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Back to Football with Missi Matthews · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Headbugs. Welcome into the Irish Steelers Podcast as we get
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  Speaker 1: set after the bye week for the Pittsburgh Steelers and
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  Speaker 1: for Week seven in the NFL. As we are getting
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  Speaker 1: into the autumn weeks of the NFL season, delighted to
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  Speaker 1: be joined by both Jimmy English and McKee. Jimmy, first off,
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  Speaker 1: the warm welcome in bye week's overman ready to go?
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  Speaker 2: I know, yeah, the season is absolutely flying by me.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on here at all, but
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  Speaker 2: it was strange not having Steelers football last Sunday. I
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  Speaker 2: was over in the States actually, so I got to
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  Speaker 2: watch the NFL on Sunday at a reasonable hour for
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  Speaker 2: a change, So it would have been nice to have
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  Speaker 2: seen the Steelers, but I you know, all the same,
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  Speaker 2: it was great to be able to watch football at
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  Speaker 2: the hour it was intended to be watched out even
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  Speaker 2: I got to watch Sunday night football NBC, which is
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  Speaker 2: something that I don't often get to do, so that
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  Speaker 2: was that was a bit of a triagte. But looking
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  Speaker 2: forward now to the Rams game on Sunday night and
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  Speaker 2: hopefully getting picking up where we left off two weeks
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  Speaker 2: ago now, so yeah, it's great to be here with
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  Speaker 2: you boys as always.
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  Speaker 1: Were rare guests than you have a warm welcome. Do
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  Speaker 1: you have the over in England the last three weeks and
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  Speaker 1: I I'm ready for arrest this weekend and put the
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  Speaker 1: feet up most the RUMs game. How you doing good?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm doing well, Mike. Thanks for austin the bag
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  Speaker 3: week was I had a bit of a chance, you know,
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  Speaker 3: just to watch a few games about having the sort
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  Speaker 3: of scream with the television. But the rugby on the
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  Speaker 3: Saturday night sort of give me that chance. Disappointing result
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  Speaker 3: for us, but give me a bit of chance, you know,
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  Speaker 3: on the Sunday to watch the Rams see how we
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  Speaker 3: match up with them. So apart from not all good
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  Speaker 3: and it's good to have Stater football back, so yeah,
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  Speaker 3: bring it on.
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  Speaker 1: I forgot about the rugby, so thank you for that,
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  Speaker 1: Dave for depressing me. I'm joking. Hard luck to the lads.
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  Speaker 1: And it was great to see the Staters out on
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  Speaker 1: the cun shout them as well and delighted the walk win.
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  Speaker 1: Our guest this week a storyteller sideline reporter for the
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  Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Staters. Miss him off, He's missed the ed. We
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  Speaker 1: see your content everywhere honest, it's just great to have
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  Speaker 1: you on the podcast. Welcome into the R series podcast
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  Speaker 1: How you did?
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  Speaker 4: I'm doing great, Thank you guys for having me. I
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  Speaker 4: appreciate it.
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  Speaker 1: At Missy Tallis, just before we go into the talking
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  Speaker 1: about the team and your career. Have you ever had
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  Speaker 1: a chance to be an Arnham before? Have you ever
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  Speaker 1: had other childs at wolver.
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  Speaker 4: I have not. I am jealous of a lot of
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  Speaker 4: people from the Steelers organization who have. I got to
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  Speaker 4: go to London with the team in twenty and thirteen
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  Speaker 4: when they played the Vikings at Wembley, which was super cool.
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  Speaker 4: We'd love to come to Ireland.
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  Speaker 2: I was actually at that game. Missy is my first
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  Speaker 2: and only Steelers game, which I'm kind of disappointed to admit.
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  Speaker 2: So I need to get to another game soon. But like,
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  Speaker 2: we're able to listen now to the radio broadcast of
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers here in Ireland thanks to Off the Ball
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  Speaker 2: and obviously to your sideline report, So can you tell
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  Speaker 2: us a bit about what that is like being the
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  Speaker 2: eyes and ears for Steelers Nation down in the field.
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  Speaker 4: I think that's so cool that you guys get to
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  Speaker 4: hear it. By the way, that when we first found out.
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  Speaker 4: I was like, that's really weird, but also awesome because
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  Speaker 4: Steelers Nation is everywhere and I love the following that
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  Speaker 4: you all have. It's really cool. Doing sidelines is by
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  Speaker 4: far one of my favorite things I've ever had a
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  Speaker 4: chance to do in my career. There's a lot of
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  Speaker 4: other things that I like, but you're close to the action.
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  Speaker 4: You could hear players and coaches talking, You see things firsthand.
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  Speaker 4: I mean half the time the play is running out
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  Speaker 4: to you. I don't know. I'm just very drawn to
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  Speaker 4: the adrenaline rush that you kind of get when you're
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  Speaker 4: down on the field. It's about as close as you
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  Speaker 4: can be, I think, to being you know, on the team.
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  Speaker 4: And Max Starks, who's my partner, he's experienced it both ways.
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  Speaker 4: But it's just really fun to be able to see
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  Speaker 4: things that maybe the guy's up in the booths depending
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  Speaker 4: on where the booth is in the stadium. Some you know,
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  Speaker 4: they're in an end zone, they're high up. It's just
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  Speaker 4: really cool to help and like you said, to be
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  Speaker 4: able to provide some context of what we're seeing from
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  Speaker 4: field level.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you just mentioned there messy as well, but you know,
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  Speaker 3: all the things you get to do you know, sort
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  Speaker 3: of a dream job for Staders fans if you like
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  Speaker 3: what what would you say is the most rewarded element
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  Speaker 3: of that job.
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  Speaker 4: Well, I'm from Pittsburgh, born and raised. I went to
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  Speaker 4: college at the University of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh. I have
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  Speaker 4: moved a little bit in the state of Pennsylvania two times,
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  Speaker 4: but was naturally drawn to come back. So it's it's
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  Speaker 4: kind of like a childhood dream and I just think
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  Speaker 4: it's really cool now that I have children on my own.
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  Speaker 4: I have two young boys and they're football junkies. I
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  Speaker 4: mean they love every sport, but specifically the Steelers. So
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  Speaker 4: it's been really cool to carry on that tradition that
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  Speaker 4: my parents did with my brother and I have loving football,
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  Speaker 4: and now we're passing that down to our boys.
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  Speaker 1: And miss You talked about being in London of that
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  Speaker 1: game about ten years ago now, which seems like yesterday,
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  Speaker 1: but it's almost like a generation that going now. I am.
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  Speaker 1: You know, first off, the game inter Nationhley has really
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  Speaker 1: changed over that period, and even like I usually don't
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  Speaker 1: do this, but I walked around the concourse that taught
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  Speaker 1: them last week and I'm not just saying this for
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  Speaker 1: the podcast. Guys, I haven't told you this. The third
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  Speaker 1: highest supporting team outside of the twos and two outside
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  Speaker 1: of the two teams that were planned Staters. No, I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure if those were English funds or Irish fons
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  Speaker 1: of European funds, but there was a heavy amount of
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  Speaker 1: Staters funds there last week. And it's just cool to
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  Speaker 1: city international impact, I guess messee and just continue to grow.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think you know a lot of times, obviously
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  Speaker 4: here in the States, when we go to different stadiums,
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  Speaker 4: you're seeing maybe people from Pittsburg who are going to
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  Speaker 4: a destination like we're going to la this weekend. Las
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  Speaker 4: Vegas was one where I knew, like neighbors, close friends
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  Speaker 4: who were going from Pittsburgh to Vegas because they wanted
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  Speaker 4: to go to Vegas. But when we were at Wembley,
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  Speaker 4: like you said, it was Yes, there are people who
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  Speaker 4: made the trek from Pittsburgh or wherever, but there were
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  Speaker 4: just home grown Steelers fans from there that were just
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  Speaker 4: so exciting. We had a chance I cannot remember the
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  Speaker 4: name of the pub, but we did a live show
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  Speaker 4: from it and it was one of the coolest atmospheres.
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  Speaker 4: Just the fans that showed up. They I remember it
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  Speaker 4: was like coach Tomlin, Troy Paula, Maul lou Ike, I'm
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  Speaker 4: sure it was Ben. There was somebody else on offense.
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  Speaker 4: They took them somewhere really cool. The streets were shut down.
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  Speaker 4: They're up on a stage and there were just black
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  Speaker 4: and gold jerseys everywhere. I mean, it was just it
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  Speaker 4: was so wild and Steelers Nation never surprises me, but
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  Speaker 4: that was one of those moments where I was like, Wow,
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  Speaker 4: this is this is worldwide, this is crazy.
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  Speaker 2: They see which player on the team is the most
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  Speaker 2: fun to interview, and you know, which player have you
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed interviewing the most.
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  Speaker 4: There's a lot of good guys. Oh okay, all right,
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  Speaker 4: So I will say Najie Harris is really fun to
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  Speaker 4: talk to because he can be very off the wall.
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  Speaker 4: He says funny things. He has a good sense of humor.
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  Speaker 4: Cam Hayward, TJ Watt, Alex high Smith, those like veteran
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  Speaker 4: defensive guys. It's fun to pick their brain as well
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  Speaker 4: as you know, just this season, after that San Francisco loss,
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  Speaker 4: I usually have to try to get a player on
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  Speaker 4: the field, and after losses it can be a little
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  Speaker 4: bit more difficult, which I understand sometimes I don't even
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  Speaker 4: want to do it. But TJ Watt ty James Harrison's record,
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  Speaker 4: and he was like, of course, I'll do it. You know,
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  Speaker 4: it was a hard situation, but he's just one of
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  Speaker 4: those guys where he knew that it was something I
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  Speaker 4: needed to do for my job and he was more
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  Speaker 4: than willing to do it. And I appreciate that. But
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  Speaker 4: I think my all time favorite is probably Troy Palamalu.
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  Speaker 4: Toy's funny. I think what people see from him. You know,
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  Speaker 4: he was crazy on the field, but he's very reserved
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  Speaker 4: and quiet off the field. But he's one of the
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  Speaker 4: funniest guys. He was a prankster in the locker room.
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  Speaker 4: Every teammate and coach loved him, and I always just
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  Speaker 4: really enjoyed getting to.
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  Speaker 2: Chat with him, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Speaking of fun you know, we had Max Starks on
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  Speaker 3: a couple of ways tough your teammates. You're like, just
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  Speaker 3: to talk about the Staelers fads and how you know,
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  Speaker 3: well they travel. You know, there have been some incredible
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  Speaker 3: experiences so far the season lot alone, you know in past,
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  Speaker 3: but what are stainers files really like on the room
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  Speaker 3: and to say.
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  Speaker 4: Passionate. They get there early, they come down to the
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  Speaker 4: front row they know or the visiting team Ton was,
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  Speaker 4: it's like they almost scouted out before they get there
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  Speaker 4: because you see them because they have their terrible towels,
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  Speaker 4: which is fantastic even in Las Vegas. Obviously the Jersey
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  Speaker 4: colors were kind of similar, but then you get the
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  Speaker 4: towels out and you're like, ah, there they are. But
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  Speaker 4: they're just passionate. They want a chance to get as
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  Speaker 4: close as they can to the team. And let me
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  Speaker 4: tell you, they you know, when you make the home
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  Speaker 4: team quarterback go on a silent count. They're doing their
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  Speaker 4: job on the road, and I know the players appreciate
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  Speaker 4: it a lot. Coach Tublin's given Steelers Nation a shout
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  Speaker 4: out a bunch this season as well, but it's it's
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  Speaker 4: really cool to see in person and just how you
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  Speaker 4: can take over a stadium when it's not your home stadium.
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  Speaker 1: And talking about stadiums, talking about atmosphere. Obviously a bye
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  Speaker 1: week last week, Missy. And one thing I've learned over
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  Speaker 1: the last sixty eight months is there is no off
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  Speaker 1: day in the NFL, even when there's an off season.
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  Speaker 1: But do you get a chance as a reporter to
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  Speaker 1: actually maybe have just a bit of a rast during
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  Speaker 1: the bye week or is it all just go, go,
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  Speaker 1: go continuously.
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  Speaker 4: No, I definitely did, which was great and it's very weird,
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  Speaker 4: but also nice to kind of watch other games and
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  Speaker 4: not be going to a game or you know, trying
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  Speaker 4: to catch up. My boys are very active in sports,
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  Speaker 4: so I was at a nice rink, a soccer field,
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  Speaker 4: a football field, i should say, and then they played
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  Speaker 4: flag football on Sunday, so we went to their games,
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  Speaker 4: and then afterwards I took my oldest out and we
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  Speaker 4: watched the end of the Browns game and the Bengals game.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they had the double TV's up. It was
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  Speaker 4: just really cool to watch and to experience it with him.
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  Speaker 4: And then obviously it's you have to pay attention to
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  Speaker 4: the AFC North and other things happening. So it was
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  Speaker 4: a nice break, but I'm definitely jonesing to be back
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  Speaker 4: for another game.
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  Speaker 2: Bessie, how you found the team's performances so far this season.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's probably not what they wanted in terms of,
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  Speaker 4: you know, a fast start, but I don't think you
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  Speaker 4: could also complain about being three and two after the
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  Speaker 4: first five games that they played. I think the buye
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  Speaker 4: was a little early, but again, it is what it is,
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  Speaker 4: and you have to use that time wisely. I think
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  Speaker 4: when it's more towards the middle of the season that
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  Speaker 4: helps out help wise. But look, they might get Deontay
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  Speaker 4: Johnson and Anthony McFarland back this week, which is huge,
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  Speaker 4: especially for the offense. I think they did a really
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  Speaker 4: good job last year after the buye of making adjustments,
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  Speaker 4: maybe not the whole cell that you know everybody can see,
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  Speaker 4: but something clicked and worked, and I'm hoping that that's
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  Speaker 4: what we see on Sunday in LA in terms of
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  Speaker 4: the offense playing better and the defense as well.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Just you know, it's a massive game. You know, with
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  Speaker 3: the Rams, a lot of people expected them the struggle
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  Speaker 3: this year, expected a attached of dyne year tyld Press.
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  Speaker 3: Have you actually been with them this year?
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  Speaker 1: Miss?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I think you know, they have Matthew Stafford
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  Speaker 4: and he's been in the league for a long time,
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  Speaker 4: but he is a very accurate quarterback and there's a
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  Speaker 4: reason why there was a trade for him, you know,
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  Speaker 4: from Detroit. I also think Aaron Donald, he's a Pittsburgh guy,
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  Speaker 4: so everybody you know, knows of him him across the league,
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  Speaker 4: but specifically here in Pittsburgh, just being a guy who
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  Speaker 4: grew up here, went to college here, and he's on
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  Speaker 4: the latter portion of his career, but he's still really good.
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  Speaker 4: He's still somebody that you have to know where he
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  Speaker 4: is at all times. So I think the Rams are
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  Speaker 4: maybe one of those teams that, as you said, was
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  Speaker 4: a little underrated coming in. I think their running game
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  Speaker 4: might suffer being that they lost two of their top guys,
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  Speaker 4: but it's Sean McVay and I just think he's a
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  Speaker 4: really good offensive mind. So I'm interested to see what
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  Speaker 4: their game plan is on Sunday, Missy.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, you know the Staters are coming off the buy
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  Speaker 2: now and it's an opportunity to reseest. Not the best
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  Speaker 2: start of the season, but we've seen progress and they've
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  Speaker 2: gradually gotten better week on week. What are you going
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  Speaker 2: to be looking out for as the key things against
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  Speaker 2: the Rams this weekend?
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  Speaker 4: I think for the offense, I want to see a
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  Speaker 4: little bit more balance, especially get the run game going.
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  Speaker 4: We've seen it in Spurts, but not consistently, and I
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  Speaker 4: think for this offense, if they can score points early.
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  Speaker 4: Then it gives you time to incorporate the run game
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  Speaker 4: and stick with the run game. And we saw what
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  Speaker 4: it did at the end of last season and how
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  Speaker 4: much it helped them, And I think, you know, like
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  Speaker 4: I said, Deontay Johnson coming back, I think is going
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  Speaker 4: to be huge for them because now if teams were
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  Speaker 4: doubling George Pickens, now you have to worry about eighteen
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  Speaker 4: as well. So I think those are some things I'm
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  Speaker 4: looking for. And then I think in terms of the
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  Speaker 4: defense that the tackling, I think the Ravens game, I
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  Speaker 4: always wish they played after that game because it just
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  Speaker 4: felt like things were gelling really well. But you know,
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  Speaker 4: coach Tellman shouted out the middle of their defense that
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  Speaker 4: completely revamped inside linebackers room, and I thought that they
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  Speaker 4: played their best game against Baltimore and hopefully that carries
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  Speaker 4: on through the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, And we talked a little bit earlier MESSI about
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  Speaker 3: you know, the great work the Rainy family and the
• 12:51
  Speaker 3: Stadlers of Donna, Ireland. You know, just we've spoken a
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  Speaker 3: lot of about in the podcast so far, but just
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  Speaker 3: how awesome would it bad actually have a game in
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  Speaker 3: Dublin someday would be a career.
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  Speaker 4: Highlight for sure. I mean, I just think some of
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  Speaker 4: the experiences. You know, there's places I've never been before,
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  Speaker 4: but because there's a Steelers game there, I get to
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  Speaker 4: go and it's it's very rewarding and I'm very grateful
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  Speaker 4: for it every single time because it's kind of a
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  Speaker 4: pinch me moment. But I think to have a game
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  Speaker 4: there with the support that's already there, I just I
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  Speaker 4: can't imagine what the atmosphere would be like, and knowing
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  Speaker 4: what Wembley was like in twenty thirteen, I think it
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  Speaker 4: would be fantastic, Missie.
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  Speaker 1: I can imagine hopefully positive thinking going into the postseason
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  Speaker 1: will probably have you all in the game to chat
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  Speaker 1: about our first divisional round. Please God, match up against
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  Speaker 1: someone in the postseason, but certainly mess you like, you know,
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  Speaker 1: excited to continue to listen to you and the entire
• 13:48
  Speaker 1: team on for just for us on off the ball,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, just to jump on what Dave and
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  Speaker 1: Jimmy have said there. Like to see so many Sailors
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  Speaker 1: fans last weekend of London was one thing, but to
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  Speaker 1: see upwards of four five one hundred fans sell out
• 14:01
  Speaker 1: a watch party next month for the bronze game is
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  Speaker 1: pretty cool, so you'll have to give us a little
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  Speaker 1: shout out that day.
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  Speaker 4: I think, yeah for sure. And it's been really fun
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  Speaker 4: following you guys on social as well and just seeing
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  Speaker 4: the craze that is there. So I appreciate you guys
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  Speaker 4: having me on. This is an honor.
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  Speaker 1: I thank you so much for your time. Miss Ye.
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  Speaker 1: Let's see it travels to LA. It's a long trip
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  Speaker 1: this weekend and we will tut these and thank you
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  Speaker 1: so much. Great to hear from Missy. Matthew's a Staters
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  Speaker 1: sideline reporter. As the Stadiers, you are ready for this
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: game against Raums this weekend, but you know as importantly
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  Speaker 1: and obviously thank you for Messy coming on. Great to
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  Speaker 1: chat to you boys again. Jimmy, it feels like that
• 14:40
  Speaker 1: bye week just dragged and it was just a weird
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: time to have a bye week because it was on
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: such a high and then it just sort of stops.
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  Speaker 1: I have to say, after watching the Ravens in personal weekend,
• 14:52
  Speaker 1: I can't wait to watch the Staters again night because
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: I just wanted to get back to the you know,
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  Speaker 1: the proper AFC Newarf talk and not looking at the
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  Speaker 1: Ravens in London. So really, you know, genuinely excited to
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  Speaker 1: see this game this weekend, but obviously as well just
• 15:06
  Speaker 1: heartworming to see so much black and yellow in London
• 15:08
  Speaker 1: last weekend. Man.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, like you said, make it it's I mean, the
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  Speaker 2: last game against the Ravens finished on such a high
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  Speaker 2: and we really came into our own in the latter
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: stages of the game. So love just hoping there's no
• 15:21
  Speaker 2: kind of bye week lag now as they get back
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: to business and they can build some momentum out for
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: that victory and stay in the race for for the playoffs.
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's mental to think that October it's
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: it's almost over and we're getting into November, and November
• 15:36
  Speaker 2: football is where you know the season is won or lost.
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: So a big, big fixture now against the Rams this
• 15:42
  Speaker 2: weekend and hopefully they can they can do the business.
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: I actually like, do you have actually liked the timing
• 15:51
  Speaker 1: of the bye week in the sense of it sort
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: of puts like the initial past behind it and you
• 15:55
  Speaker 1: move on. You see, teams sometimes have like really lit
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: by weeks and really early bye weeks maybe granted, give
• 16:03
  Speaker 1: or take another week or so, but I like it,
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: and it sort of pussed out focus ahead now, isn't it.
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: Yeah? I was originally I was a bit passimistic about
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: the early by week because you sort of think you're
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: gonna have to go through that long stretch afterwards where
• 16:15
  Speaker 3: you're not gonna have that much of a break. But
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: at the same time, if you look at it, it's
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: a good chance for our offense to reset, you know,
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: and get a few things done on the training ground
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: if you like so, as well as at the travel
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: as well, the travel to la it's another important aspect
• 16:29
  Speaker 3: you have to bring in it. So I was originally
• 16:31
  Speaker 3: a bit passimistic, Mick. But at the same time I
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: think it couldn't have came at a better time because
• 16:35
  Speaker 3: it gives us a good chance to sort of reset
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: and mat Us go again. So it's come at a
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: perfect time if you think of it. So no excuses.
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: Now, we were recording this on the nineteenth of October.
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: We're one month by from this watch party in Croke
• 16:49
  Speaker 1: Park sold out and Jamie has so many people d
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: me looking tickets. I don't have tickets. I'm sorry, folks.
• 16:56
  Speaker 1: Steelers Dot come Slash Ireland for more information, but for
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: the watch party. I presume we're going to hear more
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: information soon and I can only imagine the presentaon like
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: Maxico is gonna be class. But it's getting really close
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: to linem on Big Game as well.
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like you said, it's literally a month
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: out and I kind of wake up every morning. This
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: might sound a bit sad, but I'm I'm a little
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: bit more excited to each of every day for because
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: it's like, obviously it's such a momentous occasion to have
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: the first of its kind incro Park, and it's going
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: to be fantastic to meet our fellows Steelers fans, to
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: get get to watch a game, probably a critical game,
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: a crucial AFC North game against the Browns, and you know,
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: surrounded by Steelers fans. We're all gonna be there at cheering,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: you know, enjoying each other's companies. And I think it's
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: it's kind of testament to how far the sport of
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: American football has come in Ireland. And we touched on
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: this previously, but it's also i mean, the Steelers have
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: only been marketing into Ireland since May you know that
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: and a few short months later we're having this massive
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: watch party incro Park. So I think it's just gonna
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: be fantastic, and I think there's gonna be many more
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: coming down the line after presuming this goes well, which
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: I wouldn't see why it wouldn't. I mean, everyone I've
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: talked to Steeers fans or otherwise or even NFL fans
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: are absolutely buzzing for the night.
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: Bring it on. I know it's gonna be a great night.
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: There's gonna be merchandise available for people to buy and
• 18:20
  Speaker 1: stuff seen a few whispers online. There will be more
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: official stuff coming out soon regards to this, and look,
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: genuine people have been message to me just have a
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: lookout at Steelers are art in the social media if
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: any more do become available. But it is sold out
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: that I guess they have sort of shows the demand
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: for this, and just going to what Jimmy said, it's
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: not even just like that there, it's like, as Jimmy said,
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: it's the first time it's happened, even just for general
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: NFL fans. Just kept behind the team and like this
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: is something great to support, like the first time it's happening,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: and it feels like a little bit of history that
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: will be talent people in like thirty years remember that
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: night against the Browns we won thirty five zero.
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: That's maybe a bit optimistic. I would love to see that.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: But yeah, you know what, when it was originally announced,
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: maybe a lot of people were thinking, oh, okay, surely
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: it's not going to be in Crow Park. Surely there's
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: somewhere off cro Parker are doing it. But it's actually
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: intro Park, which is fantastic. So it's one of those
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: things where as well, nobody really when I Risen he
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: first told me folks about it, there was land but
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: really away Crow Park, and I was just like, it's
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: just it's how quickly it's taken off. It's really it's
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: maddness when you think of it. So I'm the same
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: as Jimmy. I I can barely believe it as well,
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: you know what count And then it is at this
• 19:31
  Speaker 3: rate and it's still sort of like a pinch me
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: moment that is happening. So can't wait to get over
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: you know, I'm stop over here in England and hopefully
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: I can get it the first time being back in
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: a while. Soun. Then it is at this rate and
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: I can't wait to watch the dealers in Crow Park,
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: which hopefully in someday in the future, it's in a
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: physical not never what's the word looking for a visual
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: sort of thing, you know.
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: So fmlon Dublin as well, that's gonna be good.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: It'll be good having all three of us together in
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: the one physical location for a change. So good to
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: have the the Steels podcast men together watching the game.
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: Hopefully on I'm sure. Look, regardless of the result, we
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: all want to win, it'll be it'll be a great
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: night's crack. Well, we'll do a podcast there before we
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: buy inside our Crook Park as well. We'll we'll definitely
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: do that and we'll hopefully get your questions, folks, are
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: questions for people on the night to leave it with us.
• 20:22
  Speaker 1: We're only we're under a month away at the time
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: you're listening to this now, so it is it's creeping in,
• 20:26
  Speaker 1: but we're getting there. Let's look, let's let's look ahead
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: of this game this weekend with the Rams. Like the Rams,
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: Jimmy haven't had the luxury of a bye week yet.
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: They're fleeing free in the season, but they're doing a
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: lot better than what people expect them to in the
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: sense of a lot of people, including myself, but it'd
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: be really poor this season, and they've got a really
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: efficient run game in Kirien Williams, and poking the curl
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: looks unreal. He's broke records three five to six weeks
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: for a wide receiver. Never mind off, never mind the
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: fact that the defense is holding up for them as well.
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: We'll talk about the Steelers in the second, but look,
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: going to Sofi, going all the way out to LA
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: when you're going from the East coast is not easy.
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: I guess the thing you would expect is Steelers fans
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: to travel. Well, we've seen how many Steelers fans were
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: in Vegas. Hopefully Steelers and the asition will fill out
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: so fine. That gives us an extra advantage this Sunday.
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean we saw against the against the the Raiders,
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: how well the Steelers fans traveled to the west coast
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: to the desert. And there was a game against the
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Chargers a couple of years ago before they moved to
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: so Far where they're in the old Qualcomm Stadium, and
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: you know, for all intents and purposes, it was a
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: Steelers at home game. I think they outnumbered the Chargers fans. Yeah,
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: they played renegade. At one point it was meant to
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: be a joke, but that just encouraged the Steelers fans
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: and the Chargers were a bit a bit upset about that,
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: But I think it's going to be a great it's
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: a good look. It's a great opportunity for the Steelers
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: to build the momentum we've been talking about coming back
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: from the bye week. Hopefully everyone's healthy. You know, we're
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: getting the lights of the ont the Johnson back, which
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: is going to be fantastic for our past game. But
• 22:01
  Speaker 2: I think in terms of what the series can expect,
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, you mentioned Karen Williams there. He went from
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: having I think less than ten carries last season to
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: becoming the feature back, and he's just he's just, you know,
• 22:12
  Speaker 2: become this amazing running back. And I remember watching him
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: in Notre Dame and thinking he's undersized, but he's a fast,
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: he's a home run hitter. So the Steaders will have
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: to prepare for him. And obviously as well, you have
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: two of the best receivers in the league to deal
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: with in Cooper Cup and Pooka Nakua who's only emerged
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: this season. So look, I think we're I think we're
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: gonna have a great shot and we just have to
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: there's a couple of things we have to watch out for, you.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: Know, Jimmy, before we look at what we hope to
• 22:42
  Speaker 1: see from the Steelers this weekend. You know, looking at
• 22:44
  Speaker 1: the AFC North, look at no point in saying otherwise.
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: The Ravens at a very positive week in London, and there's
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: maybe a discussion for this in the offseason about the
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: way that they actually came over and handled themselves in
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: terms of the time spent there if the Steers doing
• 22:56
  Speaker 1: when playing our game in the Nastley, but they have
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: a big game against the Lion idea of and you know,
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: looking at the Bengals have a bie week. Seahawks face
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: the Browns a key opportunity this week to try and
• 23:09
  Speaker 1: continue to put a foot down on this division.
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: Yeah, just everything you've said there, Maka, that's one of
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: those things where we're sort of having like last week
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: for the double during the Bay we were sort of
• 23:21
  Speaker 3: watching who's playing who, and obviously you got a good
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: look at the Ravens again and solid performance by them.
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: The Bengals really look like they're starting to power right now.
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: If you like, I can't remember they awaited forty nine ers.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: It forty nine ers next week?
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: Is it next week? So the Bengals are off this week.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so the Bengals got a bi week, but then
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: obviously we got forty nine ers next week, and then
• 23:41
  Speaker 3: obviously the Browns are They've just beaten the forty nine ers.
• 23:44
  Speaker 3: So this AFC North Division is just although anybody can,
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: we can get beat by anybody. But at the same time,
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: it's just proven that the Browns. With the Browns beating
• 23:52
  Speaker 3: the forty nine ers arguably the best team in the league,
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: it just shows that any team in this division can
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: beat anybody as well. So I'm going into this him optimistic,
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: a fancier chances. Let's just everything Jimmy said there, you know,
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: but putting the coup, he's been an absolutely I standing.
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: But they've got Creeper Cup back as well, so you're
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: perventially looking at some of the best receivers in the
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: league all in one team. So if we can stop them,
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: and obviously our defense can show up and offensively, hopefully,
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: it's been proven that we've been working on stuff during
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: the day week. I can I can see it's coming
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: out of their will win but obviously keeping our eye
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: on everybody else as well. You know, we don't want
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: everybody else sort of being able to catch up on
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: us because we're still tactically leading effects, so who knows
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: what can happen. And then yeah, just keep our eyes
• 24:33
  Speaker 3: out on ourselves and hopefully that the wins will come.
• 24:37
  Speaker 1: Jimmy looking at the Steelers made it. You know, the
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: Rams took the Niners very close. They took the Bengals close.
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: They were close enough against the Eagles to an extent,
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: but the Eagles were a better team in that day.
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: They like to keep teams close. On one thing that
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: we didn't really see against the Ravens a couple of
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: weeks ago. And then I know you've been talking about it,
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: you know, religiously. I think he said on the last
• 24:58
  Speaker 1: podcast was just getting to the fish running game going.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: It's going to be key this weekend against this Rams team.
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: Like I know you've been talking about how Gilian Warren
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: and Natty Harris can almost share reps at this point,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: but this we need to see this run game this
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: week just to merge.
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I don't think we can afford any more
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: slow start snick, to be honest, with you. I mean,
• 25:16
  Speaker 2: we had terribly slow starting against the Ravens, and it
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: was really only when we blocked that punt and almost
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: score a touchdown that kind of jump started us a
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: little bit. It made it made us wake up and realized, Okay,
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: we can actually do something here. So I don't think
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: we can afford to do that against the against the Rams.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: You know that Stafford hasn't been as proficient as we've
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: seen in the past. He's still he's still a very
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: good quarterback. He has multiple weapons, and we can't let
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: them to get going. We have to establish the run
• 25:45
  Speaker 2: game fast and early, and then use the run game
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: to open up the passing game.
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: You know.
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: That's I mean, that's one of the the oldest sayings
• 25:53
  Speaker 2: in football is you have to use the running game
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: to open up the passing game. So there's a lot
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: of things we still need to improve on, and that
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: I hope he can address this weekend against against the Rams.
• 26:06
  Speaker 1: Indeed, just looking at Sean McVay two or three years ago,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: whenever they won the Super Bowl in their home stadium,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: they had a game wrecker in arn Donald who just
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: turned that game against the Bengals in the Super Bowl well,
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: Sean McVay this week is called yourman TJ. Waden nightmare,
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: and he's going to have to be all of the
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: stop Maffy Stafford in this Rams offense this week because
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: you feel like Dave, if the Steelers defense can just
• 26:28
  Speaker 1: get it go home early like the offense, as Jimmy
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: has said, there you know, no stop, but just get
• 26:34
  Speaker 1: it going early. If they can shut stop for Dinah.
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: But you could just take intron of the game this Sunday.
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, you imagine they're a bac. They imagine that TJ.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: Wats a bit of a class the Titans. This is
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: probably the two best defensive players over the past ten
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: years going up against each other, and it's maybe gonna
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: come down to who's going to be able to perform
• 26:52
  Speaker 3: on the day and who knows you could could provide
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: the key player that will let us to win. So
• 26:56
  Speaker 3: and coming back to that, you know, high weekends, maybe
• 26:59
  Speaker 3: stop of every belief in the offensive line. Of course
• 27:03
  Speaker 3: we're not the greatest on the StatSheet, but if we
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: can stop ar Donald and putting pressure on Canny. Also
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: if we're getting you know, the pressure that we know
• 27:11
  Speaker 3: we can get on Stafford, putting a bit of pressure
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: of them.
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: He did.
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: Even when he played for Detroit, he did have a
• 27:16
  Speaker 3: bit of a turnover issue and it has sort of
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: led into his career with the Rams. But I think
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: if we've got the players to do it, and if
• 27:24
  Speaker 3: we just can get that execution both on the offensive
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: side of the ball on the defensive side of the ball,
• 27:29
  Speaker 3: we're not going to be far away. So fingers cross.
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: That will happen, and then every feff does, and hopefully
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: that the leaders to coming out with Gwen.
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: The Impicks. Here we go, and I mean here we go, Jimmy,
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna say the Steelers is going to tight one
• 27:43
  Speaker 1: seventeen of fourteen. The Rams have given up over four
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: hundred yards and fleet touchdowns for to six weeks. The
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: tight ends pot Fiarmus back move gets a touchdown, Steelers
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: get the win. Seventeen fourteen, get back to Pittsburgh top
• 27:56
  Speaker 1: of the AFC North because the Lions are going to
• 27:58
  Speaker 1: beat the Ravens. Hopefully, give me some good news. One.
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: I'm inclined to agree that it's going to be a
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: tight game, but I have faith.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: You look.
• 28:10
  Speaker 2: The first three quarters of that Ravens game. I was
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: sitting there go what in the name of God is
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: going on? They surprise me. They snapped themselves out of
• 28:19
  Speaker 2: the roost. They got some big smash plays, that touchdown pass,
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: and Kenny to George was I think of beauty. We
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: want to see more than that. I want to see
• 28:26
  Speaker 2: Pickens get two touchdowns this week, and I want to
• 28:29
  Speaker 2: finally see a rushing touchdown. So I'm going to go
• 28:32
  Speaker 2: Steeters twenty four to twenty one over the Rams in
• 28:35
  Speaker 2: the close one.
• 28:36
  Speaker 1: I love it. Dave has to be a full houes,
• 28:38
  Speaker 1: come on.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: Horses, the full house, and I fancied the Steelers twenty
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: at twenty four. I'm just agreeing with everything Jimmy saying
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: at the street. But it's you know, great man is thinking,
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: like what can I say? But yeah, just to sort
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: of act of everything he said, if we can just
• 28:53
  Speaker 3: instead of you know, leaving it through the fourth quarter,
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: actually provide a few splash players and a few key
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: players in the defense side of the ball. If we
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: can do that from Dad out and put Stafford under
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: pressure obviously that you know, Karen Williams is out. He's
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: a great running back to have, and then if we
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: can just put pressure on him, you know, force a
• 29:10
  Speaker 3: few turnovers early unsettled them. I have absolute faith that
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: we can come back and win. So I go in
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: twenty at twenty four and take that to the bank.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: Take it to the bankman, Man. You can listen to
• 29:21
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• 29:24
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• 29:26
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• 29:29
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• 29:30
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• 29:33
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• 29:34
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• 29:36
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• 29:39
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• 29:58
  Speaker 1: Put back week seven. Lots here we go, Chucky
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  Speaker 4: Said, here we go, Here we go.