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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Drive. I'm Dale Alli. He is Matt Williamson,

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Speaker 1: and well this is where we talk all Steelers football

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Speaker 1: here on the Drive on Steelers Nation Radio, and we

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Speaker 1: talk a little bit about everything else as well. But

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Speaker 1: the first thing I wanted to talk about today Matt

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Speaker 1: on a Friday is as we sit here on Friday,

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Speaker 1: July seventh, I saw this little piece that came out

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Speaker 1: from ESPN, and it's the updated lines on all the

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Speaker 1: Steeler games for this season.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, okay, excellent.

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Speaker 1: So I thought we'd go through these and just take

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Speaker 1: a look at where we feel the Steelers can either

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Speaker 1: steal a win or you know, maybe beat the spread

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Speaker 1: here or you know, do it. See what, see how

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Speaker 1: we feel this will come out, kind of keep track

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Speaker 1: of everything here and see what we come up with

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Speaker 1: for a record.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I like it all right.

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Speaker 1: So in Week one, the Steelers are three point underdogs

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Speaker 1: at home against San Francisco.

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Speaker 3: I'll take the points saying I want to steal. I'm

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Speaker 3: gonna pick the Steelers to win. But as we sit

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Speaker 3: here in the first week of July, with that much

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Speaker 3: prep time, an excited crowd at ACI Shore, questions around

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Speaker 3: the Niners quarterback, cross country road trip for San Francisco,

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Speaker 3: presumably two healthy rosters.

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Speaker 2: Maybe not the Niners quarterback.

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Speaker 3: I like the Steelers chances of keeping this a very

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Speaker 3: close game, if not winning.

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Speaker 1: I'm with you. I like that as well. They've get

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Speaker 1: a little streak of winning home openers too. I believe

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Speaker 1: I'll have to look that up, but they've done very

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Speaker 1: well in their home openers, so I would expect them

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Speaker 1: to uh maybe pull off the I'm not gonna say

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Speaker 1: it's a surprising upset because they're only three point underdogs,

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Speaker 1: but they are three point underdogs at home. I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: Week two, it's Browns at Steelers. The Steelers are one

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Speaker 1: point favorites in that game.

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Speaker 3: I'm shocked it's only one. So I've looked at these

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Speaker 3: two and I did some little stuff at the end

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Speaker 3: as well. Monday night at home. I mean, I understand

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Speaker 3: the Browns also have a long week to prepare. It's

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Speaker 3: not a tough road trip for them. I just think

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Speaker 3: Tomlin at home Monday night in particular, really favors the

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Speaker 3: Steelers against anyone. We have enough history there, but the

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Speaker 3: Browns in particular. I don't love the brown These chances

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Speaker 1: Okay, so that's two. I'm with you on that one.

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Speaker 1: Steelers are then at the Raiders. That is a Sunday

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Speaker 1: night game, and the Raiders are two point favorites.

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Speaker 3: So the Steelers, Steelers will be at a disadvantage. Rest advantage, rests,

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Speaker 3: you know, preparation there going from Monday to Sunday. But

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Speaker 3: it is a night game. I would think you spend

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Speaker 3: majority of your Sunday in your hotel relaxing. I just

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Speaker 3: think the Raiders are bad football team, and you know

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Speaker 3: it's better than I do. But you've got to think

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Speaker 3: there's gonna be a lot of black and gold in

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Speaker 3: that Vegas stay.

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Speaker 1: I think that entire stadium will be filled with Steelers fans. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna say seventy thirty in favor of Steeler fans.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, I don't think one and a half is enough.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so you're counting that as.

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Speaker 3: A win if we're talking Vegas, Yeah, okay, we I

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Speaker 3: mean I think they win, but I also would lay

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Speaker 1: Okay, Week four, Hopefully this isn't.

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Speaker 3: Eighteen and oh seventeen and oh it might be because

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Speaker 3: I've looked at these and I think the lines are

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Speaker 3: not very kind to the Steelers.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm with you. That's why I wanted to talk

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Speaker 1: about this Week four Steelers minus three at the Texans.

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Speaker 3: Last I saw this was three and a half, and

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Speaker 3: that was a week or so ago. If it's three

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Speaker 3: because at this point they're young. You would stink their

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Speaker 3: depth hasn't been tested all that much. There's probably still

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Speaker 3: a lot of optimism around the organization new quarterback. And

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Speaker 3: I also just don't want to take the Steelers every week.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not a good excuse.

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Speaker 3: At three, though, I'll take the Steelers. At three and

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, the ones who can't get tickets for the

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Speaker 2: Be nice and warm still, you know, fun road trip. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Week five Ravens minus one at Steelers.

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Speaker 2: Wow.

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Speaker 3: Last I saw was Ravens plus one at Steelers.

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Speaker 1: What is these are? These are lines of courtesy of

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Speaker 1: the Caesar Sports Sports Book.

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, I saw these a week or so ago

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's essentially a pick them game one where

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Speaker 3: I mean it's here Vegas, and I think the most

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Speaker 1: The Steelers have won five and the last six meetings

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Speaker 1: between these two teams.

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Speaker 3: This point too, you have a month's worth of tape

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Speaker 3: Harbaugh and all those things. But I think it's nice

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Speaker 3: to not play them right off the bat. I don't

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Speaker 3: think the Ravens will make it fun, but I mean

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Speaker 3: I think that line's right. I think it should be

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Speaker 3: about a pick them game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so they have week six, by Week seven, Steelers

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Speaker 2: Okay, this is a team.

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Speaker 3: I think the later in the season you play them

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Speaker 2: You know, they could.

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Speaker 3: Sit down the Donalds and Cups and Stafford of those

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Speaker 3: that ILK. But I also think, and I bet you

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Speaker 3: agree with me, a lot of Steeler fans travel to

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Speaker 1: I would think, again, you know, there's going to be

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Speaker 2: I mean maybe even fifty percent or more.

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Speaker 2: that doesn't make it fun. I just think that a

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Speaker 1: I will say they have struggled in the past on

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Speaker 1: They won they won in Los Angeles against the Chargers.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't either.

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Speaker 3: I'd rather play them in Week fourteen because at this

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Speaker 2: But maybe not.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't know that they're all that talented.

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Speaker 1: Week eight. This one kind of surprises me. Now, Jaguars

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Speaker 1: is Steelers. The steel are now favored by one here

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Speaker 2: That one shocked me too.

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Speaker 3: I would probably have the Jags in the same tier

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Speaker 3: but it's close. I mean, the fact that it's here

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Speaker 1: Yeah, the Jet. The Steelers have consistently struggled against the

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Speaker 1: Jaguars over the years for whatever reason. It's just you know,

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Speaker 1: sometimes that just happens. Week in nine, Titans at Steelers,

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Speaker 1: the Steelers favored by three and a half.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw this at four. Even that's a Thursday

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Speaker 1: In fact, they have three three home games in a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, good point.

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Speaker 3: I almost never pick the road team, no matter what

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Speaker 3: think I will, and this one just given Vrabel credit

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Speaker 1: I think that's where we differ on that. That's just

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Speaker 1: one where we're I think I think the Titans are awful. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think they might be the worst team in the AFC.

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Speaker 3: Oh I don't fight you there. And I think the

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Speaker 3: Raiders aren't far behind, and the Texans are in the mix.

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Speaker 3: We've already talked about those teams. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 3: just don't want to pick Steelers for every game. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I just and after watching them last year, which I

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Speaker 3: They're beating a lot of teams by a touchdown the Steelers. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: but this one could be one of them. They're bad.

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Speaker 1: They're bad. We ten Packers at Steelers. The Steelers are

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Speaker 3: I'll take the points. I'm kind of a sneaky packerbacker

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Speaker 3: to win that awful division. I don't think there's good

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Speaker 1: So that by that measure you're taking your you're betting

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Speaker 1: you're picking against him in two of those.

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Speaker 3: I know, but I'm just don't feel strong about it.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I'm not running to the bookmaker as we speak,

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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna I would take the Jaguars in Week eight.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmm.

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Speaker 1: I'm going Steelers in both of those other two games.

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Speaker 2: I hear you.

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Speaker 3: I think the lines are pretty good, but at that point.

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Speaker 3: It might be like, boy, Tennessee hasn't beaten anybody. They're horrendous.

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Speaker 1: Week eleven, Steelers at Browns. The Browns are favored by two.

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Speaker 3: a close game. Maybe the Browns are tearing the league

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Speaker 2: I'll take the Steelers on the.

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Speaker 1: Road there, I see, I'm gonna go to Cleveland there, Okay, Okay,

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Speaker 1: so we're we're back a in the same neighborhood here again.

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Speaker 1: Week twelve Steelers at Bengals. The Bengals favor by five,

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Speaker 1: A lot, a lot of points.

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Speaker 3: I'll take the points, but probably would pick the Bengals

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Speaker 1: Okay, I'm gonna I'm gonna lay. I'm gonna lay the

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Speaker 1: Cardinals at Steelers. Steelers favor by six and a half.

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Speaker 3: This is the biggest line of the year for the

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Speaker 3: steel either way, either way, either way.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I'll lay it. I mean, I think.

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Speaker 3: A bad set in and you know, they gotta deal

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Speaker 1: Week fourteen Patriots at Steelers minus two and a half.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with you on that. I think they're a

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna take the Hawks there. I mean, another really

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Speaker 1: Well, make a couple of mistakes. Yeah, I'm with you.

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Speaker 1: And then Week eighteen Steelers at Ravens. There is no

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Speaker 3: Okay, I mean the one I saw was Steelers getting

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Speaker 1: You know, what's it gonna mean that kind of stuff.

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Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you. I think the Ravens win

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Speaker 1: I mean, they'd probably split those two games.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So looking at that, Matt, we both have eleven

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Speaker 2: Okay, I have him splitting those I think they beat

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Speaker 2: I mean, I haven't split the first two games.

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Speaker 3: I think the Niners are really hard to play against,

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying. I think if he plays, I

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Speaker 2: We saw it in Week one.

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Speaker 3: I'll do that too. I kind of like what you

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Speaker 2: I like the Steelers. I'm not better than much this year.

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Speaker 1: Jaguars the Steelers. I will take Jacksonville.

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Speaker 1: Steelers at Browns. I like Cleveland in that game, agreed.

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Speaker 2: I like the Bengals in that one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Cardinals are Steelers. I like the Steelers in that game.

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Speaker 1: Patriots and Steelers. I like the Steelers to win that one.

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Speaker 1: the Steelers to win that one. Yeah. Bengals at Steelers.

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Speaker 3: Again, I think they'll split with the Ravens, probably win

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Speaker 1: Well, I think right now we haven't winning going tow

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Speaker 1: It depends on, you know, which of those conference games

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Speaker 2: They're probably six AFC wins seven, right, and.

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Speaker 1: You're gonna be You're gonna win. Yeah, you're gonna win

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Speaker 3: I mean, they the Steelers are don't play any team

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Speaker 3: I mean, I have respect for the Jags and Packers,

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Speaker 2: Now they go to Indy.

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Speaker 1: Well, Soy, Indy. Indy's the long road trip on that

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Speaker 1: We drive that every year. That's a that's an hour,

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Speaker 3: I did a short podcast today about you know, plusins

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Speaker 3: and minuses about going eight and a half is the

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Speaker 3: spread for the steel wind total.

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Speaker 1: I'll go over that all day long.

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Speaker 3: I feel extremely strong about it. I mean, of the

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Speaker 3: thirty one or the thirty two wind totals out there,

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Speaker 3: that's one of my favorite bets and has nothing to

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Speaker 3: do with the city I'm in, or the network we're

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Speaker 3: on or any of those things. I think the league

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Speaker 3: is selling this team short, especially when you really analyze

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Speaker 3: the schedule.

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Speaker 1: Well, and I think too, I think I think maybe

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Speaker 1: Vegas is starting to come around to that a little bit.

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Speaker 1: That's why. That's why you see some of the spreads

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Speaker 1: that you see on here, So you don't see the

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Speaker 1: I mean, you just don't see one way or the other.

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Speaker 1: You know, their biggest spread on the road, they're five

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Speaker 1: point underdogs at Cincinnati. That's nothing, no, I.

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Speaker 3: Mean, that's a good football team in two so real quick.

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Speaker 3: The lines I saw were like ten days ago, were

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Speaker 3: slightly different than all the ones you just updated.

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Speaker 1: But they were half a.

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Speaker 3: Point here, half a point there, some good, some bad.

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Speaker 3: When I did it. For the season, the Steelers were

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Speaker 3: four point favorites against their collective opponents at home. They

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Speaker 3: were ten point favorites against their collective opponents on the road.

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Speaker 3: They were six point dogs. In the division. They were

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Speaker 3: twelve point dogs and are only favored in one game

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Speaker 3: and it's by one point against the Browns here on

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Speaker 3: Monday night.

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Speaker 1: Well, now they're favored as their favorite against the Browns.

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Speaker 1: Ravens are favored by one.

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Speaker 2: And the A is off the books for you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Browns are favored by two, Bengals by seven,

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Speaker 1: Browns Bengals by three here. Yeah, so they're they're underdogs

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Speaker 1: in their division games at home everybody's talking about the

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Speaker 1: division games. Well, you know they could finish you know,

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Speaker 1: two and four, one and five in the division. Don't

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Speaker 1: worry about the division, worry about everything. Like Cincinnati's non

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Speaker 1: division schedule is tough. They're playing Kansas City, they're playing Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: They're you know, they're playing all those teams. The Steelers

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Speaker 1: are not right right right, That's the big difference to me,

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Speaker 1: Like I'm looking at this schedule on going up, We're

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Speaker 1: the tough games. We're the really really tough games.

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Speaker 3: Like I don't think Jacksonville's in this category. But I

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Speaker 3: do find it interesting and gonna be fun as a

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Speaker 3: just as a football watcher that the Jags, Chiefs, Bengals,

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Speaker 3: Bills all play each other. I mean, just a huge

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Speaker 3: round robin tournament, you know, amongst the first place teams

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Speaker 3: in the AFC, and.

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Speaker 1: Usually that is the Steelers playing in that career and

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Speaker 1: you don't have that this year, you know, absolutely so interesting,

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Speaker 1: interesting way to look at the schedule. Don't just look

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Speaker 1: at the division record, go well they can't you know,

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Speaker 1: if they go one and five or two and four

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Speaker 1: in the division that you know they're not going to

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Speaker 1: be a wild card team. That's not the way to

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Speaker 1: look at this. The way to look at this is

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Speaker 1: can you beat the Colts? Can you beat the Heat?

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Speaker 1: The Texas? Can you beat the Titans? Can you beat

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Speaker 1: the Jaguars? And the two toughest game that definitely the

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Speaker 1: toughest game of that group is at home?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that was like a one point spread.

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Speaker 1: You know your other one? Can you beat the Patriots

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Speaker 1: at home? Okay? Can you beat the Raiders on the road? Okay?

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Speaker 1: I mean those are games that are winnable games that

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Speaker 1: you know, if you take care of those games, you're

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Speaker 1: going to be in good shape.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I mean it's conceivable if they do win ten or

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Speaker 3: eleven games and the AFC North the crap out of

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Speaker 3: each other and the Bengals lose to the Chiefs and

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Speaker 3: the Bills, et cetera, maybe you don't win the tiebreaker

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Speaker 3: to win the division.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So if you're a not swat though, it's a

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Speaker 3: pretty successful season.

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Speaker 1: Pretty successful season. Absolutely, he is. Matt Williamson. I am

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Speaker 1: Dale Lellye. You're listening to the drive here on Steelers

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