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HR 2: Ben Roethlisberger on SNR, Around the NFL: Week 9 · The Steelers Report

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  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Bacco and Ed
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  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 2: Picking off the 3 o'clock hour with a very special guest,
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  Speaker 2: one of the greatest to ever do it. Quarterback Ben
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  Speaker 2: Roethlisberger was on SNR this week when he joined in
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  Speaker 2: the locker room with our good friends Rob King, Max Starks,
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  Speaker 2: and Willie Colon. What did Big Ben have to say
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  Speaker 2: about the current state of the Pittsburgh Steelers and what's happening? Well,
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  Speaker 2: make sure you take a listen into this.
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  Speaker 3: Max, we've been talking about it, and one thing I
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  Speaker 3: like to do is tap into the phone book and
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  Speaker 3: see who's available. And so I said, let me talk,
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  Speaker 3: let me see what the gods can throw me. Let
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  Speaker 3: me put the finger in.
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  Speaker 4: The sky and see if I can tap on the
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  Speaker 4: Tap on the Valhalla.
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  Speaker 3: Of Pittsburgh Steeling Nation door, and somebody answered.
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  Speaker 4: Not only is he a son of Ohio, but he's
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  Speaker 4: a god in Pittsburgh, two-time Super Bowl champ, our quarterback,
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  Speaker 4: our number seven from my heart to yours, the one and.
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  Speaker 3: Only Big Ben Roethlisberger.
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  Speaker 5: What up, seven?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, I think you got the wrong number. What's up, fellas?
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  Speaker 7: What's up, handsome?
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  Speaker 3: What you got cooking?
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  Speaker 6: It's a pleasant surprise to hear from you two.
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  Speaker 3: Well, you know, they gave us the keys, so we're driving.
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  Speaker 3: We're trying not to crash it.
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  Speaker 8: And so we.
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  Speaker 3: Decided to call see what Devin's up to.
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  Speaker 8: Nothing.
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  Speaker 7: I just picked the kids up from school, got home,
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  Speaker 7: got them some lunch and get them started on some homework.
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  Speaker 7: So I said, don't bother me. I'm going to talk
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  Speaker 7: to my boys. I don't care what's going on. Even
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  Speaker 7: if the house is burning down, don't bother me. I'm
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  Speaker 7: talking to my fellas.
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  Speaker 5: So are you in the basement, though? Are you in
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  Speaker 5: the main cave? That's what I need to know. Are
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  Speaker 5: you up on the main level?
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  Speaker 6: Are you still visible? I am outside. Are you kidding me?
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  Speaker 6: It's Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 8: It's sunny.
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  Speaker 6: It's 80 degrees. I'm sitting outside right now. It's beautiful.
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  Speaker 1: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: I know.
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  Speaker 6: It's nice out here. Just enjoying this beautiful fall day
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  Speaker 6: here in the bird.
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  Speaker 3: Seven, are you golfing it up, or are you just
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  Speaker 3: straight dad mode?
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  Speaker 6: Uh, I'm dadding it right now.
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  Speaker 7: Um, because of you guys and my priorities to you guys, I, um,
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  Speaker 7: have my wife take my daughter to volleyball and basketball
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  Speaker 7: so that I could do this with you guys.
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  Speaker 6: Um, and then I'm going to go to the golf
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  Speaker 6: course with my son.
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  Speaker 3: Hey man, let's get right to it.
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  Speaker 6: Awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Seeing you in the stadium Saturday, man. Uh, obviously the
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  Speaker 3: folks love you. They appreciate your career and everything you
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  Speaker 3: was able to do thus far. Um, you still doing
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  Speaker 3: a podcast football with Ben Rosberger. Great. Listen to everybody.
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  Speaker 3: Check that out on YouTube and find it on all platforms. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: still in the six and two going into the buy.
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  Speaker 6: Um, great.
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  Speaker 3: How do you feel about this team? And what, what, what's,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what makes you excited about this team moving forward? Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: You know, it's it was great being there on Sunday.
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  Speaker 7: You know, they asked me, Chinney asked me a couple
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  Speaker 7: of times to do the terrible towel twirl.
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  Speaker 6: And you know me, I like to be at home.
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  Speaker 6: I'm a homebody.
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  Speaker 7: I watch the games on TV, sit on the couch,
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  Speaker 7: have me a course banquet and just kind of relax
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  Speaker 7: a little bit. And he was like, Danny, you know,
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  Speaker 7: we do this once a salute to service. We're having
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  Speaker 7: a three-star general. I'm like, you know what?
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  Speaker 6: You got me.
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  Speaker 7: You know, we, I think all three of us all
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  Speaker 7: feel the same way about.
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  Speaker 6: Our military and, We're going to have support. So I
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  Speaker 6: went out there. It was fun to do that with
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  Speaker 6: him and be there in person to watch the game. And,
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  Speaker 6: you know, it was fun. I did– you know, you
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  Speaker 6: mentioned my podcast.
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  Speaker 7: I had Charlie Batch on last night, which was great
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  Speaker 7: because we got to kind of break down the game
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  Speaker 7: in the first half of the season.
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  Speaker 6: So it's still fresh on my mind. And I would
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  Speaker 6: say this.
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  Speaker 7: I think going into the season, obviously– when you look at,
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  Speaker 7: you know, when the schedule's released, everybody looks at the
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  Speaker 7: whole season.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, when's the bye?
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  Speaker 7: The first thing I think I looked at as a
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  Speaker 7: player is when's the bye week? How far into the season, right?
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  Speaker 7: Is it early week 3-1 where the NFL really got you?
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  Speaker 6: Or is it midway? So I think this bye comes perfect.
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  Speaker 6: But I think, you know, what.
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  Speaker 7: You looked at when you looked at this schedule was, okay,
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  Speaker 7: what kind of a start can we get off.
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  Speaker 6: To because the back end looks like a little hairy?
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  Speaker 7: You were thinking Baltimore twice. You've got the Texans. You've
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  Speaker 7: got Carolina, which at one point was looking good. It
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  Speaker 7: looked like it could get a little dicey on.
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  Speaker 6: The back end. Well, I think all of a sudden–
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  Speaker 6: so I would say this. It's like we have to
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  Speaker 6: get off to a fast start.
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  Speaker 7: Got off to a fast start, got to 6-2, and
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  Speaker 7: now that back half that all of a sudden was looking.
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  Speaker 6: Kind of– the Eagles, right? The Eagles were in there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 6: the Eagles, yeah.
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  Speaker 7: That back half of the schedule that was looking dicey
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  Speaker 7: all of a sudden maybe doesn't look so dicey with
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  Speaker 7: some quarterbacks going down.
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  Speaker 6: Lamar hurts. The Texans maybe aren't playing– maybe they aren't
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  Speaker 6: who we thought they were. They're not playing well.
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  Speaker 7: So– Right now, if I'm a Pittsburgh Steelers fan, I'm
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  Speaker 7: in that locker room, I'm pretty happy with where we are.
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  Speaker 7: I think the bye week comes at a good time
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  Speaker 7: without any crazy major injuries. Obviously, receiver, you know, you're
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  Speaker 7: a really thinner receiver, but you might start getting some
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  Speaker 7: guys back at the right time, get guys healthy to
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  Speaker 7: really make that run on the back half that is
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  Speaker 7: really what it's going to take to make that push
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  Speaker 7: to the playoffs.
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  Speaker 9: Yeah, no, I really like that approach, and you're absolutely right, Ben.
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  Speaker 5: You know, you kind of look at it, and trust me, all.
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  Speaker 9: Of us were looking at when the schedule release was,
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  Speaker 9: when is the bye week, because, you know, we always
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  Speaker 9: made some plans. We wanted to know when was the
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  Speaker 9: bye week and when was that Thursday night game, because
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  Speaker 9: we knew that was mini-bye.
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  Speaker 7: That's right.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, exactly.
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  Speaker 6: Love the mini-bye.
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  Speaker 9: We took full advantage of mini-byes. But kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 9: I think my question is, not only when we look
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  Speaker 9: at kind of just Aaron, but you said it right there,
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  Speaker 9: just quarterbacks in general around the league, like so many
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  Speaker 9: guys have gotten injured this year.
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  Speaker 5: I mean, you referenced Lamar.
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  Speaker 9: Then Snoop Huntley, his backup is even out, and they're
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  Speaker 9: going on a short weekend playing Jacksonville. You look at
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  Speaker 9: Jalen Hurts' injury. Jane Daniels has been up and down,
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  Speaker 9: and we've seen injuries around the league. Deshaun Watson's in
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  Speaker 9: concussion protocol, and guys are just like, what is it
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  Speaker 9: about this? I mean, is there anything you could say like,
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  Speaker 9: Has the quarterback position kind of been less protected, or
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  Speaker 9: is it a personnel thing?
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  Speaker 6: But a lot of quarterbacks have been injured this season. Well,
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  Speaker 6: I'll say a couple things, Max. They don't make them
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  Speaker 6: like they used to.
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  Speaker 8: Here we go.
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  Speaker 7: Because you because honestly, it's interesting because you can't say
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  Speaker 7: they're not protecting them.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 6: The rules nowadays protect quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, how many times have we seen hits where
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  Speaker 7: it makes us even as even as a quarterback?
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  Speaker 6: I'll be like, wait, what? I got a head scratcher
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  Speaker 6: like that. That's that's unbelievable.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 6: You know, I think sometimes it's just fluky.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, obviously, who could have predicted the Hertz thing
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  Speaker 7: and Klotz? I mean, that's so crazy.
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  Speaker 6: And Lamar hitting the thumb.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, some of this stuff feels just kind of
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  Speaker 7: crazy and situationally, you know, unique. But, you know, I
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  Speaker 7: think in general, though, the game– has gotten, even though
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  Speaker 7: they've tried to protect and it's, you know, we, we
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  Speaker 7: joke that the players have gotten soft and the league's
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  Speaker 7: gotten soft and.
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  Speaker 6: This, that, and the other.
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  Speaker 7: I also think there's something to be said about how
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  Speaker 7: much more physical, like these, these guys nowadays are bigger, faster, stronger.
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  Speaker 7: It feels like, I mean, look at, look at Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 7: I mean, they, they have a tight end. That's in
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  Speaker 7: the big Mount Washington. I mean, he's a monster guys that,
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  Speaker 7: that can run and hit and do things. So, I'd
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  Speaker 7: like to maybe think the game has gotten more physical,
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  Speaker 7: and maybe.
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  Speaker 6: That's why some of these things happened.
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  Speaker 7: But, again, it could just be nothing more than just
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  Speaker 7: fluky things, you know?
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  Speaker 3: Ben, I want to talk about Jared Burse. I know
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  Speaker 3: it's behind us. There's so much been wrapped around it
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  Speaker 3: and how much smack he talked going into that game
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  Speaker 3: and obviously didn't have a response. I consider that Mason
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  Speaker 3: McCormick dumped him on his head. But I think one
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  Speaker 3: thing that happened, we saw, and I don't think we've
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  Speaker 3: talked about it enough, The fact that this team, Valet,
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  Speaker 3: went into that game, beat him in all three phases,
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  Speaker 3: answered to his whole thing about being dirty, where they
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  Speaker 3: slammed him on his head, he didn't do anything. But
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  Speaker 3: what I think was exposed, that we saw a mature
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  Speaker 3: team respond at a real, and in a real mature level,
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  Speaker 3: meaning they look like a contending outfit, right? The Steelers
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  Speaker 3: look like, yeah, they play bully ball, but they look
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  Speaker 3: like a mature outfit. Do you contribute that? Because I
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  Speaker 3: remember Omar Khan starting the season, he said, listen, We
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  Speaker 3: kept 11 rookies, but we still have the old guys
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  Speaker 3: on the team. And the reason we have the old
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  Speaker 3: guys is because we want the old guys to teach
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  Speaker 3: the young guys how to be Steelers and how to
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  Speaker 3: be professionals. And so I thought Sunday's game was a
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  Speaker 3: good example of the plan coming into fruition. If you
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  Speaker 3: used to look at Mike McCarthy and his office and
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  Speaker 3: the team as a whole, do you now see this
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  Speaker 3: team as a contender? And do you now think this
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  Speaker 3: team has what it takes to really have a place
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  Speaker 3: at the table come January and make a run?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I think you make a good point.
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  Speaker 7: So I didn't realize at the time that that because I'm,
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  Speaker 7: you know, me, I don't do the social media stuff
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  Speaker 7: that that verse was talking all that noise after the
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  Speaker 7: first game. And I was trying to figure out, like,
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  Speaker 7: what was going on, you know, that he got dumped
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  Speaker 7: on his head. And I'm like, man, this guy's chirping
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  Speaker 7: a lot. I was trying. I said it last night. Like,
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  Speaker 7: I don't I don't I never want to attack a player.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 6: Attack the play, not the player.
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  Speaker 7: But numbers and stats speak for themselves i mean he
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  Speaker 7: really hasn't done it done much and so right he's
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  Speaker 7: doing a lot of chirping and this that and the
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  Speaker 7: other and so i i'd like the fact that the
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  Speaker 7: guys kept in between the lines you know i'm saying
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  Speaker 7: like you just said being a professional being mature it's
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  Speaker 7: kind of like one of those things like okay i
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  Speaker 7: hear you like let's you know you don't need to
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  Speaker 7: hear me.
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  Speaker 6: We don't need to give you bulletin board material.
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  Speaker 7: You're going to get your bulletin board material when they
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  Speaker 7: take a picture of me dumping you.
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  Speaker 6: On your head. In between the lines, right? What more
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  Speaker 6: do you need in terms of bulletin board material than
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  Speaker 6: a picture of view upside down. And honestly, here's what
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  Speaker 6: I like about it. Both you two will appreciate this.
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  Speaker 7: What I like about this group is, yeah, you've got
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  Speaker 7: some veterans that know how to play and do this, that,
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  Speaker 7: and the other and tough.
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  Speaker 6: But to me, and one.
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  Speaker 7: Of the things I said last night on my show
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  Speaker 7: is as we did like a kind of a midway recap,
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  Speaker 7: we talked about an offensive MVP, a defensive MVP, and
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  Speaker 7: a surprise. Like, what's my surprise so far? Going into
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  Speaker 7: this season, my biggest question mark was going to be
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  Speaker 7: the O-line.
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  Speaker 6: Can the O-line protect Aaron?
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  Speaker 7: Can they open the holes in the run game?
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  Speaker 6: What can they do? And to me right now.
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  Speaker 7: The O-line is my– I mean, the way that they
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  Speaker 7: are playing is my biggest surprise in the sense that–
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  Speaker 7: and I don't mean the surprise like I thought they
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  Speaker 7: were going to play bad, in the surprise that.
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  Speaker 6: There was a question around it, right?
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  Speaker 3: Sure, sure, sure.
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  Speaker 7: And so why I say that is– This group right
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  Speaker 7: now is, sure, there's been some hiccups. You get IMAX
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  Speaker 7: in there, and IMAX, you knew you were going to
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  Speaker 7: get your growing pains, right?
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  Speaker 6: But the best thing they could do is throw them.
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  Speaker 7: In and get your growing pains early, get them out
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  Speaker 7: the way, and now what are we doing? We're not
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  Speaker 7: saying his name. And when your name's not getting called
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  Speaker 7: during a game as alignment, that's a good thing.
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  Speaker 8: 100%.
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  Speaker 7: Because we're not talking about getting beat. So wrapping all
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  Speaker 7: that up, Willie, what I'm going to say is, The
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  Speaker 7: group right now that not only is leading the charge
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  Speaker 7: in terms of protecting Aaron and allowing Jalen Warren and
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  Speaker 7: Rico to run for as many yards as they're running
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  Speaker 7: for is they're leading this charge in bully ball. They're
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  Speaker 7: the ones that are slamming dudes on their heads and
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  Speaker 7: not dirty, not penalties, not cheap.
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  Speaker 6: They're the ones just that little extra, right? The neighbor,
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  Speaker 6: that little, let me give you a little something here.
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  Speaker 6: Let me kind of push up off you.
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  Speaker 7: Oops, my knee accidentally got you across the face mask
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  Speaker 7: on the way up. You know how that's, I know
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  Speaker 7: you guys, you guys know this and you guys love it.
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  Speaker 6: You're right.
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  Speaker 7: And so, again, it's not dirty, but it's like I
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  Speaker 7: was at the game, and if you weren't there, you
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  Speaker 7: might not have saw this. I think the end of
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  Speaker 7: the first quarter, we were driving, and the quarter was
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  Speaker 7: running out, and we were on like the four or
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  Speaker 7: five-yard line going to the open end zone, okay?
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  Speaker 6: Well, Max, you might have saw this.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 7: Open end zone, 15 seconds on the game clock, and
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  Speaker 7: it's like, okay, is Aaron going to try and do
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  Speaker 7: something crafty? Next thing you know, I see either two
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  Speaker 7: or three of our linemen on a full jog to
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  Speaker 7: the other end of the field. like quarters over, but
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  Speaker 7: we're like, let's go. Like, like I can't wait for
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  Speaker 7: this quarter to be.
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  Speaker 6: Yes. Yeah. I can't wait for this quarter to get old.
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  Speaker 7: Like the, the, the, the timeout to get over because
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  Speaker 7: I want to jam this down your throat. And to me,
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  Speaker 7: they're leading the charge, and that's where it's going to
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  Speaker 7: keep going. They can stay healthy, and they can keep
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  Speaker 7: growing together and learning. Those two, Zach Frazier, man, we
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  Speaker 7: can't talk enough about that young man. He needs to
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  Speaker 7: start getting recognition for Pro Bowls, nods for All-Pro. I mean,
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  Speaker 7: he's going to fall right in the line with the
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  Speaker 7: tradition of the Steelers' greats at center.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, no, I completely agree.
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  Speaker 9: I think Zach is, you know, and he's not the
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  Speaker 9: most boisterous.
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  Speaker 8: He's not the most talkative.
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  Speaker 9: But like you said, I mean, his nickname that Wolf
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  Speaker 9: gave him was Morgantown Mauler. Like that was the name
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  Speaker 9: that he coined him. And that's exactly what he does.
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  Speaker 9: I mean, he's had some of the biggest matchups, you know,
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  Speaker 9: this season.
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  Speaker 6: Think about this.
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  Speaker 9: Dexter Lawrence, you've had to deal with him. You've had
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  Speaker 9: to deal with other big dudes in the middle. It
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  Speaker 9: just seems like every single week there's a new challenge.
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  Speaker 9: that he's going to have to go up against Mason
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  Speaker 9: Graham last week. He's gone against him twice. And that's
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  Speaker 9: just in our division.
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  Speaker 6: Well, Max, let me tell you something, too. Sorry, Max,
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  Speaker 6: I'm going to interrupt you because I want to echo this.
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  Speaker 7: When he got drafted, Blaine Stewart, who was at West Virginia,
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  Speaker 7: texted me and said, Ben, he will remind you of
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  Speaker 7: Marquise Pouncey.
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  Speaker 6: Enough said.
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  Speaker 2: Really?
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  Speaker 6: Wow.
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  Speaker 7: That's what he said. That was the text I got.
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  Speaker 7: He will remind you of Marquise Pouncey.
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  Speaker 6: And I was like, oh, I kind of was like, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Right, right, right.
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  Speaker 7: But if you're going to compare people and you're going
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  Speaker 7: to compare someone to Sol 53, here we go.
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  Speaker 3: Real quickly, Seven, because I know we're pressing on time,
• 14:36
  Speaker 3: and I appreciate your time, brother, seriously. How would you
• 14:39
  Speaker 3: grade Mike McCarthy up until this point? I've asked a
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: couple people that. Some people feel like he's done a
• 14:45
  Speaker 3: great job. A lot of people feel like he's really
• 14:47
  Speaker 3: started imprinting you know, put his imprint on his team.
• 14:51
  Speaker 3: And then some people are making a, you know, I
• 14:53
  Speaker 3: saw something in the headlines earlier this week when I
• 14:57
  Speaker 3: was kind of combing through stuff, combing through, I think
• 14:59
  Speaker 3: Bill Simmons has said something on his podcast along the
• 15:01
  Speaker 3: lines like, you know, with the success of the Steelers,
• 15:04
  Speaker 3: it looks like you could say Mike Tomlin was holding
• 15:06
  Speaker 3: his team back last year. Do you think that's true?
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: Do you think any of that is relevant? Or is
• 15:11
  Speaker 3: it just Mike McCarthy saying, hey, this is my team now,
• 15:13
  Speaker 3: watch us work?
• 15:16
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to sit here and
• 15:18
  Speaker 7: criticize Tom or say this to compare one or the other.
• 15:21
  Speaker 6: What I think we're seeing is McCarthy saying this is...
• 15:27
  Speaker 6: the way that I'm going to do it now. Right.
• 15:28
  Speaker 7: Like I'm not, this is, this is what I'm doing
• 15:31
  Speaker 7: it this way. This is my, my prints are going
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: to be all over this team. I mean, I think
• 15:37
  Speaker 7: he's doing a great job. I mean, the man didn't
• 15:39
  Speaker 7: even make it to halftime locker room one time. He
• 15:41
  Speaker 7: spent in the blue tent and they still.
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: What are we doing?
• 15:44
  Speaker 7: I mean, when's the last time you heard of a
• 15:46
  Speaker 7: head coach getting hurt and can't even make it off
• 15:47
  Speaker 7: the field.
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 15:53
  Speaker 7: So, but no, in all seriousness, I think he's doing
• 15:55
  Speaker 7: a great job. Obviously we're, we're hearing about some of the,
• 15:58
  Speaker 7: you know, you, you, the biggest news that gets made is,
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: you know, the him and the Aaron, the, the kind
• 16:03
  Speaker 7: of the looks they give each other, the riff and
• 16:05
  Speaker 7: they give each other all that kind of stuff.
• 16:07
  Speaker 6: But honestly, winning football games, no one cares about anything. Right.
• 16:12
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 16:13
  Speaker 8: No, you, yeah, no, you're absolutely right.
• 16:15
  Speaker 6: Seven.
• 16:15
  Speaker 9: And I think that that's what you got to be.
• 16:17
  Speaker 9: We're all weighed against that, right? How many games did
• 16:19
  Speaker 9: you win? How many did you lose? And, and, I
• 16:23
  Speaker 9: think that's one of the things. That's why I appreciated
• 16:25
  Speaker 9: also why you were there, Seven, because you were literally
• 16:28
  Speaker 9: the Browns killer.
• 16:30
  Speaker 6: I don't know.
• 16:31
  Speaker 9: They were trying to have that takeover, and they're like, oh,
• 16:33
  Speaker 9: all these Browns fans. I imagine when you came out
• 16:34
  Speaker 9: with the terrible towel, they were like, oh, God, this
• 16:38
  Speaker 9: is the impending dread that was going to happen.
• 16:41
  Speaker 7: Max, you know this, and I don't ever want to
• 16:45
  Speaker 7: be a finger pointer, but I'll point the thumb that
• 16:48
  Speaker 7: when I walked in there, the Browns got deflated quickly.
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: And after that, nothing left to be said.
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: Nothing left to be said.
• 16:58
  Speaker 6: Nope.
• 16:59
  Speaker 5: Go ahead.
• 16:59
  Speaker 8: Take a break, Will.
• 17:01
  Speaker 3: Hey, thank you, bro. Appreciate you, man. Thank you for
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: taking the time.
• 17:04
  Speaker 6: Have a great day.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: Have a good time with Junior on the golf course, man,
• 17:08
  Speaker 3: and talk to you soon.
• 17:09
  Speaker 6: Fellas, I love you guys. Anything for you guys. Have
• 17:11
  Speaker 6: a good one, all right?
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: Ben Roethlisberger on SNR in the locker room with Willie
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: Colon there you heard from, Max Starks, and Rob King,
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: which you can hear every day from 12 to 2
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: right here on Steelers Nation Radio. More on the Steelers
• 17:25
  Speaker 2: report whenever we come back. I'm Ed Troop alongside Brian
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: Bacco right here on Steelers Nation Radio, part of the
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Steelers Audio Network.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Vacco and Ed
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Good stuff from Big Ben. Always good to hear from
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame quarterback. And it was
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: cool to listen to him interact with two of his
• 17:56
  Speaker 2: former teammates, with Willie Colon and Max Starks, too.
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: Got to bring back memories. Fellas in the locker room,
• 18:02
  Speaker 5: on the flights, on the road. It's so great to
• 18:06
  Speaker 5: have Max and Willie always in the fold here at SNR.
• 18:10
  Speaker 5: I mean, and Willie knew this year, so part of
• 18:12
  Speaker 5: a great recruiting class in 2026 that included five-star recruit
• 18:18
  Speaker 5: Willie Colon, five-star recruit Vince Williams, two-star recruit Brian Batko.
• 18:23
  Speaker 6: Yeah, that's right.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: You're part of that class. You know, I'm not going
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: to brag or anything, but the.
• 18:28
  Speaker 5: So is Mike McCarthy, really, when you think about the
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: overall organizational recruiting class for 2026.
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: The 2025 class last year that I came in with
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: was just me and I think Chris Adamski. I think
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: just Chris and I were the only two. So I
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: don't know that you guys definitely definitely passed us up
• 18:44
  Speaker 2: with Willie and Vince Williams yourself. I mean, that's that's
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: an all star class, my friend.
• 18:49
  Speaker 5: I'm just along for the ride.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: That's it. Me, me and you both, brother.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: Shout out to Ben. Thanks for coming on the on
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: the the the SNR family here.
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: And up next, we're going to have Matt Williamson from
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: SNR's Drive. You're going to hear Matt back-to-back, so you'll
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: hear him with us at the tail end of our show,
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: and then he'll join quickly. We're going to make some
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: radio magic happen. He will quickly run across the hallway
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: and join Wes Euler to bring you today's drive. Brian
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: Bacco and myself wrapping up our second hour here. Before
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: we wrap it up, I should say, with Matt Williamson,
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: we are going to talk briefly about the NFL. You
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: mentioned some key games in the AFC Northeast. the first
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: of which will happen on Thursday night football. Jaguars, Ravens. Boy,
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: if Lamar Jackson isn't out for this game, even for
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: that matter, Huntley, Snoop Huntley, this is definitely one to
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: pay attention to in the AFC North. It still is,
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: but I think it'll be interesting to see the quarterback spot,
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: how that will develop within Baltimore. Again, reportedly Jacoby Bursette
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: on the move from Arizona to Baltimore. He will not
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: be there for tonight, but he could be there 10
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: days from now.
• 19:54
  Speaker 5: He could be. And I, what I kind of love
• 19:56
  Speaker 5: about it is Jacoby Bursette has played for a lot
• 19:59
  Speaker 5: of teams in the NFL and he has started a
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: lot of games. He's also been reliable backup for a
• 20:05
  Speaker 5: lot of clubs, but Ravens will be a new one
• 20:07
  Speaker 5: for him. Here's the list. For Brissette, Patriots, that's who
• 20:12
  Speaker 5: drafted him in the third round back in 2016. So
• 20:15
  Speaker 5: Tom Brady was still there then. It's been a long,
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: long road for Brissette out of NC State. I didn't
• 20:21
  Speaker 5: realize he transferred from Florida. Then he goes to the
• 20:24
  Speaker 5: Colts for a few years. That's where I feel like
• 20:27
  Speaker 5: he probably played the most was in Indy, right?
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: That's where he started against the Steelers, right?
• 20:32
  Speaker 5: I believe he was the starter. Yeah, I think he
• 20:33
  Speaker 5: started at least one game against the Steelers.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Here at Accusure.
• 20:36
  Speaker 5: Yeah, and he was their full-time starter for two of
• 20:37
  Speaker 5: four years. Did he come in there because of the
• 20:40
  Speaker 5: Andrew Luck stuff?
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: I think so. I think he was next man up.
• 20:42
  Speaker 5: I mean, four and 12 in 17 and seven and
• 20:45
  Speaker 5: eight in 2019. But then he goes, spends a year
• 20:48
  Speaker 5: with the Dolphins in 21, spends a year with the
• 20:50
  Speaker 5: Browns in 22. He was their primary starter in 22.
• 20:56
  Speaker 5: He started 11 games for the Browns, went four and seven.
• 20:59
  Speaker 5: Then the Commanders in 23, Patriots in 24, Cardinals in 25,
• 21:04
  Speaker 5: and now it'll be Ravens slash Cardinals in 26. But
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: that's going to be, let's see here, one, two, three, four, five, six,
• 21:12
  Speaker 5: seven teams in seven years.
• 21:14
  Speaker 6: Wow.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: Jaguars five and two, Ravens four and four. You did
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: your math like I do, Brian, on your hand right
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: there with your fingers. Years tripped me up. I know
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: me too, because you got to do that whole, if
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: they started in 2020, that's year one. You know, you
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: just can't do the simple math of 2020 to 2029
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: is nine. No, technically it's 10 because 2020 counts as
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: its own number.
• 21:34
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 21:34
  Speaker 5: Anyhow, we move on.
• 21:35
  Speaker 2: Bengals Falcons. You mentioned it. It's the international game in Madrid.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Sunday morning, 9.30 a.m., Bengals 5-2, Falcons 3-5, a game
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: in which the Bengals should win, but we'll see if
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: the Falcons have any fight in them. It is an
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: international game, and good news for the Steelers, for what
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: it's worth, they'll get the Bengals coming back after this
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: international game for the following Sunday.
• 21:56
  Speaker 5: I have to imagine that's the highest over-under of the week,
• 22:00
  Speaker 5: and it is. It's tied, actually, with Raiders 49ers, 52.5.
• 22:04
  Speaker 5: I don't know if the Niners are going to give
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: up that many points. That's a lot. But I digress. No,
• 22:09
  Speaker 5: I think there's going to be some fireworks between Cincy
• 22:12
  Speaker 5: and Atlanta. Joe Burrow went off last week, and they
• 22:15
  Speaker 5: needed every bit of it to beat the Titans. What
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: a bummer. What a bummer for Tennessee. That would have
• 22:20
  Speaker 5: been such a rousing win for Robert Sala if they
• 22:24
  Speaker 5: would have won after trading away Jeffrey Simmons. But they didn't.
• 22:28
  Speaker 5: They took the Bengals to OT in Cincy and still
• 22:31
  Speaker 5: came out on the wrong end of it.
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: Well, interesting to see. I think it'll be interesting to see.
• 22:37
  Speaker 2: This Bengals defense, how they react. They've given up, what,
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: 72 points in and around that the last two weeks.
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: This Falcons team, there is one thing about Atlanta. Maybe
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: their defense has had some struggles, but their offense can
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: get going, and if it can. We'll see if they
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: can keep up with Joe Burrow and that offense. The
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: other AFC North game at 1 o'clock on Sunday, Browns 5-3.
• 22:56
  Speaker 5: The only one that's not in a standalone time slot.
• 22:59
  Speaker 5: That's it this week.
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: That's good. Yeah, good call. Got Thursday night and early
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Sunday morning. 1 o'clock on Sunday, Browns are 5-3. The
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: Saints are 2-5. Browns will have to travel to New Orleans,
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: so I will say that. Regardless of what the Saints
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: are doing, as far as a season goes, Brian, that's
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: a tough place to play.
• 23:16
  Speaker 5: Yeah, it is, and they're going to be coming off
• 23:18
  Speaker 5: their bye week, so if there's a last stand in
• 23:21
  Speaker 5: them to get this second half of the season started okay,
• 23:24
  Speaker 5: then this is what they need this week against the Browns.
• 23:27
  Speaker 5: Need a win. Maybe the Saints fans will turn out
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: in full force, not give up on this team just yet,
• 23:31
  Speaker 5: nor should they, because you look at that division. I'm
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: sure that Panthers, Saints, Bucs, and Falcons fans are all
• 23:38
  Speaker 5: varying degrees of disappointed in their clubs thus far, considering
• 23:42
  Speaker 5: they're all under. 500. But you've got to stay invested
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: and stay bought in as a fan, right?
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: Yes, for sure.
• 23:48
  Speaker 5: The goals of this season are still in front of
• 23:50
  Speaker 5: you if they can just go on a little bit
• 23:51
  Speaker 5: of a run. And I don't think it's asking too
• 23:54
  Speaker 5: much to beat the Browns at home coming off of
• 23:56
  Speaker 5: your bye and the Browns coming off of a game
• 23:59
  Speaker 5: in which they got eviscerated by the Steelers in Pittsburgh.
• 24:05
  Speaker 5: We still don't know if Deshaun Watson or Shadur Sanders
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: is starting.
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: Other games ending around 1 o'clock on Sunday. Some stinkers,
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: if you will. Cowboys 3-5 at Colts 2-6.
• 24:13
  Speaker 5: Yeah, not a great slate this weekend, is it?
• 24:16
  Speaker 6: Nope.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Jets 2-6 at the Chiefs 5-2.
• 24:19
  Speaker 6: But who knows?
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: I mean, one thing the NFL has taught us this
• 24:21
  Speaker 2: season is sometimes these games that look like they're going
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: to be a blowout aren't, and there's an upset in
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: the making.
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: Broncos-Panthers hold some intrigue, I suppose, for Steeler Nation specifically.
• 24:30
  Speaker 5: Both those teams are on the schedule in December. Broncos
• 24:33
  Speaker 5: are late November, actually. Yeah, that's a 1 o'clock. I
• 24:36
  Speaker 5: guess that's probably the best 1 o'clock game.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: Giants-Eagles?
• 24:42
  Speaker 6: Maybe.
• 24:42
  Speaker 5: Mildly curious in what Joe Milton will do.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: Lions-Dolphins, as I said. Rams-Commanders. You just mentioned Broncos-Panthers.
• 24:51
  Speaker 5: I actually do think Brown-Saints is probably the game that
• 24:54
  Speaker 5: maybe interests me the most, especially if Shadur's starting.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: See if the Saints can get him.
• 24:59
  Speaker 5: Be a novelty of some sort.
• 25:00
  Speaker 2: See if the Saints can give them a game there
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: early on. The 4 o'clock window on Sunday features the
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: Texans 2-5 against the 0-7 Chargers.
• 25:08
  Speaker 6: Yikes.
• 25:09
  Speaker 5: Avert your eyes.
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: Do the L.A. Chargers finally get their first win of
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: the season this weekend? We shall see. Packers-Patriots, there's a
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: good one. 5-3 Packers. Yeah, that's probably the game of
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: the day. 5-3 Patriots, that'll be a good one. Raiders,
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: 4-4 at the Niners, who are 6-1, rather.
• 25:26
  Speaker 5: A little Bay Area bad blood. I mean, obviously the
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: Raiders aren't in the bay anymore but old old rivalries
• 25:33
  Speaker 5: die hard there.
• 25:34
  Speaker 2: Cardinals three and five seahawks four and four.
• 25:37
  Speaker 5: Uh drew lock under center for seattle sam darnold got.
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Injured i just saw that yeah yeah concussion.
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: Uh no a quad or something something okay you got
• 25:45
  Speaker 5: beat up by the bears in that game.
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: Who had the oh uh deshaun watson right duh we
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: were talking about it i was like somebody a starting
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: quarterback just went out with a concussion uh sunday night
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: football the buccaneers are three and five at the bears.
• 25:57
  Speaker 5: That's a decent game again all of a sudden i.
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: Think that'll be okay And then the Monday night game,
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Bills 6-1 at Vikings 6-1.
• 26:03
  Speaker 5: There's your game of the week. And Carson Wentz might
• 26:05
  Speaker 5: be starting. I just saw reported earlier today.
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: Not Kyler Murray.
• 26:10
  Speaker 5: I think it's an injury thing for Kyler Murray, but
• 26:12
  Speaker 5: might also be partially Kyler Murray's not playing very well.
• 26:15
  Speaker 5: And this is a team that the defense is carrying
• 26:19
  Speaker 5: the water for everybody. Yeah, I mean, that's going to
• 26:23
  Speaker 5: be a good game on Monday night, regardless of who's
• 26:25
  Speaker 5: at QB for the Vikings, because that defense is Menacing.
• 26:30
  Speaker 5: They finally let their guard down just enough against the
• 26:33
  Speaker 5: Lions to drop their first game of the season. But
• 26:36
  Speaker 5: it was 1915. It's not like that Lions offense was
• 26:39
  Speaker 5: flying high at Ford Field. The Vikings still held them
• 26:42
  Speaker 5: to 19 points. So we'll see what happens when the
• 26:45
  Speaker 5: unstoppable Josh Allen meets the immovable Vikings. That's probably the
• 26:49
  Speaker 5: game of the week. But yeah, Packers Patriots should be
• 26:52
  Speaker 5: good as well.
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: There's a couple good ones here and there.
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: Steelers-Titans, the only team gone by.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: I think, yes, only two. I think some of these
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: games that, you know, the one-win teams versus the two-win
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: teams that we talked about, especially in that one o'clock window,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: I think one of those will go another way. In
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: other words, I think one of these teams, like, you know,
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: the one and six Dolphins might give the five and
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: two Lions a game, something like that. It's not going
• 27:13
  Speaker 2: to be a clear from top to bottom.
• 27:14
  Speaker 5: Yeah, Commanders aren't out of it.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: One of those teams is going to make some noise.
• 27:17
  Speaker 5: Commander, nobody's really out of it in the NFC East.
• 27:19
  Speaker 3: No.
• 27:20
  Speaker 5: The Eagles feel emotionally out of it. No doubt about that.
• 27:24
  Speaker 5: But the Commanders and the Cowboys are getting crushed right
• 27:27
  Speaker 5: now down in Dallas, but they should be able to
• 27:29
  Speaker 5: go to Indy and.
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: Get a win.
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: You would think maybe the Chargers are due for their
• 27:32
  Speaker 2: first win of the season, but the Texans have come
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: on a bit, too. They're 2-5, but we've talked about
• 27:37
  Speaker 2: them maybe making a surge here. They have to.
• 27:40
  Speaker 5: You should be promoting that game for whatever station that
• 27:43
  Speaker 5: it's on, because I'm sure it's on CBS.
• 27:45
  Speaker 3: It is.
• 27:46
  Speaker 5: Now I am a little. I was like, hey, if
• 27:48
  Speaker 5: the Texans don't win this game, their season's probably cooked.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. And the Chargers.
• 27:52
  Speaker 6: It's kind of a.
• 27:53
  Speaker 5: it's a playoff game for the texans going to the
• 27:55
  Speaker 5: 0 and 7 chargers at sofa stadium at 4 0
• 27:58
  Speaker 5: 5 p.m.
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: Sounds like a good build-up whenever we come back speaking
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: of a good build-up.
• 28:02
  Speaker 5: First shout out um please i might have mentioned maybe
• 28:05
  Speaker 5: i mentioned it with williamson i don't know on steelers.com
• 28:09
  Speaker 5: now though feature on robert spears jennings for me so
• 28:12
  Speaker 5: make sure to check that out about his navy upbringing
• 28:15
  Speaker 5: both of his parents instilling a lot of work ethic
• 28:17
  Speaker 5: in him and Why he's been able to hit the
• 28:19
  Speaker 5: ground running as a rookie, his seventh rounder. What a steal.
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: He's been a great draft pick.
• 28:24
  Speaker 5: I mean, I got some details in there from draft
• 28:26
  Speaker 5: day and how honestly just frustrated everybody in his family
• 28:31
  Speaker 5: was and how they had to regroup emotional stuff.
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: But.
• 28:35
  Speaker 5: All the emotions have been good for the most part
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: for Robert Spears Jennings and his parents.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: They have been. He's been a big highlight of that
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: draft class, a late draft pick.
• 28:43
  Speaker 6: Balling out.
• 28:44
  Speaker 5: So check that out, Steelers.com. For sure.
• 28:46
  Speaker 2: Whenever we come back, Matt Williamson from SNR's The Drive
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: will join Double B and myself. But first, this is
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: the Steelers Report on SNR, part of the Steelers Audio Network.
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  Speaker 1: This is the Steelers Report with Brian Bacco and Ed
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  Speaker 1: Troup on Steelers Nation Radio, a part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: Audio Network.
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  Speaker 2: Wrapping up hour number two here on the Steelers Report
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  Speaker 2: for today. As we enjoy the bye week, and the
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  Speaker 2: bye week, Double B is a good chance to reflect
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  Speaker 2: on the first half of the season. And for the Steelers,
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  Speaker 2: it just conveniently comes after the first eight games of
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  Speaker 2: the season not quite the halfway point because of the
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  Speaker 2: 17 game schedule but a good chance to take a
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  Speaker 2: look back and with that we welcome in Matt Williamson
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  Speaker 2: who is the co-host with Wes Shuler on the show
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  Speaker 2: that follows us here at four o'clock today on SNR's
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  Speaker 2: Drive Matt welcome into the Steelers report how are you I.
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  Speaker 8: Am fantastic how are you guys doing Doing great.
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  Speaker 5: Doing great, Matt. Yeah, I mean, really, Ed, pay him
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  Speaker 5: his proper heed. It is the flagship show of the station,
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  Speaker 5: of SNR. So we're very honored every time we get
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  Speaker 5: Wes or Matt on with us. That's right.
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  Speaker 2: They get all the fancy gear.
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  Speaker 6: Right, Matt?
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  Speaker 8: That is the fact. I can't deny that. We're the
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  Speaker 8: cleanup hitter.
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  Speaker 2: The cleanup hitter is right. Matt, as we said, the
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  Speaker 2: Steelers are in a great spot, 6-2, all the momentum
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  Speaker 2: in the world, a four-game win streak, four games in
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  Speaker 2: which they've really put it together on both sides of
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  Speaker 2: the ball, offensively running the ball, defensively stopping the run.
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  Speaker 2: Your analysis so far, 6-2, I guess I'll start with this.
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  Speaker 2: Are you surprised that they're 6-2 after eight games? And
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  Speaker 2: if so, what has stood out for you throughout these
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  Speaker 2: first eight games?
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  Speaker 8: A little surprised, sure. I mean, did I think on
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  Speaker 8: when it turned November and right past Halloween, they would
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  Speaker 8: have the league's longest winning streak and be sitting alone
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  Speaker 8: at the top of the division, a really good division? No,
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  Speaker 8: but I thought more of a four or five win situation.
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  Speaker 8: It's always dangerous to look ahead to the schedule, but
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  Speaker 8: the schedule did look favorable before the season started to
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  Speaker 8: this point, you know, pre-buy. So I'm not blown away
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  Speaker 8: by it. But I am pleasantly surprised without question. You
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  Speaker 8: guys mentioned, you know, that the buy obviously is here.
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  Speaker 8: I just wanted to run something by you guys. Like,
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  Speaker 8: it's very welcome. I love that it's in the middle
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  Speaker 8: of the season. I think it's a great time for
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  Speaker 8: the staff to kind of break the season in two halves.
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  Speaker 8: And it also correlates really well with the trade deadline,
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  Speaker 8: whether that matters or not. But part of me would
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  Speaker 8: rather they play tomorrow. I mean, the way they're playing
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  Speaker 8: right now, like, I don't want to sit down at
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  Speaker 8: all and get back out there.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 5: I'd certainly love to play the Ravens tomorrow or right now,
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  Speaker 5: you know, if you could work the schedule however you
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  Speaker 5: want it. But I suppose I can't complain because, you know,
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  Speaker 5: we'll be getting the Bengals coming off the Madrid trip.
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  Speaker 5: So an international travel game for them. Granted, you wouldn't
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  Speaker 5: have known it that the Steelers had just come back
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  Speaker 5: from overseas, the way they played against the Browns. You know, Matt,
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  Speaker 5: I want to, you know, Ed went big picture, which
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  Speaker 5: is great. I want to try to home in on
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  Speaker 5: some littler things while we're just we've got all sorts
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  Speaker 5: of details that we can get to and we have
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  Speaker 5: time to get to now. I think maybe underappreciated aspect
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  Speaker 5: of this season so far and what the offense has
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  Speaker 5: been doing. I didn't know that Pat Friermuth had this
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  Speaker 5: kind of blocking in him. I mean, I'm old enough
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  Speaker 5: to remember some of the lulls in Steelers football where
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  Speaker 5: everything's going wrong and people are down on everything. And
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  Speaker 5: one of the problems is, oh, Friermuth can't block. I
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  Speaker 5: really like what I'm seeing from him, his personality in
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  Speaker 5: the run game, throwing his body around. It's not just
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  Speaker 5: Darnell Washington. Am I crazy or have you seen that
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  Speaker 5: from 88 as well?
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  Speaker 8: No, not crazy at all. Now, I don't think he's
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  Speaker 8: ever been a bad blocker or a reluctant blocker, but
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  Speaker 8: it's clearly gone up two levels, in my opinion. And
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  Speaker 8: I've been harping on it for weeks now, and I
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  Speaker 8: feel like it is underreported around this team, just the
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  Speaker 8: non-offensive linemen's blocking contributions. And I think it's been extreme.
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  Speaker 8: I think Friermuth is the best example of But even
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  Speaker 8: a new guy like Jeremy Bernard, Metcalf, we know Washington's
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  Speaker 8: a great blocker, but I think all those guys have
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  Speaker 8: leveled up, particularly in space and downfield and with their hustle.
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  Speaker 8: And this goes for any great running back, Derrick Henry's
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  Speaker 8: long runs. I mean, they're almost attributed on the second
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  Speaker 8: level to receivers getting downfield and blowing up safeties and corners.
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  Speaker 8: And I really just think it shows... how much the
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  Speaker 8: team has bought in, you know, to the new coaching
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  Speaker 8: staff and everything that's going on here and the physicality.
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  Speaker 8: That's obviously an overwhelming theme. And I also think Brian,
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  Speaker 8: that some of this goes back to the off season
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  Speaker 8: that when they started making, first off, they hire a
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  Speaker 8: new coach and then we know how the timeline goes.
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  Speaker 8: Free agency comes, they let some people go, they add people,
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  Speaker 8: the draft comes and they have a new roster.
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  Speaker 3: Boom.
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  Speaker 8: Then we go to Latrobe. Almost everybody they added, at
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  Speaker 8: their respective positions was big for their position. You know, like,
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  Speaker 8: Kenny Gainwell's a great player. Just ran for 140 yards yesterday.
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  Speaker 8: But they wanted to get bigger there. You know, like,
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  Speaker 8: Dean is a big corner. It's not just the people
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  Speaker 8: in the trenches. Everybody they added is a plus-size player
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  Speaker 8: for their position.
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  Speaker 2: We're talking with Matt Williamson, co-host of SNR's The Drive,
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  Speaker 2: which follows Brian and I each and every day here
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  Speaker 2: on Steelers Nation Radio and the Steelers Audio Network. You
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  Speaker 2: can catch Wes and Matt. Matt, I'm going to give
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  Speaker 2: you an example that I do pay attention to your
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  Speaker 2: excellent coverage of the Steelers throughout the year. Because in
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  Speaker 2: the offseason, there were two names, and we'll stick with
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  Speaker 2: the offensive line and the blocking, that you loved. One
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  Speaker 2: was Brock Hoffman when they signed him via the Dallas Cowboys.
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  Speaker 2: You thought in the spring that that was one of
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  Speaker 2: their strongest free agent acquisitions on that offensive line. And
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  Speaker 2: Max Ionichor, when the Steelers drafted him in the draft,
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  Speaker 2: you were high on him too. So give me your
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  Speaker 2: feedback now after eight games. Has both Hoffman and Ionichor
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  Speaker 2: met your expectations, exceeded your expectations? I mean, by my count,
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  Speaker 2: my friend, you look pretty good with both of those
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  Speaker 2: assessments because they're both playing at a high level.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I feel pretty good about myself about those. And
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  Speaker 8: Brian was calling me Matt Ahanachor earlier this year.
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  Speaker 6: Or Max Williamson.
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  Speaker 8: I'm fine with that. I'm cool with that. I don't
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  Speaker 8: think we have any similarities other than we both like
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  Speaker 8: his game. As for Hoffman, I thought he was perfect.
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  Speaker 8: Dale Lawley and I used to say that B.J. Finney
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  Speaker 8: was a fine rotational interior guy. But I was calling
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  Speaker 8: Hoffman a better version of B.J. Finney. Finney was fine
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  Speaker 8: as a four, and they've had some other similar players
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  Speaker 8: that could help out at all three of those positions.
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  Speaker 8: And heck, heaven forbid, if Frazier were to go down,
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  Speaker 8: Hoffman might even be better at center than guard, just
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  Speaker 8: based off his Dallas tape. We haven't had to see that.
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  Speaker 8: I hope we never, ever, ever do. But he moves really,
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  Speaker 8: really well. The Cowboys line a year ago, did its
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  Speaker 8: best work when he was in there. Now, it doesn't
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  Speaker 8: mean he was their best lineman, but I don't think
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  Speaker 8: that that ripple effect was an accident. He was an
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  Speaker 8: attitude guy. He's a good mover. He's not overly talented.
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  Speaker 8: I knew he wouldn't be crazy expensive. You know, I mean,
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  Speaker 8: you weren't going to pay him Quentin Nelson money or
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  Speaker 8: anything like that. I thought that was a perfect, you know,
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  Speaker 8: get for them and he could compete with Anderson. What
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  Speaker 8: I didn't see coming is, and I had questions about
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  Speaker 8: it until it actually took place, was incorporating the right
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  Speaker 8: side of the line like a hockey line, you know,
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  Speaker 8: and joining those two together. And the more I think
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  Speaker 8: about it, and there's some Monday morning quarterbacking here, I
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  Speaker 8: just think that was incredibly thoughtful and so smart for
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  Speaker 8: Max's development because Hoffman is a former center. By this
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  Speaker 8: line standard, he's an elder statesman, believe it or not,
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  Speaker 8: because everybody's so young. He's the perfect caddy. He's the
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  Speaker 8: perfect kind of mentor to get in the game with Max,
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  Speaker 8: who obviously is a moldable ball of clay, but experience
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  Speaker 8: isn't his friend at this point. You know, like he
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  Speaker 8: goes to Cleveland. That's the first road game the guy
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  Speaker 8: ever played in his life on three days rest, you know,
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  Speaker 8: in a crazy environment. I'm sure he leans on Hoffman
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  Speaker 8: all the time. So when they felt Honitore wasn't quite ready,
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  Speaker 8: I think that hurt Hoffman getting in the lineup as well.
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  Speaker 8: Now we've seen good things from Anderson since. So I
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  Speaker 8: think they handled that expertly. And in terms of Max, yes,
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  Speaker 8: he's going to have growing pains. Faltano still has growing pains.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, tackles are, it makes me a little crazy
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  Speaker 8: because Steeler fans that are my age have rarely seen
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  Speaker 8: a first round tackle because they're too good to draft them.
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  Speaker 8: They draft in the 20s and the tackles go. I mean,
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  Speaker 8: the Belichick never got a first round tackle. So I
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  Speaker 8: think people around here think that you draft a tackle
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  Speaker 8: in the first round and he's never going to get beat.
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  Speaker 8: That's not how the league works. Do you know who
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  Speaker 8: these guys have to block in protection? I mean, okay,
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  Speaker 8: Faltano gives up two sacks to Chase Young. Chase Young's
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  Speaker 8: right behind T.J. Watt on the sack list. He was
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  Speaker 8: the second pick in the draft. He has 17 sacks
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  Speaker 8: in his last 19 games. He gets a sack every week.
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  Speaker 8: You know, I mean, no one said– Boy, how did
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  Speaker 8: Herbig beat Wirfs? Wirfs is like the best tackle in
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  Speaker 8: the league. These guys allow pressures, and it's not a 100%
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  Speaker 8: batting average. And Ahanachor is a perfect example. I think
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  Speaker 8: the world of the whole line, but I think Ahanachor
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  Speaker 8: can be one of the best right tackles in the
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  Speaker 8: league very soon.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a good point. I mean, it's not like
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  Speaker 5: when you're scouting draft prospects and you're pulling up their
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  Speaker 5: PFF page and you're seeing– No sacks allowed. No pressures allowed.
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  Speaker 5: This guy was like, yeah, that's not going to happen
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  Speaker 5: in the NFL. That's very unrealistic. I don't think it
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  Speaker 5: dawned on me until just now with you saying it,
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  Speaker 5: laying it out like this way, Matt. This offensive line
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  Speaker 5: is so symmetrical. You've got the two first round talents
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  Speaker 5: bookending as tackles, pretty nimble guys, light on their feet.
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  Speaker 5: were athletes in other sports in addition to football then
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  Speaker 5: you've got two just red you know what ornery dudes
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  Speaker 5: at guard who were you know the day three draft
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  Speaker 5: pick and an undrafted guy who will just maul you
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  Speaker 5: to no end and then you have the guy in
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  Speaker 5: the middle who doesn't say a word and Zach Frazier
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  Speaker 5: except he's just a road grader out there too so
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  Speaker 5: it's kind of beautiful how this thing has come together
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  Speaker 5: for the Steelers and I think there's a lot more
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  Speaker 5: meat on that bone that is the easy thing to
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  Speaker 5: talk about right now what's the harder part to have
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  Speaker 5: a conversation about is the passing game do you see
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  Speaker 5: some upside there Matt or do you feel like that's
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  Speaker 5: a little bit more cause for concern area for improvement
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  Speaker 5: Achilles heel type thing as we go into the second half.
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  Speaker 8: Real quick, I don't know if this analogy flies at all,
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  Speaker 8: but when you laid out that offensive line, it almost
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  Speaker 8: felt like they got Sidney Crosby at center, and they
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  Speaker 8: have these two wings that could end up being 60
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  Speaker 8: goal scorers, and then the two guards are your third-line
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  Speaker 8: gritty a-holes that nobody wants to play against.
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  Speaker 5: They're goons, Matt. They're goons.
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  Speaker 8: They absolutely are. The passing game worries me a lot.
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  Speaker 8: Some of it's quarterback-driven. Some of it's Metcalf driven. Some
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  Speaker 8: of it's attacking the entire field driven. And I think
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  Speaker 8: you can look at this two ways lately. They haven't
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  Speaker 8: had to have an expansive passing game to win these
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  Speaker 8: last couple games.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 8: So why flirt with it? You know, and I think
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  Speaker 8: there's something to be said for that. I saw the
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  Speaker 8: other day that Rogers has thrown six interceptions and three
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  Speaker 8: of them basically were dropped. You know, I mean, they were.
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  Speaker 8: So in reality, he's not putting ball in harm's way.
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  Speaker 8: And why even tempt fate if you don't have to?
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  Speaker 8: I do think their screen game is unbelievably potent, no
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  Speaker 8: matter who they get the ball to. If it's Bernard Warren, Metcalf, Washington,
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  Speaker 8: Friar Muth, and you get all that train going. blocking
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  Speaker 8: for him that we mentioned of being really good in
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  Speaker 8: space that are non linemen. But I would think to
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  Speaker 8: really take this thing to the next level, a true
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  Speaker 8: drop back attack, the middle of the field passing game
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  Speaker 8: is definitely lacking at this point. And really where your
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  Speaker 8: money's made passing in this league, what really separates the
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  Speaker 8: big time passing games and the big time quarterbacks is
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  Speaker 8: between 10 and 20 yards in the middle of the field.
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  Speaker 8: Throwing deep isn't necessarily hard. You know, I mean, throwing
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  Speaker 8: in the middle of the field in that 10 to
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  Speaker 8: 20 range is where you see the same guys every
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  Speaker 8: year lead the league. And it's Allen and it's Mahomes
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  Speaker 8: and it's Lamar and it's Burrow. And it's not an accident.
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  Speaker 8: You know, red zone and that 10 to 20 range
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  Speaker 8: is really what takes you to the next level. And
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  Speaker 8: that area worries me. And to be frank, I don't
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  Speaker 8: have a lot of confidence even in Rogers deep balls
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  Speaker 8: at this point. I mean, is it all on him? No,
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  Speaker 8: but he has completed a very low percentage of even
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  Speaker 8: just go balls or even given his players a chance.
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  Speaker 8: And we know he has the arm strength, but that
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  Speaker 8: doesn't mean he has the feel and the touch still
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  Speaker 8: to drop those balls where they need to be at
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  Speaker 8: his age.
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  Speaker 2: Man, I completely agree. I think the Steelers right now
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  Speaker 2: at 6-2 and where they sit, definitely the favorites in
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  Speaker 2: the AFC North. I think that gets you a home game.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're in a great spot to win potentially
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  Speaker 2: their first playoff game in over 10 years. But if
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  Speaker 2: you start taking the next step in that conversation to
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  Speaker 2: compete for the AFC Conference, maybe make the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 2: and contend there. It's a glaring need right now. The
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver room, DK underperforming so far. No true answer.
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  Speaker 2: Number two, now we have all these chips in this
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  Speaker 2: Michael Pittman Jr. basket that when he returns off the IR,
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  Speaker 2: maybe he can give them a boost there. But my
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  Speaker 2: question for you, and we have a few more minutes
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  Speaker 2: left here with you before we wrap up the show
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  Speaker 2: and then turn it back over to you and Wes
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: on SNR's The Drive, is this, the trade deadline is
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  Speaker 2: less than a week away. Do the Steelers potentially make
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  Speaker 2: a move there in your opinion?
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I think you have to strongly consider that. Now,
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  Speaker 8: this is probably a longer conversation than we have time for,
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  Speaker 8: but I am excited to get Roman back. I have
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  Speaker 8: my doubts about Pittman. I was really excited when they
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  Speaker 8: signed him, but I feel as though he probably has
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  Speaker 8: not been healthy for one minute in a sealer uniform.
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  Speaker 8: And the times we did see him in the regular season,
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  Speaker 8: I thought he was a liability more than an asset. Now,
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  Speaker 8: maybe coming off IR, he'll be the guy that the
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  Speaker 8: Colts had all along and the guy I expected to get,
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  Speaker 8: and that would be wonderful. Bernard, to me, is probably
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  Speaker 8: their best receiver, and I'd like to see him used
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  Speaker 8: more in that downfield, middle-of-the-field capacity more, more than just
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  Speaker 8: screens and short stuff. But my conundrum with the trade
• 43:51
  Speaker 8: candidates is– the smaller slot types would then push Bernard
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  Speaker 8: to the outside. And I think Bernard's definitely best out
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  Speaker 8: of the slot. Guy like Brian Thomas would keep Bernard
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  Speaker 8: in the slot and keep you a very big offense.
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  Speaker 8: You know, Josh Downs, 170 pounds, McConkie's 180 pounds and
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  Speaker 8: they get pushed around and they play small, but they're
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  Speaker 8: good at getting open and beating man coverage, which is
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  Speaker 8: exactly what this team needs. where a guy like Brian
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  Speaker 8: Thomas would keep Bernard in the slot and keep you
• 44:23
  Speaker 8: a big unit, but he really isn't the route runner,
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  Speaker 8: you know, technician guy that you need. I mean, he's
• 44:30
  Speaker 8: a lot like DK is just throwing go balls, you know?
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  Speaker 8: So I'd be interested in my other thing is let's
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  Speaker 8: say it's downs and you give up the equivalent of
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  Speaker 8: like a fourth round pick. I think that's about what
• 44:42
  Speaker 8: it would cost you. Would they, I don't know their
• 44:45
  Speaker 8: policy on negotiating with free agents to be that weren't
• 44:50
  Speaker 8: on the team in training camp, you know, would they
• 44:52
  Speaker 8: extend him mid season? Brian, I don't know if you
• 44:55
  Speaker 8: know that answer. I've talked to everybody. Nobody seems to
• 44:57
  Speaker 8: know that answer. I mean, they have a policy of
• 44:59
  Speaker 8: we're not going to talk contract during the season.
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  Speaker 6: Fine.
• 45:02
  Speaker 8: That's their policy, but would downs be different because you
• 45:06
  Speaker 8: couldn't talk contract with them months ago because he wasn't
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  Speaker 8: a team.
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  Speaker 5: My gut would tell me no, because we haven't seen
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  Speaker 5: it before, but yeah, I mean, it is a bit
• 45:17
  Speaker 5: of a loophole and, I'm with you on pretty much
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  Speaker 5: all of that. I'll just leave you with this, Matt.
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  Speaker 5: I've got nothing else to add other than who needs
• 45:25
  Speaker 5: Brian Thomas Jr., any of those guys, when you're averaging
• 45:28
  Speaker 5: 5.8 yards per carry when Brandon Smith is on the field.
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  Speaker 5: Get him out there, baby. Wide receiver, too. Let's go.
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  Speaker 5: I didn't know that.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 8: Nice contribution from Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Smith.
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  Speaker 2: There's a Matt stat for you next week when you
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  Speaker 2: go into the following week there, Matt. Hey, Matt Williamson,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much. You're always a great member of
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  Speaker 2: our SNR team to talk to to get the insights.
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  Speaker 2: And if you haven't had enough of Matt Williamson, he's
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  Speaker 2: up next with Wes Ewer. But, Matt, we'll check you
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  Speaker 2: out on the drive.
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  Speaker 8: Sounds good, guys. Take care.
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  Speaker 6: See you. Thanks, man. See you.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks, man.
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  Speaker 2: That's going to do it for the show for today.
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  Speaker 2: I'm Ed Troop with Brian Bacco. Thanks for listening to
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers Report. Up next, it is Matt Williamson, who
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  Speaker 2: you just heard from, and Wes Shuler on SNR's The Drive,
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  Speaker 2: right here on Steelers Nation Radio, part of the Steelers
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  Speaker 2: Audio Network.