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Steelers home opener on tap! - Seahawks preview · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 3: com this week. Delighted to look ahead at this big
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Speaker 3: game this weekend with my colleague, my friend Davog McKee. Daveog,
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Speaker 3: it's it's it's good to see you. It's it's obviously
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Speaker 3: a big weekend for the Staters, big weekend for us
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Speaker 3: at home. The championship is starting this road. So all
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Speaker 3: the best of Dari Tresk. How are you doing?
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Speaker 4: Not doing too bad? Meck yeah.
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Speaker 5: Hopefully hopefully we can pick up a few wins here.
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Speaker 5: We've got to replay on Saturday against Thirds and hopefully
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Speaker 5: the hell can can come out with a win. But
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Speaker 5: aside from I need to apologize all the listeners because
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Speaker 5: my WiFi was playing up on was it Monday night?
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Speaker 4: Tuesday morning?
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Speaker 3: You were grand? You were grand, don't be worrying. I
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Speaker 3: think I think the best thing was it was just
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Speaker 3: good to have you back on again. And it was
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Speaker 3: actually to get your fault in Dublin and stuff. So
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Speaker 3: it's good, Kenny Believer. Two weeks out it's a bit scary,
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Speaker 3: isn't it in a good way.
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Speaker 4: It's it's crazy to think. I mean, two weeks out?
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Speaker 4: Is it?
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Speaker 5: Two weeks It's that's saying the time is absolutely flowing,
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Speaker 5: but it's it's two weeks too too, four Awaymick, I mean,
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Speaker 5: I want has been tomorrow I already so I'm absolutely
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Speaker 5: buzzing and that's going to be just a part of
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Speaker 5: the festivities we've got that week. So looking forward to everything,
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Speaker 5: including the game. Of course, the game is the main event,
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Speaker 5: but I really, you know, I'm dreading that Monday morning
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Speaker 5: when we wake up, of course hopefully with a w
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Speaker 5: but it's going to be it's gonna be a pinch
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Speaker 5: me moment, like wow, that that thing just flew just
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Speaker 5: like So I'm looking forward.
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Speaker 3: Us more on that, I think next week. I know
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Speaker 3: Jimmy's going to join us next week, so looking forward
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Speaker 3: to that there. Anyway, let's jump on, lass, Let's go
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Speaker 3: for it. Steeter Seahawks is This Sunday game kicks off
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Speaker 3: The game folks this week and its glab We're doing
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Speaker 3: this podcast late in the week so we know what's
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Speaker 3: going on. The game this week is on NFL Game
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Speaker 3: by signing up DOVG. This is a really interesting game.
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Speaker 3: We are going to make our game picks at the
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Speaker 3: end of this podcast, but before we give our keys
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Speaker 3: to the game, one of the biggest things that stands
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Speaker 3: out to me is it's DK going up against his
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Speaker 3: old team. It's the home opener. A win is needed,
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Speaker 3: you know, we need to keep this momentum up.
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Speaker 4: You're just right to mcaminus.
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Speaker 5: The home opener of course, you know, first game of
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Speaker 5: the season and Acroisher, you know, rematch the Super Bowl
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Speaker 5: four day which Steelers one, of course, DK Metcalf coming
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Speaker 5: up against his former team in the stadium where he
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Speaker 5: actually scored his first touchdown as a Seahawk. Believe or not,
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Speaker 5: So wouldn't it be poetic seeing him score his first
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Speaker 5: touchdown as a Steeler at Akroascher against his former team
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Speaker 5: in the stadium where he scored his act vers actual touchdown.
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Speaker 5: It certainly would to think mc and just obviously on
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Speaker 5: the Seahawks, I watched a good chunk of that Niners
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Speaker 5: game on Sunday, and a field there's definitely holes we
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Speaker 5: can capitalize on. For one, they give up two hundred
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Speaker 5: and twenty eight yards Russian to Christian mcgoffery and Cole,
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Speaker 5: So this would be a great opportunity to get that
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Speaker 5: run game going and they right there action and I
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Speaker 5: manchined on Tuesday that we didn't have a great success
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Speaker 5: on the ground against the Jets, so what better way
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Speaker 5: to get Warren season up and running. So I believe
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Speaker 5: if we can come out cleaner than last week. You know,
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Speaker 5: Rogers sat in the tone quick with a few quick pauses,
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Speaker 5: which something Seattle really struggle with. On someday, I think
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Speaker 5: we could do some real damage in early damage for
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Speaker 5: that matter. However, I do think I believe DK can
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Speaker 5: go nuclear against his former team here. You know, we've
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Speaker 5: seen that deep route of party through against I think
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Speaker 5: it was Ricky Purcell, which eventually has had up the
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Speaker 5: game on a touchdown for the Niners. So I'm as
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Speaker 5: in that damage we could do in that zone if
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Speaker 5: we have Mattcava on form and you know he knows
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Speaker 5: the Seahawks defense, you know Reek one as a young
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Speaker 5: cornerback there that that can easily you know, we can
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Speaker 5: capitalize on. And he knows the weak spots of the
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Speaker 5: defense as a match and then the week's pots off
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Speaker 5: Drake Willing specifically. So if we can get that same
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Speaker 5: consistency in the past game, I must improved wrong game.
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Speaker 5: I can't see us losing this game of the defense. However,
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Speaker 5: it does need to stop up, you know, at the
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Speaker 5: end of the bargain. You know last week it wasn't
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Speaker 5: up to the standard though we used to. And obviously
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Speaker 5: the key of the discipline protect the football went on
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Speaker 5: third downs and hold Seattle to feed goals in the
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Speaker 5: rediurand so and lily speaking, you know, week two is
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Speaker 5: about discipline. Correct the mistakes from week one and improving
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Speaker 5: rastly on the defensive siend the ball.
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Speaker 4: So do that. I think we have enough to see
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Speaker 4: them off and go too. And now look as you.
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Speaker 3: Jumping in with the keys of the game. Alreally I
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Speaker 3: love it. I really want to see DK this breakout
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Speaker 3: in this game. I know we've seen a very you know,
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Speaker 3: small amount of moments last week, but I think one
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Speaker 3: of the biggest things last week for me was the
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Speaker 3: death if it was talking on the different podcast this week,
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Speaker 3: that logue about about Calvin Austin coming in and you know,
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Speaker 3: we know this is a big year for him with
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Speaker 3: his contract coming up. Obviously we hope he says as
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Speaker 3: a part of this team. But you know, I started
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Speaker 3: that conversation to score a touchdown last week to really
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Speaker 3: make that impact you want to see in this offense.
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Speaker 3: I know you talked about it a bit there, but
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Speaker 3: you want to see guys in this offense with Aaron
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Speaker 3: Rodgers break out, make big plays. And we know from
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Speaker 3: seeing that game against Seattle last week with the Niners
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Speaker 3: that Seattle are going to be stout. It doesn't matter
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Speaker 3: if they're in front of the twelves in Seattle, it
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Speaker 3: doesn't matter if they're over on the East coast in Pittsburgh,
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Speaker 3: they're gonna be up for this month.
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Speaker 4: They're gonna be up fort Nick and their own one.
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Speaker 5: You know, you know what they say when your own
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Speaker 5: one teams are already desperate to get that first one
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Speaker 5: on the board.
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Speaker 4: I mean, the last thing you want to do is
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Speaker 4: go on too.
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Speaker 5: And you know, I think Mike McDonald was solid last
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Speaker 5: year in terms of his first year as a rookie
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Speaker 5: head coach. Of course, they broad in Sam Darnold quarterback,
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Speaker 5: which in my opinion is probably an upgrade on Geno Smith.
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Speaker 5: I mean, if you've seen what he did last year
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Speaker 5: from Minnesota, I mean getting in the fourteen wins. Of
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Speaker 5: course they're one and done in the playoffs, but he's
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Speaker 5: a dangerous quarterback. He's mobility ways, he's got a lot
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Speaker 5: of experiences now, one of the veterans in the league,
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Speaker 5: so they have a lot of you know, what's the
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Speaker 5: word I'm looking for here, I'm looking for. I think
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Speaker 5: it's it's discipline. But they're obviously looking to get off
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Speaker 5: the board with a win as well. So if you
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Speaker 5: look at their division, I think the Rams won as
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Speaker 5: well last week. Then Nanners obviously beat them, and of
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Speaker 5: course you know there's there's other teams out that are
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Speaker 5: gonna be picking up in the NFC because we cannot
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Speaker 5: sleep on them. And no matter what I really want
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Speaker 5: to say, it's go to and know. And if you've
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Speaker 5: just mentioned there. With Calvin Austin as well, of course
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Speaker 5: we spoke with him last week last year in Belfast.
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Speaker 5: He managined that he wants to now break out into
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Speaker 5: that you know, main receiver rule and I was absolutely
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Speaker 5: delayed to see him get off the board last week
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Speaker 5: as well. So hopefully he can continue that early form
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Speaker 5: season into the next and I'm expecting the big performance
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Speaker 5: from above him. But obviously you know the tight ends
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Speaker 5: for Oarmouth, John hu Smith had a good debut and
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Speaker 5: of course d K mcalf i can't wait to see
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Speaker 5: what he can do against his former team. So it's
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Speaker 5: about putting all these pieces again are the wrong game
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Speaker 5: of course needs step up, but I'm buzzn't to see
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Speaker 5: how we play offensively and defensively this week.
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Speaker 3: Of course I'm buzzing to hear you if we win
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Speaker 3: this game. Man, You getting me excited here. We're gonna
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Speaker 3: hear from cam hereward in the weak second and it's
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Speaker 3: something that we didn't talk too much about last week
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Speaker 3: at length. How happy were you not just as somebody
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Speaker 3: analyzing the game, but how happy were you as a
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Speaker 3: Steelers fan seeing Cam back in the black and gold.
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Speaker 3: I was buzzing't And I know it's not something we
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Speaker 3: talked about too much in the off season. From meeting
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Speaker 3: him in Dublin, you could tell how genuine he was.
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Speaker 3: I didn't really have a doubt that he would put
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Speaker 3: that uniform on last week. And when he steps up
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Speaker 3: when he's needed, he's a crucial factor for this team.
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Speaker 3: It's so good to have him back.
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Speaker 5: Man, It's amazing because you know all the rumblings from
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Speaker 5: the offseason. I mean, you know, Tom's getting to the
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Speaker 5: age now where he's aout of course, he's aatron. He's
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Speaker 5: been a veteran of physic for ten years. But he's
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Speaker 5: up that he is now where his defensive leadership is.
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Speaker 5: His skill set is completely key and I think maybe
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Speaker 5: a bit more success, you know, protecting the run this
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Speaker 5: this week, you know, covering them holes and I think
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Speaker 5: he goes a long way and he's a massive help
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Speaker 5: to this defense. He's a leader, you know, on that
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Speaker 5: defensive line where we've got young guys like Kenny bet
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Speaker 5: Benton of course, just one of the few. And I
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Speaker 5: think obviously with TJ. Waton stuff, he brings up leadership.
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Speaker 5: I mean it's it's you can't put a price on,
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Speaker 5: you know, what he brings to the defense. And he's
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Speaker 5: you know, he's just an intagral part. So you know,
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Speaker 5: it's seeing him strip out in that black and goal
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Speaker 5: last week, and now he's going to get a home
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Speaker 5: opener against Seattle this weekend and he's gonna bring the
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Speaker 5: He's gonna bring the game at the a game which
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Speaker 5: we know we can.
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Speaker 6: So I was.
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Speaker 5: Absolutely buzzing, just like you mech. I was buzzing to
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Speaker 5: see him out there last week. I had no doubt
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Speaker 5: that he would. He's a steel At hard, He's from Pittsburgh,
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Speaker 5: he knows the city, he knows the team, he knows
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Speaker 5: the fans. He was always going to strip out in
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Speaker 5: no matter what people say. I mean, he's an integral
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Speaker 5: part of our defense. And you know, as you mentioned
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Speaker 5: earlier on in the week, Tomlin, Rodgers and Cam Howard
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Speaker 5: three veterans, and hither is our leaders going to this season?
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Speaker 5: Of course, with the N three behind you you know,
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Speaker 5: you can't lose.
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Speaker 3: You can just feel and you can you just know
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Speaker 3: that black and gold runs through his veins. Cam Heyward
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Speaker 3: spoke to the media this week ahead of availability with
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Speaker 3: the Seahawks game this weekend with she can watch an
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Speaker 6: You know, one, we gotta get off blocks. We gotta
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Speaker 6: be more sound in our our stands, in our alignments,
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Speaker 6: you know, and I think we have to understand how
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Speaker 6: people are gonna attack us. You know, we we put
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Speaker 6: some stuff out there that's unacceptable, but you know, we
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Speaker 6: get to clean it up on Sunday.
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Speaker 7: A lot of time and effort as an organization, from
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Speaker 7: the draft, free agency, everything kind of since the Ravens
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Speaker 7: game was the run defense gotta be better, got to
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Speaker 7: be better, and it wasn't better. Concerning frustrating, you know, I.
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Speaker 6: Don't think it's it's done just in one game, but yeah,
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Speaker 6: we got an answer for that. Guys gotta get off blocks.
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Speaker 6: You know, up front, if we get double, we still
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Speaker 6: have to maintain our our gaps and everybody has an assignment,
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Speaker 6: you know, run defense is just you know, an uprunt,
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Speaker 6: you know job, it's you know, from the back end perspective,
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Speaker 6: it all works together and we can't make excuses for it.
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Speaker 6: But we've got to be better.
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Speaker 7: Camus are just physicality.
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Speaker 4: Said the main thing, Like what do you look at
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Speaker 4: what you said?
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Speaker 6: You see physicality. We could be a lot better.
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Speaker 4: I'm not shying away from that.
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Speaker 6: I think just you know, being accountable too. If you
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Speaker 6: have to be in the gap, you got to be
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Speaker 6: in the big gap if you have to be you know,
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Speaker 6: if you get a double, it doesn't matter that you're
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Speaker 6: getting the double, but I mean somebody else is free. Uh.
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Speaker 6: And you know, when we've been at our best, it's
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Speaker 6: multiple guys either defeating their blocks or just.
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Speaker 4: Maintaining their games. You guys are coming off a really
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Speaker 4: physical training camp.
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Speaker 6: Why do you think that physicality necessarily translate over to season.
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Speaker 6: I don't have a concrete answer to that. All I
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Speaker 6: can try to do is be a better me and
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Speaker 6: a better player. I think you know, you win those
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Speaker 6: type of games, and you know it's easily to just
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Speaker 6: say I'll, you know, close the book. But I think
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Speaker 6: our perspective is we can be a lot better and
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Speaker 6: we just got to find ways to win.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, how we.
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Speaker 6: Satisfying. I'm only realizing how more I'm relieved just because
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Speaker 6: I'm sleeping a lot better. But uh, you know, I
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Speaker 6: think I'm glad to put that behind us. You know,
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Speaker 6: glad I could just focus on football and you know,
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Speaker 6: go out there and earn it.
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Speaker 3: Ruling on here on the Irish Series podcast presented by
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Speaker 3: our Lingas ahead of this matchup, we've already talked about
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Speaker 3: our keys of the game. Before we get our game predictions,
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Speaker 3: we're gonna hear from coach Tumblin. Obviously a massive game
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Speaker 3: coming up. We know how good coach can be in
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Speaker 3: terms of getting these guys focused, getting these guys ready.
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Speaker 3: Ahead of week two of the season, the home opener
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Speaker 3: for this team, two weeks out from Dublin, let's briefly
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Speaker 3: here ahead of his availability earlier on in the week
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Speaker 3: on the Iris Shooters podcast presented by Erlings.
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Speaker 2: You know, they got a well rounded group, they got
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Speaker 2: some really capable coaches. They're doing a nice job of
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Speaker 2: mixing and expanding some schematics to create issues and certainly
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Speaker 2: at this early stage of the season is a concern
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Speaker 2: from a strategy perspective. On the other side, because there's
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Speaker 2: always the element of the unknown, and we'll be in
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Speaker 2: that mindset for a few more weeks, as will everyone else,
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Speaker 2: until there's enough video evidence out there for people's comfort.
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Speaker 2: That's just a component of September ball in this league,
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Speaker 2: and so I'll slide to the offensive side of the ball.
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Speaker 2: They got a group man that's really committed to run
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Speaker 2: the ball. Coach Kubiak is their coordinator. Dennison is their
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Speaker 2: line coaching kind of run game coordinator. They certainly have
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Speaker 2: a history together. Although they're new to Seattle, they've been together.
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Speaker 2: They were together in New Orleans last year. I think
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Speaker 2: they were together in Minnesota is in twenty twenty one.
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Speaker 2: But Dennison certainly has a motive operation. He and QBAC
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Speaker 2: worked well together. There's a commitment to running the ball.
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Speaker 2: They got two really good capable runners. I think that
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Speaker 2: was on display a week ago, but you know there
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Speaker 2: there's more evidence that that can't say enough about Walker
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Speaker 2: in his pad level, his ability to finish. He's got
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Speaker 2: a real good run posture and run demeanor. As I
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Speaker 2: mentioned earlier, they certainly have a motive operation. They're very
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Speaker 2: good zone scheme blockers. They have guys up front that
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Speaker 2: are really capable of moving well laterally, individually and collectively.
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Speaker 2: They can capture gaps, they can cut cut off backside defenders.
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Speaker 2: Their tackle tandem in particular is very talented. Their right tackle,
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Speaker 2: they just redid on the extension their left tackle. It
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Speaker 2: was a first round there a couple of years ago
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Speaker 2: from Mississippi State. Zabel High regarded rookie guard, probably the
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Speaker 2: best guard in the draft. He's a plug and play type.
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Speaker 2: And so they got a real good group up front.
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Speaker 2: They got a motive operation. They got two really good
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Speaker 2: capable runners. We certainly have some video on tape from
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Speaker 2: last week that that should excite them and create urgency
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Speaker 2: in US as we prepare in the passing game. Obviously,
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Speaker 2: they acquire Sam Darnold man, and this guy is just
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Speaker 2: battle tested man. He's been in a lot of systems
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Speaker 2: in the midst of it all moving around. He's continually
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Speaker 2: improved over the course of his career. He makes quick
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Speaker 2: and fluid decisions. He's good with the ball, he takes
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Speaker 2: care of the ball, he moves his unit, and that's
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Speaker 2: why they had the type of success that they had
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Speaker 2: with him in Minnesota a year ago and and why
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Speaker 2: they won as a football team, and so he certainly
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Speaker 2: has our attention his eligibles. Smith Dejigma was targeted quite
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Speaker 2: a bit last week. Not surprised. He's been developing an
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Speaker 2: emerging since he's been in the league and it's time
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Speaker 2: for him to be that. And certainly the acquisition of
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Speaker 2: Cooper Cup helps. You talk about a savvy route runner,
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Speaker 2: a guy that's really experienced in savvy at finding spaces
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Speaker 2: versus zone and showing patience and losing people at the
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Speaker 2: top of the route and winning versus leveraging. Man, he's
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Speaker 2: made a career of that, and so there's a lot
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Speaker 2: of things that have our attention. But more importantly than
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Speaker 2: anything else, Man, it's week two and it's our first
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Speaker 2: time at that seven day cycle and I'm excited about
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Speaker 2: doing it at home and acting sure in front of
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Speaker 2: Steeler Nation.
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Speaker 3: It's always good to hear from coach Solman. On the
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Speaker 3: Irishities podcast, Michael mccudd joined with Dvog McKee here. Dvog,
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Speaker 3: you've really excelled for it was key of the game.
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Speaker 3: I guess the only thing I lobbed myself is really
16:50
Speaker 3: exploit that run. Continued to get better each done. And
16:54
Speaker 3: if there is a situation where there is maybe that
16:59
Speaker 3: second for that third and two, that third and one,
17:03
Speaker 3: I know we've got a quarterback in Aron Rodgers that
17:05
Speaker 3: can fire them all down the field. Don't be freely
17:08
Speaker 3: dumbled off. I think it's going to be really managing
17:10
Speaker 3: the time, managing the field position.
17:12
Speaker 6: You know.
17:12
Speaker 3: Yes, it's the home game that we both know Seattle
17:14
Speaker 3: are going to go for it. So that's my real
17:15
Speaker 3: key to the game. Maximize the run that's there on that.
17:19
Speaker 3: If you had to make a game pick for this game,
17:22
Speaker 3: let's take our Steelers hats off for a second year.
17:24
Speaker 3: Let's just talk about it generally. This is not an
17:26
Speaker 3: easy game. We've seen it first hame last week in
17:28
Speaker 3: terms of what happened to brock Party with his defense
17:30
Speaker 3: as well. Obviously brock Party not expected to play for
17:33
Speaker 3: the Niners this week after going up against Seattle. This
17:35
Speaker 3: is not going to be an easy game. What's your
17:37
Speaker 3: thoughts on this game? If you had to give a
17:38
Speaker 3: game pick.
17:40
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's very much.
17:42
Speaker 5: You know, I completely agree with you there, you know,
17:44
Speaker 5: but utilizing that run game, I mean, what was it
17:46
Speaker 5: we had fifty yards fifty odd yards against the Jets
17:49
Speaker 5: defense last year last week, and I just think if
17:52
Speaker 5: we can capitalize on you know, as I mentioned about,
17:55
Speaker 5: you know, Christian McCaffrey, so Brian Romson Junior had their
17:59
Speaker 5: way with Seattle's these on the ground last week. So
18:01
Speaker 5: I think if we can capitalize on that, it gives
18:03
Speaker 5: us a real good foundation for as you mentioned, for
18:05
Speaker 5: Rogers to throw the ball on third and four, third
18:07
Speaker 5: and five, pick up then key first downs. We've seen
18:10
Speaker 5: it numerous occasions last week. I mean, maybe the fact
18:13
Speaker 5: that he knew the Jass defense a bit better maybe helped.
18:15
Speaker 5: But I think arguably a leaner defense this week, I
18:20
Speaker 5: think we can definitely capitalize on that. So obviously, just
18:24
Speaker 5: during jumping in with my prediction, and you know, it's
18:26
Speaker 5: funny because I thought last week was going to be
18:27
Speaker 5: low scoring.
18:28
Speaker 4: It was. I think it was the lowest.
18:30
Speaker 5: Over under of all the sixteen games on slop in
18:32
Speaker 5: Week one, mical, and it turned out to be the
18:33
Speaker 5: hash scoring. So it's really difficult to call these early
18:36
Speaker 5: games season season games because most teams are just trying
18:39
Speaker 5: to find their fake. But not being said, you know,
18:41
Speaker 5: I've looked up the stats. We've won seven of our
18:43
Speaker 5: last ten hop home openers. We're a team and an
18:46
Speaker 5: organization of three on home failed advantage, and I think
18:49
Speaker 5: we proved that time in the time of game. So,
18:51
Speaker 5: as I mentioned, I did watch Seattle on someday and
18:53
Speaker 5: there isn't much to jump out in the screen that
18:54
Speaker 5: were very young defense. I will obviously get better with age,
18:57
Speaker 5: but we know Mike Common. He loves playing against us
19:00
Speaker 5: on and inexperienced defenses due to his own experience in
19:03
Speaker 5: the league. And I'm just going to keep a shortened week, Magal.
19:05
Speaker 5: I think the Steelers win twenty seven to twenty one.
19:07
Speaker 5: I expect to see much of the same as last week,
19:09
Speaker 5: and there's going to be some mistakes, but there's also
19:11
Speaker 5: going to be some really good, impressive and improved play
19:14
Speaker 5: on both sides of the ball. So I think it's
19:16
Speaker 5: twenty seven twenty one Steelers, And as I said last year,
19:20
Speaker 5: McK take it to the bank.
19:23
Speaker 3: I have missed that. I've definitely missed that over the
19:25
Speaker 3: last few months. It's good to have that back. I
19:27
Speaker 3: don't think we've ever picked against the Steelers, and it's
19:29
Speaker 3: funny when you look at the way the Steels played
19:31
Speaker 3: last week, and it's something that we talked about in
19:33
Speaker 3: the podcast they over there for me Da Bug. You know,
19:36
Speaker 3: really the manner in which they won that game, the tackles,
19:39
Speaker 3: the pressure that was given towards the end, towards Justin
19:41
Speaker 3: Fields was huge. I think you cannot put a price
19:45
Speaker 3: on that momentum. We talk about having Cam Heward back,
19:48
Speaker 3: one guy we got back in the offseason. He never left.
19:50
Speaker 3: But in terms of a renewal, TG what always going
19:53
Speaker 3: to be a standout performer for this team. But when
19:55
Speaker 3: you look at it sat a minute ago, but you know,
19:57
Speaker 3: ensuring that run continues. When you've got Jalen Mood, when
20:00
Speaker 3: you've got Kenneth Game, well, when you've even got Caleb Johnson,
20:03
Speaker 3: you need to exploit that. I really see a game
20:06
Speaker 3: where we look at that depth. When you've got DK,
20:08
Speaker 3: you've got Rubin Wilson, you've got Calvin Austin. We've also
20:10
Speaker 3: got like Scottie Miller and Johnny Smith, different guys. Maybe
20:15
Speaker 3: you don't expect a certain times to come in and
20:17
Speaker 3: play and make those big plays. I think it's on
20:20
Speaker 3: those guys this week to really be effective. And I
20:23
Speaker 3: think this is going to be the game that we
20:26
Speaker 3: see DK breakout for the Steelers. I think DK metcalf
20:28
Speaker 3: is going to have over one hundred yards receiving for
20:31
Speaker 3: two touchdowns on Sunday. Give me the Steelers to win
20:34
Speaker 3: this game thirty four the twenty one and put a
20:39
Speaker 3: marker down not just on this team, but this division
20:43
Speaker 3: and we can sit two weeks out from Dublin with
20:45
Speaker 3: a big smile on their face. Do you like the
20:47
Speaker 3: sound of that?
20:49
Speaker 4: MC?
20:50
Speaker 5: Can you please write the script for this game, this game,
20:52
Speaker 5: this week's game. I absolutely love that. Two touchdowns and
20:56
Speaker 5: over one hundred yards. I do think he'll go for
20:58
Speaker 5: one hundred and the two touchdowns, will.
21:00
Speaker 3: Think I think he has to like when it's your
21:01
Speaker 3: old team as well, there's all that, you know, it's
21:03
Speaker 3: and I know you know, there's no ill feeling, the
21:06
Speaker 3: words the elf, but he wants to do it.
21:08
Speaker 4: You know he wants to do it.
21:10
Speaker 5: I completely agree. I mean, when the schedule came out,
21:12
Speaker 5: there's absolutely no doubt he was looking at that game thinking,
21:16
Speaker 5: I think I might take a rest for a week one.
21:18
Speaker 5: I'll maybe go for you know, eighty odd yards five receptions.
21:21
Speaker 5: He's my way and it and then go go nuclear,
21:23
Speaker 5: as I said, against his old team, and as we've manchined.
21:27
Speaker 5: He knows the defense, he knows the scheme, he knows
21:30
Speaker 5: the coach, he knows how to play against this defense.
21:32
Speaker 5: So I'm absolutely buzzing to see that, and I think
21:34
Speaker 5: I think you're right. I have him in my fantasy
21:36
Speaker 5: team this week as well, by the way, and I'm
21:39
Speaker 5: looking forward to a couple of high scoring points. So
21:40
Speaker 5: if you're listening to did you have, We're counting on you.
21:43
Speaker 5: But just obviously on the other guys you mentioned there
21:45
Speaker 5: and then you left out Ben Scarnik who scored a
21:48
Speaker 5: touchdown last week. I mean, we've got so many of
21:51
Speaker 5: those prec world targets that can can easily come up
21:53
Speaker 5: with a score. And as you've mentioned there obviously as
21:56
Speaker 5: well about the runner back Killum Johnston kilb Johnston, sorry,
22:00
Speaker 5: he's coming into his first year as a ricket. I'm
22:02
Speaker 5: really looking forward to seeing him. We watch him at
22:03
Speaker 5: IOWA and he's got a lot of potential and I'll
22:06
Speaker 5: hopefully see a bit of a breakout geam from him
22:08
Speaker 5: this week as well. So I completely agree. I think
22:11
Speaker 5: this week is a real opportunity to stomp or authority
22:14
Speaker 5: in the division early on. Obviously with the Ravens losing
22:17
Speaker 5: last week and the Browns losing of course to the Bengals,
22:20
Speaker 5: and the Bengals what they had like twenty offensive yours
22:23
Speaker 5: in the second half. I think this is a real
22:25
Speaker 5: good opportunity to set our stalls for the season. I
22:28
Speaker 5: don't love at you, but I think that's how it goes.
22:31
Speaker 3: We'll bring it on, bring it on. Thanks for coming
22:33
Speaker 3: on this week. We're actually going to do a two
22:36
Speaker 3: man panel throughout the season, and I know you're going
22:38
Speaker 3: to be on again in a little while, Davig. Really
22:40
Speaker 3: looking forward to hearing from you again and appreciate your efforts.
22:43
Speaker 3: And it's funny like I can see they're chatting the
22:46
Speaker 3: way through this podcast. Appreciate the effort you're putting into
22:48
Speaker 3: this podcast man as well. Hopefully we're sitting to and
22:51
Speaker 3: know and we can chat on Sunday and see the crack.
22:53
Speaker 3: And I hope everybody listening remembers that you can watch
22:56
Speaker 3: the game on the NFL Game Pass on the Zone.
22:58
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23:00
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23:03
Speaker 3: for all the information in regards to the weekend in Dublin.
23:06
Speaker 3: The teal get happened in the Marion Square. I will
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Speaker 3: definitely see you there for that fit Simon's Bar, and
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Speaker 3: of course the Steelers pro shop not too far from
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Speaker 3: Grafton Street in Dublin. Check that out from myself from
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Speaker 3: that vug. We'll see you again very soon. Hope you
23:19
Speaker 3: enjoy the weekend.
23:20
Speaker 4: Here we go, Here we go.
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