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Speaker 2: And we are back. I am Dale LOLLI he is

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Speaker 2: the Matt Williamson and this is the Drive on the

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Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network. And it is time now for the

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Speaker 2: Fantasy Football Focus and uh before we get to into

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Speaker 2: this week's top performers, Matt our DFS lineup. I tried,

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Speaker 2: I thought I made, and I tweeted it out and

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Speaker 2: I put it. I put it on YouTube that I

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Speaker 2: thought I was pulling tight because when Tony Poller was active, Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I said, I'm gonna pull I j Spears out and

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Speaker 2: he was gonna pivot to Pearsaw Ricky Piersoll in the

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Speaker 2: flex spot which was cheaper.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you had money to spend, money to spend up,

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Speaker 2: so I was going to spend up.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: From James Cooked to Devin ah Chan. It was only

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Speaker 2: like a three hundred dollars difference, but Paw did well.

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Speaker 2: I must have not saved it when I did that.

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Speaker 2: I was too concerned with making sure I told everybody.

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Speaker 3: What was the text to me about it? Like I

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Speaker 3: could show what kind of.

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Speaker 2: The right idea, but I didn't. I didn't execute it

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Speaker 2: as it is, though we know what is going to do.

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Speaker 2: We still have uh, we still have Tyreek Hill going tonight,

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Speaker 2: hopefully hopefully. If he doesn't, well we'll flip over to

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Speaker 2: Jaylen Waddle because Tyreek was the guy that we spent

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Speaker 2: up for. Yeah, yeah, could also I don't know, let

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Speaker 2: me look here that if that happens, I don't know

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Speaker 2: if we'd have enough money to get one of the

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Speaker 2: RAMS receivers in the lineup.

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Speaker 3: Where's the other spot? I'm just gonna do you guys

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Speaker 3: open going to night?

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Speaker 2: Oh you mean instead of instead instead of Hill, we

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Speaker 2: could go to Cup or I'm just looking to bed,

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Speaker 2: we could go to Poka Nakua. At seventy one dollars.

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Speaker 3: Would you rather start Pookah with Cup or Wattle without Hill?

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Speaker 2: We're two hundred dollars short of getting.

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Speaker 3: Cop That's what I mean though, Like, but he's gonna

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Speaker 3: be on the field. Yeah, who would you prefer if

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Speaker 3: he comes.

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Speaker 2: That's what I'm asking you. I think I would prefer Wattle,

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Speaker 2: I think because he would be the only game in

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Speaker 2: town right right, right? And when when when Hill hasn't

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Speaker 2: been out there and Wattle has Wattle is blown up. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and they're an easier pass defense to navigate.

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Speaker 3: They're desperate times too, Yeah, we'll.

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Speaker 2: Both teams are really desperate. So right now I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: have Hill in the lineup. Yeah, but if we get

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Speaker 2: news tonight that he's not playing, then we'll we'll we'll

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Speaker 2: flip that out and go with Wattle.

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Speaker 3: But what do we need do you think to Well?

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Speaker 2: Right now, in this particular one that we're in, we

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Speaker 2: have the leader right now has we're forty six point

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Speaker 2: eight six points out, but we're much closer to being

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Speaker 2: in the money we're brought. We're about fifteen points out

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Speaker 3: So we don't know what all the other opponents.

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Speaker 2: Right some of them have guys left, or some of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, of course, Yeah, there's a lot of good eligible

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Speaker 2: But right now we're in one hundred and twenty first place,

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Speaker 2: and we need to get in the top one hundred. Okay,

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Speaker 2: we got a shot. Yeah, Yeah, if we get again

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Speaker 2: fifteen to twenty points out of Tyreek Hill or whoever

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Speaker 2: other people have, whoever we plug into that. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 2: assuming like some of the other guys. Still some of

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Speaker 2: the other players here still have players out, but there's

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Speaker 2: also a lot of players that have already maxed out.

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Speaker 2: They have nobody left.

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Speaker 3: So this happened to Nico last night. In a couple

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Speaker 3: of leagues, we're knowing another option because there's it's the

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Speaker 3: beauty of DFS is like you can you can pivot

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Speaker 2: It's not like in your regular, you know, weekly league.

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Speaker 3: On my buddies team, I can't just pick them up. Yeah, right,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you're picking up like the fourth string

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Speaker 3: I know enough about the FS I assume most owners

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Speaker 2: Yeah, somehow I didn't. I didn't save it again. Well

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Speaker 2: beyond that, I I keep screwing that up. That's maybe

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Speaker 2: There we go, all right, so we do have Tyreeky's

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Speaker 2: taking keeping the reservation apparently for me is a problem.

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Speaker 2: That's the second time that's happened to me now.

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Speaker 3: But we have done.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're we did okay, Justin Herbert nineteen point

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Speaker 3: He played really well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, seventeen point four percent ownership. James Cook five point

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Speaker 2: but we got fifteen point five points at I'm not

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Speaker 2: a blow up games. Yeah, but okay, Tyler Algier fifty

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they lost to the Saints.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and they lost to the Saints. Lad McConkie two

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Speaker 2: big money. Yeah, eight point seven percent ownership. Khalil Shakir

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Speaker 2: with six thousand six catches for fifty eight yards, we

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Speaker 2: Hawkinson was the right call, though, eight per seventy two

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Speaker 2: We ended up with Spears in the lineup because I

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Speaker 2: couldn't make I didn't hit save.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: He had eight point one points. He had forty seven

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Speaker 2: rushing yards, three catches for four yards. But we'll take

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Speaker 2: the three point four points.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, he was out there almost fifty percent.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so it wasn't a terrible call. But I mean

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Speaker 2: him and Cook didn't bury us. Yeah, Piersall would have

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Speaker 2: been better. Pearsall had a touchdown. Yeah, he's the yards

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Speaker 2: or so. He'll be more expensive next week, but we

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Speaker 3: I think he's going to go up in price and

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Speaker 2: We had the Chargers defense in there. They had seven

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Speaker 3: Yeah, against a pretty bad Titans team.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so we we didn't go real chalky this week.

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Speaker 2: You know that our chalkiest guy was actually Khalil Shakir

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Speaker 3: Sounds like all of our guys were fine. Yeah, you know,

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Speaker 2: I think nobody. Yeah, nobody was awful. We didn't take

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Speaker 2: a zero, right, which has been a problem the last

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Speaker 2: couple of weeks and we didn't have We kind of

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Speaker 2: zigged this week and everybody else zagged to go to

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Speaker 2: the chalky stuff.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Although I thought Hawk would have been.

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Speaker 2: I did too, I thought he would be pretty.

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Speaker 3: Yes, it's been out of sight, out of my mind.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I guess looking at this week's top performers, well,

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Speaker 2: if you had somebody in those Thursday night game, you

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Speaker 2: were golden this week, no doubt. Burrow led the way

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Speaker 2: with four hundred and twenty eight passing yards this week,

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Speaker 2: four touchdown passes, uh brock perty three fifty three and

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he did played well.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I got all the pieces back. That helps. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: Like suddenly you put McCaffrey back in that lineup and

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Speaker 3: They missed three field goals, but yeah, than that.

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Speaker 2: And then Debo went after yeah or the pot the holder.

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Speaker 2: I don't know who he was blaming there.

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Speaker 3: Not sure exactly. A long snapper had to break it.

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Speaker 2: Up Kirk Cousins three to zero six, but did not

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Speaker 3: I don't know what to think of that game. I

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Speaker 3: didn't study it heavily. But it seems just kind of

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Speaker 3: like one of those flukey on the road Division games.

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Speaker 2: Like they hate each other.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I'm not off the Atlanta bandwagon. No,

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Speaker 3: kind of like Baltimore losing.

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Speaker 2: The browns Lamar had two ninety and four touchdowns, so

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Speaker 2: only three three hundred yard passers going into tonight's game. Okay,

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Speaker 2: Josh Allen two eighty didn't throw a touchdown pass through

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Speaker 2: two interceptions in that game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he did kind of kept them in it a

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they won thirty to twenty. Flacco had two seventy

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Speaker 3: How much longer he's gonna be out there?

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Speaker 2: That's just he's he kind of like at this point

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Speaker 2: Jamis Winston just throw it and oh.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of volatility to his passing.

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Speaker 2: It might be great, might not.

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Speaker 2: I mean even as Steelers, he threaded a lot of

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Speaker 2: was actually semi efficient. There. I'm not jumping on Valdez. No, no,

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Speaker 2: no happened to be the only thing in town. Kyler

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Speaker 2: Murray to sixty six in a touchdown. Of course, he

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Speaker 2: gets you his usual running as well. Mahomes was number

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Speaker 2: nine with two sixty six in a touchdown through forty

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Speaker 3: Since they've gotten Nuke, his fantasy's production's gone up. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: They still only scored sixteen points.

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Speaker 2: And then number ten was Sam Darnold two forty one,

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Speaker 2: no touchdowns, three interceptions. So a lot of these guys

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Speaker 2: who were the top ten passers this week didn't throw

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Speaker 2: any touchdown passes and threw a lot of interceptions.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, there were a lot of interceptions. I think there's

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Speaker 3: a lot of miskicks. There's a lot of interceptions this week.

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Speaker 3: In general.

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Speaker 2: The rushing leaders only four guys over one hundred yards.

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Speaker 2: Chewba Hubbard led the way with one fifty three in

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Speaker 2: a touchdown.

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Speaker 3: Him he was impressive. Yeah, gave him money. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: If you had a running back in that Carolina Giants game, yeah,

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Speaker 2: you were at the starting running by, you were happy there.

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Speaker 2: Bijon once sixteen and two scores.

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Speaker 3: That's like four weeks in a row. He's been like

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Speaker 3: a high running back.

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Speaker 2: One Jonathan Taylor had one fourteen, did not score on

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Speaker 2: twenty one carries, had a fifty eight yard run in there,

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Speaker 2: and then Tyrone Tracy eighteen for one zh three in

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Speaker 3: So bad for him. Yeah, I mean, young guy, it's

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Speaker 3: easy to root for it.

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Speaker 2: He was the reason why they were in that point

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Speaker 2: to be an overtime because it was one Daniel Jones.

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Speaker 3: That's one of the few bright spots of the Giant seasons. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they found a back.

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Speaker 2: Aaron Jones just missed eighty eight yards, did not score

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Speaker 2: And then Derrick Henry sixteen for sixty eight in a

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Speaker 2: The one hundred yard receivers this week there were only five, now.

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Speaker 2: Jamar Chase eleven for two sixty four and three touchdowns.

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Speaker 2: up Tyler Wallace. I was an eighty four yard flukeius

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Speaker 3: I mean, maybe you'll see the field against Steelers, but

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Speaker 2: Terry McLaurin had five for one thirteen. I thought he

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but next gen charts those like tight window throws

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Speaker 2: Sometimes a couple of really good Yeah. Aj Brown five

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Speaker 2: Apparently Jalen Hurts has to score all their touchdowns and

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Speaker 3: That coming from a disgruntled Barkley owner.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they score thirty four points against the Cowboys

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Speaker 2: who can't stop the run right now too, and Saquon

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Speaker 2: Barkley has like twelve points. I mean, what are we

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Speaker 2: doing here? I can get the Touchboarsh stuff I've got

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Speaker 2: I've got Justin Jefferson, Saquon Barkley, and Breece Hall.

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Speaker 3: Now you traded for Barkley and Hall, right, yes?

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Speaker 3: This is going to cut it. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: But meanwhile, my top, my top scorer is the Giants

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Speaker 2: running back Tracy Tracy. Tyro Tracy is like my leading

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Speaker 2: scorer this week because I had to start Kirk Cousins

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Speaker 3: I wouldn't expect the Barkley stuff to change though. He's

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Speaker 3: had to score from distance, but he does. But well,

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Speaker 3: they could throw them to the football a little bit too.

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Speaker 3: One catch. That's that's why he wasn't the top five

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Speaker 2: They need, they need more competitive games, is what they need.

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Speaker 2: It can't you know, it can't be a thirty four

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Speaker 2: one that much. Marquez Valdez Scantling had three for one

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Speaker 3: Him now, and plus in that Eagles game, like pickets

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Speaker 3: He's also the only show.

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Speaker 2: He's also the only show in town. But you know

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Speaker 2: they're going to take deep shots. They are now they're constructed.

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Speaker 2: Well he catch said deep shots. I don't know, but

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Speaker 2: that's it's a dart throw in Valdez Scantling. It's kind

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Speaker 3: And that's who he is period.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's always that to day.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and he may not even catch it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Shaheed is a much better version of.

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Speaker 3: Him, Yes, exactly. Kamara's like setting all time records for

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Speaker 3: I don't know what they have to They're not going anywhere.

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Speaker 2: He that's his second major concussion this year. I mean

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Speaker 2: I released him in our league. I get it with

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Speaker 2: with New Saturday I'm like, am I going to play

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Speaker 2: going to start over Jefferson. It might be a while,

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Speaker 2: who knows, and he might be out a month. It

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Speaker 2: he's at five concussions. Yeah, I'm just not going to

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Speaker 2: deal with it. And they're a bad football team. It's

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Speaker 3: No, he's been. He was a little disappointing for fantasy

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Speaker 2: Now I wish I would have traded him because the

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Speaker 2: the Barkley trade. Eight for ninety seven. No, he's would

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Speaker 2: right right, come on, guys, Juwan Jennings seven for ninety three.

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Speaker 3: He's doing a lot of the Ayuk stuff. Yeah, I mean,

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Speaker 3: he's out there close to every snap running man beaters.

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Speaker 3: So I guess he's an odd bird. Yeah, my son

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Speaker 3: He takes the stairs, So he was late for a meeting,

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Speaker 2: Or something, which is probably late for the Saturday night.

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Speaker 3: Right, so I assume he's walking down all those stats.

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Speaker 2: That's what That's what happened with the kid with the

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Speaker 3: So even at a home game, team trolled environment. Right,

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Speaker 2: That's why you're in said hotel, so you're not late

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Speaker 2: Burrow was so ticked off at him, Like, how do

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Speaker 3: Everyone says how unlikable he is. Yeah, I really good talent,

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Speaker 3: but that's that's all drafts though. Calvin Ridley five for

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Speaker 2: Yeah, you had Alec Pierce four for eighty one in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean with Pittman out, him and Mitchell are

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Speaker 2: James Connor had five for eighty receiving, didn't do much

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Speaker 3: They're rampant. Benson up a little bit, a little bit more.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's starting to steal some car in a.

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Speaker 3: Game whenever it's not competitive.

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Speaker 2: But now that they're you know, kind of in it

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Speaker 3: Much in it.

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Speaker 2: They're going to use both those guys because they're trying

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Speaker 3: Connor's like a solid high end running back. Two. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you know that's great.

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Speaker 2: Uh, John Maichie last night five for seventy four in

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but Nico's coming back I think this week, and Woods.

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Speaker 3: Diggs's not coming back. I've bet you'll be the three

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Speaker 2: I mean they took him in the first round a

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Speaker 2: Pearsall had four for seventy three in a score that

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Speaker 3: I think he should be in every league kind of

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Hawkinson eight for seventy two. Josh downs seven for seventy.

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Speaker 3: Two, didn't score, and you know it's fyeah.

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Speaker 2: Donnie Mitchell had six for seventy one.

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Speaker 3: He looks good, you know. I think he's gonna be

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Trey mcbrideford for seventy one, Courtland Sutton's six for

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Speaker 2: seventy in the score.

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Speaker 3: If they put Richardson back in though, yeah, it's yeah.

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Speaker 3: Although I'm open to the idea that, like Bryce young

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Speaker 3: Richardson might I'm not saying it's be great, but should

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Speaker 3: be better than he was, you know what I mean,

444
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Speaker 3: Like maybe he's a little more functional for fantasy sutting

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Speaker 3: by the ways and other ones that getting huge ridiculous.

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Speaker 2: There's nobody else. They don't have anybody else. Uh. The

447
00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,879
Speaker 2: only other guy on here is kind of a outlier.

448
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Speaker 2: Austin Hooper had three for sixty four.

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Speaker 3: I don't have to see how that went.

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Speaker 2: But and for me, Hunter Henry didn't do much in that.

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Speaker 3: He didn't. I didn't watch much of that game.

452
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Speaker 2: No, I didn't either, But it's just noteworthy that because

453
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Speaker 2: he's a tight end and you know, tight end production

454
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Speaker 2: is tough to come by.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, keep and I don't all they have great receivers. No,

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Speaker 3: and Hooper's okay, Yeah, he's had a good career. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: so just keep an eye on that one. That's going

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Speaker 3: to do it for the fantasy football focus. He's Matt Williamson.

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Speaker 3: I am Dale Lewy. You're listening to the Drive here

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Speaker 3: on the Steelers Audio Network. Remember if you're playing the

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Speaker 3: lineup that we played, and I know some of you do,

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Speaker 3: if Tyree, if Tyreek doesn't play tonight, go to waddle. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's an easy it's an easy switch. That's fine,

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Speaker 2: I get it right. Yeah, you know, you know, just

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Speaker 2: do you think Miami is going to be behind or ahead?

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Speaker 2: Kind of play it that way. I think there could

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Speaker 2: be a lot of point. I think there's gonna be

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Speaker 2: points period.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: So that's that's the play. Anyways, let's get to a break.

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Speaker 2: We'll be back with more right after this.

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Speaker 3: At least.

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Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

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Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and

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Speaker 1: Gold cast in Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: And we are back. I'm Dale Lolli. He is the

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson and mattos torn around the internet today as

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Speaker 2: I was hanging out and I noticed that, first of all,

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Speaker 2: the Steelers last week in Dvoa were tenth in the league. Okay,

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Speaker 2: that adds up this week after that. This was after

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Speaker 2: the games where everything was added up from yesterday. They

482
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Speaker 2: actually moved fell down three spots to thirteenth, and Washington

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Speaker 2: didn't move at all.

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Speaker 3: They didn't move at all.

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Speaker 2: They were seventh and they stayed seventh. I mean, it's

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Speaker 2: a math formula. I don't get it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but I mean, the Steelers you would think are

488
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Speaker 3: trending the right direction.

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Speaker 2: The defense is worse this week than it was last week.

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Speaker 2: I'm like, the defense played really well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it did too, But I'm trying to

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Speaker 3: think of what would be the big ast them.

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Speaker 2: I mean, they gave them some touchdowns, but.

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Speaker 3: Would the fake punt hurt their special teams?

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Speaker 2: That the special teams is actually third. It didn't go

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Speaker 2: down at all.

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Speaker 3: Change at all. I can't explain it. I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I mean sometimes I never looked at numbers. I just

499
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Speaker 3: look at the ranks, and the numbers are hard to

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Speaker 3: you know, decipher. At times, maybe the numbers stayed the

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Speaker 3: same and people around them just moved. That could be

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Speaker 3: the case. That could be the case.

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Speaker 2: Looking here at ESPN's FPI projections with their analytics stuff,

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Speaker 2: yeah yeah, kind of. They piggybacked off of DVOA. They're

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Speaker 2: now projecting the Steelers at ten point seven wins for

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Speaker 2: the season. Sounds reasonable, Yeah, somewhere between ten and eleven.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, eleven, right.

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Speaker 2: But now only ninety four percent chance to make the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that adds up.

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Speaker 2: And if you look at it, the only teams ahead

511
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Speaker 2: of them are Kansas City, Buffalo, Detroit, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Houston, Pittsburgh.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean Baltimore is the only one I would

513
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Speaker 3: argue in terms of just percentage chance to go.

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Speaker 2: They now have an eight point two percent chance to

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Speaker 2: make the Super Bowl. That might not sound like a lot,

516
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Speaker 2: but that's pretty high percentage. Like what's the Chiefs that

517
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Speaker 2: they're at twenty nine point seven? Wow, that's really high.

518
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Speaker 2: Buffalo high. Buffalo's at twenty two point eight. Detroit is

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Speaker 2: the highest thirty three point nine.

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Speaker 3: I assume they just think the NFC is an easier path.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but if you're looking at it, I guess it is. Overall,

522
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Speaker 2: So you get Detroit at one, Kansas City at two,

523
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Speaker 2: Buffalos at twenty two point eight. The Ravens are at

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Speaker 2: twenty two percent, the Eagles are at fifteen percent, the

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Speaker 2: Packers are at ten point three percent. Minnesota is at

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Speaker 2: nine point nine percent, Washington's at nine percent, the Steelers

527
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Speaker 2: are at nine point two. So we're the Steelers are

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Speaker 2: fourth in the AFC. And that's kind of how I

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Speaker 2: would stack the teams right now.

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Speaker 3: I would do them. Are Houston stuff for me in

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Speaker 3: terms of chances to go to Super.

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Speaker 2: Bowl chances to go because you know, Houston's gonna win

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Speaker 2: that division kind of by default right the game. The

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Speaker 2: problem that Houston might have right now is that they're

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Speaker 2: gonna win that division and they're probably gonna end up

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Speaker 2: playing the second place team in the AFC North.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I don't think you want to be the four.

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Speaker 3: The four is not a good place to be, right

539
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Speaker 3: because you're gonna get Baltimore pitch for a coming to

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Speaker 3: your place. Yeah, which isn't fun. Yeah. This is just

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Speaker 3: a total hunch. But as you were saying, those percentages,

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Speaker 3: they all seem higher than usual. I mean, here are

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Speaker 3: I say there's so much garbage teams? Yeah, I think

544
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Speaker 3: there's just more of that than ever. So the good

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Speaker 3: teams have a higher percentage than they usually do on

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Speaker 3: eleven eleven, you know today.

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Speaker 2: To win the Super Bowl. The Steelers have now have

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Speaker 2: a three point five percent chance to win the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 2: They were point one when the season started. I remember

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Speaker 2: looking at this, nobody thought the Steelers were a super

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Speaker 2: Bowl contender.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, like three percent is not crazy this time of year,

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Speaker 3: you know.

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Speaker 2: To win, like win, Yeah, I mean if you look

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Speaker 2: at that, they're tied with San Francisco at three point

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Speaker 2: five percent. If I told you they because two teams

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Speaker 2: you're going the other opposite direction from each other.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I don't know if San Frans go in

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Speaker 3: the office direction.

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Speaker 2: Well from where they started, From where they started, San

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Speaker 2: Francisco I think was the favorite.

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Speaker 3: I wonder where they're at in the NFC. Like if

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Speaker 3: you were to rank percent chance not, I don't care

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Speaker 3: what the numbers are. I think we'd both agree Detroit

565
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Speaker 3: as the best chance to represent the NFC.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, they have an eighteen this according to ESPN, eighteen

567
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Speaker 2: point nine percent chance to win the Super Bowl. They're

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Speaker 2: the favorite right now. Lions do the Lions. Kansas City

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Speaker 2: second at fifteen point four percent, Buffalo is third and

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Speaker 2: eleven point nine Baltimore is fourth at eleven point eight.

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Speaker 2: Then you go to the Eagles at eight point zero.

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Speaker 3: I was just saying, I wonder who's two in the

573
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Speaker 3: NFC is it's San Franers at the Eagles.

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Speaker 2: It's the Eagles. Then you get the Packers at five

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Speaker 2: point five percent.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they should be in the same tier.

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Speaker 2: The Vikings are at four point eight percent, The Commanders

578
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Speaker 2: are still at three point nine because they're in the NFC,

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Speaker 2: and then you get the Steelers and forty nine ers

580
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Speaker 2: at three point five percent. So the Steelers have a

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Speaker 2: better chance than Houston according to that to their mess.

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Speaker 3: Which makes sense too because maybe they're hosting a game

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Speaker 3: or they're going to Houston, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: Kind of a side note, I mean just because, and

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Speaker 3: I know mathematicians don't look at it this way, but

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Speaker 3: I give the Niners a better chance to win the

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Speaker 3: Super Bowl than Washington or Minnesota. I would agree been

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Speaker 3: they're done at fast, I agree with that, you know

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Speaker 3: what I mean, If they get there, I think they

590
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Speaker 3: could beat the Chiefs you know where. You know those

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Speaker 3: guys won't.

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Speaker 2: This is where it gets interesting. If you look at

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Speaker 2: their efficiencies, their offensive, defensive, special team efficiency ratings. The

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Speaker 2: Steelers right now are seventh overall in the league combining

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Speaker 2: all three of those things, with the score sixty six

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Speaker 2: point nine.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: The teams ahead of them are Detroit at seventy five

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Speaker 2: point seven.

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Speaker 3: This is just their stealing EPA, yeah, this is yeah.

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Speaker 2: Buffalo is second at sixty nine point six. The Chargers

602
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Speaker 2: are third at sixty nine point two.

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Speaker 3: I think they're good on teams.

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Speaker 2: They're second on or second in defense, tenth on teams.

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Speaker 3: Okay.

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Speaker 2: Minnesota is fourth at sixty nine point two. Then you

607
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Speaker 2: get the Eagles at sixty seven point zero and the

608
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Speaker 2: Steelers at sixty six point nine, just ahead of Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: I so that's a company you want to keep.

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Speaker 2: Just ahead of the Ravens. The Ravens are at sixty

611
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Speaker 2: four point nine because why.

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Speaker 3: The defense is so bad if you're that at but Rolillo.

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Speaker 2: They're twenty fifth in defensive official.

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Speaker 3: Which is really saying something when there's when you're talking

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Speaker 3: about the good teams. Yeah, you know what I mean,

616
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Speaker 3: there's such garbage. I mean, there's twelve terrible teams probably

617
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Speaker 3: in the league right now that if you're amongst them

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Speaker 3: in any category, not good, not.

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Speaker 2: A good place to be. Yeah. So if you look

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Speaker 2: at the at the over the offensive efficiency rankings, Baltimore's

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Speaker 2: number one on at seventy nine point five. Washington, who

622
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Speaker 2: the Steelers just played, is second at seventy three point five.

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Speaker 2: That's what we're talking about with that. With that Washington offense, folks,

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Speaker 2: it's been very very good this year. Like per drive,

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Speaker 2: I mean they were averaging three points per drive. Yeah,

626
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Speaker 2: it's really high per drive. They were averaging a field

627
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Speaker 2: goal every time they got the ball kicked to them, yes,

628
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Speaker 2: which is crazy, it's insane. Yeah, it was like the

629
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Speaker 2: I think it was like the fourth highest since two thousand.

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Speaker 3: Is it higher than Baltimore now.

631
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Speaker 2: That I don't know Baltimore. Yeah, that was that was

632
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Speaker 2: from the stat pack that the league sends out. They

633
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Speaker 2: were the fourth, the fourth best offensive efficiency offense in

634
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Speaker 2: terms of points scored per on a per drive basis

635
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Speaker 2: since the year two thousand.

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Speaker 3: I know that they're ridiculous at having drives where they

637
00:27:50,720 --> 00:27:53,640
Speaker 3: don't get points, right, which Steelers did a really good

638
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Speaker 3: job of.

639
00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, forcing the three and ounce and things of that nature.

640
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Speaker 2: So they were their second Buffalo third at sixty seven

641
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Speaker 2: point one. The Lions are fourth at sixty seven point zero. Uh,

642
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:07,680
Speaker 2: then you get the Bengals at sixty six point seven.

643
00:28:09,520 --> 00:28:12,760
Speaker 2: San Francisco's at sixty two point one, the Cardinals sixty

644
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Speaker 2: one point two.

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Speaker 3: How big is of a Bengals discrepancy between offense and defense?

646
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Speaker 2: The pretty massive. Their fifth offensively, twenty eighth defensively, so

647
00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:25,080
Speaker 2: it's an even bigger both spread. They're kind of similarly

648
00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:29,240
Speaker 2: built teams this right, And then you look at the Steelers, however,

649
00:28:29,440 --> 00:28:34,680
Speaker 2: fourteenth offense offensive efficiency, So it's not if.

650
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Speaker 3: You went through the last three weeks, it'd be even better. Yeah, right,

651
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Speaker 3: you know what I mean.

652
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's been the last three since since they

653
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Speaker 2: put Wilson in the lineup there averaging thirty point three

654
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,960
Speaker 2: points per game. That's thirty point three, not thirty three,

655
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Speaker 2: but thirty point three.

656
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Speaker 3: Adds up.

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Speaker 2: And so I had somebody ask me today on Uh

658
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Speaker 2: it was on the message board from our our Picks

659
00:28:55,920 --> 00:28:59,080
Speaker 2: segment last week. One of the people out there who

660
00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 2: obviously did like the move to Russell Wilson, just at

661
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,320
Speaker 2: the Justin Fields fan I get said, are you going

662
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,719
Speaker 2: to talk about Russell Wilson's Uh, you know, the turnovers.

663
00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 3: Like which one.

664
00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:15,240
Speaker 2: Okay, so he threw an interception yesterday, interception, an interception

665
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 2: on a third down that was the same as a punt. Well,

666
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 2: that too, right, Like, you're just taking a shot to

667
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 2: your best player, George Pickens. You're taking a shot down

668
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,480
Speaker 2: the field to him, and if you don't get it,

669
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,200
Speaker 2: it's a it's the same as a punt.

670
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, not every interceptions created equal.

671
00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:32,720
Speaker 2: No, you're just taking a shot and you had Oh,

672
00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 2: by the way, an officiating crew that likes to call

673
00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 2: pass interference and holding penalties, you're taking a shot. You

674
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:42,960
Speaker 2: might get one. So no, I had no problem with

675
00:29:43,040 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: that in that situation. They're also averaging ten points a

676
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:50,080
Speaker 2: game more with Russell Wilson in the lineup as opposed

677
00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 2: to justin fields. So if Russell Wilson does turn the

678
00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,240
Speaker 2: ball over on occasion, he's also scoring more points.

679
00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:01,320
Speaker 3: Right right into this, It's its not like they're not

680
00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,240
Speaker 3: the same. One interception just ruins the game. No, they

681
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:05,480
Speaker 3: don't equal the same way.

682
00:30:05,600 --> 00:30:07,640
Speaker 2: Does that mean that that you want Russell Wilson went

683
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:09,200
Speaker 2: out there and turning the ball over three times?

684
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,680
Speaker 3: No, absolutely not. But even if sacks aren't bad, right,

685
00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,320
Speaker 3: you know, he was under a lot of pressure last year.

686
00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,600
Speaker 3: Yesterday too, Yeah, they were blitzing like crazy. Yeah they were,

687
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:19,440
Speaker 3: they were like crazy.

688
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:26,360
Speaker 2: So defensive efficiency, Minnesota's one at seventy six point eight,

689
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,200
Speaker 2: the Chargers at two at seventy four point nine, The

690
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,320
Speaker 2: Bears are third at sixty nine point two, and then

691
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:36,040
Speaker 2: you get the Steelers are fourth at sixty seven point eight.

692
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,840
Speaker 3: Okay, wow, I'm a little shock. The Bears are still

693
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 3: that high.

694
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 2: So you're but you're not that far. You're only take

695
00:30:42,560 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 2: less than ten points off the lead. Yeah, you're still

696
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,040
Speaker 2: a defensive efficiency stuff. Yeah, so they I mean they're

697
00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,720
Speaker 2: doing a good job on that side of the ball. Yeah,

698
00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:52,760
Speaker 2: you're giving up some stuff, but like even yesterday, one

699
00:30:52,760 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 2: of those touchdowns is you get they get the ball

700
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 2: to at the what fourteen.

701
00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 3: Assuming they're they're ficiency stuff that you're looking at is

702
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,800
Speaker 3: similar to EPA. Big plays help a lot more as

703
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,200
Speaker 3: opposed to like success rate is down in, down out

704
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:10,480
Speaker 3: type of thing. Steelers aren't great in that neighborhood. They're

705
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 3: not bad, but they're not great. But the big play

706
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,040
Speaker 3: stuff is huge. But you're still beuting that. Like even

707
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,680
Speaker 3: yesterday you forced three and out six times.

708
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:20,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was pretty That helps, especially against that offense

709
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 2: against talking about earlier, that's not what they do at

710
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 2: all against that offense. Likewise, again, you know, we know

711
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 2: Baltimore was number one, so the leader in defensive efficiency

712
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 2: seventy six point eight. The Steelers are at sixty seven

713
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,760
Speaker 2: point eight. You got to go all the way down

714
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 2: to twenty five to find the Ravens at forty three

715
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:46,040
Speaker 2: point three. Time with the Cardinals. Wow, the Cardinals. In fact,

716
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,480
Speaker 2: if people were talking about how how tough it is

717
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,400
Speaker 2: to play against the AFC North teams this year, Cleveland's

718
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 2: twenty third, their defense is forty five points six, and

719
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 2: the Bengals are actually below the Ravens at forty point four.

720
00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:01,120
Speaker 2: It doesn't show Calne is dead last at thirty two.

721
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,080
Speaker 2: You're much closer to that than that than the thought.

722
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 3: It doesn't shock me that the Steelers have a good defense.

723
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:09,720
Speaker 3: It shocks me that the rest of the division.

724
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,200
Speaker 2: Does, doesn't the rest?

725
00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:13,400
Speaker 3: I mean, he was bad last year. Yeah, I thought

726
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 3: it'd be better this year, or at least be a

727
00:32:16,320 --> 00:32:19,480
Speaker 3: tier above where they were, yeah, man, I mean the defense,

728
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,520
Speaker 3: and then the Browns are not horrible, but they're tiers

729
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 3: below where they were right.

730
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 2: I mean they're nowhere close to what they were, like

731
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 2: they were like one last year or two. They're playing

732
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,120
Speaker 2: things have balanced out because their home road splits were

733
00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:35,640
Speaker 2: so that was just completely different than now. They've kind

734
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,080
Speaker 2: of met in the middle this year. Whereas last year

735
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:40,320
Speaker 2: they get they gave up like twelve points per game

736
00:32:40,360 --> 00:32:43,200
Speaker 2: at home and twenty eight points per game on the road.

737
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:43,880
Speaker 3: It was weird.

738
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 2: Now it's it's more like twenty points per game between, yeah,

739
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 2: which I guess kind of makes sense because yah, I mean.

740
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,040
Speaker 3: There's such small sample sizes, that's probably who you are.

741
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:56,640
Speaker 3: Just happened to play better in one building than the other. Yeah.

742
00:32:57,760 --> 00:33:03,200
Speaker 2: But the biggest difference this year the Steelers special teams unit.

743
00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 2: Detroit Lee's away at sixty nine point eight been really

744
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:07,720
Speaker 2: good on special teams.

745
00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 3: Dallas is good too, right, Na, They're okay, noo, they're

746
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:15,920
Speaker 3: in the top there are in DVOA. If you look

747
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 3: at DVA.

748
00:33:16,720 --> 00:33:19,520
Speaker 2: Rankings, the Steelers are second at sixty eight point six.

749
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 2: They're not that far off the lead.

750
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 3: No, I wouldn't think.

751
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,080
Speaker 2: Then you've got New England sixty four point five, Denver

752
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:26,280
Speaker 2: at sixty four point two.

753
00:33:26,520 --> 00:33:28,560
Speaker 3: That's a hidden thing about Denver. Yeah, it keeps them

754
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:29,040
Speaker 3: hanging around.

755
00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 2: Tampa Bay's five. Cleveland is six sixty point three. They've played,

756
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,320
Speaker 2: they played well on special teams. Everything else has been

757
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 2: a dumpster fire. Jacksonville, Dallas, New Orleans, and then the Chargers.

758
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,120
Speaker 3: The Chargers are Chargers are doing all the harbor.

759
00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,800
Speaker 2: All the winning in the margins. Exactly, winning in the margins.

760
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,720
Speaker 3: It's much like the Steelers were when they didn't have Wilson.

761
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,280
Speaker 3: You know where the Ravens on special teams.

762
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 2: The Ravens are twenty second forty forty five point nine.

763
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,040
Speaker 3: I mean Tucker's missed four or five kicks.

764
00:34:02,840 --> 00:34:04,880
Speaker 2: Closer to the bottom than they are the top in

765
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,440
Speaker 2: terms of even like the worst team in the league

766
00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 2: on special teams the Miami Dolphins at thirty two point two.

767
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 2: Keep an eye on that tonight.

768
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,399
Speaker 3: Yeah. Absolutely, I know we're not going down this path,

769
00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:18,360
Speaker 3: but we're talking about winning the margins. Ravens are the

770
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,640
Speaker 3: worst penalty team by far.

771
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,080
Speaker 2: They used to They used to do that. They used to.

772
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 2: I mean once they got across midfield. Oh well they're

773
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:28,000
Speaker 2: in field goal range from that's not the case anymore.

774
00:34:28,120 --> 00:34:30,320
Speaker 3: No, I mean there have some margins.

775
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,279
Speaker 2: Their punters were always outstanding. Oh yeah, the return of

776
00:34:33,320 --> 00:34:36,080
Speaker 2: guys are always dangerous soccer. Yeah, they were always solid.

777
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:38,480
Speaker 2: Not many penalties, you know, Yeah, you're right.

778
00:34:38,520 --> 00:34:41,320
Speaker 3: I mean a lot of defensive breakdowns, a lot of penalties,

779
00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 3: a lot of things that don't don't always show up,

780
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 3: you know in the box score that has why do

781
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 3: you lose the Raiders? Right, you know, like or why

782
00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 3: do you let these guys come back?

783
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,719
Speaker 2: You know? So their offense is unbelievably good, but some

784
00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:54,640
Speaker 2: of the stuff that Harbaugh is usually good.

785
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 3: At isn't great.

786
00:34:55,560 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's got to be driving him nuts.

787
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,319
Speaker 3: I bet it's making because he knows better. I mean, right,

788
00:34:59,560 --> 00:34:59,880
Speaker 3: he was a.

789
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 2: Team's coach, That's that's what he was as a coordinator

790
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 2: before he became a head coach. So you know when

791
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,320
Speaker 2: that side of the ball stinks as this does, and

792
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 2: the defense does like these are just these aren't your

793
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:11,320
Speaker 2: father's Ravens.

794
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 3: No, it's outscore you running gun, Yeah, basically, and.

795
00:35:17,160 --> 00:35:19,360
Speaker 2: You feel a little bit better right now. And this

796
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 2: is why the Steelers did make the move to Russell

797
00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:25,640
Speaker 2: Wilson because they're scoring points now. Oh yeah, you know

798
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 2: when people said Tomlin doesn't like to score points. No,

799
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,759
Speaker 2: he does. When he has a quarterback he trusts, he's

800
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:33,160
Speaker 2: going to go out and try to score points. They

801
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:35,160
Speaker 2: did it when they when Ben Roethlisberger and the Killer

802
00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:38,040
Speaker 2: Bees were at the height of their powers. They scored

803
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:40,319
Speaker 2: with anybody. Remember that was that was when Todd Haley

804
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,000
Speaker 2: came out and saday our goals to score thirty points

805
00:35:42,080 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 2: game every week.

806
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:45,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, and that wasn't outlandish, no, I mean that's what

807
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 3: they did, that type of guys. Yeah, they first run

808
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:51,320
Speaker 3: pick fantasy guys. So a more traditional stat though, that

809
00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:55,600
Speaker 3: shows how good Baltimore's offense is. Seven point one yards

810
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,279
Speaker 3: per play on offense, far and away, it's first. I mean,

811
00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 3: the Niners are second at six ' five, the Packers

812
00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,200
Speaker 3: at six to one, and the only one other team

813
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 3: over six. Like six yards per play every time he

814
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 3: snapped the ball is crazy, let alone seven point one.

815
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,919
Speaker 3: I mean, so they're doing it all on that side

816
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 3: of the ball, but the other stuff's bad.

817
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,239
Speaker 2: That's why you know, when you look at that game

818
00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,759
Speaker 2: yesterday against the Commanders, the Steelers gave up four point

819
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 2: one yards per.

820
00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,520
Speaker 3: Playing that game. You'll take that all day long against that.

821
00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 2: Against that, right, I mean that that was an outstanding

822
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:28,360
Speaker 2: defensive effort. If they keep it to five against the Ravens,

823
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:31,360
Speaker 2: I would take it. Yeah, I mean no question. So, folks,

824
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,080
Speaker 2: when you're watching the game on Sunday, Baltimore is going

825
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:36,680
Speaker 2: to make some plays. Offensively, They're gonna move, They're gonna

826
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:37,320
Speaker 2: move the football.

827
00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 3: They're better at the day when the league. Yeah, seven

828
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,239
Speaker 3: point one yards per play.

829
00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 2: The only the team that is second has been or

830
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,720
Speaker 2: in that top three has been Washington.

831
00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,279
Speaker 3: They probably were close this week. Didn't help.

832
00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, they probably moved down a little bit.

833
00:36:49,719 --> 00:36:50,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, So.

834
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 2: The Steelers know how to defend these kind of teams.

835
00:36:55,560 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 2: They've just done it.

836
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 3: And then similar type of quarterback too, in the way

837
00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,160
Speaker 3: that they're built.

838
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,879
Speaker 2: And defensively, you know, so you expect them to You're

839
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,400
Speaker 2: not gonna win every down you're gonna go, but to

840
00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 2: hold your own, you gotta hold your own. You get

841
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 2: you can't let the Ravens score time after time, much

842
00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,160
Speaker 2: like you couldn't do that against Washington. Washington was going

843
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 2: to score some points. That's why Tomlin was aggressive with

844
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:18,600
Speaker 2: the fake punt. Yeah, look, we're gonna try to steal

845
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:19,319
Speaker 2: a possession here.

846
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 3: If it was back to back drives like happened to

847
00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 3: him going into halftime and coming out that don't go

848
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,560
Speaker 3: your way. Okay, it can't be like that whole game though, yea,

849
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 3: you know right.

850
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:30,680
Speaker 2: And this is what I thought was critical when I

851
00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:35,239
Speaker 2: talk about stealing a possession. The Steelers had fourteen possessions

852
00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:40,480
Speaker 2: in that game on Sunday, Washington had twelve. They stole

853
00:37:40,520 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 2: a possession possession.

854
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,680
Speaker 3: I mean, if Washington's averaging three yards or three points

855
00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 3: of possession, that six points, right, you know on average,

856
00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 3: you know, right, So that's stuff unbelievably important.

857
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,440
Speaker 2: And they were able to do that in a game

858
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,840
Speaker 2: that they turned the ball over twice.

859
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 3: And they weren't perfect either. I mean they they gave

860
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,960
Speaker 3: up you know, the Washington sole possession here and there too. Yeah, so.

861
00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 2: Not one of those was an end of the half

862
00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,520
Speaker 2: taking a knee, but you still had more possessions.

863
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:10,440
Speaker 3: Yeah.

864
00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:11,960
Speaker 2: I just think this is going to be an interesting

865
00:38:12,040 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 2: matchup this week. I thought last week's matchup was an

866
00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,239
Speaker 2: interesting matchup. Obviously, we know more about the Ravens than

867
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 2: we do the Commanders.

868
00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 3: I learned a lot about the Commanders last week, and

869
00:38:21,080 --> 00:38:22,200
Speaker 3: it was almost all positive.

870
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:23,879
Speaker 2: They're going good things.

871
00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,239
Speaker 3: They're good they're a nice story, but as a week

872
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,879
Speaker 3: went on, I'm like, they're really good, yeah, especially the offense. Yeah.

873
00:38:30,040 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 2: So I just thought that was interesting that the fp

874
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:33,880
Speaker 2: I thing. You know, when you look at those efficiency

875
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,439
Speaker 2: ratings on on Espn'm gonna put a ton of weight

876
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,120
Speaker 2: into it, Yeah, like I do, d V O A

877
00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 2: and things of that nature. But it's it's a tool

878
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 2: to look at things through. And you know, again, I

879
00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:48,560
Speaker 2: think the Steelers have positioned themselves. Well, I don't think that,

880
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,520
Speaker 2: and I haven't thought all along that they're going to

881
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:53,680
Speaker 2: go oh and six in the division. People, you still

882
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 2: see it. Steelers still have all six of their AFC

883
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 2: North games remainting. Yeah, they went five and one in

884
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,719
Speaker 2: the AFC Like everybody. Nobody says that. Nobody says the

885
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:05,840
Speaker 2: Steelers have they're all six of their AFC North games remaining.

886
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:07,879
Speaker 2: But oh, by the way, haven't had a losing record

887
00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:09,880
Speaker 2: in the AFC North in forever.

888
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, obviously those games are more important, Yeah,

889
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 3: they way more. But the Ohio teams aren't as good

890
00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 3: as we thought they'd be.

891
00:39:16,160 --> 00:39:19,440
Speaker 2: No, and they still have a bunch of their yeah

892
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 2: coming on, So keep that in mind. But let's get

893
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 2: to a break. We're overdue for that. He is Matt Williamson.

894
00:39:24,120 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 2: I am Dale Lolly. You're listening to the Drive here

895
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:28,640
Speaker 2: on the Steelers Audio Network. We'll be back to finish

896
00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:30,040
Speaker 2: up the show right after this.

897
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:34,399
Speaker 3: In the least.

898
00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: He's the Drive with Dale Lolly and Matt Williamson on

899
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,120
Speaker 1: your twenty four to seven Home of the Black and

900
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

901
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 2: Man, we're back on Dale Lolly. He is the Matt

902
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 2: Williamson and just something that just happened here, Matt. The

903
00:39:51,520 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 2: Seahawks wave leading tackler Terrell Dotson, inside linebacker who they

904
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:00,640
Speaker 2: signed in the offseason. Yeah, from the Buffer Low Bills.

905
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:04,000
Speaker 2: It's an odd move. He's their leading tackler. Yeah, he's

906
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:08,520
Speaker 2: an every down linebacker. Had seventy six tackles and a

907
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 2: couple of sacks, and it's made plays for them. And

908
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 2: they just said, you know what, we don't need him anymore.

909
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 3: And it's not like they're saving a ton on the

910
00:40:15,560 --> 00:40:17,239
Speaker 3: cap or anything like that. I don't know if it's

911
00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,000
Speaker 3: a one year, one year deal, a one year deal.

912
00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,160
Speaker 2: One year, four point twenty six million dollars, he's gonna

913
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 2: end up back in Buffalo.

914
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 3: I would think I'm not spreading rumors, but I wonder

915
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:28,440
Speaker 3: if he did something off the field we're gonna find

916
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 3: out about because that this doesn't add up all.

917
00:40:30,120 --> 00:40:32,000
Speaker 2: They did the same thing though a couple of weeks ago.

918
00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,400
Speaker 2: They signed jer Own Baker in the offseason and then

919
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 2: traded him for Ernest Jones and.

920
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 3: Gave up more to get Jones. That's what I was

921
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:40,279
Speaker 3: going to say, is they Jones is their guy. I mean,

922
00:40:40,360 --> 00:40:42,319
Speaker 3: Jones is the one that they want. He's their every

923
00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 3: down green dot dude. And I forget who it was,

924
00:40:45,239 --> 00:40:47,399
Speaker 3: but they drafted someone in the third or fourth round

925
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 3: that was kind of a no name dude. I was

926
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 3: shocked when they took him as high as they did.

927
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 3: But they have added two linebackers and lost Baker since

928
00:40:55,760 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 3: signing Bernard. Yeah, strange though weird Where you mentioned off

929
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,200
Speaker 3: the air, you couldn't got a seventh thrownd pick formal, We.

930
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,319
Speaker 2: Could have traded them a week ago with somebody who

931
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 2: had given you something.

932
00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 3: Again, I wonder if he did something, if he was

933
00:41:08,719 --> 00:41:09,719
Speaker 3: a bad boy between now.

934
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:11,759
Speaker 2: And then, well they were playing him. They moved him

935
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 2: the weak side linebacker from middle linebacker and maybe just.

936
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,279
Speaker 3: Put in their nickel he's one of the two. Yeah,

937
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 3: you know they were off this week. I think they were.

938
00:41:19,680 --> 00:41:21,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, they did a little self scouting and decided they

939
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: didn't want to didn't want to deal with them anymore.

940
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 3: Maybe he's no fun to be around.

941
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 1: I don't know.

942
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 2: I don't know he could have known. That's kind of

943
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 2: some of the things you deal with when in free agency. Uh,

944
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:35,480
Speaker 2: did you see the Browns Jedrick Willis called his Wills Wills. Yeah,

945
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,920
Speaker 2: now it's in my head. Jedrick Wills called his recent

946
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:45,720
Speaker 2: bench benching pretty shocking. So they took uh, Jedrick Wills,

947
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,400
Speaker 2: and he said it was he made a business decision

948
00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:50,520
Speaker 2: recently to sit out a recent game because of a

949
00:41:50,640 --> 00:41:56,160
Speaker 2: knee injury. And they they then moved Daywon Jones from

950
00:41:56,239 --> 00:41:59,840
Speaker 2: right tackle to left tackle and right and now Will's

951
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:01,680
Speaker 2: been benched permanently.

952
00:42:02,160 --> 00:42:04,160
Speaker 3: I know he's up after this year. They did not

953
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:06,120
Speaker 3: pick up or they did pick up a fifth year option,

954
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:09,160
Speaker 3: but I know he's up after this year. Yeah, this

955
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 3: is more disarray in Cleveland, to say the least. Yeah. Yeah,

956
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:16,520
Speaker 3: it's been a little disappointing since they drafted him. Oh starter,

957
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 3: but he's I thought he would be better than that

958
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 3: coming out of school.

959
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:21,879
Speaker 2: Kevin Stefanski told him he would no longer start well

960
00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,800
Speaker 2: instead serve as the swing tackle. Uh so he was

961
00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 2: in the backup for their game against the Chargers a

962
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,280
Speaker 2: few weeks ago, Jenfrick.

963
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 3: But I'm thinking more big picture. The Browns aren't winning

964
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 3: anything this year, and will want Jones is not a

965
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 3: left tack. That's my point is like that's one of

966
00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:37,840
Speaker 3: the few things you kind of have going for you.

967
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 3: Why mess with Jones? Right?

968
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 2: But he's the guy that's making all the money and

969
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:47,080
Speaker 2: you're not going to bring him back next year when

970
00:42:47,080 --> 00:42:48,040
Speaker 2: you need cap space.

971
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:49,720
Speaker 3: And he's a right tackle only. And I can understand

972
00:42:49,840 --> 00:42:51,919
Speaker 3: you're not gonna make conkl in your left tackle either,

973
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:53,200
Speaker 3: and somebody has to play the position.

974
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 2: But it's not good for Jones continue to continue to

975
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:58,160
Speaker 2: start Wills if they just live with them.

976
00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, you played Watson right, It's just a selected right right.

977
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,120
Speaker 3: Is he a bigger problem than your quarterback that got hurt?

978
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:06,680
Speaker 3: I bet not.

979
00:43:07,080 --> 00:43:09,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's weird, just weird.

980
00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:11,279
Speaker 3: Is the fancy to be the head coach there next year?

981
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 2: No?

982
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,319
Speaker 3: I don't think so. I'm not even sure it's his fault.

983
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 3: I never thought he's a two time Coach of the

984
00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 3: Year type coach either. But I think there's a more

985
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 3: coaching changes than ever. I bet I could come with

986
00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:23,560
Speaker 3: twelve teams that might make a coaching gain. Yeah.

987
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 2: The Dolphins today placed the starting right tackle Austin Jackson

988
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:29,560
Speaker 2: on injured reserve.

989
00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:31,319
Speaker 3: The line's not great.

990
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,439
Speaker 2: Knee injury, right, he'll miss at least the next four games.

991
00:43:35,440 --> 00:43:38,000
Speaker 2: So they're gonna go with either Kendall Lamb or Patrick

992
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:39,120
Speaker 2: Paul at right.

993
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 3: Paul's already No, They've been very fortunate. Armstead has been

994
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,400
Speaker 3: great this year and he's actually played, but he's never

995
00:43:46,560 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 3: completed a season in his life. So I mean, I'm

996
00:43:48,120 --> 00:43:49,879
Speaker 3: just saying, if you lose your left tackle, if that's

997
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,560
Speaker 3: on the horizon, oh boy.

998
00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:55,640
Speaker 2: The Rams meanwhile getting Austin I'm sorry, Jonah Jackson and

999
00:43:55,719 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 2: Steve Avilla. Yea healthy cup just came back, you know,

1000
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:01,239
Speaker 2: like there's some good mojo there with some of these

1001
00:44:01,239 --> 00:44:03,560
Speaker 2: guys that they were without here playing tonight, right, Yeah,

1002
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:06,239
Speaker 2: so their offensive line getting a little bit more healthy.

1003
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 3: Whereas to need more and more towards the Rams tonight. Yeah,

1004
00:44:09,239 --> 00:44:10,000
Speaker 3: I think I think you're right.

1005
00:44:10,040 --> 00:44:13,000
Speaker 2: There'll be a lot of points for some reason, my

1006
00:44:13,120 --> 00:44:14,279
Speaker 2: laptop just shut down on me.

1007
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:16,440
Speaker 3: Oh well, I'm sure we could come something and talk

1008
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 3: about Absolutely, I'm just going to close it up. Chat

1009
00:44:20,120 --> 00:44:23,000
Speaker 3: very liberating, let's just chat. We do want chat about that.

1010
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:23,440
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1011
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:27,000
Speaker 3: Steers are yesterday.

1012
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:31,919
Speaker 2: We should probably close out the show talking about that. Yeah,

1013
00:44:31,960 --> 00:44:34,279
Speaker 2: I thought that was a big win to go on

1014
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 2: the road against a good opponent again when we were

1015
00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,600
Speaker 2: taking somebody in our comments after our pick segment on

1016
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 2: on Friday said you guys were disrespectful to the Commanders.

1017
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 2: I'm like, we both picked it be a close game.

1018
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 2: I don't think just because we didn't pick the Commanders

1019
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 2: to win. I mean we didn't think it was you know,

1020
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,279
Speaker 2: back and you were back and forth all week long.

1021
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 3: I was I picked the Steels win by three. I

1022
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,120
Speaker 3: wasn't too far off in twenties. I took twenty three

1023
00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:04,680
Speaker 3: twenty six Steelers. I had twenty seven to twenty Steelers. Yeah,

1024
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:06,279
Speaker 3: we weren't that far off.

1025
00:45:06,320 --> 00:45:06,680
Speaker 2: Far off.

1026
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:08,800
Speaker 3: No, I don't think it was disrespectful. We've said a

1027
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,120
Speaker 3: lot of good things about the Commanders throughout the week,

1028
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:12,920
Speaker 3: especially later and later in the week going on the

1029
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:16,160
Speaker 3: more homework I did, I was impressed with them. But

1030
00:45:16,680 --> 00:45:18,359
Speaker 3: one thing you said going into that game, I think

1031
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:22,000
Speaker 3: that absolutely holds true is I think both those coaches

1032
00:45:22,080 --> 00:45:25,120
Speaker 3: had pretty strong Coach of the Year resumes going in.

1033
00:45:26,040 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 3: And I'm not saying that Quinn's he's not out of it,

1034
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:32,080
Speaker 3: but a nice feather and Tomlin's got win the.

1035
00:45:32,120 --> 00:45:35,439
Speaker 2: NFC East, He's probably gonna win the award, I would think,

1036
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:36,319
Speaker 2: I would think.

1037
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 3: I think Arizona's got a case too, He's got a case.

1038
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,319
Speaker 2: The other thing, so if Andy Reid, if somehow they

1039
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:45,160
Speaker 2: go unbelndefeated or I mean, I don't think thee will

1040
00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:46,839
Speaker 2: a long wait, I don't think they will. I think

1041
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:48,839
Speaker 2: they're guys. They're gonna trip up at some point, maybe

1042
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:49,800
Speaker 2: maybe twice.

1043
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 3: They're not.

1044
00:45:50,320 --> 00:45:53,600
Speaker 2: I don't see that. It's really hard to win seventeen games.

1045
00:45:53,719 --> 00:45:54,840
Speaker 3: I don't think they'll win sixteen.

1046
00:45:55,239 --> 00:45:58,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, Like I'd put the fifteen and two, which is awesome,

1047
00:45:58,200 --> 00:45:58,960
Speaker 2: which is a great.

1048
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 3: Season, will still be the number one seed. Yeah right.

1049
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:05,600
Speaker 3: And if I'm them, I would rather threepeat than go

1050
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:08,400
Speaker 3: undefeated too. Like if it's do we rest guys at

1051
00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,600
Speaker 3: the end to get a win or any of that stuff,

1052
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:11,960
Speaker 3: I would be hesitant.

1053
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:16,279
Speaker 2: So on on NFL Network this morning, one of the

1054
00:46:16,400 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 2: one of them note because I can't remember. I was

1055
00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:19,799
Speaker 2: watching a bunch of different stuff and and they said

1056
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:22,080
Speaker 2: Chiefs win again on their way to a three peat.

1057
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:25,239
Speaker 3: Like they're not so early for that. Let's not.

1058
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 2: Let's not put the card in front of the horse here,

1059
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:28,239
Speaker 2: all right.

1060
00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 3: I know tomorrow's power ranking day, and if they have

1061
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 3: them won, I understand they're undefeated, but I don't know

1062
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,160
Speaker 3: that they're a distant one. I know they're not a distance. Yeah,

1063
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,240
Speaker 3: you know, I actually would probably have Detroit.

1064
00:46:38,040 --> 00:46:41,799
Speaker 2: Had Detroit was pretty impressive last night to overcome five.

1065
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 3: I mean they did not play their best early on,

1066
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:45,319
Speaker 3: that's for sure.

1067
00:46:45,400 --> 00:46:47,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, and still found a way to win. Yeah, that's

1068
00:46:47,840 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 2: culture thing it is. It makes like the Steelers winning

1069
00:46:51,760 --> 00:46:54,279
Speaker 2: that game yesterday was a culture thing, and I know.

1070
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 3: It's kind of fluky, but same with the Chiefs. I mean,

1071
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:58,600
Speaker 3: block a kick the winning, you know, right, culture things.

1072
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 3: It feels like Beefs and Lions are kind of their year.

1073
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:04,160
Speaker 3: They're kind of inevitable. They don't think either one's great.

1074
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, but that's gonna do it for the show today, Matt,

1075
00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:11,960
Speaker 2: I'm talking about wins. Yeah, absolutely, I know everybody, we

1076
00:47:12,040 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 2: get more hitsing people talking about, more listens, more eyeballs,

1077
00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:16,879
Speaker 2: the whole deal. When when the Steelers win.

1078
00:47:19,200 --> 00:47:24,000
Speaker 3: I wonder if that's true after because now you know

1079
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,239
Speaker 3: it's a successful season basically, you know, like it could

1080
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 3: be easy to be a roller coaster early, like, ah,

1081
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 3: they lost, they're gonna be bad, but you know they're good.

1082
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,000
Speaker 3: If they happen to lose by one to Baltimore, do

1083
00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,239
Speaker 3: you and not tune in next week?

1084
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 2: And it doesn't make them a bad football team, right

1085
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 2: or Baltimore's good or us any less entertaining And I

1086
00:47:41,120 --> 00:47:44,759
Speaker 2: would hope not, but you know that happens. But for

1087
00:47:44,920 --> 00:47:47,480
Speaker 2: my partner Matt Williamson, for Justin Miller here running the

1088
00:47:47,719 --> 00:47:50,400
Speaker 2: Justin Miller hot line, uh, for Tyler vit Meyer here

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Speaker 2: to hustle to get back to today as well. I'm

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