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The FINAL (preseason) Countdown! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Epochs. Welcome into the The Irish Theaters podcast. We are
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  Speaker 1: just to round two weeks until the start of the
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  Speaker 1: NFL season of the Pittsburgh Steeters going up against the
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco Forty Landers. Count with for that, Michael mcquai
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  Speaker 1: is delighted to be joined by Jimmy English and Dan McKee.
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  Speaker 1: First off, Jimmy, we are getting closer mid and I
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  Speaker 1: know every podcast we say how excited we are, but
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  Speaker 1: it genuinely really feels not like we're getting that. We're
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  Speaker 1: entering the last game of preseason this week and then
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  Speaker 1: we wit enjoyful hope and expectation for hopefully the s
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  Speaker 1: Theeters victory in the first week of the season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I think at this stage, Michael, it's almost like waiting
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  Speaker 3: for Christmas. That s what it feels like to me.
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  Speaker 3: It's like waiting for scienton to come on Christmas Eve,
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  Speaker 3: waiting for the first regular season game of Theedar football
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  Speaker 3: and there's just that let there's so much anticipation, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and the build up threat the preseason and beat Fantastic
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  Speaker 3: two and there was a little bit of swagger to
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  Speaker 3: the Theaters against the Bills that you like, so hopefully
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  Speaker 3: make it they a replicate that a week one against
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  Speaker 3: the Niners.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, I'm like I I've really enjoyed the preseason this year.
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  Speaker 1: I'd curd of what it is or if it's he
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  Speaker 1: did long for football, but it's it's been. And we'll
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  Speaker 1: go into talking about this building scheme just it just
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  Speaker 1: a bit more detail than the wea minute. But it's
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  Speaker 1: been a great preseason so far. And as Jimmy said,
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  Speaker 1: just itching to get gold.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, the preseason has went as well as I think
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  Speaker 4: we can expect mego. But yeah, it's it's just we're
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  Speaker 4: just at that point now where I think we've seen
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  Speaker 4: everything we need to see it that rit obviously heading
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  Speaker 4: into the last week now just let's try just get
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  Speaker 4: through it and hopefully no injuries and stuff, and you know,
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  Speaker 4: I think we're just ready to roll on September now.
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  Speaker 4: So just backing up everything Jimmy said, you know that
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  Speaker 4: we've seen everything we need the scene it and just
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  Speaker 4: obviously heading this game on Thursday night and get it
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  Speaker 4: over and done with and rule on September.
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  Speaker 1: Bengo, it's been mad a few weeks obviously in a
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  Speaker 1: posse of the way that Arnam because obviously having the
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  Speaker 1: leaders come into the global markets scheme and Jimmy, I
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  Speaker 1: know you're an avid support, you know, developing the game
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  Speaker 1: look big and like I think a lot of people
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  Speaker 1: are here and Ireland played host to the IFAF European
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  Speaker 1: Flag Football Championships and Limerick at the weekend. It's my
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  Speaker 1: first time in Limerick and it's prop to the Staelers.
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  Speaker 1: I know, it's it's important to imagine this because they
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  Speaker 1: donated gear on jersey jerseys, et cetera to the Irish
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  Speaker 1: Bold Finals. That's the national team for Ireland for both
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  Speaker 1: male and female players. It was great the season because
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  Speaker 1: you know, I think because Walker out of the weekend
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  Speaker 1: and honestly, like and this is this is pretty the
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  Speaker 1: gear coming out, Like there were so many people in
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  Speaker 1: the statersas that I actually hit to head home, Like
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  Speaker 1: there's so many Staelers fans in Ireland and yeah, props
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  Speaker 1: to them, and I know the players were relied to that.
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  Speaker 1: It was a great weekend as well. That good of
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  Speaker 1: a weekend that even the NFL was talking about it
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  Speaker 1: this morning on NFL Network.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, Michael.
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  Speaker 3: I mean I think there always would have been a
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  Speaker 3: bit of a Steeters fan base in Ireland given the
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  Speaker 3: course to start a connections between the country and the Rooneys,
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  Speaker 3: and just because of course, you know, we had the game.
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  Speaker 3: We're back in nineteen ninety six. But it's great to
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  Speaker 3: see the investment from the Steelers and the effort they
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  Speaker 3: have put in to make to make Irish fans feel
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  Speaker 3: like they are you know that they're part of this
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  Speaker 3: growth in Ireland. They're part of the Steters plans for
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  Speaker 3: growing the fan based internationally. And yeah, I mean I
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  Speaker 3: was a little bit jealous that I that I wasn't
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  Speaker 3: down there like a great weekend and everyone have ever
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  Speaker 3: had a great time, but I was great to see
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  Speaker 3: a successful major international flight football tournament, you know, coming
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  Speaker 3: to Ireland. I flight football in its own right, it's
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  Speaker 3: becoming more popular and more competitive, and you know, it's
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  Speaker 3: third dates. It's been on the cards now for a
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  Speaker 3: number of years to have it in the Olympics, and
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  Speaker 3: it mightn't be the next Olympics or the one after,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not entirely sure. But again, great to see the buzz,
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  Speaker 3: great to see the Steeters getting behind it and supporting
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  Speaker 3: our national team. And yeah, absolutely fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it was. It was great to see and just
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  Speaker 1: great to see so much Staeters black and black and yellow,
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  Speaker 1: but more so green Steeters cops every and so great
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  Speaker 1: crack and obviously the DeFord to see and what happens
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  Speaker 1: with the game here with Flag four publisher, the Steelers
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  Speaker 1: will do something in that regard at some point. Excited
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  Speaker 1: to see what this famb event is going to be
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  Speaker 1: and when that's going to be announced. Everyone stick to
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  Speaker 1: this podcast to subscribe and will bringing the news and
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  Speaker 1: whatever it does. The Sailors and made a verbal commitment
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  Speaker 1: to that. Let's let's let's jump in that game against
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  Speaker 1: the Bills that happened in week two preseason. Great again
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  Speaker 1: to see the game and ga go very very handy
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  Speaker 1: when you're actually not at home with my case and
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  Speaker 1: I was watching it on the phone. It was great
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  Speaker 1: and at a decent time as well. You have to
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  Speaker 1: look at that performance, especially in the first part of
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  Speaker 1: the game and Galen Warren with that big run. Pretty
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  Speaker 1: much from that like, the offense looks signed. I know
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  Speaker 1: there's a lot of backups on and you've seen a
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  Speaker 1: bit of Kenny, but as we talk about to our guests,
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  Speaker 1: like there's not really many complaints so far at all.
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  Speaker 1: It's actially going into the Ferbic of preseason now.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, like I said earlier in the podcast, mag I
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  Speaker 4: think it's been the perfect preseason so far. Obviously, you know,
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  Speaker 4: we've had one one major energy injury, sorry with with
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  Speaker 4: Corey Trice, but apart from that, every other everybody else
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  Speaker 4: has managed to stay a fit and the performance has
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  Speaker 4: just been It's been as good as you could have hoped.
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  Speaker 5: You know.
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  Speaker 4: Kenny Pekett Pickett is just looking so confident right now,
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  Speaker 4: and not through the Frire move for the tot time
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  Speaker 4: was incredible. Obviously heard moof after the game as we
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  Speaker 4: as we call him move and he said after the
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  Speaker 4: Jimmy Canny but he can't believe how much Kenny has
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  Speaker 4: come along just with even this short space of time.
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  Speaker 4: The Jalen Warren touchdown, and there's a lot of talk
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  Speaker 4: going on. Obviously with Jalen Warren. We've messed in the podcast.
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  Speaker 4: He's good enough to be starting running back in this
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  Speaker 4: in this league easily, and obviously you know people are
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  Speaker 4: starting to say maybe you should be running back one
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  Speaker 4: For me, I think we need to pump the.
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  Speaker 5: Brakes and not a bit more. But look, Dot Don
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  Speaker 5: Moore Jr. As well.
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  Speaker 4: You know he's stabbing up in the tackle pousion and
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  Speaker 4: he allowed that run to axually happened. So there's just
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  Speaker 4: a lot of positives going through. There's no negative you
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  Speaker 4: can really say. It would find that you would need
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  Speaker 4: to find a very negative person to bring any negatives
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  Speaker 4: up so far about this preseason because it's just been
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  Speaker 4: as good as we could possibly hope and let's just
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  Speaker 4: hopefully it translates into the actual end of the season.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, Jimmy Man like I think the anytime he was
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  Speaker 1: twenty seven up and he'll take it a little bit
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  Speaker 1: of thills with it.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely.
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  Speaker 3: And I saw a week clip on social media after
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  Speaker 3: the game Michael kay Pickt had a little Connor McGregor
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  Speaker 3: swagger on him, and that was that was fantastic. And
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  Speaker 3: I mean he looked so confident throwing the ball. He
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  Speaker 3: was out there slinging his he let it all obviously.
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  Speaker 3: He looked so comfortable. He looked like he belonged and
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  Speaker 3: as his sitters QB one. And you know, it wasn't
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  Speaker 3: just the offense that had a good game. The defense
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  Speaker 3: really stepped up as well. I think there was four
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  Speaker 3: total turnovers or takeaways in the game, and three of
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  Speaker 3: which were interceptions womens from the recovery and Joey Potter Jr.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, that's where we dropped him. That's what we
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  Speaker 3: were opening. He were turning into as a balldok and
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  Speaker 3: I know that's let's all calm down a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: It was against backups, but again, he read the roots
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  Speaker 3: so perfectly and Jumpedish he'll never get an easier interception
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  Speaker 3: again in his career. I don't think it was great
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  Speaker 3: to see him get number one and early on in
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  Speaker 3: his career, and I think he yeah, he's showing a
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  Speaker 3: flash of what he's what he's capable of. I think
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  Speaker 3: he will be a cornerback starting the week one, and overall,
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  Speaker 3: it was just a fantastic team performance. So yeah, that's
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  Speaker 3: just hope we can carry it into into Atlanta now
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  Speaker 3: and into the regular season.
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  Speaker 1: Please God, Please God. We will talk about that last
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  Speaker 1: game of the preseason in the weast second, but we're
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  Speaker 1: gonna bring our guests on. First off, folks, as we
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  Speaker 1: get closer to the regular season starting and as we
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  Speaker 1: entered the last game of pre season, we're the light
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  Speaker 1: as welcome. Mike Pursuit to the Irish Sitters podcast. Mike
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  Speaker 1: does a number of different things for the Stats, contributes
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  Speaker 1: to Stators Dition Radio, and also staters dot Com. Great
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  Speaker 1: the chance said earlier here is Mike Books on this
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  Speaker 1: week's edition of the Irisher this podcast. We're getting closer
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  Speaker 1: and closer to the regular season, only a couple of
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  Speaker 1: weeks not away from the Staters entertaining the forty nine
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  Speaker 1: ers in the first game in this season. We have
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  Speaker 1: some great guests over the first few weeks of this podcast,
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  Speaker 1: and you know there is no exception. This week, we're
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  Speaker 1: delighted to welcome a guy that's covered the Staters for
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  Speaker 1: decades locally. He's the current host of a number of
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  Speaker 1: different programs on the Staters Radio network that includes the
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  Speaker 1: Game Day Show and also writes for staiters dot Com.
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  Speaker 1: Mike pursued it, Mike, as we say, we're here, Fallshif Welcome.
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  Speaker 1: How you doing.
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  Speaker 2: Pleasure round to be joining you guys. I have not
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  Speaker 2: yet had the good fortune to make it to Ireland.
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  Speaker 2: It's on my to do list, but I feel like
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  Speaker 2: I'm getting little foot in the door here, so thanks
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  Speaker 2: for having me.
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  Speaker 1: Hopefully, Mike, at some point you'll get the chance to
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  Speaker 1: fly over the Atlantic or over the Pond, as you
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  Speaker 1: guys call it. It's funny because we usually ask every
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  Speaker 1: US guest have you ever been to Arland? So you're
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  Speaker 1: ahead of us there in a good way. And I
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  Speaker 1: guess Mike, you know, we'll talk about this down in
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  Speaker 1: the stretcher on this shot. There are obviously so many
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  Speaker 1: Staters fans on the island of Ireland, so so many,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, I know a lot of them will
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  Speaker 1: be aware about you. But for ones that aren't, can
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  Speaker 1: you even be talked to us? Maybe just a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of your history with his team and some of
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  Speaker 1: the things that you've seen Dinas through the years.
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  Speaker 2: I'll give you the short version. My family is from
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  Speaker 2: western Pennsylvania. I grew up in Philadelphia, but my father
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  Speaker 2: had recently moved moved everybody from the Pittsburgh area to Philadelphia,
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  Speaker 2: so he insisted that everybody remade Steelers fans because that's
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  Speaker 2: what he was. And I've been working in the media
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  Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh or the surrounding area since nineteen eighty five.
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  Speaker 2: I started covering the Steelers for the last three games
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  Speaker 2: of the nineteen eighty sixth season, so I go back
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  Speaker 2: to the Chuck Mold days. I've done newspaperwork, television, radio,
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  Speaker 2: and now I'm kind of doing a radio show in
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  Speaker 2: the morning here at Pittsburgh. As you mentioned, hosting the
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  Speaker 2: Steelers Radio Network pregame show and doing the Steelers dot
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  Speaker 2: Com stuff as it comes up. So I've been doing
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  Speaker 2: this a while and it's something I always wanted to
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  Speaker 2: do growing up. I wanted to be in the media
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  Speaker 2: and I wanted to work in Pittsburgh covering this team.
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  Speaker 2: So I've been very lucky. Maybe I should have aimed
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  Speaker 2: a little higher, fellas, I don't know, but I kind
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  Speaker 2: of got to do what I wanted to, like to
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  Speaker 2: go Yeah, got that goat for me, which is nice.
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  Speaker 1: No, Yeah, you know, you're certainly right there. Make in
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  Speaker 1: terms of your boss experience covering the team, it's great
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  Speaker 1: to hear from your memories done for the years. If
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  Speaker 1: we switch focus to this year's seeing the twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: Fleet Pittsburgh Staters, what are your expectations for the Staters
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  Speaker 1: as we am to this year because there's so much excitement,
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  Speaker 1: there's so much positivity around this team as we entered
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  Speaker 1: a new season.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I think it's the work in progress thing.
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  Speaker 2: I think for the last several years, the last few
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  Speaker 2: years of the Ben Roethlis fur Your era, and certainly
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  Speaker 2: last year, I think they were just trying to keep
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  Speaker 2: it together. And now, of course publicly they always say
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  Speaker 2: they're trying to win the Super Bowl, but you know,
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  Speaker 2: teams get old, guys go, you have to turn over
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  Speaker 2: the lineup. It's not easy. It's very competitive league. I
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  Speaker 2: think they were realistically trying, at least my perception, they
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  Speaker 2: were trying not to fall apart, not to go five
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  Speaker 2: and twelve or six and eleven. The vibe I'm getting
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  Speaker 2: this year, and I think the vibe the fans have
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  Speaker 2: definitely back here, is that, Okay, this is a different
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  Speaker 2: football game. They're back in the competing for Super Bowl business.
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  Speaker 2: They have what appears to be a talented team, a
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  Speaker 2: deep team, a young team that is maturing, and a
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  Speaker 2: lot of us in the media. You know, when you're
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  Speaker 2: in the media, you're kind of skeptical by nature, and
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  Speaker 2: you're looking for reasons why it's not gonna work. A
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  Speaker 2: lot of us have been looking for those reasons throughout camp,
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  Speaker 2: and guys are hard to find.
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  Speaker 1: Mike, You've covered a team from many of the year,
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  Speaker 1: And I guess outside of any Super Bowl victories, what
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  Speaker 1: is being your most memorable woman? Don putting you on
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  Speaker 1: the spot here, like, what's being your most memorable woman?
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  Speaker 1: Cover in the status, I would have to say just
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  Speaker 1: the Ryle with the Ravens.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you know that got quite odded intense, and
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  Speaker 2: it's been that for a long time now. And you know,
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  Speaker 2: you get to look at an AFC championship game or
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  Speaker 2: something significant if you want. But really, to me, the
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  Speaker 2: beauty of it is whether both teams are really good,
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  Speaker 2: whether both teams are struggling, whether one is good and
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  Speaker 2: the other is struggling. Those two games, to me are
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  Speaker 2: the essence of what football ought to be. And they're
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  Speaker 2: so physical and they're such great games. It always comes
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  Speaker 2: down to three points, four points, two points. I just
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  Speaker 2: one of the things I really enjoyed about the job
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  Speaker 2: that I have is I get to watch two Steelers
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  Speaker 2: Ravens game no matter what happens throughout the course of
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  Speaker 2: the season. I know I'm me to see that game
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  Speaker 2: twice and I know it's really gonna be worth watching.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a personal fear for me as well, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the Ravens are definitely two games that I
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  Speaker 1: look forward to. I look at immediately when the schedule
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  Speaker 1: is released, Mike, you know, looking pasta there's a bit
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  Speaker 1: of talk on social media and I at the bottle
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  Speaker 1: between both Naji Harris and jale Warren. Just how good
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  Speaker 1: has Warren been in camp on the preseason so far?
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  Speaker 1: You know, one of your faults in this position as
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  Speaker 1: we enter this season.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the ladder definitely. And this is nothing
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  Speaker 2: against Jalen Warren, who is an outstanding number two back,
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  Speaker 2: and you need to the way the NFL has played
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  Speaker 2: now and he's gonna get some chances to contribute. He
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  Speaker 2: probably will contribute. But you know that conversation has been
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  Speaker 2: had around here lately as well, particularly after the Buffalo game,
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  Speaker 2: and the offensive coordinator Matt Cannon that kind of put
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  Speaker 2: it to bed. Yesterday he talked with several of us
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  Speaker 2: and he said Nase's number one, and the reason you
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  Speaker 2: haven't seen him very much in the preseason is they
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  Speaker 2: are protecting him because he is number one. He's gotten
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  Speaker 2: some work in practice, and I gotta tell you it
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  Speaker 2: was very effective in the pre opportunity she got up
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  Speaker 2: at Saint Vincent College. You haven't seen Hi much in
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  Speaker 2: the preseason games, but their perspective is Nagie Harris is
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  Speaker 2: the clear number one. My personal thing, I think really
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  Speaker 2: highly of that guy. His work ethic is unbelievable. I
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  Speaker 2: think he has not yet been able to produce what
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  Speaker 2: he is going to this season, in large part because
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  Speaker 2: of factors that were beyond his control. A transitioning offensive line,
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  Speaker 2: the change at quarterback, that the youth around the offense
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  Speaker 2: in general. I think they are positioned this year to
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  Speaker 2: have a very good offense, and I think Nagie Harris
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  Speaker 2: is going to be a huge part of.
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  Speaker 1: That guy's Absolutely. Mike Can one of the I guess
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about the statters in Ireland and just a
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  Speaker 1: little second, but one of the major benefits for Steddars
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  Speaker 1: fans in Ireland over the last few weeks especially has
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  Speaker 1: been the opportunity to see in the local Steelers at
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  Speaker 1: video wide put in these games for local TV on
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  Speaker 1: the service called geed Go over Here, which is basically
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  Speaker 1: like an Irish version of like NFL GA Impossible. We've
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  Speaker 1: been able to watch the last two games. Just your
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  Speaker 1: faults on that Buffalo game, I mean a lot of positives.
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  Speaker 1: It looks like the team is really making some good
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  Speaker 1: steps as we go into these last few weeks of preseason.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, there's definitely a reason to being highly encouraged. That
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  Speaker 2: would say, now, you got to keep it in perspective,
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  Speaker 2: it's the preseason and it doesn't count. But what I
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  Speaker 2: think you saw that Buffalo game in particular, Unlike Tampa,
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  Speaker 2: Buffalo was playing it's number one the players on offense
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  Speaker 2: and defense. For a quarter quarter and a half, you
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  Speaker 2: saw the Steelers number one defense really get after Josh Allen,
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  Speaker 2: who's one of the best quarterbacks in the business, in
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  Speaker 2: one of the guys who is supposed to be one
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  Speaker 2: of the reasons why the Steelers aren't gonna go to
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  Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. Right. I'm sure you guys have heard
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: this too many good quarterbacks everywhere else. Kenny Pickett's too young,
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: they can't compete with Joe Burrow, Josh Allen, Patrick Mahomes,
• 15:53
  Speaker 2: blah blah blah. You know we're gonna see about that.
• 15:56
  Speaker 2: But what we saw Saturday night, you saw Picket lead
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: a couple of touchdown drive against the number one defense.
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: You saw Pat Bryarmouth beating a very good linebacker in Milano.
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: You saw Jalen Ward making a little stuff on he
• 16:12
  Speaker 2: move at the end of his long touchdown run against
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: Jordan Foyer, very good safety. He saw Darnell Washington, the
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: rookie tight end, draw passing appirits in the end zone
• 16:21
  Speaker 2: against aj Klein, another very good linebacker. You saw the
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: offensive line blocking the guys for Buffalo. I mean it
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: was only a quarter and a half or a corner
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: in some cases, but it was the real players against
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: the real players. So you know, we'll see if they
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: can put it together for fourth quarters when it really matters.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: But I was just talking on my radio show this
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: morning before I joined you. Guys, if you were thinking
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: about things that you wanted to see from the preseason
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: so the far that you haven't, You're gonna have to
• 16:50
  Speaker 2: think about that a while, aren't you. I mean, you
• 16:52
  Speaker 2: wanted to see the offensive line be better, right, You
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: wanted to see the offense score from distance, splash plays
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: in the passing game. You've seen that. You want to
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: see the defense take them all away. You've seen that
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: you wanted to see them stay healthy. First and foremost,
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: only one guy major injury so far, Corey Schreis junior
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: or seventh round draft pick and a quarterback who was
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: actually looking very promising they lost him for the year,
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: but everybody else looks good to go. You know, it's
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: it's not time to plan to pray, get or anything
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: like that. I don't want to give anybody any type
• 17:27
  Speaker 2: of indication that I'm making predictions for twelve wins or
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: division championship or anything like that. But so far it
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: there's been nothing but positive fellas, and the boxes you
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: wanted to see them check in preparation for the season,
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: they are being checked, and in several cases they're being
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: checked the little exclamation points.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Being a yeah, look, I couldn't agree more with you, Like,
• 17:50
  Speaker 1: you know, it's all positive stuff. Obviously, watching the preseason
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: l Giego has been great for us, has been really positive.
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: Just even watching upon you know, one major positive in
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: my opinion, I think anyone expected to take off this quick.
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: But we've spoken to the podcast in previous weeks. You know,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: you look at Nick Herbert, he that's an absolute monster
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: in his position. Can you just talk to us about
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: one of his progression has been Like so far.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: You bring up the TJ. Watt connection. I'm not sure
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: if you guys backstory made it across the pond. But TJ.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: Watt played at Wisconsin. Nick Herbert played college football Wisconsin.
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: They play the same defense that the Steelers played, So
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: the Steelers truck that when they're looking at Wisconsin players
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: and evaluating them, they're going to be asked to do
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: the same things for the Steelers that Wisconsin is asking
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: them to do, so they get a little loss security
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: there in the evaluation. But Nick Herbert a couple of
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: years ago reached out to TJ. Watt on social media
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: and basically said, hey, can you help me out. I'd
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: like to learn a few things. What responded because they're
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: both Wisconsin guys. So imagine if you're in college playing
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: this sport and you're getting tutorials from the NFL. That's
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: a player of the Year that's going to fast track
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: you a little bit, isn't it. And the quickness since
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: he got to Saint Vincent College and training camp and
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: they put the pads on and actually started banging, his
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: quickness off the edge is very TJ. Watt like. Now,
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: it remains to be seen if Nick Herbig is big
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: enough and experienced enough to play every down, if he
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: can set the edge against the running game, if he
• 19:24
  Speaker 2: can deal with the physicality. But guys, I think we've
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: seen already situational pass rusher, which you need one or
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: two of those. Definitely in support of what and Alex Heismith.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: This kid can rush the passer at an NFL level,
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: he can get the quarterback on the ground at an
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: NFL level. They anticipate he will be a very big,
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: good special teams player. He's also got a brother in
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: the league who's an offensive line and the Steelers picked
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: up this past offseason. And I've always been a big
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: believer if your dad played, or you've got a brother
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: who played, or an uncle, it's such a transition, not
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: like any other over here that any you know, it's
• 20:05
  Speaker 2: like a cheat code almost, or it fast tracks so
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: you you you got back, says state information and an
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: understanding that the regular guide does not. So yeah, I
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: think number fifty one, you're gonna see him making some
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: place this year.
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: Love it, love it love and Mike, he said, it's
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: at this podcast. You haven't been the art right, but
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: we know that the Stater is doing all the lot internationally,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: obviously a huge presence in Mexico. They've got a German
• 20:32
  Speaker 1: podcast and there's got so much more things going on.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: There's it's it seems like you look, there's always been
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: obviously that natural connection to this island with the Rooney family,
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: but it feels like, Mike, it's now really went up
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: a gear and you can you can see it. Like
• 20:47
  Speaker 1: I was at a footballer out of the weekend. There's
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: loads of people walking around with Staters, cops, Theaters gear
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: and you're talking thousands of miles away from you, guys,
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: I guess, just what are your faults on this? Theaters
• 20:58
  Speaker 1: international efforts and just it's your fault as a guy
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: that's followed the league for so long. What do you
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: think in terms of the NFL expanding globally? Do you
• 21:07
  Speaker 1: like it?
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: I love it. Had a chance to go to England
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: with the Steelers and I think it was twenty thirteen,
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: and a lot of people came from America for that
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: game because you know that it was such an attractive trip.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: But there were a lot of local people in England
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: that follow the NFL. You mentioned the ties with Mexico.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: Just out of training camp last week, somebody had draped
• 21:31
  Speaker 2: and Irish flag over you know, one of the separating
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: barriers between the fans and the field. They didn't get
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: a chance to go over and ask them if they're
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: actually from Ireland. But I didn't meet a guy from
• 21:41
  Speaker 2: England at trading camp last year. I think, you know,
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: it's not that far. Did you go from New York
• 21:49
  Speaker 2: to Seattle to play a game? You go from New
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: York to Ireland or England, you know, Paul Park about
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: the same amount of travel. So I would like to
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: see the league get more involved playing internationally. I'm also
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: a big hockey fan. I don't know if you guys
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: are or not, but hockey is a very global sport.
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: Basketball is a very global sport. I think football could
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: be as well.
• 22:16
  Speaker 1: Yeah, it's definitely something we're trying to hop to hont
• 22:18
  Speaker 1: over here. You know, the game is just screwing masterly
• 22:21
  Speaker 1: in Ireland and over the last few years. I couldn't
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: agree more than that. You know, looking at Fairs and
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: I Mike, we're handled onto the Falcons in the last
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: preseason game. You know, we've spoken the last few polcasts
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: about the importance of preseason and when he used certain players.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: What are your expectations for version out of self.
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: I think the guys you want to see player are
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: going to play some now. Mike Tomins said immediately after
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: the Buffalo game. One of the reasons he took the
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: starters out as quickly as he did was it was
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: going so well, right, I mean, two touchdowns in the
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: first quarter of the defense shutting Buffalo out. He was
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: seeing what he needed to see. There is a little
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: time lag between Thursday night and the regular season opener
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: against San Francisco, so I don't think you want to
• 23:06
  Speaker 2: shut him down completely. I think you want to see
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: him get out there and just kind of do more
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: on what they've been doing.
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: We've seen them score touchdowns, We've seen the defense play well,
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: but it's been a very small sample side. Just see
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: if he can build on that. The younger you are,
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: probably the more reps you will play, because there is
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: no substitute for that kind of experience. A Joey Porter
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: Junior or at Darnel Washington or Nick Herbin. You can
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: see those guys out there more than you will Kenny
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Pickett and TJ.
• 23:34
  Speaker 5: Watt.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: But I'm my guests, Mike Tomlins, I'm not sure when
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: you guys are gonna post this. Mike Tomlin's going to
• 23:41
  Speaker 2: talk to us here in a couple of hours. But
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: my guess and my suspicion would be maybe a half
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: for a lot of the guys and then shut it down.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: But you know, number one goal is always to get
• 23:53
  Speaker 2: out of these preseason games with no injuries. But you
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: do need to get the work in because again, those
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: those game reps cannot be replicated in practic There's the
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: crowds there. It feels like a real game when the
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: guys were playing it. And uh boy, it's interesting Joey
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: Ford's reaction after that game when he finally got the
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: playoff for missing the first one and he gets an
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: interception and he gives the pall to his dad. Just
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: the look of pure joy on his face in the lock.
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: He needs, he needs a little more of that. Get
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: out there, have some success, start real if we's feeling
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: it as much as you possibly can going into the games.
• 24:26
  Speaker 1: The matter just for people listening, Mike. Obviously, people can
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: check out your work on the Theaters Radio network and
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: also on theedters dot Com Shout the Season. I do
• 24:34
  Speaker 1: have the ceiling that will definitely maybe check in at
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: some point down the stretch a few weeks in. You
• 24:38
  Speaker 1: you're obviously more welcome to come on any time, and
• 24:41
  Speaker 1: we've we've we've mossily appreciated just your sort of over
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: of his team and just talking about your time so
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: far covering this team. And I think, like a lot
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: of us, we were very excited that the seaters have
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: me in a commitment to having a fun watch part
• 24:53
  Speaker 1: of a year at some point during this season, so
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: as TVC at the moment, and so it's a very
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: exciting time for Sedars.
• 25:00
  Speaker 5: I was alarmed.
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: It's exciting time for Staers fans around the world as
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: we look up to this Falcons game this week which
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: is on GEA, go and get closer and closer to
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: this Neithers game. So, Mike, fight you so much and
• 25:11
  Speaker 1: they enjoy the season. I'm able to chat to you to.
• 25:14
  Speaker 2: Guys out, I'd love to do it again sometimes.
• 25:20
  Speaker 1: Okay, it folks great, great to hear from Mike and Jimmy.
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: Like look, just just generally it's always great here from
• 25:25
  Speaker 1: like players or personalities, but when you hear from someone
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: that's been around this team for so long, it actually
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: paints a picture of just how this team's been through
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: the years.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, Mike, It's it's always great to get the
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: inside tracking these guys who, like you said, around the
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: organization for so long. I have that inside knowledge, and
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: you know they're at the side, that they're on the side,
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: that their practices, they're on their they're out there in
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: training camp, and they really do bring that extra additional
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: level of insights and that we as that we as
• 25:53
  Speaker 3: outsiders across the seat here, we don't guess and you know,
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: it's it's always been a dreammind to it. So stage
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: get over to a training cabins a big college. So
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: I might have to give on to Mike Abotter organizing
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: that after this they.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: Have, like Jimmy said, they're now Mike obviously mesaged. There's
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: a lot in this chat. I think we have to
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: get over to the physic calls next year, and I
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: think we're just gonna have to like and make like
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: a go fundme or a demand that we're going to
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: do with that. Imagine the crack over there next year
• 26:22
  Speaker 1: with a great crack.
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: Honestly, I think were we either go with media or
• 26:26
  Speaker 4: we just go as blowings. Honestly, I'm down to get
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: over there absolutely down forth. Just the crack it looks
• 26:33
  Speaker 4: looks on Rain and I think we can only add
• 26:34
  Speaker 4: just you know.
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: I'm marking in the diary. Let's let's see what happens boys.
• 26:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen the Irish flag at training cap
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago. I'll happily replicate that in
• 26:43
  Speaker 1: some form or I was just standing there waving the
• 26:45
  Speaker 1: lads in the good crack and it's it's hard to
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: be like, we've been doing this podcast for a few weeks, Jimmy,
• 26:51
  Speaker 1: and we finally come to the situation where it's the
• 26:54
  Speaker 1: last preseason game and this is it, like this is
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: where the focus goes. And thinking back to just a
• 26:59
  Speaker 1: few ago when we had four preseason games and the players,
• 27:02
  Speaker 1: like a lot of the starters used to play three
• 27:05
  Speaker 1: to four weeks, so the first three games and that
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: by the fourth game. It was never really a sole
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: situation where you have a start. But when you have
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: that one less preseason game, it's difficult, you know, Like
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: we see Mike Tomlin came out this week and said
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: about this game, which takes place on Friday morning at
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: midnight or half half past twelve our time on GEAG.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: Mike our coach, Tomlins said we'll play the first group
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: until we have a level of satisfaction on both sides
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: of the ball with those agendas, and we'll go from there. Jimmy,
• 27:33
  Speaker 1: just your faults in this game against the Falcons, the
• 27:35
  Speaker 1: team where Maddy expect them to really be challenging in
• 27:39
  Speaker 1: that division this year now with Arthur Smith. It's a
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: game where you'd like to see that momentum continued, like
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: you see how positivity continue. But get everybody home, get
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: everybody see if you get everyone ready to go for
• 27:51
  Speaker 1: the Niners in a couple of weeks time.
• 27:52
  Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, And I think you know, picking and the
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: rest of the starters might play. I think maximum three
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: or four series, with maybe even less. I think it's
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: this preseason game like they're going to use it to
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: determine who are the backup to the primary backups SEW
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: or third team. And I think at this stage our
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: QB situation is set. I don't already seen many should
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: basically taken a third string spot too to Mason Rudolph,
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: although from the limited action that I have seen during
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: the preseason, honestly it's a toss up between.
• 28:21
  Speaker 5: The pair of them.
• 28:22
  Speaker 3: And I think I think they're going to use this game,
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: like I say to to to determine the second string
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: running back and third string running back. And you know
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: both Anthony Richardson and jenn and Warren have boat shoun
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: or lost, they're definitely in contention there.
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: And like, but yeah, like I agree, I agree with you.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: Get everyone home safe, let's have no major injuries, and
• 28:43
  Speaker 3: let's just roll into the into the regular season.
• 28:46
  Speaker 1: See, it's one of those settings where you like, as
• 28:48
  Speaker 1: Jimmy said, and as I said, you want healthy priority.
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: But you mentioned to Mike and you've mentioned the guests
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: over the last few weeks, you still want to make
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: the most of the next few minutes, the next quarters
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: you have because once that game is over, there is
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: nothing happening until this game in a couple of weeks,
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: Ham against the Niners.
• 29:06
  Speaker 4: Is there anything that you'd like to see going into
• 29:08
  Speaker 4: this last game? Yeah, I just can't echo enough. We
• 29:12
  Speaker 4: just we just need to get back half. But at
• 29:15
  Speaker 4: the same time, you know, we went down to Atlanta
• 29:16
  Speaker 4: last year. I think it was actually one of Kenny's
• 29:18
  Speaker 4: breakout games. We end up winning. Of course, it's a
• 29:21
  Speaker 4: different team, it's a different set and with it being
• 29:23
  Speaker 4: preseason and obviously just can we just continue seeing what
• 29:27
  Speaker 4: we what we've seen already, you know, and I think
• 29:30
  Speaker 4: we've been quite conservative as well. If you look at us,
• 29:33
  Speaker 4: you know we've we haven't you know in terms of
• 29:36
  Speaker 4: like our first team starters. You know, we've been able
• 29:38
  Speaker 4: to take them out pretty early in both games. Obviously
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: with the Bills game was incredible. You know, if you
• 29:44
  Speaker 4: think of it, you know, people were maybe thinking Josh
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: Allen will be the player that would be taken off early,
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: and then he's still on the field in the second quarter,
• 29:50
  Speaker 4: and it's just like, it's incredible how well we've played.
• 29:53
  Speaker 4: But as as Jimmy said, and as we've echoed throughout
• 29:57
  Speaker 4: pre season, just if we can get to September first
• 30:00
  Speaker 4: game against the Niners, a long breaking out between the
• 30:03
  Speaker 4: third week and obviously the first week of the regular season.
• 30:06
  Speaker 4: But if honestly, if we can just get to that
• 30:07
  Speaker 4: first week and have no major injuries and we're SATs. Honestly,
• 30:10
  Speaker 4: I think it's it's been a ten out of ten
• 30:12
  Speaker 4: preseason because you can't really choose anything as in terms
• 30:15
  Speaker 4: of performances, and obviously if you get through its how
• 30:19
  Speaker 4: they then that's obviously the massive bonus. So nothing I'll
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: really want to see it and I can think of
• 30:25
  Speaker 4: right now anyway, But just I said, please get home
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: home injury free.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: I think it'll be.
• 30:31
  Speaker 3: It'll be interesting as well to see who they end
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: up returning pluncing kicks, because up until now it's been
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: a combination of Calvin Austin, who almost had return twitter
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: end against the Bills, got tripped up just at the
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: end of his running and you could see that he
• 30:46
  Speaker 3: thought he was gone and he was frustrated, and they
• 30:49
  Speaker 3: had the is this oh the Terry Streak running back
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: whose name was completely gone from my head and been
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: a long day. But they had a couple of backups
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: as well, learning returning kicks and a special team. So
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: I think they're really going to use this game to
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: determine those spots and of course the wild throughout the season.
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: But now they go roy It's it's just gonna be
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: a kind of a wrap up game, confirm what we
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: already know we learned throughout the preseason, and just test
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: that everywhere else.
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: Really, but quote for me, before we finished this week. Look,
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: I've been shatting off this podcast to certain people on
• 31:24
  Speaker 1: different different podcasts, but the AFC North and the general
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: consensus at least here there is that the Steelers are
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: really going to challenge for the division. It's it's really
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: interesting if you look at the actual large scale media,
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  Speaker 1: I guess and I'll start with you jimming and I'll
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  Speaker 1: get Davis falselb album Make It Balance. Like you had
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  Speaker 1: ESPN this week where Ryan Clark called Kenny Pickett a
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  Speaker 1: complete quarterback and believes that Pittsburgh are a major player
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  Speaker 1: in the AFC. From a AFC North, I'd just love
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  Speaker 1: to hear your boys spots in this because at the
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  Speaker 1: end of the day, we hope to see that jump,
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  Speaker 1: that progression this year from this team. And I feel
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  Speaker 1: like a lot of people lie and I guess is
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  Speaker 1: from watching these last few weeks. The Staters look really
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  Speaker 1: hot at the right time, and it just shows you
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  Speaker 1: how key this first couple of games are gonna be
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  Speaker 1: for them.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely don't sleep on the Steelers this season. And you know,
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  Speaker 3: I think they'll feed off being underrated and being the underdog.
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  Speaker 3: And that's what we need, is we need that underdog
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  Speaker 3: energy to come out swing in a Week one and
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  Speaker 3: complete quarterback. I looked at it and we haven't seen
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  Speaker 3: Kenny rush a whole lot this preseason, but you have
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  Speaker 3: to rely on a lot in the regular In the
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  Speaker 3: regular season last year he scrambled a lot because he
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  Speaker 3: wasn't getting his reads. But every pass about seeing him
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  Speaker 3: throwing the preseason has been crisped. It's been confident. He's
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  Speaker 3: stepping into his throws, he's finding his receivers and back
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  Speaker 3: connection with with with with George Pickens is just gonna
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  Speaker 3: absolutely blow up in this season. I think those guys
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  Speaker 3: are gonna connect for ten touchdowns this season. Honestly, that's
• 32:50
  Speaker 3: there's another bow prediction, Fie. I know it's not it's
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  Speaker 3: not boll prediction. I love it, but I really do
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  Speaker 3: think that the Seders are gonna they're gonna be in
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  Speaker 3: the position the see the a C North at least
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  Speaker 3: and at least a wild card spot in the playoffs
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  Speaker 3: come January.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. I you know, it's it's maybe taking me
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  Speaker 1: a few weeks to get to that point of thinking
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  Speaker 1: that I think the everything sort of matches up. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to get too ahead of us up,
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  Speaker 1: but I complete agree you're sort of thinking where where
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  Speaker 1: you might be at the end of the year. The
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  Speaker 1: the of us with in the North or not is
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  Speaker 1: the big question, and it's just your thoughts and on
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  Speaker 1: those on those columns of the cameos.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, well, like winning the North obviously that's a major
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  Speaker 4: bolt production. You know, the Bengals are very strong, as
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  Speaker 4: we know, the Ravens of course strong, and the Brands
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  Speaker 4: are the brands, I suppose. But yeah, like hearing not
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  Speaker 4: obviously complete quarterback. A's what you want to hear, because
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: a complete quarterback is what it is. You know, you
• 33:46
  Speaker 4: can run, you can throw, no matter what, or no
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  Speaker 4: matter what you know, seams or anything like that, you
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  Speaker 4: know you're throwing it regardless of warrior on the failed
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  Speaker 4: you know the red zone as well. Obviously that's somewhere
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  Speaker 4: where he struggled last year, maybe a bit, but as
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  Speaker 4: we in preseason, he's been able to make anythrow he
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  Speaker 4: needs to.
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  Speaker 5: In terms of the.
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  Speaker 4: Media, that the media just aren't talking about us, and
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  Speaker 4: that's what we want. You know, if you look at
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  Speaker 4: our our recent history, we do better when we are underdogs.
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  Speaker 4: So I'm sure coach Tomlin is just telling them, look,
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  Speaker 4: nobody's talking about us, and that's exactly what we want.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, going forward, if Kenny can just take that
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  Speaker 4: next step, you know, going into his second season, it
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  Speaker 4: just proves yet again that's you know, he is what
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  Speaker 4: we we know he is going to become.
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  Speaker 5: And hopefully Rag Clark is right. You know, he's he's
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  Speaker 5: been a state.
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  Speaker 4: He's a born stater as we know, and he's showing
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  Speaker 4: that also obviously the confidence that but he needs to
• 34:39
  Speaker 4: progress in the next level.
• 34:40
  Speaker 5: So yeah, when in the f C, North is one thing.
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  Speaker 4: Just let's let's become a major brand the FC first
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  Speaker 4: before we're talking about winning the visit titles.
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  Speaker 5: But yeah, hopefully not right.
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  Speaker 2: About great day, I'm optimistic over here.
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  Speaker 5: He's doing real.
• 34:57
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