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Speaker 1: Thanks for joining me, I will Selve and DS your

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Speaker 1: good morning football headlines from NFL Network. So you know

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Speaker 1: that b NFL expanded the playoff field the seven teams

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Speaker 1: per conference this season, and that number could possibly Ryan's

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Speaker 1: to eight teams each in the NFC and AFC thanks

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Speaker 1: to a new continuency plan unanimously approved by league owners yesterday.

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Speaker 1: Now here's the deal, though, If games are canceled due

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Speaker 1: to COVID that can't be made up before the start

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Speaker 1: of the playoffs, the contingency plan would go into effect

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Speaker 1: with a sixteen team playoff field. Get it, got it good?

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Speaker 1: All right? Well, this proposed scenario would only become a

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Speaker 1: reality if if the league cannot first complete the meaningful

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Speaker 1: games rescheduled in a possible week eighteen all right. So essentially,

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Speaker 1: playoff expansion will only come about as a third option

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Speaker 1: in the event the league can't complete the two hundred

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Speaker 1: and fifty six games season as scheduled within seventeen or

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Speaker 1: eighteen weeks, with the eighteenth week added solely to complete

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Speaker 1: the complete schedule prior to postseason play. Now, according to

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Speaker 1: NFL Network's Tom Pella Sero, owners also approved a resolution

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Speaker 1: that will award NFL teams compensatory third round picks if

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Speaker 1: clubs lose minority coaches and or front office executives to

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Speaker 1: head coaching or general manager jobs elsewhere. The approved resolution

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Speaker 1: is subject to NFL Players Association approval. The Steelers are

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Speaker 1: now the latest team dealing with COVID complications that could

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Speaker 1: possibly possibly sideline several key players, including their team captain,

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Speaker 1: quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. Now the QB was one of four

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Speaker 1: players added to the reserve COVID list Tuesday, along with

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Speaker 1: linebacker Vince Williams, running back Jaylen Samuel's, and offensive tackle

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Speaker 1: Gerald Hawkins. Steelers tight end Vancement Donald was of course

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Speaker 1: added to the list Monday after he tested positive for COVID.

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Speaker 1: The additional four players were deemed to have close contact

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Speaker 1: with McDonald. As for head coach Mike Tomline, he's confident

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Speaker 1: if this squad continues to successfully follow protocols, the players

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Speaker 1: could be eligible to play Sunday against the Bengals. Keep

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Speaker 1: those fingers crossed. It is our desire to participate wholly

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Speaker 1: in the procedure. Those guys will be working remotely throughout

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Speaker 1: the week and testing daily. As long as their tests

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Speaker 1: come back negative, We believe that all four guys have

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Speaker 1: an opportunity to be made available to us on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Some of the guys have more experience than others, and

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Speaker 1: so little lean on that experience. Guys like Ben and

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Speaker 1: Vince Williams man I have an opportunity to suit up

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Speaker 1: and play for us this weekend, and they'll simply work

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Speaker 1: remotely and sharpen their sword in that way. Pittsburgh defeated

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Speaker 1: Dallas on Sunday to remain the league's loan on beaten team.

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Speaker 1: Part of the reason the count was lost is because

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Speaker 1: the team is playing without starting quarterback Dak Prescott. Well

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Speaker 1: owner Jerry Jones, appearing on one five three the Fan

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Speaker 1: radio in Dallas, was as if they hypothetically have a

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Speaker 1: top three pick. Is it crazy to bring up the

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Speaker 1: idea of drafting a quarterback? He asked, Maybe it's crazy

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Speaker 1: to bring the idea now. Entry Yes, he playing games here, guys,

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Speaker 1: but it has stopped the thing to be talking about

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Speaker 1: at all. You know, Dak is our quarterback. Another Cowboys news,

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Speaker 1: they are losing one of the more promising pieces of

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Speaker 1: their defense. This is a huge blow here, people. Rookie

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Speaker 1: corner Treyvon Diggs broke a bone in his foot and

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Speaker 1: Sunday's loss, he's expected to be out four to six weeks.

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Speaker 1: Diggs has started every game this season and leaves Dallas

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Speaker 1: with two interceptions. T Y Hill practicing in full yesterday

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Speaker 1: after missing Sunday's game with a growing injury. It looks

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Speaker 1: good to Thursday night against Tennessee, much to the well

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Speaker 1: the light of Philip Rivers, his quarterback. As for the Titans,

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Speaker 1: head coach Mike Vrabel's main concern is the man throwing

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Speaker 1: Hilton the ball Rivers. You know these franchise quarterbacks that

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Speaker 1: like don't miss games. They're durable, they're available, very productive,

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Speaker 1: and then really just you're not gonna be able to

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Speaker 1: So you know, he knows what you're doing. He's studying,

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Speaker 1: very smart, very accurate with football. So that we'll have

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Speaker 1: to try to find where he said disrupted. The Colts

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Speaker 1: and Titans kick off Week ten Thursday night on NFL

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Speaker 1: into Good Morning Football for my good friend Kate Adams,

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Speaker 1: who will hook you up with which guy Wednesday and

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Speaker 1: she'll make the tough decisions for you. See it'll be easy,

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Speaker 1: you gotta do it. Well, that's this morning from seven

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Speaker 1: to ten Eastern time. We will see you then. And

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