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<v Speaker 1>At least is the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt

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<v Speaker 1>Williamson on your twenty four to seven home of the

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<v Speaker 1>Black and Gold in Steelers Nation Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And welcome to the Drive. I am Dale Lolly, he

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<v Speaker 2>is Ze Matt Williamson, and it is a Friday here

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<v Speaker 2>in Pittsburgh and there's no game this weekend because Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>played three games eleven days or ten days or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>Somebody point it's ten days. I don't care. It's three

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<v Speaker 2>games in less than two weeks. Yeah, that's what the

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<v Speaker 2>reality is here. So Matt, I thought today we go

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<v Speaker 2>through there are some questions on our YouTube. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 2>know here Soccer we answer some of these questions on here.

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<v Speaker 2>I also want to comment on some of the comments

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<v Speaker 2>that were made on here.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Steelers Nation Australia, which we appreciate, so fellaws, you

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<v Speaker 2>need to read the positive comments. Also, I do we

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<v Speaker 2>do read the I do I read. Matt doesn't read

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<v Speaker 2>it at all.

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<v Speaker 4>So I've been there, but infrequent, say the least. And hey,

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<v Speaker 4>you guys are all wonderful. I'm looking right in the

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<v Speaker 4>camera actually, but ten years of writing for ESPN dot com,

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<v Speaker 4>I stay away from the comments more often than not.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I go in les.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I go in and interact because that's just what

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<v Speaker 2>I do. And sometimes we'll get into it. So, yes,

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<v Speaker 2>we read the negati or the positive comments, read the

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<v Speaker 2>negative comments.

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<v Speaker 3>I will rest you swell.

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<v Speaker 2>I will many times reply to the negative comments more

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<v Speaker 2>because oftentimes, well, A, they're attacking me, and B I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not going to let somebody put out something their truth

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<v Speaker 2>when it's not reality. For example, today somebody said in

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<v Speaker 2>a comment to me, let's not why is it.

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<v Speaker 3>The question?

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<v Speaker 2>Original question? Why does it feel like Andy Reid is

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<v Speaker 2>playing chess and the Steelers are playing rock paper scissors,

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<v Speaker 2>to which I replied, Andy Reid wasn't playing as much

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<v Speaker 2>chess when he didn't have Patrick Mahomes, true, to which

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<v Speaker 2>somebody then replied, Dale, do not do this. Andy ree

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<v Speaker 2>was a winning was winning playoff games and playing in

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<v Speaker 2>championships games before Mahomes, which is not true. He made

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<v Speaker 2>conference championships in the NFC in his early.

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<v Speaker 3>Day with the Eagles.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he then went ten years ten years, his last

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<v Speaker 2>few seasons with the Eagles and his first six or

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<v Speaker 2>seven seasons with Kansas City, a ten year period in

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<v Speaker 2>which he went to and four in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, yeah, yeah, I always thought he was during that

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<v Speaker 4>stretch pre Mahomes, he was at the Harbaugh Tomlin Peyton

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<v Speaker 4>level in that neighborhood. Now he's up to the Belichick world.

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<v Speaker 4>You know what's changed since maybe the best quarterback ever

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<v Speaker 4>and Belichick might have had the other one, which doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>hurt either.

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<v Speaker 2>That makes it look better. I have all the respect

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<v Speaker 2>in the I think I have all the respect in world. Friend,

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<v Speaker 2>you Reid. I think they're both excellent football coaches. But

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<v Speaker 2>you look a hell of a lot smarter when you

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<v Speaker 2>got the best quarterback in the league.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I mean so to Reid's credit, if you look

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<v Speaker 4>at his history, he took a lot of ty Detmer

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<v Speaker 4>Kevin Cobb teams to the playoffs and was often criticized,

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<v Speaker 4>you know.

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<v Speaker 2>Winning any games. Else was taking teams with like Mason

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<v Speaker 2>or you know, Kenny Picking.

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<v Speaker 4>He got crushed for time management. You know, you always

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<v Speaker 4>got your nose in your play sheet. You're not dealing

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<v Speaker 4>with all the head coaching stuff. And then he got

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<v Speaker 4>McNabb and it got better. They went to Super Bowl,

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<v Speaker 4>they took away when a step further, I mean it

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<v Speaker 4>was a Pro Bowl quarterback, very very good player. I mean, yeah, absolutely,

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<v Speaker 4>They used like the fourth pick in the draft form

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<v Speaker 4>or whatever. And then he left Philly, which isn't talked

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<v Speaker 4>about enough, but I think needs to be there. In

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<v Speaker 4>camp of the season, he left. His son, who worked

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<v Speaker 4>for the team, passed away. Yeah, I mean during training camp.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know how he even coached the rest of

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<v Speaker 4>the year, you know what I mean. And then he's like,

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<v Speaker 4>I'm just kidding it. It wasn't like you're fired, you stink.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like I'm getting out. They didn't have a great year. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, of course. So he goes to Kansas City

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<v Speaker 4>and it's successful. I mean, I think he had been

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<v Speaker 4>successful in Chicago or Seattle or wherever. He's a successful

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<v Speaker 4>head coach, but kept hitting his head on the ceiling.

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<v Speaker 4>And people forget this little nugget. They were a playoff

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<v Speaker 4>team the year they traded up for Mahomes. It wasn't

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<v Speaker 4>like we're terrible. Alex Smith was good. He was a

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<v Speaker 4>kind of a Pro Bowl type dude too, borderline. He

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<v Speaker 4>wasn't a great player.

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<v Speaker 2>First over overall pick in a draft, yes.

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<v Speaker 3>Right, and he was put up. He had his best

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<v Speaker 3>stint with Reid.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, by the way, the Steelers beat them in the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, right, right, with Reid as the head coach, and

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<v Speaker 4>then he gets a transcendent player, you know, and the

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<v Speaker 4>rest is history and there on their way to be

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<v Speaker 4>in one of the better dynasties of all time.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Who.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, the Steelers also loved the Homes Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>Kevin Colbert was a big Patrick Mahomes guy. They brought

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<v Speaker 2>him in for a pre draft visit because if you remember,

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<v Speaker 2>he wasn't even the first quarterback. We're the second quarterback

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<v Speaker 2>taken in that draft.

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<v Speaker 4>Right, I mean, the Bears traded from two to three

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<v Speaker 4>to two from what I remember, to get Trubisky. Watson

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<v Speaker 4>went well ahead of them, and then they traded up

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<v Speaker 4>to twelve or eleven.

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<v Speaker 3>I think it was eleven to get Mahomes. Yeah, all right,

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<v Speaker 3>so now they're quite good.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I have all the respect in the world

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<v Speaker 2>for Andy Reid, but he looks a hell of a

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<v Speaker 2>lot smarter with that guy running his offense.

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<v Speaker 4>Absolutely, and and they Tana and Walsh to their to

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<v Speaker 4>their credit, they didn't rush to play him because they

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<v Speaker 4>didn't have to.

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<v Speaker 2>They still had it right Smith.

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<v Speaker 4>They had a nice plan. Yeah, because Smith was a

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<v Speaker 4>high end player who went on and started elsewhere. Then

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<v Speaker 4>he had bad injuries, and then Mahomes is too good

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<v Speaker 4>to keep off the field. But they had no plans

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<v Speaker 4>on playing him his rookie year. Yeah, because he was

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<v Speaker 4>a wild sallion come out of Texas tack Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>This is another one that I got Dale's cold take

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<v Speaker 2>of the week telling us how bad the Chiefs tackle are.

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<v Speaker 2>But tj and indeed don't get Mahomes. Don't get the

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<v Speaker 2>Mahomes once. Now. I don't want to rewrite history here again.

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<v Speaker 2>But Matt had the same exact take.

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<v Speaker 3>We both thought their tackles.

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<v Speaker 2>Think, guess what the Chiefs know their tackles aren't very good. Right,

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<v Speaker 2>Hence Mahomes gets the ball out in two point three

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<v Speaker 2>four seconds yep, fastest of his career, of his career, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So I think that needs to be unpacked more because

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<v Speaker 2>I thought it was brilliant.

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<v Speaker 4>But it was like Greg inventions. It's derived because of

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<v Speaker 4>you know, meat taste terrible. We gonna vent catch up,

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<v Speaker 4>you know whatever it is, you know, Yeah, I mean

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<v Speaker 4>like it's because this isn't working. His mind is so

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<v Speaker 4>sharp as a quarterback, he's to the point now I

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<v Speaker 4>always talk about the axis, you know, like the game

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<v Speaker 4>has slowed down to he's at his peak, meant to

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<v Speaker 4>lead it. But he hasn't declined at all physically right,

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<v Speaker 4>which makes me wonder if he's even his peak as

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<v Speaker 4>a player period.

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<v Speaker 3>But anyway, he has it.

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<v Speaker 4>All, and I felt like we should have been on

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<v Speaker 4>this more. Actually is okay. Their tackles stink. What are

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<v Speaker 4>they gonna do? They're gonna get it out quick? Well,

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<v Speaker 4>what do you do to combat that? It'd be nice

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<v Speaker 4>if you could play man coverage and bang people with

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<v Speaker 4>the line of scrimmage, but you're only good man coverage

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<v Speaker 4>corners injured.

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<v Speaker 3>So all of a sudden, it's like you're hoping.

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<v Speaker 4>Mahomes screws up and he didn't, you know, enough, not

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<v Speaker 4>enough right, So if he gets it out what two

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<v Speaker 4>point three six which is insanely quick, As.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, you saying Bolt's not getting there two point

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<v Speaker 2>three four seconds.

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<v Speaker 4>That means there's a lot of snaps that are to

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<v Speaker 4>two point one because you know he extended.

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<v Speaker 3>They schemed three up.

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<v Speaker 2>And oh, by the way, when they did scheme it up,

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<v Speaker 2>that's when Juwan Taylor had two holding penalties like yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>And he's gonna extend stuff and he's gonna run around. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>I think on those plays, if you go two four

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<v Speaker 4>or less, it's almost impossible to.

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<v Speaker 3>Get through the pressures. Right, you're not getting right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>because someone's going to get in your way.

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<v Speaker 4>But there were probably I'm guessing six to eight pass

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<v Speaker 4>dropbacks that were two seven or longer. Okay, you could

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<v Speaker 4>get better pressure, like I'm sure the Steelers aren't thrilled

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<v Speaker 4>with the pressure they got. No, but he also maneuvers

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<v Speaker 4>extremely well in the extremely well in the pocket. They

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<v Speaker 4>kept talking about the b gaps. He kept hitting this,

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<v Speaker 4>there's a be gap would open up. Boom, he's gone,

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<v Speaker 4>you know. I mean, he's one of the most difficult

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<v Speaker 4>guys to sack in the league. Yeah, and if they're

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<v Speaker 4>gonna do that, he's gonna be almost ball.

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<v Speaker 2>You're not gonna get him right at all. Right, it's

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<v Speaker 2>just not gonna happen. You know. The week before that

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<v Speaker 2>against Houston, which also has good head rushers, I think

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<v Speaker 2>he was sacked once in that game and he'd gotten

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<v Speaker 2>rid of the ball. I think the average time to

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<v Speaker 2>throw was like two point five four seconds. Really, it

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<v Speaker 2>was a little bit I know, it was very low.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a little slower than that.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>So I then got to ask, well, if that's the case,

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<v Speaker 2>why didn't the Steelers do that. Well, they thought their

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<v Speaker 2>guys were going.

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<v Speaker 4>To hold up hm And Wilson's a deep ball thrower.

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<v Speaker 4>He's never a low target time to throw guy. He's

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<v Speaker 4>gotten them. It's lower here than any point in his career,

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<v Speaker 4>and he's had some games that are low.

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<v Speaker 2>You know it was it was two point seven seconds, right.

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<v Speaker 3>Near the top of the league the worst. That's highest.

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<v Speaker 2>In fact, if you looked at and I looked this

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<v Speaker 2>up on the day of the after the game, the

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<v Speaker 2>time to pass for the three quarterbacks that played on

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<v Speaker 2>on Christmas Day, let me find this here? Whoops, the

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<v Speaker 2>four quarterbacks, the four quarterbacks who played that day, it

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<v Speaker 2>was let me find it. This is good radio, Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So Stroud was at three point one seconds on Christmas

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<v Speaker 2>Day on Christmas the four teams that played day, not

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<v Speaker 2>season to day. No, Stroud was at three point one seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>Lamar Ja action was at three point sixty seven.

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<v Speaker 3>Sometimes he's incredibly high. Yes, I mean he'll run around there.

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<v Speaker 3>His players.

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<v Speaker 2>You watched them play last night where Caleb Williams late

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<v Speaker 2>in the game, scrambled around and finally hit the pass

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<v Speaker 2>on was a fourth down pass, fourth and ten. Yeah

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<v Speaker 2>to DJ Moore, it's like six seconds.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I mean, so that's skew things quite a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know, right, but I think so Russe officially

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<v Speaker 2>he was at two point eight five seconds of that game.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually for the Sill that's that's under three.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, like if you're under three, if you're under two

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<v Speaker 2>point nine, you're about average.

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<v Speaker 4>And it's not even like it's a good and bad thing,

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<v Speaker 4>you know, Like I love Ben Roethlisberger as much as

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<v Speaker 4>the next guy, but back in his heyday, nobody was

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<v Speaker 4>timing time to throw, right. I bet he was late.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean I bet he was long. Yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>no doubt about it. At the end he was insanely quick.

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<v Speaker 3>But it wasn't good.

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<v Speaker 2>It wasn't there, and everybody complained about it.

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<v Speaker 3>It wasn't a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody complained about it. So that's what you want to see,

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<v Speaker 2>that's what you want. You want the Steelers.

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<v Speaker 4>Dumpt a Nagie dumpt Anagi slanted deontay deontay. I mean

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<v Speaker 4>that that's all they did, you know, because they don't

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<v Speaker 4>have their receivers to do that.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, no, right, their receivers.

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<v Speaker 2>Are built for this offense, and they don't have an

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<v Speaker 2>immediate man beater on this roster. I think it was

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to be Roman Wilson. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's not available.

0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Calvin Austin's not that kind of player. No, No, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean Pickens can do it. Pickens can do it, but

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<v Speaker 2>he gets all the attention, and so.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean it's not necessarily a good or bad thing

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<v Speaker 4>in terms of time to throw.

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<v Speaker 3>It's just a stylistic thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a stylistic thing.

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<v Speaker 3>And Lamar is always gonna be high, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean they got a guy in Xavier Worthy that

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<v Speaker 2>if you put the ball, and they finally kind of

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<v Speaker 2>figured out, I think the last couple of weeks how

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<v Speaker 2>to properly use Xavier.

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<v Speaker 3>Worthy, no question.

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<v Speaker 4>And one thing we said leading in that definitely held

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<v Speaker 4>up was their receiving corps is kind of at its

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<v Speaker 4>peak right now. I mean, they were really struggling to

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<v Speaker 4>find these things out, especially after Racie Rice got hurt

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<v Speaker 4>because he was there middle of the field kind of

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<v Speaker 4>Kelsey replay placeman in a way, and that was a

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<v Speaker 4>crippling blow and they lost that. Now Brown's back and

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<v Speaker 4>has his feet under him worthy starting to figure it out,

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<v Speaker 4>and they're starting to figure him out.

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<v Speaker 2>And he's fast, and he's fast, I mean, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can get the ball in his hands and he might

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<v Speaker 2>not run somebody.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but his stuff is peeped lately. And the other

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<v Speaker 4>guys are fine, you know, to get Hopkins and settled

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<v Speaker 4>in all those guys. But I also think you got

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<v Speaker 4>the Chiefs on their best day. I mean, they played really,

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<v Speaker 4>really well.

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<v Speaker 2>Another comment that I got no way, And again I

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<v Speaker 2>wasn't comparing when I brought up the five teams recently

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<v Speaker 2>at six, going back to the two thousand and five

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<v Speaker 2>team that had had a three game losing streak at

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<v Speaker 2>some point in their season, including the Ravens in twenty twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>which to me is they lost four of their last

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<v Speaker 2>five three game losing streak, won one, and then lost

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<v Speaker 2>their last game going into the playoffs, and then got

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<v Speaker 2>hot and won the Super Bowl. Wasn't saying that's what's

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen with his Steelers.

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<v Speaker 3>No, No.

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<v Speaker 2>I brought that up to show that even when things

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<v Speaker 2>look bad, it doesn't mean that you can't regain some

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<v Speaker 2>momentum going and happened.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, doesn't mean it will.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying at all.

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<v Speaker 4>So somebody said, I mean, by that standard, it'd be like, well,

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<v Speaker 4>I hope next year they go in a three game

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<v Speaker 4>losing streak.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's not what I was saying. All right, right,

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<v Speaker 2>k love five seven, six, five s. There's no way

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<v Speaker 2>you can compare this to the five team. Ben didn't

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<v Speaker 2>play those three games, lost two. The defense was better, three,

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<v Speaker 2>the offense was better. Okay, Ben played in that three

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<v Speaker 2>game stretch. They lost to the Ravens sixteen to thirteen

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<v Speaker 2>down in Baltimore. Tommy Maddox started that game. They then

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<v Speaker 2>Ben came back and they went to Indianapolis and lost

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<v Speaker 2>twenty six to seven. With the great defense. It got

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<v Speaker 2>torched in that game.

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<v Speaker 3>I remember Manning ripped them up. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>They then came home and lost thirty eight to thirty

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<v Speaker 2>one to the Bengals with that great defense that you're

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<v Speaker 2>talking about. Ben started that game too. Ben started two

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<v Speaker 2>of those three games, and the great defense in the

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<v Speaker 2>two of those losses gave twenty six and thirty eight. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not saying that the Steelers two thousand and five.

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<v Speaker 2>Defense wasn't great, sure, but great defenses sometimes have bad games.

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<v Speaker 3>One.

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<v Speaker 4>And I don't think you said this team's better than

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<v Speaker 4>the two thousand nothing of the sort, right right, right, nothing.

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<v Speaker 4>I like the two thousand and five teams chances of

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<v Speaker 4>winning the Super Bowl better in this one.

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<v Speaker 2>That team was coming off a fifteen in one year. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>they had a lot of talent. But I was also

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<v Speaker 2>there covering that team in two thousand and five, and

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<v Speaker 2>I know the things that were being said five when

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<v Speaker 2>they failed to seven and five and were out of

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<v Speaker 2>the playoffs. Yeah, yeah, it was not pretty.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm sure the sky was falling. Fire everybody, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Again, if you turn it tuning into this show to

0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:46.120
<v Speaker 2>hear us say fire everybody, you're listening to the wrong

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<v Speaker 2>damn show. That's all I'm gonna say. Because we're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to look at things that way because it's not

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<v Speaker 2>going to happen. You gotta look at things a little

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<v Speaker 2>more realistically. And what's going to happen here? And there's

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<v Speaker 2>still season left. They're still gonna play a game next weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>At some point, they're gonna play two, right, right, But

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<v Speaker 2>they're gonna line up next weekend for a regular season

0:15:07.040 --> 0:15:09.600
<v Speaker 2>football game, and it's the job of not just the

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<v Speaker 2>coaches on this team, but the players to figure this

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<v Speaker 2>stuff out so they can win that football game.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Yeah, it's funny.

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<v Speaker 4>I do a one weekly hit on the Lockdown NFL channel,

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<v Speaker 4>the National Show, and the host asked me, because it's

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<v Speaker 4>he knows I'm Steeler oriented, but if I wasn't, we

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<v Speaker 4>were gonna go down this road.

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<v Speaker 5>You know.

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<v Speaker 4>He's like, what on earth are people complaining about Tom

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<v Speaker 4>and for this guy covers the Jags. He's like, I

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<v Speaker 4>would kill for that guy, you know, I mean, over

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<v Speaker 4>and over and over. And he's like, Okay, I've been

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<v Speaker 4>watching the Steeler team closely. They've been on National TV.

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<v Speaker 4>I've watched almost every snap over the three game stretch.

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<v Speaker 4>And he's a good now analyst and and he basically said, okay,

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<v Speaker 4>so they're not quite as good as the best teams

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<v Speaker 4>in the league, but most teams would be zero to.

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<v Speaker 3>Three in the stretch. Why is this late breaking news?

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<v Speaker 3>I hear you.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I'll I don't think they're as good as

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<v Speaker 4>the Ravens, Eagles and Chiefs on their best days, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>and I think most of the league would probably be

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<v Speaker 4>zero and three during that stretch, you know, in those

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<v Speaker 4>buildings in that amount of time. Okay, I mean that

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<v Speaker 4>doesn't mean you stink. I mean it means that right now,

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<v Speaker 4>you're not an elite team. And I don't think that

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<v Speaker 4>that's arguable right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that was one of the other comments that I

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<v Speaker 2>wanted to touch on, is that the the Ravens and Chiefs

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<v Speaker 2>had the same exact schedule as the Steelers, and yet

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<v Speaker 2>they came through that three and zero. Well, they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>have the same exact schedule, no, no, no, right, they didn't

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<v Speaker 2>open with Philadelphia on the road, then go to Baltimore

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<v Speaker 2>and then come home to play the defending two time

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<v Speaker 2>world champions.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the Giants were a nice stretch.

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<v Speaker 2>The Giants were a nice start to that. The Browns,

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<v Speaker 2>for the on the Kansas City side of that, we're

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<v Speaker 2>a nice start to that stretch, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Right right, Yeah, starting with the Eagles is awful hando.

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<v Speaker 4>By the way, in that Eagles game, you were on

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<v Speaker 4>the field for like forty some minutes.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, that was an awful.

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<v Speaker 2>Way to start that stretch.

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<v Speaker 4>That's the hardest opening round. It's like fighting Tyson.

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<v Speaker 3>In his prime.

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<v Speaker 2>Houston got Miami at home. You know, they weren't the

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<v Speaker 2>same level of competition, so it wasn't the same exact

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<v Speaker 2>no situation.

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<v Speaker 4>And the workload asked of that defense in that Eagles

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<v Speaker 4>game was as extreme as you'll ever see. You know,

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<v Speaker 4>I also think there's some good and bad to this.

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<v Speaker 4>That Houston and Baltimore getting the Week fourteen by is

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<v Speaker 4>really helpful before three, before eleven, yeah, you know, no

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<v Speaker 4>doubt about it. And frankly, I think the NFL screwed

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<v Speaker 4>up and should have given all four that should have

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<v Speaker 4>the last by Now, the first thirteen weeks aren't easy.

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<v Speaker 4>If you do that, it's sure nice to have a

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<v Speaker 4>you know, in week seven. No one's complained about a

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<v Speaker 4>bye or week ten or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But you did have some mini buys in there that

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<v Speaker 2>were alleviated some of those issues.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, and not to mention the Ravens rest stuff is

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<v Speaker 4>bonkers this year in their favor, which needs to be

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<v Speaker 4>examined to Yeah, but you.

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<v Speaker 2>Know now that situation won't have the Ravens.

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<v Speaker 3>The Chiefs are playing great, yeah yea yeah, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Good for them. They've the deal with Netflix is for

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<v Speaker 2>three seasons, okay, so they're going to play these these

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<v Speaker 2>Christmas Day games like that only Christmas Day the next

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<v Speaker 2>two seasons as well. The difference is that year it's

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<v Speaker 2>going to be on a Thursday. In twenty twenty six,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be on a Friday, So you're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to have a situation where you need to have

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<v Speaker 2>these teams play three games in eleven days.

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<v Speaker 4>It's the worst day of the week for Christmas to

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<v Speaker 4>land Wednesday, right, Well, you know if it had been

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<v Speaker 4>on Tuesday, what were they going to do?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeahs a bunch of the Monday night games back. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know Tuesday right right right, because it just doesn't happen.

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<v Speaker 2>You just don't play games on that day. But isn't good,

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<v Speaker 2>bad or anything, but it is ugly.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it win a lot, yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, you know, and you know you're missing guys, You're

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<v Speaker 2>it is what it is. Again, I'm not making excuses.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm giving you reasons why these things happened. And oh,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, they played three very good football teams.

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<v Speaker 3>That's to me is the bottom line. Those three teams

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<v Speaker 3>are really really good and I think.

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<v Speaker 4>Are probably playing the best they have all year. I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>I think Kansas City's really figuring things out. I think

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<v Speaker 4>the buy and the defensive changes. Baltimore is really paid dividends.

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<v Speaker 4>Eagle's been pretty strong for a while, but you didn't

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<v Speaker 4>get the pick at Eagles, you know, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 4>the Eagles are strong.

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<v Speaker 2>You know that's of course, people on here call me

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<v Speaker 2>a homer. I'm such a homer that the first two

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<v Speaker 2>games of that stretch I picked them to lose. But yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I get it. I'm a homer. Whatever, call me whatever

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<v Speaker 2>you want. You know, that's the thing. And again, I

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate the good comments on here, the people who listen

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<v Speaker 2>to the show. And hey, the people who are ripping

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<v Speaker 2>me or ripping mad or ripping the show. Guess what,

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<v Speaker 2>you're listening as well, and we appreciate that. And hopefully

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<v Speaker 2>we're making this entertaining enough and we're getting in depth

0:19:52.880 --> 0:19:56.360
<v Speaker 2>enough that you want to continue to listen, leave your

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<v Speaker 2>leave your comments and all that stuff. That's fine.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, personally, my goal not to entertain. It's the inform.

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<v Speaker 4>Inform that's what we're put some different spins on.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not going to sing songs, we're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>you know, jump around, and you.

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<v Speaker 4>Know, compare to the other thirty one teams and what

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<v Speaker 4>they're going through, and I think that's what we bring.

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<v Speaker 3>To the table.

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we try to do here. Just bring you

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<v Speaker 2>information and you can make your own decisions about what

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<v Speaker 2>you believe in what you don't believe And if you

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to listen to to what what we feel

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<v Speaker 2>about this, and you know that's that's your prerogative. Well

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<v Speaker 2>that's the great thing about America. Well, and I love fandom.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I love fandom, and I understand a lot

0:20:33.760 --> 0:20:35.760
<v Speaker 4>of you guys listening aren't happy with how things have

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<v Speaker 4>gone in the last three days.

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<v Speaker 3>People don't. Facility aren't either.

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<v Speaker 2>They're even less.

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<v Speaker 4>I haven't been there since, but I'm not psyched to go.

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<v Speaker 2>To be honest, they're even less happy about this than

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<v Speaker 2>you are, because this is what they do.

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<v Speaker 3>They're not singing jingle bells down there is.

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<v Speaker 2>They can't turn the TV off and get away from this, right,

0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:51.080
<v Speaker 2>they're living this.

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<v Speaker 3>They have to figure out how to get it right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, So anyways, I'm down off my soapbox.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go.

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<v Speaker 2>But we did answer some questions on here that yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>you know.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm five with that too.

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<v Speaker 4>If you guys ever just want to ask questions in general,

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<v Speaker 4>like a mailbag type of thing.

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<v Speaker 3>Throw it out. Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>One last question I did want to get to here

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<v Speaker 2>is I was asked if any chance that Troy Filotano

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<v Speaker 2>is activated in January. I don't see that happening. He's

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<v Speaker 2>at the facility, he's been working out, but he's not

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<v Speaker 2>practiced at all him.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, he's obviously making progress.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, he's walking around. There's no the same

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<v Speaker 2>thing with Cameron Johnston. Cameron Johnson's now out of the apparatus,

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<v Speaker 2>the apparatus that he had on his knee. As said,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, Fileatana, they're both you know, probably I don't know, well,

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<v Speaker 2>probably not with Johnston. But you know, if Filotano had

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<v Speaker 2>to come back and play, could he perhaps, But would

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<v Speaker 2>it be fair to him to say, Okay, you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>played football since September as a rookie and we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to bring it back out and threw you right into

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<v Speaker 2>the lineup. Probably not.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, I hope he gets to this point. But

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<v Speaker 4>it's not Mike Webster's eighth year in the league, you know,

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<v Speaker 4>or Joe Green's coming back and I'm putting them in

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<v Speaker 4>the line up no matter what.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I mean, right, I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>It's just you don't know. Yeah, I mean, how could

0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:04.000
<v Speaker 4>you possibly bench any tackle?

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<v Speaker 3>Really? I mean, like where would you put him? I

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<v Speaker 3>don't even know at the moment. You know.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, maybe he's better than both those guys. I hope

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<v Speaker 4>he is, but.

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<v Speaker 2>You've only had one game to show it, right, And

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<v Speaker 2>that's the unfair part of it. But anyways, let's get

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<v Speaker 2>through a break. He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale Lollie.

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<v Speaker 2>When we return, we'll be joined by Steelers Sideline reporter

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<v Speaker 2>Missy Matthews right after this.

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<v Speaker 2>And we are back. I'm Dale Lolli. He is the

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the Steelers

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<v Speaker 2>Audio Network. And we're joined now on the Justin Miller

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<v Speaker 2>hot Line. Bye, Steelers Sideline reporter Missy Matthews. Missy is

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<v Speaker 2>also the bringer of the Cake. Missy brought class cake

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<v Speaker 2>to Actually I believe that Rob but King tweeted out

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<v Speaker 2>a photo of said cake before it was demolished in

0:23:09.560 --> 0:23:12.480
<v Speaker 2>the in the radio booth, they got the nice little

0:23:12.520 --> 0:23:15.159
<v Speaker 2>Santa Claus cake. It didn't look like Santa Claus by

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<v Speaker 2>the time I got to it.

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<v Speaker 4>But you say demolished, you mean eating like crazy? Yeah, okay, yeah, okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I had no idea, Missy. I had no idea that

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<v Speaker 2>thing was a Santa Claus cake when I got there,

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<v Speaker 2>because it was just a pile of cake at that point.

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<v Speaker 2>I saw the picture from Rob and like, oh, it

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<v Speaker 2>was Santa Claus. But it was delicious, Yeah it was.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a Steeler Santa. He even had EyeBlack on.

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<v Speaker 5>But he did not last very long, and it was

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<v Speaker 5>weird as people started eating you know, eyes and parts

0:23:43.760 --> 0:23:45.040
<v Speaker 5>of his mouth and whatnot.

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<v Speaker 2>He probably lasted longer than the Steelers did in that game.

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<v Speaker 5>That was no doubt. There was still part, like maybe

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<v Speaker 5>a slice or two depending on you know, who is

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<v Speaker 5>cutting it left after the game, which I was actually

0:23:58.720 --> 0:24:01.240
<v Speaker 5>impressed that that was left. I thought it would have

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<v Speaker 5>been completely gone.

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<v Speaker 2>It was sitting there in front of west Euler the

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<v Speaker 2>entire game, so I'm sure he was nibbling as the

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<v Speaker 2>game went on.

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<v Speaker 5>They definitely some at half time.

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<v Speaker 4>I know that it Yeah, well that was very kind

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<v Speaker 4>of you spreading.

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<v Speaker 2>Missy.

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<v Speaker 5>I cried.

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<v Speaker 2>We saw at the game on Wednesday, sounds strange to

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<v Speaker 2>say it does. Once again, a lot of defensive miscommunications

0:24:29.720 --> 0:24:33.359
<v Speaker 2>and you saw some frustrations boil over into the locker

0:24:33.440 --> 0:24:36.520
<v Speaker 2>room after the game with guys talking about that. And

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<v Speaker 2>I know fans look at this and go, how is

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<v Speaker 2>this happening in week sixteen and seventeen, And Deshaun Elliott

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<v Speaker 2>said the same thing. This is a week one and

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<v Speaker 2>two problem, not a week not you know, not something

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<v Speaker 2>that should be happening at this time.

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<v Speaker 3>Of the season.

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<v Speaker 2>H Take take us through what you see on the sideline,

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<v Speaker 2>like a general, the defense comes off the field, whether

0:24:55.720 --> 0:24:57.560
<v Speaker 2>they give up a touchdown, whether they had a good stop.

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<v Speaker 2>What what then happens?

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<v Speaker 3>How?

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<v Speaker 2>How does a breakdown happen? Which which group goes where?

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<v Speaker 5>Uh?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, do they you know, just Taro Austin come

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<v Speaker 2>over and talk to the group? Does it just a

0:25:08.320 --> 0:25:09.920
<v Speaker 2>position coaches? How does that all work?

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<v Speaker 5>Well? They all offense and defense have very specific places

0:25:15.600 --> 0:25:17.600
<v Speaker 5>where they sit when they come off the bench. You know,

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<v Speaker 5>It's always funny when like Chris Boswell and them are

0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:23.080
<v Speaker 5>sitting at the end that's usually where like the dbs are.

0:25:23.440 --> 0:25:25.359
<v Speaker 5>They're allowed down there, but you're not going to find

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<v Speaker 5>like a Cam Heyward over there sitting on that part

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<v Speaker 5>of the bench. It's very regimented, and it usually is

0:25:32.920 --> 0:25:36.920
<v Speaker 5>the position coaches talking to them first, but TA typically

0:25:37.040 --> 0:25:40.480
<v Speaker 5>always ends up talking to the secondary guys. I feel

0:25:40.520 --> 0:25:43.640
<v Speaker 5>like they're furthest on the bench, they're closest to probably

0:25:44.119 --> 0:25:48.480
<v Speaker 5>you know where he's coming from. Has a conversation with them.

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<v Speaker 5>But then it is, you know, there there was a

0:25:51.400 --> 0:25:55.399
<v Speaker 5>time where Pa brought the whole defense together at one point,

0:25:55.600 --> 0:25:58.960
<v Speaker 5>like Tomlin has done it multiple times during this three

0:25:58.960 --> 0:26:03.200
<v Speaker 5>game stretch, trying to regroup, refocus and figure it out

0:26:03.400 --> 0:26:06.400
<v Speaker 5>because as you said, I thought, you know, Deshaun Elliott

0:26:06.400 --> 0:26:09.239
<v Speaker 5>was very blunt. He was very emotional and heated, and

0:26:09.280 --> 0:26:11.399
<v Speaker 5>I get it. It was right after the game and

0:26:11.440 --> 0:26:13.280
<v Speaker 5>that was not a fun locker room to be in.

0:26:14.040 --> 0:26:17.240
<v Speaker 5>Many guys didn't even want to talk. But he's right, like,

0:26:17.320 --> 0:26:20.159
<v Speaker 5>these are not problems that should be happening now. It

0:26:20.200 --> 0:26:22.520
<v Speaker 5>would be one thing if it was you know, weeks

0:26:22.560 --> 0:26:25.080
<v Speaker 5>one through four and you're like, all right, they really

0:26:25.119 --> 0:26:28.640
<v Speaker 5>need there's new pieces they need to work through it.

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<v Speaker 5>It does just feel like because it has gotten worse

0:26:31.520 --> 0:26:35.440
<v Speaker 5>with each of the three losses, and just the open guys.

0:26:35.440 --> 0:26:39.040
<v Speaker 5>You just think of Travis Kelsey's touchdown, even the tight

0:26:39.119 --> 0:26:42.800
<v Speaker 5>ends in Baltimore where you're like how and why? You

0:26:42.840 --> 0:26:47.240
<v Speaker 5>know you can say injuries. Max starkstucked a lot about

0:26:47.280 --> 0:26:50.040
<v Speaker 5>just the fatigue and the battle that these guys have

0:26:50.119 --> 0:26:53.080
<v Speaker 5>to go through to play those three games in eleven days,

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<v Speaker 5>being that you were playing Philly, Baltimore and the rating

0:26:56.640 --> 0:26:58.719
<v Speaker 5>Super Bowl champs. You know, it wasn't like you were

0:26:58.760 --> 0:27:01.760
<v Speaker 5>taking a train to or to play the Giants after

0:27:01.800 --> 0:27:04.919
<v Speaker 5>your bye week and getting to stay home and host

0:27:05.320 --> 0:27:08.119
<v Speaker 5>a team and then going to play a team that's

0:27:08.160 --> 0:27:10.320
<v Speaker 5>you know, in the playoffs but not doing very well.

0:27:11.400 --> 0:27:13.679
<v Speaker 5>Yeah it's their own shade, but yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>We did last a little bit too.

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<v Speaker 5>But it's true. I mean, when you just look that

0:27:19.240 --> 0:27:22.480
<v Speaker 5>stretch was brutal. It didn't matter if this was weeks three, four,

0:27:22.520 --> 0:27:27.479
<v Speaker 5>and five. Playing those three teams in eleven days is

0:27:27.520 --> 0:27:31.359
<v Speaker 5>not ideal, and I think especially because they were dealing

0:27:31.440 --> 0:27:34.200
<v Speaker 5>with the injuries on the defense, especially because you did

0:27:34.200 --> 0:27:37.439
<v Speaker 5>not have George Pickens and everyone, you know, the Browns

0:27:37.440 --> 0:27:40.359
<v Speaker 5>game when he didn't play. Oh they're good. Look we

0:27:40.359 --> 0:27:43.000
<v Speaker 5>don't even need George Pickens. They won, they won without them.

0:27:43.040 --> 0:27:45.639
<v Speaker 5>And then you go play a real team and you're like, oh,

0:27:46.160 --> 0:27:48.000
<v Speaker 5>oh yeah, we we kind of like when four teams

0:27:48.000 --> 0:27:50.000
<v Speaker 5>in the lineup, you know, and then it was how

0:27:50.160 --> 0:27:53.880
<v Speaker 5>how soon can we get them back? Take deal? So yeah,

0:27:53.920 --> 0:27:58.760
<v Speaker 5>I think the only bright spot is that they have

0:27:59.240 --> 0:28:02.560
<v Speaker 5>ample and that time to regroup. There's still one regular

0:28:02.640 --> 0:28:06.240
<v Speaker 5>season game left, work out your kinks, figure it out,

0:28:06.400 --> 0:28:09.160
<v Speaker 5>because you're only guaranteed one playoff game, and we all

0:28:09.200 --> 0:28:11.639
<v Speaker 5>know that that is being one and done is not

0:28:11.760 --> 0:28:15.480
<v Speaker 5>going to go over well in this town, in this organization.

0:28:16.440 --> 0:28:20.240
<v Speaker 5>For these players are coaches, so they need to figure

0:28:20.240 --> 0:28:22.440
<v Speaker 5>it out and figure it out very quickly.

0:28:23.160 --> 0:28:24.399
<v Speaker 3>So you sort of touched on it.

0:28:24.440 --> 0:28:27.720
<v Speaker 4>But over this three game losing streak, I mean, has

0:28:27.800 --> 0:28:31.560
<v Speaker 4>the level of angst on the sidelines increased? I mean,

0:28:31.680 --> 0:28:34.520
<v Speaker 4>was this definitely the one that was most noticeable and

0:28:34.920 --> 0:28:36.720
<v Speaker 4>or that of all three been similar.

0:28:38.920 --> 0:28:41.680
<v Speaker 5>I feel like Philly was kind of like you were

0:28:41.680 --> 0:28:44.120
<v Speaker 5>hoping it was, you know, just like going to be

0:28:44.120 --> 0:28:48.520
<v Speaker 5>a one off, and it felt like they were not.

0:28:49.400 --> 0:28:51.240
<v Speaker 5>I don't want to say finger pointing, but I really

0:28:51.320 --> 0:28:53.200
<v Speaker 5>feel like that is what it kind of turned into

0:28:54.200 --> 0:28:58.840
<v Speaker 5>where Baltimore you could really see that people were starting

0:28:58.880 --> 0:29:01.080
<v Speaker 5>to lose it and didn't feel like everybody was doing

0:29:01.080 --> 0:29:04.960
<v Speaker 5>their job and didn't feel like, you know, everybody was

0:29:05.000 --> 0:29:08.120
<v Speaker 5>on the same page. And then, of course, I think,

0:29:08.160 --> 0:29:10.600
<v Speaker 5>you know, Christmas Day, you're excited, you want to go

0:29:10.680 --> 0:29:15.280
<v Speaker 5>back home and be with your family, celebrate, and you

0:29:15.360 --> 0:29:17.280
<v Speaker 5>knew you needed to win that game to make it

0:29:17.320 --> 0:29:20.320
<v Speaker 5>easier on yourself to win the AFC North, and that

0:29:20.560 --> 0:29:22.440
<v Speaker 5>just seemed to be I think. I think the lack

0:29:22.480 --> 0:29:25.400
<v Speaker 5>of complimentary football and just the fact that the offense

0:29:25.440 --> 0:29:28.920
<v Speaker 5>and defense both need fixed. I think that's where you

0:29:28.960 --> 0:29:33.560
<v Speaker 5>really start to see the overpouring of the emotions and frustrations,

0:29:33.680 --> 0:29:38.000
<v Speaker 5>which makes sense. You know. Coach Sutlon sat down at

0:29:38.000 --> 0:29:40.760
<v Speaker 5>his press conference and little literally started it with, well,

0:29:40.800 --> 0:29:43.280
<v Speaker 5>that sucked. And I'm sure he could have used other

0:29:43.360 --> 0:29:46.080
<v Speaker 5>choice words, probably just you know, wouldn't have been used

0:29:46.080 --> 0:29:49.880
<v Speaker 5>on air afterwards, but that that pretty much summed it up.

0:29:50.320 --> 0:29:53.960
<v Speaker 2>I'm sure he did use more choice words with the

0:29:54.400 --> 0:29:56.520
<v Speaker 2>team in the locker room before he came over, and

0:29:56.960 --> 0:29:59.160
<v Speaker 2>that was the work. You know, he had actually had

0:29:59.160 --> 0:30:00.960
<v Speaker 2>some a little bit of time to calm down and

0:30:01.120 --> 0:30:05.760
<v Speaker 2>was still perturbed by how things had gone in that game.

0:30:06.280 --> 0:30:08.880
<v Speaker 2>And I think largely, Missy, to me it was because

0:30:08.960 --> 0:30:13.880
<v Speaker 2>of how this particular game unfolded. In those previous two games,

0:30:15.280 --> 0:30:19.000
<v Speaker 2>the Steelers had gotten behind but then had fought back

0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:21.320
<v Speaker 2>in the third quarter going into the fourth quarter to

0:30:21.360 --> 0:30:24.560
<v Speaker 2>make a game of things this one against You know,

0:30:25.320 --> 0:30:29.280
<v Speaker 2>the only thing that would have changed perhaps the outcome

0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 2>or kind of the trajectory of this game is if

0:30:32.800 --> 0:30:35.680
<v Speaker 2>George Pickens hadn't been whistled dead early at the end

0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:39.120
<v Speaker 2>of the first half on that play where he broke

0:30:39.160 --> 0:30:41.760
<v Speaker 2>free and ran down the sidelines and they hadn't whistled

0:30:41.760 --> 0:30:43.960
<v Speaker 2>the play dead. If they score there, it makes it

0:30:44.000 --> 0:30:47.560
<v Speaker 2>fourteen thirteen Steelers at the half, and you know, this

0:30:48.160 --> 0:30:50.320
<v Speaker 2>kind of changes the trajectory of the ball game. As

0:30:50.360 --> 0:30:52.280
<v Speaker 2>it was. They got the sixteen to ten in the

0:30:53.120 --> 0:30:56.640
<v Speaker 2>third quarter and then Kansas City just pulled away.

0:30:59.000 --> 0:31:01.280
<v Speaker 5>Yeah, and I think, you know, even go back to

0:31:01.360 --> 0:31:03.720
<v Speaker 5>the Jalen Warren touchdown that was called back to the

0:31:03.760 --> 0:31:07.160
<v Speaker 5>holding call on Darnell. If, like you said, even if

0:31:07.240 --> 0:31:11.080
<v Speaker 5>one of those went the Steeler's way, imagine if both

0:31:11.120 --> 0:31:14.840
<v Speaker 5>went the Steelers way. I just think they knew coming

0:31:14.880 --> 0:31:19.120
<v Speaker 5>in that Patrick Mahomes is Patrick Mahomes, does not matter

0:31:19.240 --> 0:31:23.160
<v Speaker 5>if it's a high ankle sprain, how severe whatever, He's

0:31:23.200 --> 0:31:25.600
<v Speaker 5>dealt with them before, he knows what he's doing. But

0:31:25.840 --> 0:31:28.360
<v Speaker 5>just how quickly he was able to get the ball out.

0:31:28.520 --> 0:31:31.680
<v Speaker 5>He was not going to give their pass rush time

0:31:32.000 --> 0:31:35.680
<v Speaker 5>to get to them and to throw them off, and

0:31:35.720 --> 0:31:38.800
<v Speaker 5>they just they executed. And like you said, once the

0:31:38.840 --> 0:31:42.720
<v Speaker 5>second quarter or the second half, excuse me, got going,

0:31:43.080 --> 0:31:46.320
<v Speaker 5>that's where you kind of just you felt the letdown

0:31:46.880 --> 0:31:49.200
<v Speaker 5>really start to happen. And then you're like, oh crap,

0:31:49.280 --> 0:31:51.080
<v Speaker 5>now this is this is three in a row. This

0:31:51.120 --> 0:31:53.959
<v Speaker 5>isn't just this game, it's it's three in a row.

0:31:54.240 --> 0:31:56.920
<v Speaker 5>We were ten and three and now here we sit

0:31:57.000 --> 0:31:57.720
<v Speaker 5>at ten and six.

0:31:58.280 --> 0:32:01.440
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that was a very buttoned up, clean performance by

0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:04.200
<v Speaker 4>the Chiefs when they didn't screw things up hardly at all.

0:32:04.720 --> 0:32:06.800
<v Speaker 4>And I thought Mahomes probably played his best game of

0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:09.120
<v Speaker 4>the year. Regardless of who the defense is. I mean

0:32:09.160 --> 0:32:11.320
<v Speaker 4>a lot of it's just how well of what level

0:32:11.360 --> 0:32:14.280
<v Speaker 4>he plays at was it pretty impressive just to watch

0:32:14.360 --> 0:32:16.800
<v Speaker 4>him in action at game level, you know, to be

0:32:16.840 --> 0:32:19.960
<v Speaker 4>where your seat is and watch an all time great player.

0:32:20.960 --> 0:32:23.320
<v Speaker 5>No doubt, And you know I've gotten to see him

0:32:23.360 --> 0:32:26.720
<v Speaker 5>a few times over the years in different circumstances of

0:32:26.920 --> 0:32:29.440
<v Speaker 5>you know, games and whatnot. But like you said, I

0:32:29.480 --> 0:32:33.600
<v Speaker 5>just think it was the level of execution. Just it's

0:32:33.680 --> 0:32:36.880
<v Speaker 5>really remarkable to watch how quickly he gets the ball out,

0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:39.880
<v Speaker 5>goes exactly where it's going, just even how his receiving

0:32:39.960 --> 0:32:42.720
<v Speaker 5>core and running backs know what is happening and it's

0:32:42.720 --> 0:32:46.600
<v Speaker 5>happening that quickly, and they're just able to get the

0:32:46.680 --> 0:32:50.680
<v Speaker 5>chunks and keep moving and to just gash the Steelers defense.

0:32:51.280 --> 0:32:51.760
<v Speaker 3>But it's that.

0:32:51.760 --> 0:32:58.840
<v Speaker 4>Precise, but it's almost indefensible. But it's that precise timing, right, correct.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, like that slants Hollywood Brown. I was just like, whoa,

0:33:01.920 --> 0:33:03.880
<v Speaker 5>you know, you just have one of those like, Wow,

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:07.760
<v Speaker 5>they're wheeling and dealing, and hey, I give them credit.

0:33:07.920 --> 0:33:10.760
<v Speaker 5>They had to come to Pittsburgh on a short week.

0:33:10.840 --> 0:33:13.400
<v Speaker 5>That's not fun. We've all lived through the Thursday night games.

0:33:13.440 --> 0:33:15.880
<v Speaker 5>I know this was Wednesday, but playing on Saturday makes

0:33:15.920 --> 0:33:18.960
<v Speaker 5>it like a Thursday schedule. And then also the fact

0:33:19.000 --> 0:33:20.520
<v Speaker 5>that they're playing for the one seat.

0:33:20.640 --> 0:33:21.440
<v Speaker 3>Now they know.

0:33:22.920 --> 0:33:26.080
<v Speaker 5>The playoffs can run through Arrowhead and they have a

0:33:26.120 --> 0:33:30.320
<v Speaker 5>first round by and for everybody who's hurt, they're able

0:33:30.320 --> 0:33:32.640
<v Speaker 5>to heal up. I mean, imagine if Chris Jones played

0:33:32.640 --> 0:33:35.960
<v Speaker 5>that game. You just think about the five stacks that

0:33:36.040 --> 0:33:39.320
<v Speaker 5>Russell Wilson took that, you know, I mean everyone on

0:33:39.400 --> 0:33:42.200
<v Speaker 5>the offense gave up, and you just think, like, man,

0:33:42.720 --> 0:33:45.920
<v Speaker 5>it could have been worse potentially, which is a scary thing.

0:33:46.800 --> 0:33:47.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:33:47.200 --> 0:33:50.320
<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, But Missy won't take up any more of your time.

0:33:50.360 --> 0:33:52.520
<v Speaker 2>On day off, you get to spend some time with

0:33:52.560 --> 0:33:56.040
<v Speaker 2>you boys and do all that fun stuff. Kind of

0:33:56.960 --> 0:33:58.960
<v Speaker 2>wallowing a pit losh yesterday.

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<v Speaker 3>Wow, I took kick it at all.

0:34:01.800 --> 0:34:06.000
<v Speaker 2>It took seven days long to complete, seemingly, but you know,

0:34:06.200 --> 0:34:08.799
<v Speaker 2>it is what it is. Just not a good couple

0:34:08.840 --> 0:34:09.880
<v Speaker 2>of days here in Pittsburgh.

0:34:09.920 --> 0:34:11.200
<v Speaker 3>Was there a bunch of safeties at the end of

0:34:11.239 --> 0:34:12.320
<v Speaker 3>the game or something weird?

0:34:12.360 --> 0:34:13.399
<v Speaker 2>You go for two every time?

0:34:13.520 --> 0:34:17.000
<v Speaker 5>Okay, you go when you go for two? Yeah, yeah,

0:34:17.239 --> 0:34:19.720
<v Speaker 5>I say. It took years off my life. It literally

0:34:19.719 --> 0:34:22.840
<v Speaker 5>took hours off my life. I was not as productive

0:34:22.840 --> 0:34:25.320
<v Speaker 5>as I anticipated being when my boys went to hockey

0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:27.440
<v Speaker 5>practice last night because the game was still on when

0:34:27.440 --> 0:34:28.160
<v Speaker 5>they got help.

0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:33.200
<v Speaker 2>That there you go. Our guest has been Missy. Matthew

0:34:33.239 --> 0:34:36.480
<v Speaker 2>Steelers sideline reporter Missy. We appreciate you dropping by. Of

0:34:36.480 --> 0:34:39.319
<v Speaker 2>course Missy does so every Friday. Here on the drive,

0:34:39.600 --> 0:34:41.919
<v Speaker 2>he is Matt Williamson. I'm Dale Lollie. We'll be back

0:34:41.920 --> 0:34:46.440
<v Speaker 2>with more right after this.

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<v Speaker 1>This he's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson

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<v Speaker 1>on your twenty four to seven home of the Black

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0:34:58.160 --> 0:35:00.799
<v Speaker 2>And we are back. I'm Dale Lolly. He is the

0:35:01.120 --> 0:35:03.360
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0:35:03.400 --> 0:35:05.080
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0:35:14.239 --> 0:35:16.759
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0:35:16.840 --> 0:35:17.840
<v Speaker 2>questions in the comments.

0:35:18.760 --> 0:35:18.960
<v Speaker 3>Matt.

0:35:19.040 --> 0:35:21.719
<v Speaker 2>For this next segment, I wanted to look at the

0:35:21.760 --> 0:35:25.319
<v Speaker 2>preseason over under totals. Okay, see who's gotten there and

0:35:25.320 --> 0:35:28.760
<v Speaker 2>who hasn't to this with one game or two games left,

0:35:29.440 --> 0:35:31.319
<v Speaker 2>so leading things off their I'm looking here at Pro

0:35:31.320 --> 0:35:33.800
<v Speaker 2>Football Reference. They break everything that they did this nicely.

0:35:34.000 --> 0:35:36.640
<v Speaker 2>They have the win loss over under in one column

0:35:36.680 --> 0:35:39.200
<v Speaker 2>and then their actual record. Now I don't have to

0:35:39.239 --> 0:35:39.879
<v Speaker 2>go back and forth.

0:35:40.120 --> 0:35:40.880
<v Speaker 3>That's perfect.

0:35:41.719 --> 0:35:44.600
<v Speaker 2>So the Arizona Cardinals, they're over under to start the

0:35:44.600 --> 0:35:46.280
<v Speaker 2>season was seven.

0:35:47.000 --> 0:35:50.280
<v Speaker 4>I remember that thinking that was quite high considering their defense.

0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:51.200
<v Speaker 2>Now they're seven and eight.

0:35:51.280 --> 0:35:53.520
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and they they all kicked them on the eye

0:35:53.560 --> 0:35:56.000
<v Speaker 4>coverage with them over with two games left, they pretty quick.

0:35:56.000 --> 0:35:57.719
<v Speaker 4>They could get there. They could get over they could

0:35:57.760 --> 0:36:00.640
<v Speaker 4>get over right. I don't love their chances, but could.

0:36:00.640 --> 0:36:03.160
<v Speaker 2>The Atlanta Falcons over under was nine and a half.

0:36:03.200 --> 0:36:04.040
<v Speaker 2>They're eight and seven.

0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:06.280
<v Speaker 4>A lot of that was based on a super easy

0:36:06.280 --> 0:36:08.759
<v Speaker 4>schedule preseason, you know, and that doesn't always play out,

0:36:09.320 --> 0:36:10.680
<v Speaker 4>but I like their chances.

0:36:11.840 --> 0:36:14.439
<v Speaker 2>The Baltimore Ravens over under was ten and five. They're

0:36:14.440 --> 0:36:16.719
<v Speaker 2>now eleven and five with one game remaining, so they've

0:36:16.760 --> 0:36:21.080
<v Speaker 2>hit their over it. Yeah yeah. Buffalo Bills over under

0:36:21.160 --> 0:36:24.359
<v Speaker 2>was ten and they croshed it twelve and three right now.

0:36:24.440 --> 0:36:24.640
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:26.640
<v Speaker 4>A lot of people, myself included, thought this would be

0:36:26.640 --> 0:36:28.000
<v Speaker 4>a slight step back year.

0:36:28.120 --> 0:36:30.319
<v Speaker 3>You traded digs, you know, get your books in order.

0:36:30.400 --> 0:36:31.399
<v Speaker 3>But they've been really good.

0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:36.439
<v Speaker 2>The Carolina Panthers over under five and a half. They're

0:36:36.480 --> 0:36:38.640
<v Speaker 2>four and eleven right now. They had three or four

0:36:38.719 --> 0:36:39.960
<v Speaker 2>they got a shot to get there.

0:36:40.520 --> 0:36:40.839
<v Speaker 3>They do.

0:36:41.000 --> 0:36:42.640
<v Speaker 2>Now they need to win their final two games to

0:36:42.680 --> 0:36:45.279
<v Speaker 2>do so. But they've been very competitive over the last year.

0:36:45.320 --> 0:36:47.160
<v Speaker 2>I know they have five or six weeks, they have Tampa.

0:36:46.920 --> 0:36:49.160
<v Speaker 4>Bay Tampa and then they have another it's either Saints

0:36:49.280 --> 0:36:51.719
<v Speaker 4>or Falcons have a division game of course to finish it.

0:36:51.800 --> 0:36:54.600
<v Speaker 4>Maybe maybe maybe, I mean, considering how bad things were

0:36:54.640 --> 0:36:55.800
<v Speaker 4>at early deseason.

0:36:55.840 --> 0:37:00.919
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the Chicago Bears, they're definitely under. They're over. Under

0:37:01.000 --> 0:37:03.440
<v Speaker 2>was eight and a half. They're four and twelve.

0:37:03.719 --> 0:37:04.759
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, last night didn't do me.

0:37:04.960 --> 0:37:07.280
<v Speaker 2>Last night was a disaster. Actually, they're four and thirteen.

0:37:07.320 --> 0:37:09.000
<v Speaker 3>After No. Four and twelve, there are four and twelve.

0:37:09.040 --> 0:37:09.839
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that includes them.

0:37:09.880 --> 0:37:11.719
<v Speaker 3>Last night's disaster really bad.

0:37:11.880 --> 0:37:16.280
<v Speaker 2>You wouldn't see a how not the handle clock management

0:37:16.320 --> 0:37:19.120
<v Speaker 2>at the end of the half. That's twice now this year.

0:37:19.120 --> 0:37:21.160
<v Speaker 2>It cost you the last it costs Naggy as jaw

0:37:21.280 --> 0:37:25.759
<v Speaker 2>or not Naggy flu Eberflus job when he butchered that

0:37:25.800 --> 0:37:28.040
<v Speaker 2>one against the Lions, Well they butchered again us or

0:37:28.320 --> 0:37:32.320
<v Speaker 2>horrendous horrendous Eberflus doesn't have any excuse. This guy was

0:37:32.320 --> 0:37:34.719
<v Speaker 2>a position goes five or six weeks ago. I mean

0:37:34.719 --> 0:37:39.080
<v Speaker 2>he got promoted and promoted in promoted twice A yeah,

0:37:39.120 --> 0:37:43.200
<v Speaker 2>but that was insane. So they're four and twelve. They're

0:37:43.800 --> 0:37:44.319
<v Speaker 2>well under.

0:37:44.440 --> 0:37:45.080
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:49.279
<v Speaker 2>The Cincinnati Bengals, well under ten and a half was

0:37:49.320 --> 0:37:50.640
<v Speaker 2>the over under. They're seven and eight.

0:37:51.360 --> 0:37:52.000
<v Speaker 3>Not getting there.

0:37:52.120 --> 0:37:57.000
<v Speaker 2>No, the Cleveland Browns, well, they were over under was

0:37:57.000 --> 0:37:59.319
<v Speaker 2>eight and a half, higher than the Steelers, I might add,

0:38:00.320 --> 0:38:01.200
<v Speaker 2>they're three and twelve.

0:38:01.480 --> 0:38:02.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, not even close.

0:38:03.440 --> 0:38:07.640
<v Speaker 2>The Dallas Cowboys under but sort of explainable. They're over

0:38:07.760 --> 0:38:09.560
<v Speaker 2>under was ten. They're seven and eight.

0:38:10.280 --> 0:38:12.719
<v Speaker 4>And maybe they'll win another or whatever. They're obviously they're

0:38:12.719 --> 0:38:13.000
<v Speaker 4>not going to.

0:38:13.040 --> 0:38:15.360
<v Speaker 2>Be awfully difficult now that cd.

0:38:16.040 --> 0:38:18.200
<v Speaker 4>Lamb GOTA shut down and right they're in Philly this

0:38:18.239 --> 0:38:19.600
<v Speaker 4>week or against Philly this week.

0:38:19.880 --> 0:38:22.319
<v Speaker 2>The Denver Broncos over under was five and a half.

0:38:22.520 --> 0:38:25.680
<v Speaker 2>I know they're nine and six. He knows how to

0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:27.440
<v Speaker 2>he knows how to win games. I mean, he has

0:38:27.480 --> 0:38:30.040
<v Speaker 2>a winning record as a Denver head coach. And they're

0:38:30.080 --> 0:38:32.480
<v Speaker 2>not loaded with talent. You know, they've had quarterback changes

0:38:32.520 --> 0:38:35.960
<v Speaker 2>and give them credit. The Detroit Lions beat the Bengals,

0:38:35.960 --> 0:38:38.759
<v Speaker 2>by the way, I think they are too and we'll

0:38:38.800 --> 0:38:41.280
<v Speaker 2>get to that later in the show. The Detroit Lions

0:38:41.320 --> 0:38:43.799
<v Speaker 2>over under was ten and a half. They're thirteen and two.

0:38:44.000 --> 0:38:47.279
<v Speaker 2>They crushing it, Yeah, crushing it. Green Bay Packers over

0:38:47.360 --> 0:38:52.000
<v Speaker 2>under was ten. They're eleven and four. Blue right by it,

0:38:52.000 --> 0:38:53.640
<v Speaker 2>and they got two tough games coming up.

0:38:53.680 --> 0:38:56.600
<v Speaker 4>But okay, there's a lot of over so far, but

0:38:56.680 --> 0:38:59.919
<v Speaker 4>we're only at the gs. I think some of it's

0:39:00.080 --> 0:39:03.359
<v Speaker 4>there's so many three win teams that are so far under, and.

0:39:03.320 --> 0:39:05.880
<v Speaker 2>Some of the unders are the unders are real. The

0:39:05.920 --> 0:39:09.440
<v Speaker 2>Browns und the Bears, Bears were way under their total.

0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:12.799
<v Speaker 2>The Houston Texans over runner nine and a half. They're

0:39:12.880 --> 0:39:13.480
<v Speaker 2>nine and seven.

0:39:14.760 --> 0:39:15.919
<v Speaker 3>Not positive they'll get there.

0:39:16.320 --> 0:39:16.719
<v Speaker 2>I don't know.

0:39:16.800 --> 0:39:17.479
<v Speaker 3>They got one more.

0:39:17.520 --> 0:39:19.440
<v Speaker 2>Right they made They have nothing to play for it

0:39:19.560 --> 0:39:19.920
<v Speaker 2>last year?

0:39:19.960 --> 0:39:21.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I say, why would they even bother?

0:39:21.920 --> 0:39:25.040
<v Speaker 2>Indianapolis Colts over under eight and a half. They're seven

0:39:25.080 --> 0:39:28.480
<v Speaker 2>and eight, okay, and in their favorite against the Giants,

0:39:28.520 --> 0:39:31.560
<v Speaker 2>and then I should favor in their last two games. Yeah,

0:39:32.080 --> 0:39:36.360
<v Speaker 2>I know they played a division game play either the

0:39:36.400 --> 0:39:38.040
<v Speaker 2>Titans or the Jaguars, one of the two.

0:39:38.080 --> 0:39:39.920
<v Speaker 4>I'm not sure if Richardson's even playing this week, but

0:39:39.920 --> 0:39:41.080
<v Speaker 4>they'll still beat the Giants.

0:39:41.680 --> 0:39:43.960
<v Speaker 2>Jacksonville's over under eight and a half.

0:39:44.080 --> 0:39:46.799
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, they were considered a playoff fringe type.

0:39:46.800 --> 0:39:47.600
<v Speaker 2>Three and twelve.

0:39:47.760 --> 0:39:49.840
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, three and twelve, brutal.

0:39:50.080 --> 0:39:53.360
<v Speaker 2>Kansas City's over under eleven and a half. They're fifteen

0:39:53.400 --> 0:39:57.040
<v Speaker 2>and one. The Raiders over under six and a half.

0:39:57.360 --> 0:39:59.120
<v Speaker 3>There's three and twelve, not getting there.

0:40:00.840 --> 0:40:03.960
<v Speaker 2>The Chargers over under was nine. They're nine and six.

0:40:04.840 --> 0:40:05.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:40:05.200 --> 0:40:07.080
<v Speaker 4>I was big on the over on or the under

0:40:07.120 --> 0:40:08.400
<v Speaker 4>on that team.

0:40:08.719 --> 0:40:11.319
<v Speaker 2>The Rams over under eight and a half nine and six,

0:40:11.600 --> 0:40:14.960
<v Speaker 2>say they're over right, Yeah. The Dolphins over under was

0:40:15.000 --> 0:40:16.759
<v Speaker 2>ten seven and eight.

0:40:16.960 --> 0:40:19.000
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:40:19.520 --> 0:40:24.400
<v Speaker 2>Minnesota's over under six and a half by more than that,

0:40:24.640 --> 0:40:28.239
<v Speaker 2>thirteen and two, the only one in the city's pretty high.

0:40:28.320 --> 0:40:30.160
<v Speaker 2>Kansas City's only three and a half games over, they're

0:40:30.160 --> 0:40:34.879
<v Speaker 2>over under them. Minnesota's five. Yeah, six and a half over.

0:40:35.200 --> 0:40:37.600
<v Speaker 3>They could lose either two or they could win either too.

0:40:37.600 --> 0:40:39.080
<v Speaker 2>It doesn't matter that they're six and a half over

0:40:39.120 --> 0:40:42.920
<v Speaker 2>their win total. The Patriots over under was four and

0:40:42.920 --> 0:40:44.759
<v Speaker 2>a half. They're three and twelve.

0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:46.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, right now, they had the second pick in the draft.

0:40:46.600 --> 0:40:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. The Saints over under was seven and a half,

0:40:49.960 --> 0:40:53.560
<v Speaker 2>not getting they're five and ten. The Giants over under

0:40:53.640 --> 0:40:56.040
<v Speaker 2>was six and a half. Two and thirteen.

0:40:56.480 --> 0:40:59.160
<v Speaker 3>Brutal. Yeah, some of these bad teams are far off.

0:40:59.280 --> 0:41:02.160
<v Speaker 2>The Jets over under nine and a half. They're four

0:41:02.160 --> 0:41:06.120
<v Speaker 2>and eleven. Right, The Eagles over under was ten and

0:41:06.160 --> 0:41:07.400
<v Speaker 2>a half, they're twelve and three.

0:41:07.680 --> 0:41:08.080
<v Speaker 3>Beat it.

0:41:09.000 --> 0:41:12.279
<v Speaker 2>The Steelers over under eight ten and six.

0:41:12.360 --> 0:41:13.560
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:41:13.960 --> 0:41:17.520
<v Speaker 2>San Francisco's over under eleven and a half. They're six

0:41:17.600 --> 0:41:20.160
<v Speaker 2>and nine. One of the more disappointing ones for sure.

0:41:21.160 --> 0:41:23.480
<v Speaker 2>Seattle's over under was seven and a half. They're nine

0:41:23.480 --> 0:41:23.879
<v Speaker 2>and seven.

0:41:24.840 --> 0:41:27.040
<v Speaker 4>Really successful year for them. I mean last night wasn't

0:41:27.239 --> 0:41:29.840
<v Speaker 4>a pillar, it wasn't a Beau duty. But now you

0:41:29.920 --> 0:41:31.360
<v Speaker 4>got the win, you know, so alive.

0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:34.279
<v Speaker 2>Tampa Bay's over under was seven and a half. Over

0:41:34.400 --> 0:41:37.920
<v Speaker 2>they're eight and seven. Tennessee's over under six and a

0:41:37.960 --> 0:41:39.040
<v Speaker 2>half they're three and twelve.

0:41:39.160 --> 0:41:39.799
<v Speaker 3>Not getting there.

0:41:40.239 --> 0:41:42.520
<v Speaker 2>And the Commander's over under, oh they had to be

0:41:42.560 --> 0:41:44.359
<v Speaker 2>a big one was six and a half. They're get

0:41:44.400 --> 0:41:44.959
<v Speaker 2>ten and five.

0:41:45.040 --> 0:41:47.400
<v Speaker 4>I was guessing they were even lower than that preseason.

0:41:48.400 --> 0:41:50.520
<v Speaker 4>They end up being gonna be somewhere between a ten

0:41:50.560 --> 0:41:51.280
<v Speaker 4>and twelve win.

0:41:51.120 --> 0:42:01.080
<v Speaker 2>Team given everything. So you got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,

0:42:01.280 --> 0:42:08.360
<v Speaker 2>eight eight teams this year with four or fewer wins. Yeah, Yeah,

0:42:08.840 --> 0:42:11.000
<v Speaker 2>there wasn't an over under in the league this year.

0:42:11.239 --> 0:42:13.360
<v Speaker 3>I think four is a very four and a half.

0:42:13.160 --> 0:42:15.560
<v Speaker 2>Was the was the Patriots was the lowest. Yeah, and

0:42:15.600 --> 0:42:17.800
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna have eight teams go under the under.

0:42:17.880 --> 0:42:19.920
<v Speaker 4>I mean when you see ten or five, right, I

0:42:19.960 --> 0:42:21.879
<v Speaker 4>mean there's a little bit of the play but they'll

0:42:21.880 --> 0:42:23.040
<v Speaker 4>be six.

0:42:23.760 --> 0:42:25.479
<v Speaker 2>Do we see that get adjusted next year?

0:42:26.520 --> 0:42:27.000
<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

0:42:27.160 --> 0:42:30.120
<v Speaker 4>I mean it was a really bad year for the

0:42:30.239 --> 0:42:33.400
<v Speaker 4>number of bad teams, you know. I mean even like

0:42:33.480 --> 0:42:38.319
<v Speaker 4>Browns and Jags, they were considered playoff fringe teams, you know,

0:42:38.760 --> 0:42:39.839
<v Speaker 4>expectations wise.

0:42:39.960 --> 0:42:41.880
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, let's just look through that. Who are

0:42:41.880 --> 0:42:44.680
<v Speaker 2>the biggest disappointments this year? I think San Francisco, the

0:42:44.680 --> 0:42:49.920
<v Speaker 2>AFC's loaded with them. Yeah, I mean, Jets, Cincinnati.

0:42:48.880 --> 0:42:53.320
<v Speaker 4>Right, Yags, Miami. They all looked like, ooh, can the

0:42:53.320 --> 0:42:55.360
<v Speaker 4>Steelers beat them out for a wild card? You know,

0:42:55.440 --> 0:42:59.120
<v Speaker 4>like that was the narrative going into uh and Denver

0:42:59.480 --> 0:43:02.040
<v Speaker 4>stepped up. But those other teams, there were five of

0:43:02.040 --> 0:43:04.760
<v Speaker 4>them that were good expectations did nothing.

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<v Speaker 2>No, No, you're right. I mean if you looked at

0:43:07.640 --> 0:43:09.880
<v Speaker 2>it at the beginning of the season, and we talked

0:43:09.880 --> 0:43:13.160
<v Speaker 2>about this preseason, the Steelers, when the Steelers over under

0:43:13.160 --> 0:43:15.719
<v Speaker 2>opened it was seven and a half and it went

0:43:15.800 --> 0:43:19.080
<v Speaker 2>up to eight because everybody look thinking, you know, I'm

0:43:19.120 --> 0:43:21.040
<v Speaker 2>surprised you didn't go to eight and a half. Maybe

0:43:21.040 --> 0:43:23.560
<v Speaker 2>it did in some places, because usually don't get eight.

0:43:24.040 --> 0:43:25.040
<v Speaker 3>It's almost always a half.

0:43:25.080 --> 0:43:27.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you always get the half out there. And I

0:43:27.719 --> 0:43:29.640
<v Speaker 2>don't know how Pro Football Reference does this to the

0:43:29.719 --> 0:43:34.080
<v Speaker 2>average amount. I'm sure one book eight and a half

0:43:34.160 --> 0:43:35.680
<v Speaker 2>or or seven and a half, the other ones at

0:43:35.680 --> 0:43:39.680
<v Speaker 2>eight and so they just took the average. But when

0:43:39.680 --> 0:43:42.840
<v Speaker 2>you look at it in that fashion, the Steelers have

0:43:42.920 --> 0:43:45.000
<v Speaker 2>won two more games than they were expected to win.

0:43:45.120 --> 0:43:50.440
<v Speaker 2>According to Las Vegas, they're ten and six. There are

0:43:50.480 --> 0:43:53.600
<v Speaker 2>some other teams on here, Minnesota being chief among them,

0:43:53.960 --> 0:43:58.640
<v Speaker 2>that have outkicked theeah But you can't look at this

0:43:58.719 --> 0:44:02.000
<v Speaker 2>season and say, well this season, what disappointment? No, no,

0:44:02.160 --> 0:44:05.080
<v Speaker 2>you know, now, I get it. You can be disappointed

0:44:05.080 --> 0:44:08.440
<v Speaker 2>by what's happened of late, yes, but nobody in their

0:44:08.520 --> 0:44:11.240
<v Speaker 2>right minds you and I both picked them to lose

0:44:11.800 --> 0:44:13.360
<v Speaker 2>in Philadelphia and in Baltimore.

0:44:14.120 --> 0:44:15.520
<v Speaker 4>I can't remember if I picked them to make the

0:44:15.560 --> 0:44:17.759
<v Speaker 4>playoffs or not. If I did, it was as a

0:44:17.760 --> 0:44:19.919
<v Speaker 4>wild card. Yeah, it's like the rush or seventh seed.

0:44:19.960 --> 0:44:21.920
<v Speaker 4>You know, yeah, I didn't think all those teams in

0:44:21.960 --> 0:44:25.759
<v Speaker 4>the AFC would, namely Cincinnati, of all of them would

0:44:25.840 --> 0:44:27.800
<v Speaker 4>just fall off a cliff like I took the Bengals

0:44:27.800 --> 0:44:28.440
<v Speaker 4>to win division.

0:44:28.680 --> 0:44:29.160
<v Speaker 2>So did I?

0:44:29.320 --> 0:44:29.520
<v Speaker 3>Yeah?

0:44:29.600 --> 0:44:32.120
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and I had I had Baltimore and Pittsburgh going

0:44:32.160 --> 0:44:33.080
<v Speaker 2>in as wild cards.

0:44:33.440 --> 0:44:35.560
<v Speaker 4>I think I did too. I can't remember who was

0:44:35.560 --> 0:44:39.239
<v Speaker 4>two and three for me. You're talking about bigges disappointments.

0:44:39.280 --> 0:44:41.319
<v Speaker 4>I would say Dallas and the Niners were the two

0:44:41.320 --> 0:44:43.160
<v Speaker 4>biggest NFC disappointments.

0:44:43.520 --> 0:44:48.279
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, especially the Niners in particular. Yeah, six and you

0:44:48.320 --> 0:44:50.640
<v Speaker 2>go six and nine right now, Yeah, you're over. Under

0:44:50.680 --> 0:44:52.000
<v Speaker 2>was eleven and a half, which.

0:44:51.920 --> 0:44:54.080
<v Speaker 3>Was and they got hit hard by injuries.

0:44:54.120 --> 0:44:56.160
<v Speaker 2>Eleven and a half was tied for the most year

0:44:56.160 --> 0:44:57.920
<v Speaker 2>of the the highest in league. If you looked at

0:44:57.960 --> 0:45:00.719
<v Speaker 2>the odds to go to the Super Bowl prior to

0:45:00.719 --> 0:45:02.160
<v Speaker 2>this season, they were in the top three.

0:45:02.560 --> 0:45:05.000
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, because the NFC looked like it easier path too. Yeah,

0:45:05.080 --> 0:45:07.400
<v Speaker 4>I mean they may have been number one, right, they

0:45:07.440 --> 0:45:09.560
<v Speaker 4>didn't because Kansas City looked like they had a tougher path.

0:45:09.600 --> 0:45:11.920
<v Speaker 4>AFC looked a lot harder when the season started.

0:45:11.960 --> 0:45:14.040
<v Speaker 2>So folks, we're not We're not going through that here

0:45:14.040 --> 0:45:17.640
<v Speaker 2>in Pittsburgh. No, no, no, no, Like people are complaining

0:45:17.640 --> 0:45:20.040
<v Speaker 2>about this and that, and I get it again. Nobody

0:45:20.480 --> 0:45:22.640
<v Speaker 2>go over or under. They're right on the number. They

0:45:22.719 --> 0:45:25.440
<v Speaker 2>actually they're right under the number. Their number was an

0:45:25.480 --> 0:45:27.279
<v Speaker 2>another win. They're over under was nine and a half.

0:45:27.440 --> 0:45:31.040
<v Speaker 4>Kind of like, that's a disappointing year to me, despite

0:45:31.080 --> 0:45:34.960
<v Speaker 4>your nine to seven, because they had so much momentum five.

0:45:34.800 --> 0:45:35.719
<v Speaker 2>And one to start to see.

0:45:35.800 --> 0:45:38.400
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, say that's a little bit different situation. That's a

0:45:38.440 --> 0:45:41.960
<v Speaker 4>second year head coach, second year quarterback. They got this,

0:45:42.360 --> 0:45:44.600
<v Speaker 4>you know, they've got this whole NFL thing figured out.

0:45:44.680 --> 0:45:48.040
<v Speaker 4>They're steamrolling through. They added Diggs, they added you know,

0:45:48.120 --> 0:45:50.680
<v Speaker 4>Daniel Hunter. They were ready to take a step with

0:45:50.719 --> 0:45:53.120
<v Speaker 4>the big boys, and they didn't. I mean, they're gonna

0:45:53.120 --> 0:45:55.680
<v Speaker 4>win their division, but and may even you may even

0:45:55.719 --> 0:45:57.799
<v Speaker 4>win your bet on the over, but you're holding on

0:45:57.840 --> 0:45:58.800
<v Speaker 4>by the skin of your teeth.

0:45:59.480 --> 0:46:02.680
<v Speaker 2>To me, the two AFC biggest disappointments are both in

0:46:02.680 --> 0:46:03.360
<v Speaker 2>this division.

0:46:03.719 --> 0:46:04.960
<v Speaker 3>I did the Ohio teams.

0:46:05.520 --> 0:46:07.520
<v Speaker 2>Cleveland's over under was eight and a half. Now I

0:46:07.560 --> 0:46:08.600
<v Speaker 2>didn't think that was right.

0:46:08.800 --> 0:46:10.839
<v Speaker 3>No, I took the under. Yeah, yeah, I.

0:46:10.800 --> 0:46:13.160
<v Speaker 2>Didn't, you know, because that was counting on Deshaun Watson

0:46:13.200 --> 0:46:16.000
<v Speaker 2>to be not who he had been the previous three seasons.

0:46:16.560 --> 0:46:17.560
<v Speaker 2>There're three and twelve.

0:46:17.680 --> 0:46:19.080
<v Speaker 4>But you could have made the argument they had the

0:46:19.080 --> 0:46:21.319
<v Speaker 4>best defense in the league last year or one of

0:46:21.560 --> 0:46:22.040
<v Speaker 4>and it's not.

0:46:22.200 --> 0:46:24.080
<v Speaker 2>It's not been there right running game.

0:46:24.160 --> 0:46:24.360
<v Speaker 5>You know.

0:46:24.400 --> 0:46:27.240
<v Speaker 2>Similarly, Cincinnati's over under was ten and a half.

0:46:27.360 --> 0:46:28.759
<v Speaker 3>Now I took the over on that one. I was

0:46:28.800 --> 0:46:30.279
<v Speaker 3>on board with Cincinnati.

0:46:30.600 --> 0:46:35.000
<v Speaker 2>There's seven and eight right now, and they can't blame

0:46:35.040 --> 0:46:36.000
<v Speaker 2>a bunch of injuries.

0:46:36.560 --> 0:46:37.840
<v Speaker 3>No, no, you can't.

0:46:37.960 --> 0:46:38.760
<v Speaker 2>It's the defense.

0:46:38.920 --> 0:46:41.680
<v Speaker 3>It's a defense. It's very simple. What the problem is.

0:46:41.719 --> 0:46:43.960
<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's one side of the ball is an actor.

0:46:44.320 --> 0:46:46.120
<v Speaker 2>And that was supposed to be well, you know, I

0:46:46.120 --> 0:46:49.400
<v Speaker 2>mean two years ago, lou An Orumo is he's you know,

0:46:49.440 --> 0:46:51.480
<v Speaker 2>why is this guy head coach? He's been illegal? Look,

0:46:51.520 --> 0:46:54.440
<v Speaker 2>well he's going with the Cincinnati defense. Yep, that's not

0:46:54.440 --> 0:46:55.680
<v Speaker 2>gonna be the case this offseason.

0:46:55.719 --> 0:46:58.000
<v Speaker 4>And the other thing, too, is I don't like or

0:46:58.080 --> 0:47:02.319
<v Speaker 4>either like. I'd much rather be in Houston shoes or

0:47:02.400 --> 0:47:06.879
<v Speaker 4>Miami's or even the Colts for the most part of

0:47:07.400 --> 0:47:10.600
<v Speaker 4>now what do I do? I mean Cleveland's and they're

0:47:11.000 --> 0:47:13.760
<v Speaker 4>a novel spot. I mean, at least they have Burrow.

0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:15.960
<v Speaker 4>I mean that's great, but they have a lot of

0:47:15.960 --> 0:47:18.120
<v Speaker 4>things they have to figure out too to get back

0:47:18.160 --> 0:47:22.680
<v Speaker 4>to being a I don't know, you know, eleven twelve

0:47:22.680 --> 0:47:24.839
<v Speaker 4>win team in the preseason.

0:47:24.320 --> 0:47:25.480
<v Speaker 3>Of you know where you're gonna be.

0:47:25.560 --> 0:47:27.840
<v Speaker 2>And the problem for Cleveland this year is that they've

0:47:28.280 --> 0:47:31.080
<v Speaker 2>there's so many other bad teams out there. They're not

0:47:31.080 --> 0:47:33.239
<v Speaker 2>going to be in position to draft a quarterback this year,

0:47:33.520 --> 0:47:35.160
<v Speaker 2>probably not. And it's only I don't even know if

0:47:35.160 --> 0:47:36.640
<v Speaker 2>you want to this year, right, you know. That's the

0:47:36.680 --> 0:47:39.360
<v Speaker 2>other thing. Yeah, but it's bad.

0:47:39.520 --> 0:47:40.040
<v Speaker 3>It is bad.

0:47:40.640 --> 0:47:44.440
<v Speaker 4>So coincidentally, I got this thing from Sports Info Solutions

0:47:44.480 --> 0:47:48.800
<v Speaker 4>today talking about who's been hit hardest by injuries and

0:47:48.800 --> 0:47:52.040
<v Speaker 4>they break it down offense, defense, and a couple of

0:47:52.080 --> 0:47:54.839
<v Speaker 4>the teams that just just wanted to like, who are

0:47:54.840 --> 0:48:01.920
<v Speaker 4>the extremes, Packers, Bills, Commanders, Falcons, Broncos got hit the least,

0:48:02.200 --> 0:48:04.160
<v Speaker 4>you know, and that adds up all those teams have

0:48:04.160 --> 0:48:08.440
<v Speaker 4>had pretty darn good years. Teams hit the most, the Lions,

0:48:08.920 --> 0:48:11.239
<v Speaker 4>and it's like all on defense. They have this chart,

0:48:11.360 --> 0:48:15.040
<v Speaker 4>you know, and they're still managing. Browns were next. They

0:48:15.040 --> 0:48:18.960
<v Speaker 4>have got hit pretty hard, but don't tell me Watson.

0:48:19.280 --> 0:48:21.440
<v Speaker 4>Watson getting hurt was It's not the same as your

0:48:21.440 --> 0:48:22.600
<v Speaker 4>starting quarterbacks, the.

0:48:22.640 --> 0:48:24.520
<v Speaker 2>Starting quarterback right now, if he hadn't gotten.

0:48:24.320 --> 0:48:27.440
<v Speaker 3>Hurt, right, Cowboys were next. That adds up.

0:48:27.680 --> 0:48:30.319
<v Speaker 4>I mean they have three studs and Lamb just went

0:48:30.400 --> 0:48:36.200
<v Speaker 4>on I or the other two missed massive portions. Giants, Niners,

0:48:36.360 --> 0:48:38.239
<v Speaker 4>you know, those are the teams that that adds up.

0:48:38.280 --> 0:48:39.560
<v Speaker 4>I mean, that's kind of what it looks like. We're

0:48:39.640 --> 0:48:42.239
<v Speaker 4>the Steelers falling that the right in the middle. They

0:48:42.239 --> 0:48:48.560
<v Speaker 4>are dead middle with a much more so offense getting

0:48:48.600 --> 0:48:49.480
<v Speaker 4>hurt than defense.

0:48:49.920 --> 0:48:50.120
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:48:50.160 --> 0:48:52.640
<v Speaker 2>I just wonder if they considered Russell Wilson the starter

0:48:52.760 --> 0:48:53.600
<v Speaker 2>to start the season.

0:48:53.920 --> 0:48:54.719
<v Speaker 3>I was curious how they.

0:48:56.760 --> 0:48:58.799
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you know, I mean, if you have a first

0:48:58.840 --> 0:49:01.160
<v Speaker 4>round pick, you would he's going to be a starter,

0:49:01.920 --> 0:49:03.239
<v Speaker 4>and they never got that opportunity.

0:49:03.280 --> 0:49:05.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he started one game and got hurt.

0:49:05.280 --> 0:49:05.480
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:49:05.600 --> 0:49:07.880
<v Speaker 4>I actually need to click on it and read further.

0:49:07.960 --> 0:49:09.239
<v Speaker 4>But there's just a charge here.

0:49:09.239 --> 0:49:10.839
<v Speaker 2>It's kind of interesting because they have had i mean

0:49:10.840 --> 0:49:13.279
<v Speaker 2>the offensive line injuries early in the season where.

0:49:13.520 --> 0:49:15.400
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, there was a lot of it. Yeah, I

0:49:15.400 --> 0:49:17.080
<v Speaker 4>mean even pickings for a couple of games. I mean,

0:49:17.080 --> 0:49:19.360
<v Speaker 4>that's a starter you know, yeah, so, yeah, they're right

0:49:19.400 --> 0:49:21.719
<v Speaker 4>in the middle there. I think Firemouth missed a game

0:49:21.760 --> 0:49:25.040
<v Speaker 4>or two, right, Uh no, no, has he been for all?

0:49:25.080 --> 0:49:25.360
<v Speaker 3>I think so.

0:49:25.400 --> 0:49:29.480
<v Speaker 2>I think he's played them. But the Steelers' injuries have

0:49:29.680 --> 0:49:32.840
<v Speaker 2>kind of been clustered at the beginning of the season

0:49:33.520 --> 0:49:35.879
<v Speaker 2>O line with the O line, yeah, and now late

0:49:35.960 --> 0:49:38.160
<v Speaker 2>in the season with the defensive.

0:49:37.719 --> 0:49:40.279
<v Speaker 3>Backs, right, which is a tough way to live.

0:49:40.440 --> 0:49:42.239
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, you know, it'd be better if you could spread

0:49:42.239 --> 0:49:43.839
<v Speaker 4>them out. That's obviously not how the world works.

0:49:43.840 --> 0:49:45.880
<v Speaker 2>Now, we'll see about Joey Porter junior. Maybe they get

0:49:45.960 --> 0:49:49.200
<v Speaker 2>him back here, and you know, they're they're somewhat healthy

0:49:49.239 --> 0:49:50.560
<v Speaker 2>again going into the playoffs.

0:49:50.800 --> 0:49:52.680
<v Speaker 3>You've dealt with a nice long break, You've dealt.

0:49:52.480 --> 0:49:54.440
<v Speaker 2>With the offensive line stuff. But you I mean, at

0:49:54.440 --> 0:49:57.560
<v Speaker 2>this point you'd love to have James Daniels and Folotano available.

0:49:57.719 --> 0:50:00.360
<v Speaker 4>Oh yeah, I mean even Herbig was her big, it

0:50:00.400 --> 0:50:02.560
<v Speaker 4>would have been useful there for a while. Or you know,

0:50:02.800 --> 0:50:05.880
<v Speaker 4>no question, and you know your top three picks, you

0:50:05.960 --> 0:50:08.200
<v Speaker 4>only got one out of them, and he's been a

0:50:08.200 --> 0:50:11.439
<v Speaker 4>good one. Reman Wilson hasn't helped either. I mean, that's

0:50:11.480 --> 0:50:13.200
<v Speaker 4>that's we talked about that earlier in the week. I mean,

0:50:13.480 --> 0:50:15.680
<v Speaker 4>we're talking about rookie classes and things. They's got hit

0:50:15.719 --> 0:50:18.520
<v Speaker 4>pretty hard by injury. Yeah, but McCormick looks like a keeper,

0:50:18.560 --> 0:50:20.960
<v Speaker 4>and Fraser looks like a keeper, you know, Wilson looks

0:50:20.960 --> 0:50:21.520
<v Speaker 4>like a keeper.

0:50:21.560 --> 0:50:21.920
<v Speaker 3>Peyton.

0:50:22.400 --> 0:50:25.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so that's the situation. But I thought it'd be

0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:27.240
<v Speaker 2>interesting to look at those over unders.

0:50:27.719 --> 0:50:29.319
<v Speaker 4>Next year's camp will be kind of fun from that

0:50:29.400 --> 0:50:32.000
<v Speaker 4>regard is you're gonna have a whole rookie class and

0:50:32.120 --> 0:50:32.560
<v Speaker 4>those two.

0:50:32.800 --> 0:50:33.719
<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you know, by the.

0:50:33.719 --> 0:50:35.799
<v Speaker 4>Way, right right right, I mean we kind of dealt

0:50:35.840 --> 0:50:37.560
<v Speaker 4>with that with Trice, but he was a seventh round pick.

0:50:37.560 --> 0:50:38.880
<v Speaker 3>He was the first round pick, yeah.

0:50:38.800 --> 0:50:42.960
<v Speaker 2>Right, you weren't necessarily counting on him to become something. Anyways,

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<v Speaker 2>let's get to a break that's going to do it

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<v Speaker 2>for our number one of the drive here on the

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<v Speaker 2>Steelers Audio Network, Matt and I'll be back with our

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<v Speaker 2>number two right after this.