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Let’s make some Bold Predictions! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hey books, Welcome into the Irish Steaeters Podcast. Michael with
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Speaker 1: que joining you along with two of the biggest, if
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Speaker 1: not the biggest Steelers fans in Ireland. We got Jimmy
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Speaker 1: English and Dave McKee. Jimmy, first off, met we're still here.
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Speaker 1: We survived the first caught after the first week. How
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Speaker 1: are you doing?
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Speaker 2: We did indeed, Mike, and it's great back for episode
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Speaker 2: number two and yeah, just devided to be devided to
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Speaker 2: be doing it and talking from studios with you boys.
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Speaker 1: I really enjoyed it last week Jimmy and Deave. I
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Speaker 1: really enjoyed your your input also, it was a great
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Speaker 1: crack and just looking forward to these next few weeks
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Speaker 1: as well.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks Michael. It's good to be back on the
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Speaker 3: second the second episode. Have got a few autographs and
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Speaker 3: stuff on the straight to sign so Apart from that, yeah,
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Speaker 3: it's been, it's been. It's been good and the long
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Speaker 3: way have continue. So lucky to be here.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, I think I think we all feel like that,
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Speaker 1: and it's yeah, we're not mallow on this too long,
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Speaker 1: but I guess it was just like just in terms
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Speaker 1: of what you said and what we said at the start,
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Speaker 1: it was great last week, but more so it was
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Speaker 3: Get that is.
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Speaker 2: That is my day job, Mike on social media for life.
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Speaker 2: So that I've solutely no problem.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna have a bit of crack this week. We
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Speaker 1: are sitting, we're a couple of weeks on from training camp.
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Speaker 1: Still I didn't know a lot of the Staters are
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Speaker 1: the last team to actually start training camp as well,
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Speaker 1: not that that matters in any way shipe or form.
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Speaker 1: I literally seen this today when I was researching, and
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Speaker 1: I was like, okay, last back, first to finish.
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Speaker 3: It could work.
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Speaker 1: Sorry, last to finish first to finish, you know, finishing
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Speaker 1: first at the division of course, and see if that well,
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Speaker 1: then we're we're gonna look at a few bull predictions stay.
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Speaker 1: So basically, for people wondering, we're gonna have a bit
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Speaker 1: of crack. Crack for us means have a bit of fun,
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Speaker 1: and we are going to just have a laugh and
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Speaker 1: speak to what we think is going to happen during
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Speaker 1: the season. We got some cool episodes planned over the
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Speaker 1: next few weeks, and we're also going to look a
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Speaker 1: bit of the nineteen ninety seven anniversary Game a couple
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Speaker 1: of weeks. Ironoqually ask to see a week the training
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Speaker 1: camp starts, so it's going to be a busy time,
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Speaker 1: some great guests coming up. For now, you're gonna have
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Speaker 1: to stick with us. So Jimmy, I'm gonna give you
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Speaker 1: the honor of starting us.
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Speaker 3: And we've got like, let's saylitt two or three.
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Speaker 1: Bold predictions each. Do you want to start us off
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Speaker 1: with your bold prediction and maybe gave us a short
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Speaker 1: reason why it's a bull prediction?
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Speaker 2: I would indeed, Michael, and you know I've been winning
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Speaker 2: this all day, and my ball prediction is that wide
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Speaker 2: receiver George Pickens wins Offensive Player of the Year. And yeah,
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Speaker 2: I got by by your reaction that if that is
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Speaker 2: the bulbs of predictions and I will I will give
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Speaker 2: you my power process. We saw last year he was
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Speaker 2: underutilized in the first couple of games and he was frustrated.
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Speaker 2: But once he started getting you know, some passes and
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Speaker 2: some catches, we we got to see his his fantastic ability,
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Speaker 2: his connection with quarterback Kenny Pickett, and just frankly, some
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Speaker 2: mind blowing plays. And I think the Steelers would be
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Speaker 2: would be foolish not to immediately capitalize on that connection
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Speaker 2: and that skill set in the early season this year.
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Speaker 2: And you know, I think he's gonna break out as
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Speaker 2: a Steeters wide receiver, number one wide receiver. So of
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Speaker 2: course Deanta Johnson having some questionable drops last year. So
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Speaker 2: I think Pickens in his second year, he's matured a bit.
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Speaker 2: He has the connection with quarterback Kenny Pickett, and he's
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Speaker 2: just gonna blow up. And I think that it's gonna
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Speaker 2: be pickets to Pickens, you know, four or five times
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Speaker 2: a game come September. So and I think he's just
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Speaker 2: going to rock up yards and scores and stun the league.
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Speaker 1: If he agree with Obviously, in terms of Jimmy said
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Speaker 1: he had four touchdows last year, but you could see
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Speaker 1: that breakout coming this year. But yeah, if he starts
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Speaker 1: off well, David, it might not be able prediction at all.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's certainly a bold protection in terms of people
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Speaker 3: maybe listening and thinking, surely he's not that good. But
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Speaker 3: I think me and Jimmy and yourself Michael know just
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Speaker 3: how good he can be, and he was an absolute
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Speaker 3: monster in college as radio and I say, we've got
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Speaker 3: good foundations and stuff to work around. You know, he
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Speaker 3: didn't have the greatest year last year, but it didn't
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Speaker 3: have to be great. At the same time, you know,
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Speaker 3: we'll have so many good offensive weapons. So if we
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Speaker 3: can just get him on that breakout the year, hopefully
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Speaker 3: it'll and'll come around. And obviously I completely agree with
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Speaker 3: everything Jimmy said. You know, he's not good, so it's
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Speaker 3: a bold prediction and certainly is bold. But at the
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Speaker 3: same time, it's not going to shock us because we
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Speaker 3: know how good he is.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely well, we've got pickings for a start. I'll give
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Speaker 1: my first of all. It'll be second they is we
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Speaker 1: were chatting off off audio or screen earlier on then
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Speaker 1: that we might have the same predictions books. We actually
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Speaker 1: don't know what our predictions are each so the interest me,
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Speaker 1: what's your first ball prediction.
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Speaker 3: Well, my first bold prediction, it's it's not too different
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Speaker 3: to Jimmy's, but my first bold prediction is that Kenny
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Speaker 3: Pickett is inde gonna win the MVP. And hold on
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Speaker 3: a minute, just just hear me out right. So if
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Speaker 3: you look at second year quarterbacks, for example, justin Herbert
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Speaker 3: Joe Burrow actually matched it last week in the podcast
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Speaker 3: as well. These it seems that there's a trend running
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Speaker 3: in the NFL at the minute where quarterbacks sort of
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Speaker 3: well maybe not struggle that maybe shows signs of improvement
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Speaker 3: in their first year, and their second year just come
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Speaker 3: out like lightning. And I think this is what's gonna happen.
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Speaker 3: Patrick Mahomes he won the MVP and his second year,
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Speaker 3: Lamar Jackson he won the MVP and his second year.
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Speaker 3: It just seems like they're a trend common and if
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Speaker 3: you know what I mean. So it just looks like
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Speaker 3: Kenny is certainly ready for that step up as well
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Speaker 3: as that if you look at I'm just trying to
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Speaker 3: get up here wherever they are. Sorry loads hey Ran,
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Speaker 3: and yeah, so if you look at as well, you know,
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Speaker 3: we've actually only ever had one m VP. Danny has
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Speaker 3: suppon a ha howzard to guess of who it is. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: something tells.
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Speaker 2: Me it might be our Earth while a quare back
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Speaker 2: Ben Rothlisberger, I believe it or us not Ben, I
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Speaker 2: couldn't believe Ben hasn't won US.
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Speaker 3: It's Terry Bradshaw. Yeah, only player to ever win the
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Speaker 3: MVP is a Steeler and one in nineteen seventy eight
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Speaker 3: and he's only stailored ever one. It's obviously we won
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Speaker 3: the Super Bowl that year as well, and as well
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Speaker 3: as that another reason why I think he's going to
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Speaker 3: go far. And this time last year, I don't know
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Speaker 3: if they v Isknew, but we were actually ranked first
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Speaker 3: amongst teams for schedule difficulty and so that's crazy to think.
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Speaker 3: And now we're actually we're sitting at nineteenth, which obviously
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Speaker 3: isn't the easiest, but it's despite fearing not the worst.
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Speaker 3: So with an easier schedule playing against the FC South,
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Speaker 3: there's no doubt that Canny can certainly show off why
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Speaker 3: why he's going to be good enough to win MVP.
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Speaker 3: So that's my first Bowl prediction. Read didn't wait.
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Speaker 1: I have to say that I thought I thought that
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Speaker 1: people would use my vole podition, which he'll say in
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Speaker 1: a few seconds. First off, but I'd love to say
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Speaker 1: I like it. I like the balls in this I
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Speaker 1: like the motivation in terms of Pickett be at MVP.
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Speaker 1: I mean, I just want to see JV. I just
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Speaker 1: want to see that next progression from him in the
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Speaker 1: second year. And like I mean, if he gets to
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Speaker 1: eat at anywhere near that level, I think we'll all
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Speaker 1: be happy with him. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, And I think the Steelers have made steps during
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Speaker 2: the offseason the draft and free agency and picking up
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Speaker 2: linemen to really reinforce the offensive line and to give
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Speaker 2: pick Up the chance to to develop as a quarterback,
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Speaker 2: to make his reads, to find his open receivers. You know,
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Speaker 2: the fantastic offensive weapons have been able to him in
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Speaker 2: the passing game. And I think it's just now in
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Speaker 2: case of putting all those pieces together, align the connections
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Speaker 2: with the receivers his second year as a pro quarterback.
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Speaker 2: And I have to agree with Dave. I mean, he
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Speaker 2: could absolutely take off this year if everything just lines up,
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Speaker 2: and certainly it couldn't be much worse than last season.
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Speaker 2: This theater is finishing twenty ninth. Built the pass and
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Speaker 2: the rush, so Hangs can only really go up from here.
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Speaker 2: To be honest with you, I love it.
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Speaker 1: This is probably not a bull prediction right because this
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Speaker 1: is the expectation with this franchise. But my first one
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Speaker 1: is I think the Steelers will get to at least
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Speaker 1: at least the division of Round of the playoffs. I
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Speaker 1: think they can get past the lot. The only reason
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Speaker 1: I'm seen is because of that progression on both sides
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Speaker 1: of the ball, the fact that nobody's talking about this
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Speaker 1: team and the strength that they have. Look at the
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Speaker 1: like look at the Steelers' schedule second half of the season.
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Speaker 1: You've got a situation where you play our is only
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Speaker 1: you play the patrit you played the Coast flinging a
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Speaker 1: rover there, and you finish off against the Seahawks and
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Speaker 1: the Ravens. I am going to sit here now and
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Speaker 1: say I think the Steelers will beat the Ravens home
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Speaker 1: and away this year, and it beat the Reeven and
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Speaker 1: beat the Bengals at least once. As a bold prediction,
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Speaker 1: I know, but whenever you've got a guy like Tomlin.
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Speaker 1: I'll talk about Tomlin for my second Bowl prediction. When
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Speaker 1: you've got that consistency and you've got that project that
8:58
Speaker 1: we're working on here in Pittsburgh. I don't even think
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Speaker 1: it's that bold. I think if the Steelers can get
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Speaker 1: into the playoffs, they don't even have to win the division.
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Speaker 1: But if they get in as a wild card, they
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Speaker 1: can go all or run and they can build up
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Speaker 1: a mental mustache without finish that they have lots al
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Speaker 1: mad tell me I'm modern.
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Speaker 2: No, I don't think so. I think I like you said, Michael,
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Speaker 2: that's the expectation every year. I mean, where every franchise
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Speaker 2: is super Bowl or nothing. I mean it's all or nothing.
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Speaker 2: It has to be the high stakes. And I just
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Speaker 2: started watching the quarterback before we came on and on Netflix,
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Speaker 2: and that was the statement. It's you know, every year
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Speaker 2: it's it's it's super Bowl or nothing. So that the
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Speaker 2: expectation is that, like Mike thom And is fond of saying,
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Speaker 2: the standard is the standard, and I think, you know,
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Speaker 2: it's entirely possible, but they have to beat those those
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Speaker 2: division rivals. And I think not everything has to be perfect,
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Speaker 2: but certainly things need to go better than they did
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Speaker 2: last season.
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Speaker 1: The what do you recommit?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's it's a bold one beating them both
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Speaker 3: home and away. We do. We do it quite often
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Speaker 3: with the Ravens. We seem to go into Mt MT
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Speaker 3: and T and and beat them quite often. But it
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Speaker 3: is obviously just where the Bengals they're They're looking extremely
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Speaker 3: good at the minutes, you could say, but as I say,
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Speaker 3: it's it's it's a bold one, but not that bold.
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Speaker 3: I think they at the same time, the Bengals and
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Speaker 3: the Ravens, they still fear us. They still see us
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Speaker 3: as like the big dog in the division. No matter
10:20
Speaker 3: you know how how much they try to paint to
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Speaker 3: day feel as much as we respect them and how
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Speaker 3: good we know they are. It's it's certainly doable. So
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Speaker 3: let's just hopefully that that bull reduction comes true, because
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Speaker 3: they're nothing I like better than beating the Ravens home.
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Speaker 1: In a way, to be honest, well, I like the
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Speaker 1: way that the schedule set up, in the fact that
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Speaker 1: the Bengals first game is November and then you're getting
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Speaker 1: towards the end again, so you could go in a
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Speaker 1: bit you got teams like the Rams there. We don't
10:46
Speaker 1: know what the Packers are going to be like. So
10:47
Speaker 1: there is that situation where we've talked about the FC
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Speaker 1: side as well, where you could see the seeders hopefully
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Speaker 1: going a bit of a roll and gets the wins
10:54
Speaker 1: on the board because they're gonna need it, you lads
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Speaker 1: mounted in that quarterback Netflix show, I think we're all
10:58
Speaker 1: binging that this week. So I am already thinking if
11:02
Speaker 1: they're going to have a season too, and we can
11:03
Speaker 1: talk about this after Well, it's called quarterback, but I
11:07
Speaker 1: feel like they could do different positions, you know, it
11:10
Speaker 1: doesn't have to just be a quarterback that I'd love
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Speaker 1: to see Kelly take a lot as well. It will
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Speaker 1: be interesting, right is it your turn?
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Speaker 3: Is your turn? Did go for it? I'll go for it. Yeah.
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Speaker 3: My second bulb prodiction, again, it's probably not as bold
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Speaker 3: as my first, but my second bul prediction is t J.
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Speaker 3: Watt will in the break his own and Michael Strahan's
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Speaker 3: single season sack record. So basically he's had He's broke
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Speaker 3: this record in twenty will not broke it, but he
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Speaker 3: tied it in twenty twenty one. I think it was.
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Speaker 3: And the reason this may not be ball is because
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Speaker 3: he owns the record obviously, But imagine being so good
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Speaker 3: that you actually tied the record and then you go
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Speaker 3: and break it as well. So he's breaking his own
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Speaker 3: record and he only actually managed to play fifteen games
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Speaker 3: that year, and so I think that says a lot.
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Speaker 3: You know, he's getting an extra two games this year
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Speaker 3: to break that record, and I think he's gonna do
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Speaker 3: it hend and show above everybody else if he can
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Speaker 3: stay fip that is, you know, he has had a
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Speaker 3: few injury problems and if I've actually looked at it
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Speaker 3: as well, you know, any player who's recorded, you know,
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Speaker 3: over twenty sacks in a season since the league actually
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Speaker 3: started taking starts aside from YG White, he had twelve
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Speaker 3: gmc man as he get over twenty sacks, which is crazy,
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Speaker 3: but that all of them monas the monest monited sixteen games.
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Speaker 3: So I think there's just no way he can't break
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Speaker 3: it if he plays the whole seventeen games and he
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Speaker 3: has to do with you know, by by basically you know,
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Speaker 3: being doing what he does best, was a rushing the quarterback.
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Speaker 3: So that's my second Bowl prediction. Hopefully it's not too bold,
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Speaker 3: but it'll hopefully come true.
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Speaker 2: Was it last?
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Speaker 3: Was it last year?
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Speaker 2: He came out and they got a half the sack,
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Speaker 2: but they they wiped it off Ford and ended up
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Speaker 2: not counting and was raging him. But I think they
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Speaker 2: like he's he's one of the premierre, not the premier
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Speaker 2: path versus were in the league. And just you know,
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Speaker 2: we will might be biased here as Fears fans and
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Speaker 2: as TJ fans, but like he years, there's no one
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Speaker 2: comes close to them, I think anyway. So definitely agree
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Speaker 2: it could be the year where he owns that record.
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Speaker 1: The thing. The thing as well is he's twenty eight
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Speaker 1: years of age. She's got probably got another four to
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Speaker 1: five sixtions provided he's still in Pittsburgh. Lost to break
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Speaker 1: that as well, which is great because it could happen.
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Speaker 1: In terms of it, he leads, he leads the Steelers
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Speaker 1: in most socks at twenty two and a half and
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty one season, so we'll see what happens. Who
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Speaker 1: wants to been to break another record.
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Speaker 3: He's up for it.
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Speaker 1: A guy that had a foy and thirty four rushing
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Speaker 1: yards last year, twelve hundred in this rookie season. It
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Speaker 1: was the most yards by rookie running back ever for
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Speaker 1: the Steelers. I am going to come out here and
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Speaker 1: say that the Najie Harris Rick's Barie Foster's rushing yards
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Speaker 1: record of sixteen hundred and ninety this year, and the
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Speaker 1: reaction that these guys are giving me on the camera
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Speaker 1: right now says it all the reason that it was then,
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Speaker 1: it is because I feel if Kerry is too obviously
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Speaker 1: we obviously want to see more progression in terms of
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Speaker 1: getting to the white huts and moving the ball down
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Speaker 1: the field. But if Kenny dawes of games where he
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Speaker 1: does maybe suffer confidence issues or he's not getting the
14:11
Speaker 1: ball out of the field where he wants to, he
14:13
Speaker 1: can hang it on the Nagi. And if Nagi gets
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Speaker 1: a clear path from this season, I like you said
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Speaker 1: it yourself about having the extra game. That extra game
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Speaker 1: gives a whole different aspect to it. So why can't
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Speaker 1: Nagie go for fourteen one hundred and fifteen hundred yards
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Speaker 1: this season? And even if he's somewhere around the fourteen
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Speaker 1: to fifteen hundred yard marked by week fifteen, Week sixteen,
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Speaker 1: well then come week seventeen, the lads could be here
14:36
Speaker 1: here this is keep going there we go. I had
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Speaker 1: I had to do it, and I had to say it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there's I absolutely agree, and he could
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Speaker 2: definitely do it. He gives one of the best backs
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Speaker 2: in the league despite you know, some swetes struggle if
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Speaker 2: you might have had. I think two things have to
14:54
Speaker 2: go right for Nage this year for him to reach
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Speaker 2: the block of the heights, Michael. I think, first of all,
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Speaker 2: he has to stay out be and as the steers
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Speaker 2: bell cow back and we're crazy touches in crazy carry.
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Speaker 2: He has to be able to stay you know, physically healthy.
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Speaker 2: And second of all, I think the upgrade to the
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Speaker 2: O line will definitely help open some open up some
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Speaker 2: some bigger holes for him to rush through this season.
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Speaker 2: So absolutely think it is feasible. It's it's within the
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Speaker 2: rounds of possibility. And yeah, look I love watching nag
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Speaker 2: you do his thing and running the ball, running people over.
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Speaker 2: So yeah thinkers prossed.
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Speaker 1: The other man? Not so just stop right now and
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Speaker 1: go off this column.
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Speaker 3: Certainly not mod Michael. It can definitely happen. The only
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Speaker 3: thing is, obviously with the rushing yards and stuff. He's
15:41
Speaker 3: very effective coming out the back as a catch or
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Speaker 3: a past catcher as well in the passing game, so
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Speaker 3: he's another threat in the passing game. That's maybe the
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Speaker 3: only thing you'd say about it, but it's certainly not MODD.
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Speaker 3: You know, he could break off a two hundred rushing
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Speaker 3: yard game easily, as Jimmy was saying, but you know
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Speaker 3: the pieces we've added on the offensive line, it's it's
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Speaker 3: it's proven that we're you know, we're we're strengthened in
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Speaker 3: the opposition. So it's it's definitely not mod It's it's bold,
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Speaker 3: but not mass.
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Speaker 1: Let's get two more before let's let's have this quarterback
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Speaker 1: conversation as Netflix showed this bore golf in the few minutes.
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Speaker 1: But let let's let let's get two more from you lads.
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Speaker 1: I'll just jump into my last one very quickly. I
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Speaker 1: was going to say the top moments Clach of the year,
16:21
Speaker 1: so Jimmy worked on two different but that was just me,
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Speaker 1: you know, pleasing the CRYD. But that I mean, if
16:28
Speaker 1: Steelers make like we've seen with Brandiable the last year,
16:30
Speaker 1: if the Steeers make the playoffs and go deepen up
16:32
Speaker 1: into the playoffs and have a really, really defined improved
16:36
Speaker 1: performance of the side of the ball, that could be
16:38
Speaker 1: an argument, depending where to finish in the north. I'm
16:40
Speaker 1: just pubbing it out there, but I feel free to
16:43
Speaker 1: respond or give us your next Bowl prediction.
16:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, Dave, I'm gathering my thoughts here, so you work
16:50
Speaker 2: on that one.
16:52
Speaker 3: It's you know, there's a lot of good coaches out there.
16:57
Speaker 3: There's it's again, it's it's it's bold, but it's not
17:00
Speaker 3: crazy to say, you know, if we win, it just
17:02
Speaker 3: depends on how the season goes. If we go seventeen
17:05
Speaker 3: and no, and you know, there's there's absolutely no way
17:09
Speaker 3: you won't win Coach of the Year, even though the
17:11
Speaker 3: unlikeliness of that happening.
17:13
Speaker 1: But if if the Steelers dinis of all the bangles,
17:17
Speaker 1: if not never mind the like, if they were to
17:19
Speaker 1: win the division, there has to be a conversation about surely.
17:23
Speaker 3: Yeah, I suppose you're right, because you know, we're far
17:26
Speaker 3: from favorites. I think that the Bengals are are sort
17:30
Speaker 3: of head and shoulders above us, and the Ravens in
17:32
Speaker 3: the in the baton as well. I think we're third,
17:34
Speaker 3: just along with the Browns. So there's definitely a conversation
17:37
Speaker 3: that we had a freaking win the division. But at
17:40
Speaker 3: the same time, it's it's a bit like, you know,
17:43
Speaker 3: a lot of who knows what happens in the other division.
17:45
Speaker 3: For example, you know, the Chiefs could go seventeen. You know,
17:47
Speaker 3: they're very strong as well as you know, everybody seems
17:51
Speaker 3: to be sleeping on travel laws and the jade you
17:53
Speaker 3: know with with is it Peterson down there is a
17:57
Speaker 3: Doug Doug Peterson and yeah, he's a great coach as well.
18:00
Speaker 3: So it just depends on how it works out. But
18:03
Speaker 3: it's not crazy. It's definitely both of us not crazy again,
18:05
Speaker 3: like it's it's not something we could not not see
18:08
Speaker 3: helping it. So yeah, I'm with you on that one
18:10
Speaker 3: as well.
18:12
Speaker 1: Grad Jimmie, what's the what's the last Bowl production?
18:14
Speaker 2: I'm going to finish with a fun one and my
18:17
Speaker 2: good friend Stephen Kernes, who is also a massive studio slim.
18:20
Speaker 2: If you're listening, you're gonna like this one. I am
18:23
Speaker 2: going to predict that for the Color Rush game, the
18:25
Speaker 2: studios bring back the yellow helmets, the matchup with the
18:31
Speaker 2: the beautiful colored Cotter Rush uniforms, the the all black
18:34
Speaker 2: with yellow lettering, and I think teams are becoming more
18:40
Speaker 2: I suppose meanable to breaking out the throwback helmets or
18:44
Speaker 2: the alternate helmets we saw last year the all white
18:47
Speaker 2: glock at the Bengals with the the white and black
18:50
Speaker 2: helmet and the really pop with the white jersey. So
18:53
Speaker 2: I think there's an opportunity there for the studios to
18:56
Speaker 2: bring it. Bring back the yellow helmets. It's definitely a
18:58
Speaker 2: fan favorite. I know whenever I play the Steaters on Madden,
19:01
Speaker 2: I always go the yellow hammet with with the color
19:04
Speaker 2: rush and big block letters, yellow letter Yello our number
19:08
Speaker 2: of jerseys. So that's definitely something I would I would
19:10
Speaker 2: love to see that this year, and I think it
19:12
Speaker 2: would really be I fan trees are.
19:16
Speaker 1: It's where I wish that we had the video facility
19:18
Speaker 1: through this podcast where we could pop it up on
19:19
Speaker 1: the screen right now and somebody's phone. Those yellow helmets
19:23
Speaker 1: are class, aren't they? Never mind the jerseys as well,
19:26
Speaker 1: the thrill.
19:26
Speaker 3: Bosh, but let's let's give me shows. Even thinking about it,
19:31
Speaker 3: and you know we're just so used to the black
19:33
Speaker 3: helmet and stuff, but you know, bringing back them those
19:37
Speaker 3: yellow ones, it's it's ill say, it's it's bringing me
19:39
Speaker 3: back to my show literally and just remember washing it
19:41
Speaker 3: and stuff.
19:42
Speaker 1: I will write a love of that or please have
19:44
Speaker 1: the helmets and do do that a game at six
19:46
Speaker 1: o'clock for us so we can actually see it and yeah,
19:49
Speaker 1: we'll be watching the day games and I almost chat
19:53
Speaker 1: and chat in the way it is and it for us.
19:56
Speaker 1: What's your final prediction? Are we all going to be
19:58
Speaker 1: sitting in Vegas come the Aladdin, the average, the ever,
20:01
Speaker 1: what's the plan?
20:02
Speaker 3: You know what that will wish? That was my my
20:04
Speaker 3: boldest prediction of them all. It probably would be the boldest,
20:07
Speaker 3: but I thought it would maybe be too easy. But
20:10
Speaker 3: I've just I've just read one off my head there
20:12
Speaker 3: and this year's game against the Bengals, whenever it comes
20:17
Speaker 3: across on Monday Night Football. We all know, as I'm
20:20
Speaker 3: sure you both know, every time we play the Bengals
20:23
Speaker 3: and Monday Night Football, there just seems to be a
20:25
Speaker 3: platter of flags and you know, ejactions and stuff. This year,
20:30
Speaker 3: I think we're gonna break the single game record for
20:33
Speaker 3: most flags thrown in the games. It's it's thirty nine
20:37
Speaker 3: between I think it was the Raiders and the Cowboys.
20:39
Speaker 3: I'm not entirely sure what year. That's crazy, but but
20:42
Speaker 3: that will be. It'll be a new record when we're
20:44
Speaker 3: at the Bangles this year and the Monday Night Football
20:46
Speaker 3: because it's always, it always happens, we play Bengals and
20:49
Speaker 3: Monday night football. It's just pandemonium. So I think that
20:52
Speaker 3: this year is going to be no different and we're
20:53
Speaker 3: going to break that record this year, ourselves and the Bengals.
20:56
Speaker 3: Of course, you have to give them a shoutouts.
20:58
Speaker 2: I'm just just picturing a you standing over Bonte's perfect
21:02
Speaker 2: back game. That's just that. That image alone just defines
21:05
Speaker 2: the Steelers Bengals rivalry for me. So more of back this.
21:10
Speaker 1: It weaks to go until this all gets underway. May
21:13
Speaker 1: I know it's the Nighters first, and I guess I
21:16
Speaker 1: get a bull prediction. I hope we hope we have
21:18
Speaker 1: some sort of the watch event this year. I'm gonna
21:21
Speaker 1: have a but I have no idea whatsoever. I have
21:22
Speaker 1: no affili issue with this decision making. I'm gonna guess Sunday,
21:26
Speaker 1: December the third, that game against the Cardinals at six
21:29
Speaker 1: o'clock our time, a lovely warm evening somewhere in Dublin
21:33
Speaker 1: with a bar. I'm sure like we're gonna have that
21:36
Speaker 1: at some point. My final prediction is we have a
21:39
Speaker 1: Steelers watch party, but I'm sure, I'm sure it'll come
21:41
Speaker 1: at some point and load it'll be great. Crack that
21:42
Speaker 1: night as well. Whatever it does happen.
21:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, I think there's definitely be a definitely the
21:49
Speaker 2: demand for the amount of Steelers fans, just the NFL
21:52
Speaker 2: fans in general and Dublin like you know, it's and yeah, guys,
21:56
Speaker 2: let us know your thoughts. You want to have a
21:58
Speaker 2: watch party proper in the common time, will We'll do
22:01
Speaker 2: what we can to make something happen at.
22:04
Speaker 1: Steelers Ireland on all social media. Let us know as well.
22:08
Speaker 3: Search for us.
22:09
Speaker 1: Michael will create Jimmy English Stable if you find this,
22:12
Speaker 1: tweet us and we will certainly. I think we're gonna
22:15
Speaker 1: try and start doing a QA as well, especially if
22:17
Speaker 1: not not a jury season, so just watch out for
22:19
Speaker 1: that there as well. Folks. Let's let's add a litle
22:22
Speaker 1: bit of crackers. So basically we are a couple of
22:25
Speaker 1: ways after dreaming Camp and this quarterback show is currently
22:28
Speaker 1: in Netflix. And I know some people have seen this
22:30
Speaker 1: and people haven't seen it. I know you lots over
22:32
Speaker 1: working at the minute. I'm off for the summer at
22:34
Speaker 1: the moment doing this, which is great, But I watched
22:37
Speaker 1: the first few episodes. I really enjoy the the way
22:41
Speaker 1: that it looks at the quarterbacks lives out of football
22:43
Speaker 1: at Kirk Cousins. I guess to put the Steelers element
22:46
Speaker 1: on they have a second season. I'd love to see
22:48
Speaker 1: Kenny Pecket on it. But lats is there another guys
22:51
Speaker 1: from the team that may not be a quarterback. They
22:53
Speaker 1: had to do a like a sort of a different
22:56
Speaker 1: season or a different view that you.
22:57
Speaker 3: Would like to see.
22:58
Speaker 1: Because Peton Lanning is the exactly as a producer and
23:01
Speaker 1: whenever he don Peyton's places, it had so many spell offs.
23:04
Speaker 1: So could we maybe see Fitzpatrick Jimmy.
23:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just actually thinking that, Michael, just trying
23:11
Speaker 2: to think through a couple of personalities in my head.
23:13
Speaker 2: It would be a good fit. I mink it definitely
23:15
Speaker 2: would be. It would be a fascinating player to look
23:18
Speaker 2: at behind the scenes. And I think t J Watt
23:21
Speaker 2: as well, being that kind of face of the franchise
23:23
Speaker 2: and also having the ties the football that he does
23:26
Speaker 2: with his with his brother JJ. And you know, I
23:31
Speaker 2: think there's there. There are several people, several several players
23:34
Speaker 2: you'd love to see. Even Cam Hayward and I think
23:36
Speaker 2: would be a great one as well. You know, he's
23:38
Speaker 2: one of those often potentially overlooked players in the Steeters,
23:41
Speaker 2: but he is. He's a defensive captain, He's won the
23:44
Speaker 2: Walter Peyton Mann of the Year and he's just you know,
23:47
Speaker 2: he embodies everything that that Steeters players tried to be.
23:50
Speaker 2: So I think yeah, and they could possibly do it
23:54
Speaker 2: a defensive version next year wouldn't be called the quarterbackground.
23:57
Speaker 2: We have to caught it something else. But I think
23:59
Speaker 2: it's Aftertty possible.
24:02
Speaker 1: They can run David. Is there anybody else that you'd
24:03
Speaker 1: like to stay unselor?
24:05
Speaker 3: I was just thinking Tom Tom Headward will probably be
24:08
Speaker 3: the best fits. As Jimmy said Walter Petton Man of
24:11
Speaker 3: the Year, and he's coming towards, you know, the twilight
24:15
Speaker 3: of his career, so that would probably the best pick.
24:18
Speaker 3: As I said t J Watt with you know, you
24:20
Speaker 3: could maybe do look a back behind the scenes with
24:22
Speaker 3: his brother. You know, JJ is just retired. Maybe see
24:25
Speaker 3: bring him along in the fray as well as can I.
24:28
Speaker 3: But there's definitely some personalities we'll will definitely find out.
24:31
Speaker 3: Who knows, maybe one of these Rikids could could come
24:34
Speaker 3: across as really well this season that they could they
24:36
Speaker 3: could bring themselves forward and sure that they have a
24:38
Speaker 3: bit of personality about them and who knows, maybe name
24:41
Speaker 3: name recommendations. Could you say you know she's or kill
24:44
Speaker 3: the quarterback something chased the quarterback, something like that. Maybe
24:47
Speaker 3: I don't know. It might be worth a go, but
24:50
Speaker 3: I'm sure to produce somebody else can can can figure
24:53
Speaker 3: that one out.
24:54
Speaker 1: We'll see, We'll see. Time will tell. I've really enjoyed it.
24:57
Speaker 1: I'm yead love to see Canny next year hopefully and
25:01
Speaker 1: it must been a championship building year. Lots high expectations
25:04
Speaker 1: on this podcast, high expectations of of our listeners in
25:07
Speaker 1: a good way. Really really want to thank everyone because,
25:09
Speaker 1: like Teddy why lads? After finish off here, this podcast
25:12
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25:20
Speaker 1: So a massive thanks to everyone that listened to this
25:22
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25:25
Speaker 1: people have been given us messages from Pittsburgh and from
25:27
Speaker 1: the States and from around Europe as well. Please do
25:30
Speaker 1: reach out at Steelers Ireland on Twitter and we will
25:34
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25:36
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25:39
Speaker 2: For now, tobol fashioned mail bag might go.
25:42
Speaker 1: Mail bag asked, Jimmy has got a good ring too, Yes,
25:46
Speaker 1: leave that with me. I think like a Steelers Ireland
25:49
Speaker 1: or Steelers on Post or something like that. There could
25:51
Speaker 1: be it could be a good shot. Any final comments, boys,
25:55
Speaker 1: are we just issing for training camp before? I don't
25:57
Speaker 1: want to cut youse off?
25:58
Speaker 2: And do you Sometimes I feel bad when I find
26:01
Speaker 2: myself kepting down the base of football, but I January
26:04
Speaker 2: can't help. I'm like, you know, I love the summer.
26:07
Speaker 2: You know I love the sunshine. We get it here
26:09
Speaker 2: in Ireland. But my god, I wanted to be September already.
26:12
Speaker 2: You know, I'd I'd even take it this stage. I
26:14
Speaker 2: would take it being the twenty six of August, we
26:16
Speaker 2: have that college took club game and we're in the
26:18
Speaker 2: middle of the preseason football bush here. God, you know,
26:21
Speaker 2: just give me some football already.
26:24
Speaker 1: With David, I'm presume the same month.
26:26
Speaker 3: Yeah, just cutting down the days at this rate, it's
26:29
Speaker 3: getting it is getting closer, Met and Philip, but it
26:31
Speaker 3: is getting closer, you know, before we know what everything,
26:34
Speaker 3: I'll be back to normal in September, even though you
26:37
Speaker 3: know football over here as well starting so really looking
26:41
Speaker 3: forward to our first fam agains, the Oers and obviously
26:43
Speaker 3: we will not be able to take our azof So yeah,
26:46
Speaker 3: just cutting down the day is my two weeks.
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