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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, Steelers Nation. It's the Drive on the Steelers

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Speaker 2: Audio Network. Wes Shuoler and Matt Williamson with you here

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Speaker 2: on a Friday as we rock and we roll and

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Speaker 2: get ready for Sunday Night football. Steelers Ravens, two Dogs,

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Speaker 2: one bone. Matt Williamson, I know that that is a cliche.

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Speaker 3: It's not on Sunday night. That's truth. On Sunday night

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Speaker 3: to enter, only.

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Speaker 2: One can leave his division champs and go into the postseason.

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Speaker 2: It is one of the fiercest rivalries in football. And

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Speaker 2: this is you know, I know that these teams in

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Speaker 2: the twenty first century have met in an AFC championship game,

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Speaker 2: in a couple of playoff games. Other than that, this

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Speaker 2: is you know, this is towards the top of the

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Speaker 2: list I think of most important, most consequential matchups ever

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Speaker 2: between these two franchisees.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's as much on the line as a

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Speaker 3: playoff game. I mean one of them is going home

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Speaker 3: and one of them's advancing. You know, That's what it's

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Speaker 3: come down to. It is a playoff game and it's

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Speaker 3: super cool that it's the last NFL game of the season,

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Speaker 3: the regular season. Well that's a good point too.

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Speaker 2: I didn't really didn't really consider it that way, but

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Speaker 2: you're right.

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Speaker 4: Do you know what else is that day? Derek Henry's birthday.

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Speaker 2: It is his thirty second birthday. I really hate that,

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Speaker 2: but we got to spoil there, his thirty second birthday.

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Speaker 2: I kind of dislike that too.

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Speaker 4: Right, I don't like that one bit.

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Speaker 2: But hopefully, hopefully he'll be heading home on the plane

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Speaker 2: what'll be late Saturday or wee hours of Monday morning,

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Speaker 2: upset that his birthday didn't go according to plan. But

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Speaker 2: that is, Hey, if we're gonna if we're gonna jump

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Speaker 2: right into it and kind of do the scene setter

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Speaker 2: thing here, Matt, that feels like such a storyline.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: I do the quick hitters segments with our buddy Chad

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Speaker 2: Tyson on DVS on DV on Fridays, and it's normally

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Speaker 2: just like a four or five minute segment. It's not

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Speaker 2: so long, and you know, he asked me like a

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Speaker 2: question or two. We get like two or three minutes

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Speaker 2: into it and then I'm like, you know what, though,

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Speaker 2: we probably buried the lead because we're halfway through this

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Speaker 2: bit and haven't said the name Derrick Henry, and I

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Speaker 2: feel like that's the biggest The most consequential player on

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Speaker 2: the football field Sunday night might be Derrick Henry. I

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Speaker 2: would think if he plays well, the Ravens have a

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Speaker 2: great chance to win. If the Steelers can limit him,

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Speaker 2: there might be a direct parallel, And it's doesn't always

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Speaker 2: play out this simple, but it certainly could where you know,

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Speaker 2: Monday morning, you look at that box score for Derrick

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Speaker 2: Henry and if it's high twenties carries, triple digits, touchdown

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Speaker 2: or two, you probably don't have a great chance to win.

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Speaker 2: If it's probably seventy seven yards eighty one yards for

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Speaker 2: Derrick Henry in that box score, you probably got a

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Speaker 2: pretty good chance to find yourself in a favorable position.

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Speaker 3: Because I think the number of carries is going to

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Speaker 3: be there no matter what. Yeah, I mean, I'd be

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Speaker 3: really shocked. I mean, so they don't use him like

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Speaker 3: Christ McCaffrey or I mean, there's times he's on the

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Speaker 3: sideline for a long stretch, passing situations, third downs, et cetera.

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Speaker 3: But this past week against Green Bay, he played a

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Speaker 3: ton of third downs because.

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Speaker 4: They were always in like third and one.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I mean they were so ahead of the chains

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Speaker 3: all the time in that game. If first down run,

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Speaker 3: second down runs were gaining six, seven eight yards over

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Speaker 3: and over and over. And that's what the Steelers need

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Speaker 3: to stop. I mean, he's always dangerous if he can

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Speaker 3: bust the forty yard or run away from people. But

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Speaker 3: if they can stay ahead of the chains over and

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Speaker 3: over and over and keep handing it to him, it's

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Speaker 3: gonna be a long day because eventually he's gonna get

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Speaker 3: his But I do think, no matter what, I don't

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Speaker 3: think the Steelers are capable offensively of just like making

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Speaker 3: this a Keaton Mitchell game right where it's just gonna

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Speaker 3: be throw throw, throw, throw throw. But that also brings

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Speaker 3: me my bigger X factor. I don't think he's an

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Speaker 3: X factor. I think we know what Henry is. I

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Speaker 3: don't think you called him an X factor. But Lamar

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Speaker 3: scares me more and more every second. Yeah, because he's practiced.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he hasn't missed any practice this week. Might

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Speaker 3: we get MVP Lamar? I mean he has not been

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Speaker 2: That would shock me.

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Speaker 3: It would shock me too, But I just wonder like

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Speaker 3: in the first series, be like, oh I remember that guy,

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Speaker 3: and the whole AFC would just gasp and be like,

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Speaker 3: oh no, he's back. You know like that, that to

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Speaker 3: me is a huge wildcard. Is what version of the

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Speaker 3: MVP do we get?

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Speaker 2: No doubt? And you're right, it's not an X factor.

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Speaker 2: That's more of like a wild card or an unknown. Okay,

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Speaker 2: can I can I be a little cynical for you

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Speaker 2: for a minute then if that's if that's your worry,

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Speaker 2: my shoes on the other foot, Okay, as Matt Shimmy's

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Speaker 2: and shakes.

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Speaker 3: If you're watching on UTAX from the Boss, yeah, he's

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Speaker 3: in the wrong spot.

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Speaker 2: TV's got to keep your TV's got to keep you

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Speaker 3: Here. I got two spots. I got this camp spot

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Speaker 3: and I got this camps depends on.

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Speaker 2: Where I'm like the famous camera no camera be and

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Speaker 2: the anchors looking the wrong way, like you could tell

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Speaker 2: someone screaming in their ear while they're trying to hold.

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Speaker 3: Back the curt and tell people how we do things

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Speaker 3: around here.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely, we show you how the sausage is made around

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Speaker 2: these parts. Lamar Jackson practice full participant the entire week

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Speaker 2: that hasn't happened this season. Can I be a little

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Speaker 2: cynical for you for a minute.

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Speaker 3: Oh it could be terrible, Yeah, yeah, please bring it on.

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Speaker 2: I think that's because some of the criticism that he's

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Speaker 2: taken over the last couple of weeks in Baltimore, these stories.

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Speaker 4: I think there's some of that too.

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Speaker 3: And this is his teammates all of a sudden, they're

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Speaker 2: This is one of those Yesterday, you and I gave

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Speaker 2: the the media, and when we say that label, it

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Speaker 2: typically means the the true beat reporter journalists, because like

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Speaker 2: you and I are technically considered media, TVs technically considered media,

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Speaker 2: but we're talking reporters who really break stories in that

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Speaker 3: Like when we go to the combine roners meeting our

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Speaker 3: tags as media, Yes, right, I'm sure if you're a game,

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Speaker 3: it's as media. But there's a big different.

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Speaker 2: It's between what you and I do and what Chris

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Speaker 2: Adamski and Chris Hallick do and what Dale did and

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Speaker 2: what Mike pursued it. Does you know the Jerry Dulax

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Speaker 3: People writing a column every week too. You know, old

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Speaker 3: school Pittsburgh Press.

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Speaker 2: Exactly right, exactly right, and you got to get it

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Speaker 3: Traveling on the train with Babe Ruth and I Ah,

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Speaker 3: I'm with the press. I don't know why you are.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you always got to throw them in there when

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Speaker 2: you're talking about old timey news stuff. For some reason,

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Speaker 2: the cynical nature in my mind is kind of like

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Speaker 2: with the timing of the last couple of weeks. Some

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Speaker 2: of these stories of Lamar's not great in team meetings

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Speaker 2: and Lamar stays up too late playing video games and

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Speaker 2: they're really questioning his commitment to the team. It's always

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Speaker 2: funny how those stories never come out when he's in

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Speaker 2: the middle of a thirteen win MVP season.

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Speaker 4: What he cares. It's a shower shoot narrative.

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Speaker 2: This is where, you know where yesterday we gave our

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Speaker 2: some flax, some grief. Those stories always come out in

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Speaker 2: tough times. In tough times, part of me thinks that.

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Speaker 3: The old dys played videos when he's win the MVP.

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Speaker 2: I bet when I bet three years ago, when Lamar

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Speaker 2: was lighting the league on fire. Two years ago, he

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Speaker 2: was still playing video games. Yes, to me, I think

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Speaker 2: a pushback to some of that, like, Oh, you want

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Speaker 2: to talk about how I don't care. You want to

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Speaker 2: talk about how I don't pay attention, I'm not good

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Speaker 2: in team meetings, I stay up late playing video games.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to be a full practice participant every single

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Speaker 2: day this week ahead of our biggest game of the season. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's I'm a little cynical when it comes to that

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Speaker 2: kind of I get it.

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Speaker 3: I just don't think we have to worry about health anymore.

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Speaker 3: I don't know what kind of player he is at

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Speaker 3: this moment as currently constructed, but it scares me that

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Speaker 3: he's not compromised.

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Speaker 4: Did he look some way.

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Speaker 2: I don't know Saturday night at lambeau Field. Do you

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Speaker 2: think he's looked about as good as he looked all season?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 4: He didn't playing Lambeau Yah. That's what I mean. That's

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Speaker 2: Saying it, because what was their game before that was?

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Speaker 3: I can't remember if you played two weeks ago or not. Okay,

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Speaker 3: I mean Huntley played, Huntley started two games.

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Speaker 2: This year, yes, but I thought one was that one

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Speaker 2: against the Bears all the way back in like October, right, Patriots, ok,

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Speaker 3: So last we saw him, I thought he was getting

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Speaker 3: more spry as a runner. You'd see some bursts here

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Speaker 3: he probably shouldn't have been out there. I mean, sure,

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Speaker 3: people that don't think he's like not into the team

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Speaker 3: or whatever, watch those games because he shouldn't have been

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Speaker 3: to save their season and kind of being a detriment.

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Speaker 3: But last we saw him, I can't remember if that

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Speaker 3: was two weeks ago, three weeks ago, whatever, it was

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Speaker 3: the Patriot game. You started to move around pretty well

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Speaker 3: before getting re injured. That's what worries me is now

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Speaker 3: we have this unknown version of him. I wish I

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Speaker 3: could have watched him last week and been like, man,

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Speaker 3: he shouldn't been out there, But now is he healthy?

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Speaker 3: MVP guy? Or if this game didn't matter, would he

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Speaker 3: not have any chance of playing?

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Speaker 4: You know what I mean?

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Speaker 3: That's I don't know, but in the first series we

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Speaker 3: might figure it out real quick.

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Speaker 2: It's a great uh, it's a great kind of point

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Speaker 2: to raise here in this scene setting opening segment. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: the last time Lamar played was two weeks ago against

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Speaker 2: the Patriots, seven of ten for one hundred and one

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Speaker 2: yards and two runs for seven yards before exiting that

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Speaker 2: game with Tyler Huntley taken over. So that's when he

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Speaker 2: got hurt, right, Yeah, So it's a very interesting point

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Speaker 2: because I'd forgotten completely that it was Huntley on Saturday

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Speaker 2: at Lambo.

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Speaker 3: It's just revitalized and fresh. You know, I give him.

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Speaker 2: I give him more credit in that regard than probably

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Speaker 2: most because he's still in his twenties. He's still you know,

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Speaker 2: it's a little different than Aaron Rodgers, a forty two

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Speaker 2: year old and a fractured wrist, where you know that

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Speaker 2: even if you give him a week off, that's still

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Speaker 2: gonna like he got in Chicago, that's still gonna linger.

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Speaker 2: They're they're the only ones happy that it's a Sunday

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's starting to have that feel to it,

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Speaker 5: And I'm not saying I'm always right, but I feel

437
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Speaker 5: like a lot of times you can really read a

438
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Speaker 5: player when they sign in free agency or after the

439
00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,240
Speaker 5: draft of like who they are as a person. And

440
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Speaker 5: he was definitely one of those guys where he walked

441
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Speaker 5: in the room and when he walked out, we're all like,

442
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,000
Speaker 5: he's awesome, Like we're gonna love him. And I totally

443
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Speaker 5: get why he won the Chief Award. I mean it's

444
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Speaker 5: you know, the ups and downs of the season, and

445
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Speaker 5: he is one that we'll talk all the time, and

446
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,439
Speaker 5: he's even you know, one of those guys some people

447
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Speaker 5: and I respect it as well, will say okay, I

448
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,040
Speaker 5: already talked you know peek. He was like whatever, yeah,

449
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 5: come on, Like, I'll take a shower after this one,

450
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,679
Speaker 5: and then he'll come back out and he'll talk to

451
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Speaker 5: other people. So he definitely has that media savbiness and

452
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Speaker 5: it's not fake. It's just genuine like, hey, you guys

453
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Speaker 5: have a job, we have a job. We were good

454
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Speaker 5: at our job, or we were bad at our job,

455
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Speaker 5: and I'm willing to talk about it with you.

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Speaker 3: And he's his exuberance is on the sidelines as well, right.

457
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Speaker 5: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. He definitely

458
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Speaker 5: if he has a thought, he's sharing it. He definitely

459
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Speaker 5: brings that high energy, everything that you would kind of

460
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Speaker 5: want in your defensive quarterback. In terms of communication, I

461
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Speaker 5: feel like maybe at sometimes you Know or Cam or

462
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Speaker 5: somebody is telling him to tune it down a little bit,

463
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Speaker 5: but good communicator, really just all around great guy too,

464
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Speaker 5: no doubt.

465
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Speaker 2: And I Matt and I discussed it a little bit yesterday,

466
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Speaker 2: but I think there is something to be said for,

467
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Speaker 2: you know, that guy that stands up and faces the

468
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Speaker 2: music when times are good, when times are bad, you know,

469
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Speaker 2: doesn't try and and shy away from it, but instead

470
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Speaker 2: leans into it. He deserves a lot of credit for that,

471
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Speaker 2: and he's certainly going to be a big part of

472
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Speaker 2: the equation on Sunday night against his former team, Missy

473
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Speaker 2: and slowing down. Well, I almost said former teammate, but

474
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Speaker 2: I guess him and Derek Henry never played together in Baltimore.

475
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Speaker 2: But we all saw what King Henry was able to

476
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Speaker 2: do up at Lambeau Field, the hallowed historic grounds of

477
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Speaker 2: Lambeau and Green Bay on Saturday night, Missy thirty six, yeah,

478
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Speaker 2: thirty six, carry for a career high and one of

479
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Speaker 2: the better games of his career, which is saying something

480
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Speaker 2: for how many amazing performances he's had. Matt pointed this out.

481
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Speaker 2: He actually turns thirty two on Sunday, it's his birthday.

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Speaker 4: I don't like that one bit.

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Speaker 5: Oh god, I don't like that at all. I don't

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Speaker 5: We're not getting him a birthday cakes.

485
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Speaker 2: No, that's exactly right. He's not getting Oakmont Bakery. He'll

486
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Speaker 2: be lucky if we get him like a tasty cake

487
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Speaker 2: from from Sheets or get Go or something.

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Speaker 3: But is it you know?

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Speaker 2: But Matt and I talked about this a little bit

490
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Speaker 2: to start. I know it can be simple because there's

491
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Speaker 2: so many X factors key players in this game. But

492
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Speaker 2: to me, I think we'll be able to draw there'll

493
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Speaker 2: be a real correlation Monday morning of what Derrick Henry's

494
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Speaker 2: statline looks like and what the outcome of this game

495
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Speaker 2: ends up being.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I do think so, and I feel like, obviously

497
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Speaker 5: that's how the Steelers have had success against him, even

498
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Speaker 5: when he was with the Titans. If he has under

499
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Speaker 5: one hundred yards rushing, they're five and oh. If he

500
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Speaker 5: has over one hundred, as we know, maybe over two

501
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Speaker 5: hundred getting close to that, they're o and two and

502
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Speaker 5: their offense. Clearly, it does not matter who the quarterback

503
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Speaker 5: can run through him. And you know, even though OC

504
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Speaker 5: was joking this week how at one point Derrick Henry

505
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Speaker 5: was like, guys like, I'm tired, Can I get a breather?

506
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Speaker 5: And they're like, no, get back out there, like we

507
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Speaker 5: need to run more clock and he just he has

508
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Speaker 5: that endurance to do those types of things. So I definitely,

509
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Speaker 5: for sure, I don't think it's a secret the Steelers

510
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Speaker 5: are going to want to stop the run first and

511
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Speaker 5: foremost in order to you know, test Lamar. Everyone's talking

512
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Speaker 5: about he's the healthiest he's been in you know, X

513
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Speaker 5: amount of months and this and that, and he's practiced

514
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Speaker 5: every day this week. He still has to go out

515
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Speaker 5: there and perform. And obviously, if you can stop Dereck Henry,

516
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Speaker 5: you can you can force Lamar into bad decisions hopefully.

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Speaker 3: So the other side of the ball wasn't real hard

518
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Speaker 3: to figure out schematically why the Steelers struggled, and the

519
00:24:55,760 --> 00:24:59,959
Speaker 3: Metcalf absence was felt a great deal. And now Washington

520
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Speaker 3: is not going to be around for this game. Metcalf's

521
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Speaker 3: not returning. Would you expect more targets to go to

522
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Speaker 3: Friarmouth Gainwell, some of those type.

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Speaker 5: Of guys I would hope. So, yeah, obviously you know

524
00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 5: Gainwell gets his targets, whether it's carries or whatnot. I

525
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Speaker 5: do hope that Pat Friarmuth is more involved in the

526
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Speaker 5: game plan and somebody that they can utilize as a

527
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Speaker 5: zone killer, as coach Tomlin always calls him, and just

528
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Speaker 5: the things he's able to do. He's reliable, he can

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Speaker 5: stretch the field a little bit. Obviously, you can have

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Speaker 5: him in there kind of in the Darnell Washington sense

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Speaker 5: of he can help you in your run game with blocking.

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Speaker 5: He's not Darnell by any means, but he still has

533
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Speaker 5: that capability. It's something that you know is kind of

534
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Speaker 5: a knock on him when he came out of the draft,

535
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Speaker 5: but it is something he has really worked on since

536
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Speaker 5: coming here to Pittsburgh. So I think using him a

537
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Speaker 5: lot more would be helpful for a number of reasons.

538
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Speaker 5: And you know, you obviously know DK won't be there.

539
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:03,040
Speaker 5: You hope maybe Calvin I can can go, But obviously

540
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Speaker 5: no Darnel Washington, which really stings.

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Speaker 2: Plenty to contemplate here. As always from our friend the

542
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Speaker 2: great Queen of the Sideline, Missy Matthews, hear her on

543
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Speaker 2: the call Sunday Night with Rob King and Max Starks

544
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,920
Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network, dve your Steelers flagship, all

545
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,880
Speaker 2: those great places. Missy, thank you for the time as always,

546
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Speaker 2: take care and we'll talk to you this weekend.

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Speaker 5: Eric guys, sounds good. Thanks for having me.

548
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Speaker 2: Thanks for being here as always. There she goes the

549
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:37,760
Speaker 2: great Missy Matthews, Queen of the Sideline, and a big

550
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Speaker 2: one on tap Sunday night for the Steelers and the Ravens.

551
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Speaker 3: And it'll be a.

552
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Speaker 2: It'll be a charged up radio crew there, I bet you.

553
00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:49,680
Speaker 2: I'm sure, Oh, Matt Williamson, we'll be ready on Sunday night.

554
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Speaker 2: That's and I know I've told you this before and

555
00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 2: TV and everything, and I'm sure I've even shared this

556
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Speaker 2: on the show.

557
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Speaker 3: Things at times can get a little Monday.

558
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Speaker 2: It can get a little you know, routine, like we're

559
00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 2: we all do this and we're fortunate to do this

560
00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,800
Speaker 2: for a living. But at the same time, it's still

561
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,399
Speaker 2: work as much fun as it is and we're not

562
00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,360
Speaker 2: swinging hammers and laying concrete and crunching numbers and cubicles,

563
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 2: you know, but it can still feel like work at times.

564
00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, But man, at.

565
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Speaker 2: About about eight o'clock on Sunday night, when that ac

566
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:21,520
Speaker 2: DC is cranking at aftersure and the sun's down and

567
00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:22,640
Speaker 2: it's dark and the.

568
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Speaker 3: Towels are waving.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh yeah, that's that's what that's what we play for.

570
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:29,000
Speaker 2: It is as much as we would like this game

571
00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 2: to mean nothing and be at one o'clock and get

572
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Speaker 2: that rest, uh, it is a obviously a huge opportunity

573
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Speaker 2: to write a story that will that will kind of

574
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:39,680
Speaker 2: live in the history of this organization, in this fan

575
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Speaker 2: base and this rivalry here at home on Sunday night.

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Speaker 3: God, who take a break here?

577
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Speaker 4: I have to make a rule real quick.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there were only four more segments of the regular

579
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 3: season now I think of it. That's true. We might

580
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Speaker 3: not be allowed to say anymore. I wish this was

581
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Speaker 3: a rest week. I wish it was at once. Okay, yeah,

582
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Speaker 3: we're done now right, right, we've talked. I mean, we

583
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 3: all know exactly where that is. No more of that,

584
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Speaker 3: no crying over spilled milk.

585
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 4: Right, it happens in the books.

586
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:07,800
Speaker 3: It's in the books. It's done. You can't change it.

587
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,080
Speaker 2: All you can do is focused on the next opportunity,

588
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 2: and it is a huge opportunity for the Steelers. Matt,

589
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:17,120
Speaker 2: the Steelers have named a team MVP that we will

590
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Speaker 2: discuss when we return on the other side. Also, we've

591
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,359
Speaker 2: got to kick around a couple thoughts on the college

592
00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 2: football playoff now that we're into the semi finals and

593
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Speaker 2: seeing some of these quarterbacks that we've been talking about

594
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Speaker 2: all year on a big stage. We'll do that as

595
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Speaker 2: we close down the first hour when we return on

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Speaker 2: the other side with our new rule, All eyes on Sunday,

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Speaker 2: Euler Williamson, It's the Steelers Audio Network.

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Speaker 1: Your tunes about Drive on your twenty four to seven

599
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Speaker 1: home of the Black and Goal Steelers Nation.

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Speaker 2: Radio, closing down the first hour here of the Drive

601
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Speaker 2: on this Friday, as we are looking ahead to the

602
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Speaker 2: final regular season game and a massive one against the

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Speaker 2: Baltimore Ravens. With that, Matt, we started discussing some you know,

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Speaker 2: some team awards and things like that. Yesterday you mentioned

605
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Speaker 2: Patrick Queen Chief Award winner, Derek Harmon, Joe Green Performance

606
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:33,240
Speaker 2: Award winner as the Steelers Rookie of the Year. We

607
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Speaker 2: also know now the team MVP has been named and

608
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Speaker 2: it is none other than running back Kenneth Gainwell. Named

609
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Speaker 2: your team MVP for the twenty twenty five season, voted

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Speaker 2: by his teammates Matt when the Steelers signed him to

611
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Speaker 2: a one year deal this past offseason and went out

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Speaker 2: and drafted Caleb Johnson in the third round, and I

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Speaker 2: think they had picked up Jalen Warrens contract during.

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Speaker 3: Execon I put two more years on, you know, right.

615
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Speaker 2: I don't think any of us envisioned this type of

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Speaker 2: season for Kenneth Gainwell. It's surprising, but I can't say

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Speaker 2: it's undeserved. I mean it is a real testament to

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Speaker 2: the year that he has had to be voted by

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Speaker 2: his teammates as MVP. And I don't think any of

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Speaker 2: us would have guessed this back in July or August.

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Speaker 4: Well, congrats to him.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he's had a tremendous year as both a

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Speaker 3: runner and receiver. And I was when we talk about

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Speaker 3: like Gainwell's year, I always go back to that Dublin

625
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Speaker 3: game because I remember the pregame It's like, Okay, Warren's

626
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Speaker 3: not gonna go. Johnson certainly doesn't look ready. And I

627
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Speaker 3: was asked a couple of times, you know, what are

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Speaker 3: they gonna do a running back? Why are they gonna

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Speaker 3: do a running back? And I thought, well, maybe they'll

630
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Speaker 3: just take Caleb Johnson, throw him right in the deep end.

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Speaker 3: There is why we drafted you. We're gonna give the

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Speaker 3: ball bunch, you know. Instead, they gave the game well

633
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Speaker 3: and I really thought that was a one off for

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Speaker 3: him to just be a true belcwal for one day.

635
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Speaker 3: But then he get They kept giving him more and

636
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Speaker 3: kept giving him more and more really every step of

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Speaker 3: the way. So congrats to him. Frankly, I don't think

638
00:31:04,120 --> 00:31:07,080
Speaker 3: he's the most valuable member of the football team, but

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00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:10,560
Speaker 3: so be it. I mean, you know, I probably would

640
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Speaker 3: have given it to Rogers or cam at this point.

641
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 3: But there's a lot of pretty equal candidates considering how

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00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 3: the season's gone.

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Speaker 5: You know.

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00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, there's not a t J.

645
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Speaker 2: Watt playing at a defensive Player of the Year level exactly.

646
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:29,400
Speaker 2: There's not a Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown, you know, all

647
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Speaker 2: pro level performer on the offensive side of the football.

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Speaker 2: I think you're right. I think there's a lot. There's

649
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Speaker 2: probably four or five different guys that you can make

650
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:40,720
Speaker 2: a legitimate, good faith argument for votes, and you're right.

651
00:31:40,760 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 2: In the it's like kind of the definition of the thing.

652
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 2: It takes a lot for a running back to be

653
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 2: your most valuable player.

654
00:31:47,720 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 3: But they probably don't look at it that way. They're

655
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:51,760
Speaker 3: not a team building and don't draft the running back

656
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:52,240
Speaker 3: around one.

657
00:31:52,320 --> 00:31:56,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know Ben only won this thing once obviously,

658
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,840
Speaker 2: just by merit should have won it more than one time.

659
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 3: But maybe he said, why don't you vote for I.

660
00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,520
Speaker 2: Wonder if there was some of that from Aaron Rodgers table,

661
00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 2: you know, like let's let's let's let's give this to

662
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:09,400
Speaker 2: somebody else and it's.

663
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 4: A great honor.

664
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,120
Speaker 3: It's a great Rogers has had a lot of honors,

665
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 3: you know, like I love Kenneth to get it.

666
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: Sure, maybe even someone even someone like Cam who this

667
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:18,280
Speaker 2: would mean a lot to him at this stage in

668
00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,800
Speaker 2: his career, Like he's been an All Pro multiple times

669
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:24,880
Speaker 2: and multiple time and he's Walter Peyton Man of the Year, right,

670
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 2: you know, other than you know, being a Super Bowl champ,

671
00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 2: champion or m VP, is you know, right up there

672
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,080
Speaker 2: with the biggest honor he could get in the in

673
00:32:32,080 --> 00:32:34,400
Speaker 2: the National Football League.

674
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 3: I'm not diminishing what game Well yeah, yeah, no, I

675
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,479
Speaker 3: know what back a little me too? Yeah, like whoa

676
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 3: Really I hadn't thought of that, but I kind of

677
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:42,400
Speaker 3: get it.

678
00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 2: Like, if the second that I walked in this door today,

679
00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 2: you were like, team MVP got announced, who do you

680
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,440
Speaker 2: think it was? I would have said Aaron Rodgers.

681
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,160
Speaker 3: And you would came up with five or six, would.

682
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,320
Speaker 2: Have said and then I would have said Cam Hayward

683
00:32:53,360 --> 00:32:55,000
Speaker 2: and you would have said nope, And then I would.

684
00:32:54,800 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 3: Have been like, hmm hmm, maybe Ramsey is a new addition.

685
00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,920
Speaker 2: Or my first thought would have been like Chris, but

686
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:04,360
Speaker 2: but yeah, right, yeah.

687
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:08,880
Speaker 3: No Lineman or yeah, and it's not bos this year. Yeah,

688
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:09,760
Speaker 3: it's a strange one.

689
00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,040
Speaker 2: It's a strange one, but it's a testament to Kennie

690
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 2: Porter was really good. Yeah, and I think even more

691
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 2: so Matt just it shows what he means in that

692
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 2: locker room, you know. Yeah, because this is voted on

693
00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 2: by your teammates.

694
00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 3: That's my biggest and that's the biggest.

695
00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:27,120
Speaker 2: Takeaway I think, is they really respect this guy's skill set,

696
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 2: his work ethic and what he's what he's meant to

697
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:30,800
Speaker 2: this team this year.

698
00:33:30,880 --> 00:33:33,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, and I do want to have these conversations today. Again,

699
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,560
Speaker 3: we're running out of real estate in the regular season,

700
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,280
Speaker 3: but bringing him back makes a lot of sense too.

701
00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 3: You know, maybe this goes a long way to him

702
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,160
Speaker 3: saying I want to come back, you know, I.

703
00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,080
Speaker 2: Think so, and hey maybe that maybe that's even part

704
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: of it. But yeah, that'll be something that we will

705
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 2: certainly discuss within.

706
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 3: His role this weekend's big though, Hug he ended up

707
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:55,080
Speaker 3: chipping Miles Garrett probably more than they would have wanted.

708
00:33:55,440 --> 00:33:57,360
Speaker 3: That doesn't mean you can't catch passes, but I bet

709
00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:00,880
Speaker 3: they design more stuff for him in the passing game,

710
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:02,800
Speaker 3: you know, true slot stuff.

711
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:03,040
Speaker 4: Things like that.

712
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 3: I'm hoping that's the case. I mean too, and like

713
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:08,080
Speaker 3: we mentioned, Missy, I really think it has to be

714
00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:09,400
Speaker 3: a friar move game. It has to.

715
00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:12,760
Speaker 2: And that's that's clear to me, Matt if you're listing,

716
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,440
Speaker 2: if you're listening listing, you know, asking me to go

717
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,719
Speaker 2: up to the grease board and write down who gets

718
00:34:17,760 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 2: the most touches? Yeah, who's gonna eat the most on

719
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,239
Speaker 2: this offense Sunday.

720
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:22,880
Speaker 3: Night where we're divvying up the football, I think I

721
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 3: go war and one, Yeah, Friar Mouth too, Kenneth gain

722
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 3: Well three and then there's a there's a clear.

723
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:29,560
Speaker 4: Then I don't know who's next.

724
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 2: There's a clear. I think top Trio and like those

725
00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:33,400
Speaker 2: three are on the podium.

726
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:35,920
Speaker 4: Those are going to be you ever gets the bold.

727
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 2: Silver, the bronze. Okay, we could split hairs, but I

728
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,040
Speaker 2: want those three on the podium Sunday night.

729
00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,440
Speaker 3: I think so too, because I think Frankly Austin's a

730
00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 3: bit of a wild card. But I mean, those are

731
00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,840
Speaker 3: the guys getting the football. I mean, I guess I

732
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 3: could picture a world where Thieland gets eight targets, but

733
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 3: not if they play a lot of man coverage. That's

734
00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 3: more of a zone beater type guy. You know you're

735
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,359
Speaker 3: running out of guy's pretty quick. No, No, Washington. I'm

736
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,560
Speaker 3: sure Johnny's myth will get a carry or two and

737
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:03,799
Speaker 3: a target or two or a screen or two, but

738
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 3: I would much rather feed Firemooth agreed.

739
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 2: Agreed, And that's something we'll talk a little bit more about,

740
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 2: specifically when we do a little five Star Friday here

741
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 2: to kick off hour number two and talk some some

742
00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:23,319
Speaker 2: matchup specific developments. Matt, Yeah, so that'll that kind of

743
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,080
Speaker 2: does it for the Kenneth Gainwell just wanted to make

744
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,600
Speaker 2: sure to mention, I mean, obviously it's team MVP. It's

745
00:35:27,600 --> 00:35:31,399
Speaker 2: significant news. First offensive team MVP for the Steelers since

746
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen. Now it's been TJ. Watt five of the

747
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,879
Speaker 2: last six, which may which makes a ton of sense.

748
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,399
Speaker 2: But if you would have asked, this is another one

749
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:41,919
Speaker 2: of those like if I walked in the door today

750
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 2: and you were like, who won team MVP? Would have

751
00:35:43,920 --> 00:35:45,920
Speaker 2: taken me a few guesses to get there. Who was

752
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 2: the last Steelers offensive team MVP? Was Juju Smith Schuster

753
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,520
Speaker 2: back in twenty eighteen? I might have guessed AB or

754
00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 2: Ben or somebody like that. But Juju had a monster

755
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 2: season obviously in twenty eighteen.

756
00:35:58,400 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 4: Was that his second year?

757
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 2: That was his second year. That was the year that

758
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 2: him and A B both had outstanding years. He actually

759
00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 2: had more receiving yards than AB that year. And that

760
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:13,200
Speaker 2: was the last Super years, Yes, yes, that was. That

761
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:16,480
Speaker 2: was the last year that AB and uh And and

762
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 2: lev Bell were members of the Pittsburgh Steelers as well,

763
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 2: and Juju was still abeled to to win that award

764
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 2: after an outstanding sophomore campaign. Speaking of outstanding campaigns, how

765
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 2: about the Indiana Hoosiers, Matt Williamson, how's that? How's that

766
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:35,200
Speaker 2: for a transition for you? I'm locked into Mendoza number

767
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 2: one now, as I don't think there was much. I

768
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 2: don't think there was much left, but after what he's

769
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 2: done in these last two games, there there was some

770
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 2: of that, you know, okay, as he really played the

771
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:47,719
Speaker 2: greatest competition and yeah, they went to Oregon and won

772
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 2: earlier in this season. But he wasn't he wasn't terrible,

773
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 2: but he wasn't outstanding in that game either. But after

774
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 2: what he did to an Ohio State defense that you

775
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,279
Speaker 2: know in the Big Ten championship game that's gonna have

776
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 2: two or three guys drafted in the first round alone

777
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:03,480
Speaker 2: on it.

778
00:37:03,360 --> 00:37:05,840
Speaker 3: With a lot of NFL concepts from a former NFL

779
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:07,120
Speaker 3: defense coordinator too.

780
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 2: And kind of same thing with Alabama here. I mean

781
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,840
Speaker 2: I expected Indiana to win, but thirty eight to three, Matt,

782
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:14,280
Speaker 2: I mean.

783
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 3: It seemed like it was over at the end of

784
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,240
Speaker 3: the first quarter. It's like, this is not even close.

785
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:20,719
Speaker 3: And I did not see that coming out.

786
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 2: I didn't see that coming at all. And it's an

787
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,520
Speaker 2: incredible testament to Kurt Signetti in that IU program and

788
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:32,480
Speaker 2: to Mendoza. I think they are certainly the team to

789
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 2: beat without a doubt.

790
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:34,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, if they finished the.

791
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,120
Speaker 4: Show, State no longer in the mix. I would think.

792
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 2: There Georgia's out of the equation. I mean, they Oregon

793
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 2: is going to be a big game, and that's who

794
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 2: they've got in the semi final. But man, I was

795
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:49,720
Speaker 2: I came away from that just crazy impressed by Iu

796
00:37:50,239 --> 00:37:52,800
Speaker 2: and Mendoza. I mean he only threw the ball sixteen times,

797
00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:55,319
Speaker 2: but fourteen of sixteen for one hundred and ninety two,

798
00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,920
Speaker 2: three touchdowns, no turnovers, and then sixteen yards on the

799
00:37:58,920 --> 00:38:01,280
Speaker 2: ground with his legs two to earn a couple first downs,

800
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:07,520
Speaker 2: and and things like that, some really nice tight window throws. Listen,

801
00:38:07,560 --> 00:38:09,800
Speaker 2: a lot can happen between now and the end of April.

802
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,279
Speaker 2: When you know, when when Roger Goodell will read that

803
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:14,680
Speaker 2: first overall pick, you know, just a few miles from

804
00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:16,160
Speaker 2: where you and I sit right now.

805
00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:18,800
Speaker 4: More beats him and goes crazy.

806
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 3: That that to me is like the only way that

807
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 3: it's fair point that changes, you know, right.

808
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: Certain, and again a lot can change between now and then.

809
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,600
Speaker 3: But but he's why far the odds on favored.

810
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:32,239
Speaker 2: He is by he's got to be you know, I

811
00:38:32,280 --> 00:38:35,399
Speaker 2: think that that that makes a ton of sense. And

812
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:39,600
Speaker 2: uh yeah, it will be uh Indiana against Oregon on

813
00:38:39,719 --> 00:38:42,960
Speaker 2: January ninth. Here in a few days here in about

814
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,960
Speaker 2: seven days, which college question for you?

815
00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:48,000
Speaker 3: If I gave you Indiana or the field to win

816
00:38:48,040 --> 00:38:50,600
Speaker 3: it all, who would you take?

817
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:50,839
Speaker 4: Now?

818
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,400
Speaker 3: Like, definitely you wouldn't you had taken the field a

819
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,840
Speaker 3: couple of days ago? Sure? Yeah, yeah, I mean Ohio

820
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 3: State was still alive and you know, oh Man, you

821
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:00,600
Speaker 3: either got some about of fifty fifth proposition.

822
00:39:00,640 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 2: I think that's about a fifty fifty proposition. I think

823
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 2: Organ's very good. Yeah yeah, not the Miami and Old

824
00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 2: Miss aren't sure, but this Organ Indiana game kind of

825
00:39:08,520 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 2: feels like that.

826
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 3: I think Indiana is pretty happy about some of the

827
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,319
Speaker 3: team's gonna eliminate.

828
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:16,359
Speaker 2: It absolutely absolutely Ohio State and Georgia, I mean being

829
00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 2: out is like, again, you're not looking at Miami and

830
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 2: Old Miss like that's an easy matchup. But I think

831
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:22,879
Speaker 2: if you're Indiana, if.

832
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 4: You're deep in the college playoffs, that's kind of an

833
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 4: easy matchup. Yeah.

834
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 3: Yeah, sure.

835
00:39:27,440 --> 00:39:29,239
Speaker 2: It's like we get to we get to play Organ

836
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 2: in a neutral site, who we beat at their stadium.

837
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:33,520
Speaker 2: Albeit that was a few months ago. It's not like

838
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:34,240
Speaker 2: that was recently.

839
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:36,759
Speaker 4: When's this game?

840
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:36,960
Speaker 5: Right?

841
00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 2: No, Indiana is a four point favorite open. I think

842
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:42,040
Speaker 2: that sounds about right.

843
00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:43,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I knew they'd be favored, but I didn't think

844
00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:44,359
Speaker 4: it'd be a.

845
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:47,960
Speaker 2: Touchdown this though, and did not exist. But we can

846
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:50,680
Speaker 2: go here. You know, we've said with Buffalo a few times,

847
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 2: like it's not their best team, but it's kind of

848
00:39:53,040 --> 00:39:54,080
Speaker 2: starting to feel like it might be.

849
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:55,480
Speaker 3: Lining up to be their year.

850
00:39:55,600 --> 00:39:58,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, feeling that a little bit for organ They I

851
00:39:58,520 --> 00:39:58,960
Speaker 2: can see that.

852
00:39:59,080 --> 00:40:00,480
Speaker 4: Okay, they they.

853
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 2: Beat Texas Tech twenty three to nothing. That game could

854
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 2: have been fifty to nothing if Texas Tech's defense didn't

855
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:07,960
Speaker 2: play the way that they did.

856
00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:09,360
Speaker 4: Okay, it was six.

857
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,480
Speaker 2: Nothing Oregon at halftime. Oregon had run like forty four plays.

858
00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,680
Speaker 2: Texas Tech could run like thirteen. I mean it was

859
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,840
Speaker 2: Texas Tech turned the ball over twice. Yeah, the yardage difference,

860
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,799
Speaker 2: I mean, it was that whole time of possession and

861
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,759
Speaker 2: all that stuff that we talk about to the end.

862
00:40:23,880 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 2: Degree and twenty three nothing is a blowout, but I

863
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 2: mean it could have been forty eight nothing.

864
00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 4: Really wasn't a better game.

865
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, Oregon, you know, didn't have to play in the

866
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: Big Ten Championship, which in a weird way was almost

867
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,200
Speaker 2: a benefit for Ohio State last year. You know, Ohio

868
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,280
Speaker 2: State last year had to sit there and watch Oregon

869
00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:43,680
Speaker 2: and Penn State play for the Big Ten Championship, and

870
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,239
Speaker 2: they got to lick their wounds, and they got to

871
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:48,040
Speaker 2: sit there and kind of stew and be angry and

872
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,879
Speaker 2: prepare for that game. And then Ohio State went and

873
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 2: blew out Oregon. Yeah, it's kind of what Oregon. Did

874
00:40:53,239 --> 00:40:56,560
Speaker 2: you know Oregon was, despite being one of the you know,

875
00:40:56,680 --> 00:40:58,720
Speaker 2: best teams in the country, top five in the country,

876
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:00,839
Speaker 2: they sit home and watch Indiana in Ohio State play

877
00:41:00,880 --> 00:41:03,240
Speaker 2: the national championship game. They get to lick their wounds,

878
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,000
Speaker 2: They get that messaging from their coaching staff for three

879
00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,239
Speaker 2: weeks of like, you know, like you guys are better

880
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 2: than this, you guys are and they go out there

881
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,560
Speaker 2: and they, I mean, they made Texas Techs offense look

882
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:16,320
Speaker 2: like they it was the first day of summer practice.

883
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: I mean, they could not get anything going.

884
00:41:18,520 --> 00:41:20,600
Speaker 3: And maybe you mentioned this, but a lot of people are,

885
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:23,319
Speaker 3: at least I've heard say next year is Oregon's year.

886
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,719
Speaker 2: I think so. But now what happens with the quarterback

887
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 2: is obviously a big part of that. Yeah, yeah, I

888
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:32,040
Speaker 2: think now Dante Moore's going to the NFL.

889
00:41:32,360 --> 00:41:34,040
Speaker 3: It doesn't seem like there's much competition at the top

890
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:35,600
Speaker 3: of the draft. Just because you can be a top

891
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:36,560
Speaker 3: five pick, you should go.

892
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:38,200
Speaker 2: If you're his agent and you're like, you're gonna be

893
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 2: a top five pick. At worse you'll be seventh or eighth. Yeah, yeah,

894
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 2: it's like how much better can you really get, you know,

895
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 2: by staying another year. But Oregon's a relatively young roster

896
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,120
Speaker 2: for where they're at here, and if Dante Moore leaves,

897
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:54,080
Speaker 2: they'll go and get Sam Levitt or DJ Lacks one

898
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,000
Speaker 2: of these big names out of the portal. Absolutely, and

899
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,360
Speaker 2: I really think next year Orgon could be even better.

900
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,839
Speaker 2: But yeah, we'll still we'll talk about these games get

901
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:06,080
Speaker 2: closer and closer. But whoever wins that Oregon Indiana game.

902
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 2: And I don't mean this is disrespect to Old Miss

903
00:42:08,040 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 2: in Miami, because I think they're both very good, But

904
00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:15,480
Speaker 2: that's starting to feel like the de facto leader in

905
00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 2: the Clubhouse Championship game.

906
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:19,680
Speaker 4: That Georgia was fun, though.

907
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 2: I was gonna say I if I was wearing a

908
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,359
Speaker 2: hat like I to use the Hines wardline, you gotta

909
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:27,960
Speaker 2: take your hat off and give it to them old

910
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:30,319
Speaker 2: Miss for everything that happened with Lane Kiffin and all

911
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 2: the uncertainty there. Okay, they beat Toledo at at home

912
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 2: in the first round, okay, but for them to go

913
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,759
Speaker 2: and play like like that was Tu Lane. Sorry, yes,

914
00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:43,560
Speaker 2: you're right, Tu Lane, Holy Toledo. For them to go

915
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 2: and beat Toledo, which was I just didn't again for

916
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,160
Speaker 2: the beat Tu Lane, which was a team that they

917
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 2: already played earlier this season, familiar with all that stuff

918
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 2: at home. Okay, clearly more talented Tou Lane and lost

919
00:42:56,200 --> 00:42:58,560
Speaker 2: their coaching staff too, so you were kind of on

920
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:01,839
Speaker 2: level footing in that regard. But for them to do

921
00:43:01,880 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 2: what they like that was not a That was not

922
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:07,880
Speaker 2: a fluke win. Georgia turned the ball over. Georgia played poorly.

923
00:43:08,080 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 2: I mean, that was two good teams lining up and

924
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: Old miss outlasted them and kicked that field goal at

925
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,239
Speaker 2: the end to win it. And I don't know if

926
00:43:15,239 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 2: you saw this, but Old Missus athletic director actually caught

927
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,759
Speaker 2: the field goal in the end zone. And he's like,

928
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 2: just Keith Davis, I think is his name? All the

929
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:25,760
Speaker 2: credit in the world to that, Like, you lose, Lane Kiffin.

930
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:27,799
Speaker 2: Now you've won two playoff games and you're in the

931
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:31,280
Speaker 2: semi finals. He's got to be the happiest athletic director

932
00:43:31,280 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 2: in the country. But huge win for Old Miss and Trinidad.

933
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:36,200
Speaker 2: Shambless man, I'm.

934
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,879
Speaker 3: Gonna be more of a conversation, that's for sure.

935
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,360
Speaker 2: I think his conversation is going to be do I

936
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:43,839
Speaker 2: stay at Old Miss and get a huge amount of money?

937
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:46,879
Speaker 3: Well, there's a chance he doesn't give pending is there

938
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 3: is there is something?

939
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,239
Speaker 2: He played the D two route, He went the D

940
00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:52,080
Speaker 2: two route and then transferred and all that's up in

941
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,440
Speaker 2: the air now. Like Diego Pavia, the Vanderbilt quarterback, I

942
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 2: don't know how familiar you are with him, Like he

943
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 2: was able to challenge the NCAA and get an extra

944
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,640
Speaker 2: year of eligibility this year because they ruled that his

945
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 2: year in Juco didn't count or like towards his NCAA.

946
00:44:07,680 --> 00:44:09,440
Speaker 3: So there's there is a lot of it that were

947
00:44:09,640 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 3: weird world. It's a very yes.

948
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,719
Speaker 2: And as I was complaining about with you and TV

949
00:44:13,800 --> 00:44:15,840
Speaker 2: earlier in this week, in college basketball, now we have

950
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,400
Speaker 2: a guy going from the New York Knicks back to Baylor.

951
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 2: Like it's just it's it's such a it's such a

952
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 2: weird world. Uh, but Trinidad Chamble, it's gonna be one

953
00:44:24,640 --> 00:44:26,279
Speaker 2: to keep an eye on and certainly want to see

954
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:28,800
Speaker 2: him against that Miami defense in the semi final.

955
00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 3: And yeah Miami.

956
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 5: Uh.

957
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 2: We talked about this a little bit yesterday because that

958
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,440
Speaker 2: game had or am I getting my timeline confused? We

959
00:44:36,440 --> 00:44:39,040
Speaker 2: talked about this a little bit, talked about yeah, yeah, yeah,

960
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 2: we talked about that one a little bit a little

961
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 2: bit yesterday. But Miami with a a impressive performance against

962
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,879
Speaker 2: Ohio State. So you get Oregon, Indiana, you get Old

963
00:44:47,920 --> 00:44:53,560
Speaker 2: Miss Miami, Matt. All four quarterbacks could be in the draft,

964
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,440
Speaker 2: will be in the draft at some point. All four

965
00:44:55,520 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 2: quarterbacks relevant, a ton of first round picks on both rosters.

966
00:44:59,520 --> 00:45:03,480
Speaker 2: Work keep in an eye on game that So January

967
00:45:03,520 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 2: eighth is oh Miss Miami and then January ninth is

968
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 2: Indiana Oregon. So it will be next next Thursday.

969
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,960
Speaker 3: And Fridayday and Friday, Yes gotcha, uh.

970
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,440
Speaker 2: To lead to lead into the wild card weekend.

971
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 4: Yeah, really good stretch there, Thursday.

972
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:21,720
Speaker 2: Thursday, Friday college football games and then Saturday, Sunday, Monday,

973
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:23,800
Speaker 2: NFL Wildcard.

974
00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 3: Yeah, so I don't love that same.

975
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,880
Speaker 2: Sorry to my wife, it's her birthday next weekend, but

976
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,960
Speaker 2: husband's gonna be pretty busy. Hour in the books another

977
00:45:34,040 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 2: hour ago, Matt, let's jump back into Steelers in Baltimore

978
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 2: when we return on the other side with a little

979
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:42,440
Speaker 2: five Star Friday. As we talked some matchup specifics in

980
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,000
Speaker 2: this Steelers Ravens clash.

981
00:45:44,040 --> 00:45:44,719
Speaker 3: We'll do all of.

982
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:47,440
Speaker 2: That in more in our number two. It is the

983
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 2: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.