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Speaker 2: Good evening, Steeler Nation and how we doing well? That's

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Speaker 2: good us too, Our number two, Matt Williamson, west Yuler.

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Speaker 2: It is the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio on

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Speaker 2: the Steelers Audio Network. Matt, We're going to talk to

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Speaker 2: our buddy Chris Halleck in about fifteen minutes get all

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Speaker 2: the latest from the South Side. But before we do that,

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Speaker 2: I do want to get the Best of the West,

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Speaker 2: a special Halloween edition. Love Best of the West with you.

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Speaker 2: But first I ask a very simple question. It's become

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Speaker 2: a new Wednesday tradition here on the show. If you

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Speaker 2: could add one player from the Indianapolis to the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 2: Steelers roster, who would it be? And this might be

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Speaker 2: the most fun, good one version of this exercise that

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Speaker 2: we've done so far. We started this Browns Week. That

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Speaker 2: was a pretty easy one. Yeah, Bengals, fairly easy chase.

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Speaker 3: But you know, right, sometimes we got to cut the

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Speaker 3: low hanging fruit off and go for the next one.

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Speaker 4: Right.

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Speaker 2: Even with the Packers, there were a couple of real answers.

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Speaker 3: But it's fun to talk through it. I think people,

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Speaker 3: you know, starts to think that how the mind works.

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Speaker 2: And you have to consider their money there a status, right,

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Speaker 2: how they fit, what it would mean for who's currently

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Speaker 2: on your roster, all that stuff.

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Speaker 3: So here's how my mind works on this subject is

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Speaker 3: immediately look at the Colts. There's nobody on defense that

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Speaker 3: I would say yes to. I love the Forest Buckner,

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Speaker 3: but I can't add another mid thirties expensive dude, you know,

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Speaker 3: like it'll help any team. He's a really, really good player.

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Speaker 3: I respect his career to know.

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Speaker 2: D Javarius Ward.

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Speaker 3: He's okay. I mean it's not a terrible call. I

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Speaker 3: mean he's making pretty good money. I think corner is

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Speaker 3: actually their weakest position, but that's not his fault. He's

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Speaker 3: a good player. But they have the best offense in

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Speaker 3: the league. You know, there's a lot to pick right

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Speaker 3: over there, right, Yes, I like their wide outs a lot,

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Speaker 3: and if I had to pick one, it would probably

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Speaker 3: be Downs, which probably shocks people. But he's not making

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Speaker 3: any money. He's vastly under used there. He would not

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Speaker 3: be a I don't know why he's their third and

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Speaker 3: I know they like Pierce and they like Pittman.

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Speaker 2: Since the beginning of the season.

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Speaker 3: I think he's a really really good player. That is,

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Speaker 3: it would be extremely useful year. And he's young and

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Speaker 3: he's super cheap, so that's appealing. I think you have

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Speaker 3: to throw Warren's name out like we threw Craft. I mean,

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Speaker 3: just because they're super young.

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Speaker 2: About right, so good, so young. Get him on his

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Speaker 2: rookie deale.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you get four once you pick up the fifty

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Speaker 3: year right right right, I mean trade Friar moves, trade

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Speaker 3: John new whatever, you know, it just it just makes

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Speaker 3: it's a gift. The line is really good, and Quentin

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Speaker 3: Nelson still is. He's got back to being a superstar. Yes,

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Speaker 3: he's a left guard. Hey, I like Isaac, but he's

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Speaker 3: not going to be here probably next year. I mean,

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Speaker 2: This guy's going to Canton.

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Speaker 3: He's going to Canton. I mean, he costs money and

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Speaker 3: he's not super young, but his I can't imagine him

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Speaker 3: falling off a cliff because he's getting he's better now

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Speaker 3: than he was the last two years. You stick that

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Speaker 2: Nice having their Tudor Fraser for the next few years.

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Speaker 3: Right exactly between Jones and Fraser or even if Jones

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Speaker 3: isn't around whatever. So really it comes down to me

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Speaker 3: of Nelson versus Jonathan Taylor.

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Speaker 2: That to me as well too.

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Speaker 3: As much Monningbacks I'll never take. But this guy's.

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Speaker 2: Special, man, Yes he is. And you know, I listen,

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Speaker 2: They've They've got a couple of pieces in the secondary

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Speaker 3: But they're not as good at what they do as

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Speaker 2: Correct, you know, and like I could probably talk myself

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Speaker 2: I know that they're a little bit longer in the tooth,

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Speaker 2: and they obviously cost money, but I wont Jonathan Taylor

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Speaker 2: of who right.

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Speaker 3: They make you so much better than anybody else.

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Speaker 2: They do, and I think Quentin Nelson would be the

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Speaker 3: Agreed, running Backs, I'm not big on investment running Back.

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Speaker 2: You and I are both on the same same page

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Speaker 2: in that regard, And maybe even if Jonathan Taylor was

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Speaker 2: a couple of years younger, it would be a different conversation.

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Speaker 2: It's hard for me to pass though on an elite offense,

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Speaker 2: elite proven offensive lineman. While Jonathan Taylor is amazing, he's

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Speaker 3: Player of the year. It's pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, So here's what I was gonna here's what I

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Speaker 2: was gonna say to you. While Jonathan Taylor is amazing,

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Speaker 2: there's a handful of amazing running backs in the National

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Speaker 2: Football League. There are Jean Robins, Jamier Gibbs, Saquon Barkley.

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Speaker 2: I don't know how many guards there are that are

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Speaker 2: like Quinton Nelson.

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Speaker 3: Right, I would take Nelson.

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Speaker 2: I think I would too. Yeah, And it'd be tough

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Speaker 3: Of the year, right, no doubt, because Warren's really good.

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Speaker 3: But then Warren ends up still contributing, and he'd be

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Speaker 3: for that and next year's first round pick quarterback might

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Speaker 2: It too, absolutely, you know.

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Speaker 3: I mean, just it's a nice safety blanket.

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Speaker 2: You could be set on your offensive line for the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing, because you're probably gonna need a

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Speaker 3: and getting ahead of that with a massive upgrade with

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Speaker 2: I do too. I will say, though, Jonathan Taylor and

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Speaker 3: I say, if we do thirty two teams a lot

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Speaker 3: of times, I'm gonna take guys on the rookie contract.

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Speaker 2: It's smart business. Yeah, it's absolutely smart business. But if

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Speaker 2: I'm not a star, a future Hall of Fame offensive

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Speaker 2: don't think has crossed over onto the other side of

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Speaker 2: his career arc yet, agreed Quentin Nelson would be. I

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Speaker 2: think I don't think should be my decision as well.

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Speaker 2: And he just man, if you put like you said,

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Speaker 3: Huge.

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Speaker 2: Huge.

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Speaker 3: We'll say that's just in case they don't. For the

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Speaker 3: Cam Hayward's done really well against Nelson in their last

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Speaker 3: couple of time. Yes, yeah, and they're gonna line up,

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Speaker 3: they're gonna battle it out one on one.

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Speaker 2: You mentioned that kind of Yeah, he's kind of the fly.

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Speaker 2: Cam Hayward's been kind of the fly in the ointment

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Speaker 2: for Quentin Nelson.

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Speaker 3: Maybe subscripted Knight. I don't know. They don't play a lot,

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Speaker 3: but they've had at least two matchups lately that they have.

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Speaker 2: Gone pretty decisively Cam's way. And hopefully, hey, if that

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Speaker 2: on one matchup. Massive. Hey, I'm sure when we do

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Speaker 2: a little five Star Friday in a couple of days,

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Speaker 2: I'm sure that we'll be getting to that one a

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Speaker 2: little bit deeper, Matt. Before we go to break here

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Speaker 2: and talk to our friend Chris Hallick, a little Best

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Speaker 2: of the West for you. And I told you I

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Speaker 2: was gonna start switching it up a little bit, right, Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Still most of the time, ninety percent of the time

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Speaker 2: it'll be directly football related things. But in the spirit

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Speaker 2: of Halloween, I have for you, Matt, a different Best

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Speaker 2: of the West today top five Halloween candies. Now, normally

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Speaker 2: Best of the West is a ten thing. So here's

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Speaker 2: what I'm gonna do. I'm gonna give you best five

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Speaker 2: traditional Halloween candies, and then I'm gonna macker. I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: give you best five like of the new age new candies.

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Speaker 3: I'm not gonna be well versed on that. I'm gonna

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Speaker 3: show my age.

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Speaker 2: Which you want traditional? You want traditional? First matter, We'll

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Speaker 2: start the back end. Let's go traditional. Number five, just

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Speaker 2: a straight up Hershey Bar.

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Speaker 3: Oh, wouldn't be hind them out list.

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Speaker 2: Maybe it's the central Pennsylvania roots that I have on

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Speaker 2: my backside of the spend a lot of time at

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Speaker 2: Hershey Chocolate World growing up there. Yeah, I just I

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Speaker 2: love a classic Hershey Bar. Love a classic Hershey Bar.

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Speaker 2: Number four peanut Eminem's solid.

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Speaker 3: I've gotten back into peanut nuts.

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Speaker 2: Yes, agree, specifically they yellow packaging, Yes, so good, hit

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Speaker 2: the spot, just the right amount of chocolate, right amount

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I love them. Yeah they're they're around our house

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Speaker 3: a lot. Not my wife likes them, and yeah they're

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Speaker 3: they're a winner.

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Speaker 2: Number three Butterfinger.

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Speaker 3: I think I love Butterfinger. Do you go that I'd

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Speaker 2: I I feel like Butterfinger is one that kind of

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Speaker 2: polarizing splits a crowd. Do you either love it or

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Speaker 2: you're like it's too flaky. My wife hates butterfingers. I

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Speaker 2: get them all.

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Speaker 3: I said, Butterfinger Blizzard, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: You are speaking my language. Number two Snickers, m you're

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Speaker 2: not a big Snickers guy.

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Speaker 3: It's fine. I mean I eat him and the one

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Speaker 3: they're sitting out there. Don't get me wrong, I don't talk.

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Speaker 3: They're better in a milky way, you know, but they

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Speaker 3: would not make my top five.

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Speaker 2: And number one, the the Michael Jordan, the Jim Brown,

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Speaker 2: the Babe Ruth. It's Reese's Peanut butter Cup.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's super solid. I eat way too many

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Speaker 3: of them here than I should too. I mean, that's

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Speaker 3: another one I can't say no to a couple of mine.

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Speaker 3: In no particular word I'm gonna throw out there. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I don't think you can find him anymore. Clark Bars

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Speaker 3: their Butterfinger friends, right right, that's a Pittsburgh thing. The

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Speaker 3: zag Nut, too, is kind of that era couple that

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Speaker 3: don't get enough credit. In my opinion, the watcher might

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Speaker 3: call it real big on Baby Ruth.

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Speaker 2: Baby Ruth is severely underrated.

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Speaker 3: Yes, and I think if I had to pick one,

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Speaker 3: one hundred grand bar, I.

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Speaker 2: Like one hundred grands.

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Speaker 3: Those are good, guy, They're okay, They're okay.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: Thoughts on twigs, I might into the wafer.

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Speaker 2: Thoughts on KitKat.

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Speaker 3: Good, but wouldn't be not in the top ten, you know.

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Speaker 2: I like the I like the shout outs for the

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Speaker 2: Number four the Reces Fast Break do not more chocolate,

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Speaker 2: Number three Nerds gummy clusters. Have you had these yet?

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Speaker 3: Like I love Jolly Ranchers too, like stuff you like

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Speaker 2: Number two, The Reeses Oreo.

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Speaker 3: Oreos are overrated. Me too.

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Speaker 2: Oh but there's some of these out in our kitchen here.

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Speaker 2: Oh they're incredible. They're essentially it's another kind of beefed

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Speaker 2: Allmondjoy can get in the bin as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, yeah, rubbish.

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Speaker 3: You know what a necho wafer is? I do?

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Speaker 2: They're like pin forever since I've had one.

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Speaker 3: I hope they don't exist with the pepper York pepper.

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Speaker 3: They were supposed to be refreshing, they were coconut.

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Speaker 2: other side. West Yuler, matt Oh Also, let us know

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Speaker 2: Let us know your thoughts on best and worst of

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Speaker 2: course Halloween candies, the important stuff Here today on a Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: it's the Drive.

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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 Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here all along on a Wednesday,

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Speaker 2: and of course a big part of our Wednesday conversation

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Speaker 2: Chris Hallett covers the Steelers for dk Pittsburgh Sports. Chris,

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Speaker 2: thank you for taking the time as always, And it's

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Speaker 2: been a busy ish twenty four hours for the Steelers

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Speaker 2: here in terms of some moving and some shaking, particularly

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Speaker 2: we're familiar with. Corey Trice Junior returns to practice now

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Speaker 2: in that twenty one day window of activation. It feels

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I also agree. I have a hard

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Speaker 5: And right now, when you're when you're you know, kind

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Speaker 3: So yesterday Wes and I Chris talked about how the

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Speaker 5: Well, I mean they they would. I would assume that

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Speaker 3: But I mean it wasn't your answer.

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Speaker 5: injury like that. If he comes back in six, that's

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00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:29,760
Speaker 5: that's phenomenal. But so I think getting Kyle Duggar, I

437
00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,880
Speaker 5: honestly think that's your plug and play for Shawn Elliott.

438
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Speaker 3: This week.

439
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Speaker 5: Well, he didn't. He he wasn't with the team today. Uh,

440
00:20:42,280 --> 00:20:44,800
Speaker 5: you know, like so that the trade is not yet official,

441
00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:49,520
Speaker 5: he didn't have a locker and so he still didn't.

442
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:54,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I guess you should mention that, yeah.

443
00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:57,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, So I mean it's not it's not yeah,

444
00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,520
Speaker 5: that the trade is not official. Uh right now, So

445
00:21:00,840 --> 00:21:03,679
Speaker 5: I would he wasn't practicing with the team today. I mean,

446
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,480
Speaker 5: so he's not officially member of the team. So I

447
00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:07,840
Speaker 5: have a hard time thinking that he's gonna play, right,

448
00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:11,080
Speaker 5: I mean that he's gonna play Sunday just because he's

449
00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:14,440
Speaker 5: now you talk about the moving train heading for you know,

450
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:18,240
Speaker 5: facing the Colts on Sunday. I have a hard time

451
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:20,320
Speaker 5: seeing like maybe one or two practices that he's going

452
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 5: to go.

453
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Speaker 3: But I think, you know, for how maybe more Peers,

454
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:24,959
Speaker 3: more Ramsey at safety.

455
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Speaker 5: I mean, I think you're definitely gonna see more Peppers good.

456
00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,800
Speaker 5: I think he's gonna he's gonna be He's going to

457
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Speaker 5: be more of that play and and then you know,

458
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Speaker 5: just talking about after Douger is here, I think this

459
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:41,040
Speaker 5: Sunday is gonna help give us a further indication because

460
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Speaker 5: if Dougger obviously doesn't play, which I don't think he will,

461
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:48,480
Speaker 5: then you will have some some further answers on Chuck

462
00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:54,359
Speaker 5: Clark and you know, Juan Thornhill. I tend to think

463
00:21:54,520 --> 00:21:57,480
Speaker 5: that when the Steelers are in their nickel, the solution

464
00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,760
Speaker 5: might actually be to play Douger like in that box

465
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Speaker 5: safety and then have Peppers play the free safety. They've

466
00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:08,480
Speaker 5: played together in New England. They've got some chemistry from there.

467
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,639
Speaker 5: You know, you have to talk to Peppers about that

468
00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:14,159
Speaker 5: to see what that relationship is like, but you know

469
00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,600
Speaker 5: they've played together before. That might be something they could

470
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,560
Speaker 5: tap into. Gibil Peppers is not my ideal free safety,

471
00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,359
Speaker 5: but that's just me. Yeah, that's just my opinion. But

472
00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:28,680
Speaker 5: that doesn't mean that it's right. But shoot, at this point,

473
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Speaker 5: and when you talk about any kind of cohesion that

474
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Speaker 5: you could possibly have among players, you know, especially on

475
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Speaker 5: the back end, and see how much its struggled this year,

476
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Speaker 5: and then yeah, I mean, if it can help, then

477
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,400
Speaker 5: it can help. So but for for this, for this week,

478
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Speaker 5: I think you're gonna see a lot more Gibb Peppers

479
00:22:46,440 --> 00:22:49,520
Speaker 5: and then trust on Thornhill. I'm kind of I'm kind

480
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,200
Speaker 5: of curious to see how the rotation is going to

481
00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:53,879
Speaker 5: be because it has been a bit of a bit

482
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Speaker 5: of a mess.

483
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Speaker 3: So if you're expand upon it, I mean, I know

484
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Speaker 3: you're not like saying this is definitely gonna happen, But

485
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Speaker 3: if Pepper's and Dougger are your starting safeties in Nickel,

486
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,919
Speaker 3: I would imagine Ramsey's your slot. Porter. Porter is an

487
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:16,520
Speaker 3: outside corner. Of course, is Eckles over Sleigh outside It's possible.

488
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Speaker 5: I mean we have now seen at near the end

489
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,920
Speaker 5: of games in two weeks in a row in which

490
00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,159
Speaker 5: Eccles has really gone in and Slay has been on

491
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Speaker 5: the sideline.

492
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Speaker 3: Yeah.

493
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Speaker 5: Yeah, Now, I don't think you know what, when it

494
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Speaker 5: comes to a veteran player that Mike Tomlin has a

495
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Speaker 5: lot of respect for, I don't see him just completely

496
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:42,159
Speaker 5: pulling the plug and saying, all right, Sleigh is completely gone. Uh,

497
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,080
Speaker 5: He's gonna be on the sideline holding his helmets. But

498
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:49,040
Speaker 5: then again, Mike Tomlin wants to win and could.

499
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Speaker 3: Be on another team holding a different helmet.

500
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Speaker 5: That's that's that's that's the other. That's the that's the legitimate.

501
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:58,760
Speaker 5: So that's a really possible.

502
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Speaker 3: Not crazy talk.

503
00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:02,840
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, that's that's not crazy talk. Because listen, if

504
00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:04,359
Speaker 5: they don't feel like that it's a good fit and

505
00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:06,040
Speaker 5: they feel like they have I mean, they're getting Corny

506
00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,600
Speaker 5: Trice back now. If they feel like they have enough

507
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,639
Speaker 5: corners to get to get the job done, and they

508
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:12,359
Speaker 5: really have a lot of faith in Brain and Eckles,

509
00:24:12,440 --> 00:24:15,960
Speaker 5: and they have liked Brandon Nickles like for like since

510
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 5: the very beginning of this entire process. He was making

511
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 5: impressions right away in training camp and he's continued to

512
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 5: make impressions. Yeah, I think that's a realistic possibility. Do

513
00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,920
Speaker 5: I think it's gonna happen like as soon as this Sunday,

514
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:36,720
Speaker 5: Like braindon Eckles is absolutely a start, like a starter

515
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:41,240
Speaker 5: over Gario. Like if the defense is introduced, brainon Eckle

516
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 5: is going to be running out of the tunnel, not Darius,

517
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:47,000
Speaker 5: I doubt it. But will Eckles play more stamps than

518
00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,480
Speaker 5: this play? I'm not going to completely roll it out.

519
00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, so Chrish, the Steelers obviously making a move, but

520
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 2: we know that the trade deadline is still six days away.

521
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Speaker 2: It sounds to me a little bit like you said,

522
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Speaker 2: I think they might not be done doing business at

523
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Speaker 2: this point.

524
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Speaker 3: Uh No, they they.

525
00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:09,159
Speaker 5: I mean Omar Khan has been I swear every time

526
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 5: I run into him on the South Thought he's on

527
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 5: the phone. He's just he's constantly he's constantly talking, he's

528
00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:20,760
Speaker 5: constantly doing something. But I mean, you know, there's there's

529
00:25:20,760 --> 00:25:23,439
Speaker 5: always to talk about wide receiver. I still think they

530
00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 5: could be looking for wide receivers, not just working out

531
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Speaker 5: guys like Marquez Valda Scantling. I'm thinking, like they're still,

532
00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:34,880
Speaker 5: you know, looking there. But while I think that that's

533
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:39,120
Speaker 5: still a possibility, they get Calvin Austin back, Roman Wilson's

534
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 5: starting to get a little bit more comfortable, Aaron Rodgers

535
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,240
Speaker 5: is starting to get more comfortable with Roman. Is it

536
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Speaker 5: as pressing of a need as it was at the

537
00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,199
Speaker 5: start of the season. I don't think so, especially when

538
00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,440
Speaker 5: we see how much this offense is humming with larger

539
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,480
Speaker 5: personnel on the field. I think the main thing that

540
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Speaker 5: acquiring a receiver of that kind, if you're talking about

541
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 5: the Jacobe Myers or another receiver of that caliber, it's

542
00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:10,280
Speaker 5: insurance for if hekme that calf ever gets injured. I

543
00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 5: think that's that's probably more of what that would be for.

544
00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:15,920
Speaker 5: It just really really solidifies that depth, and you're not

545
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,639
Speaker 5: if if a major key, like a key player in

546
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,479
Speaker 5: the receiver room goes down, you're not scrambling like they

547
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:27,320
Speaker 5: were last year when George Pickens was injured. In terms

548
00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:30,720
Speaker 5: of other moves, it's I'm not gonna roll anything out,

549
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:34,120
Speaker 5: whether it's trading away a starter that's on the team

550
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,320
Speaker 5: right now. But one thing that I know for sure,

551
00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:39,879
Speaker 5: whether it's players that are acquiring, players that are getting

552
00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:43,560
Speaker 5: rid of whatever it is, they are making moves to

553
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,959
Speaker 5: get better. I mean my comm made that very very clear. Uh,

554
00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,920
Speaker 5: they're always buying, They're trying to get better. This is

555
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 5: a team that's still in first place. We know the

556
00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:55,440
Speaker 5: rhetoric that's going around with this team right now and

557
00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:57,760
Speaker 5: all the outside noise, all the concern but this is

558
00:26:57,840 --> 00:26:59,879
Speaker 5: still a team in first place in in its division,

559
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:03,120
Speaker 5: still in line where the season ended. Ended today they'd

560
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 5: be hosting a playoff game, so They're going to keep

561
00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:09,080
Speaker 5: continue to trying to get better build off of that.

562
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 5: So whatever moves are made, O Markan is going to

563
00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,080
Speaker 5: try to make the team better equipped to trying to

564
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,360
Speaker 5: compete for Super Bowl this year.

565
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Speaker 3: Chris, last thing I really got for you is if

566
00:27:20,080 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 3: Ciamalho's going to be sidelined for a while, obviously Anderson's replacement,

567
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,200
Speaker 3: does the jumbo package you get sidelined or does Calvin

568
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 3: Anderson get the bump or I had heard some people

569
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Speaker 3: say maybe Pete could be your left guard and Anderson

570
00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,359
Speaker 3: could be your six guy again. Still, Spencer, do you

571
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 3: have any thoughts on that? I do.

572
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,920
Speaker 5: I don't think that it's completely dead. I think with

573
00:27:43,359 --> 00:27:47,280
Speaker 5: how how much of a weapon that's been I don't

574
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 5: know that they they probably prefer to find find a

575
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 5: way now. I think in terms of the totality of

576
00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:59,320
Speaker 5: the snaps, I think Spencer Anderson is going to be

577
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 5: your left guard on Sunday if Sam can't play. However,

578
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:07,320
Speaker 5: I do think in my first bet on this would

579
00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:11,439
Speaker 5: be Andrews. Pete comes in, plays left guard, Spencer Anderson

580
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 5: kicks out, and he's and he's he's the normal you know,

581
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 5: jumpbo at, you know extra eligible that they have there,

582
00:28:19,320 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 5: that that's that would be the way I the way

583
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:27,359
Speaker 5: I lean on this can't verify that obviously, but that

584
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:30,800
Speaker 5: that would be my guess for what the Steelers would

585
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:32,440
Speaker 5: do if they were to continue that. But I have

586
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 5: a hard time thinking that they're just going to completely

587
00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,960
Speaker 5: scrap it. It's one thing when when the injury happens

588
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,760
Speaker 5: in game and you make that adjustment, like all of

589
00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:47,120
Speaker 5: you haven't practiced it and anything like that. But right, yeah,

590
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 5: and he wasn't even active last week. So but yeah,

591
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 5: that would be that would be my guess. But I

592
00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:55,160
Speaker 5: I would think more than anything, whatever their solution is

593
00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 5: would be to keep that weapon to not just be like, well,

594
00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:01,800
Speaker 5: why the sam All is injured now, Swiss is going

595
00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 5: to do nothing to play last Guard when it's worked

596
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 5: as well as it has unlocked the run game the

597
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,440
Speaker 5: way it has. No, I I don't think they're just

598
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,040
Speaker 5: going to throw that away just because of injuries.

599
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,680
Speaker 2: Good Chris, last one for you before we let you go.

600
00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 2: Of course, we've covered the important stuff, but now we

601
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:23,600
Speaker 2: must ask you the very important stuff. We are about

602
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,320
Speaker 2: to kick off the stretch run of the end of

603
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:29,400
Speaker 2: the year, of holiday season of course, Thanksgiving and Christmas

604
00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 2: on the horizon, but it begins this Friday with Halloween.

605
00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 2: So Matt and I just want to know, give us

606
00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:38,000
Speaker 2: one or two Halloween candies that you can't live without,

607
00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:40,280
Speaker 2: and one or two that when you see them, they

608
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:41,400
Speaker 2: immediately go in the trash can.

609
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:43,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, which ones are you stealing out of your kids?

610
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 3: Out of the kids?

611
00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 5: Trigg or treat bad, Milky Way and TwixT are the

612
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 5: ones there? Okay, Milky Way and Twist are the ones

613
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 5: Star Wars, Star Wars too, I'm started growing up stars.

614
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,200
Speaker 5: Good answer, this is my favorite growing up you know,

615
00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:10,160
Speaker 5: especially No, so the my daughter is like very very

616
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 5: protective of the pink ones. If she sees me taking

617
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 5: out out of her Halloween bucket, she she I get

618
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,280
Speaker 5: the the you know, very like a woman scorn. Yeah,

619
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:25,040
Speaker 5: but uh no, the ones I'm throwing away candy corn

620
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,640
Speaker 5: is just absolutely disgusting. I cannot stand it.

621
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Speaker 3: We're not coconut fans here, Milky Ways.

622
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:39,480
Speaker 2: Enjoy we agreed, no, no, no, no not plus.

623
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Speaker 5: Okay, so you're talking about coconut, which already gets stuck

624
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:44,920
Speaker 5: in your teeth, and you're talking about almonds, which break

625
00:30:44,960 --> 00:30:48,080
Speaker 5: your teeth. So yeah, no, no, thank you.

626
00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:52,840
Speaker 2: Almond Joys are a deep dangerous They're a deep state

627
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 2: conspiracy from the local dentists Association to keep everybody in line.

628
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,360
Speaker 2: It might be you might be on listen. You're there,

629
00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 2: you're the boots on the ground reporter. You might have

630
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,280
Speaker 2: to investigate that a little bit for us. Chris Aleck,

631
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,880
Speaker 2: make sure you're checking out all his work DK Pittsburgh Sports. Chris,

632
00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:11,520
Speaker 2: thank you so much for the time, buddy. Enjoy Halloween

633
00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,240
Speaker 2: with your family and we'll see you this weekend.

634
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,600
Speaker 5: All right, thanks for having me. I appreciate it.

635
00:31:15,800 --> 00:31:19,240
Speaker 2: There he goes. Great stuff as always from Chris Hallick.

636
00:31:19,520 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 3: You overlook the star or Starburst. That's a good different world,

637
00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:27,040
Speaker 3: but it deserves it deserves. You're gonna get them in

638
00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:27,920
Speaker 3: your bag, you know, right.

639
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 2: I think the ideal blend is like one or two

640
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 2: good chocolate candies, chocolate bars, and one or two good

641
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:41,360
Speaker 2: like gummy sweeter, fruity, yeah, starbursts, nerds clusters. I think

642
00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,240
Speaker 2: that's kind of the balance that we're looking for in life.

643
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,120
Speaker 3: Here, I hear you. And the orange Starbursts you can

644
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,800
Speaker 3: have though, yeah.

645
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 2: Not very good. You can now if you go to

646
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,280
Speaker 2: the right store. Like the right grocery store or something,

647
00:31:52,880 --> 00:31:55,280
Speaker 2: you know, Target or Walmart or whatever you like, just

648
00:31:55,360 --> 00:31:58,120
Speaker 2: get lemon. You can just get pink, or just get red,

649
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,680
Speaker 2: or you can get like a bag of them.

650
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 3: That's okay, it's nice.

651
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:02,680
Speaker 2: It's real dangerous, real dangerous.

652
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,080
Speaker 3: I remember when Jolly Ranchers you could just get the lemons.

653
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,920
Speaker 3: It's like, oh baby, you off the fight through the

654
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 3: grapes and the oranges.

655
00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,000
Speaker 2: And you get a bag of those Starburst pinks. Matt,

656
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:14,560
Speaker 2: you sit down on the cows to watch Thursday night football.

657
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 2: The next thing you look at and you're like digging

658
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 2: into the bag and you're like, wait, it's empty. What happened?

659
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,800
Speaker 3: Any orange or grape flavored candy is not my bag.

660
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,200
Speaker 3: I can do orange, like oranges, and I like grapes,

661
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 3: but they just they just taste fake to me.

662
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,560
Speaker 2: They don't orange jump totally with you. I would say

663
00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:34,920
Speaker 2: watermelon flavoring. I love watermelon. I think watermelon flavoring always

664
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,480
Speaker 2: tastes janky to me. It just doesn't taste right. It

665
00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:39,840
Speaker 2: tastes fake and artificial and not like.

666
00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 3: A water I see where you're coming from, but a

667
00:32:41,520 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 3: watermelon Jolly rancher still makes me Happy.

668
00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 2: Maybe Jolly Rancher is the one exception, but.

669
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:52,440
Speaker 3: It's not my top five choices and Jolly Rancherland that's Apple. Yeah.

670
00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 2: Next week on Best of the West with Power Right

671
00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:58,160
Speaker 2: the best Jolly Rancher flavors. We've got one more segment

672
00:32:58,240 --> 00:33:01,040
Speaker 2: to go. We've got these Steelers is practice report that

673
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:02,880
Speaker 2: we got to get to and maybe a tweet or

674
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 2: two if we have time before we get out of

675
00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,480
Speaker 2: here as well. We'll do all that to wrap things up.

676
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: On the other side, West Uler, Matt Williamson, It's the

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Speaker 2: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio on the Steelers Audio Network,

678
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:19,960
Speaker 2: your tunes.

679
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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

681
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Speaker 2: Final segment here on a Wednesday, as we reach the

682
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,960
Speaker 2: halfway point of the week. Obviously tomorrow we will talk

683
00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 2: to I mean, I tell you what he's speaking of. Halloween,

684
00:33:50,920 --> 00:33:54,240
Speaker 2: the guy with all the best Halloween nicknames, Bob Labriola,

685
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 2: Oh yeah yeah, the lord of living in his fears,

686
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 2: the master of misery, the I.

687
00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,840
Speaker 3: Bet he's not thrilled with how things went Sunday night.

688
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,000
Speaker 2: I bet he's not. I bet he'll bring some doom

689
00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 2: and gloom to the program. Tomorrow will also begin all

690
00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,719
Speaker 2: of that Matt's stats and scouting the Colts. But with

691
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,800
Speaker 2: that Matt Wednesday, today we got the Steelers first practice

692
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:20,399
Speaker 2: report injury report of the week. Here, some good news,

693
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 2: some bad news, as always, I think not to anybody's surprise,

694
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 2: but obviously we'll get this out of the way. To

695
00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:32,439
Speaker 2: Sean Elliott and daniel Aqualay did not practice today. Still

696
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:35,880
Speaker 2: no official IR designations at least as you know as

697
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,839
Speaker 2: we're doing this now, but that one not as surprising. Also,

698
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,360
Speaker 2: Scotty Miller did not practice with that finger injury that

699
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 2: he was dealing with. Isaac Sayamalu missed practice with a

700
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,840
Speaker 2: pectoral injury. U don't think that's surprising as well. But

701
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,319
Speaker 2: then the two that you don't want to see, Pat

702
00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 2: Fryermouth did not practice with a quad injury. Zach Fraser

703
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:02,799
Speaker 2: still dealing with that calf. He did not practice as well.

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00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:09,040
Speaker 3: Okay on Wednesday though still early doors ran a lot

705
00:35:09,080 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 3: of these guys or all these guys are dealing with something.

706
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 3: But yes, okays to me.

707
00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:20,080
Speaker 2: The entire trio of the entire trio of guys who

708
00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:22,879
Speaker 2: are now in their twenty one day window to return

709
00:35:22,920 --> 00:35:26,040
Speaker 2: from ir All were full practice participants, so Will Howard,

710
00:35:26,120 --> 00:35:29,799
Speaker 2: Corey Trice, and Malik Harrison. All three forgot all three

711
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: full practice participants. Uh Matt. Last one here, Ben Skronick

712
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 2: was limited today with a neck injury.

713
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 3: So, and there's gonna be some roster moves here real soon.

714
00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:42,560
Speaker 2: There's gonna be some some moving and shaking.

715
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:45,040
Speaker 3: And yeah, I so he might have jumped the gun

716
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,000
Speaker 3: talking about Dugger, but I mean chefter reported it, and

717
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,839
Speaker 3: I mean if he's not officially a stealer announced yet,

718
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,560
Speaker 3: but somebody's got to go. And I didn't love hearing Elliott,

719
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 3: But when he said that, I'm like, yeah, that's probably

720
00:35:58,320 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 3: makes sense.

721
00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:04,600
Speaker 2: It's unfortunate. It's unfortunate, certainly, but it does make sense.

722
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,080
Speaker 3: Right if you know he's not gonna play definitely the

723
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 3: next two or three games, maybe he plays the fourth,

724
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 3: and he's got to be out for for I or anyway, right,

725
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 3: you know, like, okay.

726
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,400
Speaker 2: Significant around the division as well. Two Matt Joe Flacco,

727
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,200
Speaker 2: dealing with an ac joint sprain in his throwing shoulder,

728
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:27,319
Speaker 2: did not practice. His status is up in the air

729
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,799
Speaker 2: for Sunday. According to Ian Rappaport, Now he's not.

730
00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:32,799
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow, but if he has a play, I think

731
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:35,879
Speaker 3: their season is probably officially shot and it's time to sell.

732
00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 3: What's the trade deadline?

733
00:36:36,880 --> 00:36:38,440
Speaker 2: I mean they're on life support right now.

734
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,120
Speaker 3: Right Losing this past week was a bullet to the Jets.

735
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,719
Speaker 2: I mean they are still within reasonable striking distance of

736
00:36:45,760 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 2: the Steelers. Oh they are, but yeah, you lose Flacco

737
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,800
Speaker 2: as well as Joe Burrow. Obviously you have to go

738
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,480
Speaker 2: back to Browning. That would feel like they're.

739
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:57,840
Speaker 3: One of the few teams that at the trade deadline,

740
00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 3: could you come to the road And there's the why.

741
00:37:01,040 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 3: I can make an argument for both most teams you can't.

742
00:37:04,719 --> 00:37:08,799
Speaker 3: But one more loss, i'd really start leaning towards it. Yeah,

743
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:10,680
Speaker 3: let's yeah, get on with it.

744
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 2: And I think you are. I think you are correct

745
00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:16,120
Speaker 2: in that one. A couple of tweets to close us

746
00:37:16,160 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 2: down here, Matt for today Before we do that, though,

747
00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 2: I did want to give a quick shout out and

748
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:25,839
Speaker 2: his mom, Marty tweeted me the DeSantis family. They are

749
00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,839
Speaker 2: training camp regulars. I'm sure you have met them at

750
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,840
Speaker 2: some point during training camp, Matt. Uh. Their son James

751
00:37:32,960 --> 00:37:36,440
Speaker 2: has duchen muscular dystrophee he's in a wheelchair. They are

752
00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:39,799
Speaker 2: always wearing Penn State and Ohio state stuff. So if

753
00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,239
Speaker 2: you've if you've ever met them, maybe that would paint

754
00:37:42,280 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 2: the picture for you. But they were very close with Wolf.

755
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:47,359
Speaker 2: They would come out the training camp every year. They'd

756
00:37:47,400 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 2: bring James down onto the sideline. A incredibly kind family.

757
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,959
Speaker 2: They'd bring me cookies and stuff like that to Wolf

758
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,759
Speaker 2: and I every single year. James had his eighteenth birthday today.

759
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,480
Speaker 2: Very cool and for people not a scientist, Okay, you

760
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:03,840
Speaker 2: and I talk about this all the time when we

761
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 2: talk injuries. I'm not a scientist.

762
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 3: I'm not a doctor.

763
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:08,560
Speaker 2: That's not my feel. But I know for somebody with

764
00:38:08,680 --> 00:38:12,040
Speaker 2: Dushen muscular dystrophe, turning eighteen years old is a big deal.

765
00:38:12,440 --> 00:38:17,840
Speaker 2: Is a big milestone. And Sora a big happy eighteenth

766
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:20,239
Speaker 2: birthday to one of the biggest dealers fans that I know,

767
00:38:21,160 --> 00:38:23,480
Speaker 2: James DeSantis. Wanted to make sure that I said that

768
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: big thanks to He's a diehard listener of the show.

769
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:29,799
Speaker 2: The whole family. They're S and R junkies, you.

770
00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:30,200
Speaker 1: Know what I mean.

771
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,839
Speaker 2: I mean, they've got us on all the time. Nice,

772
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 2: So wanted to give a big shout out and a

773
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:37,320
Speaker 2: happy eighteenth birthday to James and a big thanks to

774
00:38:37,400 --> 00:38:39,880
Speaker 2: his mom Marty for reaching out to me and letting

775
00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 2: me know that today was his eighteenth birthday. Keep on

776
00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,680
Speaker 2: keeping on, James, dude, and let's let's get a victory

777
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:51,080
Speaker 2: this weekend. Put the cherry on top for you, Matt.

778
00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,759
Speaker 2: We got a couple Tom and Cody both asked in

779
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 2: a question here that's kind of similar and just it

780
00:38:58,200 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 2: relates to the conversation about this secondary that we've been

781
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,520
Speaker 2: having a lot this week, and I think the defense

782
00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:07,400
Speaker 2: as a whole talking about kind of Jimmy's and Joe's

783
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 2: versus x's and O's. How much of the Steelers struggle

784
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:15,359
Speaker 2: is maybe just players that are now on the other

785
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:19,919
Speaker 2: side of their prime, entering their thirties. Not I hate

786
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:23,040
Speaker 2: it when everyone's washed, everyone's cooked right, right, It's not

787
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 2: it's not how it works. But guys who aren't twenty

788
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:28,400
Speaker 2: seven years old and absolutely in the prime of their

789
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:32,759
Speaker 2: career verse kind of just some schematic things that the

790
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 2: Steelers could be doing differently. How do you kind of

791
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 2: come down on striking that balance.

792
00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:40,440
Speaker 3: The answer to almost every football question I've ever been

793
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,719
Speaker 3: asked is a blend of all the above, you know,

794
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,360
Speaker 3: of course. I mean it's just there's eleven people in

795
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:48,320
Speaker 3: the field. Coaching is more important than other sports, so

796
00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:52,000
Speaker 3: when things go wrong, it's almost never one thing to blame,

797
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:54,720
Speaker 3: or one player to blame, or one coach to blame.

798
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:58,800
Speaker 3: And I think that's the truth here too. Now I

799
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:01,080
Speaker 3: am a little concerned, not so with a Dugger trade

800
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 3: or any specific move, but team speed in the back

801
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:06,600
Speaker 3: end is lacking.

802
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:07,360
Speaker 2: It's not a strength.

803
00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:10,080
Speaker 3: It's not a strength. And I thought going into the

804
00:40:10,160 --> 00:40:13,919
Speaker 3: season they would move and run collective as a whole

805
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 3: better than they do in the secondary. I mean, I

806
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,400
Speaker 3: don't know that there's anyone that's fast for his respective

807
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:21,360
Speaker 3: maybe Elliott.

808
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:23,560
Speaker 2: Maybe Elliott is not going to be out there.

809
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 3: Now order, you know, but I mean he does one

810
00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:27,279
Speaker 3: of four to two either. I mean, I don't worry

811
00:40:27,280 --> 00:40:31,279
Speaker 3: about Porter speed, but everyone else is, and they're not

812
00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,080
Speaker 3: getting faster because it is an older group now, I mean,

813
00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:36,839
Speaker 3: Pepper's and Thornhill and these guys are kind of are

814
00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 3: who they are at this point. But I don't know

815
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:41,080
Speaker 3: the schemes helped them either. I mean, there's a lot

816
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 3: of instances on tape. First of all, there's too many

817
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:48,160
Speaker 3: communication issues with the back seven in general, way too

818
00:40:48,200 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 3: many with simple motion across you know, tight end goes

819
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 3: from the left to right and people start looking to

820
00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 3: their like who's got here? Like that can't happen, And

821
00:40:57,560 --> 00:40:59,200
Speaker 3: there's definitely communication issues.

822
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:04,480
Speaker 4: Although through the smoking yeah, right right, and it does

823
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 4: contrary to popular belief, it happens every week, just every team,

824
00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:10,280
Speaker 4: and sometimes you get exposed more than others.

825
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 3: But they spent too much, and frankly, I think there's

826
00:41:14,640 --> 00:41:16,200
Speaker 3: now it's easy for me to sit here in the

827
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 3: chair and say it. They are playing a lot of man,

828
00:41:19,840 --> 00:41:23,399
Speaker 3: but they've also played a lot of offman, and if

829
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,359
Speaker 3: everyone wants to get the ball out quick, I would

830
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:30,480
Speaker 3: prefer to see more press just to disrupt things as

831
00:41:30,560 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 3: opposed to catch throw. You know, Flaco did a ton

832
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 3: of that. Rogers great at it, but that's also some

833
00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:42,239
Speaker 3: trust other than porter, who's our press man? Guys? They

834
00:41:42,280 --> 00:41:44,360
Speaker 3: have more man guys than last year, but who's our

835
00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 3: press man guys? Ramsey and slaves still in that neighborhood.

836
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:52,600
Speaker 3: I think they're telling us they don't think so, you know,

837
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:53,640
Speaker 3: or they do more of it.

838
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 2: Sometimes they don't need to say. You just got to

839
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 2: look at their act.

840
00:41:56,160 --> 00:42:00,120
Speaker 3: That's why these questions are always multiple answers, you know.

841
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,759
Speaker 3: I mean you could just say, well they should tell

842
00:42:02,800 --> 00:42:05,960
Speaker 3: them all do press man like they're the mel Blunt

843
00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 3: and you.

844
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,760
Speaker 2: Know, and what if? What if that's a worse position

845
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 2: for them to success?

846
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 3: That's what I mean, Like they've thought of this, two folks.

847
00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,160
Speaker 2: It's like you can just tell Wes Uleern to do TV,

848
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,800
Speaker 2: but he's going to be a disaster, right, all the

849
00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:20,759
Speaker 2: bright lights and the where do I look? And what

850
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 2: camera is this?

851
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 3: Even that? Like Williamson's got a face for radio. I mean,

852
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:26,520
Speaker 3: that's why I've been a radio guy for my whole life.

853
00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 3: I mean, if I was like a cutie like Rob King,

854
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:30,160
Speaker 3: I'd have been on TV.

855
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:31,360
Speaker 2: All this time, you know, And then you'd have to

856
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 2: put on some makeups as well too. I can't do that.

857
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:36,600
Speaker 3: No dress in this pig up.

858
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:41,320
Speaker 2: Oh come on, we put lips you look right. That'll

859
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:43,239
Speaker 2: do it for the show today. A big thanks to

860
00:42:43,320 --> 00:42:45,680
Speaker 2: Chris Hallick for joining us. Big thanks to our video

861
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 2: producer slash statistician mister TV Matt Tomorrow. You know, I

862
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:54,360
Speaker 2: don't know why I've been liking doing this lately, teasing tomorrow.

863
00:42:55,280 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 2: You procured you unearthed some crazy stats as it relates

864
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Speaker 2: to the Steelers defense and their quarter by quarter splits.

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Speaker 3: I'm all about it this last twenty four hours, so

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Speaker 3: it's all I can think about.

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Speaker 2: And I was thinking about getting it to hear in

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Speaker 2: this last segment, but I don't want to share change.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not a too many conversations, it's not in fact,

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Speaker 3: and some of it might even be promising.

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Speaker 2: I mean, if that's weird, that's the weird part about it.

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Speaker 3: I was how often we had these conversations like going

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Speaker 3: to the doctor, But maybe we it's the disease is

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Speaker 3: a little more acute than I.

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Speaker 2: Thought, you know, a little more benign about benign.

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Speaker 3: It's raging. I mean, there's no disease when yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 3: I can't think I can. You can at least figure

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Speaker 3: out more where the problem is now. So that's a

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Speaker 3: good tease.

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Speaker 2: Matt with some really good stuff on that. And that

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Speaker 2: is where when we get into Matt's stats and start

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Speaker 2: to preview the Colts tomorrow, we will begin with this

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Speaker 2: Steeler defense and how things have shaken out on a

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Speaker 2: quarter to quarter basis. There will be some stuff in

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Speaker 2: there that's going to encourage Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: There's also some in there that's kind of glaring and staring.

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Speaker 3: You're right right down the barrel and anything to do

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Speaker 3: with the Colts offense you're not gonna like hearing as

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Speaker 3: the upcoming opponent. Yeah, it's really good.

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Speaker 2: I mean we talked about them. There was like five

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Speaker 2: guys not the Burger Company, there was like five guys

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Speaker 2: on that offense alone that we would love to have.

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Speaker 2: We will do all of that start there tomorrow, really

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Speaker 2: focus on the Colts as we scout Indianapolis and get

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Speaker 2: into all of Matt's stats and some really good breakdown

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Speaker 2: on this Steelers defense on a quarter by quarter basis.

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Speaker 2: We'll do all of that and more tomorrow for Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 2: I'm Wes Shuler. Thanks everybody, take care. We will talk

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Speaker 2: to you tomorrow. As always. You know where to find us.

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