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Speaker 2: Back on the drive here our number two on a Tuesday,

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Speaker 2: and that's gonna mean some things around these parts, namely,

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Speaker 2: it's time for a little fantasy football focus. All right,

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Speaker 2: Matt Week one in the books, what do you say

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Speaker 2: we go through some some winners, some losers of the

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Speaker 2: Week one fantasy slate here Number one feels like you

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Speaker 2: gotta talk about a Mecca Abuka pretty quickly in this

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Speaker 2: in this conversation, he had the most points by a

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Speaker 2: wide receiver fantasy points in his first career NFL game

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Speaker 2: since Hollywood Brown in twenty nineteen. Wow, including that game

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Speaker 2: winning touchdown with just about a minute left.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'll be honest his we won't talk about

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Speaker 3: like preseason ADPs and things like that much longer, but

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Speaker 3: it's relevant with only one game in the books. It

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Speaker 3: starts shooting up and shooting up and shooting up, and

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Speaker 3: you had to use a higher pick every time to

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Speaker 3: get them, and I kept moving them up my list

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Speaker 3: at a rapid rate. People that saw him at joint

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Speaker 3: practice year, we saw him, you know, in acta sure

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Speaker 3: live all the reports, Godwin being out, McMillan gets hurt

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Speaker 3: against the Steelers too. It's a good offense. Mayfield played

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Speaker 3: quite well in this game too, him and Evans getting

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Speaker 3: all the targets they don't want to throw the tight ends.

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Speaker 3: Those are all check marks in his favor. And rookie

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Speaker 3: receivers are not a bad investment. And he's way ahead

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Speaker 2: Oh, he absolutely isn't.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Every year there's some of those sleeper guys that they

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Speaker 2: get taken really high some drafts, not as as you

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Speaker 2: expect in some and it can end up sometimes working

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Speaker 2: out really well, sometimes biting you in the butt. This

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Speaker 2: seems like one that is gonna gonna work out really well. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think you're gonna be real happy no matter where

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Speaker 3: you got him. I wish I would have got him

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Speaker 3: more in drafts because I tried.

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Speaker 2: To absolutely, and I mean especially with Godwin sidelined, I

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Speaker 3: I think those Ohio State receivers have translated pretty well

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Speaker 3: to the league too, And got one coming here next week.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, second on this list, we do. And we just

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Speaker 2: saw one as well too. I who finds himself on

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Speaker 2: this list and Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson and Justin Fields

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Speaker 2: both listed here on ESPN Fantasy as winners. I mean

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Speaker 2: that's I think what everybody thought was going to be

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Speaker 2: tough sledding, a slow day, a slog for the Jets

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Speaker 3: Anything but anything but I mean, he got well start

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Speaker 3: with Fields. The Fields played the best game of his career.

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Speaker 3: Read something today, I don't know who even wrote it,

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Speaker 3: but it was just really well phrased that Fields made

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Speaker 3: strides as a fantasy related as a stealer, He's gotten

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Speaker 3: better every year, and he got better as a Steeler,

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Speaker 3: but in an offense designed for Russell Wilson, not him.

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Speaker 3: This Jets offense is designed for Fields, you know. And

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Speaker 3: the Steelers didn't want to run him a ton, especially

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Speaker 3: when Wilson was hurt. But this team is going to

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Speaker 3: run him a ton. And I think people might have

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Speaker 3: even been shocked how fast he gets to the edge.

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Speaker 3: I mean, he out runs Watt to the edge and

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Speaker 2: There was a couple there was a couple of times

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Speaker 2: Patrick Queen read it perfectly, yeah and can't get it

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Speaker 2: and still and still was it even within two yards

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Speaker 3: It's like Lamar Vick stuff, you know, like you know

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Speaker 3: the world. But he was great from the pocket, yeah,

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Speaker 3: Sometimes Wilson's just a great player, you know. And he

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Speaker 3: Some building blocks. I mean they aren't fancy related. I

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Speaker 2: One data point. You got it. Nothing is proven, nothing

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Speaker 2: You only have seventeen games. You gotta win. But if

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Speaker 3: Feel better about my team after the game than before.

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Speaker 3: Brownies could even say that too. I think the Browns

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Speaker 2: That too, certainly, certainly, But for the Jets, I don't

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Speaker 3: I think this is, you know, steeler note, but you know,

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Speaker 2: They sure are. Your boy, Membo good could start for him,

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Speaker 2: to Matt and I mean, man, I don't think anybody

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Speaker 3: Yes, now, we kind of did a segment on this

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Speaker 3: just stock up, stock down teams today on Peacock and

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Speaker 3: So I don't know to overreact. What I think how

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Speaker 3: I phrased it today was a lot of these things.

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Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure that was eighty percent the Dolphins being horrible.

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Speaker 3: So I'm not ready to be like, oh, the cults

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Speaker 2: He don't because he runs. He runs, running touchdowns, rushing

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Speaker 3: Right, Like, if you're starting Daniel Jones, he's probably not

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Speaker 2: a guy that was well, let's see, was available in

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Speaker 2: ninety five percent of ESPN leagues, right, right, right, I

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Speaker 3: Like you're starting him way over Tua. It never runs

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Speaker 2: And you had that, Like you and I were texting

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Speaker 2: last night. I was shocked that Pro Football Focus had

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Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers ranked with the twenty second of the twenty

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Speaker 2: fourth best warback. I don't agree with and you, like,

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Speaker 2: I don't agree with it. But they also ding quarterbacks

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Speaker 2: Pro Football Focus we it's certainly a resource, but not

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Speaker 3: I forget what it is. I cut and pasted and

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Speaker 2: So you know, another quarterback on this list was Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: They are saying, they are saying he is now an

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Speaker 3: Agreed, But I think this is a much different test

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Speaker 3: past percentage will go down? I'm sure four touchdowns is

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Speaker 2: That's just you know what, well, you know where that

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Speaker 3: Okay, it just shocks me they call it a pass.

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Speaker 3: That Geno must have threw a million touchdown passes.

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Speaker 2: He had a game against Baylor Matt we scored seventy points.

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Speaker 2: This was my this was my this was my senior

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Speaker 3: You're a student, Okay, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Forty six of fifty one Gino was for eight touchdowns

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Speaker 3: That we got to complete.

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Speaker 2: Tavon Austin took forty sixty seventy yards to the house,

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Speaker 3: Yeah. I had no problem using it fifteen years ago

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Speaker 3: for fantasy. It drives me crazy that that's a touchdown

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Speaker 3: pass homes I was like twelve him in his career.

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Speaker 2: I could certainly see why why that? Why that would

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Speaker 2: be okay? Another name on this list. Good to see

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Speaker 3: To real quickly. I wouldn't go running to the waiver

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Speaker 3: wire to get Rogers yet, Like, I'm not starting him

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Speaker 3: next week. There's no way he's a top twelve guy

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Speaker 2: That's that's the thing I think, if you're really desperate

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Speaker 2: I'm with you. There's some fantasy football up and down

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Speaker 2: Give some thoughts. You start at thirty two and work

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Speaker 3: Do it.

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Speaker 1: About Drive on your twenty four We're seven, home of

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Speaker 2: Week one in the books across the National Football League

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Speaker 2: after last night's crazy one in Chicago. We will discuss

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Speaker 2: you're gonna roll through some power rankings. Yeah, sure, from

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Speaker 2: NFL dot Com. Number thirty two the New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 3: So I'm gonna be honest. I mean, I'm not saying

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Speaker 2: I think I take the field Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 2: I agree. I was surprised to see them at thirty two. Yeah. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I thought Carolina had a worse performance. I thought Miami

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Speaker 3: And they were the worst two teams of Week one.

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Speaker 3: It's just how far do you want to drop.

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Speaker 2: Them in this? Like power rankings are supposed to be

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they were okay.

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Speaker 3: It was miserable. It was miserable, young looked bad, defense

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Speaker 2: Low twenty eight. Those Miami Dolphins.

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Speaker 3: Okay, now do they say where they were last week?

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Speaker 2: Start I'm not saying. I'm not saying he's going to

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Speaker 3: Hey, they two or three games like that.

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Speaker 2: I don't oh, man, I don't want to be here.

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Speaker 2: This is not what I'm trying to do. Can we

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Speaker 3: I think their head coaches Hot Seed is the hottest

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Speaker 3: of any I bet in Vegas. You know, you can

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Speaker 3: always bet on first fight coach, which is pretty rude,

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Speaker 2: Odds going into the season. I would have probably had

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Speaker 3: Okay, Giants, I knew we're high too.

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Speaker 2: But but right now I think you're right. I think

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Speaker 3: It's just a miserable situation.

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Speaker 2: It just sits in it. Man. The a lot of

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Speaker 3: The vibes are terrible.

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Speaker 2: Twenty seven. I don't get this. The Jets are at

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Speaker 3: Ooh.

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Speaker 2: I'm not saying they should be seventeen, but I think

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Speaker 3: They could crash and burn, but that version of the

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Speaker 3: Fields is kind of easy to root for.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you on that. Tennessee number twenty.

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Speaker 3: Sex say Tennessee needs to be low.

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Speaker 2: cam Ward, but yeah, Tennessee, I mean they are. They

439
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Speaker 2: are at the very bottom, the very start of a rebuild.

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Speaker 3: He didn't get much help, you know. Ward was doing

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Speaker 3: a lot of stuff on his own, a lot of drops,

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Speaker 3: a lot of penalties. They gave the The Broncos though

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Speaker 3: a legit game, but Denver didn't play very well. I

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Speaker 3: would drop Denver from wherever they were at too. Nicks

445
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Speaker 3: had a really rough day.

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Speaker 2: Nick struggled. I thought some just some questionable decision making

447
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Speaker 2: by Denver and Sean Payton and there as well too.

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Speaker 2: Twenty five the New England Patriots.

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Speaker 3: Pretty underwhelming against a not great Raiders team at home.

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Speaker 3: I may be in a little harsher on them. I'd

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Speaker 3: got the Jets over the Patriots right now.

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Speaker 2: I would as well too. Yeah, yeah, I certainly would

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Speaker 2: as well. I think that that's an easy yeasy one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Twenty four up four spots after their big dominating win.

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Speaker 2: It's the Indianapolis Colts.

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Speaker 3: Okay, I'm looking to overreact to them. I don't think

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Speaker 3: they're all of a sudden gon to win double digit games,

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Speaker 3: no anything.

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Speaker 2: I think that's about right for them.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, you got to move them up. They dominated

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Speaker 3: a football team, so yes, but let's see it again.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't think like I. You know, if

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Speaker 2: they go out and lose next week, I wouldn't drop

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Speaker 2: them a bunch of spots. I think that's I think

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Speaker 2: that's about right for the pretty even Stephen twenty three.

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Speaker 2: You just mentioned them, those Las Vegas Raiders up two

468
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Speaker 2: spots after winning a New England.

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Speaker 3: You know, it was really good, your boy.

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Speaker 2: He was the one hundred and sixty two yards.

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Speaker 3: It was a good article on ESPN talking about all

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Speaker 3: the quarterbacks their first start with new team, and they

473
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Speaker 3: ranked him one, Rogers two field three. I got a

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Speaker 3: problem with that. You know, they all three of them

475
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Speaker 3: are really successful with their new teams.

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Speaker 2: I almost sent you a tweet. I think it was

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Speaker 2: yesterday maybe, or maybe Sunday night. You and I often

478
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Speaker 2: send each other goofy things at goofy hours of the day,

479
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Speaker 2: and I think it was someone from the Football Outsiders

480
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Speaker 2: that they just tweeted out like a good litmus test

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Speaker 2: of your football knowledge, is what you think of Gino Smith?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's a great way of

483
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Speaker 3: looking at it. Right. Oh, he.

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Speaker 2: He's a bump. Yeah, yeah, right now, if you think

485
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Speaker 2: he's the best quarterback in the world, obviously goes the

486
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Speaker 2: other way too, but he is. He is in that

487
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Speaker 2: he is in that tier of good NFL quarter certing p.

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Speaker 2: Twenty two also one to zer and feeling good about themselves.

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Speaker 2: The Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, they thumped the Panthers. That game really wasn't close.

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Speaker 3: It was pretty much over at the half.

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Speaker 2: Dallas, I haven't talked about them for a while. They've

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Speaker 2: been inactive for a few days, playing that Thursday game

494
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Speaker 2: in Philadelphia and following dropping that contest. Part of me

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Speaker 2: to the Eagles. Dallas comes in at twenty one.

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Speaker 3: And they hung around with two Bowl champs pretty well.

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Speaker 3: I don't have real high hopes for them overall, but

498
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Speaker 3: you know, I think they'll be okay.

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Speaker 2: I think between DAK and CD, and I expect George

500
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Speaker 2: Pickens to have a bigger role, I think they'll be okay.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Levante Williams was better than I thought, and defense

502
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Speaker 3: was better than I thought.

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Speaker 2: But they strike me as a middle of the road,

504
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Speaker 2: eight or nine win team.

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Speaker 3: Oh sure, don't see him a little under but yeah,

506
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Speaker 3: I hear you. Maybe I don't. I just believe.

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Speaker 2: I think, Yeah, I think they've got a floor with

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Speaker 2: that offense. Number twenty the Atlanta Falcons. What'd you think

509
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Speaker 2: about Penix? We didn't didn't talk about him much in

510
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Speaker 2: these past two.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, he's really growing on me. I mean, he wasn't

512
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Speaker 3: tremendous or anything. I mean they London was banged up,

513
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Speaker 3: and they're trying to get him the football a bunch

514
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Speaker 3: and I need to watch more Bucks Falcons probably tonight

515
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Speaker 3: I'll throw it on or whatever too. But I think

516
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Speaker 3: they're real happy with him. And so that's about right

517
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Speaker 3: for Atlanta.

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Speaker 2: Good starting point. Yeah, yeah for one. You know, despite

519
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 2: the loss, it is and they got a tough one though.

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Speaker 2: They gotta go Sunday night football at Minnesota the Falcons.

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Speaker 2: The Falcons do. Yeah, after they're starting zero to one,

522
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Speaker 2: that's always tough. Number nineteen, the team that we are

523
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Speaker 2: going to see next, the Seattle Seahawks.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't want to talk too much about them.

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Speaker 3: I love their defense, their offense has major problems.

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Speaker 2: I think it's that simple for Seattle, and I don't

527
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Speaker 2: I expect that to be the tune that everyone will

528
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Speaker 2: sing for eighteen weeks talking about that Seas team. Number

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Speaker 2: eighteen some good things last night, but still lost. The

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Speaker 2: Chicago Bears.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they're still learning. I think there are

532
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Speaker 3: a bunch of puppies trying to figure things out. Rode

533
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Speaker 3: the momentum early in home and then the water level

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Speaker 3: started even.

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Speaker 2: Out a little bit, you know, big one. Next week,

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Speaker 2: they've got the Lions. One of those teams.

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Speaker 3: Wouldn't want to love the We wouldn't love to play

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Speaker 3: the Lions after they got beat pretty bad last week.

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Speaker 2: And if you start two in that division.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, good point two division losses, that's tough. Yeah yeah,

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Speaker 3: those division losses.

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Speaker 2: That would be that would be that would be very

543
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Speaker 2: very tough to recover from. I know the if you

544
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Speaker 2: start oh and two, you're doomed. Isn't quite to the

545
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Speaker 2: same extent now that the regular season is seventeen games

546
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Speaker 2: and there's an extra wild card team in both conferences.

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Speaker 2: It's not the traditional thinking behind that. But you start

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Speaker 2: oh and two in your division, good luck. You're digging

549
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Speaker 2: yourself a big hole.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Right.

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Speaker 2: The Arizona Cardinals come in at number seventeen after their

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Speaker 2: victory against those Gnawlin Saints. They they get their home

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Speaker 2: opener against the Panthers this week. They could be very

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Speaker 2: easily two and oh by the time we get Yeah, and.

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Speaker 3: I bet they will. I'm sure they're favored by five

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Speaker 3: or six as they were in New Orleans. Again, I

557
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Speaker 3: was kind of more impressed with the Saints than I

558
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Speaker 3: was impressed with the Cardinals, even though New Orleans lost.

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Speaker 2: It's a nice start to the season for the Cardinals.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a nice Saints.

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Speaker 2: Saints and Panthers. That's a nice one too. Number sixteen

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Speaker 2: right in the middle the Pittsburgh Steelers. Okay, so that

563
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Speaker 2: at NFL dot Com says they are fortunate to have

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Speaker 2: won on.

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Speaker 3: I think there's some truth to that. I mean, you

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Speaker 3: hit a sixty yard field goal, I mean, and there's

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Speaker 3: an art to some of these things too. I said

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Speaker 3: this a couple of times. I thought, on a play

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Speaker 3: by play basis that New York was the better team.

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Speaker 3: But that doesn't mean you're better at winning football games

571
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Speaker 3: the way you have to win football games in this

572
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Speaker 3: league and make big plays when it matters most, and

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Speaker 3: have your best players the Ramseys and Boswell's and Rogers

574
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Speaker 3: come through in the clutch, you know, they're something said

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Speaker 3: for that.

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Speaker 2: San Francisco at number fifteen, I don't, I don't know.

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Speaker 2: It's a little rich. It's a little rich for me.

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Speaker 3: I know they're not in a great spot right now,

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Speaker 3: you know, injuries and whatnot. Their defense played better than

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Speaker 3: I expected, But is that the Seattle's being bad? That's offense, you.

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Speaker 2: Know, you know, and got some big injuries as you mentioned. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: that Seahawks d defense is good. But I don't think.

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Speaker 2: I don't think they, you know, went on the road

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Speaker 2: and beat some great team Week one. It's fifteen. It's

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Speaker 2: not like they're right eleven, probably the Steelers. I think

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Speaker 2: I have the Steelers over the Niners as well too.

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Speaker 2: Number fourteen, the Houston Texans, a you know, surprising lackluster

588
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:21,840
Speaker 2: effort out in LA to start the season. But it's

589
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Speaker 2: just one game. I think they're still the clear cut

590
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Speaker 2: division favorites. Yes, I think fourteen's about right for them

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Speaker 2: after Sunday.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I expected more, but I also expected that to

593
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Speaker 3: be a low defensive minded game, which it was. Their

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Speaker 3: defense is still really good. The line thing, I don't

595
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Speaker 3: know is anything close to being fixed.

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Speaker 2: I don't It's been an issue for them.

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00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a big problem.

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Speaker 2: Since I was in high school. Number thirteen the LA Chargers.

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Speaker 2: I thought they might be a little bit higher.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that was a propressive performance. Herbert was phenomenal.

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Speaker 2: Great.

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Speaker 3: I would have bumped them more.

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Speaker 2: I think I would have two, especially considering right in

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Speaker 2: front of them. Number twelve the Cincinnati Bank.

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Speaker 3: I think you have to put the Chargers over the

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Speaker 3: Benk I think now.

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Speaker 2: I think you do as well too. Yeah, I think

608
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Speaker 2: you do as well too.

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Speaker 3: And the quarterbacks are at least comparable. It's one of

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Speaker 3: the few teams that can at least hang with Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: quarterback wise. You know.

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Speaker 2: Number eleven the Minnesota Vikings. What a roller coaster for

613
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Speaker 2: JJ McCarthy and his debut last night.

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Speaker 3: I thought he was really overwhelmed early on, and that

615
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:23,960
Speaker 3: was a tough environment. I mean Chicago.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll talk about that a little more specifically to

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Speaker 2: skip those in the next segment, number ten, the Los

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Speaker 2: Angeles Rams. After the defense held the Texans to just

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Speaker 2: two hundred and sixty five yards.

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Speaker 3: Stafford played really well, so I mean that my big

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Speaker 3: concern with them is his houses back. I was getting

622
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Speaker 3: hold up, but I don't think you can go down

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Speaker 3: that road for this exercise. He played great and he's

624
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Speaker 3: out there, so you treat him like any other quarterback.

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Speaker 2: I think you'll get a kick out of this in

626
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Speaker 2: some of the drive listeners as well too. I wanted

627
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Speaker 2: to make sure to laugh about this real quick with you.

628
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Speaker 2: You know my pension for messing up first names, right,

629
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Speaker 2: I called Sky with Thompson Tristan Thompson a couple of times,

630
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Speaker 2: like a hard times, No, A couple of times all right,

631
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Speaker 2: like four or five during training camp.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Kobe Durant, who obviously made that huge play for the

634
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Speaker 2: Rams against Houston, the defensive back. Oh, okay, Kobe Durant, this.

635
00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,840
Speaker 3: Is screaming NBA problem when we were.

636
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Speaker 2: Out when we were out there two years ago. I

637
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:21,360
Speaker 2: think it was. It was mean. Billy Hillgrove was still

638
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,480
Speaker 2: the voice of the Steelers, and he called him Kobe

639
00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:27,160
Speaker 2: Bryant and Kevin Durant two separate times throughout the game.

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Speaker 2: That's great Kobe Durant. Though important, important interception in that

641
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 2: one for the Rams. Number nine, Uh, not impressive. Still

642
00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,840
Speaker 2: get a victory. Still find a way to get it done.

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00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:40,880
Speaker 2: I think this is maybe about right for them. The

644
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,080
Speaker 2: Denver Broncos.

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00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 3: Yeah, the Knick stuff started to worry me a little bit.

646
00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,720
Speaker 3: That kind of like how Stroud took a step backwards

647
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Speaker 3: after his rookie year, or at least had a harder

648
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Speaker 3: go of it. I'm a little worried about Nicks. You

649
00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 3: know that that was not a good performance by him.

650
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 3: But one game, let's let's tap the brakes a little.

651
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,959
Speaker 2: And he's certainly got the head coach that you would wan.

652
00:30:00,720 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, and they got great defense.

653
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:05,320
Speaker 2: Get him back in the groove. Number eight. The Detroit

654
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 2: Lions dropping three spots after that loss to the Packers.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a little concerned that the windows closing, but

656
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Speaker 3: the window's still open.

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Speaker 2: I think the windows still open for them to be

658
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Speaker 2: a really good team. Yeah, maybe wins the division and

659
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Speaker 2: goes to the playoffs, but I certainly don't think that

660
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Speaker 2: window looks as open as it did for a Super Bowl.

661
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 2: No great, agreed, but it is also only Week one.

662
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Speaker 3: Yeah, they had a tough game too, a really tough

663
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Speaker 3: place to play.

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Speaker 2: Number seven, up one spot after their divisional victory over

665
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Speaker 2: the Giants. It's the Washington Commanders.

666
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:38,480
Speaker 3: Defense played pretty well, but they didn't play a juggernaut.

667
00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,120
Speaker 3: Offensive line did a really nice job against Abdel Carter

668
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,520
Speaker 3: and Lawrence more than I expected. Daniels looks like the

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Speaker 3: same guy, give or take. So that might be a

670
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Speaker 3: little high for me. But I'm not totally sold on

671
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Speaker 3: the team. But they had a nice performance. They ran

672
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Speaker 3: the ball well.

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Speaker 2: Number six into the playoffs for the last five years.

674
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Speaker 2: Starting off strong again the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. They're up

675
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Speaker 2: one spot this week.

676
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Speaker 3: Yeah, and they'd overcome some things like they took Graham

677
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 3: Barton the center, put him at tackle, and you I

678
00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:08,080
Speaker 3: mean like they they moved some things around to get

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Speaker 3: that win. The credit.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was an interesting one with Graham Barton.

681
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, right, he was a tackle of Duke that they

682
00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:15,560
Speaker 3: made a center and they.

683
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Speaker 2: Were played I think all five positions at some point

684
00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 2: in his career at k but he was a tackle

685
00:31:20,360 --> 00:31:22,400
Speaker 2: towards the end of his duke career. They drafted him

686
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Speaker 2: as a center. But he has some nice UH position flexibility,

687
00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:29,600
Speaker 2: Like I remember Alan Fanica kicking out the tackle the time.

688
00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 2: But a center kicking out the tackle, that's not something

689
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,280
Speaker 2: that's not something you see every day. Although he's built

690
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Speaker 2: like a tackle. Yes, he is at the center position.

691
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Speaker 2: UH number five after they're lost to the Chargers, the

692
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Speaker 2: Kansas City Chiefs, I think this is about fine.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I wouldn't put him in the upper tier.

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Speaker 2: No, maybe I would have him at six or seven. Five,

695
00:31:48,600 --> 00:31:50,000
Speaker 2: But I think this is about right.

696
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Speaker 3: I mean, they're probably favored if they played the Bucks

697
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:52,600
Speaker 3: right now.

698
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 2: You know who they play, though, the Eagles.

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Speaker 3: Another Sunday Nights night, because.

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Speaker 2: I think Sunday Night is Minnesota and Chicago.

701
00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:06,760
Speaker 3: I want to say the schedule usually to like Thursday, but.

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00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:08,920
Speaker 2: That's a man, that's a If the Chiefs start zero

703
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: and two, it is the four to thirty National Game

704
00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 2: on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

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Speaker 3: Important note, Okay, I wonder if they're favoriting in that game.

706
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Speaker 2: They they also have the Ravens coming to town in

707
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,600
Speaker 2: a couple of weeks. Like, man, they've they've got a

708
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: they've got a bit of a bit of a start,

709
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 2: tough start here to their schedule. I'm trying to find

710
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,680
Speaker 2: a Chiefs are one and a half point favorites.

711
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,880
Speaker 3: I would think at home, slight.

712
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Speaker 2: Favorite at home in the Super Bowl rematch.

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Speaker 3: They don't lose back to back games very often. It's

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Speaker 3: funny you brought up the Ravens. We have not mentioned

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Speaker 3: them yet. They must be in the top three somewhere.

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Speaker 3: Of course, I would have been harsher on the Chiefs

717
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 3: losing to the Chargers and the Ravens losing to the Bills, though, Okay, yeah,

718
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Speaker 3: I mean I just think that Bill's Ravens game was

719
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Speaker 3: a tie.

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Speaker 2: To me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it was a blast. And the Ravens

722
00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 3: have this terrible Bill to lose close games.

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Speaker 2: You just love the Ravens. Man, I'm starting to pick

724
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Speaker 2: this up. I'm starting to pick up what you're putting

725
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Speaker 2: down here.

726
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Speaker 3: But I would not have dinged the Ravens heavy for

727
00:33:07,840 --> 00:33:10,440
Speaker 3: that loss. I mean, they gaither way a game a

728
00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 3: little bit, and that's a trend under Harbaugh.

729
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,440
Speaker 2: But they also played a true road game whereas and

730
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:17,920
Speaker 2: the Chargers was a neutral game.

731
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Speaker 3: Good point that was in Brazil.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, number four on this list. I know that my

733
00:33:24,200 --> 00:33:26,520
Speaker 2: co host Matt Williamson was high on this team coming

734
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:30,280
Speaker 2: into the season. I'm sure he's even more on the bandwagon.

735
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Speaker 2: Now up two spots the Green Bay Packers.

736
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Speaker 3: They played like maybe they should be one. I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm not sure anybody was more impressive against the high

738
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Speaker 3: quality opponents.

739
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Speaker 2: We'll do our inaugural Best of the West rankings tomorrow

740
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Speaker 2: where I give you my top ten teams in the NFL.

741
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you this right now. They will be

742
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Speaker 2: higher than four.

743
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Speaker 3: I get it. That was a real impressive performance.

744
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Speaker 2: Number three Matt's favorite team, the Baltimore Ravens.

745
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:57,760
Speaker 3: Sure, I get it. You have to put the Bells

746
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Speaker 3: ahead of them.

747
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have to absolutely neck to begin with. That

748
00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 2: was a one spot drop for Baltimore. You know, not

749
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,280
Speaker 2: not the end of the world. Number two is the

750
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Speaker 2: Buffalo Bills.

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Speaker 3: Fine, I got no problem with the Eagles ahead of them.

752
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:12,480
Speaker 2: And then number one, the defending Super Bowl champion one

753
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 2: to zero the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Speaker 3: Okay, yeah, the top five or so need to be

755
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Speaker 3: the top five.

756
00:34:20,840 --> 00:34:23,959
Speaker 2: I agree, I agree, might have a slightly different order.

757
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:26,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, me too, But I think to top five are all.

758
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 3: It was the Chief number five, Chiefs for number five,

759
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 3: I thought they were noticed. Tho. Those fives are better

760
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 3: than like the Bucks at six, you know. And I'm

761
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,799
Speaker 3: not sure the Chiefs are in contention to be number one.

762
00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:39,399
Speaker 3: I'm not saying that, but they should be pretty high.

763
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Speaker 3: You know, there's some respect factor there too.

764
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Speaker 2: As much as these power rankings are a week to

765
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:45,279
Speaker 2: week thing, they certainly deserve to get a little benefit

766
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Speaker 2: of the doubt, right.

767
00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:48,600
Speaker 3: I don't think they're going to go three and fourteen.

768
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:51,000
Speaker 2: Correct, even if they lose the Eagles to start zero

769
00:34:51,000 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 2: to two, I still don't think it is. It's far

770
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Speaker 2: from the Skies falling in Kansas City. Let's get to

771
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Speaker 2: our final break. When we come back on the other side,

772
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Speaker 2: I do want to talk a little little bit more

773
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Speaker 2: with Matt about that Monday night football game last night. Yeah,

774
00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:08,360
Speaker 2: interesting what we saw from two young quarterbacks, a Vikings

775
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 2: performance that you know, really I think turned some heads

776
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 2: and you know, this team is dangerous once again this year.

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Speaker 2: Let's talk about all that as we close down the show.

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Speaker 2: On the other side, West Wheeler Matt Williams, and it

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

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Speaker 2: Audio Network.

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

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Speaker 1: home of the Black.

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Speaker 2: And Goal, Steelers Nation Radio. Closing down the Drive here

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Speaker 2: on a Tuesday, and we will do so with some

785
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Speaker 2: thoughts on that first Monday night football game of the season,

786
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Speaker 2: of course, last night at Soldier Field in Chicago, an

787
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Speaker 2: early important NFC North clash between the Vikings and the Bears,

788
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:14,160
Speaker 2: a back and forth one matt ends up twenty seven

789
00:36:14,200 --> 00:36:17,919
Speaker 2: to twenty four Minnesota as the Vikings score twenty one

790
00:36:18,239 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 2: fourth quarter points to win in Chicago.

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Speaker 3: Fun game, and I gotta get the Vikings credit. I mean,

792
00:36:26,280 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 3: they walked into a firestorm, you know, a Monday night,

793
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:34,360
Speaker 3: lubed up Chicago crowd, super psyched about their head coach.

794
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:36,640
Speaker 3: First overall, Pick is gonna be the best quarterback in

795
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:40,240
Speaker 3: Bears history. And they started beating up on the Vikes

796
00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 3: pretty good. And I thought McCarthy was in wighing over

797
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,560
Speaker 3: his head and swimming, But I also had a lot

798
00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:51,200
Speaker 3: of faith in Flores and O'Connell to let's well, it's

799
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Speaker 3: a long time, long game, yeah, and the Bears could

800
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:58,520
Speaker 3: have went up even heavier, you know, like they had

801
00:36:58,760 --> 00:37:00,960
Speaker 3: him on the ropes and they didn't fin even after

802
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 3: that pick six. I'm like this, his score should be

803
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:08,160
Speaker 3: more lopsided than it is. But if I'm a Bears fan,

804
00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:10,560
Speaker 3: I think I still come away with a good taste

805
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:13,920
Speaker 3: in my mouth. That Williams looked much better than he

806
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:16,319
Speaker 3: did as a rookie. And yes, he's holding the ball

807
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 3: too long, but he was eluding people and making plays,

808
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 3: and the offense was much crisper, many more outlets for

809
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:28,160
Speaker 3: him to get out of trouble, a lot of receivers

810
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:32,879
Speaker 3: doing well. Defense looked okay, but I think the better

811
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Speaker 3: team eventually won. And it was a twelve I used

812
00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,319
Speaker 3: a boxing mat reference. It was a fifteen round fight,

813
00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 3: and tide started turning by about round ten or so,

814
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,080
Speaker 3: and You're like, okay, and Jefferson's getting more involved, McCarthy's

815
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:49,280
Speaker 3: getting more you know, comfortable, and that's his first start

816
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,160
Speaker 3: to I mean, Williams had played a whole year before McCarthy,

817
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,400
Speaker 3: even though in the same draft class. And it's funny.

818
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 3: I was texting my buds, and you know, I got

819
00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 3: several Michigan alum in my group, and it was like, man,

820
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 3: your guy is looking terrible and you know, making fun

821
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,480
Speaker 3: of the Michigan stuff, and they're like, yeah, but he

822
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 3: usually finds a way and like, I know this isn't NCAA,

823
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,200
Speaker 3: but that's kind of what he did at Michigan too,

824
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:16,239
Speaker 3: Like it was always pretty sometimes you throw the ball

825
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,640
Speaker 3: ten times, fifteen times, but it was all said and done.

826
00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 3: He often finds a way to get the w you know, yeah,

827
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 3: and see, but it was, you know, he righted the ship.

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Speaker 2: He did, he did, and it was it was an

829
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Speaker 2: interesting kind of juxtaposition I think there because I think

830
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Speaker 2: at the start of the game, first half of the game,

831
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Speaker 2: people are like, wow, Caleb Williams looks like he's making plays,

832
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:39,360
Speaker 2: looks like.

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Speaker 3: He's settled in, looks like the first overall PA, looks

834
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Speaker 3: like the first overall. Yeah, he's singing it.

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Speaker 2: You're talking about group chat with your buddies. I've got

836
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Speaker 2: one with with my buddies, and we've got a friend

837
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Speaker 2: in there who is big hockey guy, casual football fans

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00:38:54,680 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 2: ok ok. And he was like everyone's been calling Caleb

839
00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: Williams a bust, Like what's everyone talking about? He looks great,

840
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 2: he's got this rocket arm and we're like, he's right,

841
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,759
Speaker 2: just give it. I said to him, I used your line.

842
00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 2: I said, you know, like my my new co host

843
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:12,280
Speaker 2: now Matt Williamson likes to say he likes to take sex.

844
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Speaker 2: He loves it, he loves to take sex.

845
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he was better about it. I mean there was

846
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,800
Speaker 3: times he was running around behind the line of scrimmage

847
00:39:20,840 --> 00:39:21,719
Speaker 3: is longer than I would like.

848
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Speaker 2: But I think for in this this can obviously be

849
00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 2: too much of a simplification. But for Chicago new regime,

850
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,040
Speaker 2: new era, it's about. This year is about figuring out

851
00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:33,400
Speaker 2: if Kayleb Williams is the guy or not.

852
00:39:33,520 --> 00:39:35,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, do I have a coaching quarterback? Forget everything the

853
00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:37,960
Speaker 3: answers yes, then it's a successful.

854
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 2: Year, no matter how many games you won, no matter

855
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Speaker 2: how many games you lost. If the answer is yes,

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00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:43,080
Speaker 2: it's a successful year.

857
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 3: And that's a valuable learning experience.

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Speaker 2: Last night, even if it's a definitive no, at least

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Speaker 2: you know, I don't think it's you don't call it

860
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,640
Speaker 2: a successful year, but it's you need you need to

861
00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:53,680
Speaker 2: have a definitive answer.

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00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:57,799
Speaker 3: Last night was a lean towards a lean towards yes.

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Speaker 1: Yea.

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Speaker 2: I was about to do the whole preface it with

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Speaker 2: a it's one data point out of seventeen, like, you know,

866
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Speaker 2: but I think you should be a little more encouraged

867
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Speaker 2: about Caleb Williams. Not to the level of maybe, like

868
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 2: we talked about with the Justin Fields, to continue to

869
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 2: talk about Chicago Bears quarterbacks here, but I think I

870
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Speaker 2: think it was an encouraging performance from from Caleb Williams. Yeah.

871
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Speaker 3: And if I'm a Bears fan, and if I'm wise

872
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Speaker 3: enough to look at it through the lens of do

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00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:26,360
Speaker 3: we have a coach, do we have a quarterback? I

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Speaker 3: think the answer is yes. On Monday morning, tough loss,

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Speaker 3: you know, you probably should put that team away at home.

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Speaker 3: But the Vikings are better than you right now.

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Speaker 2: They didn't win what fourteen games last year? Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 2: but you're right, you're kind of boxing analogy. There was

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Speaker 2: on the money, there was a couple of times the

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Speaker 2: Bears had them on the ropes and they just needed

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Speaker 2: to land one more body shot or one jab to

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Speaker 2: the jaw to knock them out.

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Speaker 3: And they just couldn't quite do it.

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Speaker 2: And that that you know, in the National Football League,

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Speaker 2: the game of inches.

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Speaker 3: You let these guys stick around.

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Speaker 2: A team like the Vikings that you got to bury

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Speaker 2: them when you can. Absolutely, you have to bury everybody

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Speaker 2: when you can, but especially those type of teams that

890
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Speaker 2: are winning double digit games going to the playoffs. Knows what.

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Speaker 2: Minnesota very good in one score games last year.

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Speaker 3: I bet the Jets are looking the same way, like

893
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Speaker 3: we couldn't put the Steelers away.

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Speaker 2: Yeah right right, yeah, we're up nine late in the

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Speaker 2: second quarter, opportunity, we're certainly on the ropes, and then

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Speaker 2: we give them the ball back on special teams, flip

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Speaker 2: the field, make it easy.

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Speaker 3: For him to Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: To Eric bleeping Rogers, what are we doing? You know, hey,

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Speaker 2: he is still even at age forty one, A bad man,

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Speaker 2: that Aaron Rodgers. Matt good stuff today. I enjoyed this

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Speaker 2: show today thought we uh, let's we covered a bunch

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Speaker 2: of different bases and I enjoyed that. And we will

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Speaker 2: certainly do it again tomorrow for our video producer TV

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Speaker 2: and for the best co host in the business, the

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Speaker 2: Mario Lemieux of NFL Broadcasting in this town. If I will,

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Speaker 2: Matt Williamson, unless Yueler, take care everybody, We'll talk to

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

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Speaker 2: it's on your twenty four seven home of the Black

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