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Speaker 1: You were tuned about Drive on Home of the Black

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Speaker 1: and Goal Steelers Nation Radio. Welcome back. I'm Dale Lally

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Speaker 1: here with Matt Williamson. You're the Drive on Steelers Nation

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Speaker 1: Radio and Matt um Kevina Patara or pats Rare, I

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Speaker 1: should say on NFL dot Com did a little analysis

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Speaker 1: piece here on the season predicting each a FC team's

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Speaker 1: non QB Most Valuable Player HM interesting, um So, I

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Speaker 1: thought we'd go to roll through that and see who

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Speaker 1: he thinks could be that guy, because obviously, when you're

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Speaker 1: looking at the m v P award, uh you know

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Speaker 1: the leaders in the club house right now, Josh Allen

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Speaker 1: is plus seven hundred, Tom Brady plus eight hundred, Patrick

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Speaker 1: Mahomes plus eight hunder, Justin Herbert, Aaron Rodgers. Those are

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Speaker 1: the guys that everybody knows are going to be in

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Speaker 1: the in the running for league MVP. But when you

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Speaker 1: dig a little deeper with some of these teams, there's

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Speaker 1: some other guys there. M there should be an Offensive

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Speaker 1: Player of the Year that you're that the quarterbacks can't

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Speaker 1: win like. The way they do their awards is two

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Speaker 1: quarterback heavy. I agree. In the year, uh So, the

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Speaker 1: Baltimore Ravens are first here. Uh there, non QB M

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Speaker 1: v P. Potential guy is Mark Andrews. That's an easy one.

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Speaker 1: That's an easy one. I was thinking maybe Humphrey. If

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Speaker 1: you asked Harbaugh, he's gonna say Ronnie Stanley. You know,

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Speaker 1: if he could vote, who would get it? He might

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Speaker 1: say Justine if any kicker could be in it, right,

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Speaker 1: you know, having that guy can get your points as

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Speaker 1: soon as you cross midfield is is pretty special. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: For the Bills at Stefon Dicks, I think pretty easily.

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Speaker 1: Those defensive backs are impressive, but he may lead the

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Speaker 1: league in perceptions this year, you know. Uh. For the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: it's Shamar Chase clearly. I mean, Higgins isn't far behind him,

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Speaker 1: but you picked Chase over Higgins. Yeah. Right. For the

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Speaker 1: Browns moving a different direction here, it's Nick Chubb. Oh,

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Speaker 1: I would say it smiles Garrett. Yeah, I get that.

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Speaker 1: But I think with what their offense is going to

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Speaker 1: be this year, even I think it's Jimmy here, I

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Speaker 1: mean who, no matter who's the quarter, that offense is

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Speaker 1: gonna run through Chubb. Yeah, I mean I think if

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Speaker 1: he can stay healthy this year, which is a big

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Speaker 1: because he hadn't done it yet. He's gotten nicked up

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Speaker 1: every year. I mean, if he gets three fifty carries,

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Speaker 1: which he could in that offense, you know, based on

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Speaker 1: their quarterback who is going to be Especially if Hunt

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Speaker 1: gets still, he could he make a run of two

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Speaker 1: thousand yards. If Hunt's not in the equation, he could.

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Speaker 1: He has that kind of talent. Yeah, I mean he's

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Speaker 1: a gonna runner. As Henry just does that. It gets

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Speaker 1: in that neighborhood. But by this logic, I can't put

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Speaker 1: nausea over what true true. For the Broncos, it's Justin Simmons,

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Speaker 1: great player, but he's a stafety Yeah. I mean, like

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Speaker 1: Judy and Sutton kind of cancel each other out, so

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Speaker 1: do the running backs. Yeah. I do think it'll be

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Speaker 1: more of a Javante Williams backfield this year. Certains in

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Speaker 1: the conversation too is not Yeah, I agree, I agree.

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Speaker 1: Not easy team. Well, you're talking about not easy teams.

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Speaker 1: The next one up is the Houston Texans and Brandon

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Speaker 1: Cooks they list he lists Laramy Tunsil is the guy. Okay,

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Speaker 1: I mean he might be their best football player. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but I mean to win your team MVP award would

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Speaker 1: be pretty miraculous. I probably would go with Cooks here.

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Speaker 1: Maybe maybe the rookie running back maybe maybe what if

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Speaker 1: it's like Stingley Stingley. Yeah, Yeah, I mean I think

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Speaker 1: they I think they moved in the right direction with

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Speaker 1: their draft. They finally had no k offseason and some

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Speaker 1: building blocks in place, you know. For the Colts, Jonathan Taylor, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he's kind of definition kind of. I mean, I thought

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Speaker 1: Darius Leonard last year should have been should have been

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Speaker 1: And he's a huge leader on that team too. I mean,

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Speaker 1: Taylor's will be the first pick in fantasy drafts and

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Speaker 1: he's gonna have a huge year, I'm sure, Yeah, but

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Speaker 1: Leonard might be as important. Yeah, and I think, I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think that's a they got multiple you know, like

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Speaker 1: many teams they led, They led the league and takeaways

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Speaker 1: to that. I mean, he has those long arms and

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Speaker 1: disrupts the rowing lanes and you know things that stats

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Speaker 1: start with the up quarterback. Yeah, um, you know Trayvon.

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Speaker 1: I think the idea is that Trayvon Walker can learn

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Speaker 1: Travis A t N. He's gonna be a lot of

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Speaker 1: my fantasy teams when we start talking to fantasy. I

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Speaker 1: think it ends up for a big, big season. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think he could be a guy. I think a

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Speaker 1: lot of people kind of just forgetting about him because well,

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Speaker 1: play last year and he was Lawrence's teammate too, and

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Speaker 1: you know, I mean there's some that makes a lot

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Speaker 1: of sense to me. Yeah, for Kansas City, they list

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Speaker 1: Chris Jones. Yeah, well, you gotta play. You gotta play

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Speaker 1: more than the snaps. And when I say play more

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Speaker 1: he he has to be great this year, great this year.

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Speaker 1: They can't afford for him to just he was okay.

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Speaker 1: I mean by his standards last year was a down

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Speaker 1: year a little. I mean his standards over the last

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Speaker 1: five years with the best in tight end history. Right.

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Speaker 1: I keep referencing fantasy, but he's not my number one

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Speaker 1: being But I think I thought he benefited from Hill's

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Speaker 1: a lot of attention. I mean, now does Scantling can

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Speaker 1: do that? But can he catch it consider instantly? Right?

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Speaker 1: Is Kelsey thirty four? I mean he's in that neighborhood,

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Speaker 1: Raiders it's Davante Adams. I don't know about that. I

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Speaker 1: don't know about Max Crosby. Adams will not be on

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Speaker 1: was just gonna say it, would it surprise you for

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Speaker 1: Remfro catches more passes in him this year. No, in

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Speaker 1: a Patriots McDaniels, Welker, Edelman, Amundola Roll and the other thing.

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Speaker 1: I heard it this morning. Adams thirty eight percent of

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Speaker 1: his snaps. I think came as a slot receiver in

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Speaker 1: for the Chargers, Joey Bosa, that's pretty easy, I guess.

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah could. Yeah, they have some stars, but

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Speaker 1: best pass freshers in the league. Yeah, I mean it's

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Speaker 1: he's twenty six years old. He could win to the

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Speaker 1: mean six years and seventh year already. Well, yeah, six

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Speaker 1: a good number, but not what you expected of Joey Bosa,

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Speaker 1: Like I know he's missed time and that's part of

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Speaker 1: need that guy to stay healthy and play all seventeen games. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: and then he would probably be your m v P.

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Speaker 1: Saying you guys, and you say the same thing about throwin,

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Speaker 1: uh Miami, Tyreek Hill. Yeah, they're a team that needs

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Speaker 1: their quarterback to be the m v P right, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: Like some of these other teams, if the quarterbacks not

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Speaker 1: the m v P, they'll be Okay, Miami needs to

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Speaker 1: to be the team m v P. Yes, I agree

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Speaker 1: I don't think he will be the m v P.

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Speaker 1: I don't think he might have a better year than him.

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Speaker 1: use him a little differently. Um, he's not gonna you

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Speaker 1: might be Savin Howard or Armstead or somebody like that. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: but that's just your waddle doesn't have a better year

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Speaker 1: is explosive to for New England, Matthew. Judean kind of

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Speaker 1: Carl Lawson. There are another team that needs your quarterback

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Speaker 1: I mean if he if he, if he's their team

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Speaker 1: had a nausey like rookie year, you know, that solves

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Speaker 1: a lot of problems for them. Yeah. Absolutely. And they've

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Speaker 1: got a decent offensive line. Oh, they've got a great

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Speaker 1: pair of guards and affecting can stay healthy. Yeah. And

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Speaker 1: they got weapons now, I mean there's pieces around Wilson. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: There there's no excuses for him this year. Um, he's

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Speaker 1: In fact, he did when he did win the Team

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Speaker 1: So I think you're phrasing that a little wrong because

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure that to h. Jones Wilson need them

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Speaker 1: to be in a conversation, yeah right, I'm not sure

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Speaker 1: everyone if they can be the answer, yes, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean, like if yeah, if the teammates at

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