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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation. How are we doing? Well?

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Speaker 3: That's good us too, our number two of the Drive

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Speaker 3: Chris Halleck of course of dk Pittsburgh Sports Plenty that

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Speaker 3: we want to get into you with you, Chris, thank

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Speaker 3: you for taking the time. As always, partner, Let's kind

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Speaker 3: of start from the top. A sante Samuel Junior added

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Speaker 3: to the Steelers practice squad last night. Your thoughts on

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Speaker 3: that move and does it seem more like, uh, you know,

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Speaker 3: more of a chance he could start to be in

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Speaker 3: the fold next week against Chicago or do you think

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Speaker 3: there is maybe even a chance he.

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Speaker 2: Could get elevated to the active roster this week?

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean we saw Kyle Duggar, uh you know,

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Speaker 4: come in hit the ground running, and that's point now

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Speaker 4: obviously he was you know, acquired and was immediately immediately

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Speaker 4: placed on the active roster. So but you know, Sante Sanguel,

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Speaker 4: you know he gets here, it's Wednesday, he's gonna get

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Speaker 4: a full week's worth of you know, the game plan

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Speaker 4: in terms of practice. You know, for the first full

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Speaker 4: week of practice, he'll he'll be part of the game

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Speaker 4: plan process. So I don't want to completely shut the

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Speaker 4: door on it. Now he is a member of the

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Speaker 4: practice squad. So what they have to do, and you

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Speaker 4: know obviously that there would be roster hurdles to to make,

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Speaker 4: not that it's anything completely out of the ordinary.

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Speaker 5: They can elevate him.

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Speaker 4: They don't have to necessarily sign him to the active

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Speaker 4: roster right away. You're allowed to elevate I think up

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Speaker 4: to three times, so you know, you can elevate him,

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Speaker 4: see how things go, you know, continue to evaluate. It's

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Speaker 4: a very low risk move for the Steelers if he

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Speaker 4: turns into anything close to the player than he was before.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you look at those first three seasons, six interceptions,

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Speaker 4: a lot of passes defense. He's a really physical guy,

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Speaker 4: a guy who would again you know, when we were

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Speaker 4: talking about free agency way back in February and March,

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Speaker 4: I mean he was probably one of the top corners

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Speaker 4: lifted you know, on a lot of a lot of websites,

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Speaker 4: and so you know, this is a player where you know, yeah,

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Speaker 4: he had a significant surgery, but is worth the risk

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Speaker 4: of you know, especially when you're getting him on the

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Speaker 4: practice squad pretty much for nothing. Absolutely, it's worth the risk,

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Speaker 4: worth the risk.

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Speaker 5: I'm sure you did. I mean, you're thorough what you do.

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Speaker 5: But it sounded like he did some work on him,

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Speaker 5: you know, before his injury, and I did as well.

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Speaker 5: And if you get that guy, I think he's a

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Speaker 4: He could be. I mean, I mean, when you look

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Speaker 4: at the Steelers current situation, when you look at you know,

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Speaker 4: who should be fair to James Pierre. He's played well

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Speaker 4: when he's been.

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Speaker 5: Out to you.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's been probably the best most consistent play we've

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Speaker 4: seen from him when he's actually played corner. We know

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Speaker 4: that he's already an accomplished special teams player, but it's

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Speaker 4: one thing to be good on special teams's thing to

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Speaker 4: really really solid. Now could you aim higher there? If

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Speaker 4: your goals are to try to win a Super Bowl. Yes,

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Speaker 4: you absolutely can't aim a higher there. And so if

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Speaker 4: you know, before he had to have the surgery, then

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Speaker 4: you're talking about an outside corner duo of potentially if

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Speaker 4: because concussions are always unpredictable. Of Joey Porter Jr. And

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Speaker 4: the Sante Sanguel Junior, that's a pretty good duo. Then

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Speaker 4: you consider what you have right now at safety, which

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Speaker 4: definitely interesting. And the one thing that this gives the

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Speaker 5: It's pretty remarkable the secondary now from three hundred and

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Speaker 5: I mean, it's like really is. Yeah.

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Speaker 4: And the thing is is that I think when when

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Speaker 4: Maybe you know that they see that, Okay, things were

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Speaker 4: the news there was change you needed. But I think

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Speaker 4: sometimes people think that it's just like playing mad and

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Speaker 4: then you can just swap guys out and you can

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Speaker 4: just go out there and you know, call whatever coverage

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Speaker 4: like they're you know, video game athletes. It's not the

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Speaker 4: to see, you know how this continues to evolve with

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Deshaan Elliott and Joey Porter Junior the

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Speaker 3: due to injury unfortunately most of the year. It certainly

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Speaker 3: Just something maintenance wise, something rest wise, or might there

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Speaker 4: It's kind of early to tell in the week right now.

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Speaker 4: You will, We'll have to see. You'll have to monitor

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Speaker 4: it when you consider the inconsistent performance and performance, you know,

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Speaker 4: we'll see what happens. It's kind of early in the

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Speaker 4: you know, you get wanted to guy replaced, Well here

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Speaker 4: it's just gonna be interesting to see how that, how

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Speaker 4: what what happened. I think he's at least played enough

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Speaker 5: So heck with three hundred and sixty five days ago

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Speaker 5: with the secondary. The secondary is noticeably different from when

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Speaker 5: I mean, other than the people covering Chase and Higgins.

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Speaker 5: Do you see obviously that didn't go so great? Do

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Speaker 5: you see any Is there any suggestions you would make

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Speaker 5: less blitz more blitz more zone, you know, different personnel.

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Speaker 5: I mean, they've made a lot of defensive changes since then.

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Speaker 4: They have. I mean it's hard to hard to say,

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Speaker 4: I was hired.

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Speaker 5: Sure, but yeah, yeah, but.

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Speaker 4: I will say, obviously what they did last time did

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Speaker 4: at the same time you say that to be like, Okay,

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Speaker 4: well whatever you did last time, you cannot do anything

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Speaker 4: less often. Yes, that might mean more zone coverage. I

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Speaker 4: don't think it should be. I understand that, like Zach

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Speaker 4: But and Carol Loss was clear to point that out

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Speaker 4: different offenses. Well, at the same time, there are some

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Speaker 4: I think about like, Okay, when they played the Vikings,

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Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson had had a good game. I mean, he

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Speaker 4: had a lot of catches, he had a lot of yards.

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Speaker 4: But did anybody watching that game ever think that Justin

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Speaker 4: Jefferson was taking that game over?

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Speaker 2: Nope, I don't think so.

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Speaker 4: No. I like, and you look at his stats, You're like, wow,

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Speaker 4: I'm kind of surprise he had that many catches for

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Speaker 4: that many hours. But there was never that feeling that

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Speaker 4: he was taken over the game. That's obviously not what

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Speaker 4: pretty much won the game single handedly. That's what you

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Speaker 4: don't want to have happen. So what you have to

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Speaker 4: to at least limit their impacts, not allow them to

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Speaker 4: the performance that they had against that same Cincinnati defense

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Speaker 4: as good, if not better, so that you can at

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Speaker 4: least try to outscore them. If Chase and Higgins still

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Speaker 4: have some pretty decent days, well, if you're going to have.

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Speaker 3: To outscore them, you're gonna have to do a lot

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Speaker 3: differently on offense than the Steelers did Sunday night at

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Speaker 3: so far, that's for sure. And Chris, while there's a

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Speaker 3: lot of moving parts there, I don't think I'm you know,

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Speaker 3: And be able to run the ball here here, great

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Speaker 3: There he goes Chris Hallick, and I mean he's absolutely

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Speaker 3: on the other side. Rodney Dangerfield time. Yeah, John Blue

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Speaker 3: It don't cost nothing. Here on the Drive West Yueler,

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Speaker 1: Your tune's about drive on your twenty four to seven

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Speaker 2: Back to school.

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Speaker 3: Back to school to prove to Matt that I'm not

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Speaker 3: a fool. I got my lunch packed up, my boots

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Speaker 3: The around campus packet? This week we've gotten all kinds

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Speaker 3: big moment in Happy Valley in front of that crowd.

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00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,119
Speaker 3: I know, Penn State is not what everybody thought they

435
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,040
Speaker 3: were going to be this year, but they still got

436
00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:00,680
Speaker 3: some dudes on that defense players. Yes, they've got good

437
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:03,239
Speaker 3: football players. And even when it's not one hundred and

438
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:06,760
Speaker 3: ten thousand, maybe there's twenty thousand empty seats there, it's

439
00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:10,120
Speaker 3: still ninety thousand people going nuts. Tough atmosphere to play

440
00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 3: in nineteen of thirty, two hundred and eighteen yards, one touchdown,

441
00:22:13,359 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 3: one interception. He also did run for twenty yards and

442
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,080
Speaker 3: a score as well.

443
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,760
Speaker 5: He's and he got the win.

444
00:22:20,920 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 2: But he got the win and maybe.

445
00:22:22,280 --> 00:22:24,639
Speaker 3: Big time throws with some big time pressure in his

446
00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:27,560
Speaker 3: face down the stretch. I like seeing that from him

447
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,480
Speaker 3: because so far for most of this season everything's gone

448
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 3: according to plan. It didn't go according to plan on Saturday,

449
00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,439
Speaker 3: and he still found a way to get it done.

450
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,040
Speaker 5: And it won't in the playoffs, and there'll be some

451
00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,600
Speaker 5: there are obstacles ahead, I would think. I mean, I

452
00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:43,080
Speaker 5: haven't studied these guys or watched every step of that game.

453
00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:48,119
Speaker 5: That scouts did not move him backwards because no, no, no.

454
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:49,840
Speaker 2: No, absolutely not, absolutely not.

455
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:50,120
Speaker 4: Yeah.

456
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 3: Dante Moore remember left the game against Wisconsin a couple

457
00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:56,720
Speaker 3: weeks ago early in the third quarter with a kind

458
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,840
Speaker 3: of close line looked like a head type injury, then

459
00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,960
Speaker 3: had a bye week return to action, didn't have his

460
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 3: best performance, but again, tough spot on the road, top

461
00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:10,720
Speaker 3: twenty game in Iowa, crazy environment, and he took his

462
00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:12,800
Speaker 3: team down the field to kick a field goal and

463
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:16,360
Speaker 3: win it at the end despite rainy, crappy conditions. Made

464
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 3: some impressive drives, didn't throw any touchdowns, had an interception,

465
00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 3: you know, only one hundred and twelve yards passing and

466
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 3: forty six yards on the ground, but their number one

467
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:29,920
Speaker 3: receiver was out. Like I said, it was just too yes, yes,

468
00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,359
Speaker 3: meant to mention that thank you, coming back off of

469
00:23:33,400 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 3: an injury, crappy weather on the road against the top

470
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,959
Speaker 3: twenty team. Everybody knows Iowa tough place to play, always

471
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:40,840
Speaker 3: have a good defense.

472
00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,120
Speaker 5: I mean, well, coach, They're always gonna be hard to play.

473
00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 3: He did the same kind of mendo not quite to

474
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:48,199
Speaker 3: the extent that Mendoza did, but at the end of

475
00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 3: the game, when they're in the huddle and the team's

476
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 3: all looking to him, we need to drive and we

477
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,840
Speaker 3: need points. Right here, we're gonna lose. He got it done,

478
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 3: drove them down the field and the pouring down rain

479
00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,359
Speaker 3: to get into field goal position to win that game. Okay,

480
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 3: very high on him, but he is definitely for me.

481
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 3: You want to be the sixth overall pick or do

482
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,080
Speaker 3: you want to come back to Oregon and make twelve

483
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:08,919
Speaker 3: million dollars and.

484
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,080
Speaker 5: Win a national championship.

485
00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:11,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then maybe be the first overall pick.

486
00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:13,280
Speaker 5: And frankly I understand both sides.

487
00:24:13,359 --> 00:24:13,679
Speaker 2: Totally.

488
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:14,719
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, totally.

489
00:24:15,200 --> 00:24:18,560
Speaker 3: Lenora Seller's coming off of bye week. He's another one

490
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:20,639
Speaker 3: that we've talked about. This year has not gone according

491
00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:23,800
Speaker 3: to plan for him or according to South Carolina. Maybe

492
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,639
Speaker 3: off the bye week he can stabilize a little bit

493
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:28,720
Speaker 3: down the stretch because next week they've got another huge test.

494
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:34,120
Speaker 3: They go to number three Texas A and M. He's

495
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:36,440
Speaker 3: oh wait, sorry, pardon me, I'm getting that wrong. He's

496
00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,040
Speaker 3: coming off of his bye week. This week is a huge.

497
00:24:38,840 --> 00:24:40,199
Speaker 2: Test Texas A and M.

498
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:43,439
Speaker 3: Sorry, I kind of conflated that he's coming off of

499
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,399
Speaker 3: a bye week, So nothing new to report, but a

500
00:24:45,520 --> 00:24:48,479
Speaker 3: massive test on the road in College station there at

501
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 3: Kyle Field that you've described before is the crazy atmosphere

502
00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:53,479
Speaker 3: against a number three team in the country.

503
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Speaker 5: I'd be shocked if he comes out.

504
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,439
Speaker 2: I would too. But if you look at a lot

505
00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,040
Speaker 2: of those mock drafts, they still have him going in

506
00:24:59,040 --> 00:24:59,600
Speaker 2: the top twenty.

507
00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:00,480
Speaker 3: You know.

508
00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:02,520
Speaker 5: I mean, like all these guys are gonna have this

509
00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:06,040
Speaker 5: balancing act of do I go back, make a nice bock.

510
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,560
Speaker 2: Enjoy college life, be a kid for another year.

511
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,719
Speaker 5: Fight where an Ohio State guy, and I mean there

512
00:25:11,760 --> 00:25:14,760
Speaker 5: might be more competition than Tom last year, no doubt.

513
00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:17,800
Speaker 5: Or does he look at it like, well Moore went back,

514
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 5: so I should go to the league because that's one

515
00:25:19,600 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 5: less guy to fight with this year, you know what

516
00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:21,320
Speaker 5: I mean?

517
00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,879
Speaker 2: Second quarterback taken.

518
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:24,840
Speaker 5: Right right right, That'll be fun.

519
00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,800
Speaker 3: I think, yeah, I think so too. That's gonna be

520
00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,560
Speaker 3: fun to you know, just Tye Simpson declaire early? Does

521
00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:33,560
Speaker 3: Dante Moore declare early? Does that affect somebody like the

522
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,040
Speaker 3: North sellers that stuff that you know, when we get

523
00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,199
Speaker 3: to January, we will absolutely be keeping an eye on.

524
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:40,600
Speaker 2: Speaking of ty Simpson, let's go to him.

525
00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,600
Speaker 3: Uh two hundred and seventy seven yards, a touchdown, zero interceptions,

526
00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 3: and a twenty to nine win over LSU. Didn't light

527
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:53,200
Speaker 3: it up, Matt, but impressive touch. He's accurate and against

528
00:25:53,200 --> 00:25:55,240
Speaker 3: what I think is one of the more underrated like LSU.

529
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,960
Speaker 3: They fired their coach, They've had a lot go wrong

530
00:25:57,000 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 3: this year, but I still think that's a top ten

531
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:00,320
Speaker 3: defense in college football.

532
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,920
Speaker 5: The Penn State Conversation. They still have big, fast, strong guys.

533
00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:05,240
Speaker 2: Heally was surgical, he was accurate.

534
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,159
Speaker 3: He has impressive touch and you know, two hundred and

535
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:13,919
Speaker 3: seventy seven yards in a touchdown. Confident professional performance against LSU.

536
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,280
Speaker 5: Okay, no reason to go backwards on yes, and he.

537
00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,840
Speaker 3: Continues to check boxes. Let's talk about Jade and Miava.

538
00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:22,840
Speaker 3: He's an interesting one for me the USC quarter.

539
00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:24,919
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's getting some first round buzz.

540
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:31,320
Speaker 3: He is like, there's some Josh Allen elements to his game.

541
00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:33,520
Speaker 3: He doesn't like getting sacked, and he's good at not

542
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,679
Speaker 3: getting sacked. He can extend plays, he can find guys downfield.

543
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,399
Speaker 3: He rolled in a thirty eight to seventeen win over Northwestern.

544
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,879
Speaker 3: He's calm when the pocket breaks down. His decision making

545
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 3: is really strong and matt one thing that I love

546
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:46,480
Speaker 3: to see.

547
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:48,919
Speaker 2: He threw an interception in that game. You know what

548
00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 2: he did.

549
00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 5: I'm reading it now, but yeah, yeah.

550
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,760
Speaker 3: Chase the guy down through the interception and forced a

551
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 3: fumble at the goal line. Hit the guy fumbled it

552
00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 3: into the end zone. Like that's the kind of effort

553
00:27:00,640 --> 00:27:04,040
Speaker 3: stuff you love to see. His one his most negative

554
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 3: play of the game. He chased the dude down forced

555
00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:09,240
Speaker 3: to fumble at the goal line after throwing an interception.

556
00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,399
Speaker 3: Love to see it, Love to see it.

557
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 5: Does he have to come out?

558
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:13,320
Speaker 2: I don't think so.

559
00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:15,879
Speaker 5: Okay, I think because he.

560
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,440
Speaker 2: Went to UNLV and it is now two years at USC,

561
00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:19,119
Speaker 2: so I think.

562
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:22,879
Speaker 3: He has one more year of eligibility. Trenidad Chamberliss is

563
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,760
Speaker 3: another one of these interesting guys. I think he's going

564
00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:28,359
Speaker 3: to return to Old miss. But what if lang Kiffin

565
00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:31,560
Speaker 3: takes a different job. What if he continues to rise

566
00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,520
Speaker 3: up some boards like he has. They played the Citadel,

567
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:39,120
Speaker 3: I mean they just absolutely yeah, they just absolutely dominated

568
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,960
Speaker 3: a bad team. But he's crisp, he's smart, he's athletic.

569
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 3: He's got the dual kind of threat, can pull it

570
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,800
Speaker 3: down and move with his legs. Good decision making has

571
00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:53,159
Speaker 3: avoided costly mistakes for most of the season. Little on

572
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 3: the small side, little on the small side, six pounds.

573
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 3: He's another one of those guys that I was kind

574
00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:00,800
Speaker 3: of telling you yesterday. While I think the first prospect

575
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:04,480
Speaker 3: group here might be shrinking, that kind of date, that

576
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,000
Speaker 3: kind of day two group is growing, and I think

577
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,680
Speaker 3: he's firmly in that conversation.

578
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:11,760
Speaker 2: Let's talk about Hayes King. He's the one we've got

579
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:12,720
Speaker 2: here in that conversation.

580
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,960
Speaker 3: Absolutely, He's remember he's gonna be twenty five before we

581
00:28:17,000 --> 00:28:18,719
Speaker 3: even get to the combine. He's gonna be twenty five

582
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,639
Speaker 3: in January. It's his sixth year in college football. He

583
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,080
Speaker 3: was three years at A and m now three years

584
00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,600
Speaker 3: at Georgia Tech. They had a bye week, so nothing

585
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,840
Speaker 3: new on him. But they lost to NC State last week,

586
00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,760
Speaker 3: and he was excellent in that loss. I mean, like,

587
00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,480
Speaker 3: threw for over four hundred yards, ran for one hundred yards,

588
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 3: accounted for all their touchdowns. They lost, Like they lost

589
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:40,520
Speaker 3: like forty eight to thirty five, but he put up

590
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:41,040
Speaker 3: all thirty.

591
00:28:41,080 --> 00:28:43,200
Speaker 2: I mean, he was the one man show for Georgia Tech.

592
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 3: I'm very interested, Matt about ten days from now, he'll

593
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 3: take on that Pitt defense down in Atlanta. And Pitt's

594
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 3: defense has some good dudes on the defensive front. They've

595
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 3: got some Kyle Lewis and some good linebackers that are

596
00:28:56,400 --> 00:28:58,120
Speaker 3: going to play in the pros. As you and I

597
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 3: have talked about before, Pet's d defensive backs are always

598
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 3: tough to play against because they do that pressman man style.

599
00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:07,640
Speaker 3: Excited to see coming off of his bye week and

600
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 3: their first loss of the season. Hal Hayes King navigates

601
00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 3: this because if they went out, he'll be in the

602
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 3: a SEC Championship game. He's one of those guys I

603
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:17,480
Speaker 3: would love to see Georgia Tech gett into the playoff

604
00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,000
Speaker 3: because I'd love to see him go.

605
00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 2: Up against like a.

606
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:21,600
Speaker 5: Oh.

607
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,280
Speaker 3: Absolutely, they're nine to one or eight and one. If

608
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,520
Speaker 3: they went out, they'll be in the a SEC Championship game.

609
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 3: And he is a real intriguing one to me.

610
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,440
Speaker 5: He's definitely the name that was tweeted at us the

611
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:33,560
Speaker 5: most in the last week.

612
00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:35,920
Speaker 3: What about because I mean he's putting up like four

613
00:29:35,960 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 3: or five hundred yards of offense a single week, every

614
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 3: single week.

615
00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:40,360
Speaker 5: He's went on the list, but we haven't dug into

616
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 5: him a lot y.

617
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's one I think that we'll be. He'll be

618
00:29:43,280 --> 00:29:47,640
Speaker 3: an intriguing conversation around combine and draft time.

619
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 5: Absolutely.

620
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:52,880
Speaker 2: Carson Beck quick mentioned he responded fine. Miami bounced back

621
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:56,440
Speaker 2: after that loss to SMU in overtime. He played well

622
00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 2: in a win against Syracuse. But like I told you,

623
00:29:58,880 --> 00:30:00,360
Speaker 2: he has all the talent in the world. He lacks

624
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,000
Speaker 2: the leadership, the maturity. I think I'm just I think

625
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 2: I'm just out on him no matter what I see

626
00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 2: down the shitch.

627
00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 3: John Mattier a guy that we've been following through this

628
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,560
Speaker 3: process a lot, a guy that you really liked what

629
00:30:11,600 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 3: you saw in the beginning of the season from him

630
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,440
Speaker 3: before he had that hand injury, missed some time, and

631
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,200
Speaker 3: has looked a little rusty since. I want to see

632
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:20,760
Speaker 3: how he plays down the stretch here too.

633
00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:22,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, that could be the difference to going back or not.

634
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,680
Speaker 3: Oklahoma's got a couple of big games here, beginning this

635
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:29,520
Speaker 3: Saturday at Alabama. He's coming off of a bye week. Now,

636
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 3: hand should be as healthy as it's been. They've had

637
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:33,840
Speaker 3: some time, you know, you get the bye week to rest,

638
00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 3: reset self, scout all that stuff. Really excited to see

639
00:30:37,280 --> 00:30:40,080
Speaker 3: how Mateer finishes the year because he's one of those

640
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:43,920
Speaker 3: guys that you know could kind of be you know,

641
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 3: he's projected, let's say, twenty fifth to thirty fifth pick

642
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 3: in mock drafts, but when he gets to the combine,

643
00:30:49,120 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 3: when he gets to prodag, all that stuff starts rocketing

644
00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 3: up up draft board.

645
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:53,880
Speaker 5: I could definitely see that.

646
00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:58,120
Speaker 2: He's got that skill set, Matt. Let's talk about Garrett

647
00:30:58,320 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 2: Smiyer for a second.

648
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, we've kind of brushed him him in Club Neck.

649
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,320
Speaker 2: We haven't talked a lot about arch Manning. I mean,

650
00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,200
Speaker 2: those were like the four biggest names coming into the

651
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:07,920
Speaker 2: year and they've fallen back.

652
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 3: And you know, arch I didn't put him on the

653
00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 3: packet this week, but maybe he will be next week.

654
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,400
Speaker 2: They've got he's.

655
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 3: Playing much better and they have to go to Georgia.

656
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 3: So if he can navigate that and somehow win, he'll

657
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,680
Speaker 3: he'll get in that conversation again. But nus, I tell

658
00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 3: you what. They obviously lost to Alabama, like we were

659
00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:28,560
Speaker 3: just talking about with Ty Simpson, but he completed almost

660
00:31:28,640 --> 00:31:31,520
Speaker 3: eighty six percent of his passes one hundred and twenty

661
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 3: one yards, zero touchdown, zero interceptions. Like he he's looking

662
00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:40,640
Speaker 3: like a day two, Day three pick. Okay, I think

663
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,160
Speaker 3: he deserves to be in these conversations again. He's shown

664
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:46,200
Speaker 3: some signs of life, but it would take a lot

665
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:47,520
Speaker 3: for him to get back into the first round.

666
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 5: And he's not physically overwhelming like he has on the

667
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:50,440
Speaker 5: biggest arm.

668
00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:54,320
Speaker 3: The strong no no, no, no, no, he's a coach's kid. Yeah,

669
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,160
Speaker 3: smart above the neck and that kind of stuff. Drew

670
00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,280
Speaker 3: Aller still hurt. Obviously. We know that Ked club an

671
00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:02,560
Speaker 3: interesting one to me, Matt because he was in monkst

672
00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 3: That like the Mount rushmore of this of Club Nick, Aller,

673
00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 3: nuss Meyer and Arch before the season started. Club Nick

674
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 3: is the one who's maybe clawed back the most. Clemson

675
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,200
Speaker 3: defeated Florida State twenty four to ten. He completed over

676
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 3: seventy four percent of his passes two hundred and twenty

677
00:32:19,280 --> 00:32:22,560
Speaker 3: one yards, one touchdown, no interceptions, also ran for a touchdown.

678
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 3: I would say after a very slow start to the season,

679
00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 3: his stock is starting to trend up. He's one of

680
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,760
Speaker 3: the guys that we haven't talked about much, but maybe

681
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,360
Speaker 3: I could still see him becoming a first round you know,

682
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 3: Jackson Dart type range selection in the first round. He's

683
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:39,719
Speaker 3: looked much better the last couple weeks than he did

684
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,320
Speaker 3: the first half of the season and obviously could finish strong.

685
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,200
Speaker 5: And if his junior tape is as strong as people

686
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 5: thought it was, I mean that didn't go away last

687
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 5: year tape. I don't do the gior or not.

688
00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:51,920
Speaker 3: Sawyer Robinson another one of those guys we've gotten a

689
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,720
Speaker 3: lot of tweets about the Baylor quarterback six four, two

690
00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 3: hundred and twenty pounds coming off of his bye week,

691
00:32:57,040 --> 00:32:59,920
Speaker 3: so nothing new to report, but they have utah u

692
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:03,560
Speaker 3: taw Utah, one of the better defenses in the Big

693
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,600
Speaker 3: Twelve at home this Saturday. Big test for Sawyer Robinson

694
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:11,160
Speaker 3: this Saturday. Will have more information on him next week.

695
00:33:11,200 --> 00:33:13,200
Speaker 3: He'll be one of those guys next week that him

696
00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 3: and Mateer I really want to highlight coming out coming

697
00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:18,320
Speaker 3: out of their bye week, coming out of their bye week,

698
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 3: kind of a crossroads playing against two really good defense

699
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:24,640
Speaker 3: They're ones to keep an eye on this Saturday. Sam

700
00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 3: Levitt Arizona State, loved what he was doing the last

701
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:27,800
Speaker 3: couple of weeks.

702
00:33:27,840 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, I thought he was getting some momentum.

703
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 2: I was.

704
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,800
Speaker 3: I was really kind of, Hey, it's good for my Mountaineers,

705
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 3: but we have to go out to Tempe this Saturday

706
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:36,760
Speaker 3: to play Arizona State. So good that he's not going

707
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:38,840
Speaker 3: to be there, but they have that wide receiver too,

708
00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:42,760
Speaker 3: who is Ted McMillan of this year might be might

709
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 3: be a top ten pick. I was as much as

710
00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 3: I'm happy that Levitt, you know, for Wu's chances to

711
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 3: win isn't going to play man. To watch those two

712
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,600
Speaker 3: against my team is always kind of let's see how

713
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,920
Speaker 3: these guys. You know you're going to watch your team

714
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:55,920
Speaker 3: play against those guys.

715
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:56,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, ailiar.

716
00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:59,520
Speaker 3: But Levitt could work his way back into this conversation.

717
00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 3: I also could could absolutely see him staying another year.

718
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 3: A couple more here, two more Matt, y'all good?

719
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 5: Yeah, roll on man, Okay.

720
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,080
Speaker 3: Taylor Green he's another one that we've gotten tweets about.

721
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 3: Spent three years at Boise State, now is in his

722
00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 3: second year at Arkansas. He will be uh coming out

723
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:18,880
Speaker 3: in the draft this year. He kind of defines size

724
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:23,840
Speaker 3: and dual threat Matt. He's six six five and you

725
00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:26,759
Speaker 3: know they fired their coach, Sam Pittman like a month ago,

726
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,920
Speaker 3: so it's a program that has been wallering in the wilderness,

727
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:33,560
Speaker 3: you know, wallowing in the wilderness. But his dual threat

728
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:36,640
Speaker 3: ability is undeniable. Single handedly willed them to a win

729
00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 3: over Mississippi State. Key runs timely throws. He is that offense,

730
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:46,040
Speaker 3: handles pressure with maturity like Sellers, hard to evaluate on

731
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 3: a bad team. Sounds like a lot, but has undeniable

732
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,640
Speaker 3: trades a lot like Sellers. Not quite the arm but

733
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 3: much more prototypical size six six five, much like Sellers.

734
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 3: Not quite the arm strength, but much better prototypical size.

735
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,840
Speaker 5: Someone like that, you know, would be great for me,

736
00:35:06,600 --> 00:35:10,080
Speaker 5: the Steelers with a twenty second pick. If Rogers is

737
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:13,000
Speaker 5: coming back, totally yeah, just sit there and total absorb

738
00:35:13,080 --> 00:35:14,239
Speaker 5: everything that Rogers says.

739
00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 2: Jordan loved two point zero.

740
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 5: Yeah, exactly right, just like you did with Brett and

741
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 5: Jordan did with you. You know, all right, I.

742
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,560
Speaker 2: Am absolutely with you on that one. Last, but certainly

743
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:24,239
Speaker 2: not least here.

744
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:27,240
Speaker 3: Got a couple tweets this past week about Brendan Soresby

745
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,160
Speaker 3: as well too. Now he's coming off a bye week

746
00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 3: and before that had perhaps his worst performance of the season,

747
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:34,720
Speaker 3: blowout loss at Utah.

748
00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:36,440
Speaker 2: Utah is really good, really good defense.

749
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:37,520
Speaker 5: You say he's at UC.

750
00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 2: Is that cal Cincinnati?

751
00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 5: Oh okay, okay, yeah right, I should have I.

752
00:35:41,960 --> 00:35:43,160
Speaker 2: Put UC in the packet.

753
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's I remember we were to talk about Cincinnati.

754
00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:48,920
Speaker 2: I yep, started at IU. Now is at Cincinnati.

755
00:35:49,320 --> 00:35:52,040
Speaker 3: Matt didn't have his bye week this past week, and

756
00:35:52,040 --> 00:35:56,520
Speaker 3: and you know, was a tough performance, tough sledding against Utah.

757
00:35:56,640 --> 00:35:59,200
Speaker 3: He's got a Arizona team at home that's kind of

758
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 3: right for the picking. I expect him to bounce back

759
00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 3: in a big way off a bad performance and then

760
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 3: a bye week. But if you look at his numbers

761
00:36:04,600 --> 00:36:07,279
Speaker 3: for the year, he's another six three, two thirty five.

762
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:10,399
Speaker 3: You like the size, you like the athleticism. He's thrown

763
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 3: for over two thousand yards twenty one touchdowns, only two interceptions,

764
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:19,400
Speaker 3: also over over four hundred and fifty yards rushing eight

765
00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 3: touchdowns on just seventy three rushing attempts. He averages six

766
00:36:22,560 --> 00:36:25,120
Speaker 3: point two yards per carry. He is all of Division

767
00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:28,320
Speaker 3: one football responsible for the most touchdowns in college football

768
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 3: with twenty nine.

769
00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,000
Speaker 5: I need to do more work on this guy. Are

770
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 5: he's intriguing. A couple sentences here about.

771
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,360
Speaker 3: Him, he's he's really started to get on my radar.

772
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:39,479
Speaker 3: And you know, we've talked a little bit about Derek Bell,

773
00:36:39,880 --> 00:36:44,920
Speaker 3: who does some social media down stuff in Steelers territory.

774
00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 3: He loves college quarterback, you know, breaking down film. Yes,

775
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 3: and I saw him last week. He was getting really

776
00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:54,759
Speaker 3: into Brendan Soersby. Okay, so I think the words spread.

777
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 2: In a little bit.

778
00:36:55,040 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 3: He was not one of these kind of on the

779
00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 3: radar guys at the beginning of the name, but a

780
00:36:59,200 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 3: little bit like Hayesk, a little bit like Sawyer Robinson.

781
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:02,720
Speaker 2: I mean Matt again.

782
00:37:03,239 --> 00:37:06,440
Speaker 3: Twenty nine touchdowns, you know, eight of those on the ground,

783
00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:09,239
Speaker 3: twenty one through the air, only two turnovers.

784
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, productive, productive, No, that's really intriguing.

785
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,080
Speaker 3: And I want to watch him down the stretch here

786
00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:18,320
Speaker 3: two and hoping that Cincinnati can maybe backdoor into a

787
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 3: Big twelve championship game. I would love to see him

788
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:24,439
Speaker 3: up against that Texas Tech defense. Matt matchups in Week twelve.

789
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:26,839
Speaker 3: There's a whole bunch from a quarterback standpoint to keep

790
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,000
Speaker 3: an eye on here, particularly Friday Night. Oh fun Clemson

791
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,800
Speaker 3: and Clemson and Cake Club Nick are at number fifteen

792
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,480
Speaker 3: Louisville Friday Night, Oregon number nine, Organ and Dante More

793
00:37:37,560 --> 00:37:39,040
Speaker 3: host Minnesota Friday Night.

794
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:40,960
Speaker 2: So some fun ones on Fridays.

795
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:42,440
Speaker 5: Too, big time quarterbacks playing.

796
00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 3: Yes, exactly right, And I always I kind of let so.

797
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 3: You know, college football used to have a stranglehold on Thursdays,

798
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:50,919
Speaker 3: like a decade ago. You remember, in the Big East days,

799
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 3: like it was always it was always WVU in Virginia, Tech,

800
00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,919
Speaker 3: pitt in Miami, you know, Thursday night big games. Now

801
00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,160
Speaker 3: that's moved to Friday because of course the NFL has

802
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:04,239
Speaker 3: said he much like they did to the NBA with

803
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 3: the Christmas Day. Hey guess what that's ours now?

804
00:38:06,680 --> 00:38:06,960
Speaker 2: Funny?

805
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:10,120
Speaker 3: Sorry about that. A couple of fun games to watch

806
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:14,400
Speaker 3: on Friday night. Then Saturday, Indiana plays at noon Mendoza

807
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 3: hosting that Wisconsin team which is a little bit on

808
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 3: the up and up now playing better lately as Wisconsin.

809
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 3: Sellers in South Carolina, like I mentioned, go.

810
00:38:22,760 --> 00:38:23,439
Speaker 2: To A and M.

811
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, I really like the A and M quarterback read

812
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,440
Speaker 3: as well too. He's only a sophomore, so he's not

813
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,360
Speaker 3: draft eligible, but he's one of these Jada Miava types

814
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 3: that you know, we might be talking about a lot

815
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,160
Speaker 3: next year if you want to keep an eye on him.

816
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:39,160
Speaker 3: Cincinnati plays at noon, hosting Arizona. Like I mentioned, if

817
00:38:39,160 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 3: you want to watch Sowersby, I know a lot of

818
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:43,480
Speaker 3: people around here, a lot of Pitt fans, a lot

819
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:46,959
Speaker 3: of Notre Dame fans. Your noon slate is locked in, Yeah,

820
00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:49,759
Speaker 3: but there's man, there's some good quarterback matchups in the

821
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:51,920
Speaker 3: in the noon slate as well too. Then at three

822
00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,360
Speaker 3: point thirty, please watch Oklahoma and Mateer against Alabama and

823
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,160
Speaker 3: Simpson that's the one if you can only watch that's

824
00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,560
Speaker 3: the one, if you can only watch one at three

825
00:38:59,680 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 3: thirty to top twelve teams to first round talents at quarterback.

826
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,839
Speaker 3: Then Iowa takes that really good defense on the road

827
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,600
Speaker 3: to usc Excited to see how Miava does against a

828
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:12,880
Speaker 3: very stout, very stingy Iowa defense going up.

829
00:39:12,960 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, yes, that's a top.

830
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,440
Speaker 3: Twenty matchup out there at the at the Coliseum in

831
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 3: La in southern California, Chamberless and Old Miss they host

832
00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 3: Florida seven o'clock at night. Florida is another one. They

833
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,239
Speaker 3: fired their coach. They've been a program up and down,

834
00:39:27,640 --> 00:39:29,520
Speaker 3: but they got dudes on defense.

835
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,160
Speaker 2: Like they like they always do.

836
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 3: Want to see how Chamberless does against that athletic defense

837
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 3: that can move at home in a good test at

838
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:40,960
Speaker 3: seven o'clock. As I mentioned, Baylor hosts Utah, one of

839
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 3: I think maybe the most underrated team in college football

840
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,800
Speaker 3: in Utah, really good defense on the road in Waco

841
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:49,040
Speaker 3: against Baylor seven o'clock. How does Sawyer Robinson look out

842
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 3: of his bye week? And then finally I threw arch

843
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 3: on here in this regard where Texas number eleven, Texas

844
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:59,399
Speaker 3: Goesse to Georgia Saturday night, seven point thirty. Let's see

845
00:39:59,400 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 3: how Arch has been arrow up these last couple of weeks.

846
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 3: Let's see how he looks in a tough environment against

847
00:40:04,760 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 3: the top five team.

848
00:40:05,600 --> 00:40:08,600
Speaker 5: I mean, real quick on Arch. I mean, every on

849
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 5: the planet seems to think, oh, he's going back, he

850
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:12,759
Speaker 5: is manning money, They're gonna give him a time. We

851
00:40:12,800 --> 00:40:15,600
Speaker 5: don't know that. I mean, if he finishes super strong, and.

852
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:17,040
Speaker 2: If they win their last two games, they could get

853
00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 2: into the playoffs, and then look out and he has

854
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:20,920
Speaker 2: another solid game or two in the playoffs.

855
00:40:21,040 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 5: Yeah.

856
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 2: Again, his agent's telling him, you'll be a top fifteen

857
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:24,400
Speaker 2: pick in the draft.

858
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 5: I mean, I bet if he comes out to be

859
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,279
Speaker 5: considered for number one.

860
00:40:28,480 --> 00:40:31,120
Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean, because he just still has some.

861
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 5: The same things we talked about in the summer. I mean,

862
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 5: I just I just know how it works. Last question

863
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 5: for you, Yes, does Notre Dame have a dude?

864
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 3: They have true freshman or something they do, so it's

865
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 3: the true the true freshman ball. I thought between Henschell

866
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 3: of course, the pit quarterback and then the Notre Dame

867
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,760
Speaker 3: quarterback car CJ.

868
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 5: Carr okay too great watching that game, so I figured

869
00:40:56,640 --> 00:40:57,959
Speaker 5: Notre Dame had that somebody if.

870
00:40:57,840 --> 00:40:59,920
Speaker 3: You want to watch that game for an NFL prospect

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Speaker 3: here am I love the Notre Dame.

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Speaker 5: Running He's like genty.

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Speaker 3: I mean he's gonna be a Bijon Robinson Ashton genty,

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Speaker 3: top ten, top fifteen pick at running back, which you

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Speaker 3: know means a lot, means a lot. So yeah, huge

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Speaker 3: Week twelve slate. I'm very happy the Steelers are home

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Speaker 3: on Sunday. That means I don't know, that's good for you.

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Speaker 2: I don't have to get on a plane Saturday minute.

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Speaker 3: That means, hey, honey, take the girls and go somewhere

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Speaker 3: nice because daddy's got a bunch of college football games

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Speaker 3: to watch for fourteen hours.

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Speaker 2: Baby.

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Speaker 3: I'm excited to dig my heels in love it. There's

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Speaker 3: your round campus, a beefy one, maybe the longest one

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Speaker 3: we've ever done here heading into Week twelve and a

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Speaker 3: big week in college football will come back on the

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Speaker 3: other side few minutes. Put a bow on this thing

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Speaker 3: on this Wednesday, Westheeler Matt Williamson. It's the Drive on

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Speaker 3: Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network.

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

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

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Speaker 2: Down the home stretch here on the drive, Matt.

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Speaker 3: And we only have a couple minutes. Clock was a

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Speaker 3: little We had a couple of beefy segments today. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: we did beefy around campus, beefy best of the West.

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Speaker 3: Talked to Halleck, our buddy Chris Hallick for a long time.

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Speaker 3: So just a couple of minutes here before we got

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Speaker 3: to go, And I did want to get to one

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Speaker 3: tweet from Annie that caught my eye along the Aaron

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Speaker 3: Rodgers conversation. She's asking why we haven't seen the tight

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Speaker 3: ends function as a pseudo wide receiver too, Like there

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Speaker 3: was so much conversation about coming into the season. Is

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Speaker 3: it because they're bigger, slower, and less adept at running

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Speaker 3: complex routes than wide receivers? Is it because they're needed

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Speaker 3: for their blocking duties? Just wondered for your guys insight. Well,

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Speaker 3: it's a good question.

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Speaker 5: It is a good question, and I don't have a

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Speaker 5: good answer. I would like to see Friar moose Roll

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Speaker 5: grow a little.

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Speaker 2: As a pass catcher.

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Speaker 5: As a pass catcher, yes, John new to me has

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Speaker 5: been a little disappointing. I mean, and I think that's

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Speaker 5: more on him than them. I'm not saying he's stinkster,

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Speaker 5: is worthless or anything like that, but he would be

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Speaker 5: last in my snap count pecking order of the three

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Speaker 5: for sure. But one of these things and I'm not

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Speaker 5: and I'm kind of using it as a cop out.

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Speaker 5: It's so easy to say, well, we need more Warren.

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Speaker 5: Why is Metcalf only getting four or five targets? I

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Speaker 5: know where you're going with this, but it's they don't

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Speaker 5: run any plays. If they run the fewest plays in

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Speaker 5: the league.

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Speaker 3: If you ran an extra ten to twelve fifteen plays

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Speaker 3: a game, right, that's three more for Warren and three

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Speaker 3: more for Metcalf and six more for your tight ends.

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Speaker 2: I feel like a broken record with Calvin Austin.

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Speaker 5: I feel like a broken record with time and possession

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Speaker 5: and not run enough plays. But I mean it's it's crippling.

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Speaker 5: I mean it's you can't win getting out snapped by

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Speaker 5: ten to fifteen plays a game, especially as the season

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Speaker 5: goes on. And we talked about the other day, like

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Speaker 5: the defense is on pace to play like three games

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Speaker 5: more than the offense.

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Speaker 3: Can't have it right, right, Matt, Before we go real quick,

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Speaker 3: latest practice report just came across the timeline. Broderick Jones

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Speaker 3: listed with a groin his reason for not practicing today.

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Speaker 3: All right, so we'll follow up on that, get jump

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Speaker 3: get a little bit more to that tomorrow obviously see

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Speaker 3: what the Thursday practice report looks like. But there's kind

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Speaker 3: of a follow up for you for today. But that

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Speaker 3: will do it for us today. Big thanks to our

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Speaker 3: buddy Chris Hallick for taking the time to join us,

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Speaker 3: our guy Tyler V mister TV for making sure we

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Speaker 3: look handsome on YouTube. Big shout out to Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 3: I'm West Shuler. Take care everybody. We will talk to

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Speaker 3: you tomorrow. As always, you know where to find us.

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Speaker 3: It's on your twenty four to seven home of the

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Speaker 3: Black and Gold. It's Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers

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Speaker 3: Audio Network.