 2: They they're not. They're not crazy impressive right now. I

617
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 2: do still think in the grand scheme of things, they're

618
00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:19,399
Speaker 2: a top ten team in the NFL. Oh yeah, and

619
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,080
Speaker 2: they could win the Super they could win the Super Bowl. Yeah, absolutely,

620
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: I trust them, But right now I might have them

621
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 2: a spot or two.

622
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:27,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not their finest I have the Chiefs had

623
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:27,640
Speaker 3: of them.

624
00:28:27,960 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 2: Speaking of might have them a spot or two lower,

625
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:33,399
Speaker 2: not their finest. Last couple of weeks, down four spots

626
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,200
Speaker 2: to number six. It's the Eagles.

627
00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 3: A week ago I was hesitant to crush them.

628
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,280
Speaker 2: Now lost two games because they lost.

629
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,040
Speaker 3: They won like sixteen out of seventeen, and.

630
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,720
Speaker 2: They lost to the Broncos. Very good team, and it

631
00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 2: was the first time they had lost the game in

632
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 2: ten months.

633
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 3: And team's falling apart. Yeah, but I do think there

634
00:28:51,120 --> 00:28:53,600
Speaker 3: are noticeable problems with this team right now.

635
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,520
Speaker 2: Agreed. Yeah, and they had some of this at this

636
00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 2: point last year, but it feels like there's some more

637
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 2: smoke to that fire this time around.

638
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:05,480
Speaker 3: I like Hurts, and I'm hard on him because I

639
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 3: think he has to play a certain way, more so

640
00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:09,440
Speaker 3: than the other top quarterbacks.

641
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 2: And as much as you say that and here comes

642
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 2: here comes everyone from Philadelphia to bite your head off,

643
00:29:14,680 --> 00:29:17,080
Speaker 2: it's just the truth, right, And that's.

644
00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 3: And they should all have Hurts jerseys. I understand that,

645
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 3: you know, I.

646
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:21,800
Speaker 2: Understand why they love them. But it's like, if you

647
00:29:21,880 --> 00:29:24,160
Speaker 2: don't have all off season, if you didn't have Hurts

648
00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 2: in your top ten quarterback rankings, my goodness, all of

649
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 2: Philadelphia would descend upon your mentions or your comments or whatever.

650
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:32,840
Speaker 3: And I don't think I've ever had him in my

651
00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,080
Speaker 3: top ten. I mean not far off, but I don't

652
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,200
Speaker 3: think he's ever been in my top ten.

653
00:29:36,320 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 2: I think when you and I did some one of

654
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 2: those exercises leading up in the season, I think I

655
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:42,840
Speaker 2: had him at like nine or ten and you had

656
00:29:42,920 --> 00:29:45,400
Speaker 2: him at eleven. Yeah, he's there, but he is.

657
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:48,640
Speaker 3: He's got a heat like I'll put like Stafford and

658
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 3: Dak ahead of him, which looks better this year, but

659
00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,200
Speaker 3: in the off season, I got a lot of heat.

660
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Speaker 2: I don't think that's even a question right now. Herbert

661
00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,920
Speaker 2: is obviously Yeah.

662
00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,760
Speaker 3: But now you're probably gonna put like the Baker's or

663
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Speaker 3: the World Old.

664
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,640
Speaker 2: And absolutely definitely Baker Absolutely if you're doing this Madden

665
00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:08,120
Speaker 2: style and you're drafting a team from scratch, no doubt,

666
00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:08,640
Speaker 2: no doubt.

667
00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:09,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's not in the thought then.

668
00:30:09,720 --> 00:30:12,920
Speaker 2: No number five. And I again, this is maybe like

669
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 2: the Rams and the big picture, I like them, but

670
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 2: how they're playing right now, I don't love this. It's

671
00:30:17,320 --> 00:30:18,200
Speaker 2: the Green Bay Packers.

672
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, not super impressive against the not impressive team.

673
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,040
Speaker 2: They haven't been impressive since.

674
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,880
Speaker 3: Now basically with a bye and yeah, the tie a right.

675
00:30:28,600 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 2: Number four only down one spot after dropping two in

676
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Speaker 2: a row. It's the Buffalo Bills.

677
00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: Oh, I'd be lower on them. I don't know what

678
00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:40,720
Speaker 3: their receiver injuries entail big picture, but they were really

679
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 3: short on weapons last night. Can kate out and you know, guys,

680
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 3: falling defense is very good.

681
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 2: No, it's not.

682
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 3: It's not going to get better.

683
00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:53,280
Speaker 2: They are another one of those teams that don't seem

684
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 2: to be in a good place right now. And it's hey,

685
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:57,360
Speaker 2: it's October. I mean they got plenty of We're still

686
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:58,880
Speaker 2: two weeks away from Halloween.

687
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Speaker 3: And they'll be in the playoff, yes, you know, and

688
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,560
Speaker 3: that's all that matters to this team.

689
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 2: But Josh Allen looks about as frustrated as we've ever

690
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:06,120
Speaker 2: seen him, right.

691
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 3: And he's as cool as calm as it gets. But

692
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,320
Speaker 3: he could just tell it like, come man, give me

693
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 3: a little help.

694
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,000
Speaker 2: A little bit, a little bit here. Number three up,

695
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 2: two spots. Highest we've seen them this season, Seattle Seahawks. Yes,

696
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: I don't hate it.

697
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,560
Speaker 3: I don't hate it. I have them ahead of the

698
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,880
Speaker 3: Eagles and the Bills, and.

699
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:27,080
Speaker 2: That's an They go into four and one Jacksonville, Yeah,

700
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 2: one o'clock West Coast to the East Coast game and

701
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 2: they don't let that Jags team find the back of

702
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 2: the end zone. The two losses are both very good losses.

703
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:41,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's no bad moments. Darnold's for real smith and

704
00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:44,920
Speaker 3: Jagba is a star. The defense is great and I

705
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,719
Speaker 3: was a little hesitant to give him credit, like when

706
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:50,720
Speaker 3: we previewed Seattle at Pittsburgh. But them going on the

707
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 3: roads real total, right, it's an organization.

708
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 2: It goes back to Pete Carroll. Whatever they're doing. They

709
00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 2: know how to travel across the country and win games

710
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:02,480
Speaker 2: like nobody else.

711
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 3: McDonald only lost one road game last year. I'm let

712
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 3: alone the cross country stuff anywhere.

713
00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 2: Right, you know, right, it's crazy impressive. How how they

714
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 2: pulled that off? Number two, only down one spot after

715
00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:19,400
Speaker 2: falling at Arrowhead Stadium. It's the Detroit Lions.

716
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we talked a little about that game.

717
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 3: That really difficult situation to go in and beat the

718
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:29,200
Speaker 3: Chiefs in a kind of a desperate time for them.

719
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 3: It wasn't their finest moment. But I'm not like, oh

720
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 3: the Lions look terrible. No, I've been there. Still.

721
00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 2: The top two might be a little rich for my blood,

722
00:32:36,880 --> 00:32:37,920
Speaker 2: but there's still Tom five.

723
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,080
Speaker 3: But also it's tough to wind an hour and a half.

724
00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 3: It don't know who's good in the least to right

725
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 3: ahead of them.

726
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,760
Speaker 2: Like all these teams in the top ten, they.

727
00:32:45,760 --> 00:32:47,440
Speaker 3: All got something wrong with them. They can't put the

728
00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,720
Speaker 3: Bills or Eagles ahead of them the way they're both playing.

729
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 2: You know, it's a tough week to be doing power ranking.

730
00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:53,959
Speaker 2: It is the top except for I think number one

731
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:55,840
Speaker 2: is pretty clear at this point. It's the Tama Bay Buccaneers.

732
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they would be my one, especially the.

733
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,200
Speaker 2: Way they're playing in the face of a lot of

734
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,600
Speaker 2: key injuries. I think they have to be number one

735
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,640
Speaker 2: right now. Five and one.

736
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 3: Would they be favored at home against any team in

737
00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:14,440
Speaker 3: the league right now? Probably probably, Yeah, Kansas City or

738
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 3: Buffalo or Philly or who.

739
00:33:16,040 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 2: Would all be interesting conversations, and they might be a

740
00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,320
Speaker 2: one and a half point favorite, right right. But yeah,

741
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 2: I think so.

742
00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:24,240
Speaker 3: I think so, even with the injuries, because they're proven

743
00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 3: that they're good.

744
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:27,840
Speaker 2: I think so at home is the kicker. But yes,

745
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 2: I think so. I think so. Now if they went

746
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:33,000
Speaker 2: on the road to Detroit, they're somewhere like that. Yeah,

747
00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 2: probably a point and a half dog, not a massive spread.

748
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:38,040
Speaker 3: But at Kansas City, they might be a dog.

749
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,000
Speaker 2: Like you and I have discussed, this has to be

750
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,680
Speaker 2: a week to week thing. That's the point of power rankings,

751
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:46,880
Speaker 2: and right now, right now, this year, more than ever,

752
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:50,360
Speaker 2: absolutely top right now, I think it's Tampa. Yeah, I'm

753
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 2: cool with that.

754
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,000
Speaker 3: Wouldn't shock me. This is the only time they're won. Absolutely,

755
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:55,520
Speaker 3: but that's still one.

756
00:33:55,720 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 2: Absolutely This coming Monday Night Bucks at Lions, Monday Night football, Baby,

757
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,880
Speaker 2: that's that's gonna be. They'll probably be a one one

758
00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 2: and a half point dog. We'll obviously talk about that

759
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 2: on on Monday's show. We don't talk about it Monday

760
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:14,360
Speaker 2: because it's Monday night.

761
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:16,600
Speaker 3: I didn't realize you said. I thought that was a

762
00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:17,120
Speaker 3: weekend game.

763
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,160
Speaker 2: That's Monday. We've had some good Monday night football games.

764
00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 2: That's great and yeah, but again this week do we

765
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:24,279
Speaker 2: I'll take it.

766
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 3: I think I'll get another early one Sunday.

767
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,840
Speaker 2: And I know a lot of people don't like it

768
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,400
Speaker 2: because you got two kind of conflicting games in primetime.

769
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,359
Speaker 3: It's easier for me to pay more attention to those

770
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,360
Speaker 3: four teams than it is if one of them is

771
00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 3: an extra one o'clock game.

772
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 2: Exactly right, I told you this before it gets me

773
00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 2: out of bedtime with the kids a little bit earlier,

774
00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 2: which is fine, well bonus, and like, hey, get a

775
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: second TV and watch them both at the same time.

776
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 3: iPad sitting here in a TV on It wasn't that

777
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 3: hard to got a.

778
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Speaker 2: Big screen, and then I got a smaller TV that

779
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:49,880
Speaker 2: we sit right next to it.

780
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 3: In these types of situations, halftime, I flip them, you

781
00:34:52,680 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 3: know whatever.

782
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 2: Final segment on the other side. More Steelers Bengals thoughts,

783
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 2: some Steelers Bengals predictions. We'll get into all of that.

784
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:01,840
Speaker 2: When we were turn to close this thing down. Bless Wheeler.

785
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 2: Matt Williams sent it's the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio

786
00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:05,560
Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network.

787
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,960
Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

788
00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

789
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 2: Here we go down the home stretch. Final segment, some

790
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:42,160
Speaker 2: final thoughts and predictions for Stellars and Bengals. Of course,

791
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Speaker 2: eight point fifteen in primetime Thursday night. Here reminder Aaron

792
00:35:48,800 --> 00:35:51,919
Speaker 2: Rodgers nine to one in divisional play on Thursday nights

793
00:35:51,960 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 2: in his career thirteen and six overall pretty good. Hopefully

794
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:58,440
Speaker 2: that will be enough to get the Steelers over the

795
00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 2: line to get Mike Tomlins first road Thursday night divisional

796
00:36:03,440 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 2: win of his.

797
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,160
Speaker 3: It's a lot of caveatso it is road Thursday.

798
00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,240
Speaker 2: Thursday on the road against the division phone.

799
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Speaker 3: In October and e leap year, you know, but it does.

800
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Speaker 2: Matter in residential election right right right right in the

801
00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:19,160
Speaker 2: in the winter Olympics year.

802
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,360
Speaker 3: Mat it does matter though I'm uploading it up.

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00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:25,920
Speaker 2: Oh no, for sure, absolutely, I'm sure that's something he's

804
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 2: probably tired of hearing broad up you know, every couple

805
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 2: of years as well too, and wants to get that

806
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 2: uh moving in a different direction. Matt.

807
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,239
Speaker 3: This is a weird one for It's terrible for like

808
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:38,680
Speaker 3: matchups the breakdown, it wouldn't even be.

809
00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:40,879
Speaker 2: Five Star Friday this week. It'd be like five star

810
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 2: Thursday or five Star Wednesday, I guess yeah. But everyone

811
00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:48,120
Speaker 2: knows Jamar Chase against whoever's lined up against him is

812
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,920
Speaker 2: a huge match up. T Higgins as well to huge mans.

813
00:36:50,960 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 3: Higgins worries me to no end, you know, just because

814
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:57,279
Speaker 3: Flacco will throw jumpall to that guy exploded.

815
00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:57,880
Speaker 2: He did it against the Packers.

816
00:36:58,080 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 3: Did that video today. I'm like, that's sleeping giant things.

817
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,800
Speaker 3: The Chase was really good. They fed Chase. Chase is

818
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:07,400
Speaker 3: always open. Chase is great, much like Jefferson in the

819
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 3: Dublin game. But Higgins is great and Flacco is a

820
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 3: perfect quarterback for him. Now he'll probably be on Porter

821
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 3: or Rams, gonna be on a good corner, sure, but

822
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:17,880
Speaker 3: you know he's still scary.

823
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 2: You know Jamar Chase is going to get his. What

824
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,759
Speaker 2: you can't do is let t Higgins run wild at

825
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,360
Speaker 2: the same time. Yeah, yeah, that's that's kind of I

826
00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:30,239
Speaker 2: think the kicker. It's like you knew Justin Jefferson was

827
00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 2: gonna get his. You couldn't let Jordan Addison run wild,

828
00:37:32,880 --> 00:37:36,399
Speaker 2: you know type type thing. And other than that one

829
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 2: busted play at the end of the.

830
00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 3: Game, he did, they didn't.

831
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:42,640
Speaker 2: There was one a very good job in that regard, uh, Matt,

832
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,600
Speaker 2: any other I mean, they're banged up on the offensive line.

833
00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 2: We don't know about Trey Hendrickson's status, But is there

834
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,880
Speaker 2: any other kind of match up that sticks out to

835
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:54,880
Speaker 2: you that people should be keeping an eye on Thursday.

836
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Speaker 3: Individually, not as much their offensive line. To me, I

837
00:37:59,719 --> 00:38:03,080
Speaker 3: don't like how they play. They're not very physical, even

838
00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 3: like huge Orlando Brown. I think he's kind of shot

839
00:38:06,440 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 3: ze Yeah, his dad was Zeus. You know, I mean

840
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 3: they they have the highest percentage of passing in the league.

841
00:38:15,080 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 3: I mean they're the past heaviest team in the league.

842
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,040
Speaker 3: They don't run the ball well at all. They only

843
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 3: average like sixty yards per game on the ground or

844
00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:25,640
Speaker 3: something really terrible. And yes, because they're losing a lot,

845
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,800
Speaker 3: but Chase Brown used to be a foundation of the

846
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,800
Speaker 3: team and he's been an afterthought and he's starting to

847
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 3: get phased out a little bit and not getting many snaps.

848
00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 3: They're just so they're built to be so Burrow Higgins

849
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:42,479
Speaker 3: Chase centric, which I don't think is the worst build

850
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 3: in the world. And those guys fall on your lap.

851
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 3: I'd rather have be more O line centric. But you know,

852
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 3: and just the biggest piece of that puzzles not there.

853
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,560
Speaker 3: But do you get Flacco on the wrong night? You know,

854
00:38:55,000 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 3: if he had eyes on you, he could. We saw

855
00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,000
Speaker 3: it last year and I think the defense showed a

856
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 3: little bit of signs of life this past week, especially

857
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:08,240
Speaker 3: the defensive front, but it's still not a good group.

858
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:12,359
Speaker 3: The linebackers are really bad and you know, easily manipulated

859
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 3: the secondary. There's guys like Turner that I kind of like,

860
00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:19,240
Speaker 3: but they're a ways away. It's not a very diverse

861
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,279
Speaker 3: scheme and I'm sure Rogers will eat that up. And

862
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:25,879
Speaker 3: I do think the short week really what they've gone

863
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,760
Speaker 3: for to me, and this is taking a team lightly.

864
00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 3: I understand that is can Flaco get hot? Can the

865
00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 3: receivers be unbelievable? That part two is a definite yes, yes,

866
00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:39,799
Speaker 3: And short week on the road in the division, I hate,

867
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:42,279
Speaker 3: you know, like when the when the schedule came out

868
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,280
Speaker 3: and you as soon Burrow, I'm like, that's a loss.

869
00:39:44,400 --> 00:39:44,800
Speaker 3: I hate that.

870
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:45,759
Speaker 2: I hate that.

871
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and that's still part partly out there,

872
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:48,800
Speaker 3: you know.

873
00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,879
Speaker 2: No, it absolutely is. Nothing comes easy in the National

874
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,799
Speaker 2: Football League now, particularly on a on a Thursday night

875
00:39:56,880 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 2: on the road.

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00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:57,680
Speaker 3: Yeah.

877
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:01,040
Speaker 2: I did want to follow up with the Bengal's latest

878
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:06,279
Speaker 2: practice report. Krey Hendrickson has not practiced yet to this point.

879
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:11,640
Speaker 2: I give him certainly a slim chance, but it's looking unlikely.

880
00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,399
Speaker 3: If I'm him, I don't think I want to play,

881
00:40:13,719 --> 00:40:14,440
Speaker 3: no doubt.

882
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 2: Right, especially if we've come to a mutual agreement that

883
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:19,520
Speaker 2: we're gonna move me on. I'm not gonna be here

884
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:21,839
Speaker 2: next year anyways. I'll go to a contender. You'll get

885
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,640
Speaker 2: something in return for me. It works out well for

886
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:24,320
Speaker 2: both parties.

887
00:40:24,800 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 3: Get traded Friday.

888
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 2: Absolutely Shimer Stewart, the rookie edge guy. He first round pick.

889
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 2: He has been a full participant with an ankle injury,

890
00:40:35,200 --> 00:40:37,799
Speaker 2: so it looks like he's good to go. Bj Hill

891
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 2: has not practiced. Mike Geski has not practiced. Tanner Hudson,

892
00:40:42,360 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 2: the other tight end, has not practiced. Good news for

893
00:40:45,120 --> 00:40:47,400
Speaker 2: Amarius Mims. He's been a full participant.

894
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 3: All week, so it sounds kind of hobbled in that game.

895
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 2: Sounds like like he will go.

896
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 3: I'm a MEMS fan.

897
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 2: I I am too.

898
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:55,080
Speaker 3: I know you.

899
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,800
Speaker 2: I know you were a big fan of his selection

900
00:40:57,960 --> 00:40:58,800
Speaker 2: when he was drafted.

901
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:00,640
Speaker 3: He's a goot TJ.

902
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:03,680
Speaker 2: Obviously he is going to get TJ. And Charlie Jones,

903
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,200
Speaker 2: the wide receiver who's dealing with a rib injury, has

904
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:10,359
Speaker 2: not practiced either, So there fourth guy. Yeah, there's kind

905
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:12,160
Speaker 2: of the latest update on the BEng.

906
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,200
Speaker 3: Great Lake Hendrickson is not going to be in the mix.

907
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 2: Same. I think listen, hey, you know what they say

908
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:18,520
Speaker 2: happens when you assume. But I think that's.

909
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:21,279
Speaker 3: Logically for all involved that doesn't make much sense.

910
00:41:21,320 --> 00:41:23,239
Speaker 2: Even if from a health standpoint he thought he could go,

911
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 2: it still doesn't make much sense. Matt Thursday Night, eight fifteen.

912
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:31,000
Speaker 2: Of course, the Amazon Prime game locally, I believe it's

913
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 2: Channel four here in Pittsburgh that's going to carry it.

914
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:37,640
Speaker 2: The Steelers five and a half point favorites.

915
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 3: I have a Steelers winning twenty four ten Okay, so comfortable.

916
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,400
Speaker 3: I think Rogers will do a lot against that defense,

917
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,719
Speaker 3: and I like where the Steelers are at. I don't

918
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 3: see a great I don't see a great guy to

919
00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 3: deal with metcalf. I think the Steelers will run the

920
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,439
Speaker 3: ball pretty well. I think the Steeler OH line will

921
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,000
Speaker 3: be happy with and the defense just is chaos.

922
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:01,399
Speaker 2: Ko.

923
00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:05,560
Speaker 3: You know it wouldn't shock me if Chaser Higgins does

924
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,919
Speaker 3: some good things and you're happy you started them.

925
00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 2: In fantasy'll make a player too. Oh.

926
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,400
Speaker 3: They will will, especially as aggressive as the defense has been.

927
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:15,920
Speaker 3: They'll sting you maybe once or twice. Flacco's gonna hit

928
00:42:15,960 --> 00:42:18,600
Speaker 3: a lot, and I don't think they're gonna drop near

929
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,120
Speaker 3: interceptions and things like that going forward very much. The

930
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:23,879
Speaker 3: defense is for lying around right now.

931
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 2: I am gonna go twenty to thirteen Steelers. I think

932
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,120
Speaker 2: it'll be not as comfortable as Cleveland was, but that

933
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 2: there will be not much doubt from start to finish

934
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:40,200
Speaker 2: who's gonna win. But it'll be a little bit tighter

935
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:43,360
Speaker 2: than we all want. Maybe it's a late touchdown, you know,

936
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 2: Maybe it's twenty to six and the Browns score with

937
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:49,480
Speaker 2: ninety seconds left to make it twenty to thirteen to

938
00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:52,160
Speaker 2: look a little bit better. Yeah, but I twenty to

939
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,319
Speaker 2: thirteen is what I has been sticking to my crawl

940
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,080
Speaker 2: all day. So that's that's what I'm gonna go with.

941
00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,440
Speaker 2: As we both think the Steelers are gonna move to

942
00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 2: five and one. Man with a long week to get

943
00:43:01,680 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 2: ready for a big Sunday Man the hype machine for

944
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,040
Speaker 2: that Sunday night football against the Packers, an extra long week,

945
00:43:08,160 --> 00:43:10,279
Speaker 2: both of those teams take care of business. Would be

946
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:12,439
Speaker 2: the Steelers would be five and one. The Packers would

947
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 2: be what four to two and one? I mean, no matter,

948
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,520
Speaker 2: Rogers and his old team, the two big like with

949
00:43:17,640 --> 00:43:20,399
Speaker 2: the Cowboys, the two biggest brands and yeah, and two

950
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:22,759
Speaker 2: of the three biggest brands in football, it would be.

951
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:26,120
Speaker 2: It would be incredible. So let's get it done and

952
00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 2: take care of business if.

953
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,879
Speaker 3: I have one, would be going into a long week

954
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,799
Speaker 3: would be a magnificent place to be. I don't care

955
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 3: who you played and who you beat, two straight division wins,

956
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:37,960
Speaker 3: just the math of it and the rest of it

957
00:43:38,239 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 3: and all of that, you know. But I mean there's

958
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,520
Speaker 3: the resting of your body, you know, for a huge game.

959
00:43:42,520 --> 00:43:45,080
Speaker 2: No doubt, no doubt. And hopefully when we're back here

960
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,719
Speaker 2: on Friday breaking it all down, that is what we

961
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,680
Speaker 2: will be discussing. Is a victory and a very fortunate,

962
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,359
Speaker 2: very ideal position for the Steelers heading towards the end

963
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 2: of October. But that will do it for today. A

964
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:00,400
Speaker 2: couple people to thank, of course, Chris a Dam for

965
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:05,200
Speaker 2: joining us as always, Tyler V mister t V on

966
00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 2: the video side of things, producing it, making sure we

967
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:11,120
Speaker 2: look handsome on the YouTube. And to Matt Williamson. So

968
00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,319
Speaker 2: I've been trying out these different nicknames with you, right

969
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 2: like Le Magna fiqu and Swiss on Swiss and all

970
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,239
Speaker 2: these different things that dude, I get it, and I

971
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 2: know you and I we spend a lot of time

972
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,560
Speaker 2: talking about mary O Lemeux. We've told this story used

973
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:26,800
Speaker 2: to drive our brother Dale crazy when we'd be driving

974
00:44:26,840 --> 00:44:29,839
Speaker 2: out to Indianapolis every single year, five hours each way

975
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 2: in the car, and Matt and I at some point

976
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,360
Speaker 2: would get into a Mary O Lemieux love fest. I

977
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 2: got one for you. I've been trying to think of

978
00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:38,440
Speaker 2: a nickname, just not even a nickname, but just something

979
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:39,919
Speaker 2: that I can use at the end of the show.

980
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,200
Speaker 2: Is like a little how about the Bard of Bourbon,

981
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,600
Speaker 2: the Bourbon Bard? Something in there? You know what a

982
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,719
Speaker 2: bard is. It's like it's like a poet, like someone

983
00:44:48,719 --> 00:44:51,360
Speaker 2: who's really good with words. You're really good with words.

984
00:44:51,640 --> 00:44:54,800
Speaker 2: You love Bourbon. I think there's something there. We'll workshop it.

985
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:57,600
Speaker 2: You're not loving it, that's all right, we'll we'll we'll

986
00:44:57,600 --> 00:44:59,480
Speaker 2: get back to something better. But for today, he's the

987
00:44:59,560 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 2: Bard of Herban Matt Williamson. Unless you'ller take care, everybody

988
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,799
Speaker 2: will talk to you soon. You have been tuned into

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Speaker 2: the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.