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USMNT Out of World Cup Play, LeBron Free Agency Watch Continues, and Will McCarthy-Rodgers Reunion be Prosperous in Pittsburgh · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 2: That was That was brutal. That was a tough way
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  Speaker 2: for that run to end.
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  Speaker 1: A really fun, really interesting World Cup run by the
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  Speaker 1: US men's national team.
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  Speaker 2: To the end, really really tough watch.
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  Speaker 1: They became the third host country eliminated, losing to Belgium
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  Speaker 1: four to one.
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  Speaker 2: Brutal watch, mental lapses. Really felt like they.
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  Speaker 1: Started incredibly slow, very uncharacteristic of the way that they
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  Speaker 1: had played in all the matches up until that point.
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  Speaker 1: Belgium just looked faster, They looked more decisive, they were
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  Speaker 1: more aggressive, they made less mistakes. I mean, the US
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  Speaker 1: just did not feel like they had it together, and
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  Speaker 1: by the time they got it together, it was way
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  Speaker 1: too late. Malie Tilban did score another incredible free kick,
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  Speaker 1: but it just felt like every time the US got
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  Speaker 1: any kind of momentum, Belgium took it right back, and
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  Speaker 1: by the time the game was over, all of the
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  Speaker 1: good times of the group stage in round of thirty
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  Speaker 1: two felt like a distant memory. This was a very
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  Speaker 1: controversial matchup. Because of the situation with Plow Gallagoon and
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  Speaker 1: being allowed to play. Trump had a lot of unfortunate
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  Speaker 1: comments about how it all went down. There was a
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  Speaker 1: lot of controversy about whether he should want to be
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  Speaker 1: in or you know, he should sit out. You know,
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  Speaker 1: the changing of the rules for the US, the potential corruption.
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  Speaker 2: We can get into all of that conversation.
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  Speaker 1: Personally, I don't think it's the player's obligation to sit
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  Speaker 1: out of something after he has been ruled.
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  Speaker 2: He didn't play any role.
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  Speaker 1: Other than being the lead score or on the US
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  Speaker 1: and being a player that got a red card and
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  Speaker 1: it was brought to Trump's attention. I have a lot
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  Speaker 1: of thoughts about it, but personally I think get the
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  Speaker 1: call right is usually what I default too. If you
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  Speaker 1: have review, if you have the opportunity to look at
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  Speaker 1: something and see that it's wrong, get it right. And
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  Speaker 1: if you have the opportunity to fix it before it's
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  Speaker 1: more punitive, get it right now. Obviously, the purests and
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  Speaker 1: people who are sticklers for all this are are going
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  Speaker 1: to have their opinion, and a lot of people felt
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  Speaker 1: like the US shouldn't play Ballagoon.
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  Speaker 2: I think that.
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  Speaker 1: There is some historical precedent for this, and in general,
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  Speaker 1: I think the rules for the World Cup when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to red cards should be more closely examined, examined
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  Speaker 1: moving forward, because if something is unintentional, then I I
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  Speaker 1: do not think that it should affect.
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  Speaker 2: The next game.
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  Speaker 1: And I think with the review capabilities that we have,
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  Speaker 1: with the contexts that we're able to see and watching
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  Speaker 1: things in full speed, we can make those decisions from
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  Speaker 1: a different purview. But that's for the next World Cup committee.
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  Speaker 2: To decide and for FIFA to figure out.
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  Speaker 1: As far as the Americans go, this was, you know,
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  Speaker 1: not a successful World Cup because we had an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: against Belgium and we failed. But I do feel like
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  Speaker 1: there were some positives out of this run.
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  Speaker 2: I think it did a lot for men's.
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  Speaker 1: Soccer in America and I don't think that's going to
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  Speaker 1: fade anytime soon.
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  Speaker 2: We got a lot of great stories.
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  Speaker 1: Alex Freeman, son of NFL great Antonio Freeman, obviously flow
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  Speaker 1: ballagoon and everything that he brought to the table. You know,
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  Speaker 1: born in New York after his mother was deemed too pregnant.
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  Speaker 2: To fly back to the UK.
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  Speaker 1: Not ironically, they're trying to get rid of birthright citizenship,
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  Speaker 1: which is, you know, the reason that he was available
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  Speaker 1: to play for the US. Anthony Robinson born in England,
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  Speaker 1: but his dad grew up in White Plains, New York,
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  Speaker 1: and one national title playing soccer at Duke Malie Tilman obviously,
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  Speaker 1: who became a star over the last couple games. His
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  Speaker 1: slate father was in the US Army and met his
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  Speaker 1: mother while he was stationed in Germany. There's so many
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  Speaker 1: great stories that have come out of this World Cup,
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  Speaker 1: and storytelling is a really big part of building fandom
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  Speaker 1: and bringing in, particularly for men's soccer, young players. And
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  Speaker 1: if we're going to build up the soccer culture in
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  Speaker 1: this country, if we are going to be a competitor
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  Speaker 1: at the highest level in the world, we need to
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  Speaker 1: develop young players at a very young age. And that
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  Speaker 1: is why the women's team has been so dominant for
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  Speaker 1: as long as they have, and it's why the men's
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  Speaker 1: teams around the world are generally better than the US
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  Speaker 1: men's team. It's not a matter of resources, because a
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  Speaker 1: lot of these teams have great resources, and obviously the
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  Speaker 1: US has great resources as well, but it's also a
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  Speaker 1: matter of getting young players into the system early. So
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  Speaker 1: congrats to the US men's team on a very nice run.
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  Speaker 1: You brought us together, you got us excited, and despite
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  Speaker 1: the way that the Belgium game went, which was disappointing,
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  Speaker 1: I think a lot of good came out of this
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  Speaker 1: particular World Cup run. So the World Cup continues for
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  Speaker 1: eight teams on the field. MBA free agency is cracking
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  Speaker 1: off the court. The Warriors have been heavily involved in
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  Speaker 1: reports surrounding Lebron James free agent Lebron James. Earlier in
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  Speaker 1: this off season and in off season's previous the Warriors have.
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  Speaker 2: Mentioned a lot in connection to the King.
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  Speaker 1: They were even early favorites to sign Lebron this cycle,
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  Speaker 1: but the latest reports are not looking so good.
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  Speaker 2: Warriors Brass reportedly have a.
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  Speaker 1: Low level of optimism that James will choose Golden State
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  Speaker 1: as his next final MBA destination to conclude his career.
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  Speaker 2: We've talked about this a couple of times obviously.
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  Speaker 1: Last week, Draymond declined his player option to give the
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  Speaker 1: Warriors room to land what would be a big fish
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  Speaker 1: in Lebron James and potentially ad for what may be
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  Speaker 1: Steph Curry's last run in Golden State or at all
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  Speaker 1: and it's looking like it might not be the case.
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  Speaker 1: Bob Myers is no longer there. I hope leaving that
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  Speaker 1: money on the table works out for Draymond. Obviously, Klay
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  Speaker 1: Thompson did choose another team.
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  Speaker 2: Jannis is not going to be there.
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  Speaker 1: It feels kind of like Lebron or Bus. They could
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  Speaker 1: go after DeMar Derozen, but the West is shaping up
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  Speaker 1: in a very interesting way, and the East looks already,
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  Speaker 1: as we've talked about, completely different. So the Warriors being
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  Speaker 1: a team that is perennially competitive for a time, was
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  Speaker 1: a dynasty and still has one of the greatest of
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  Speaker 1: all players of all time and Steph Curry. I really
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  Speaker 1: hope that they are still able to put together.
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  Speaker 2: A competitive roster and.
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  Speaker 1: If everyone is healthy, that they are able to make
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  Speaker 1: a run and be in the mix. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if Lebron is going to end up there. It's looking
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  Speaker 1: less and less likely that the Warriors will be the
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  Speaker 1: spot that he lands. But as we all kind of
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  Speaker 1: watch to see where he goes, the free agency and
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  Speaker 1: the off season continue to shape up and moves continue
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  Speaker 1: to be made. After a while, you can only wait
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  Speaker 1: for Lebron for so long. All right, well, le's teck
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  Speaker 1: a little football American football.
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  Speaker 2: Before we get out of here.
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  Speaker 1: The NFL, the Steelers, my hometown team, are going to
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  Speaker 1: be very interesting this year. They have Mike McCarthy obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin has moved on, and Aaron Rodgers and they
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  Speaker 1: are reunited, and it feels so weird. McCarthy is stepping
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  Speaker 1: into lead his hometown team. He's a Pittsburgher as well,
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  Speaker 1: at sixty two years old, and Rogers is entering his
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  Speaker 1: second season in Pittsburgh, where he will turn forty three
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  Speaker 1: in about week thirteen. And Rogers said, it's just the
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  Speaker 1: next generations of the West Coast offense. It went kind
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  Speaker 1: of Bill Walsh to kind of what Mike was doing
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  Speaker 1: with Paul Hackett, and then it's kind of grown from there.
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  Speaker 1: From a real fundamental level, it's all about the quarterback's timing.
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  Speaker 2: I spent thirteen years in Mike's offense.
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  Speaker 1: He's changed some stuff when he was in Dallas, stuff
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  Speaker 1: we used to run, but he's just called it something different.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: McCarthy is taking over a Pittsburgh offense that ranked sixteenth
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  Speaker 1: in scoring in its sixth consecutive season outside of top
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  Speaker 1: ten in scoring.
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  Speaker 2: I do not have a lot of optimism about what
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers are going to look like this year.
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  Speaker 1: He will have Michael Pittman and he joins DK Metcalf
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  Speaker 1: and a second round rookie in Jeremy Bernard, so he
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  Speaker 1: does have some weapons. I would like to see them
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  Speaker 1: get a playoff victory at this point. That is, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: that's the bar and how for me as far as
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers go. But they haven't had a playoff victory
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  Speaker 1: since twenty sixteen, so it's been some time.
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  Speaker 2: A lot has happened.
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  Speaker 1: And while the obviously we know the Steelers always have
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  Speaker 1: a winning season and have the opportunity to play in
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  Speaker 1: the wildcard round or win the division, they haven't been
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  Speaker 1: able to do anything in the postseason. And the standard
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  Speaker 1: for the Pittsburgh Steelers at one point was championships or
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  Speaker 1: it's a failure, and now we're just, you know, hopeful
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  Speaker 1: to win a playoff game. I really don't understand what
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  Speaker 1: the long term direction of the Steelers is. And I
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  Speaker 1: like Mike McCarthy did. I thought he got an unfair
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  Speaker 1: shake in Dallas at the end. But this is obviously
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  Speaker 1: Rogers last season. He has sat as much so it's
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  Speaker 1: win or bus because he's not coming back, and I
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  Speaker 1: just it just feels like they're kind of in groundhog
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  Speaker 1: Day in Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 2: Even with all the changes.
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  Speaker 1: I know, it sounds good that you know they are
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  Speaker 1: back together and they have all this experience together and
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  Speaker 1: they're going to run it back for some glorious season.
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  Speaker 2: But I mean, you look around the division.
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  Speaker 1: I know there's changes in Baltimore, and I know that
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  Speaker 1: the Bengals are tough to trust, and who knows what's
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  Speaker 1: going on in Cleveland, but you still have Lamar Jackson
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  Speaker 1: and Joe Burrow in division. If they have healthy seasons
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  Speaker 1: and can put anything together, that makes it very difficult.
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  Speaker 1: You look around the rest of the conference, I just
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  Speaker 1: don't see how they're able to compete at the top
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  Speaker 1: end of the AFC. But they'll be fun to talk
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  Speaker 1: about and I'm sure they'll give us lots of good quotes.
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  Speaker 1: So once the season gets here, we'll get to dig
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  Speaker 1: in and see what the Steelers have to offer. But
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  Speaker 1: I'm optimistic that they'll have another winning season, but it
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  Speaker 1: won't look too much different than it has looked with
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  Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin.
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  Speaker 2: Over the past couple year.
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