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Speaker 1: In the least is the Drive with Dale Lolly and

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Speaker 1: Matt Williamsons on your twenty four to seven home of

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Speaker 1: the Black and Gold Steelers Nation Radio.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. I'm Dale LOLLI he is the Matt Williamson

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Speaker 2: and it's time for the Fantasy football focus here Matt

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Speaker 2: and little note to the aggregators out there, I call

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Speaker 2: it so when we do this segment on Tuesday, I

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Speaker 2: call up one of the aggregator sites because he just

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Speaker 2: gives me a chance to read the fantasy for fantasy stuff,

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Speaker 2: to get all the little nuggets and we can look

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Speaker 2: at them. So I called NBC Sports dot COM's little

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Speaker 2: fantasy site here at their player News. And one of

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Speaker 2: the first things I see on here is that on

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Speaker 2: Jalen Warren is that the Steelers announced Jalen Warren as

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Speaker 2: a team starting running back. They did no such thing.

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Speaker 2: That's not what happened. Mike Tomlin was asked about announcing

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Speaker 2: Jalen Warren with the starters along with Naujia Harris prior

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Speaker 2: to the start of the game, like right.

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Speaker 3: Out of the tunel.

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Speaker 2: Now, I might note they did not announce George Pickens

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Speaker 2: as a starter for that game.

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Speaker 3: They all announced eleven human beings.

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Speaker 2: Well sometimes they'll they'll stretch it a little bit, I know.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Pickens did not.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Pickens was not announced before the game, but.

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Speaker 3: He was also out there for the first snap.

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Speaker 2: He was out there for the first snap of the game.

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Speaker 2: You know who wasn't out there for the first snap

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Speaker 3: Many people, many.

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Speaker 2: People, but Jayalen Moren was not out there for the

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Speaker 2: first move. Was Nagie Harris. Najie Harris is still the

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Speaker 2: aj Dillon. Yeah, Aaron Jones situation, isn't.

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Speaker 3: The official death charts have Chokes and Jones as co

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Speaker 3: starters at right tackle two and yeah, I mean, like,

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Speaker 3: but they really aren't.

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Speaker 2: But what they did, what the aggregators did, is that

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Speaker 2: they picked up a tweet. That's something because somebody asked

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Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin about not announce announcing Jaalen Morris a start,

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Speaker 2: because that was the first time that it had happened.

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Speaker 2: Nobody nobody asked him about Pickens not being not and

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Speaker 2: so they just ran with this. At the Seers announced

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Speaker 2: Jayalen Moore and as his team starting running back.

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Speaker 3: They did not That's not what the team announced at all. No, yeah, okay.

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Speaker 2: These are This is the problem with aggregation.

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Speaker 3: I know, I know.

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Speaker 2: It's like it's like the telephone.

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Speaker 3: Everything gets watered down. Everything is you know, it's more

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Speaker 3: to the people just want you to click on it, right,

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Speaker 3: you know, like that boy that's new worthy, let's click

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Speaker 3: on that. Well, it didn't really happen.

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Speaker 2: Though, it didn't happen, No matters right getting into this week,

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Speaker 2: as we already mentioned, a good story. Yeah, uh the

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Speaker 2: Nick Chubb stuff. According to doctor James Vous, who apparently

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Speaker 2: did the surgery, estimated recovery time when this would have

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Speaker 3: No, it doesn't say for opening day or training camp,

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Speaker 3: for Minny camp or any that kind of stuff. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: part of the team. Yeah, season stuff.

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Speaker 2: Unfortunately for them, he counts a big chunk on the.

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Speaker 3: Salary, all right.

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Speaker 2: Odell Beckham with a knee did not practice on Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: This was noteworthy because they play Thursday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it might not show in the box score,

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Speaker 3: but Bateman's ahead of him on the pecking order. I mean,

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Speaker 3: Beckham was out there a fair amount. That he's playing more,

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Speaker 3: but Bateman's more involved with route share, target share, all

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Speaker 2: Yeah. We haven't talked about this, and it's not necessarily

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Speaker 2: fantasy news, but it kind of is. Denzel Perryman suspended

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Speaker 2: three games for forcibly forcibly for forcible contact with his

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's been around a while.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, so it's not like, oh, he's doing this all

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Speaker 3: I don't know that I like this in terms of

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Speaker 2: Because the afore mentioned Jalen Warren, who we just talked about,

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Speaker 2: he's been fined twice this year for quote unquote using

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Speaker 3: Yeah, boy, that would be a blow. I mean, not

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Speaker 3: to mention Warren's not making that kind of money as

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Speaker 2: Stuff like you can appeal these things and you can,

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Speaker 3: But yeah, I don't like that trend at all the

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Speaker 3: lot of it's just playing football. Yeah, I mean, I

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Speaker 3: even like egregious penalties. Yeah, that's not a great trend.

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Speaker 3: Hopefully it's nipped in the bud. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Now, Perryman, he hasn't played a lot this year for

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Speaker 3: They want the ranger Fred Warner types. He's more of

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Speaker 3: a thumper, yeah, you know, but he's a leader.

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Speaker 2: The next three games, if they haven't linebacker go down it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it must irrelevant. But I mean if it starts

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Speaker 3: to be a big problem. We mentioned it.

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Speaker 2: Ken Dorsey getting fired in Buffalo is their offensive coordinator.

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Speaker 3: I know the name but I don't really remember his history.

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Speaker 2: He was fired as Carolina's offensive coordinator midway through the

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty two season.

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Speaker 2: I don't know what that means for them, you know,

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Speaker 2: because here's what happens when you when you change coordinators

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Speaker 3: Oh no, You're just changing play sequencing and some preps.

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Speaker 2: All you're doing to saying we want somebody else calling

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, which makes no sense to me. I mean again,

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Speaker 3: I'm not in those walls. Maybe there's a personality conflict

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Speaker 3: But his offense is the third best in the league,

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Speaker 3: and they are putting up points, they're putting up yardage.

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Speaker 3: I don't think the interceptions are on the offensive coordinator

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Speaker 3: But it's an educated guest that the owners like this

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Speaker 3: be Allen talking to the defensive coordinator, you know, so

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Speaker 3: poor guy. I mean, I've had a feel for Dorsey. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I don't think he'll be unemployed long.

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Speaker 2: Zay Jones arrested Monday night on domestic battery charges.

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Speaker 2: Now, there won't be anything forthcoming quickly on that because

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Speaker 3: There's gonna be some sort of consequences unless he's totally

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Speaker 2: Mac Jones Patriots A coach Bill Belichick would not confirm

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Speaker 2: not have a quarterback. It's an interesting way to go

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Speaker 2: about football. The last two years for the Patriots because

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Speaker 3: If right who all we blame in here. I mean,

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Speaker 3: maybe none of the above are qualified. Maybe Max just bad.

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Speaker 3: What's interesting to me is they know they're not winning

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Speaker 2: You.

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Speaker 3: I mean, but Tod, do you go to the veterans

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Speaker 3: how do you look at the Cam Haywards in your

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Speaker 2: Yeah, looking at this week's top waiver wire pickups, since

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Speaker 2: this is Tuesday, the week group, Yeah, it really is.

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Speaker 2: I can't believe this, but according to this, Matthew Stafford's

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Speaker 3: He was on a bye last week and he was

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Speaker 2: If he if he got cut, pick him up.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they've already said they expect him to start this week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Devin Singletary owned in fifty point eight leagues, Yeah,

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Speaker 3: Some of those are probably eighteen leagues.

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Speaker 2: But I've seen some stuff where there's some talk from

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Speaker 3: That would add up because Pearce just doesn't seem to

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Speaker 3: Maybe they don't want a banger.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, man, he's a fast pay. Singletary's more of a

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Speaker 3: Better receiver. I don't love either one of them, but hey,

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Speaker 3: you can't innore the production.

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Speaker 2: Keaton Mitchell twenty three point three percent of the league's

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Speaker 2: not going to get a high, high volume.

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Speaker 3: No one thing about that was kind of interesting? Is

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Speaker 3: injury report, so maybe they were taking it easy on him.

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Speaker 3: I tend to think he's better than Hill, and if

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Speaker 3: he can pass Hill on the depth chart, he's gonna

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Speaker 3: be pretty valuable for fantasy.

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Speaker 2: I just don't know if they're going to trust that

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Speaker 2: one hundred and eighty pound guys said, if you looked

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Speaker 2: But if he can get more touches than he'll he'll

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Speaker 2: be valuable. Ty Chandler rostered in two point eight percent

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Speaker 3: We think, I mean Madison has a Madison's are great

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Speaker 2: They can't run the football, no.

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Speaker 3: But I think he's a starter on a good offense

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Speaker 3: when there's four teams on buy, so he has value

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Speaker 2: They're leading touchdown scorer on the ground this year. You

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Speaker 2: them in rushing touchdowns. Okay, he's played a game and

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Speaker 3: I like Chandler as a player though, and Akers isn't

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Speaker 3: he's a handcuff. But he could be a starter this week.

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Speaker 2: Ezekiel Elliott has owned in thirty six point one percent

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Speaker 3: If you just isolate him, he doesn't look bad. He

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Speaker 3: doesn't look shot. He's just a number two back on

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Speaker 2: And sometimes it looks doesn't even look like he's the

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Speaker 3: They like him.

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Speaker 2: I mean, it's just they keep running them out there.

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Speaker 2: Brandon Cook's forty nine point one percent of the leagues

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Speaker 3: I mean, great passing offense, he's number two receiver.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he had one hundred and sixty five receiving yards

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Speaker 2: through his first seven games. This year. He had one

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Speaker 3: I don't know why he was so slow to begin with.

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Speaker 2: I don't get it.

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Speaker 3: Looks fine. Yeah, I don't get quite get that.

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Speaker 2: You believe it in Noah Brown. Now he's still only

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Speaker 3: Sort of. He made a lot of plays.

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Speaker 2: They can't ignore the fact that when he's right, he's

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Speaker 3: I do believe when Nico comes back, Nico will have

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Speaker 3: his job because Brown was asked to be That's fine.

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Speaker 3: Brown could be Robert Woods for me. That's yeah, you know,

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Speaker 3: I mean it's a good offense. They're gonna throw a lot.

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Speaker 3: He kept making plays. They weren't all you know, beautiful

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Speaker 3: So I think you got to trot all three of

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Speaker 2: I know you hate him, but thirty nine point seven

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Speaker 3: They throwed him in the end zone too.

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Speaker 3: And it makes it tough, it does. And here's a

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Speaker 2: Rashid Shahed they're on buy two one. They're on a bye,

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Speaker 3: Shaheed's like the most efficient receiver in.

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Speaker 2: The league, he was really good down the stretch lines,

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Speaker 3: And he's had flashes this year. Yeah, I'd much rather

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Speaker 3: have Winston as his quarterback in the car because he's

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Speaker 2: Type, but he's a dart he's kind of Oh, I.

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Speaker 3: Would pick him up but it's a dart throw. It

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Speaker 2: It's not somebody you want to start every week. Yeah, yeah, okay,

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Speaker 2: Trenton Irwin Zone in four point three percent of the leagues.

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Speaker 3: I know, Place Thursday, Place Thursday.

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Speaker 2: T Higgins probably not going to play. He's going to

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Speaker 3: He will, and he got some targets, got a touchdown,

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Speaker 2: I hear you.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would hope I could find somebody better on Sunday.

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Speaker 2: At this point, we're getting pretty dry.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and there's four teams on by.

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Speaker 2: The tight ends are pretty much the same tight ends

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Speaker 2: that we talk about every week. It's Trey McBride, it's

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Speaker 2: Luke Musgrave, it's Michael Mayer. Yeah, okay, you know all

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Speaker 3: McBride should not be out there.

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Speaker 2: Looking at the streaming defenses. This week schedule, we've got

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Speaker 2: four teams on a bye in week eleven, Saints, Patriots, Atlanta, Indianapolis,

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Speaker 2: New England, New Orleans. Not quite the murderers road that

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Speaker 3: Week, all right, but still four teams, a lot with

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Speaker 2: Interesting games though. This week he got Cincinnati at Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: Yes on both these or yes on or no on

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Speaker 3: both these? Lamar, I don't think I'm playing the Bengals. D.

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Speaker 2: Lamar has not been the fantasy star. Like he's not

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Speaker 2: throwing they don't throw any touchdown passes.

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Speaker 3: No, he's don't putting on fancy numbers. I don't I

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Speaker 3: don't think Henderson's player, Hubbard's playing. I don't love I

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Speaker 3: I'm playing Bengals. LaMarcus against division teams is no. I

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Speaker 3: know teams are.

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Speaker 2: Playing more often.

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Speaker 3: These AFC North games could be low scoring slugfest.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well that leads us to Pittsburgh at Cleveland. I

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Speaker 2: think you're playing both, playing both? Yeah, yeah, playing both.

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Speaker 3: We saw turnovers, We've seen a lot of We've seen

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Speaker 3: a lot of defensive touchdowns in these AFC North games. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you're playing both.

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Speaker 2: Chicago is that? Detroit looks like Fields is going to

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Speaker 3: The Lions are no brainer though, Yeah, you're going to

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Speaker 3: start the Lions. Yeah, I mean, I know they have

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Speaker 3: a ton of points to the Chargers, but they're back.

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Speaker 3: Bears defense is play well, But I don't I.

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Speaker 2: Don't watch them at home against Detroit on the road,

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Speaker 2: I should say.

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Speaker 3: No.

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Speaker 2: You got the Chargers at green Bay.

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Speaker 3: No on the Packers, I don't want to start either one.

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Speaker 3: Yes on the Chargers either.

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Speaker 2: No, they don't do much.

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Speaker 3: No, I don't love that a little bit. Yeah, I

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Speaker 3: don't love green Bay's offense. I mean, I guess you

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Speaker 3: could do worse, but I don't love it.

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Speaker 2: They just I mean, they just give up a ton

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Speaker 2: of yards a changers.

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Speaker 3: Its bad as past week.

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Speaker 2: You got the Raiders at Miami firing up Miami's defense

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Speaker 2: this week, I think so coming off by Aidan O'Connell. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I'm fine with that. No, No on the Raiders. Uh,

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Speaker 2: the Giants are at Washington.

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Speaker 3: No, and no. I know we're both excited to Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: A chance could be back to yeah, who are the

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Speaker 3: two there?

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Speaker 2: The Giants are at Washington.

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Speaker 3: Usually I would say yes, say yes on Washington.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think they're that bad.

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Speaker 2: I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I think Washington is like a bottom five.

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Speaker 2: Washington has none of their pass rush.

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Speaker 3: Now, oh, I know. I just think the Giants are

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Speaker 2: They can't start anybody from throwing the football. I can't

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Speaker 2: I can't do that and kind of or play them

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Speaker 3: Twelve, probably not, probably not. I just think the Giants

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Speaker 2: Well, I understand what you're saying.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't care who the opponent is. They might

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Speaker 2: Dallas is at Carolina. Wow, Dallas is a wow?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? Gets yea.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. The Titans are at Jacksonville.

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Speaker 3: Yes on the Jags. Yeah, Titans don't block anybody anymore. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: their defense will respond no one, the Titans.

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Speaker 2: Arizona is at Houston.

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Speaker 3: No one, Arizona probably no one both.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Kyler becked, Yeah, that's not a bad offense. Sah.

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Speaker 2: Tampa is at San Francisco.

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Speaker 3: That's in slam dunkhn No on Tampa, Yes on San

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Speaker 2: The Jets are at Buffalo h no and no, no,

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Speaker 2: you play Buffalo. I guess they're not very good on it.

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Speaker 2: It's not very good on defense right now. You'd like

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Speaker 2: don't know what to expect there.

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Speaker 3: It's still a good offense. I mean Jets have a

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Speaker 3: good defense. It could be a low scoring game.

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Speaker 2: But Seattle is at the Rams kind of.

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Speaker 3: Lean towards no on both Stafford versus Gino.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't love it.

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Speaker 3: I don't love either.

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Speaker 2: And then finally Minnesota at Denver. Is Denver's defense now startable?

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Speaker 3: That's what I was sitting at contemplating. Is the Vikings

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Speaker 3: no on both those. But they're probably somewhere from ten

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Speaker 3: to fifteen on the list.

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Speaker 2: Are they that much worse than Washington?

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Speaker 3: I was about to ask you I would start Washington

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Speaker 3: over either one of them. I don't think you would.

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Speaker 2: I might start Denver at home.

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Speaker 3: I get it. I mean I don't think there's be

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Speaker 3: a ton of points in there.

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Speaker 2: I mean, at some point here and I got again.

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Speaker 2: I love Josh Dobbs. At some point he's gonna turn

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Speaker 2: into like he's gonna start putting the ball on the ground.

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Speaker 2: He's gonna live the fumbles.

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Speaker 3: Oh, I don't think he's gonna be great. I think

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Speaker 3: Jefferson might be back for this game. He could be

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Speaker 3: changed your mind. But but they have, they have certain

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Speaker 3: certain did a great job against Diggs.

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Speaker 2: Like if you can't, okay.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you'd played Denver's over Minnesota's.

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Speaker 2: I think so.

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Speaker 3: I think so offense runs the ball now and Wilson's.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Javonte Williams looks like he's.

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Speaker 3: Back, Sutton's making plays. That offense isn't terrible. Denver is

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Speaker 3: not terrible.

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Speaker 2: The Monday night game, that's the that's the Sunday Sunday

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Speaker 2: night game. By the way, Yeah, the Monday night game

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Speaker 2: Philadelphia at Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: I'm saying no on both, but I think you can

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Speaker 3: make a case for yes on both.

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Speaker 2: I'd played the Kansas City.

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Speaker 3: Kansas City's he's been great, Kansas City, ohs has not

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Speaker 3: Philly off a by pass rushing Like, I'm not cutting

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Speaker 3: either one of those DEDs to pick up Washington.

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Speaker 2: I think if if you know, looking at some of

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Speaker 2: these other matchups, if you I mean most of this,

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Speaker 2: the slam dunk matchups, like you're not cutting or you're

443
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Speaker 2: not not playing them to play Washington.

444
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Speaker 3: No, that's what actually said, Washing, Like Washington, Denver, Minnesota,

445
00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:15,480
Speaker 3: are you're just rolling with these deo? Yeah, but part

446
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Speaker 3: of me just thinks that game might be thirty five

447
00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:21,840
Speaker 3: to thirty four. Yeah, just because it's prime time, big

448
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Speaker 3: time teams.

449
00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:25,840
Speaker 2: It feels that both both guys have had both teams

450
00:19:25,840 --> 00:19:27,439
Speaker 2: coming off a ride, right, it's.

451
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Speaker 3: Going to be an awesome environment. Yeah, Christmas Colors.

452
00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:31,800
Speaker 2: Which means it'll be a thirteen to ten game.

453
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Speaker 3: Both defenses are good. Yeah, that scares me. Scares me

454
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Speaker 3: as started to either one of them. So there was

455
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Speaker 3: like five or six.

456
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Speaker 2: I think Dallas. Dallas is the number one. They're going

457
00:19:44,840 --> 00:19:46,000
Speaker 2: to be the highest priced.

458
00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,680
Speaker 3: San Fran was really high.

459
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Speaker 2: San Fran will be high, yeah, because they're they're past

460
00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:51,239
Speaker 2: rush good half.

461
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Speaker 3: Cleveland will be high.

462
00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,960
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, Cleveland will be high. I think the Steelers

463
00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:58,920
Speaker 2: will be high as well because of the turnovers. Miami

464
00:19:58,920 --> 00:19:59,439
Speaker 2: will be up there.

465
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Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah. There was two or three others that were

466
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:04,320
Speaker 3: pretty easy decisions.

467
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:06,280
Speaker 2: Jacksonville probably be the middle of the road, but that

468
00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,400
Speaker 2: would be a nice, a nice mid level look.

469
00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:13,399
Speaker 3: To start defenses against Tennessee at this point. Be interesting

470
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Speaker 3: to see what they do with the Chicago playing Detroit

471
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Speaker 3: to another good Troy.

472
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Detroit would Yeah, So there's some there's gonna be

473
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Speaker 2: some high priced.

474
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Speaker 3: Yeah, most of those already owned though they're not streamer types.

475
00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:25,400
Speaker 2: Yeah. But if you're just looking for a DFS start.

476
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Speaker 3: Yeah, just like the cheapest one of the names we picked, baby, Yeah.

477
00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:31,680
Speaker 2: Or you know if if I in DFS, I would

478
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Speaker 2: stay away from Kansas City.

479
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,840
Speaker 3: And Philadelphia me too, Me too. One of them I just.

480
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Speaker 2: Live with it. Yeah, the other ones I could live with.

481
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Speaker 2: You know.

482
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Speaker 3: No, it's not bad at all. So there's some obvious ones.

483
00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, the more I think about it,

484
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Speaker 2: I don't mind Seattle against Los Angeles.

485
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Speaker 3: It's not a bad d. They're familiarity.

486
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Speaker 2: They'll rush the passer a little bit against against the Rams.

487
00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:56,800
Speaker 3: They have the corners to handle, and the Stafford's been

488
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Speaker 3: out for a few weeks. It's not horrible. It's not horrible.

489
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Speaker 2: See.

490
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Speaker 3: I keep going back and forth on ball, taking.

491
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,720
Speaker 2: A quarter and a half to shake off the rust

492
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,640
Speaker 2: a little bit, maybe throws in interception or two.

493
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Speaker 3: What do we what conclusion we come to on Bengals Ravens.

494
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Speaker 3: I'm not sure what I think. I'm playing the Ravens.

495
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Speaker 2: You're definitely playing at home. Yeah, I don't hate since

496
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:18,760
Speaker 2: I don't think Lamar's playing great.

497
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Speaker 3: I almost feel like AFC North verst AFC North team

498
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Speaker 3: I want to start.

499
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Speaker 2: It's going to be played under twenty. I mean, that's it.

500
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Speaker 3: I don't care what matchup.

501
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Speaker 2: Even though the last week's game wasn't I understand, but

502
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Speaker 2: there were two there were two defensive scores in that game.

503
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Speaker 3: So you were happy, you were happy you.

504
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Speaker 2: Played like that's what. That's the way these games go.

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Speaker 3: I'm starting to lean towards So here's a little betting

506
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Speaker 3: node for people. I just heard this this morning that

507
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Speaker 3: over the last like fifty AFC North teams just take

508
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Speaker 3: the points. Probably shocks no, you know, just but the

509
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 3: underdogs are hitting like seventy percent. It doesn't matter what

510
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Speaker 3: teams play. If it's an AFC North Division game, it's

511
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Speaker 3: going to be close, is all that says. Yeah, you know,

512
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Speaker 3: so play the defenses.

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Speaker 2: I guess absolutely. Yeah, we're gonna get to a break.

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Speaker 2: He is Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lolly. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Drive here on Steelers Nation Radio. When we return,

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Speaker 2: it's power ranking dice. There we go get to that

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Speaker 2: right after this.

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Speaker 1: Lolly and Matt Williamson on your twenty four to seven

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

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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 Matt it's time for power rankings

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Speaker 2: here on Tuesday. And well, I haven't given him much thought.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for shake. I wonder how we talked yesterday about

526
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Speaker 2: the article on ESPN about playoff chances now that was

527
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Speaker 2: still up on their site even after the Bills lost,

528
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Speaker 2: and they didn't change the Bills stuff.

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Speaker 3: No, right, right, it's a problem. Yeah, right, But that's

530
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Speaker 3: a huge blow to.

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Speaker 2: Them, a blow, so I'll be interested to see where

532
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Speaker 2: they hit. Let me ask a quick question.

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Speaker 3: Yes, if the Broncos and Bills played a hundred times,

534
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 3: how many games do the Bills win? I think more than.

535
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Speaker 2: Fifty, more than fifty.

536
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Speaker 3: But I think they're closer than people think seventy. I'd

537
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Speaker 3: say seventy five. I mean he done a throw pick

538
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,440
Speaker 3: the first play more often than not. But yeah, they're

539
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Speaker 3: not that good.

540
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Speaker 2: No, they're not.

541
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Speaker 3: They're good.

542
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Speaker 2: They're not good enough to overcome that kind of.

543
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Speaker 3: Str right, and Denver's not terrible. I mean they have a.

544
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Speaker 2: Coach, they've gotten their stuff together. So looking here at

545
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Speaker 2: Eric Edholmes power rankings on NFL dot Com, the Carolina

546
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Speaker 2: Panthers have settled back in as being number thirty two.

547
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Speaker 2: Oh no, according to this is Accordey, I don't believe

548
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Speaker 2: that either. The Giants are as bad a team as

549
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Speaker 2: I've ever seen the league. Yeah, like they can't get

550
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Speaker 2: first downs. There was deep into the game Dallas had

551
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Speaker 2: more points than the Giants had. That was like deep

552
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Speaker 2: in the third quarter. Yeah, I mean they're not they're

553
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Speaker 2: they're not as serious. If the Carolina Panthers played the Giants,

554
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Speaker 2: who are now at thirty one, Okay, at least that's

555
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Speaker 2: if they played them ten times. I don't care where

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Speaker 2: they play.

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Speaker 3: The game eight seven, maybe nine, maybe nine.

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Speaker 2: Giants don't beat any Tommy DeVito.

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Speaker 3: Right right, I mean that's they're not an NFL team

560
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Speaker 3: right now. No, they don't block a soul. No, they're

561
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Speaker 3: thirty two by.

562
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Speaker 2: A wide margin, by a wide margin.

563
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Speaker 3: I don't understand that.

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Speaker 2: Uh well, he does have. It seems like what is

565
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Speaker 2: a New York bias, And.

566
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Speaker 3: We've mentioned that's the preseason.

567
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Speaker 2: Yeah, at thirty down the spot the new England Patriots.

568
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Speaker 3: Yes, they've earned it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah they're that bad.

570
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Speaker 3: Yep, it's official. Yeah, they on a quarterback they got

571
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Speaker 3: probably Yeah.

572
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Speaker 2: At twenty nine, up three spots. The Arizona Cardinals.

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Speaker 3: They'd wipe the floor with the Patriots, they would. I

574
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Speaker 3: mean their offenses mediocre. I mean, if you talk about

575
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Speaker 3: terrible teams, if you can do something mediocre the.

576
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Speaker 2: Defense, the offense is mediocre. The defense is equally media ochre.

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Speaker 3: I don't about that part.

578
00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 2: But it's it's not good.

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Speaker 3: It's not good. No, I mean I think Arizona's d

580
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Speaker 3: is problematic. I think their offense might actually be good,

581
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Speaker 3: you know.

582
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Speaker 2: Yeah they're not.

583
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Speaker 3: They may be even rising.

584
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Speaker 2: Not a good Well, they did move up three spots

585
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Speaker 2: this week. They were thirty two last week.

586
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Speaker 3: Like, I don't think they're gonna end up with trade

587
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Speaker 3: may or Kayleb Williams. No, you know, I think Kyler's

588
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,520
Speaker 3: gonna be back. Maybe throwing a Marvin Harrison at.

589
00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 2: Twenty eight holding steady of Chicago seems alright.

590
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, defense is better now though they're healthier, the secondary

591
00:25:30,400 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 3: is healthier. They traded for the sweat. It's not awful.

592
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:34,479
Speaker 2: Fields is coming back.

593
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they're kind of intriguing too.

594
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Speaker 2: At twenty seven and I think they'll go up are

595
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Speaker 2: the Rams.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's very hard.

597
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Speaker 2: We're gonna have some teams just ahead of them. They're

598
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Speaker 2: better the Rams.

599
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Speaker 3: At Stafford led Rahams offense is the twelfth best offense

600
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Speaker 3: in the league or something.

601
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Speaker 2: Yeah. At twenty six, down three spots, the Packers pretty bad.

602
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:56,719
Speaker 3: That's about where they were last week. They were down

603
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Speaker 3: three spots down with three spots. I don't know if

604
00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:01,160
Speaker 3: they played poorly and off If you just watch the game,

605
00:26:01,200 --> 00:26:03,560
Speaker 3: they say that they were actually better than I thought.

606
00:26:03,640 --> 00:26:05,320
Speaker 2: I don't know that I can bang them that far. No,

607
00:26:05,359 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 2: I wouldn't have either to put them below this team.

608
00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 2: At twenty five, down three spots to Titans.

609
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:13,480
Speaker 3: Titans are really tight and quick.

610
00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:14,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, come on.

611
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,399
Speaker 3: There are lines what we thought it was and they

612
00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:19,000
Speaker 3: don't have weapons. Yeah.

613
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:24,119
Speaker 2: At twenty four, down four spots the Falcons. Yeah, like,

614
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Speaker 2: I'm sorry, why are the Jets not down in this spot?

615
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:34,080
Speaker 3: They should be Atlanta's better than the Jets. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

616
00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,520
Speaker 3: I don't think Atlanta stinks.

617
00:26:35,640 --> 00:26:36,600
Speaker 2: No, I don't think so either.

618
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Speaker 3: They might win their division.

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Speaker 2: At twenty three, up three spots is Washington offense is

620
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Speaker 2: good defense or is it just okay, We're just gonna

621
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Speaker 2: go out and throw the ball over the place, and

622
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,840
Speaker 2: the protection's bad interceptions be damned.

623
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Speaker 3: Where would you put them versus Atlanta and.

624
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:56,520
Speaker 2: Their defense? I think I think Atlanta beats them.

625
00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:59,040
Speaker 3: Yeah. They controlled the game and run the ball. The

626
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,560
Speaker 3: Alanta's defense better than their.

627
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:02,520
Speaker 2: They don't let the f they don't let the commanders

628
00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 2: play the way the commander. The commanders just want to

629
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,919
Speaker 2: go out there and try to outscore you because they

630
00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 2: know they can't stop anybody.

631
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:10,520
Speaker 3: That's one true, so they have the commander to fight

632
00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:11,520
Speaker 3: two spots lower.

633
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, Washington, Yeah, don't fall into that trap, and you

634
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,520
Speaker 2: can beat the committe.

635
00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 3: It's not super talented, yeah, I mean their aw line's bad.

636
00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 2: At twenty two down four spots, we finally get to the.

637
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,719
Speaker 3: Jets, maybe five spots lower than that.

638
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 2: They don't have a quarterback.

639
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,240
Speaker 3: Their offense is rough.

640
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:27,320
Speaker 2: It's really tough to.

641
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:29,359
Speaker 3: Watch it really is. It's the same thing every week.

642
00:27:31,400 --> 00:27:33,560
Speaker 2: At twenty one up four spots, the Raiders.

643
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:37,320
Speaker 3: Okay, that might be about as high as they could go, though,

644
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,480
Speaker 3: I mean the Aid O'Connell and the momentum of and they're.

645
00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 2: Going to get smoked this week in Miami.

646
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 3: They're smoked this week in Miami.

647
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:46,600
Speaker 2: Yes they are, Miami beats the crap out of bad teams.

648
00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, they'll put forty five on them. Oh yeah yeah.

649
00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:51,560
Speaker 2: At twenty up four spots, Denver.

650
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 3: Good, I mean rightfully, so, I think Peyton. I think

651
00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 3: Peyton decided I don't want to trade everyone to trade deadline.

652
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:01,600
Speaker 2: I can't trade everyone at the trade.

653
00:28:01,960 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 3: I signed McGlinchey, I signed another guard. I signed on

654
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:06,800
Speaker 3: to get Russ right.

655
00:28:07,080 --> 00:28:09,240
Speaker 2: And then the owners just wanted to say, no, look,

656
00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,320
Speaker 2: this is your hand, you're dealt.

657
00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 3: This is what we had this conversation.

658
00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,639
Speaker 2: You decided you were going to come coach this team,

659
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:16,000
Speaker 2: coach this team.

660
00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,320
Speaker 3: And he's starting to get it right. Yeah, yeah, Gavante

661
00:28:18,359 --> 00:28:19,159
Speaker 3: looks better. You know.

662
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 2: At nineteen up two spots, Tampa.

663
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 3: Bay might be a little rich for them.

664
00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:25,680
Speaker 2: But I won a game.

665
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're getting a little ahead of ourselves.

666
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:30,320
Speaker 2: Five game. Well, they were at one point up in

667
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:31,919
Speaker 2: the top ten, which was ridiculous too.

668
00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:33,920
Speaker 3: I'd private Lanta over Tampa in that division.

669
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:41,200
Speaker 2: I think. So at eighteen down two spots, the Chargers

670
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 2: hard to count on. You can't count on at all.

671
00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,320
Speaker 3: What are they four and four or five and five?

672
00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:48,840
Speaker 2: I think four and five, four and five, four and five,

673
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 2: and you're two and three against AFC teams.

674
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's not good.

675
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 2: No, they would be the best team you've mentioned though,

676
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 2: h yeah, I guess so. It's seventeen up, two spots Indianapolis.

677
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 3: I was just saying, thinking, though, I probably have the Colts. Yeah,

678
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 3: they win that game on the culture, I mean, Herbert

679
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,160
Speaker 3: versus Minshew. Come on, Cults are.

680
00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 2: One and four at home this year, are they? Yeah?

681
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 3: Steelers play them there, right, Steelers play them there?

682
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, at sixteen down three spots. New Orleans.

683
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:22,480
Speaker 3: I think New Orleans loses a series to the Chargers.

684
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 2: Too, with the way they are right now constructed. Yes,

685
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:29,160
Speaker 2: I think so because Marshall Lattimore's out.

686
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 3: I mean they've been They've been right in the middle.

687
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:35,840
Speaker 2: Of the league the whole The Chargers beating anybody in

688
00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 2: a series, however, counts on the Chargers not charging. They

689
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 2: find ways to lose games.

690
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,560
Speaker 3: And I would also think, well, football doesn't work this way,

691
00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:47,960
Speaker 3: but over the course of a seven game series NBA,

692
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 3: hockey or whatever, you start to learn your opponent. Then

693
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,960
Speaker 3: the coach has to adjust. Doesn't seem like a Charger strength,

694
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,840
Speaker 3: but it does not. They don't play one hundred and

695
00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:56,600
Speaker 3: eleven game series.

696
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:02,480
Speaker 2: At fifteen up, two spots, the Vikings best team you mentioned,

697
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 2: I'll take them over the Chargers this point, even with Dobbs.

698
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:07,360
Speaker 3: I don't think Dobbs is going to be the answer

699
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:11,800
Speaker 3: or anything. But Jefferson, I think he's coach of the year. Okay, Yeah,

700
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:13,880
Speaker 3: I think Tomlin has a case for that too.

701
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:17,840
Speaker 2: At fourteen down, three spots the Buffalo Bills.

702
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:23,520
Speaker 3: They're five hundred, they're firing coordinators, they're losing a Denver

703
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,200
Speaker 3: in prime time. Yeah, lost four the last five.

704
00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,880
Speaker 2: Or if this were the first year of the Buffalo Bills,

705
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:31,920
Speaker 2: nothing had ever happened, right, you didn't know any If

706
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,640
Speaker 2: you didn't know anything, you were just walking in watching

707
00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,680
Speaker 2: how they're playing, what they're doing on the football field.

708
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:38,720
Speaker 2: They're lower than fourteen.

709
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,200
Speaker 3: Yeah. I heard some people going into last night's game

710
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:45,200
Speaker 3: saying Josh Allen might be taking over the MVP driver's seat.

711
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,320
Speaker 3: I'm like, what are you talking based on? What? What

712
00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:49,120
Speaker 3: are you talking about? Their offense is really good, but

713
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,560
Speaker 3: he turns all over a ton. There's not an obvious candidate.

714
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,240
Speaker 2: Right he now leads a league in interceptions.

715
00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,080
Speaker 3: I think he does since he came in the league.

716
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, like that's the problem.

717
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:03,280
Speaker 3: At thirteen up a spot, are the Steelers best team

718
00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:05,920
Speaker 3: mentioned yet? Yeah, I'll see who's directly ahead of them,

719
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,640
Speaker 3: but I would have them this spot or higher. They're

720
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:09,600
Speaker 3: better than the Bills right now.

721
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: At twelve down three spots, the Bengals.

722
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 3: I would save the Bengals, even Steelers. I'm not sure

723
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:18,520
Speaker 3: about the Browns though.

724
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 2: At eleven up a spot, Seattle they're good. They could

725
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,880
Speaker 2: they could go to Los Angeles and loose to the Rams.

726
00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 2: I think the Rams are the team that they can't beat.

727
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 3: Yeah, they're the rock, paper scissor. I think that they're

728
00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:33,480
Speaker 3: the rock and the like.

729
00:31:33,520 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 2: That wouldn't surprise me one bit that like Mvey just

730
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:38,920
Speaker 2: beats Carol Carroll beats you know, that's just the.

731
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,280
Speaker 3: Way it goes, however that goes, right, It is the

732
00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,920
Speaker 3: Rock and Arizona doesn't even count and doesn't eat anybody. Uh.

733
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:50,080
Speaker 2: At ten up five spots, five spots, the Houston Texans.

734
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:55,760
Speaker 3: Oh, I guess you have to put Houston over since

735
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,160
Speaker 3: he but if they play a seven game series. Who

736
00:31:58,200 --> 00:31:58,560
Speaker 3: you taking?

737
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,719
Speaker 2: You know, Yeah, injuries should matter a little bit.

738
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 3: Who they got them on a good day, doesn't they

739
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 3: got them on a good day? Who is? I don't

740
00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:09,760
Speaker 3: have a problem with Houston over Seattle, though I don't

741
00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 3: have a problem with Houston over the Steelers. I guess

742
00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 3: they're properly placed. I mean, considering they just beat the Bengals.

743
00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,480
Speaker 2: At nine up A spot is Cleveland, it seems rich.

744
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 2: They're not the ninth best team in the league.

745
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:27,480
Speaker 3: Just think so either, But the last four teams the same.

746
00:32:27,560 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 2: I mean, people want to talk about the Steelers office,

747
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 2: and I get it, it's not great. This offense is

748
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:36,160
Speaker 2: equally as bad when it comes to gaining.

749
00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 3: Yards and they do, and so it's worse than the

750
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 3: Steelers offense because it hurts the team more. I agree.

751
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 3: I don't know, like are they better than Houston? I mean,

752
00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:50,520
Speaker 3: like when you if you're in charge of if you're

753
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:51,959
Speaker 3: Ed Holman, you have to do this.

754
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:53,600
Speaker 2: I understand those.

755
00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 3: Five teams there, from the Steelers to here, I could

756
00:32:56,560 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 3: probably throw them all in a bag and just shuffle

757
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:01,320
Speaker 3: them up whenever order they came out. Four fan bases

758
00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 3: would yell at me and one would you know, it's

759
00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 3: the way it works, you know. But my hunch is

760
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 3: everybody from here on out, we would say is noticeably

761
00:33:09,840 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 3: better than this group.

762
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 2: Yeah it eight down four spots.

763
00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,840
Speaker 3: Is Jacksonville maybe they belong in that group too. Is

764
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 3: Jacksonville noticeably better than the teams we just mentioned?

765
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:21,280
Speaker 2: Not noticeably?

766
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,120
Speaker 3: Not noticeably.

767
00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 2: They were very.

768
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 3: Unimpressive this past week coming off of Buy.

769
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,560
Speaker 2: Their offense looks somewhat broken.

770
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:28,920
Speaker 3: They don't run the ball particularly well.

771
00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:31,320
Speaker 2: Trevor Lawrence was supposed to be taking that big step

772
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:33,960
Speaker 2: and it just hasn't happened. They just as badly as

773
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 2: the forty nine Ers beat the Steelers in Week one.

774
00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:38,440
Speaker 2: This was worse.

775
00:33:38,600 --> 00:33:42,520
Speaker 3: Worse, Yeah, worse, Like they can't incorporate Ridley. I don't

776
00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,200
Speaker 3: think their protection is good. I think that's one of

777
00:33:44,240 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 3: the rut of the problems is they don't talk about

778
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:48,000
Speaker 3: the o line issues as much as they should. Yeah,

779
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,760
Speaker 3: it's no traded for a guard at the deadline, and

780
00:33:49,840 --> 00:33:50,880
Speaker 3: they're kind of telling you.

781
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:56,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, at seven up one spot, the Cowboys.

782
00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 3: These are the top seven.

783
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,720
Speaker 2: That's where they belong, though they don't belong like you

784
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 2: get a beat somebody, Yeah, yeah, Like I haven't looked

785
00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,360
Speaker 2: at these yet, but Miami should be next.

786
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,960
Speaker 3: Yes, they both have don't have a signature win.

787
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 2: And neither one has a signature win though, And there

788
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:09,600
Speaker 2: we go.

789
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:13,000
Speaker 3: They're going too high, but that's right where they belong.

790
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 2: Okay, and five up two spots of San Francisco.

791
00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,839
Speaker 3: That might even be higher, but I'm cool with it.

792
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:21,400
Speaker 2: Yeah.

793
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,240
Speaker 3: Four I think San Francisco is better than Baltimore.

794
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do too. Yeah, and four up a spot

795
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:27,680
Speaker 2: is Detroit.

796
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 3: I would have the Lions over the Niners. I yeah, slightly,

797
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 3: But you can't be a line.

798
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,080
Speaker 2: Is it becomes in the situation. Well, when Detroit went

799
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,319
Speaker 2: to Baltimore, you know, so I.

800
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 3: Think there's I mean NFC teams playing in Baltimore. I

801
00:34:44,160 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 3: think is a real it's a real thing. It's a loophole,

802
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 3: it's a black hole. Whatever. Yeah, but Baltimore, I think

803
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,439
Speaker 3: is a I wouldn't say Baltimore is a worst team

804
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,960
Speaker 3: than Detroit, but I would say they're the worst team

805
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 3: than the Niners.

806
00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:59,000
Speaker 2: Yeah. At three down, one spot is Baltimore.

807
00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 3: Yeah. I didn't think they get hit too hard. It's

808
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:02,400
Speaker 3: a fluky game.

809
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,520
Speaker 2: And it was a very game. The Browns have gotten

810
00:35:04,520 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 2: a couple of fluky ones this year there went over

811
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,759
Speaker 2: the forty nine Ers. Was fluky is like it shouldn't happen.

812
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 2: It was a bad officiating call that they kept the

813
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 2: Browns on the game for the game winning drive. That

814
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 2: if it's not made, Yeah, San Francisco wins.

815
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,160
Speaker 3: I will say, though. The thing I'm gonna harp on

816
00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:22,560
Speaker 3: all week people get sick of is when you play

817
00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 3: that many more snaps on offense than defense, good stuff happens. Yeah,

818
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,640
Speaker 3: and it's one hundred and sixty six, folks, So that's

819
00:35:28,640 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 3: how many more sent their defense have played like three

820
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:31,880
Speaker 3: less games on their offense.

821
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,560
Speaker 2: It's crazy, Mike could go likewise, when when your better

822
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 2: unit is on the field, good things happen. The Steelers

823
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:38,439
Speaker 2: are turning opponents over.

824
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:40,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, but you don't want to be.

825
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:43,000
Speaker 2: You don't want to be I understand that. Yeah, but

826
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:46,719
Speaker 2: that's also part of it. Two is Kansas City sure

827
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 2: like putting putting Ravens ahead of Kansas City?

828
00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:52,760
Speaker 3: No, no, no, I can't do it, can't.

829
00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:54,359
Speaker 2: Do it at all. I don't understand why you ever

830
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,279
Speaker 2: even got to that point.

831
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think it should have. They got a

832
00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:58,480
Speaker 3: little too excited about that too.

833
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,680
Speaker 2: And then one is Philadelphia, So one ver two this

834
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:02,320
Speaker 2: week in Kansas City.

835
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 3: I don't know who had a first of those two either.

836
00:36:05,320 --> 00:36:05,840
Speaker 3: One's fine.

837
00:36:06,040 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 2: I kind of lean towards Kansas City this week because

838
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 2: I think they'll win this game at home. If it

839
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,360
Speaker 2: were a different question though, Philadelphia, yeah I would, I

840
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 2: would feel differently about it, or.

841
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:17,680
Speaker 3: Pick the Chiefs. I just don't know. If I was

842
00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:19,279
Speaker 3: doing power ranks right now, who I put one?

843
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 2: Like again, when people say, oh, can the Steelers go

844
00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,920
Speaker 2: into Kansas City and win in the playoffs? Tell me

845
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:27,359
Speaker 2: who can?

846
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,120
Speaker 3: That's an awful chore. Yeah, tell me who wants them

847
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:34,120
Speaker 3: not to get the one seed? Yeah, which they're probably.

848
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,840
Speaker 2: They're probably gonna. Well, so the rest of the AFC

849
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,839
Speaker 2: needs Philadelphia to win this week?

850
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, you want the Chiefs to lose to whoever possible? Yeah,

851
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 3: they're going to win their division, right, I mean, yeah,

852
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 3: they're walking away with it, walking away with it. That's

853
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 3: the way the Chargers are playing.

854
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,319
Speaker 2: It's amazing this year how few actual division races there are.

855
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 3: So which ones are I mean? I guess the East

856
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 3: is still open, barely, barely.

857
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 2: Barely because the Eagles already beat the Cowboy once.

858
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 3: And I looked at the bills scheduled today. I was

859
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 3: talking about the ash AFC, and I think that's the

860
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 3: bill's only chance to go. It's to win division.

861
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,680
Speaker 2: It's gonna be awfully difficult.

862
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:09,600
Speaker 3: North is open.

863
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:10,920
Speaker 2: North is wide open.

864
00:37:11,320 --> 00:37:12,360
Speaker 3: South is still open.

865
00:37:12,440 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 2: It's still open. The door is still open.

866
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 3: West isn't. Yeah, NFC East is, but it's bare barely.

867
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:20,000
Speaker 3: North is not.

868
00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 2: No.

869
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:22,880
Speaker 3: Who cares if the South or not.

870
00:37:23,120 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 2: Because they're only getting one.

871
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,480
Speaker 3: They're gonna be the fourth seed and they're gonna lose.

872
00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 2: And the West is kind of open.

873
00:37:29,160 --> 00:37:31,879
Speaker 3: The West is kind of open. Seattle could catch them,

874
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,399
Speaker 3: but I wouldn't count on it. Yeah, so I think

875
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:34,719
Speaker 3: about it.

876
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:35,880
Speaker 2: We're midway through the season.

877
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 3: If you're Dallas and you're the top wild card team

878
00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:42,520
Speaker 3: you go to like New Orleans or Atlanta, you're favored. Yeah,

879
00:37:42,600 --> 00:37:43,600
Speaker 3: I mean that's not terrible.

880
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:45,279
Speaker 2: And they'll put up forty points and.

881
00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:47,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's so if you don't win the East, you're

882
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 3: probably fine. Yeah, I agree, nice to get the one.

883
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,920
Speaker 3: I agree the AFC much more much area deep. It's

884
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 3: much deeper like Denver's now in the conversation. Yeah, like

885
00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,120
Speaker 3: I think the vice or Rams that are going to

886
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,520
Speaker 3: go they're not particularly great.

887
00:38:03,360 --> 00:38:05,359
Speaker 2: No at all. No, I mean when you go through

888
00:38:06,040 --> 00:38:08,120
Speaker 2: they really have like look at where those two teams are, right,

889
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 2: we talked about them a lot long time ago. The

890
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: Vikings are all the way down at fifteen.

891
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 3: The Rams were like at twenty five, right, which I

892
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 3: thought was too low. But they're not out of it.

893
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 2: I mean I don't know that these the Vikings. If

894
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:22,920
Speaker 2: the Vikings are in the AFC, they'd be in worse

895
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:25,480
Speaker 2: than Houston, be four and six right now? Yeah, yeah, no,

896
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,200
Speaker 2: they would not be in the conversation. Yeah yeah, So

897
00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,480
Speaker 2: now I think they're going to go interesting. That's why

898
00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:34,080
Speaker 2: you know that game Denver at Minnesota is one of

899
00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 2: the sneaky games this weekend. Or Minnesota add Denver, I

900
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:38,240
Speaker 2: should say.

901
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,920
Speaker 3: Denver has to be bigger if it was AFC, for says,

902
00:38:41,960 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 3: but Denver. I don't know if Denver can even belongs

903
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 3: in the conversation anymore.

904
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:48,839
Speaker 2: But if they can win that game, now they're back

905
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,120
Speaker 2: there five hundred.

906
00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:52,840
Speaker 3: Noah, you're right, I mean the math is there, like

907
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,000
Speaker 3: they're better than the Jets and.

908
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 2: A team that lost by they gave up seventy points.

909
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,719
Speaker 3: There oh, we were talking about them selling everybody get

910
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 3: the first picking the draft, no matter what, Caleb, what

911
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:03,440
Speaker 3: do you gona do with Kayleb Williams.

912
00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,040
Speaker 2: A Yeah, they're they're cooking with Russ.

913
00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:10,920
Speaker 3: Yeah. But they're better than like the Raiders or Jets

914
00:39:11,040 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 3: in the AFC. Yeah, Denver. Yeah, and that's not just

915
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 3: recency buyas they'd win those games.

916
00:39:15,680 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so. Yeah, absolutely, And we're gonna get

917
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Speaker 2: to another break. Here he is Matt Williamson. I am Dale, Lollie.

918
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919
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928
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:03,040
Speaker 2: all right, let's finish up the show here. That loss

929
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 2: last night by the Buffalo Bills gives them five conference losses.

930
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 2: We've talked about this a lot over recent weeks. So

931
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 2: if you start looking at the conference breakdown.

932
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:17,840
Speaker 3: I think the Bills have to win their division, though they.

933
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,240
Speaker 2: Pretty much do because they're gonna lose tie breakers like crazy.

934
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,200
Speaker 3: They gotta go to Kent City, they go to Miami.

935
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:23,799
Speaker 3: I mean, they got brutal schedule too.

936
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,280
Speaker 2: So looking at the conference standings, and this is relevant

937
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,840
Speaker 2: this week in particular because the Steelers play the Browns,

938
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 2: both teams four and two in conference. Now, the Steelers

939
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,759
Speaker 2: have the better the AFC North record. They're two and oh.

940
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:38,760
Speaker 2: Cleveland is two.

941
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 3: And two, Ravens are two and two, Bengals are zero

942
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:42,399
Speaker 3: and two.

943
00:40:42,600 --> 00:40:45,320
Speaker 2: If the Steelers can win one of these two AFC

944
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 2: North games in the next two weeks, steel one in Cleveland,

945
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 2: Steel one in Cincinnati. And I don't necessarily know that,

946
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:52,799
Speaker 2: I I care which one did you get.

947
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:53,799
Speaker 3: I know matters at all.

948
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,280
Speaker 2: If you can steal one of them, you're in great shape,

949
00:40:56,560 --> 00:41:00,400
Speaker 2: great shape. If you get them both, you're gonna win

950
00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 2: a division. Yeah, you're gonna win the division. But if

951
00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:07,919
Speaker 2: you can get one of them again, you're now three

952
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:10,319
Speaker 2: and three and oh or three and one in the

953
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 2: conference for a division, I should say, if you split,

954
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,040
Speaker 2: I don't know that any of the other teams are

955
00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:19,360
Speaker 2: going to be able to so necessarily get because.

956
00:41:19,239 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 3: I tend to agree with you, But I mean I

957
00:41:21,160 --> 00:41:23,640
Speaker 3: look at it this way. I mean they have four

958
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,680
Speaker 3: more division games, Yeah, we Does any of us think

959
00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 3: they're gonna be oz and four? No, that's just.

960
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 2: Gone how the division goes. Right now, Baltimore is two

961
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:35,360
Speaker 2: and two in the division. Yeah, Cleveland is two and

962
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:37,439
Speaker 2: two in division. Cincinnati's oh and two.

963
00:41:37,560 --> 00:41:40,200
Speaker 3: It's awful for them, and they have the hardest schedule

964
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,680
Speaker 3: of the three of the four teams.

965
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:45,200
Speaker 2: Chances are, when this whole thing is over, much like

966
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 2: it was last year, every team in the AFC North

967
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,560
Speaker 2: is three and three against each other.

968
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:54,279
Speaker 3: Would you take that? If you're the Steelers, I think

969
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:55,440
Speaker 3: they'll get one more.

970
00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:57,839
Speaker 2: Right, I think they can get one more. Is it

971
00:41:57,960 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 2: is it this week?

972
00:41:58,680 --> 00:41:59,279
Speaker 3: Is it next week?

973
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:02,320
Speaker 2: Or is it in weeks seventeen against the Ravens.

974
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,840
Speaker 3: So like, of those four remaining division games, I'm not

975
00:42:04,960 --> 00:42:08,120
Speaker 3: just excluding the upcoming two, but that's half of them. Obviously.

976
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 3: I put there over underwind total at like one and

977
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:13,560
Speaker 3: a half. Like, I don't think they're gonna sweep them.

978
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 3: I don't think they're gonna get swept. Yeah, so if

979
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,960
Speaker 3: you get the three or four division wins, you're pretty

980
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:20,760
Speaker 3: close to guarantee.

981
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:23,200
Speaker 2: I think if you get the four division wins, they're

982
00:42:23,239 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 2: gonna be in the playoffs.

983
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:26,160
Speaker 3: You're gonna be in a playoffs and maybe win the division,

984
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:29,520
Speaker 3: right you know. Now, I looked at this this morning

985
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,279
Speaker 3: a little bit through the Browns eyes. If they get

986
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:34,800
Speaker 3: this game, they're in really good shape because their schedules,

987
00:42:34,840 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 3: the schedule lightens up. It's really soft for them, and.

988
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 2: They've only got them one remaining division game, right.

989
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,160
Speaker 3: Right, And I think they I forget how it goes.

990
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:43,600
Speaker 3: I think they have a lot of home games laid

991
00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 3: or something too. But they have some weird schedule stuff

992
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:48,000
Speaker 3: that works in their favor. They have like the fifth

993
00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:50,400
Speaker 3: easiest schedule in the league. So this is even a

994
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,719
Speaker 3: bigger game for the Browns. Maybe not, but I mean

995
00:42:53,680 --> 00:42:57,200
Speaker 3: their chances should in the mathematical world, the DVA stuff

996
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:00,879
Speaker 3: we look at should jump dramatically with one more division win.

997
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:06,200
Speaker 2: Here's what Cleveland has left. Yeah, Steelers this week. Next

998
00:43:06,239 --> 00:43:08,839
Speaker 2: week they're at Denver, and suddenly that game doesn't look

999
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,759
Speaker 2: nearly as win you know, as easy as it did.

1000
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:13,479
Speaker 3: I don't see a lot of points in that game.

1001
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,480
Speaker 2: No, Then they got to go to the Rams.

1002
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 3: So back to back road that three weeks ago.

1003
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:21,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, back to back West Coast road trips.

1004
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 3: Then they get the Jackie drop on the Rams. It

1005
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 3: doesn't hurt you bad. Yeah, you can't lose the Steelers

1006
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 3: and Broncos.

1007
00:43:26,640 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 2: You can't do that. Yeah. Then they get the Jaguars

1008
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 2: at home.

1009
00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:34,080
Speaker 3: They favor in that game. If it happens today, I pick.

1010
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,399
Speaker 2: Them, they might be one point favorite something like that.

1011
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 3: I just think it was easier the next month than that.

1012
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 2: Then you get the Bears at home. Then you're at Houston. Right,

1013
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:47,080
Speaker 2: that's suddenly because that's now suddenly a very very meaningful

1014
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 2: game in the AFC playoff race because both of those

1015
00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,040
Speaker 2: teams right now are in if if the playoffs started today.

1016
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:55,120
Speaker 3: And what's funny is, you know the same thing we

1017
00:43:55,200 --> 00:43:58,280
Speaker 3: did before the season came out, Well, you beat the Texans. Yeah,

1018
00:43:58,320 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 3: oh yeah, yeah. I don't know their favorite against the

1019
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:01,640
Speaker 3: Texans today.

1020
00:44:01,719 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 2: I don't think they are right down not down there.

1021
00:44:04,120 --> 00:44:06,320
Speaker 3: Side note, I mean the Steelers have lost to the Niners,

1022
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 3: the Texans, and the Jags. Like, it's pretty three, pretty

1023
00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:12,160
Speaker 3: strong group. Yeah, you know, it's not like we all

1024
00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 3: overreacted to the Texans loss. It's a bad loss, but

1025
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:15,160
Speaker 3: the Texans are good.

1026
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,799
Speaker 2: Texas are good. Then they play the Jets at home,

1027
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 2: and then they finish up the last week of the

1028
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,200
Speaker 2: season against the Bengals in Cincinnati.

1029
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:24,320
Speaker 3: That's not as easy as I remember.

1030
00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:30,359
Speaker 2: It looked easy a few weeks like, oh, but roll

1031
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,720
Speaker 2: over them or the jack or I should say the Rams. Well,

1032
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 2: the Rams are by that time. Calm Williams should be

1033
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:38,319
Speaker 2: back by then.

1034
00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:43,359
Speaker 3: Yeah. Rams offense as long as Stafford's healthy, will be fine.

1035
00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:45,640
Speaker 2: Yah. It's not an easy game.

1036
00:44:46,120 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 3: So maybe I smiss spoke a little bit. I Mean,

1037
00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:51,080
Speaker 3: the way I saw it before was if the if

1038
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,239
Speaker 3: the Browns win this week, I would really bet on

1039
00:44:54,280 --> 00:44:57,520
Speaker 3: them to go, not necessary win the division, go they're call.

1040
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,799
Speaker 3: They do have easier games than the Bengals, for sure. Yeah,

1041
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:02,680
Speaker 3: a little easier than the Steelers.

1042
00:45:03,280 --> 00:45:05,120
Speaker 2: But the thing is, if you're turning the ball over

1043
00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:06,120
Speaker 2: like he turned.

1044
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:07,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, you're still gonna play better on offense.

1045
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't turn the ball over like that, and

1046
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:13,279
Speaker 2: you know you do that against the Bears, even justin

1047
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 2: fields might run for two touchdowns long touchdowns on you.

1048
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:16,960
Speaker 2: Next thing, you know, you lose.

1049
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:19,319
Speaker 3: And goofy things too, like we'll get into throughout the

1050
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 3: course of the week, like you can't count on your

1051
00:45:21,560 --> 00:45:24,799
Speaker 3: opponents to make sixty percent of their kicks. No eight

1052
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:27,120
Speaker 3: field goals, you know, less than a field goal a game,

1053
00:45:27,200 --> 00:45:28,759
Speaker 3: and things like that aren't going to keep up.

1054
00:45:28,880 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. Now they've lost to the steel They've lost to

1055
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,880
Speaker 2: the Steelers, They've lost to the Ravens, they lost to

1056
00:45:32,920 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 2: the Seahawks.

1057
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 3: So they're they're good team.

1058
00:45:35,200 --> 00:45:40,399
Speaker 2: Losses are teams as well, yep. So it's it's the point.

1059
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 3: The problem is there's two of those are in the division.

1060
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, the division is just good, it is.

1061
00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:50,160
Speaker 3: Which makes me very nervous if I'm a Bengal fan. Yeah,

1062
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:52,160
Speaker 3: because they're just in the worst spot of them all.

1063
00:45:52,560 --> 00:45:55,399
Speaker 3: I mean, I really think in Baltimore, you go, you're

1064
00:45:55,400 --> 00:45:56,080
Speaker 3: in Bill's land.

1065
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,160
Speaker 2: I think when it comes down to it, the seven

1066
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:01,920
Speaker 2: teams that are currently in the playoffs are going to

1067
00:46:01,960 --> 00:46:03,520
Speaker 2: be the seven playoff teams in the AFC.

1068
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,200
Speaker 3: Who's the seventh, Houston, Houston, I don't think since he

1069
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:10,640
Speaker 3: in Buffalo.

1070
00:46:10,200 --> 00:46:13,400
Speaker 2: Goes no, because again, since he loses this week in Baltimore,

1071
00:46:13,480 --> 00:46:14,360
Speaker 2: they're in deep trouble.

1072
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:14,879
Speaker 3: Deep.

1073
00:46:14,920 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 2: Here's what Houston has left. It's very easy Arizona. Yeah,

1074
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,600
Speaker 2: Jacksonville at home, they've already they they've already beaten the

1075
00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:26,839
Speaker 2: jackson Jauars in Jacksonville. Then they get the Broncos at home,

1076
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 2: three in a row. At home, it's a three game

1077
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 2: home win. Two of those, yeah, maybe all at the

1078
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 2: Jets should win three of those four At the Titans, Yeah,

1079
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,799
Speaker 2: their schedule is very easy. Brown's at home, Titans at home.

1080
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 2: They get the Titans twice down the stretch, and then

1081
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:44,360
Speaker 2: at the Colts.

1082
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:46,880
Speaker 3: They have like two more losses, right, they're gonna be

1083
00:46:47,120 --> 00:46:47,879
Speaker 3: They're gonna go now.

1084
00:46:47,920 --> 00:46:50,200
Speaker 2: They lost to the Colts at home earlier this year

1085
00:46:50,480 --> 00:46:52,880
Speaker 2: thirty one to twenty. So if you look at their losses,

1086
00:46:52,920 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 2: it's to Baltimore, it's to Indianapolis. They lost to the Falcons,

1087
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,439
Speaker 2: and they lost to the Anthers, So they can lose

1088
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:02,040
Speaker 2: to anybody.

1089
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:05,439
Speaker 3: Yeah, they were they're remarkably young too, and I think

1090
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:10,319
Speaker 3: they're maturing quickly. But the loss of the pants three

1091
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 3: weeks again, lost the Panthers.

1092
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 2: Three weeks ago. They scored thirteen points against the Panthers. Yeah,

1093
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,919
Speaker 2: I don't know that they're particularly out of the woods here,

1094
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 2: but they should win enough games with that schedule.

1095
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:21,840
Speaker 3: They are the game that we might be getting a

1096
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 3: little ahead of ourselves on. Yeah, a couple of nice

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Speaker 3: wins Stroud's really impressive, But can you win December?

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Speaker 2: I mean they're they're signature victories right now or over

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Speaker 2: the Steelers, the Saints and then the Bengals. Yea, and

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Speaker 2: the Saints and the Bengals are the games. Yeah, but

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Speaker 2: they were iffy. I mean those are borderline good. Like

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Speaker 2: we just went through the we went through the power rankings.

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Speaker 2: The Saints are down in the twenties.

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Speaker 3: No, I don't think that No. One is a good team.

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Speaker 3: I you're saying the boy, that schedule is favorable. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they're like they're good ship. So if it were the

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Speaker 3: Bengals or Bills of that schedule, like, oh, they'll be

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Speaker 3: all right, they'll figure it out.

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Speaker 2: So I really think that the seven teams that are

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Speaker 2: there right now end up being the seven.

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Speaker 3: Teams leading that way too, going No. One Chargers, definitely No. One,

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Speaker 3: Jets and Broncos and Colts and Raiders Raiders. Yeah, so

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Speaker 3: it comes down to like nine teams, yeah for seven spots,

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Speaker 3: and amazingly, Bills and Bengals might be the two out.

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Speaker 2: They might be the two out and.

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Speaker 3: There it's all said and done, they might be like

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Speaker 3: they're really good teams.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Great.

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Speaker 2: The Steelers have been in that situation in the past

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Speaker 2: where oh, if they made the playoffs, nobody wants they

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Speaker 2: want to play them, but your eighth yeah, or your

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Speaker 2: seventh in previous years.

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Speaker 3: The Bills are Bengals could win their last four games

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Speaker 3: and make this real interesting. But man, they're in a

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Speaker 3: tough spot.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. That's gonna do it for our show today, man, right.

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Speaker 2: We will be back again tomorrow. Just a little note

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Speaker 2: for people if you're trying to listen to the show

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Speaker 2: live tomorrow, we're gonna be taping.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah.

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Speaker 2: We have some issues here with with the getting on

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Speaker 2: the air live, so you'll be able to hear it

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Speaker 2: on the on the loop, but you also be able

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Speaker 2: to hear it if you subscribe to us on Yeah,

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Speaker 2: download the podcast, download the podcast, download anywhere you want.

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Speaker 2: Absolutely you can do that, and you'll be able to

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Speaker 2: do that very quickly after six o'clock. So anyways, we're

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Speaker 2: gonna take that's going to do it for today's show.

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Speaker 2: So for my partner Matt Williamson, for Brian Lamartine here

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Speaker 2: on site keeping us on the air, I'm Dale Lollie.

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Speaker 2: We thank you for listening to this edition of the

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Speaker 2: Drive on Steelers Nation Radio