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Steelers announce 2024 NFL Schedule · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Head folks, Welcome into the Irish Steelers Podcast, the podcast
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Speaker 1: of Steelers fans across the island of Ireland, and be on. Well,
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Speaker 1: we have made it past the NFL Draft, and we've
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Speaker 1: made it past the NFL schedule released, and it's time
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Speaker 1: to get ready to talk a little ball again. Michael
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Speaker 1: mcgaid delighted to be joined by my blacking gold comrades,
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Speaker 1: Jimmy English Dave McKee. First off, down in Drahada direction.
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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's County Live or County Meve,
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Speaker 1: Jimmie English, but you can tell me in the second.
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Speaker 1: How are you doing, man, it's been far too long.
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Speaker 2: Well, let me say this letter clear. It is definitely
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Speaker 2: County Loud. We're on the right side of the river
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Speaker 2: point here, Mick and I am very well. Thank you.
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Speaker 2: Delighted to be back with you boys talking Steelers football.
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Speaker 2: It's been a while, so it's it's good good to
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Speaker 2: see your faces again and looking forward to getting stuck
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Speaker 2: into talking about the schedule and all the exciting things
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Speaker 2: that have been going on in the world of the
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Speaker 2: steerious recently.
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Speaker 1: In my defense, I was driving down to Dublin a
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Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, and I genuinely thought, does Jimmy
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Speaker 1: live in me? We live? And I should have just actually,
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Speaker 1: but I didn't a follow it. One man, I'm right,
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Speaker 1: I'm right off.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. More in the next time you can call in
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Speaker 2: for a cook of tea.
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Speaker 1: I will do. I keep passing the TLT so we
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Speaker 1: will talk about that all the camera. But for everyone
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Speaker 1: listening and Draha and beyond the island, you're all very
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Speaker 1: very welcome to fulshit. One man from Terome but not
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Speaker 1: in Slruda but in the UK in England. Dive Dave
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Speaker 1: McKee dives it's good to chat to you again as well. Man,
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Speaker 1: how are you doing good?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm good.
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Speaker 4: Mc I just say I've immigrated full time to England,
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Speaker 4: but I'm an arsenal and always at heart. Twenty minutes flights,
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Speaker 4: ten minute swim. As I said, I'm a quite a
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Speaker 4: good swimmer. I'm totally so yeah, that's where I'm out
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Speaker 4: at the minute. But as Jimmy said, it's good to
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Speaker 4: be back talking Steelers. It's always a player to come
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Speaker 4: on and talk about it. So yeah, obviously with the
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Speaker 4: schedule releasing, all really looking for the sort of delvi
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Speaker 4: and that were you guys.
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Speaker 1: Let's say, let's talk about the schedule in a few minutes.
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Speaker 1: I know we've got some news. I believe you boys
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Speaker 1: are some breaking news as well for people listening to
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Speaker 1: this podcast. But we'll get to it in the second.
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Speaker 1: I want to bring up a couple of tidbits and
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Speaker 1: news that have happened over the last few weeks that
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Speaker 1: we haven't already had a chance to speak about on
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Speaker 1: this podcast. You may have seen, folks, one of the
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Speaker 1: guys from the NFL's ipp International Player Pathway, How Do
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Speaker 1: You Went Go? Goalkeeper Mark Jackson had the opportunity to
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Speaker 1: work out with the Pittsburgh Staters last week. Jimmy Mark
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Speaker 1: Jackson won the kicking competition the clinic the Steaders had
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Speaker 1: in Dublin a few months or a couple of months ago,
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Speaker 1: I think it was about a month ago. Now you
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Speaker 1: have the opportunity to be down there on the day. Yeah, firstly,
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Speaker 1: how did you find Mark on the day and the kickers?
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Speaker 1: But then secondly, a great opportunity for Mark and it's
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Speaker 1: pretty cool Sye in the Staters put out the green
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Speaker 1: and gold carpet. I guess for an irishman.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, all the boys at the kicking clinic on
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Speaker 2: the day were absolutely like they were sending it. That's
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Speaker 2: the only way you can describe it. They were absolutely
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Speaker 2: kicking the leather off the balls, both during the punting
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Speaker 2: sessions and the indoor kicking sessions, and you know, it
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Speaker 2: was great to see them working their craft. I mean,
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Speaker 2: they were so locked in and they were working really
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Speaker 2: closely with the guys Steelers alumni and Sean Sweezem and
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Speaker 2: Jordan Berry, so that was that was fantastic to see.
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Speaker 2: And then just when Mark got the opportunity to work
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Speaker 2: out with the Steelers, I mean that was just incredible.
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Speaker 2: I mean, you know, an Irish fella at the Steelers
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Speaker 2: mini camp wearing the Steelers, wearing the jersey, and you know,
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Speaker 2: he seemed to have an absolute great showing there as well,
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Speaker 2: and he didn't look a bit out of place, and
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Speaker 2: we saw we had the opportunity to see some videos
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Speaker 2: of him kicking and I think from what we saw
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Speaker 2: he was making all of his kicks. What a what
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Speaker 2: a fantastic ambassador for Ireland, you know, and of course
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Speaker 2: the ties that the Steelers do have to Ireland, so
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Speaker 2: like it was just great to see, great to see
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Speaker 2: it and great to raise the overall profile of them
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Speaker 2: of American football in Ireland.
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Speaker 1: It's it's really and I completely agree to. I mean,
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Speaker 1: like Dave, it's really interesting to see lads from here
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Speaker 1: go over to the States because that's the one thing
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Speaker 1: I think that has sort of changed we all since
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Speaker 1: we've all, I guess together on the podcast, I've been
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Speaker 1: talking about it a lot and obviously Mark going over
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Speaker 1: as somebody sitting at home of the weekend looking at
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Speaker 1: the stuff on social media, what did you think that.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's just just to sort of highlight everything Jimmy said.
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Speaker 4: You know, it's incredible. Who would have thought a couple
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Speaker 4: of years ago we would come to the stage where
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Speaker 4: it's a constant, you know, obviously with Charlie Smith he's
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Speaker 4: saying with the New Orleans Saints, but to see Mark
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Speaker 4: obviously getting his opportunity with the Steelers, it's another great
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Speaker 4: opportunity for for for everybody.
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Speaker 3: On the island.
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Speaker 4: It shows really that you know, the punting and the
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Speaker 4: kicking game is something that we've obviously been able to
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Speaker 4: develop an our game and it's obviously taken across it
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Speaker 4: across the pond, if you like. So it's fantastic news.
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Speaker 4: You know, as Jimmy said, he's seen it firsthand. You know,
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Speaker 4: he knows that these guys it's not just sort of
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Speaker 4: like a handout, you know, with no issue. That these
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Speaker 4: guys are capable and they're obviously going to be able
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Speaker 4: to do it going into the future. So fair play
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Speaker 4: them and then hopefully, you know, it's it's a great
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Speaker 4: landmark for future Steelers ahead, you know, going to these
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Speaker 4: chicking events. You know, we have won ball fast. I
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Speaker 4: believe in the next month, I think I can say
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Speaker 4: that I'm not fairly sure, but yeah, actually fantastic, but yeah,
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Speaker 4: we're all gonna be there and hopefully you know we're
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Speaker 4: going to see it feature a couple of more future
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Speaker 4: Steelers in the mess.
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Speaker 1: Deve with the beautiful segue into the next topic. Just
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Speaker 1: to wish regardless, just to wish Mark the very very best,
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Speaker 1: and thanks to the team for you know, bringing them
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Speaker 1: over to to see what he's like and to give
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Speaker 1: him that experience as well, no matter what happens over
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Speaker 1: the next few weeks. Yes, just before we get onto that, Jimmy,
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Speaker 1: as you mentioned that that just at that time at
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Speaker 1: the Sport Armand Campus in Dublin. Great to see Sean
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Speaker 1: Sweetson and Jordan Barry. I know you've seen them boys
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Speaker 1: first hand. They really got into it and they really
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Speaker 1: enjoyed it as well. So and like we're going to
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Speaker 1: see the next stage of that take place and on
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Speaker 1: the island of Ireland. Actually in the next few weeks.
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Speaker 1: I'm just under a month or so from the recording date,
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Speaker 1: they announce a pewbcio. They're going to host two American
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Speaker 1: football camps in Belfast and in Cork. Uslee lads are
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Speaker 1: going to be at the one in Belfast, I believe
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Speaker 1: on the fifteenth of June, and that's at Darmore Park
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Speaker 1: which is where the Belfast Trojans play during their season.
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Speaker 1: There's a little balcony there and we're gonna hopefully get
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Speaker 1: a couple of podcasts in hopefully and maybe get some
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Speaker 1: bull predictions. After last year, I can't wait to hear
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Speaker 1: this year is. But certainly it's in Belfast and in Cork.
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Speaker 1: The Belfast ones on Saturday. The one in Cork is
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Speaker 1: on the Sunday and it's between the ages nine and
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Speaker 1: the eighteen, so there's different age groups nine to fourteen
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Speaker 1: and fifteen to eighteen. Each participant will be provided with
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Speaker 1: a Staelers American Football Youth Camp T shirt and the
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Speaker 1: meal at the end of the event. I know, folks
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Speaker 1: at the sort of demands that is very very high,
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Speaker 1: So do check out Staeters dot com slash Ireland for
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Speaker 1: more information on that, and we will definitely see at
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Speaker 1: the one in Belfast, Jimmy. Before we talk about the schedule,
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Speaker 1: we don't think we can discuss shit who is going
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Speaker 1: to be there, but I know that current Steelers players
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Speaker 1: are going to be there. We'll just leave it at
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Speaker 1: that exciting weekend there and it's going to be great
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Speaker 1: to see you last together. I feel like we can
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Speaker 1: almost get a six season PREV podcast on where Dave
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Speaker 1: talks about how yeah, tj Wat's going to win the
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Speaker 1: MVP and we're all going to be in New Orleans
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Speaker 1: as well next year.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Now, really really looking forward to about Michael. And
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Speaker 2: look like the Steelers have already done so much in
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Speaker 2: Ireland in terms of local events and generating interest in
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Speaker 2: the sport but also getting you know, getting kids participating
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Speaker 2: in American football in general. So I think it's a
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Speaker 2: fantastic opportunity for us to just to see that firsthand
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Speaker 2: in a fantastic opportunity for people who are for kids
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Speaker 2: who might necessarily tried American football before, to get a
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Speaker 2: taste of that in a kind of you know, a
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Speaker 2: friendly kind of environment. And look, it's really exciting for
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Speaker 2: us as well because we get to do a live
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Speaker 2: podcast with just something that I've been looking forward to
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Speaker 2: doing for a long time.
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Speaker 1: It's far better cracking, person, it really isn't like it's
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Speaker 1: far better crack.
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Speaker 2: So we we we proughtably get one last year, we
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Speaker 2: didn't end up doing one. So really looking forward to
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Speaker 2: having the Three Steeters podcast amgles together in the one
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Speaker 2: place for a change.
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Speaker 1: They have great to see, as Jimmy said, you know,
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Speaker 1: some young young people getting opportunities that we never had
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Speaker 1: in a weird world. You know, it's it's great to
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Speaker 1: see the investments in the cedars on the island of Ireland,
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Speaker 1: isn't it.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm a bit younger than you lads, sort
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Speaker 4: of just hold up here now, but maybe I'll get
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Speaker 4: my chance someday.
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 4: Now I'm kidding obviously, just in regards to that, you know,
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Speaker 4: just as everything it's just Jimmy said about you know,
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Speaker 4: the glass getting the opportunity. This thing about thought is
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Speaker 4: going to be one of those other opportunities for young
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Speaker 4: you know, your youngsters to sort of come up and
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Speaker 4: show their skills and as Jimmy said, that don't develop
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Speaker 4: their game to the next level. So I would definitely
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Speaker 4: you know, inspire or I sort of what we're looking
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Speaker 4: for motivate them to actually come along and show off,
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Speaker 4: you know what they what they've gotten their locker and
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Speaker 4: everything they've learned coming through maybe the ga R you know,
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Speaker 4: with the kicking off the ground, the pumping obviously you
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Speaker 4: know in the terms of shooting and all that crack.
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Speaker 4: So it's one of those things where they're gonna get
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Speaker 4: their opportunity. And as Jimmy said, you know, all three
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Speaker 4: of us back together, getting the bond back together. We
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Speaker 4: haven't all been together since the watch party, so it's
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Speaker 4: been quite a long time. And yeah, say, I'm yet
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Speaker 4: to make my debut in Life podcast, so I hope
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Speaker 4: I'm not too nervous, but I'll hopefully be able to
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Speaker 4: keep up with you guys.
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Speaker 1: Bring your throwing jersey on your stadters, Jersey'll say to
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Speaker 1: see the crack. And during the fIF teams during the
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Speaker 1: sixteenth Staters dot com slash Ireland for more information. Plans,
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Speaker 1: big plans, talking about eating bigger plans, which can you
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Speaker 1: get even bigger than that? But the Steelers, amazingly, folks,
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Speaker 1: schedules out this week. Steelers are seventeen games, some home
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Speaker 1: games somewhere. I'm joking, they've got a full schedule ou
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Speaker 1: and I'm going to roll through the schedule very very luckly,
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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna get your guys sort of thoughts here.
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Speaker 1: Starting at the Falcons in week one. Week two, they're
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Speaker 1: in Denver. Week three at home against the Chargers. Week
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Speaker 1: four away to the co Week five Sunday Night football
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Speaker 1: against the Cowboys in Pittsburgh. Week six is the Readers
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Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. Week seven the Jets at home Sunday
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Speaker 1: night football. Again. Eight is Monday Night football in Orchestra Stadium.
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Speaker 1: Week nine by week I like the week nine by
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Speaker 1: Week ten away we're at Washington one o'clock in the
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Speaker 1: early windows, six o'clock for us, and then we got
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Speaker 1: a few games. This is where the AFC North Kickston.
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Speaker 1: And you've got Baltimore at home, Cleveland away on Thursday
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Speaker 1: Night football. Short week Sunday December. The first you got
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Speaker 1: the Bengals away and then you got the Browns at home,
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Speaker 1: Eagles away, Ravens away. I said that in the most
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Speaker 1: European soccer style standard there Christmas Day on Netflix against
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Speaker 1: the Chiefs, my wife and her in laws are going
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Speaker 1: to hit me. And then TVD Week eight seen. Look, Jimmy,
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Speaker 1: I think it's one thing saying all these games out loud,
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Speaker 1: that there is a preseason schedule which you can find
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Speaker 1: out on the State of social channels as well. Looking
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Speaker 1: forward to seeing what the plans are for that there.
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Speaker 1: But I guess just sort of your initial thoughts when
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Speaker 1: you've seen the schedule, Jimmy, I guess the one thing
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Speaker 1: that I found was if you go to that weak
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Speaker 1: nine and bye, we really have all ahead of us.
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Speaker 1: But I'm not looking at it, and look, I'm a
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Speaker 1: very I'm very much a glass half falls for them on.
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Speaker 1: But I think if you're in a good position after
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Speaker 1: the Bay, you're you're gonna have to make an attack
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Speaker 1: at the division. Anyway. It's going to be difficult, we
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Speaker 1: know how difficult it is. But a strong start is
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Speaker 1: needed and a lot a lot of primetime games to
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Speaker 1: open up the season. As well, which is not bad.
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Speaker 1: Tell me your faults and then we'll get the big
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Speaker 1: break in news.
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Speaker 2: So to use a running analogy here, make the studios
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Speaker 2: are gonna have to come out of the blocks hard
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Speaker 2: with this one and get a good head of steam
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Speaker 2: because that AFC North back end of the season is
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Speaker 2: going to be hell. I think when you look at
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Speaker 2: some of the names you have in there, like You're
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Speaker 2: you're facing You're facing Joe Burrow, You're facing the Marra Jackson,
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Speaker 2: You're facing Patrick Mahomes, all towards the game of the
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Speaker 2: season when they do tend to perform at their best,
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Speaker 2: you know, having had a chance to kind of warm
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Speaker 2: up and get up and running. Look, overall, I love
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Speaker 2: the schedule. I think it's a great schedule. There's some
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Speaker 2: really interesting games in there. Look you look at that
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Speaker 2: week one matchup against the Falcons, you had the Actor
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Speaker 2: Smith revenge game. Then the very next week you have
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Speaker 2: the Russell Wilson revenge game, and they're both on the road,
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Speaker 2: so they're gonna be two very interesting challenges early on.
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Speaker 2: And I think the Charges at home to open up
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Speaker 2: is a nice one. You never know what the charges
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Speaker 2: are really going to do, and Justin Herbert. Depends what
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Speaker 2: version that Justin Herbert shows up on the day. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: like overall, I mean that Week nine, by as you say,
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Speaker 2: is crucial because it's smacked by in the middle of
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Speaker 2: the season. If we hadn't got an early bye week,
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Speaker 2: it would have been a disaster, I think. So that's
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Speaker 2: I think that the NFL might have made up for
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Speaker 2: the back loading, the head back loading the schedule win
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Speaker 2: our ASC North matches for with with the nice by week.
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Speaker 2: And then like Christmas Day, I mean, there won't be
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Speaker 2: a single NFL fan in r in that dinner table
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Speaker 2: and Christmas Day this year because we'll all be around
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Speaker 2: our television's watching the Chiefs and the Steelers US in
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Speaker 2: a particular and then directly found out by the Texans calls.
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Speaker 2: I believe. I'm not entirely sure, but it's another good,
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Speaker 2: good game. And so look, I mean as far as
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Speaker 2: in terms of schedules, how they go on on, I'm
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Speaker 2: very very happy with that.
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Speaker 1: I have to say, I'm really starting actually I feel
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Speaker 1: like it might be a yeah, so Raven Saxon. So
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Speaker 1: two two great games, and you see at that point
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Speaker 1: in the year. The one thing I will say be
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Speaker 1: able get Jimmy to break this breaking news in the second.
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Speaker 1: The one thing Dave I will say is I love
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Speaker 1: the schedule. I've seen some teams last night whenever the
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Speaker 1: schedules coming out, like some teams with a buy as
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Speaker 1: far as week fourteen, and Jimmy's buying on talking about
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Speaker 1: that that stage. For us at week nine, the only
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Speaker 1: thing I would say is the player in the Ravens
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Speaker 1: Saturday Saturday night for US half nine Saturday work Christmas
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Speaker 1: is fantastic. By the way, I absolutely love it. That
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Speaker 1: is such a short week and haveing Kansas City. Now
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Speaker 1: what I would say, you're not too far from Baltimore. Obviously,
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Speaker 1: it's not going on attract to Europe, for example. I
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Speaker 1: guess coach Tomlin is gonna have to just have the
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Speaker 1: guys get them ready. We've seen it in some similar circumstances,
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Speaker 1: not that short of a week, but we've seen it
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Speaker 1: even towards the end of last season, Dave, where you
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Speaker 1: find guys were not getting tired, but they just found
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Speaker 1: a way to get through and then get to that
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Speaker 1: game against Buffalo and they found a way to get
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Speaker 1: to that point. That's going to be crucial. You sort
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Speaker 1: of feel like that those two or three weeks, obviously
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Speaker 1: he's going to be crucial for just for this team.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, you know what you're spot on. You mentioned about
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Speaker 3: the last year.
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Speaker 4: At tail end of last year and Christmas time, I
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Speaker 4: think we had a couple of tough away matches, you know,
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Speaker 4: we had you know, the coach on the road, and
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Speaker 4: then I think we actually had Seattle, So you're flann
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Speaker 4: Cross contrary a few home games mixt in there as well,
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Speaker 4: I believe. So, I guess it was with arguably a
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Speaker 4: weaker roster. Like I don't know about you guys, but
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Speaker 4: I feel like it was maybe a weaker roster last
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Speaker 4: year compared to now. You know, obviously that tail end
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Speaker 4: of the season, you're you're going to suffer with hendries.
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Speaker 4: But at the same time, we always knew, you know,
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Speaker 4: there are a lot of speculation on online stuff. It's
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Speaker 4: a very difficult schedule. We knew it was going to
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Speaker 4: be a defense adule after Weekie team last year, that's
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Speaker 4: when it was announce to your opponents, third hardest schedule
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Speaker 4: in the league. You know, if you look at that
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Speaker 4: Week one matchup, as Jimmy said, with Atlanta, you know,
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Speaker 4: Kirk Cousins coming off that at Achilles injury, all the
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Speaker 4: offseason controversy, you know, taking Michael Panics when they clearly
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Speaker 4: needed to strengthen their defensive side of the ball. It's
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Speaker 4: a good chance to come in. It's had a good
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Speaker 4: tone and obviously, as Jimmy said about Russell Wilson, you know,
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Speaker 4: Hinge game, massive chance for him to come back and
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Speaker 4: bite Sean Pitton and in the backside, so we wanted
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Speaker 4: to get rid of him the moment he walked in
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Speaker 4: the door, you know, Rookie queb So we've got a
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Speaker 4: good chance of coming into and know, as you said
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Speaker 4: before the Bay, you know we've we've got obviously the
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Speaker 4: two New York teams, you know, the Cowboys, few other
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Speaker 4: teams next down along the Coats. But as as I
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Speaker 4: said in the grip shout the other day, we're going
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Speaker 4: to have to have a very good start because that
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Speaker 4: after that Bay, it's absolutely brutal. You know, You've got
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Speaker 4: you know, Lamar twice, Borrow twice, Kealen Hurts and Philly
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Speaker 4: and you're the prospect of Potterck Mahomes and Christmas Day.
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Speaker 4: You know, it doesn't get much tougher. So it's importantly
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Speaker 4: sat the good tone from from the outset get off
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Speaker 4: to a good start. But the same time, you know,
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Speaker 4: we know where a team that can beat anyone on
16:06
Speaker 4: our day. So let's hoping as the wait to come
16:08
Speaker 4: a night, you know, count down or find ourselves in
16:10
Speaker 4: a good situation. So as Jimmy said, I'm looking forward
16:13
Speaker 4: it just as much. You know, could be easier, but
16:15
Speaker 4: at the same time, we don't want easy. You know,
16:16
Speaker 4: you have to beat the best to be the best.
16:18
Speaker 4: So I'm looking forward it as I.
16:19
Speaker 1: I can't wait with those bulberdictions. Obviously, I love the
16:23
Speaker 1: end of the schedule. Jimmy, we've been promising big, big
16:26
Speaker 1: issue news. It is big news. Do you want to
16:29
Speaker 1: tell us what the crack as a part of you
16:30
Speaker 1: and Deaver are going to live or going to Dublin anyway?
16:33
Speaker 1: Is that the plan?
16:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, we'll be flying out of Dublin on our
16:37
Speaker 2: way to Pittsburgh. Michael and myself and Dave are going
16:40
Speaker 2: over to our first ever Steeers home game in Akroshure
16:44
Speaker 2: Stadium on for the Jets game on Sunday, October twentieth.
16:48
Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football.
16:50
Speaker 2: Sunday Night Football Aaron Rodgers, please God do not get
16:53
Speaker 2: injured early in the season so I can see you play,
16:55
Speaker 2: because he's one quarterback of all we wanted to see
16:58
Speaker 2: you play live, and it might be my last chants
17:00
Speaker 2: to do that. It would have been great to have
17:02
Speaker 2: gotten the opportunity to see Big Ben play. In fact
17:05
Speaker 2: I did, but but not not in Pittsburgh. So I
17:09
Speaker 2: am very very excited. Shout out as well, quickly to
17:13
Speaker 2: Dean Cowley, also a draw the man. He's coming with us.
17:17
Speaker 2: Listen and listen to the podcast, so we roped him in.
17:20
Speaker 2: We're we're building a group a group trip here to Pittsburgh.
17:23
Speaker 2: So looking forward to getting over there, seeing the city.
17:27
Speaker 2: And of course if there are any any yins or
17:31
Speaker 2: is listening to this, give us a shout and we'd
17:33
Speaker 2: love to get some local recommendations for for places to drink,
17:37
Speaker 2: some points of water. Look, yeah, no, it's gonna be
17:42
Speaker 2: it's gonna be great. It's gonna absolutely bothering for it.
17:44
Speaker 3: Now.
17:45
Speaker 1: I love the matchup. You boys are going to deal. Then, Jimmy,
17:47
Speaker 1: you're talking about Arn Rodgers there, that's two weeks off
17:49
Speaker 1: for you in London. Are you gonna see him first
17:52
Speaker 1: or see him in the flash in Pittsburgh. What you
17:54
Speaker 1: planned though, just gonna wail it either TBC TBC.
17:58
Speaker 4: It was a choice between Dark Prescott and the Cowboys
18:01
Speaker 4: or Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets. And I
18:03
Speaker 4: think we did sort of hesitate fifty fifth day, but
18:06
Speaker 4: at the same time, the thought that the match up
18:07
Speaker 4: between mar Aaron Rodgers and Sunday Night Foot almost too
18:09
Speaker 4: good to turn down. As Jimmy said, you know, it's
18:12
Speaker 4: one of those things where it's sort of a pinch
18:15
Speaker 4: me moment to think that we're actually flying to Pittsburgh
18:17
Speaker 4: and October to watch the Steelers play.
18:19
Speaker 3: It really is a pinch me moment.
18:20
Speaker 4: And yeah, it's been a long time coming, you know,
18:24
Speaker 4: as Jimmy said, to see Big Ben and playing in
18:26
Speaker 4: Dublin was one thing, but obviously not to get to
18:29
Speaker 4: see watch them in Pittsburgh. But we get to see,
18:31
Speaker 4: you know, just as good. You know, we get to
18:32
Speaker 4: see the Steelers, you know, kid out in the black
18:34
Speaker 4: and gold and at Akrotire Stadium. So I can't wait.
18:37
Speaker 4: It's it's counting the days, you know, not counting the months.
18:39
Speaker 4: For me, it's counting the days in the air. So
18:42
Speaker 4: can't wait. And as Jimmy said, if anybody knows of
18:44
Speaker 4: any good local public areas for pints of water police laws.
18:48
Speaker 1: Now, I can't wait to see you boys literally tigging
18:51
Speaker 1: over the whole STAIU. It's gonna beat quat. And I'm
18:53
Speaker 1: actually because I know how much of a value that
18:57
Speaker 1: you know, just just you both laws are and like
19:00
Speaker 1: I think to go with sun of then football for
19:01
Speaker 1: a start, I went to a game in a different
19:03
Speaker 1: stadium for some per some of the football nearly ten
19:06
Speaker 1: years ago, and there's a different VIALU or primetime and
19:08
Speaker 1: there really really is. So your labs are gonna be laughing.
19:11
Speaker 1: So obviously enjoy it. Enjoy the build up, boys, and
19:14
Speaker 1: we will be certainly let everyone know what you're coming.
19:18
Speaker 1: I can't wait to try and get you on the
19:19
Speaker 1: podcast on the Monday, hopefull're talking about a seventy point
19:21
Speaker 1: win after that, how did every and go, etcetera. I
19:25
Speaker 1: do want to so I don't like look first off,
19:27
Speaker 1: on this next segment, we are fans, okay, but this
19:31
Speaker 1: may be the official podcaster Seiers not but hypothetically we
19:35
Speaker 1: all know last year's seaders an watch party indubon Okay,
19:38
Speaker 1: we like and this is just like a genuine Asterix.
19:42
Speaker 1: We don't know what's happening this year, and I'm sure
19:43
Speaker 1: something will happen, but we'll see down the line. And
19:46
Speaker 1: just looking at the schedule that's and starting with yourself, Jimmy,
19:49
Speaker 1: is there a game that you'd look at and think
19:51
Speaker 1: to yourself, God, I'd love that to be a watch
19:53
Speaker 1: party game, no matter where it is, if there is
19:55
Speaker 1: a watch party or something similar. I think I think
19:58
Speaker 1: you wise would be okay for the Jets game. I
20:00
Speaker 1: I can't see him having a game at one o'clock
20:01
Speaker 1: in the world in Dublin or Belfast somewhere. Honestly, I
20:04
Speaker 1: look at a couple of ones. I look at that
20:06
Speaker 1: home opener against the Chargers. I think the issue would
20:09
Speaker 1: be it's the home opener and maybe they'd like to
20:11
Speaker 1: be there. But then I also looked Jimmy at you know,
20:14
Speaker 1: potentially after Germany, maybe like the Ravens game. That Ravens
20:18
Speaker 1: game is a big game in the seventeen in November.
20:21
Speaker 1: I pray the goals at the tenth because it's a
20:23
Speaker 1: Germany game, but I'll be there if these obviously it
20:25
Speaker 1: takes priority. But then the Bengals as well. Jimmy, It's
20:28
Speaker 1: it's hard like first of December is nice as well.
20:32
Speaker 1: It's a good situation we're in where we're debating what
20:34
Speaker 1: game could be a potential watch party.
20:37
Speaker 2: Yeah, oh, I think you definitely wanted to be a
20:38
Speaker 2: home game, and I think I'm kind of going with
20:41
Speaker 2: yourself there. I think they might wait similar to what
20:44
Speaker 2: the timing last year, and I think it was November.
20:47
Speaker 2: That's yeah, I think it was November last year. We
20:49
Speaker 2: had to watch party in crow Park, and so I
20:51
Speaker 2: think following a similar kind of half or similar process,
20:56
Speaker 2: I would be thinking that it would be towards the
20:58
Speaker 2: latter half of the season. But that Ravens game would
21:01
Speaker 2: be fantastic, you know, a big, big rivalry game crow
21:05
Speaker 2: Park absolutely absolutely hopping, absolutely buzzing, and so yeah, that
21:10
Speaker 2: would be my number one choice would be the Ravens
21:12
Speaker 2: game in November. The brown the Browns game as well
21:15
Speaker 2: in in December would be would be nice, a nice
21:19
Speaker 2: kind of build up towards the Chiefs game. Obviously it's
21:21
Speaker 2: not gonna be Christmas Day. We're all going to be
21:23
Speaker 2: at home, stuff in our faces with turkey before before
21:25
Speaker 2: the NFL comes on.
21:28
Speaker 1: A lot of early games. Jimmy this year, I got
21:30
Speaker 1: that that was it was the one thing that sort
21:32
Speaker 1: of aside for me, like one pm, one pm, and
21:34
Speaker 1: for us we think.
21:35
Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, yeah, that definitely definitely helps. So look,
21:40
Speaker 2: I mean I think those are the kind of the
21:42
Speaker 2: main candidates. But like whatever game they do pick, you
21:45
Speaker 2: just know already that it's going to be an absolute,
21:47
Speaker 2: an absolute blast like it was last year, Asterix.
21:51
Speaker 1: But we do not know what's going on. No matter
21:52
Speaker 1: what happens. We're just happy to be here chopping football.
21:55
Speaker 1: But you hope it happens. Dave, have you got a game?
21:58
Speaker 1: Cirtainle Dives. From looking at that, you.
22:01
Speaker 4: Know pretty pretty much the same as Jimmy. You know,
22:03
Speaker 4: if you look at it, you know the ones that
22:05
Speaker 4: do make sense is probably the Ravens Sunday seventeenth of
22:07
Speaker 4: November and around the same time as last year one
22:11
Speaker 4: pm schedule. You know you've got this, you know our
22:13
Speaker 4: six pm over here, and you know that the Bengals
22:16
Speaker 4: first of December again, the Browns in the yet of December.
22:18
Speaker 4: These are the ones that are probably making the most sense.
22:21
Speaker 4: If we're going to go a bit earlier, like that
22:22
Speaker 4: Chargers one would be amazing, but haven't said that. It's
22:24
Speaker 4: maybe too close to the start of the season September,
22:27
Speaker 4: but who knows. You know what they say they do
22:29
Speaker 4: regardless if it's you know, they'll have the watch party
22:32
Speaker 4: in the moon now go no matter what on who
22:33
Speaker 4: they're playing. So as Jimmy said, probably that's Sunday seventeenth
22:37
Speaker 4: November is probably the one I would I would put
22:39
Speaker 4: put my hat on.
22:40
Speaker 3: But yeah, as I said, no matter where or as.
22:42
Speaker 4: Long as it's not the Jets on the Sunday night,
22:44
Speaker 4: then I'm happy enough putting the gut I.
22:47
Speaker 1: Will tell, time will tell. I should actually say, like
22:50
Speaker 1: you told me that I'm buzzing for you boys. Going
22:51
Speaker 1: in the twenties, we almost missed each other because I
22:53
Speaker 1: went to New York on a Halloween and then I'm
22:57
Speaker 1: hoping to go to that Monday I have. I told
22:59
Speaker 1: my wife no, but let's see what happens if only
23:03
Speaker 1: we're at two games this season and two primetime games
23:06
Speaker 1: as well. That that Giants scheme is more than football.
23:08
Speaker 1: I think that night that you're that you guys are
23:10
Speaker 1: going to some of that football will be great. Obviously. Two,
23:14
Speaker 1: you know, big franchises. I think that the atmosphere will
23:16
Speaker 1: be fantastic. So look, lads, bring it on and it'll
23:19
Speaker 1: fly in as well. I'm conscious that we haven't had
23:21
Speaker 1: a chance, lads, especially you boys, haven't had a chance
23:24
Speaker 1: to sort of talk about the draft over the last
23:25
Speaker 1: couple of weeks just before we sort of round up
23:27
Speaker 1: Jimmy Is or anything that you'd like to add in
23:29
Speaker 1: terms of how you find the draft and how you
23:30
Speaker 1: see this team now. And I know, I just know
23:33
Speaker 1: we have another chance to maybe have a discussion around it.
23:36
Speaker 2: No, I mean, overall, very very happy with what the
23:39
Speaker 2: Steers have done in the offseason in terms of adding
23:41
Speaker 2: key pieces. I mean, we reinforced the offensive line which
23:44
Speaker 2: was prior to number one. We've added some definite corner
23:47
Speaker 2: our receiver where it needed. Look, obviously, the cube the
23:51
Speaker 2: QB situation is interesting. I think that's the best way
23:55
Speaker 2: to describe the situation in the cornerback right now.
23:57
Speaker 1: It's interesting.
23:58
Speaker 2: It would bet it would be fascinating to watch what
24:02
Speaker 2: happens throughout training camp and throughout the summer. I mean,
24:05
Speaker 2: but we're presuming that Russell Wilson is the starter for now,
24:09
Speaker 2: but maybe justin fields might might regain some of the
24:12
Speaker 2: magic he had in college and push him a little bit.
24:14
Speaker 2: But I think, look, I think we're in good shape
24:16
Speaker 2: of quarterback. I think we have enough talent there to
24:19
Speaker 2: get us through the season. Who knows what will happen
24:22
Speaker 2: after this year in terms of, you know, a long,
24:25
Speaker 2: long term solution to quarterback. But look, you know, I
24:29
Speaker 2: think I think Omark can has been if he is listening,
24:33
Speaker 2: I tip my hat to you, sir. He had a
24:35
Speaker 2: he had an absolutely great couple of months there, and
24:37
Speaker 2: so keeping up and roll on the season.
24:41
Speaker 1: I'm already looking forward to that. Russell Wilson Revengs gain.
24:44
Speaker 1: As Dave said, I am telling you boys, I just
24:46
Speaker 1: feel you. You've got that feeling right now. Everyone's optimistic.
24:51
Speaker 1: Let's just wait and see what happens. I'm deaf it
24:54
Speaker 1: before to deal. I feel bad as well. You have
24:56
Speaker 1: a chance to give your sort of thoughts to the draft.
24:58
Speaker 1: Never is or anything you'd like that from the sunny
25:00
Speaker 1: Emergeny side shores.
25:03
Speaker 4: Not not quite Sonny anymore. It is raining, But yeah,
25:05
Speaker 4: I'll throw I'll throw hot in the ring here.
25:07
Speaker 3: Obviously.
25:08
Speaker 4: Just as Jimmy said, again, you know, extremely happy with
25:10
Speaker 4: the draft. You know Troy Fatanu, the last Hawaiian we
25:13
Speaker 4: drafted named Troy in the first round was was a
25:15
Speaker 4: Hall of Famer. I don't know if you've ever heard
25:17
Speaker 4: of him. His name's Troy paulam Malus. So I have
25:19
Speaker 4: no doubt we've got another one on our books. Hopefully
25:21
Speaker 4: the same number as well, same number, same number. I
25:24
Speaker 4: think he mentioned, you know, Troy paulam OLiS his hero
25:26
Speaker 4: as well, so it couldn't have been any more you know,
25:29
Speaker 4: of of a dream move for him. You know he's
25:30
Speaker 4: a Steeler fan growing up, so said during the last
25:33
Speaker 4: episode as well, it was important I'll be sure up
25:35
Speaker 4: that offensive line for the future with now Solida FIUs.
25:37
Speaker 4: You know the last two drafts, you know, brought up
25:39
Speaker 4: Jones last year and obviously you know Masson McCormack another
25:42
Speaker 4: later in the draft of course, but Zach Frasier in
25:45
Speaker 4: the second as well. You know it's going to have
25:46
Speaker 4: that here, strong center with with a lot of good
25:48
Speaker 4: habits coming out of West Virginia. Of course, Roman Wilson
25:52
Speaker 4: as a versatile pass catcher, he's another steel potentially the
25:54
Speaker 4: steal of the draft national champion with Michigan.
25:57
Speaker 3: You know, tough great red runner.
25:59
Speaker 4: You know, won the look look out for you know,
26:01
Speaker 4: going forward and defensively, as Jimmy said, we've we've notched
26:04
Speaker 4: up a couple of performances with with regards to cornerback
26:07
Speaker 4: on the defensive side of the ball, you know, Peyton
26:08
Speaker 4: Wilson as well inside linebacker. So overall, very happy with
26:12
Speaker 4: the draft and as as Jimmy said, tips off to
26:14
Speaker 4: omar Con, he's had an absolute one of the best
26:17
Speaker 4: off seasons a Steelers general managers ever had, so fair
26:20
Speaker 4: play them.
26:21
Speaker 1: I thought. As well to the Steelers social media team,
26:25
Speaker 1: I'll not name them on this podcast, that that video
26:28
Speaker 1: with James Harrison where they were trying not to make
26:30
Speaker 1: him laugh at the schedule release is very good. Go
26:33
Speaker 1: check it out on social media right now, Jimmy, any
26:35
Speaker 1: final words that I know for people listening, we will
26:37
Speaker 1: be back and hoping they have a few podcasts between
26:40
Speaker 1: now and the start of training camp. Whether that's three
26:43
Speaker 1: or four or Vibe, I don't know, we don't know yet,
26:46
Speaker 1: and maybe something with such a couple of special things plan.
26:49
Speaker 1: We'll see what happens. But any final words or fall
26:51
Speaker 1: to the moment, Jimmy, as we sort of salivate and
26:54
Speaker 1: get ready for what's to come.
26:55
Speaker 2: Just just looking forward to continuing to build the steerious
26:59
Speaker 2: time in Ireland. Michael, I think at the end of
27:01
Speaker 2: the day, that's what we're here. I mean, we're we're fans.
27:04
Speaker 2: We're here to grow the sport of American football in
27:07
Speaker 2: Ireland and to you know, grow steeling nation in Ireland.
27:11
Speaker 2: So look looking forward to to see what the season
27:13
Speaker 2: has in store for us. Obviously that the big the
27:16
Speaker 2: big events I suppose in the the offseason have have happened.
27:20
Speaker 2: We've had a draft, we had a schedule release, and
27:22
Speaker 2: now we get into the I won't say the tedium,
27:25
Speaker 2: but you know, training camp tends to drag on a
27:28
Speaker 2: little bit. So let's let's let's see, let's let's see
27:30
Speaker 2: what happens, and let's try and let's try and not
27:33
Speaker 2: get too carried away with ourselves over the next couple
27:35
Speaker 2: of weeks and months.
27:37
Speaker 1: I have fairly enjoyed. This has been good shoting to
27:39
Speaker 1: you boys again, and certainly I know there'll be plenty
27:42
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27:45
Speaker 1: I guess we'll see each other in person, just just
27:47
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27:49
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27:51
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27:54
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