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Regular Season? Here we go. · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Hey boogs, Welcome into the Irish Steeters Podcast, as we
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Speaker 1: are days away from the first game of the Pittsburgh
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Speaker 1: Steters twenty twenty three seasons, going up against the Saddle
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Speaker 1: Francisco forty matters this Sunday at six pm is t today.
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Speaker 1: We're buzzing in.
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Speaker 2: An understate that might have been looked bad.
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Speaker 1: Liall be Jon By Jimmy English, Deth, Nicky, Jimmy starting
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Speaker 1: with you, my friend Jay Mark. We are finally backman,
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Speaker 1: after months and months, months and months and months, Real
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Speaker 1: Steeters football starts this Sunday.
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Speaker 3: I'll tell you one thing, Michael.
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Speaker 4: I'm sitting down on my couch at five o'clock on
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Speaker 4: Sunday even and God help anybody who goes near me,
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Speaker 4: near me before at nine o'clock and that game is over.
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Speaker 3: And I'm just I'm just so excited.
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Speaker 4: I mean, it's been such it's been such a long offseason,
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Speaker 4: and you know, we've seen flashes in the preseason and
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Speaker 4: we're getting excited. But now we actually have real football,
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Speaker 4: and yeah, absolutely buzzing for a buzzing for the NF
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Speaker 4: that in general. I'm going to actually watch the other game,
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Speaker 4: the Thursday night game Friday, just to get me going
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Speaker 4: for Sunday and get into the mood.
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Speaker 2: But no, it's great.
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Speaker 4: We're back, football back, and yeah, looking forward to it.
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Speaker 1: Excited to talk about with you boys for the least,
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Speaker 1: I say, at the least the next seventeen to eighteen weeks. Gentlemen,
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Speaker 1: I'm sure we'll talk about it for a lot more
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Speaker 1: than that. Dave, I'm sure you're a good as six
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Speaker 1: pm game. The game is on TV in Ireland in
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Speaker 1: the UK, so I'll can play a month.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, Michael, I was absolutely delayed to see that that
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Speaker 5: was the live game at six o'clock. And I can
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Speaker 5: hear Scott Hanson's voice in the back of my head already.
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Speaker 5: I'm gonna have a own triple box of stuff in
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Speaker 5: the room here. But the Staders game obviously is going
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Speaker 5: to be the main one. But yeah, I'm so excited.
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Speaker 5: I can't remember being this excited for a regular season
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Speaker 5: and so long. It's just been obviously a great pre season.
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Speaker 5: I'm just so ready to the finally watch state their football.
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Speaker 5: So long may the season continue, please.
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Speaker 1: I feel like that both of you boys need a
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Speaker 1: massive shut out, particular Art and follow Day and Jimmy
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Speaker 1: I know you'll give me more names and just yourself here,
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Speaker 1: but I've seen a great photo that was taken in Dublin.
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Speaker 1: I know Tom and the laws world as well, but
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Speaker 1: great to see not just in Dublin but then just
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Speaker 1: pound around the island of Iarly lord of the side
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Speaker 1: of the word, just taking photo show and support and
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Speaker 1: it's really unique to this scene in terms of what
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Speaker 1: they're doing.
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Speaker 2: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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Speaker 4: First of all, big shout out to Tom McCormack and
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Speaker 4: who who definitely owns the title of the Ardent, the
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Speaker 4: biggest Steeter stand that's that's just Understudard.
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Speaker 3: He he put together and live gathering in U. C.
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Speaker 4: D On Sunday morning for World Photo Day and then okay,
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Speaker 4: was great to get out and meet fellow Steeter stands
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Speaker 4: and also to see other Steeter stands around the island
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Speaker 4: posting and postings for the day and just you know,
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Speaker 4: getting a grasp on how many black and go of
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Speaker 4: fans around here on our on our tiny island.
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Speaker 2: And you know, it.
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Speaker 3: Was great to see the the.
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Speaker 4: The Steelers themselves interacting, you know, and engaging with those posts.
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Speaker 4: And and Sheff Stears Ireland for for getting involved as well. Bush,
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Speaker 4: but a great day overall for for fans around the
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Speaker 4: country and around the world, and then you know, just
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Speaker 4: to be a little part of putting Ireland on the
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Speaker 4: map in terms of Steeters found them worldwide.
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Speaker 2: David.
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Speaker 1: As Jimmy said, I owned them my phone and I
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Speaker 1: seeing the lads and Dublin, it was great to see.
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Speaker 1: The heart warmed a little. I had the chants that
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Speaker 1: wasn't that a double? Because I was in Belfast, I
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Speaker 1: had the chance had a couple of them's in Dublin
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Speaker 1: and Belfast to see slow Steel respons Like on Sunday
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Speaker 1: there was probably more Steel Responds than any other team there,
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Speaker 1: which I think says a lot and I think people
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Speaker 1: are really getting involved. So it's just it's great to
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Speaker 1: see give them away a few tile have a little
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Speaker 1: bit of crack as well. Did you see any isles
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Speaker 1: in Liverpool as well? Yourself obviously over the water.
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Speaker 5: Of course I did. Yeah, you see towels everywhere everywhere, green, yellow,
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Speaker 5: no red, thankfully, but honestly, yeah, it was. It was
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Speaker 5: great to see just obviously some of the photos on
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Speaker 5: on Sunday. You know, I was a bit of I
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Speaker 5: became a bit lazy and a bit inconsistent with a
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Speaker 5: message I decided to post one on Monday. Not many
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Speaker 5: people have seen this, not blaming them really, but obviously
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Speaker 5: just on a serious note. Obviously seeing obviously with with
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Speaker 5: Tom McCormack and and Jimmy Down and U C D
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Speaker 5: on the Sunday it looks like they're having their their
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Speaker 5: own little tail git. So it really just shows you,
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Speaker 5: you know, the level of support the Steelers have on
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Speaker 5: on the island of Ireland. It's great and as I
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Speaker 5: saying in all seriousness, you can even feel that the
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Speaker 5: support even coming over here. You know, it's coming over
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Speaker 5: the water. It's it's just generating all over the place.
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Speaker 5: So exciting times you know, to be a Staeters fan
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Speaker 5: anywhere in the world. So uh, it's good goood to
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Speaker 5: finally say you know that the advantage coming through Ireland
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Speaker 5: as well.
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Speaker 1: And I'm sure we've got big news a couple up
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Speaker 1: still about this watch party. I'm sure very shortly we're
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Speaker 1: very excited to hear who when, where, what I tal
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Speaker 1: went to Earth Boyce certainly will be hopefully all meeting
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Speaker 1: to the first time he ever felt some very very
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Speaker 1: excited for that. There before we get our guest on
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Speaker 1: Gottle talk Aboutkenny like could being in the upfensive captain
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Speaker 1: took big bet five years. It takes Kenny to what
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Speaker 1: a statement from this team showing their confidence to trusted
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Speaker 1: it and all that draft picks and all this internet
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Speaker 1: top It's eighteen months ago, seems like a long way away.
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Speaker 1: And now whatever this guy has come in, he's worked
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Speaker 1: his back side up and he now goes in Sunday
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Speaker 1: as an offensive leader and a captain of this team.
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Speaker 1: And I think any fan can be happy one into
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Speaker 1: this game with something.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, he's definitely earned him because anyway, just there was
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Speaker 4: such a jump visible improvement.
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Speaker 3: You know, throughout the preseason he was in charge of
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Speaker 3: that offense. You could see he was in command of
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Speaker 3: the playbook.
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Speaker 4: He's a fantastic connection with his receivers and like I
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Speaker 4: said last week, there was just a swagger about him.
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Speaker 4: And he's obviously instilled confidence in his teammates because of
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Speaker 4: course captains are voted in by their by their teammates
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Speaker 4: and by the not but not by coaches of the organization.
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Speaker 4: It's by the players. So that's very much a statement
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Speaker 4: of confidence from the team in their quarterback to bey
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Speaker 4: that they believe that he is the leader to bring
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Speaker 4: success in twenty twenty three this season and absolutely delighted
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Speaker 4: for him. And I think it's just gonna this is
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Speaker 4: just the start of what Kenny's going to do in
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Speaker 4: this season. And I think being being a captain so
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Speaker 4: early on in his career is also a stamp of
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Speaker 4: a stamp of confidence from from from his teammates, you know.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and just at going want Tommy said, they're David,
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Speaker 1: it's great to see for Kellyan and I give some
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Speaker 1: huge push going into the season just the right time
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Speaker 1: as well.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, just tack go everything. Jimmy said again Michael, that's
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Speaker 5: fantastic news. And as he said, you know, it's it's
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Speaker 5: it not only shows the confidence that coach Tomlin hasn't
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Speaker 5: but but also his teammates, you know, as Jimmy said,
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Speaker 5: it's it's the teammates have voted them in and it
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Speaker 5: just highlights, you know, how value he actually years in
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Speaker 5: the locker room, so only chapping on the offensive side
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Speaker 5: of the ball, it's another signal that the offense is
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Speaker 5: gonna r run strictly through him, as you'd expect with
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Speaker 5: him being the quarterback. But at the same time, It's
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Speaker 5: not really a surprise because we know the leadership quality
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Speaker 5: qualities he possesses. You know, only to do is listening
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Speaker 5: to some of the interviews and watch how he conducts himself,
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Speaker 5: particularly in preseason and jeronal ties. You know, he's a
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Speaker 5: born leader. And of course there are gonna be some
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Speaker 5: questions because he's only going in the second year, but
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Speaker 5: he's our franchise, QB and it'll only batter the benefit
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Speaker 5: us going in the long run when it works out
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Speaker 5: when the obviously if and when it works out. But yeah,
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Speaker 5: he's gonna have plenty of opportunities to show off, you know,
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Speaker 5: leadership trace throughout the season, and I'm just looking forward
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Speaker 5: to seeing it's you know, pembergress throughout us. So it's
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Speaker 5: not a surprise because we know how good he is,
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Speaker 5: but it's just the.
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Speaker 2: Maner of them on.
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Speaker 4: I feel like one thing I wish the studios would do,
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Speaker 4: and I'm going to jump in here quickly to make
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Speaker 4: my voice heard, is I wish they put the captain
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Speaker 4: cs on the uniforms.
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Speaker 3: I think it would look absolutely fantastic.
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Speaker 2: And I see Dave not.
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Speaker 4: In there in agreement, and I just think that that
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Speaker 4: a little yellow sea with a couple of starts against
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Speaker 4: the backdrop of a black uniform or look fantastic. So
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Speaker 4: if anyone in the Steelers' front office or equipment room
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Speaker 4: is listening in just given my two cents here from
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Speaker 4: a fan on the island of Ireland, you'd.
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Speaker 1: Be sitting with some imagine now that you're going, yes
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Speaker 1: they heard we are taking or we're taking our guests
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Speaker 1: to a little bit north. This wee blended to welcome
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Speaker 1: in a lot led so many times for Rollster, I
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Speaker 1: should know how many times you played and over one
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Speaker 1: hundred times for Rolster. If an Iron wolfings as well,
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Speaker 1: that's the rugby team, not the American football team. If
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Speaker 1: only it would have been great for the cap in
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Speaker 1: the Iron Satns as well. A guy from balboss Ian
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Speaker 1: humphries the light of the balcony along. It's a great
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Speaker 1: endity in John's.
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Speaker 2: Folks.
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Speaker 1: As we get ready for the first week of the
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Speaker 1: NFL season, it seems like for Ravers this football has
8:58
Speaker 1: been on we thought pretty season, but now we're on
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Speaker 1: the real stuff this weekend. Great to have someone let's
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Speaker 1: playing a sport professionally so close to the only guy
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Speaker 1: that played for Ulster and fantastic to have them one
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Speaker 1: and also playing with the art of files as well
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Speaker 1: and big NFL fan and it's like, it's great to
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Speaker 1: have you answer good.
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Speaker 2: Even, Yeah, great, thanks, Thanksture for marn as a set
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Speaker 2: a bit of an NFL gig Grell believe you two
9:25
Speaker 2: in terms of some of you guys are sure, but
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Speaker 2: it's now a definitely sport. I'm Jordan of watching somebody evening.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, sir. It's like it's great to get someone all.
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Speaker 1: I mean, like I've obviously up drone here, so it's
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Speaker 1: going to get someone all the closer to home. For me,
9:37
Speaker 1: I always stood crack.
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Speaker 5: I mean, look, talk to.
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Speaker 1: Some even about how you got into the NFL, because
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Speaker 1: I feel like, you know, we spent a couple of
9:45
Speaker 1: years ago and you've beat it fan for a long time.
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Speaker 2: I have. Yeah, So, as you said, I played rugby
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Speaker 2: professionally and my first drub was actually over an ignorant
9:54
Speaker 2: Lester Tigers and I joined them in two thousand and five.
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Speaker 2: And when I was joining them with as her background
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Speaker 2: a bit Lester and their men player was Martin Johnson
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Speaker 2: and British and Lions captain bit of a legend of
10:05
Speaker 2: the game and he was a big NFL gig, so
10:07
Speaker 2: he was talking all with the NFL predictions. So from
10:10
Speaker 2: then I started taking a little bit of it because
10:13
Speaker 2: in case ever spoke to me, there's something doctor, you know,
10:15
Speaker 2: I said rugby to sort of try and build the
10:17
Speaker 2: lists of that kind of thing. And then in two
10:19
Speaker 2: thousand and seven a few of us get tickets for
10:21
Speaker 2: the first international game in London was the Dolphin Giants. Now,
10:26
Speaker 2: fortunately we had a game that day and I picked
10:29
Speaker 2: up a knock plus it was running and I bottled
10:32
Speaker 2: it because it wasn't that big a geek back then
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Speaker 2: and didn't enjoy it. So on for his didn't go
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Speaker 2: so I kind of flirted with it away bit. But
10:39
Speaker 2: then in twenty fourteen I had an opportunity to go
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Speaker 2: over with the BBC to do a kicking. I didn't
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Speaker 2: even know what it was. It was like a pr
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Speaker 2: thing for BBC and Ulstar Rugby with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Speaker 2: So I did that with Josh Scrubbery and like, I
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Speaker 2: loved it and I was hooked from then on. So
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Speaker 2: the following year would have been twenty fourteen, and that
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Speaker 2: season it was I sort of badgered Scooby for a
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Speaker 2: while kicking because I kicked in rugby and I was
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Speaker 2: just really intrigued it so badgered him, but going to
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Speaker 2: kick with him over in America, but he wasn't free
11:13
Speaker 2: when it suited me, so he sent me his coach,
11:15
Speaker 2: which is a guy called Coop Zuner. He was a
11:18
Speaker 2: special teams coordinator and stuff, and spent a week with
11:21
Speaker 2: him in Arizona and just completely coincidentally, the Super bowls
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Speaker 2: on that weekend, like complete coincidence, and it happened to
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Speaker 2: be the Super Bowl forty nine, which was the Patriots
11:31
Speaker 2: against Patriots against the Seahawks and Malcolm Butler's in perception,
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Speaker 2: so like I came home from that absolutely buzzhim. And
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Speaker 2: from then on I've just immersed myself in the game,
11:43
Speaker 2: listening to four or five different podcasts every week, and yeah,
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Speaker 2: I just love everything to.
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Speaker 4: Do with it, and it's becoming a real kind of
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Speaker 4: golden time with the game of American football here in Ireland.
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Speaker 4: Would you have known much about the Steeters links to
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Speaker 4: Newry and Northern Ireland at all?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it did actually, so again just talking about the
12:06
Speaker 2: Super Bowl, there was what with a guy Matt Craig.
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Speaker 2: His name is he's an America. If he lived in
12:10
Speaker 2: my village, I don't know. He was involved back then
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Speaker 2: and sort of the links stream American football, the colleges
12:17
Speaker 2: and I have at the Irish NFL or the Irish
12:20
Speaker 2: Barkan football team. So he had actually met mister Rooney
12:23
Speaker 2: a few times. So funnily enough, on our trip he
12:26
Speaker 2: met up with I can't remember it is now, but
12:29
Speaker 2: somebody who was big in the Steelers at the time,
12:31
Speaker 2: because they were continuing to forwarde the links, so you'd
12:33
Speaker 2: always a part about it, and you hear about He followed,
12:36
Speaker 2: I'm just actually in the same We're a quaid crossset teacher.
12:41
Speaker 2: I just love Anthony dew with Nordland on sports. So
12:44
Speaker 2: when you hear about Muri in the NFL, like you're
12:46
Speaker 2: automatically intrigued. So, yeah, Matt would have told me about
12:50
Speaker 2: the Runeys and all that kind of stuff, so I
12:51
Speaker 2: would have learned about them, learned with the Links. And
12:53
Speaker 2: then in fact, they do scholarships for guys to go
12:56
Speaker 2: over to America and college and stuff. So and then
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Speaker 2: what intrigues you more is you hear about his Rooney
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Speaker 2: rude and like, I just think that's sensational that somebody
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Speaker 2: can be that intrementious. So to sort of think that
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Speaker 2: they've got the roots in northern Nowland, it's pretty cool.
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Speaker 2: Like so, yeah, I would know a little bit. Like
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Speaker 2: I'm not going to say I know all about them,
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Speaker 2: but certainly I've heard of them, and I know about
13:16
Speaker 2: the Staelers are SLINKs.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, they're certainly strong anyway. But you know, we've seen
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Speaker 5: ian a few players have made the move from rugby
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Speaker 5: to American football, particularly some of the younger players. You know,
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Speaker 5: you imagine they're about just been a bit of time
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Speaker 5: with the I think it was Goss Bradley and the Jags.
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Speaker 5: They were trying to commit to you to do a
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Speaker 5: bit of kicking as well, which of what was funny
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Speaker 5: and can just taught us if you can, you know
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Speaker 5: about the differences between the two sports. Obviously a lot
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Speaker 5: of allows made, obviously, but the shape of the ball
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Speaker 5: and the physicality. Is there anything else maybe that wouldn't
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Speaker 5: catch the eye of the regular viewer if youel like yes, So.
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Speaker 2: The biggest thing in American football and rugby is all
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Speaker 2: of the rugby guys have to defend that attack on
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Speaker 2: theig question whether I actually have a defend it because
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Speaker 2: I hear it side of the game, but you have
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Speaker 2: to sort of know how it works both ways. Obviously
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Speaker 2: in the NFL you have your attack and your offense
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Speaker 2: and defense. The level of detail the American footballers have
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Speaker 2: to get into is just phenomenal. Like I remember a
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Speaker 2: few of our our sort of pre season and rugby
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Speaker 2: that would have said, right, we're going to follow the
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Speaker 2: NFL model. We're going to win at six and home
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Speaker 2: at five or home at seven.
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Speaker 5: It just there wasn't that.
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Speaker 2: Much to learn with rugby, so like the level of
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Speaker 2: detail that those guys went to is just different. Greer again,
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Speaker 2: I suppose the other big difference is they probably work
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Speaker 2: for what five six seconds in every play predominantly. Obviously
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Speaker 2: you get a couple of ross are players who have
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Speaker 2: lasted a minute and a half, which doesn't seem like
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Speaker 2: very much, but actually when you compare the difference, it
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Speaker 2: is hugely different. So our guys have to have be
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Speaker 2: different athlatic endurance, I guess, but there's definitely a huge crossover.
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Speaker 2: I think the difficulty from looking from the outside for
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Speaker 2: for any other sports, moving the NFL at a late stage,
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Speaker 2: you would be the understanding concepts of who the blo
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Speaker 2: all those kind of different things, all the inteatacies of
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Speaker 2: the line. So for me, like Christian Wade went in
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Speaker 2: as a as I running back and look sharp, but
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Speaker 2: obviously couldn't step up to know his certain rules. I
15:13
Speaker 2: think Christian Scott and Williamson and Alex Gray were tight
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Speaker 2: ends and seemed to be doing all right. I guess
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Speaker 2: the biggest hits Jordan my Ladder. No, I know he's
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Speaker 2: rugby league, but he's just such an animal of a man,
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Speaker 2: like somebody who's that big, and I think he's I
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Speaker 2: remember speaking to a few good people here serve involved
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Speaker 2: International Pathway a few weeks ago. So much of it
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Speaker 2: depends on whether they get into the right circumstance. Then
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Speaker 2: my Ladder went to the Eagles. You've got obviously so
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Speaker 2: much experience to me and John sid Wits Was Kelsey
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Speaker 2: and those other guys around in London. I think there's
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Speaker 2: something the other one in there, and you're just kind
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Speaker 2: of going right circumstance freak of an athlete and has
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Speaker 2: worked so well for him. So there are some Ladder
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Speaker 2: b But again I there's so many differences that certain
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Speaker 2: NFL players to cross super and play. I think the
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Speaker 2: name's gone off my head, but the Patriots player who
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Speaker 2: played for the US egos as well. But I think
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Speaker 2: the crossover, when you're coming into a sport that leaps
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Speaker 2: two minyon, is really to make it that that good
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Speaker 2: an easier transition.
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Speaker 1: Who knows, maybe we'll see Jolly play or make the
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Speaker 1: transition after winning the World Club a few mix in.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. I mean the kicker is the obvious one,
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Speaker 2: and I think I don't know if you should have
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Speaker 2: you know about Tag leader and all his kicking, like
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Speaker 2: I think what James brilliant. I think obviously I had
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Speaker 2: a bit of kicking, and there's definitely obortunity for guys
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Speaker 2: to give over US goal kickers. For me, it's more
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Speaker 2: as a goal kicker, even though Tags and the three punplers,
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Speaker 2: because rugby guys have goal kicks since there at nine
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Speaker 2: years old. Most of those NFL kickers are biging soccer
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Speaker 2: players converted to college. So for me, I guess just
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Speaker 2: seems a bit of a new brainer. But obviously, hopefully
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Speaker 2: over the next wild Tag can up a few guys
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Speaker 2: in the NFL.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely absolutely, if we roll onto the Stadiers and and
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Speaker 1: you mentioned leaving there, but at the Runey family, has
17:00
Speaker 1: been any certain player that you can enjoyed watching with
17:03
Speaker 1: the Steelers franchise, just doll in three years of being
17:05
Speaker 1: an NFL on this one player the guy or two players,
17:07
Speaker 1: they go.
17:08
Speaker 2: I'm going to be a paying so forward because Troy
17:12
Speaker 2: palm Alloy was the one like he was just you
17:15
Speaker 2: love his energy and he's a year of older than me.
17:17
Speaker 2: So when he came into the draft and I started
17:19
Speaker 2: getting into the NFL, you kind of look, what kind
17:23
Speaker 2: of guys are your equivalent? And obviously not size and shape,
17:26
Speaker 2: but in terms of edge profile, there's always nice to go, well,
17:29
Speaker 2: he's in the top of his game. Where am I
17:31
Speaker 2: in my game? So he was one that really stood
17:32
Speaker 2: out his energy that he played with. I was really
17:35
Speaker 2: friendly with a few some ones, a few bullonees and
17:37
Speaker 2: got lesser tiger And obviously he's Americans from the cent
17:40
Speaker 2: so you kind of see the similarities in how they behave.
17:43
Speaker 2: But then sort of a more recent time like the
17:47
Speaker 2: three statut of the three be easy Roussis Berber, Antonio
17:51
Speaker 2: Brown and Leveyan Bell and Antonio Brown. Sorry, like the
17:55
Speaker 2: three of M's just the fact that at times the
17:58
Speaker 2: Steelers didn't necessarily seem that the best roster, but those three,
18:02
Speaker 2: like in rugby, all I was obsessed with the attack
18:04
Speaker 2: and so whenever I watch NFL, I love the offensive players,
18:07
Speaker 2: you know, for the most part, and I just thought
18:09
Speaker 2: they were fantastic. And I think then when you see
18:13
Speaker 2: how Levey Umbrella and Toryo Brian got all on the
18:16
Speaker 2: aft the Steelers, you've got to think how unbelievable was
18:20
Speaker 2: coach Tomlin that he was able to keep them under
18:22
Speaker 2: control and get them a base so successful. So in
18:25
Speaker 2: terms of players, those three, but I just love Tomlin.
18:28
Speaker 2: The fact he's he has another losing season, it's not
18:31
Speaker 2: it's not right. I think. I think I'm right saying
18:33
Speaker 2: he's never losing, which is just it's just phenomenal in
18:36
Speaker 2: any sport. And it's not like he's only two or
18:38
Speaker 2: three years going like it's he's somebody that you look
18:41
Speaker 2: at and just think, Aaron love to be coached by
18:42
Speaker 2: something like that.
18:46
Speaker 4: Ian We've recently seen the game grow an amazing lens
18:50
Speaker 4: here and the Steelers that have now joined the market
18:54
Speaker 4: of the Ireland New Ireland through the the NFL's Glove
18:56
Speaker 4: of Markets program, so as a fan, like how excited
19:00
Speaker 4: does does this make you feel for the future of
19:03
Speaker 4: the game here in Ireland?
19:04
Speaker 2: Massive? I think it's up until a couple of years ago.
19:08
Speaker 2: You titles some of you enjoy NFL right football they
19:10
Speaker 2: think you're aware of, like you know, it's like what
19:13
Speaker 2: do you mean, Like do you set up to all ours?
19:15
Speaker 2: And you're kind of going wow a little bit. But
19:17
Speaker 2: the more more accessful is the more it's just the
19:20
Speaker 2: fact you're saying all the clips and social media, you're
19:22
Speaker 2: seeing more guys walking around the streets in the in
19:24
Speaker 2: the playing tops and T shirts, and I think it's
19:28
Speaker 2: just great for the game. The more exposure there is
19:31
Speaker 2: that the more it can grow. I'm in sports agency world,
19:33
Speaker 2: so the more sports are going in general, it's great
19:36
Speaker 2: for me personally in my job that sport is growing commercially.
19:40
Speaker 2: But I think for NFL and Ireland like just such
19:43
Speaker 2: an opportunity. We see whenever any sporting event happens over here,
19:47
Speaker 2: the place goes mad. For we're seeing some of the
19:49
Speaker 2: colleagues games. The stadiums are pretty much so light, so
19:52
Speaker 2: I think the Steelers are really ahead of the game
19:54
Speaker 2: trying to break across here. I think the fact that
19:57
Speaker 2: it's going to be more accessible is can really be
20:00
Speaker 2: a good thing, you know. And I think studiers with
20:02
Speaker 2: their r SLINKs with the releasing yeary, I think they've
20:05
Speaker 2: done really well and hopefully it can lead to college
20:07
Speaker 2: games and that you knows what the future made after that.
20:12
Speaker 4: As someone who has been multiple times called the word
20:16
Speaker 4: of her for support and the NFL team in the past,
20:19
Speaker 4: I'm glad to know I wasn't the only one getting
20:21
Speaker 4: stick for being one of the fore runners of American
20:25
Speaker 4: football in Ireland.
20:27
Speaker 2: Totally. People don't get it. My wife doesn't understand why
20:30
Speaker 2: the Sunday night I might decide to set up a
20:31
Speaker 2: bit longer. She just she thinks I'm bad. But sure,
20:34
Speaker 2: we're all good. Well, it's all good fun, I said.
20:38
Speaker 5: Hardcore fans like ourselves.
20:39
Speaker 2: We sort of know what like.
20:41
Speaker 5: You know, people do tend to pick on us a
20:43
Speaker 5: bit if you like. But I suppose you know that
20:45
Speaker 5: you mentioned there about Potasi, you know, college games and stuff.
20:48
Speaker 5: I mean, the ultimate dream you'd have to agree in
20:50
Speaker 5: would just be be getting the game here obviously hopefully
20:52
Speaker 5: in Crowe Park, even if it was just in Dublin.
20:54
Speaker 5: Would have to get you know, Raven Hill involved somehow,
20:57
Speaker 5: maybe even the new casement. What do you think on
20:59
Speaker 5: like maybe the thoughts on that.
21:01
Speaker 2: Listen, I think it has to Like the NFL are
21:03
Speaker 2: probably one of the best global machines there are in
21:07
Speaker 2: terms of meg and money. They're printing money. Everything they
21:09
Speaker 2: do is to make money, and so they'd be mad
21:12
Speaker 2: not to. Like we saw the game in Germany and
21:15
Speaker 2: Aras chat with somebody who's trying to get tickets for
21:16
Speaker 2: the Chiefs game, and he was saying when he signed
21:19
Speaker 2: on to the ticket master whatever it was selling tickets,
21:22
Speaker 2: he was over a million in the queue. So like,
21:24
Speaker 2: I think that's so right. Every two or three minutes
21:27
Speaker 2: we said that if how much the college games are
21:29
Speaker 2: good there following the international games and the tickets are
21:31
Speaker 2: at goal dust, if we could get a game on
21:34
Speaker 2: Ireland like you could sell it three four times over.
21:36
Speaker 2: And it has to be a matter of time before
21:38
Speaker 2: there's a UK or European based team. Which team that is,
21:42
Speaker 2: whether it's an expansion franchise, whether it's a Jaguars, whether
21:45
Speaker 2: it's who knows where it's going to be. But I
21:47
Speaker 2: think at some point there has to be somebody based
21:50
Speaker 2: in the UK or I think UK is probably the
21:53
Speaker 2: best with Spurs with that agreement with our stadium and
21:56
Speaker 2: obviously a purpose built pitch and everything they're well set
21:59
Speaker 2: up for the future. Game in Ireland would just be phenomenal.
22:02
Speaker 2: We were too. Concerns about that is rugby uses enough
22:06
Speaker 2: good athletes to the Gaelic games. We don't want to
22:08
Speaker 2: lose anymore to the NFL teams. And also then the
22:11
Speaker 2: weather like that, that is obviously a genuine concern because
22:13
Speaker 2: as I said, that first game in Wembley back in
22:17
Speaker 2: two thousand and seven was a complete warshite and we've
22:20
Speaker 2: seen that one once or twice. So whether or not
22:22
Speaker 2: they have to make sure ups a really good surface
22:24
Speaker 2: because I think you only really get one or two
22:27
Speaker 2: chances to impress, especially the NFL, and if you're going
22:30
Speaker 2: to have a per pitch, per weather, all that kind
22:32
Speaker 2: of stuff, you can't afford that. But listen, as we said,
22:34
Speaker 2: Crook Park, the Viva, there's a number of the Gaelic
22:37
Speaker 2: stdiums are phenomenal as well. Park of Keya, Griba, Dining
22:41
Speaker 2: in a Pork as well. I think it's it Cork Limerick. Sorry,
22:44
Speaker 2: Like there's so many incredibles to Celtics, and we know
22:47
Speaker 2: that ours fans, they would just make all the teams
22:49
Speaker 2: so welcome and make it like it would be like
22:51
Speaker 2: another Super Bowl occasion for the players playing over here.
22:55
Speaker 1: I went to the show more Pool and we having
22:57
Speaker 1: a last year, and I have to say, if it
22:59
Speaker 1: does happen, at some point we'll move away from the
23:02
Speaker 1: dream game all game. But if it does happen, it
23:05
Speaker 1: will be great to see whoever's playing, and hopefully it
23:07
Speaker 1: will be the Steelers, but great to see them. I
23:10
Speaker 1: don't make maybe trailing doll faster for a day because
23:12
Speaker 1: they've got the facilities there and it's it's it's great
23:14
Speaker 1: to even do like a trailer sasch or something. I'm
23:15
Speaker 1: out and putting the ideas and the people listening to
23:18
Speaker 1: this podcast, but I guess even just sort of jumping
23:21
Speaker 1: on obviously looking season starts this weekend, everyone over here
23:24
Speaker 1: is pretty pumped excited. That's Steelers n Iris game is
23:27
Speaker 1: going to be fantastic and and I know we'll talk
23:29
Speaker 1: about that in a week at it but the asc
23:31
Speaker 1: North with the Bengals, the Ravens, Browns and the Staters
23:36
Speaker 1: is it's just a great division I'm just sort of
23:38
Speaker 1: wondering what your thoughts is on that division general.
23:41
Speaker 2: So like I think far the division of the Patriots
23:46
Speaker 2: and UH and the Dolphins and not group. This is
23:50
Speaker 2: probably the hardest for me to pick who's gonna who's
23:53
Speaker 2: gonna come out top. The overst answer is the Bengals,
23:56
Speaker 2: as Joe Burrow like, he's phenomenal players, as he said
23:59
Speaker 2: last year, while he's their quarterback, their windows always open
24:02
Speaker 2: than because what his his famous line was last year.
24:04
Speaker 2: I think for the the Steelers, sol about the quarterback,
24:08
Speaker 2: isn't it. I think then the Browns against it's all
24:11
Speaker 2: about the quarterback. Whether you like what they've done, whether
24:14
Speaker 2: you don't, that's a conversation for another day. But there's
24:17
Speaker 2: no no question that their roster's up there for the best.
24:20
Speaker 2: And then with the Revens, when you've got Lamar, you've
24:22
Speaker 2: always got a chance. They've had an OBJ I think
24:24
Speaker 2: you play color as well, so and they unleashed their
24:28
Speaker 2: wide receiver, and that's the question for the For the
24:30
Speaker 2: Revens always, you know, but Steelers, it's it's gonna be tough,
24:34
Speaker 2: But I really think they've got a good roster where
24:36
Speaker 2: hopefully they can go in and do something, and Bengals
24:40
Speaker 2: probably slight favorites. But again, like if they start suing,
24:45
Speaker 2: you don't know. Burrow had a calf injured pre season.
24:48
Speaker 2: Is he good to go? Is he not? They tend
24:50
Speaker 2: to start sowing last year, I think we lost the
24:52
Speaker 2: first three may So I think it's gonna be really
24:55
Speaker 2: tough and probably the tightest. For me. It's the typest
24:58
Speaker 2: of all the confidence to try called all the groups.
25:02
Speaker 4: I definitely agree with you Ian about this, the quarterback
25:05
Speaker 4: being keep and the steeers, and we look at the
25:08
Speaker 4: quarterback Kenny Pickett.
25:09
Speaker 3: He's made massive progress this year. We've already seen that.
25:12
Speaker 4: It become evident in the preseason, and he was rewarded
25:16
Speaker 4: for that progress by being made captain during the week.
25:20
Speaker 4: But for you, what do you kind of make of
25:22
Speaker 4: the progress that he's made so far?
25:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's huge. I think I think he's done really
25:27
Speaker 2: really well. Obviously, there's a lot made to the fact
25:29
Speaker 2: he went to you know, versus of Pittsburgh, and that
25:33
Speaker 2: was obviously he was he was well aware of training facility,
25:35
Speaker 2: the coaches were aware of him, and he was obviously
25:37
Speaker 2: comfortable surroundments. I think the fact when he got into
25:40
Speaker 2: the job, probably could have come a couple of weeks
25:44
Speaker 2: earlier last year, but I think they're always quite good
25:46
Speaker 2: not to rush in and rushing the ruppies, and he
25:50
Speaker 2: had a few turnovers last year, which we suddenly you'll
25:52
Speaker 2: want to eradicate. I think listen to the draft. I'm
25:55
Speaker 2: a bit of a gig. Listen to the draft stuff
25:58
Speaker 2: with Mariga sticks that that podcast never all going on
26:01
Speaker 2: a bet size of his hands, whether that was a
26:03
Speaker 2: worry in the bad weather it was gonna be. But
26:05
Speaker 2: I think he's shown plenty that he's he's pure class,
26:08
Speaker 2: pure quality, and if he can get his chemistry gone
26:11
Speaker 2: with George Pickings, I really think he can thrive this year.
26:15
Speaker 2: But as we said, look at all doors, Tory at
26:17
Speaker 2: the all doors, rely on on on him and in
26:21
Speaker 2: the quarterback, and hopefully the defense can help him out
26:23
Speaker 2: if there's an issues. But I think we've seen strike
26:26
Speaker 2: if you said preseason seemed to go pretty well, and
26:29
Speaker 2: obviously start of the year we'll see how it goes.
26:31
Speaker 2: But hopefully he can have another big step up and
26:33
Speaker 2: take another leap forward, because if he fires with Tom
26:36
Speaker 2: and as coach, he doesn't think they're going to do well.
26:40
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're definitely cautiously optimistic.
26:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's it exactly. It is here too.
26:45
Speaker 2: There's going to be bumps in the road, but I
26:47
Speaker 2: think as long as we just as long as we
26:49
Speaker 2: just the Steelers can can see gradual or improvement, then
26:53
Speaker 2: as Yeah, positive all around and hopefully that's sensors quarterback
26:56
Speaker 2: for the next ten.
27:00
Speaker 5: Yeah, we're all talking about, you know, progression and the
27:03
Speaker 5: stuffy And I don't know if you've been listening to
27:05
Speaker 5: the podcast in the past couple of weeks, but I've
27:07
Speaker 5: boldly went out and said that I think Kenny Pickett's
27:09
Speaker 5: going to win the MVP. Maybe maybe it's todd ambitious,
27:13
Speaker 5: of course, but we'll we'll probably find out sooner rather
27:16
Speaker 5: than later. You know, we're speaking about obviously Kenny Picketts
27:18
Speaker 5: and you know, and the forty nine Ers this week.
27:21
Speaker 5: It's you know, they're obviously a great team, great defense,
27:24
Speaker 5: never mind just playing on week one. How impressed were
27:26
Speaker 5: you with Brock Purty last year? Obviously mister irrelevant in
27:29
Speaker 5: the draft and nobody expected to see him, you know,
27:33
Speaker 5: raise the fame so quickly. I feel like, have you
27:35
Speaker 5: been impressed with him so far or like, how do
27:37
Speaker 5: you see m maybe pretense he matching up guesses in
27:39
Speaker 5: week one.
27:41
Speaker 2: Phenomenon. Yeah, you have to just say credit, you know,
27:44
Speaker 2: because as you said, mister relevant, that can't be good
27:46
Speaker 2: to the ego, you know, to be picked almost like
27:49
Speaker 2: a laugh and almost for for one of the better phrase.
27:53
Speaker 2: But what he's done so well, he spit it into
27:54
Speaker 2: their system. The reports on his draft reports was how
27:58
Speaker 2: high intelligent he was. And I think for all Kyle Shanahan,
28:03
Speaker 2: all his quarterbacks, apparently the way he sets it up,
28:06
Speaker 2: if you're a good processor, then you can go pretty
28:09
Speaker 2: well to be the third choice and have the injuries
28:12
Speaker 2: obviously to the two right two guys ahead of them,
28:16
Speaker 2: to be thrown in. When he was throwing in, he
28:18
Speaker 2: did extremely well. I'd say again, I'm quoting in one
28:21
Speaker 2: of the podcasts I listened to you last week before
28:24
Speaker 2: Tis Shanahan's off offense or offense for everywhere you said
28:28
Speaker 2: they tend to have the highest TB hits of any
28:31
Speaker 2: other system. So the big question is, well, not Rock
28:35
Speaker 2: Purty can stay fit? Can I stay healthy? We've seen
28:37
Speaker 2: Jimmy g has been down injured and we're saying they
28:40
Speaker 2: have just had the release trade Lands because he well
28:42
Speaker 2: he obviously didn't make the cut for them, but he
28:44
Speaker 2: obviously had picked up a few injuries as well, and
28:46
Speaker 2: you're kind of going, is this a problem that yes, Okay,
28:49
Speaker 2: he's always a very success for what he does, but
28:52
Speaker 2: if he's been a quarterback on their profession, we've seen
28:54
Speaker 2: brock Purty had a few knots, but like he got
28:57
Speaker 2: through the preseason, he looks sharp. He's going to be dangerous.
29:00
Speaker 2: But you'd like to think that TJ. Watt hopefully can
29:03
Speaker 2: get into him early and you get a couple of
29:05
Speaker 2: early hits on them and then you just know the
29:07
Speaker 2: nerves come back and hopefully then it still just go
29:10
Speaker 2: put them under pressure.
29:11
Speaker 5: I was just actually I'm backing as well obviously about
29:14
Speaker 5: you know, the last thing you want coming off an
29:17
Speaker 5: injury is to find out that they're playing t J.
29:18
Speaker 5: Watt and the Steelers and wake one that's it's pound
29:20
Speaker 5: to be, you know, sort of kicking the stones if
29:22
Speaker 5: you like.
29:23
Speaker 2: Well, certainly you saw TJ. What was it with at
29:25
Speaker 2: McAfee has the bet about whether or not he's going
29:28
Speaker 2: to break the sack record, so he'll be well fired
29:31
Speaker 2: up to go off early and I think he'll fancy
29:34
Speaker 2: his chances this first week about getting off the fast
29:36
Speaker 2: start and trying to break was twenty two twenty two
29:38
Speaker 2: and a half times something that sacked we got a
29:40
Speaker 2: couple of years ago. Any if you're looking to sort
29:42
Speaker 2: of I would say, if you're looking to try and
29:43
Speaker 2: re again his defensive player of the year, or.
29:46
Speaker 1: We get to have that game on TV here the
29:48
Speaker 1: weekend as well, looking forward to watching the game of
29:50
Speaker 1: week one, even before before we let you leave us
29:53
Speaker 1: finally in the game of the wole prediction for the
29:55
Speaker 1: Staelers out of the same, is there anything you want
29:58
Speaker 1: to wet the whistle show? We say as going into
30:01
Speaker 1: this key period of the year.
30:04
Speaker 2: So I wrecked in t J. Watt will be defensive
30:06
Speaker 2: Player of the year. I reckon you break that sack record.
30:10
Speaker 2: I wreck think you'll get well. The Staders will end
30:13
Speaker 2: up with the wild car. I still think the Bengals
30:16
Speaker 2: will hit them, but I think they're so strong i'll
30:19
Speaker 2: get a wild car. I think they'll win the first
30:22
Speaker 2: one and then who knows. So I'm gonna say they're
30:24
Speaker 2: gonna go. They're gonna have at least two, if not
30:27
Speaker 2: more games in the in the playoffs, so I would
30:29
Speaker 2: love to see him go the whole way, whether or
30:31
Speaker 2: not the kind yet as listened as we said, it
30:34
Speaker 2: all depends on the quarterback.
30:37
Speaker 1: Ian, thank you so much for coming on.
30:38
Speaker 2: Man.
30:38
Speaker 1: Hopefully I'm sure we get Charlie in at some point,
30:40
Speaker 1: but if not, for no enjoy the season. It will
30:43
Speaker 1: fly in and hopefully we're talking in Las Vegas when
30:46
Speaker 1: the Staders are playing and we will.
30:47
Speaker 2: Chat these sing I'll be calling you up for a
30:50
Speaker 2: ticket to that one now, brother, It's all.
30:55
Speaker 1: Greaty here for me and Ian fantastic to get a
30:58
Speaker 1: fel and really supports the game and I am appreciating
31:02
Speaker 1: and coming on and Jimmy great to get a different
31:06
Speaker 1: perspective this week. Yeah, rugby guy signs a kex time
31:10
Speaker 1: of the year, but the stitelers the season more.
31:12
Speaker 4: And you boys definitely got your revenge having three Northern
31:15
Speaker 4: northernners on this week, so I'm sure you I'm sure
31:18
Speaker 4: you were.
31:19
Speaker 3: You were loving not and absolutely you mean. Great to
31:21
Speaker 3: hear from someone with such a which is such a.
31:23
Speaker 4: Vast sporting knowledge, and also to hear hear a story
31:27
Speaker 4: about how we got into the game and got it
31:29
Speaker 4: involved and interested in the American football and talking about
31:32
Speaker 4: the importance of those international games and in broadening the
31:38
Speaker 4: the awareness of the sport on this side of the
31:40
Speaker 4: Ocean and this side of the Atlantic, and also to
31:42
Speaker 4: hear his optimism about the future of a profession of
31:45
Speaker 4: an NFL game here and so now, absolutely, we're a
31:49
Speaker 4: great guy and really really delighted to have him on
31:52
Speaker 4: the podcast.
31:53
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Indeed, you know, just going with Jimmy said it,
31:56
Speaker 1: it stunted like there's a lot of Steelers in the Ulstra,
31:59
Speaker 1: right that can be interesting at some point, sounds like
32:02
Speaker 1: there's a lot of money and.
32:03
Speaker 5: Joined the end of yeah, start up for the Steeler boys,
32:06
Speaker 5: if you like him, said Michael. But I suppose you
32:10
Speaker 5: could say that, you know, but it doesn't surprise me. Again,
32:14
Speaker 5: you know, obviously being from the North, we see Steeler
32:17
Speaker 5: tops all over the place, you know, we see them
32:19
Speaker 5: with Corone, we see them in Derry, we see them
32:21
Speaker 5: in Entrum, we see them. We see them all over
32:23
Speaker 5: the place. So and it's the same as downside as well.
32:26
Speaker 5: You know, we get all sorts of all sorts of
32:29
Speaker 5: Steelers fans thread and obviously it's good talking the end obviously,
32:32
Speaker 5: comparing the sports as well with rugby. There's a massive
32:34
Speaker 5: connection as everybody knows. So it's just one of those
32:37
Speaker 5: where it's it's good to get some insight into the
32:39
Speaker 5: aspect of the game as well.
32:41
Speaker 2: Well.
32:42
Speaker 1: Then add to hear from me and appreciate them coming on.
32:45
Speaker 1: I'm sure we get them all again at some point.
32:46
Speaker 1: I do know there's a few Ulsters and Steelers fans,
32:50
Speaker 1: so I'll get back to you to that, and that's
32:53
Speaker 1: not add to the speak. It's hard not to add
32:55
Speaker 1: to the speak.
32:56
Speaker 2: Boys. Just very quickly.
32:57
Speaker 1: We will come back and we're going to record a
32:59
Speaker 1: Monday to this first game. I'll come back as soon
33:01
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33:04
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Speaker 1: first game. We'll also try and add some audio from
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Speaker 1: coach to off for the first game, and that's.
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Speaker 2: Preview the game.
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Speaker 1: First off, Theaters will up against the forty Landers in
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Speaker 1: and you can't do check out your number providers or that,
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Speaker 1: and Jimmy, I guess the first thing for me the
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Speaker 1: start was like, you know, taking a whole time away
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Speaker 1: from the Staters, You're bringing a nine ers team in
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Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh that went so far last season. There was
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Speaker 1: a point in December last year I thought the all
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Speaker 1: the way brog Berdy comes in, does so so well,
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Speaker 1: gets injured. But now they're saying, both in Santa Clara
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Speaker 1: and both in the way that he showed himself in
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Speaker 1: the preseason that he's almost better than what he was.
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Speaker 1: He's developed in more. And then you have that different
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Speaker 1: backtor as well, where you've got that trio in Christian McCaffrey,
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Speaker 1: George kittle Brand of the UK and Deebo. Also. It
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Speaker 1: is a huge performance needed, really huge performance needed from
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Speaker 1: the Stateers defense. But that being said, we have talked
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Speaker 1: for the last two to three to four weeks about
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Speaker 1: how good the Steelers offense is, so on paper, this
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Speaker 1: could be the hell of a game.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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Speaker 4: I think it's gonna be a massive battle on both
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Speaker 4: sides of the ball. Michael, it's gonna be fireworks. And
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Speaker 4: you look at him like he's just said that the
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Speaker 4: weapons that the Niners have there. I think it's just
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Speaker 4: it's possibly just too many playmakers for the Stedars defense
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Speaker 4: to shut down completely. And I think they're give they'll
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Speaker 4: give it their best shot. And I think, you know,
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Speaker 4: our our defense has to play out of their skin
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Speaker 4: on Sunday to contain all those pieces.
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Speaker 3: Obviously, like Ian was saying, t J.
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Speaker 4: Watton is going to have another stead of season, and
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Speaker 4: I think he's gonna get started on Sunday against that
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Speaker 4: against that Niners line. And interestingly, I think the addition
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Speaker 4: of Desmond King at cornerback is going to be a
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Speaker 4: massive help. And you know, former former All Pro first
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Speaker 4: team and second team brought into the balls to the
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Speaker 4: secondary a little bit. So I think we're I think
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Speaker 4: both teams are very evenly matched possibly you know too
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Speaker 4: of their best and their respective in their respective divisions.
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Speaker 4: And I think offensively as well. There there's still some
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Speaker 4: uncertainty as to whether Nick Bosa is gonna suit up,
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Speaker 4: and that could possibly be even a game time decision
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Speaker 4: or an eleventh hour decision where would they get a
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Speaker 4: deal done. So if they are with Bosa, it's going
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Speaker 4: to be a challenge for our for our offensive mine
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Speaker 4: in particular.
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Speaker 2: But now it's going to be you know, there's there's matchups.
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Speaker 4: On over the field and it's our heads are going
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Speaker 4: to be spinning on Sunday trying to key track of
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Speaker 4: everything that's going on.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're just going into what we said there,
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Speaker 1: like we've seen last year TV one until free their
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Speaker 1: sports off for abhapen contract wise. So that's see what
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Speaker 1: happens with Bosa under Mike Tomlin, under which told the
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Speaker 1: whoa in the home owners make of that as you will,
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Speaker 1: and ninety two and four under Kyle Shanan. We need
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Speaker 1: to see an offense performance, but it's weak one. If
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Speaker 1: the Steers can go out and get a win, a
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Speaker 1: win is a win, let's see how we get on
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Speaker 1: and it could be that thing as well, where you know,
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Speaker 1: the game is not played on paper. On paper, we
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Speaker 1: expect points points points here, and Jerry spot up. It's
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Speaker 1: gonna be very very difficult to contine every player on
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Speaker 1: this ninety of offense. So it's trying to do the
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Speaker 1: best you can in that sense. But it's time of
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Speaker 1: the offense as all points on the board the single.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, no, I completely agree, and you know it's it's
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Speaker 5: week one, Michael, but I think it's probably the perfect
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Speaker 5: time to get the forty nine ers. You know, it's
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Speaker 5: Jimmy mentioned a bit Nick posted a contract situation as
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Speaker 5: of the time of work coordinates. We're not actually sure
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Speaker 5: if he's got a play or not. I'm actually sharing
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Speaker 5: that is the leaning towards unlikely. And if he does,
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Speaker 5: he probably won't even play half the snaps. So albeit
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Speaker 5: they have a great defense, but if you're missing the
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Speaker 5: defensive player of the year, he's obviously an intagril part
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Speaker 5: of how they sat up defensively, and as a result
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Speaker 5: of that, I be expecting us to be able to,
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Speaker 5: you know, if you look at the other pieces on
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Speaker 5: their D line, you know, be able to neutralize the
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Speaker 5: lacs of Javon Hargreave of course a former stator himself,
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Speaker 5: and Arc Armstead and a lot better if that is
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Speaker 5: the case. So should should that happen at open maybe
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Speaker 5: a few holes in the passing game four Kenny, And
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Speaker 5: remember earlier on in the era and we spoke Tom
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Speaker 5: out Williamson. He imagined that Kenny struggled particularly in his
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Speaker 5: and his Midge rain throwing, like connecting with guys over
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Speaker 5: the middle. So that's hopefully going to open some of
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Speaker 5: them some opportunities as well as that. You know, we're
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Speaker 5: talking about the foreign nine Ers, the quarterback controversy of
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Speaker 5: the summer, even though it's been sort of you know,
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Speaker 5: suppose you could say it's been resolved with portray Lance
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Speaker 5: being traded the Dallas and we're not even sure how
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Speaker 5: great bron Perty is. Like there's still a massive question
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Speaker 5: mark asking whether he is is tall. That is the
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Speaker 5: American media think he seems to think he is me personally,
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Speaker 5: I'm taking Kenny over him every day of the way.
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Speaker 5: He's vastly on Sundays and and even if you look
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Speaker 5: at our defense as well, the niners O line as well,
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Speaker 5: it's in for one hell of a day. Granted they've
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Speaker 5: great some some great old line. Then you know, if
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Speaker 5: you talk about Trad Williamson or sorry Trad Williams and
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Speaker 5: potential Hall of Famer, and he's going to need all
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Speaker 5: the help HEAs can get because although you know he's
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Speaker 5: going to be you know, try to block off Alex
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Speaker 5: Highsmith from one side of the line, Tjat's going to
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Speaker 5: be at the other side with all the help over there.
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Speaker 5: So honestly, if we can win most of the matchups.
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Speaker 5: You know, if you're looking at some of the matchups
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Speaker 5: Kettle against Menca, Debo against Peterson, you know, if we,
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Speaker 5: if we can, you know, sort of stop McCaffrey to
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Speaker 5: as much as what possibly can coming out of the backfield.
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Speaker 5: I just find it very hard to see how we
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Speaker 5: can't be competitive in the game, and even though the
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Speaker 5: bookies have us as underdogs, even though like like I
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Speaker 5: said last week, we prefer being under like b we
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Speaker 5: befoer being written off. But I think it's a crazy start.
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Speaker 5: You know, as you say about Mike Tomlin being an
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Speaker 5: underdog at home, I think he's like four. I think
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Speaker 5: I'm saying fifteen four and three, and which means we're
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Speaker 5: an automatic clock to even cover the spread, never mind
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Speaker 5: winning the game. So in spite of all the underdog
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Speaker 5: talk past, expectations are certainly high coming in the Sunday.
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Speaker 5: So I'll let Morant that leave Moran a thought.
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Speaker 1: I feel like DD just that online gives you a
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Speaker 1: pick because again immediately a second, you got your you're
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Speaker 1: you're packing Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, oh of.
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Speaker 5: Course, yeah that I'm very confident, very very confident. I
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Speaker 5: just as I said, just with all the stuff that
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Speaker 5: I have outlined. I just don't see how we we
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Speaker 5: can't be at least competitive, and obviously with the next
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Speaker 5: Boster situation, I just think there's going to be too
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Speaker 5: much for for the foreign nine Ers offensive line to hoddle.
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Speaker 2: So I think we should win.
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Speaker 5: Well, hopefully we're we're maybe looking at Potaska, you know,
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Speaker 5: a high scoring game. I'll protect maybe thirty twenty six Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 5: That's my prediction.
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Speaker 1: Interesting, I like, if thirty twenty six, I think Jimmy
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Speaker 1: for me to score, that will be pretty similar. And
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Speaker 1: I think you're looking to be thirty four to twenty
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Speaker 1: seven Pittsburgh. Here's my kive lot. At the end of
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Speaker 1: this Steeters two minutes to go carry Peckett. The all
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Speaker 1: did jobs and he hadn't so unstart Yell. The Dolaton
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Speaker 1: gets a touch stime after all of last year, Hope
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Speaker 1: has bananas and the Steelers go holding believe it.
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Speaker 4: I certainly hope that he those are in a touchdown
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Speaker 4: Micha and he has proven himself to be a valuable receiver.
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Speaker 4: He had a big preseason and I think he proved
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Speaker 4: in the series that he still belongs in the offense.
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Speaker 4: And I'm definitely gone with the Steelers win because I
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Speaker 4: shouldn't be here if I wasn't going to predict the
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Speaker 4: Steeters when and completely buased, gonna go for a slightly
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Speaker 4: lower score line, and I'm going to go twenty four
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Speaker 4: to seventeen Steelers. And I think Boswell is definitely gonna
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Speaker 4: be a key factor of this game in terms of
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Speaker 4: in terms of field goals and feel position in kickoffs,
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Speaker 4: and you know, let's just go rut there and.
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Speaker 2: That a play.
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Speaker 4: You know, we've we've done all the talking, they've done,
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Speaker 4: all the talking they've they've done the preseason. It's it's
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Speaker 4: time to go out and play for keeps now so
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Speaker 4: and Inger's crossed they could have a big performance and someday.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely boys and buzn't for it. And I know everyone
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Speaker 1: in Ireland, all the stadios nations, both in Ireland and
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Speaker 1: away beyond that is very, very excited to this game.
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