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diocSunday Night Focus · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Everybody, You're very welcome into the latest episode of the
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Speaker 1: Irish Theaters podcast, presented by Erlingus Michael mcwady. Here a
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Speaker 1: week after I've been in Pittsburgh Guns. You know, I
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Speaker 1: feel like I was there five minutes ago.
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Speaker 2: That's how good.
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Speaker 1: That's how good that weekend was, even with how a
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Speaker 1: win against the Packers and since we last spoke, since
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Speaker 1: we last joined on the podcast, it's obviously been a
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Speaker 1: good weekend for the Staters, getting a win against what
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Speaker 1: was the seven and one. Later in the NFL Indianapolis
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Speaker 1: Colts twenty seven to twenty Colts fall to seven and two.
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Speaker 1: Steels now sitting at five or say a top of
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Speaker 1: the AFC North. We know how difficult that AFC North
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Speaker 1: Division is so at this stage heading in the week
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Speaker 1: ten as the NFL makes it's a final little trip
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Speaker 1: of ber Audumn Berlin of Madrid, It's good to see
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Speaker 1: the Steels still on top, with a good position to
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Speaker 1: be and ahead of these naxt few weeks of the season,
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Speaker 1: a big, big stretch coming up, obviously, with a very
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Speaker 1: very important game coming up this weekend against the LA Chargers.
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Speaker 1: A couple of check ins I wanted to do on
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Speaker 1: this week's podcast is to talk about the game for myself.
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Speaker 1: First off, actually nice to watch a game in the
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Speaker 1: early window for once. I think that's the only negative
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Speaker 1: thing I would say. But the season there's been so
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Speaker 1: many different league games and stuff, and just just good
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Speaker 1: to watch a game so early. And I have to
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Speaker 1: say from seeing how this team, I think, I think
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Speaker 1: we can't cut past it. You know, we did struggle
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Speaker 1: in the last two games, but we struggled offensively and
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Speaker 1: of course defensively apart from the run against the Packers.
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Speaker 1: And to see this team go out and not just
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Speaker 1: get a win, but certainly across the broad perspective of
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Speaker 1: the first second, the third quarter put a performance down.
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Speaker 1: Putting points on the board seventeen points scored in the
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Speaker 1: second quarter is a big, big deal. And to see
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Speaker 1: guys like Gale and Warren get two touchdowns on such
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Speaker 1: short amount of carries in terms of yards. But to
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Speaker 1: also see guys at Calvin Austin, guys that have been
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Speaker 1: to Ireland, the guys that know we are like really
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Speaker 1: getting there in his contract year, I think means an
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Speaker 1: awful lot. No activity from the Steelers on the trade deadline,
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Speaker 1: which I think I didn't really I don't really expect
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Speaker 1: much to happen, to be honest with I think if
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Speaker 1: we were going to improve team any further, you're looking
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Speaker 1: to get that extra wide out or an extra big
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Speaker 1: piece of the puzzle. But the one thing that I'll
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Speaker 1: take from the lack of activity on the trade deadline
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Speaker 1: is just how much Omar Khan, just how much Mike
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Speaker 1: Tomlin believes in the direction of this team and believes
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Speaker 1: in terms of what they have going forward for the
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Speaker 1: last step of this season. And I think it's important
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Speaker 1: as well not to make any rash decisions, not to
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Speaker 1: give up a lot of trade capital, especially when we're
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Speaker 1: bringing the draft to Pittsburgh next year.
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Speaker 2: So I'm very happy with where we are sitting.
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Speaker 1: We've obviously got a big few weeks ahead, and while
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Speaker 1: we have no trade deadline situation to talk, I think
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Speaker 1: we're in a good position. It was interesting for me
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Speaker 1: as good as the defense was to get a number
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Speaker 1: of different defensive stops, the first defensive stops from Dublin.
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Speaker 1: I think that really puts an energy on this defense
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Speaker 1: and it gives them the motivation that you could argue
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Speaker 1: that they need after what's been a couple of disappointing performances.
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Speaker 1: When you don't play well, it can be hard to
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Speaker 1: get yourself up, to get yourself motivated. And I think
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Speaker 1: it's very very important to see just how this team
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Speaker 1: have really progressed and how they have allowed themselves to
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Speaker 1: take that time, take that energy, and frankly, if you
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Speaker 1: think of how we were thinking going into this game,
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Speaker 1: I wasn't confident. I did not think we were going
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Speaker 1: to have a dominant game. I thought the Colts would
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Speaker 1: make it very difficult. We've known how much points the
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Speaker 1: Colts have put up on the board throughout the season.
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Speaker 1: And to see multiple defensive stops, to see strips, to
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Speaker 1: see Daniel Jones give up the ball at least three times,
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Speaker 1: to see different turnovers, I think that's very very positive
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Speaker 1: for all of us, regardless of some of the struggles
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Speaker 1: that we have had. It's so satisfying to see the
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Speaker 1: direction the strength that this team is taking. You know,
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Speaker 1: I look at how Wilson was there, I look at
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Speaker 1: how Joey Porter was there in front of his father,
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Speaker 1: and to see that anniversary of the Super Bowl winning
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Speaker 1: team there, How cool was that? Even if you're not
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Speaker 1: a Steelers fan, as an NFL fan, to see those
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Speaker 1: guys come in and to see these guys perform in
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Speaker 1: front of them, it really felt to me like a
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Speaker 1: page turning performance this week and long may that continue.
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Speaker 1: It was very very fun to see and very very
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Speaker 1: fun to actually watch from home. So look, we've obviously
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Speaker 1: got a big game coming up this weekend, and one
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Speaker 1: thing I did want to do, I wanted to chat
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Speaker 1: to Jimmy because while Jimmy is flying back to Ireland
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Speaker 1: for Pittsburgh, I know we had a great weekend out there,
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Speaker 1: and Jimmy, obviously there's a big win for the Steelers
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Speaker 1: of the weekend before that. What was it like getting
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Speaker 1: back to Pittsburgh. You're a lifelong Steelers fan. What was
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Speaker 1: the atmosphere like on game the.
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Speaker 3: Nick I'm sitting here in Pittsburgh International Airport waiting for
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Speaker 3: my flight home, just reflecting another incredible weekend in the
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Speaker 3: steel City. It's always a pleasure and always a privilege
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Speaker 3: to get over here for a Steelers home game and
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Speaker 3: to see them in action in Akroschuur Stadium. It never
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Speaker 3: really is. I mean, I think I must be the
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Speaker 3: Steelers lucky charm at this stage or something, because I'm
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Speaker 3: two for two in Akroschuur Stadium for Steelers' home games,
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Speaker 3: and just I mean, it's never really a bad time
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Speaker 3: in Pittsburgh if the fans are so passionate about the
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Speaker 3: Steelers that the atmosphere and for the build up to
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Speaker 3: the game outside and then in the stadium was incredible.
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Speaker 3: I still think I've said this a few times. I
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Speaker 3: still think the Dublin game has kind of ruined all
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Speaker 3: games for me moving forward because it was just so good.
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Speaker 3: But home games at Akroschuur Stadium are special when you
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Speaker 3: see the passion of you know, the passion of the fans.
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Speaker 3: They love their black and goal. So look, it really
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Speaker 3: was a fantastic day overall. Great weather as well, which
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Speaker 3: which always helps. It hasn't been a single drop of
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Speaker 3: rain here since we landed, so we'll definitely be back
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Speaker 3: in the future. And luckily we've got a good performance
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Speaker 3: as well, especially from the defense. Still, you know, a
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Speaker 3: few things to do on offense, I think a few
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Speaker 3: tweaks to make there, but defense stood uphen they were
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Speaker 3: needed and put on a a big show. So it's
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Speaker 3: a look. Can't follow the single thing really about the weekend.
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Speaker 1: What impressed you from the game and what would you
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Speaker 1: like to see tweaked going forward.
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Speaker 3: I think what impressed me most make about the Steelers'
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Speaker 3: performance this weekend was the defense. I know there have
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Speaker 3: been a lot of question marks around the unit given
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Speaker 3: their previous performances against the Bengals and then against the Packers.
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Speaker 3: Didn't have a single sack against the Packers and were
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Speaker 3: largely kind of non existent. I felt, especially the front seven,
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Speaker 3: some issues in the secondary as well with mistackles. But
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Speaker 3: you know, they completely turned that around against the Colts
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Speaker 3: on Sunday. Six turnovers in five sacks, the second most
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Speaker 3: turnovers under Mike Tomlin, which you know, just you know,
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Speaker 3: just kind of says a lot of them about their
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Speaker 3: mindset coming in. They knew they needed a big game.
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Speaker 3: They knew they had to put this team on their back,
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Speaker 3: especially with the high powered Couls offense coming into town.
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Speaker 3: You know, special shout out to to I think Peyton
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Speaker 3: Wilson and Joey Porter Junior in particular deserve special mention.
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Speaker 3: Joey Porter with his game ceiling intersection as the Colts
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Speaker 3: were attempting a comeback, and then Peyton Wilson had a
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Speaker 3: massive game as well with his own interception and then
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Speaker 3: a tip pass which Jack Sawyer picked off Brandon Echels
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Speaker 3: that that must pun for turn for a touchdown. I
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Speaker 3: don't know what the referees were thinking there. That was
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Speaker 3: a clear touchdown, but look, it wouldn't be. It wouldn't
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Speaker 3: be an NFL game with had a big missed call.
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Speaker 3: I think one thing though I would like to see
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Speaker 3: improved before we traveled to Los Angeles to take on
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Speaker 3: the Chargers, is we need more dynamicism and offense another
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Speaker 3: game without breaking one hundred yards. I think we barely
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Speaker 3: broke fifty yards on the ground rushing, and I do
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Speaker 3: think that we still are missing a second a true
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Speaker 3: number two wide receiver Calvin Austin obviously had a good game,
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Speaker 3: but I still think that we need some more kind
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Speaker 3: of offensive weapons that are not tight ends for Aaron
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Speaker 3: Rodgers to be able to go to when he doesn't
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Speaker 3: have path Ryermuth or DK Metcalf open.
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Speaker 1: What sort of keys of the game do you have
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Speaker 1: ahead of sundon nef fotball as we Jimmy to.
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Speaker 3: Me the three keys for this game against the Chargers.
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Speaker 3: Number one is getting in justin Herbert's face and getting
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Speaker 3: pressure on him. And the Chargers are now missing unfortunately
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Speaker 3: for them, their two starting tackles and Rushawn Slater and
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Speaker 3: Joe Olt.
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Speaker 2: So if we don't get multiple.
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Speaker 3: Pressures on him, I think it'll be very disappointing, and
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Speaker 3: I think the unit will be disappointed in themselves considering,
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Speaker 3: you know, the number of splash plays that we made
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Speaker 3: against the Colts in terms of takeaways and sacks and pressures.
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Speaker 2: Secondly, I think.
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Speaker 3: We have to get the running game going early. We
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Speaker 3: have to lean on the running game. I mean, we
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Speaker 3: can't have another game without one hundred yards rushing, especially
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Speaker 3: given the quality of backs that we do have in
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Speaker 3: Kenneth game well and in Genle and Warren, you know.
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Speaker 3: So I think we have to lean on the ground
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Speaker 3: game early. And of course, once you lean on the
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Speaker 3: ground game and get that movie that opens up the
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Speaker 3: passing game, we can get DK more involved. I'd like
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Speaker 3: to see him getting more targets and more touchdowns. And
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Speaker 3: I think second the offense just has to we have
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Speaker 3: to find that spark and offense. I mean, we've been
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Speaker 3: relying so much on our tight ends this year as
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Speaker 3: pass catchers, obviously because we don't have I suppose anybody
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Speaker 3: more reliable at the receiving course. So I'd like to
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Speaker 3: see a bit more firepower and offense. To be honest
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Speaker 3: with you, I know we scored twenty four points off
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Speaker 3: turnovers against the Colts, but I think offense. I think
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Speaker 3: the offense got away with a lot on Sunday because
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Speaker 3: the defense is playing so well. So I would like
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Speaker 3: to see our offense step up and to see more
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Speaker 3: explosive plays from Aaron Rodgers and those guys.
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Speaker 2: Thanks very much for joining me. And look, it's one
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Speaker 2: of those things.
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Speaker 1: Before I talk about my keys to the game, we'll
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Speaker 1: look ahead of this game against the Chargers on Sunday
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Speaker 1: Night Football. Let's hear first off from coach Tomlin in
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Speaker 1: his weekly press conference on the Irishooters podcast presented by Earnings. Uh.
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Speaker 4: The Los Angeles Chargers. I'll start first on their defensive side.
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Speaker 4: Got a lot of respect for Jesse Minnerman and his
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Speaker 4: strategic approach to the game. On that side, he does
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Speaker 4: an awesome job of minimizing big plays. He does an
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Speaker 4: awesome job of of moving Derwin James around. Derwin is
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Speaker 4: just he's distraught that stirs to drink for them.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 4: He plays safety in base He's capable of playing rundown nickel.
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Speaker 4: He's also capable of playing linebacker and passing circumstances. Minner
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Speaker 4: does an awesome job of of of of you know,
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Speaker 4: showing all of his talents in those ways.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 4: He's a good blitzer, he's a good tackler. His disguise,
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Speaker 4: his disguises are great. I think they do a nice
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Speaker 4: job with veterans in the secondary like Jefferson and Dante
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Speaker 4: Jackson and others who also have to be versatile as
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Speaker 4: he moves around, and I think oftentimes we don't talk
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Speaker 4: enough about that. If one person is moving around, it
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Speaker 4: generally creates challenges for others, and they seem to manage
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Speaker 4: all of that really really well. At the linebacker spot,
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Speaker 4: they got a nice blend of older and younger. Perryman
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Speaker 4: mixed up with Henley Man is a nice tandem. Perryman
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Speaker 4: has got really good instincts and experience. He's a good
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Speaker 4: rundown tackler. Henley is a challenge. He's a good athlete.
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Speaker 4: He's a sideline a sideline tackler former safety that can
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Speaker 4: see that in his game in terms of his ability
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Speaker 4: to cover grass and do some of the things that
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Speaker 4: could be challenging to other linebackers. He's also a really
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Speaker 4: good blitzer. That's a component of his game that looks
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Speaker 4: elevated in twenty twenty five relatives to twenty twenty four.
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Speaker 4: But it's a reasonable expectation to see a young talented
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Speaker 4: player evolve and evolve in certain areas of his game,
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Speaker 4: and certainly his blitz game is much more impactful watching
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Speaker 4: this year's tape than we were than when we were
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Speaker 4: getting ready to play him a year ago. Their edge
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Speaker 4: group is the group. They've got talent and depth in
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Speaker 4: that group. They play as many as four and five
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Speaker 4: guys along the edge. It's really impressive considering that you know,
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Speaker 4: Bosa is no longer a member of that group yet
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Speaker 4: and still is still their deepest and most talented position,
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Speaker 4: probably on either side of the ball. We got a
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Speaker 4: lot of people to get ready for their Khalil Max certainly,
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Speaker 4: former Defensive Player of the Year is one of worth mentioning.
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Speaker 4: And then Oway is an acquisition from the Ravens who
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Speaker 4: we have some familiar with certainly, and he's been a
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Speaker 4: big asset to him since his acquisition. I think he's
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Speaker 4: had four sacks or so in the last four games.
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Speaker 4: On the offensive side. Man, It certainly starts with Herbert.
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Speaker 4: For us, I feel like we caught a flyer a
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Speaker 4: year ago. He was limited from a mobility perspective when
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Speaker 4: we played him. I thought it impacted how the game unfolded,
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Speaker 4: and it allowed us to do some things schematically that
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Speaker 4: you somewhat hesitant to do if he has full mobility.
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Speaker 4: I think it nailed him down in the pocket some
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Speaker 4: and probably limited limited some of the things that they
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Speaker 4: choose to do schematically, like play action pass and changes
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Speaker 4: of the launch point, which is certainly a component of
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Speaker 4: Greg Roman's attack. It was minimized some last year, and
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Speaker 4: so as I watched tape this year, I'm cognizant of that.
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Speaker 4: Herbert is extremely talented. He can kill you with his arms.
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Speaker 4: He certainly can kill you with his legs. He can
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Speaker 4: kill you with both by by play extension. He has
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Speaker 4: a complete arsenal of people to throw to. Can't say
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Speaker 4: enough about their receiver corps. The reacquisition of Keenan Allen
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Speaker 4: is kind of a lynch pin man. He's a steady eddy.
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Speaker 4: He's been around Herbert in the past. You can tell
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Speaker 4: he's certainly a security blanket you you throw him in
13:56
Speaker 4: with the emergence of Johnson and maconkey Man, they're they're
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Speaker 4: dangers group, and in recent weeks I'd be I'd probably
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Speaker 4: be wrong if I didn't mention the emergence of Gats
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Speaker 4: and the rookie tight end from Syracuse who's really put
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Speaker 4: together some big time games. His talent is showing. He's
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Speaker 4: a guy that's capable of some run after He's one
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Speaker 4: of those unique body types. He's almost an oversized receiver,
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Speaker 4: if you will. And so we certainly have our hands
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Speaker 4: full in these one dimensional passing moments, working to minimize
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Speaker 4: all those eligibles while at the same time respecting the
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Speaker 4: mobility component of Herbert. I've talked about all those things,
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Speaker 4: and I certainly hadn't mentioned the run game. And I
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Speaker 4: better when you're playing with Greg Roman offense, man, you
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Speaker 4: better be prepared to stand up against the run. They've
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Speaker 4: had some attrition in the backfield, but it hadn't slowed
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Speaker 4: down their growth and progress in that area. They drafted
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Speaker 4: the young runner from North Carolina and in round one,
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Speaker 4: certainly they acquired naj In free agency, both of those
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Speaker 4: guys are not available to them, but there's still been
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Speaker 4: an uptick in their run game, particularly in recent weeks,
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Speaker 4: is Vidal has found his rhythm. I think he's got
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Speaker 4: two hundred yard games in the last three weeks. Patterson
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Speaker 4: last week, in particular, is another young guy. I think
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Speaker 4: he had about fifty fifty yards rushing on eight or
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Speaker 4: nine carries, And so you know, there's no rest for
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Speaker 4: the weary. We got a big game versus a really
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Speaker 4: good team and their venue. One is talented offensively and
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Speaker 4: one is talented defensively and in special teams. And so
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Speaker 4: with that understanding, man were certainly preparing with an edge
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Speaker 4: this week, and we got some things to sort through
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Speaker 4: in terms of player availability. I expect that to clear
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Speaker 4: up as we push through the week and us to
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Speaker 4: be able to narrow our focus and position ourselves to
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Speaker 4: be our best.
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Speaker 1: It's always good to hear from coach tom I think
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Speaker 1: the thing that really impressed I mean but coach Tomlan
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Speaker 1: each week is to hear from him in terms of
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Speaker 1: how he breaks down not just the prior performance, but
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Speaker 1: how he breaks down in detail the opponent that he's
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Speaker 1: going to face. I don't even know where he finds
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Speaker 1: the time between Sunday and Shuesday to get into the
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Speaker 1: Ax's nose in this detail, and it's so so impressive,
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Speaker 1: and it's always great to hear from him. Before I
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Speaker 1: give my keys to the game and look ahead to
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Speaker 1: this week's game, let's hear from Aaron Rodgers, who was
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Speaker 1: on the podium in Wednesday in Pittsburgh. I had of
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Speaker 1: this Sunday night football game against the LA Chargers on
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Speaker 1: the Irish Theaters podcast presented by Erlingus.
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Speaker 2: And you talked about feeding off things after the last game.
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Speaker 4: What were the things you got yet time to go
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Speaker 4: overfilm that you could do cleaner?
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Speaker 2: That would make you, guys speak more complete offense?
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Speaker 1: You good?
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Speaker 5: Just the details I think could be some of the
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Speaker 5: really all the players run game, passing game, just a
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Speaker 5: little things like that. He's the next step from the sager.
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Speaker 5: I mean, you, guys, we've gone really well in the
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Speaker 5: reds also the things really well, but then you a
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Speaker 5: lot of green outs. What's the next step for you guys?
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Speaker 2: Speak on the better offers.
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Speaker 5: This consistency with the details, Eric, what could you do
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Speaker 5: to help MBS kind of pick this up quickly? Well?
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Speaker 5: I can translate, you know, the offense we ran in
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Speaker 5: Green Bay for a number of years into this offense
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Speaker 5: for him on a smart guy. He's played a lot
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Speaker 5: of football, been around a long time, been productive, so
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Speaker 5: I'm sure we'll pick it up pretty quick. What kind
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Speaker 5: of challenge is Derwin James brings the safety at different
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Speaker 5: levels that he plays in that hes yeah, I mean
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Speaker 5: he plays high safety, the I feel safety, the quarter safety,
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Speaker 5: the big nickel or a dime linebacker. You can do
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Speaker 5: it all. I mean, he's one of the top players
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Speaker 5: in the league, and you can do it at multiple positions.
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Speaker 5: He can blitz, you can cover, you can tackle. I
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Speaker 5: mean he's one of the more impressive players you see
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Speaker 5: on film.
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Speaker 4: Aaron, how have you seen the receivers kind of handle
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Speaker 4: all the outside noise adding a guy or needing a guy?
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Speaker 2: And how have you seen the breass a lead?
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Speaker 5: I mean that was just yesterday, so I'm not sure.
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Speaker 5: I haven't heard of peep about any of it. So
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Speaker 5: not sure.
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Speaker 3: Were you holding your breath all at the trade up
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Speaker 3: one yesterday hoping that there would be a move?
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Speaker 2: See anybody else brought in?
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Speaker 5: You know what I've learned about the trading deadline is
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Speaker 5: and there's a lot of conversation and rarely is there
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Speaker 5: a lot of action. Maybe a little bit more of
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Speaker 5: the last few years, but in my early days there
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Speaker 5: was hardly ever any roster moves at the deadline. There
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Speaker 5: were some big ones yesterday, but you know, you feel
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Speaker 5: pretty good about your guys, and we added Marquest to
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Speaker 5: the Peace Squad. We've found guys on the Peace Squad
18:28
Speaker 5: who've been playing for US. Obviously, Keishaan got elevated and
18:32
Speaker 5: been doing a nice shot for US. Max has done
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Speaker 5: really good all year, Isaiah has done good. So we've
18:37
Speaker 5: had guys in the Peace Squad step of every single
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Speaker 5: week and play and there'll be no difference this week here.
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Speaker 5: Know that does the versatility have the tight ends to
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Speaker 5: also maybe make it not as urgent a need to
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Speaker 5: find whatever people define as number two? Yeah, I mean
18:51
Speaker 5: that's a lot of outside talk. You got to look
18:52
Speaker 5: at the way we're playing and the personnel groupings that
18:55
Speaker 5: we like. You know, we're a multiple personnel team. We
19:01
Speaker 5: were a lot of guys out there. We had an
19:03
Speaker 5: offensive lineman played a lot of snaps obviously, Darnella plays
19:05
Speaker 5: a lot of snaps, and Johnny mcpatt and Connor gets
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Speaker 5: in there on some plays, rotating three different backs, a
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Speaker 5: lot of different receivers, so we're not a big three
19:15
Speaker 5: receiver team in general. And you know, Calvin's come back
19:19
Speaker 5: and played really well for US. Roman's been more consistent,
19:23
Speaker 5: So there was probably more noise outside of the facility
19:27
Speaker 5: than maybe inside of facility.
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Speaker 1: Great to hear from Arn Rodgers on the Irish Theaters
19:33
Speaker 1: podcast prevented by Erling.
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Speaker 2: I think the reality is when you're going up.
19:37
Speaker 1: Against the Chargers team that is actually losing their two
19:42
Speaker 1: starting tackles. Joe Walt is out for the season of
19:44
Speaker 1: an injury, and they've tried to actually bring in a guy.
19:47
Speaker 1: I've brought in Trevor Penning after the three deadline, and
19:50
Speaker 1: this is via one of the wait until lists actually
19:52
Speaker 1: happening to talk about it. But to see Trevor Penning
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Speaker 1: coming as interesting. He hasn't lived up to the high, high,
19:59
Speaker 1: high aspect that I have certainly had for him. But
20:02
Speaker 1: he is a very regular player, and you know Penny
20:04
Speaker 1: is really going to get to the test when they
20:06
Speaker 1: go up against the Steelers this weekend. There's no doubt
20:09
Speaker 1: about it. You know, this is this is in a
20:12
Speaker 1: way a game for the Steelers. They're on the road again,
20:14
Speaker 1: They're going out to the West Coast when you're in
20:17
Speaker 1: Sunday night football and when you are up against it
20:21
Speaker 1: and when you are expected to put a performance in,
20:24
Speaker 1: especially after beating the team they got, Colts team. You know,
20:26
Speaker 1: I'm going to be interested to see, first off, how
20:28
Speaker 1: that Colts team rebinds and regroups. I'm going to see
20:31
Speaker 1: them in person this weekend in Berlin. Have the Steelers
20:34
Speaker 1: changed their fortune in terms of how the Colts will play?
20:37
Speaker 1: Have they brought their confidence down a bit? And that's
20:39
Speaker 1: a valid conversation on this podcast. Why because the way
20:42
Speaker 1: the Steelers are playing now, you know they're looking to
20:44
Speaker 1: playoff football here and you know, touch with We hope
20:48
Speaker 1: that happens, and we hope that continues down for the
20:50
Speaker 1: next few weeks. But if we were to face the
20:52
Speaker 1: Colts again in the playoffs, we have seen that we
20:55
Speaker 1: can get at that team. So it'll be interesting to
20:57
Speaker 1: see how they picked themselves up when they go to
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Speaker 1: Butlin this weekend. I really and I say it most
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Speaker 1: weeks now, but I really really do mean it.
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Speaker 2: This weekend.
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Speaker 1: You know, this could be a massive game for our
21:08
Speaker 1: past rush r TG at WAD. He gets to go
21:10
Speaker 1: up against an offensive line which is not just struggling
21:13
Speaker 1: in terms of the availability.
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Speaker 2: That they have.
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Speaker 1: But they have allowed the highest pressure with in the
21:17
Speaker 1: league so far this year.
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Speaker 2: That's not good.
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Speaker 1: And what is five sacks, six tackles, two force fumbles,
21:24
Speaker 1: and an interception along with four past deflections this season.
21:29
Speaker 1: You know this is an issue for the Chargers and
21:33
Speaker 1: they're already allowing the highest pressure we have per dropback
21:36
Speaker 1: at twenty six point five percent. And it's going to
21:39
Speaker 1: be on our defense to create pressure in Justin Herbert
21:42
Speaker 1: and that is going to be the key to this
21:44
Speaker 1: game for me. I think another key factor is and
21:47
Speaker 1: I think when you look at accountability and when you
21:49
Speaker 1: talk about how this team wants to improve, want to
21:53
Speaker 1: get better. Yes, we won the game last week, but
21:57
Speaker 1: when you hear a guy like Aaron Rodgers out and
22:00
Speaker 1: publicly say that not just him, but the entire team
22:04
Speaker 1: needs to do better. The offense needs to do better.
22:06
Speaker 1: At first off, he's correct. The offense does need to
22:09
Speaker 1: do better. We need to get more passing yards, we
22:11
Speaker 1: need to run the ball more, and we need to
22:13
Speaker 1: find a way to get out of it. Because the
22:14
Speaker 1: one thing for all we can say with the Chargers
22:16
Speaker 1: having difficulty on that offensive line. We know that they're
22:20
Speaker 1: going to find ways to get points up on the board.
22:22
Speaker 1: We know how good Justin Herbert is. We know the
22:24
Speaker 1: weapons that he has with him, but we have weapons
22:27
Speaker 1: as well. If you look at the whiteouts that we have,
22:29
Speaker 1: if you look at how Washington has commitm with a
22:31
Speaker 1: tight end situation, we know big Friar move can make plays.
22:34
Speaker 1: I expect to see a full on, big battle on
22:37
Speaker 1: Sunday Night football. And I'll leave you with this nice
22:40
Speaker 1: little nugget. I expect the Steelers to win this game,
22:44
Speaker 1: but I expect to see an improved offensive performance and
22:47
Speaker 1: performance where we put up upwards of thirty points against
22:51
Speaker 1: the Chargers, which is a big bull statement to make.
22:54
Speaker 2: But I can really really see.
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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers this week go out in prime time and
22:59
Speaker 1: get to that next level.
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Speaker 2: I have no doubt about it.
23:01
Speaker 1: Because with every week you heard him in the press
23:02
Speaker 1: conference on this podcast, with every week they're getting better,
23:05
Speaker 1: where every week he's getting more settled and at the
23:07
Speaker 1: end of the day, you have reset a lot of
23:09
Speaker 1: the factors of this team. And for him to come in,
23:12
Speaker 1: get to week ten and get to the situation, what
23:15
Speaker 1: a prime performance this could be for him. Really really
23:18
Speaker 1: excited to see how this Steaeters team can play this weekend.
23:21
Speaker 1: I'm going to say the Steels win thirty to twenty
23:23
Speaker 1: seven in a whispered classic in Sunday Night Football. You
23:28
Speaker 1: got to love when the eyes of not just the US,
23:30
Speaker 1: but the eyes of the world are on your team
23:33
Speaker 1: in Sunday Night Football.
23:34
Speaker 2: Bring it on. I can't wait to see it, folks.
23:37
Speaker 2: From me.
23:38
Speaker 1: In terms of that there, we're going to have a
23:39
Speaker 1: bit of a reaction podcast later on on the Monday
23:42
Speaker 1: or Tuesday after this year, we would love to hear
23:44
Speaker 1: from you. You can use the hashtag Steeters Ireland. The
23:47
Speaker 1: Jackets out in different forms of social media such as
23:50
Speaker 1: x and also Instagram. If you use the hashtag Steers
23:53
Speaker 1: Ireland or well, if you want to reach out to
23:54
Speaker 1: me and let me know how you feel the team
23:56
Speaker 1: is doing, we would love to have you on.
23:58
Speaker 2: So do let me know and we'd love to make
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Speaker 2: that happen. Four.
24:02
Speaker 1: Now, just to reminder before we go, because of Sunday
24:04
Speaker 1: Night Football, you don't just have to watch this game
24:07
Speaker 1: on NFL Game Pass on the Zone in Ireland or
24:09
Speaker 1: the UK or Europe. But if you're in Ireland you
24:12
Speaker 1: can watch the game on Sky Sports NFL this Sunday night,
24:15
Speaker 1: and if you're somehow in the car, maybe you're driving
24:18
Speaker 1: back from Berlin on Sunday night late, you can listen
24:21
Speaker 1: to the game as well on the OTB Sports app.
24:23
Speaker 1: But from now for Michael mcgidd on the Irishuders podcast,
24:26
Speaker 1: we have been delighted to chat a little bit of
24:28
Speaker 1: football and we hope that you enjoy this week because
24:31
Speaker 1: if you think about it, we haven't got that many
24:33
Speaker 1: weeks left, especially when we get into these autumn months.
24:36
Speaker 2: Enjoy the game, folks.
24:36
Speaker 1: Hopefully next week we're talking about a big dub in LA.
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Speaker 2: Thanks for now