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

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Speaker 1: on you home of the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I am Dale Lollly. He is

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamson and it's a Friday, so we have our

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Speaker 1: final Steelers practice report of the week. UH. Deante Johnson

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Speaker 1: getting in a limited practice today. He is questionable to

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Speaker 1: play on Sunday. He said he's gonnah, there's some pain there,

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Speaker 1: but he'll give it a uh. See how he feels.

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Speaker 1: He obviously limited practice today, See how he feels tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: They'll do the walkthrough and then if it could be

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Speaker 1: a game time decision with him, but I would expect

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Speaker 1: him to play. Naji Harris a full participant today. He's

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Speaker 1: full go, not even listed on the injury report. Malik

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Speaker 1: reid A is limited with a the back issue, but

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Speaker 1: he was a full participant today. Chokes the corps for

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Speaker 1: a full participant today. No injury designation for him. Uh

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Speaker 1: T J. Watt was limited today, has the questionable designation.

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Speaker 1: But this is the same as it was last week.

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Speaker 1: He played through that. Uh and then you get Kim

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Speaker 1: Heyward back at practice today. He was a coach's decision

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Speaker 1: so that wasn't a big deal. And Larry og and

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Speaker 1: Joeb with the toe a full participant today, so wow,

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Speaker 1: hes playing good news. Oh should have said this open show.

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Speaker 1: Wanted to wish my father a happy seventy fifth birthday today.

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Speaker 1: I think he's listening, so t Bone, thanks for everything

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Speaker 1: all over the happy birthday. Yeah about that. It sounds

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Speaker 1: like a good practice report all in all, I mean,

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Speaker 1: not terrible. Yeah, I mean, there are some questionables, but

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Speaker 1: I mean I think all in all, they seem like they're,

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Speaker 1: you know, from AFAR, leaning towards probable more than doubtful,

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean, I mean those could last year,

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Speaker 1: It's weird. Last year, a lot of times Mike Tomlin

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Speaker 1: would upgrade or downgrade guys if they were questionable on

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Speaker 1: a Saturday going into Saturday. I don't think he's done

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Speaker 1: that as much this year. You might be right. I

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Speaker 1: haven't given that any thought, but they're I don't remember

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Speaker 1: many occasions of that happening this year, so I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I always find it interesting how coaches and teams deal

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Speaker 1: with their injury reports. Yeah, over in the raven side

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Speaker 1: of things. We don't have today's injury report yet, but

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Speaker 1: we do have yesterday's um this time yesterday when we

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Speaker 1: did not when we did the show yesterday at four.

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Speaker 1: Uh So, Devin DuVernay was given a second day off yesterday.

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Speaker 1: They called it rest. Two days off in a row

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Speaker 1: with rest of the way I heard it was not

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Speaker 1: wonderful situation for him. That's just not bode well, like

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Speaker 1: that's not just resty. Same thing with Justin Houston, He's

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Speaker 1: an older guy. Was rest, but not you don't get

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Speaker 1: to get two days off and to rest. Uh. Morgan

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Speaker 1: Moses was given to day off yesterday to quote unquote rest.

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Speaker 1: John Harbaugh is just giving everybody rest. Everybody. Um. Lamar

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Speaker 1: Jackson obviously did not practice. Patrick McCary with that toe injury,

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Speaker 1: was also limited again yesterday after being limited. Uh. Marcus

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Speaker 1: Peters given another day off for rest. All this rest

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Speaker 1: is weird. I mean, I haven't studied the Ravens. This

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Speaker 1: is gonna be this is gonna be a way to

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Speaker 1: get around the league injury report to not double rest

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Speaker 1: for a lot of these players that never have never

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Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, you've got something bothering you that they're

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Speaker 1: giving you their quote unquote time off the rest for it.

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Speaker 1: But they don't want to say what it is. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: that's odd. Is that a Steeler game type thing? You know? Maybe? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Darryl Warley, who is another one of their cornerbacks with

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Speaker 1: that hamstring injury, also did not practice again. Kevin Zeitler

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Speaker 1: with the knee did not practice for the second consecutive day.

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Speaker 1: Starting solid guard kind of a big idea, especially with

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Speaker 1: maccary also right, McCary can fill in everywhere. Yeah, I know,

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Speaker 1: you get the Stanley. That's why I haven't brought mc

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Speaker 1: yeteah uh del Shan Phillips with the qualities linebackers limited,

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Speaker 1: linebacker with a concussion limited participant, and Ronnie Stanley with

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Speaker 1: that ankle a limited participant. My hunches, I mean, I'm

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Speaker 1: totally guessing on this Queen. Most reports were good that

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Speaker 1: they think he's gonna play. It's a bruise, it's a

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Speaker 1: pain issue. Um, but he did go off on a

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Speaker 1: cart last week. Stanley, I bet gives it a go,

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Speaker 1: but it seems like every time he does, he doesn't

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Speaker 1: even finish the game or the game like he's always

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Speaker 1: a true game time decision McCarthy's his backup. Um, he's

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Speaker 1: really the only other guy that's at all suitable to

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Speaker 1: the filetle a little of left tackle last week too,

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Speaker 1: you know. I mean that's not what he does. Well,

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Speaker 1: that's for sure. So they have some options. But I'm

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Speaker 1: we're both all right. I Mean, it's been about two

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Speaker 1: years since his injury. It was November of two thousand

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Speaker 1: week and the same week, and got hurt and has

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Speaker 1: never been close. Like six games since, Yeah, and they

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Speaker 1: have not. They haven't been good, good game. So if

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Speaker 1: he plays, it's not like, oh, there's no way they're

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Speaker 1: getting any pressure on him. I think that he might

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Speaker 1: not be the player he was, Matt, we haven't done

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Speaker 1: this in a while. Let's take a look at that

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Speaker 1: Ravens compared to what the Steelers have. Obviously a quarterback,

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Speaker 1: it's Tyler Huntley. We're assuming Lamar. They don't have another

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Speaker 1: quarterback on their active roster. There have to call somebody

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Speaker 1: up off the practice squad. Okay, I assume that's coming.

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Speaker 1: I don't know who that might be, but um edge

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Speaker 1: mean Mike Pursudent and I were actually talking about this

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Speaker 1: last night. They could have a several weeks stretch where

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Speaker 1: with the quarterback edge, I mean, yeah, how about that?

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Speaker 1: They maybe three or four uh at running back. It's

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Speaker 1: Gus Edwards, is Kenyan, Drake, Justice Hill, and the always

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Speaker 1: lovable Mike Davis. So Mike Dobbins was not on the

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Speaker 1: practice report because they don't have to. They don't have

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Speaker 1: He's he's just in his window count him, right, I mean,

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Speaker 1: he's not on the roster right now. I think even

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Speaker 1: if you do count him at this point, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I'm still giving the edge of the Steelers like they

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Speaker 1: could really use Jalen Warn. I mean, they'd be really

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Speaker 1: happy to get someone like that. Might might be able

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Speaker 1: don't think Snell and Edwards are that much different. A

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Speaker 1: wide receiver, Devin DuVernay, James Proche, DeMarcus Robinson, They've got

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Speaker 1: Ellen DeShawn Jackson. They have four wide receivers active wide

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Speaker 1: receivers on the roster. Well, their third guy plays like

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Speaker 1: twenty snaps. Yeah, I mean they don't put three guys

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Speaker 1: Steters get the edge there. But is that the worst

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Speaker 1: wide receiver room in the in the league? Yes, I

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Speaker 1: Claypool would be their one. I mean, de Marcus Robinson's

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Speaker 1: I think he got cut by the Bears, cut by

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Speaker 1: got caught. Yeah, I think you're right. That might answer

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Speaker 1: tell you the end. It's Mark Andrews, Isaiah likely Josh Oliver,

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Speaker 1: tight ends on the ross draft of two of them

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Speaker 1: this year as they have wide receivers. Yes, and they played,

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Speaker 1: I don't know, they probably might play about equal stops.

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Speaker 1: Um get, I still give the edge to Baltimore there.

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Speaker 1: Like he's a good young prospect too. I mean, he's

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Speaker 1: we consider the fullbacks in that category? We could compare fullbacks.

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Speaker 1: It's the aforementioned Ronnie Stanley, Ben Powers at left guard,

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Speaker 1: as rookie center. No, Kevin'sler at right guard, Morgan Moses

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Speaker 1: I like Baltimore's depth a lot better, you know, like

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Speaker 1: I wish the Steelers had a Macari, you know, a cheap,

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Speaker 1: That's pretty close, to be honest with you, it's not

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Speaker 1: a bad line. It's a lot closer than people would

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Speaker 1: have had this at the beginning of the year. That's

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Speaker 1: for sure. That's for sure. I think I'd still go

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Speaker 1: Baltimore and guys like Zeitler. Really, it depends on It

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Speaker 1: depends to me. Is Stanley Stanley or is he gonna play?

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Speaker 1: You know, what's what's going on here? Because if he

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Speaker 1: left tackle. Oh boy, you know I'll take the Steelers

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Speaker 1: line all day long. Yeah, yeah, I would trade their

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Speaker 1: a lot of hope for linder Bomb. I know he's

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Speaker 1: not having a wonder from Zeitler's he was. He came

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Speaker 1: Stanley on the roster The more I think about it, right,

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Speaker 1: because you gotta pay him right. No, I would not

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Speaker 1: make that trade, and more I think about it, Um,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna give the Ravens a slight and edge not

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Speaker 1: not there, but obviously him and Hot over it a lot,

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Speaker 1: and it was tough. Yeah, it's not easy on the

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Speaker 1: defensive side of things. They're lying just a Matta Bouquet.

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Speaker 1: Travis Jones is actually starting for them in those tackle

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Speaker 1: and then Calais Campbell's at the right defensive end spot.

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Speaker 1: Who who the depth guys? I know they wrote Washington

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Speaker 1: and Brent Urban. They only have five defensive linemen on

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Speaker 1: their active roster. Yeah, and they're kind of built like

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Speaker 1: the Steelers that way, though two of those are all

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Speaker 1: I R. Yeah, Matta Bouquet is a problem. He's becoming

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Speaker 1: a very good player, youngest guy in the group. I

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Speaker 1: am not a pass rusher though, No, I would take

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Speaker 1: the Steelers over them because I can. Yeah, none of

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Speaker 1: these guys are are true like pass pass rushers. Gamble

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Speaker 1: at this point in his career is not that. No,

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Speaker 1: the group that I don't know that he would be

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Speaker 1: here or in a lot of buildings, you know. Uh.

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Speaker 1: At the linebacker position, it's Jason Pierre Paul, Roquan Smith,

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Speaker 1: Patrick Queen, Justin Houston. Okay, so they're lumping their edges

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Speaker 1: and off the ball, guys, do we want to go

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Speaker 1: edges separate? So Pierre, Paul and Justin Houston versus what

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Speaker 1: not right now. But as Highsmith maybe I like their

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Speaker 1: nice fit here, like as your slot. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 1: but he's just upgrade from Steven Simms. But that's what

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Speaker 1: he is. Not one. I'm sure they didn't count on

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Speaker 1: that's right, right, right, that he had a lot of that,

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Speaker 1: And yeah, well we liked that Filet a pick really stinks. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he saw the field last week. He may be out there.

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Speaker 1: He sees the field a lot. Yeah, yeah, but I

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Speaker 1: don't know, not for me. Doesn't play real well. But again,

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Speaker 1: him and Linderbaum couldn't be any more different in terms

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Speaker 1: of styles. This is this would definitely be a bad

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Speaker 1: matchup for a guy like Filetle. Again either side, because

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Speaker 1: both Steelers, I mean you're looking at its speed, you know,

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Speaker 1: speed edge rushers. Yeah, they're not big, good drive through type,

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Speaker 1: of them. Yeah, I mean that both those guys have

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Speaker 1: great get offs. I mean I think that might be

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Speaker 1: I'd love to see file against him. I think the

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Speaker 1: Steelish probably with two. Yeah, So we'll see how this goes.

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Speaker 1: But Huntley is the key I think on their side.

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Speaker 1: And obviously, uh, you know, keeping Kenny Pickett from making

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Speaker 1: too many mistakes in this game. You know, it's a

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Speaker 1: hundred consecutive passes without an interception. Um, that's not going

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Speaker 1: to continue. It's the longest streaking currently in the NFL. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: um And I don't think he's being cautious or overly concerned.

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Speaker 1: I think that's done well with it. But this is

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Speaker 1: a team that takes the ball away. It does as

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Speaker 1: I mean. But the Falcons were a team last week

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Speaker 1: they I mean, they can't win. Entered that game with

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Speaker 1: ten interceptions. They've taken the ball away in the secondary.

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Speaker 1: It didn't happen. You know, is going to orchestrate something

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Speaker 1: that Kenny hasn't seen, without a doubt. Without they'll they'll

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Speaker 1: drum up some exotics. Even though they don't blitz like

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Speaker 1: they used to, but they'll show it. They'll show it

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Speaker 1: and they'll do some they'll do some blitzing for sure.

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Speaker 1: It's not like it used to be. Like they'll put

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Speaker 1: they'll put eight guys. They'll put eight guys in the

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Speaker 1: line of scrimmage and in five of them will you know,

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Speaker 1: bail out at the snap and they'll be only rushing

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Speaker 1: three And he's gonna have to see that and read

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Speaker 1: it quickly and get it, you know, um, so can't

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Speaker 1: just be pre snap reads against the Baltimore Raps they'll

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Speaker 1: they'll throw a lot at him and stuff that they

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Speaker 1: haven't put on tape yet. I'm sure. Yeah, it's tough

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Speaker 1: to do that against It's this time of year, that's

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Speaker 1: the that's the problem. But that's the problem with with

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Speaker 1: with this game being so late in the year, Like

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Speaker 1: you're not gonna see a whole lot of stuff that

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Speaker 1: you haven't seen in week thirteen, week fourteen, Right, it

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Speaker 1: is really hard to implement. It was put in a

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Speaker 1: whole new Blitz package or you know, yeah, we've been

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Speaker 1: saving this one all year for the Steelers. Really, maybe

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Speaker 1: you practiced it back in camp and haven't used it

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Speaker 1: and you dust it off. Maybe yeah, uh. You can

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