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A memorable weekend in Pittsburgh, PA · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, Welcome into the Irish Steelers Podcast, the podcast
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  Speaker 1: for Steelers fans on the island of Ireland and further afield.
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  Speaker 1: Coming to you in the after glow of a fantastic
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  Speaker 1: Week seven win in prime time on Sunday night under
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  Speaker 1: lights in Akroscher Stadium against the Jets. Jimmy English delighted
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  Speaker 1: to be joined by Dave out McKee. No Michael McCay
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  Speaker 1: this week. Unfortunately it is just myself and Davog. And
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  Speaker 1: Davog it feels a little bit like we're unsupervised children,
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  Speaker 1: been left in charge of the podcast. How are you doing, man,
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  Speaker 1: Good to see you again.
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  Speaker 2: See Jimmy h What is it the old phrase the
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  Speaker 2: idiots run the asylum or something like that, and the
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  Speaker 2: prisoner run the asylum. But yet, I'm I'm sure we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna dig into it deeper. But what a weekend, What
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  Speaker 2: an obsolute We again, still a bit jat lagged, but
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  Speaker 2: we'll get there in the end, and of course it's
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  Speaker 2: the press and that we're back here, but we'll be
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  Speaker 2: back some as we've spoken about that.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely still feeling the after effects of the flight back
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  Speaker 1: from Pittsburgh. But Dave, I mean what a fantastic four days.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's hard to believe that four days ago
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  Speaker 1: we were just about the jet off to the steel
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  Speaker 1: City and now we've crashed on the back to reality.
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  Speaker 1: But we really jammed so much into the weekend, including
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  Speaker 1: lots of fun filled Steeler activities. And I have my
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  Speaker 1: personal favorites. But you know, out of everything that we did,
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  Speaker 1: you know, in regards to the Steelers and the game
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  Speaker 1: and all the different bits, what was your favorite part?
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  Speaker 2: It is very difficult to pinpoint a favorite, to be honest, Jim,
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be difficult for both of us to fail.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, the game, you know, the fact that how
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  Speaker 2: the game went, because it feels like it's a particular
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  Speaker 2: turning point of our season. Of course, the first half
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  Speaker 2: wasn't great. I feel like it's a tail of two halves.
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  Speaker 2: First half the offense, ultimately Russell Wilson weren't good enough,
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  Speaker 2: and the second half was the best half with player
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  Speaker 2: all year. And the alumni dinner, of course, was just
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  Speaker 2: another great opportunity for us to get our hands in
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  Speaker 2: to meet some absolutely wonderful people at our tables. Shout
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  Speaker 2: out to those that are listening as well. They did
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  Speaker 2: imagine they were going to give us a listen. I
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  Speaker 2: hope they do. But it was an absolutely amazing event
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  Speaker 2: to see the legends like Franco or sorry to you know,
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  Speaker 2: to go back on Franco as a maculate reception. Listening
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  Speaker 2: to legends like me and Joe Green and Mail Blonde
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  Speaker 2: everybody was just fantastic. And then and of course the
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  Speaker 2: stadium tour, the training facility tour was just absolutely out
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  Speaker 2: of this world. It really felt like we were part
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  Speaker 2: of the team at times. Yeah, it's really difficult to
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  Speaker 2: pin point in one but the week whole weekend as
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  Speaker 2: a whole was just unreal. Shout out to the Steelers
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  Speaker 2: organization for helping us out as well, because none of
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  Speaker 2: this would be possible about them. So yeah, it feels
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  Speaker 2: like it's hard to pick one. If I do have
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  Speaker 2: to pick one, gym, it probably would be the game.
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  Speaker 2: Just to actually watch the Steelers for once or for
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  Speaker 2: once in our lives live in person was absolutely amazing,
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  Speaker 2: so that I'll probably maybe no one might.
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  Speaker 1: I completely have to agree with you, Dave. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it really are is hard or it's extremely hard, if
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  Speaker 1: not impossible, to pinpoint one thing that stood out as
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  Speaker 1: being the best thing. I mean, the Steelers really did
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  Speaker 1: give us a such a behind the scenes, no holds
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  Speaker 1: barred Steelers experience. And again, thank you so much to
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  Speaker 1: to Reagan and Dan and all the Steelers team for
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  Speaker 1: literally making our dreams come true. I mean, Dave, I
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  Speaker 1: mean it really was for me at least a dream
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  Speaker 1: come true, culminating on Sunday night with the primetime fixer
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  Speaker 1: against the Jets. And we'll come to that in just
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes time, but I think for me it
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  Speaker 1: was really getting to see the Steelers organization up close
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  Speaker 1: and personal. Of course, we had the we had the
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  Speaker 1: alumni dinner on I believe it was. It was it
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  Speaker 1: was the Friday night of the Saturday night. Honestly, I
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  Speaker 1: can't remember if they've all kind of blended into Saturday night.
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  Speaker 2: Believe it was.
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  Speaker 1: It was a Saturday night, and just like you say,
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  Speaker 1: absolutely incredible to mingle with such Steelers legends such as
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  Speaker 1: Joe Green, Mel Blunt Linz one Rocky Blyer course, and
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  Speaker 1: just to hear all those fantastic stories from the from
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  Speaker 1: the first Super Bowl win under coach Chuck Noll. That
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  Speaker 1: really was a wonderful leaving. And then on Saturday afternoon,
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  Speaker 1: we really got in behind the scenes with a facility
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  Speaker 1: tour at the UPMC complex there on the south side
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  Speaker 1: of Pittsburgh. And again massive thank you to Reagan for
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  Speaker 1: his for his tour guide skills. We got to see
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  Speaker 1: inside the behemo at indoor practice facility, We saw the
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  Speaker 1: weight room. It really was just I was walking around
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  Speaker 1: pinching myself, going I've seen pictures of this place of
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  Speaker 1: the Lombardies in their trophy cases, but I could never
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  Speaker 1: have imagined that we would get up close and personal.
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  Speaker 1: So and then of course the game. I mean, just
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  Speaker 1: what an incredible experience. Getting to witness a game inside
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  Speaker 1: of Akroscher Stadium and to pull off the win as
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  Speaker 1: well after a bit of a slow start was fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, just a just a quick one back on the facility.
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  Speaker 2: It's important to remember Jim as well. There was a
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  Speaker 2: specific beside the Lombardi trophies or specific shedd up to
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  Speaker 2: the American Bowl as well. There was just the shows,
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  Speaker 2: you you know, the lengths that Seelers are willing to
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  Speaker 2: go to support our ars, Fonts and the NFL fans
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  Speaker 2: on the end of Arnold as a whole. So shout
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  Speaker 2: out to the Steelers. That was an absolute turn up,
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  Speaker 2: Like that was a massive eye open an moment for
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  Speaker 2: me because you do think sometimes maybe you know how
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  Speaker 2: seriously you know we are being taken. That's for me
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  Speaker 2: showed volumes. To have that American Boat Trophy the poster
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  Speaker 2: against Chicago burs back in nineteen eighty seven was a
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  Speaker 2: massive thing for me. So that's another shouting point the
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  Speaker 2: game as well. Yeah, I think we're going to jump
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  Speaker 2: into the game a bit, but for me it was amazing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean just to be in the atmosphere, ending
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  Speaker 1: amongst the true die hard fans, just to hear, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the cries of moot when you had that one handed grab,
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  Speaker 1: and I think just watching the runout the pre game,
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  Speaker 1: everything was just incredible. So we got the win at
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  Speaker 1: the end. Dave a bit of a slow start for
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers on offense and on defense, the Jets of
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  Speaker 1: course claiming the opening touchdown, but from the middle of
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  Speaker 1: the second quarter on it was really all Steelers offense
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  Speaker 1: started click, we got some big scores. What are your
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  Speaker 1: initial thoughts as you kind of reflect and you've had
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  Speaker 1: time and to look back and come out of the
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  Speaker 1: days that we were in as we were walking in
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  Speaker 1: a backer sure on on the late hours of Sunday night.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what, Jim, It's it's one of those
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  Speaker 2: where it really was a tale of two halves. I
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  Speaker 2: mean first half specifically.
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  Speaker 1: Struggling.
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  Speaker 2: It was struggling. You know, it was difficult to watch
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  Speaker 2: the time as you know we were even though we
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  Speaker 2: were there in person. It was like, Wow, this is
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  Speaker 2: maybe not going to turn out the way we would hope.
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  Speaker 2: But you know that first Bishop Beanie Bishop sorry, interception
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  Speaker 2: just turned the whole game on its head. Aran Rodgers
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  Speaker 2: spiral that a controlled from then the fact that we
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  Speaker 2: scored touchdown on that drive as well, that that fear
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  Speaker 2: that you called, I must say I did. He said
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  Speaker 2: we're down for a George peck and feed here. I
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't you know that look be fit into the corner
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  Speaker 2: of the end zone really sat us off sacond half
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  Speaker 2: as well. I mean, to keep the ar Rodgers and
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  Speaker 2: the Jets scoreless. The entire second half is a feet
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  Speaker 2: in its own. It's just shoots you how good our
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  Speaker 2: defense really is when they are plugged in. And of
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  Speaker 2: course we did match it with matching it on several
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  Speaker 2: podcasts this year. We need to see George Peckin get
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  Speaker 2: this touchdown, and he finally got so hopefully that'll be
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  Speaker 2: a kick on. Now we've got our quarterback in situation
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  Speaker 2: at the moment, Russell Wilson, I feel believe in going forward,
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  Speaker 2: he has to start each game.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, it's just a no brainer for me.
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  Speaker 2: How he performed in that second half was the old
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  Speaker 2: Russell Wilson we got to see in Seattle, and I
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  Speaker 2: feel that was always there. I know there had been
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  Speaker 2: you know, heck ups and turns and questions asking is
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  Speaker 2: that Russell Wilson there? I think he answered every single
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  Speaker 2: question on Sunday night. So for me, good to see
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  Speaker 2: the offense finally getting a good rhythm going, showing that
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  Speaker 2: no matter what I think the adversary of being very
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  Speaker 2: poor in the first half, the ability to bounce back
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  Speaker 2: and ultimately was a great scene. So I think we're
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  Speaker 2: finally we're finally being taken serious now because people look
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  Speaker 2: at us now and think, wow, this team has the
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  Speaker 2: ability to bounce back. So thus, ultimately my thoughts feeling
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  Speaker 2: going into the next week against the Gants hopefully another way,
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  Speaker 2: who knows, but much of the same going forward.
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  Speaker 1: I hope it was definitely interesting Davogue to see how
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  Speaker 1: the offense struggled early on. Obviously there was always going
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  Speaker 1: to be a bit of rust out with Russell Wilson
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  Speaker 1: playing in his first game in the season plus, but
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  Speaker 1: I think once he got going and once he found
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  Speaker 1: that chemistry, he had an early, huge early completion down
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  Speaker 1: the sideline to George Pickens that he plays perfectly, and
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  Speaker 1: I think that kind of sparked him a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: There were some miscues which you would expect, and I
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  Speaker 1: think the patients ultimately paid off. But as you alluded
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  Speaker 1: to that Beanie Bishop one had interception really was the
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  Speaker 1: spark that got things going, got the juices flowing, and
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  Speaker 1: I think that might have given our offense a bit
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  Speaker 1: of a kick. And it's also great to see that
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  Speaker 1: despite only having one sack, which is quite low with
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  Speaker 1: the Steelers, I mean, Nick Herbig and TJ. Watt were
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  Speaker 1: quite quiet for most of the night. Sorry, I apologized
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  Speaker 1: Alex Heigsmith. Great to see him back by the way
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  Speaker 1: playing off the other edge, but that obviously gave opportunities
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  Speaker 1: for other players to step into the into the spotlight.
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  Speaker 1: Beanie Bishop, for me, his hands down the player of
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  Speaker 1: that game. Just for an undrafted rookie to do that
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  Speaker 1: is just incredible. And to have not one but two interceptions,
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  Speaker 1: one of which he almost ran back for a for
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  Speaker 1: a pick six. I mean, that just would have been
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  Speaker 1: that would have been phenomenal. But I have to give
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  Speaker 1: a shout out to Peyton Wilson as well, the the
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  Speaker 1: rookie linebacker playing playing in number one, number forty one.
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  Speaker 3: He was.
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  Speaker 1: We even said it during the game. He was flying around,
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  Speaker 1: making tackles, playing with his hair on fire. So great
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  Speaker 1: to see him have an impact on the game as well.
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  Speaker 2: I was I was just going to jump in there
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  Speaker 2: and say, Jimmy, I think we were. I think I
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  Speaker 2: wasn't aware. When you're actually at the game. They mangined
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  Speaker 2: the tackles on the on the big on the microphone,
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  Speaker 2: I'd said, the commentator is probably second hard of hearing
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  Speaker 2: Saint Pete and Wilson's name. He was absolutely everywhere. He
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  Speaker 2: covered avery blade of grass, tackling left right in the center.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, we knew what he was like coming out
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  Speaker 2: of college. He's got that feistiness in him. What he is,
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  Speaker 2: he is our for me. You know, it's difficult because
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  Speaker 2: our lineback and core is so strong. Well, that middle
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  Speaker 2: linebacker position suits him to a tea. I mean, no
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  Speaker 2: matter what, he's going to hit players as they come
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  Speaker 2: across the middle. I would not be like to be
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  Speaker 2: opposing tight ends and receivers coming across that middle when
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  Speaker 2: they're playing against us. So shout out to Peyton Wilson
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  Speaker 2: as well. Fantastic performance. Russell Wilson of course as well,
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  Speaker 2: deserves a slot of But yeah, a player of the
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  Speaker 2: game for me has to be being bitship. The impact
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  Speaker 2: he had on that first interception particularly, it just felt
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  Speaker 2: like an absolute turning point because we were able to
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  Speaker 2: go and score touchdown on that drive, which ultimately set
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  Speaker 2: us up the sacond half. So he deserves a lot
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  Speaker 2: of credit. And it's difficult depend you know one, but
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  Speaker 2: if there is going to have this going to be
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  Speaker 2: have to begin.
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  Speaker 1: Thick as well. To see George Piggins having such a
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  Speaker 1: massive impact on the game. I mean, we know what
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  Speaker 1: he's capable of. He has been showing flashes, but I
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  Speaker 1: think it did take just that extra level of maturity
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  Speaker 1: and expertise quarterback wise to get him going. So fantastic
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  Speaker 1: to see him getting his first pushed inn of the
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  Speaker 1: season and definitely much more come. And we were definitely
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  Speaker 1: happy men walking into that stadium on Sunday night. And
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  Speaker 1: another happy man I'm sure was Mike Thommin And we
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  Speaker 1: can hear from now on the Irish Theaters podcast.
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  Speaker 3: A long timetime football at acting. Sure, Man, I'm just
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  Speaker 3: really appreciative of the atmosphere and in the quality of play.
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  Speaker 3: I thought we got stronger as the game went on
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  Speaker 3: in all three phases. Man, We made plays in all
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  Speaker 3: three phases last night. We talked about a player performance,
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  Speaker 3: particularly on stages such as this, primetime television and so forth,
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  Speaker 3: and I just thought we had a lot of guys
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  Speaker 3: that displayed a player characteristics. Can't say enough about young
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  Speaker 3: Beanie Bishop Man's that's an awesome evening, man, for him
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  Speaker 3: to get his first two interceptions versus a gold jacket
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  Speaker 3: guy like Aaron Rodgers.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: We just appreciative of the work that was done tonight
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  Speaker 3: to make to make the night what it was. Hopefully
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  Speaker 3: it's growth in this as we move forward, man, but
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  Speaker 3: it's good to get a win. We had a couple
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  Speaker 3: of injuries. Mon Adams had a knee injury wasn't able
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  Speaker 3: to return. Uh Dante Jackson had a shoulder injury wasn't
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  Speaker 3: able to return. We had some other bumps and bruises
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  Speaker 3: associated with play. But man, I'm just really appreciative of
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  Speaker 3: the efforts of the men. Questions, how would you evaluate
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  Speaker 3: Russ tonight? You know, I thought he I thought he
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  Speaker 3: was excellent. I thought he got better as the game
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  Speaker 3: went on. Man, I thought he But I'm not surprised
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  Speaker 3: by that. Man. It's it's been a while since he's
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  Speaker 3: played some ball, But I thought he he settled in,
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  Speaker 3: knocked a rust off man and distributed the ball around
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  Speaker 3: and and played well.
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  Speaker 2: It's part of that wanting to see how guys respond
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  Speaker 2: to him, how the team plays with Russ under center. Yes,
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  Speaker 2: coach your thoughts on just how the special team continues
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  Speaker 2: to respond with Splash plays with the blocks.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we got a we got a block culture
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  Speaker 3: here that that we embrace and we embrace it with
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  Speaker 3: our with our work during the course of the week. Man,
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  Speaker 3: we got a lot of guys that put a lot
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  Speaker 3: of effort into into into the techniques that's required to
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  Speaker 3: deliver and and so I'm just appreciative of that.
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  Speaker 1: Man.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's it's it's pretty awesome. It is significant and
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  Speaker 3: it has been I'm appreciative.
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  Speaker 4: Like you've talked about learning about your players when university hits.
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  Speaker 4: What did you learn about Russell Wilson tonight?
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  Speaker 3: It was my first time in the stadium with him,
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  Speaker 3: and so you know, I learned a lot about him,
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  Speaker 3: to be quite honest with you, but not in in
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  Speaker 3: reference to the conversation that you're talking about. It was
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  Speaker 3: just my first time in the stadium with him, and
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  Speaker 3: so uh in game demeanor, UH, communication and skills, listening skills.
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  Speaker 3: It was just a it was a good experience for me.
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  Speaker 2: You consider using justin at all any of those short
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  Speaker 2: yardage back UH opportunities, I.
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  Speaker 4: Did not What does it say that Russ kept the
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  Speaker 4: ball in and UH pushed his way in for that
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  Speaker 4: one yard rushing touchdown? And what did you learn about
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  Speaker 4: maybe his resilience and his strength in that moment?
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  Speaker 3: It was just a sneak.
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  Speaker 1: Reports he did have a Georgian out there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, George in one on one circumstances, is is
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  Speaker 3: a good target and and he displayed the reasons why
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  Speaker 3: he takes some early reps during camp or you how
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  Speaker 3: have you seen him grow over his opportunities here. You know,
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  Speaker 3: he's grown in all areas. There's a lot to cover
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  Speaker 3: when you're a rookie. But the one thing I'll say
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  Speaker 3: about him is he never shrinks. The situations aren't too
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  Speaker 3: big for him, and he's learning. He's open to learning.
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  Speaker 3: He has good questions. I meet with him every Friday
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  Speaker 3: morning as we lean in on situational ball. He's doing
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  Speaker 3: a lot of the little things. Well, man, it's it's
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  Speaker 3: a he He's on a good trajectory.
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  Speaker 1: Feel like his first interception was kind of a m
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  Speaker 1: momentum switch for.
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  Speaker 3: You guys, without a doubt, Without a doubt, man, two
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  Speaker 3: minute football, we know Aaron's gonna be aggressive. Uh, we
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  Speaker 3: switched up the schematics and uh, he made a significant play.
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  Speaker 3: He meaning Beanie coach.
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  Speaker 2: You seem like the smiles at least from the press
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  Speaker 2: box and the players on the field after the win,
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  Speaker 2: they've really seen Julie Lenot, did you fill that in
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  Speaker 2: the locker room?
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  Speaker 3: I know, yeah, Like it's a big win. It's a
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  Speaker 3: big win on Sunday night ball man.
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  Speaker 1: Heck yeah, all right, kind of what he said there.
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  Speaker 2: You guys have more than thirty others warning back to
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  Speaker 2: back weeks the first time since twenty twenty.
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  Speaker 4: How refreshing is that to have that sort of out
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  Speaker 4: put him back to back weeks.
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  Speaker 3: I hadn't absorbed it in that way. Man. Really, he
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  Speaker 3: was trying to do what's required to win. I'm appreciative
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  Speaker 3: of other efforts. B Marshall. What's up? Yes, sir, let
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  Speaker 3: me brace myself one of you.
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  Speaker 1: To go away three.
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  Speaker 3: That's why. That's why I'm well compensated. Thank you. Yes.
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  Speaker 1: Great to hear there from that coach Mike Tomplin him
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  Speaker 1: with such a positive message on you know, feeling great
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  Speaker 1: after the game against the Jets. But we have to
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  Speaker 1: take the momentum there, Dave, as we have another relatively
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: tricky game coming up quite quickly. The Giants come to
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: town on Monday night football in Pittsburgh. The Steelers are
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: wearing their color Rush uniforms. It was announced earlier on
• 16:09
  Speaker 1: so another great jersey for fans to enjoy that game. Guys,
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: if you are listening, don't forget it starts at the
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: earlier time of a quarter past midnight next Tuesday morning
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: slash Monday night, because in Ireland the clocks do go
• 16:22
  Speaker 1: back on Saturday evening, so don't get caught out. I
• 16:25
  Speaker 1: know I have definitely got caught out in the past.
• 16:27
  Speaker 1: But Davo, the Giants are coming off a tough loss
• 16:29
  Speaker 1: against the Eagles on the road. Daniel Jones was sacked
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: eight times against the Birds, so this could be potentially
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: a trap game for us, But I think the way
• 16:41
  Speaker 1: the Steelers are playing, we should be Okay. What are
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: your keys to the game for the Steelers?
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, Jim, it's one of the games I
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: think that we mark down as a win automatically on
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: our on our schedule, preseason schedule, sorry in Belfast when
• 16:56
  Speaker 2: without recording. But for me, there's really not much as
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: if we play our regular game. I don't see why
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: we shouldn't be able to do what the Eagles did.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: They were able to put a lot of pressure and
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: Daniel Jones they've got, you know, I think our past
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: rush is a lot better than the Philadelphia Eagles.
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: That's just my opinion.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: Daniel Jones, let's befer. He's a limited quarterback at best.
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: I do not know what the Gants we're doing paying
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: them that money, And because there's a lot of stronger
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: nes I will say this though they do have a
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: good offensive line despite you know, the pressure of the
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: Eagles put them on Sunday. We obviously got to watch
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: a bit of that game. And of course their defense
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: is you know as a Thibodeau. Thibodeau, he's a good piece.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: They puck up in the I think it was in
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: last year's draft, or even maybe this Year's not entirely sure,
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: but they've got a few good pieces on the defensive side. Realistically, Jim,
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: I don't know, what do you think. I don't see
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: anything other than our Steelers win. Of course, it's it's
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: always difficult to back up a performance on prime time,
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: you know, a highly emotional win. Let's be honest, it
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: was an emotional win because the phasical turn of the page,
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: it's hard to back that up. But I think if
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: there is a team that we could play right now,
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: it has to be the New York James. So I
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: don't see anything other than the Staders when if we
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: come prepared, you know, don't obviously undersell them. We noticed
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: the National Football League, you can lose any game. It's
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: easy to lose games, it's very hard to win them.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: So if we come prepared, ready to play, bring that
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: offensive tenacity, we did on Sunday night. I don't see anything.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: All of them standers win back to.
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Back games against New York teams. It's always interesting, and
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: I think that there's gonna be a lot of comparison
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: between the performances we see on Monday night versus what
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: we saw against the Jets. I think, for me, Davout,
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: obviously we need to get more pressure on the quarterback.
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: We saw how that pressure from the Eagles affected Daniel
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: Jones on suddenly just gone again. As we mentioned earlier,
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: on our defensive front from a rush perspective, were quite
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: I mean they were quite limited. I think we only
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: had one sack in total last Sunday night. So definitely
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: need to give more pressure off the edges and get
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: to Daniel Jones as quickly as possible and throw him
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: off as rhythm, so that I think establishing the pass
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: rush early on. I mean, if the Eagles can sack
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: Daniel Jones eight times, I don't think I don't see
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: why we can't match it, if not exceeded. So that's
• 19:12
  Speaker 1: what we're hoping for. Ten sacks on on on Monday night.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: I think offensively as well. Elik Neighbors is obviously their
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: biggest threat wide receiver wise, he was quite quiet against
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: the Eagles, So if we can can continue to contain him,
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: I think we're going to have an excellent chance and
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: then offensively, just keep doing what we build on the
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: performance from Sunday night against the get from the Jets.
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: I'd love to see a great to see of course,
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Nagie Harris get its second rushing touchdown. It was quite
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: surprising that they went for it on fourth down that
• 19:42
  Speaker 1: lave in the fourth quarter on Sunday night, and it
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: was fantastic to see him jump into the crowd and
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: celebrate with the fans afterwards. That was a special moment
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: for those fans down there. And again, just get get,
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: get George Pickens moving again and get it. Get him.
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: Obviously the connection is there now, the catches are there.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: It's just time. I want to see him have a
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: a multi touchdown performance against the against the Giants. Yeah.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: And also also Jimmy, sorry for completely forgot about it
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: in Sunday, shout out to Danny Smith and the special
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: teams because another block field goal. I mean, how many
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: block We easily have the best special teams in the league.
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: It's not even close. I mean the amount of block punts,
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: block field goals. It just shows we are proper. It
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: is proper Steelers football, but absolute. You know, I'm gonna
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: call him am session to just make a play. It
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: just faced that got on every single occasion and shout
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: to the Ice Smith. I was absolutely buzzing off the
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: game to see the celebrations. It wasn't one hundred percent
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: sure as well as that, I'm just remembering as well,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: though I do remember. I think Daniel Jones did also
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: get pulled from the game on Sunday, So it'll be
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: interesting to see if it's it's either him or Drew Locke.
• 20:45
  Speaker 2: For me, probably rather play Daniel Jones because I just
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: know he has that bit of a mean streak and
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: when he put under pressure he can throw pecks. So
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: it'll be interesting to see what happens there. But yeah,
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: there's really no excuse for an awesome lot occasion.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: I don't think.
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: I think we know which way we're leading, Dave prediction wise,
• 21:03
  Speaker 1: what I have to ask anyway, give us your prediction
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: and give us your score. Yeah, so no surprise.
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: I don't think I've ever give a Steelers loss on
• 21:13
  Speaker 2: the podcast, and I think it's going to continue again.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go twenty four fourteen Steelers. I think
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: it could be, but the fact that it is a
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: stand alone game and the chance do have to bounce back,
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: and of course it's difficult, as I said, it's difficult
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: to keep that scene to nasty week by week. But
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: I just film maybe it could be a bit closer
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: than people anticipate. But ultimately it doesn't matter as long
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: as we play to our strengths, which is now going
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: to be putting pressure on Daniel Jones. I don't really
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: see any other thing other than a Steelers win. So
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: I think twenty four to ten Steelers, and as I've
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: said on every Steelers podcast, for take that to the bank,
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: it's going to be Steelers win and watch out for it.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: I'm also going to go with a Steelers win. I
• 21:55
  Speaker 1: think I don't think I've ever bet against the Steels.
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: I probably have. I do recall in Belfast's way back
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: when over the summer giving some losses, but I think
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: I have a lot more optimism now seeing that. I mean,
• 22:07
  Speaker 1: our defense was always playing steatar. Our defense has played
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: stead are all season long, has been the backbone of
• 22:13
  Speaker 1: the team. But I think now, like with that extra
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: level at quarterback, I have a lot more optimism about
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: that we can the fact that we can put up points.
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: I'm also going to give a Steelers win. I don't
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: think there'll be quite as many fireworks as we saw
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: on Sunday night. I think defensively, the Giants might put
• 22:32
  Speaker 1: up a little bit more of a challenge for us.
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: But I'm gonna go with a Steelers win. I'm gonna
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: go Steelers twenty eight, Giants seventeen. I do think the
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: Steelers get to win on the road on Monday Night football.
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: I do think we continue to see lots of positivity.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: I mean, Dave, the Steelers are five and two right now.
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: I mean we're tied for the lead of the AC
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: NOR with the Ravens, and at the start of the season,
• 22:55
  Speaker 1: if you had asked me then I genuinely don't think
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I would have predicted being where we are. I think
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: we're one of the We're quietly one of the best
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: teams in the NFL, and we might be as flashy
• 23:04
  Speaker 1: as some of the other you know, the legs of
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: the Lions or who else have you. But I think
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: that the Steaders are in the background and the Steelers
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: are sneaky good this season so far.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean, I think it was important that we
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: did get off to a good start because we know
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: how difficult it is after that Bay. You know, we've
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: got the AFC North infloction. I feel like, you know,
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: we're facing all the teams there. Of course, the Cleveland
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: Brans aren't as good as we first expected. But yeah, no,
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: I'm really happy where we're at at the moment. I
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: completely agree with you. I think when people say about
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: the best teams in the NFL, now, they're matching the Chiefs.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: They're matching in the Ravens. They're even matching the Bengals, who,
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: of course they're getting on a bit of a run now,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: but you know, the schedule or the standing say completely different.
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: I feel quietly we're are coming under the raidar and
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: that's exactly where we want to be. I mean, Mike
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: Tomlin talks about it all the time. We like when
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: nobody talks about us because we have that underdog abil
• 23:56
  Speaker 2: day to come back when nobody's tracts us to So
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: I feel we are exactly where we want to be.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: And of course we have had bad but you know,
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: we've had some bad performances.
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: I mean, there's no denying that.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: I mean, but look at the Kansas City Chiefs that
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: have been playing awful and they find themselves sex and zero.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: So yeah, I'm really happy where we're us. I think
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: it's only up from here that I have to say.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Even after the Raiders game, you know, I wasn't completely
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: satisfied with how the game might of course I was happy,
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: but I feel now we're in a real good position
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: to kick on and I feel like there's a good
• 24:26
  Speaker 2: opportunity here to fly in under the radar where I
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: feel like the postseason is calling us. Of course, we
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: have to get there if of course, we always do
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: as well. But if we do get there, I think
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: we're going to be one of the teams to watch
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: out for.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: Do you agree with everything you say, Dave? Don't book
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: the tickets to New Orleans just yet, but we have
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: quiet optimism about booking a ticket to the postseason. The game,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: of course, this Monday night slash Tuesday morning is live
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: on Sky Sports. I'm sure it'll be live as well
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: on OTB Radio. And if you are staying up with
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: you have any thoughts ahead of the game, do make
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: sure to let us know on social at Steeters Ireland
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: on x on Instagram and TikTok using hashtag Steelers Ireland
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: to day. We will be back on Tuesday next I
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: hope to hopefully be reviewing a win where the Steers
• 25:18
  Speaker 1: sitting six and two in the AFC North And like
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: I said, Steeters are sneaky good.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: Dave.
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's good to see you again after spending
• 25:27
  Speaker 1: four days with you in Pittsburgh, and I'm sure we'll
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: be we'll catch up soon, well do Jim?
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Yet, as I say, I'm still feeling a bit jet lag,
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: still feel a bit rusty.
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: But what what what was it for this?
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: It feels like it was four weeks.
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: I mean, I know live in the dream, had dream
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: come true in Pittsburgh and the Steel City.
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: For I muss, I miss cars driving on the right
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: hand sound of the right hand side of the roadside. Jim,
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: that's how like emotionally the straw. I am to be back,
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: and of course it's always good to be back. But
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: for me trip of a lifetime. We will one hundred
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: percent be back. I mean, what to sety, what a place?
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: What the people are absolutely fantastic, so kind, We met
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: some great people. Shout out to the Running family as well,
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: and shout out to Reagan for that for the massive
• 26:10
  Speaker 2: experience we've had. So yeah, ultimately we will be back,
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: don't worry about that, and we'll be back with our
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: terrible talents, hopefully sooner rather than later.
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh, we will be back. But for now, this has
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: been the Irish Theaders podcast. We will talk to you
• 26:24
  Speaker 1: all soon. Here we go, Here we go.