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Tuesday Morning Football! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Everybody. You're very welcome into the Iris series podcast pretended
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Speaker 1: by er Lingus. Can you believe? It is Week fifteenth
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Speaker 1: of the NFL season and the Pittsburgh Steeters are not
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Speaker 1: playing on Sunday for a change. We've got Monday night football.
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Speaker 1: It's last Tuesday morning football coming up against the Miami Dolphins.
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Speaker 1: Before we're gonna do it, Before we talk about that,
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Speaker 1: we're gonna look back and just have a bit of
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Speaker 1: crack as well, generally, Davog, McKie, Davog, it's good to
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Speaker 1: have you on here. Man Falchi could yeah, are you
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Speaker 1: doing what's cracked?
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Speaker 2: I'm doing okay. It's been a rough couple of weeks
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Speaker 2: for Steeterers fans. We've got a wealthy r victory on
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Speaker 2: Sunday and it's good to be back in the victory column.
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Speaker 2: So happy to be back on talking to their football
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Speaker 2: with yours truly and then yeah, hopefully on and upwards
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Speaker 2: from here on.
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Speaker 1: You know, like it's it's one thing we haven't had
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Speaker 1: Jimmy on the podcast. We had we as Euler last week.
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Speaker 1: It has been a rough few weeks. How have you
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Speaker 1: kept positive because like you know, it's mad. How much
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Speaker 1: of win can change stuff, isn't it.
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Speaker 2: It really is. And of course if you've taken the
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Speaker 2: account of the opponent as well, and it's led us
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Speaker 2: sort of get a bit of breathing room at the
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Speaker 2: top of that AFC North the bank is lost in
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Speaker 2: someday and not snowgain to the Bills as well, so
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Speaker 2: they're basically out of it. And I'm just you know,
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Speaker 2: of course, it's it's it's it was difficult to stay
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Speaker 2: positive for a few weeks there. I mean we were,
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Speaker 2: you know, up in arms thinking, you know, what's happening
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Speaker 2: with the offense. You know, the defense just wasn't showing
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Speaker 2: any sort of promise, and all of a sudden one week,
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Speaker 2: you know, in Baltimore against a team historically that Steelers
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Speaker 2: have struggled against in Baltimore, and to come out with
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Speaker 2: a win, it starts us up for you know, the
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Speaker 2: end of the season. So it was tough a couple
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Speaker 2: of weeks. I mean, champled the bit to get back
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Speaker 2: on to sort of you know, er my agrievances if
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Speaker 2: you like. But I've been happy to come back on
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Speaker 2: in the in the cost of win next So yeah,
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Speaker 2: upwards and honors from here.
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Speaker 1: Do you know, what I think. I textedoft that Bill
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Speaker 1: game and I think, like yourself, just a bit just gutted.
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Speaker 1: And thankfully we're not talking about the glasses half full here.
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Speaker 1: You know, this is there's still a long way to
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Speaker 1: go this season. And look, we had to win on Sunday,
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Speaker 1: got the win, and we can go from there. Before
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Speaker 1: we look back in that game, we have a lot
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Speaker 1: of Irish people listening to listen. This is not Steelers related, right,
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Speaker 1: but we're obviously in a lot of talk about Charlie
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Speaker 1: Smith playing for the Seeds. The reason I'm saying that
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Speaker 1: is he's Irish. Do you look at that now over
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Speaker 1: the last few weeks and wish to you and I
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Speaker 1: just hope at some point in the future, whether it's
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Speaker 1: the next five, ten, twenty years, that the Steelers have
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Speaker 1: an Irish player on their roster.
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Speaker 2: It's I'm actually so jealous of the New Orleans Saints
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Speaker 2: because Michael will Fine mccals were looking on Twitter saying, okay,
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Speaker 2: Charlie Smith has kicked the field goal, and make Twitter
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Speaker 2: search is just constantly Charlie Smith, Charlie Smith, Charlie Smith.
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Speaker 2: Hopefully you know we have another lot from your part
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Speaker 2: of the World and Dot Moore Lord and Quinn who's
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Speaker 2: coming up the ranks at Marshall. I've been over Marshall
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Speaker 2: yell and he's kno going to stave in the r
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Speaker 2: field goes over. I mean he's going to be a
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Speaker 2: player and a half as well going forward. So these
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Speaker 2: these laws are sat in the baseline for for future
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Speaker 2: talents to come through, not only in just the kicking game,
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Speaker 2: but the put game. I mean, Don Will the Packers
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Speaker 2: is doing superbly well and you know the other lads
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Speaker 2: skip the mind McNamee as well. These these laws have
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Speaker 2: come through that you know, not even the collegiate system,
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Speaker 2: but you know, coming through and playing their best ball,
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Speaker 2: and they're doing the country Ireland such a you know,
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Speaker 2: a proud and and prideful you know, you know, just
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Speaker 2: putting the foot forward for Ireland. I feel like and
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Speaker 2: I wish that I was a bit younger, I would
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Speaker 2: probably take up the reins, but unfortudly that that's that's
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Speaker 2: pass me value. But who knows.
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Speaker 1: It was great to see even back a while ago now,
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Speaker 1: but it was great to see guys like Mark Jackson
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Speaker 1: go to Pittsburgh and try out. And I have no
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Speaker 1: doubt that with a number of the names that you
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Speaker 1: mentioned there, and maybe for people in America or the UK,
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Speaker 1: Europe listen, then they haven't heard of these names. Maybe
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Speaker 1: at some point we'll see the Steelers that look to
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Speaker 1: the Emerald dial in a different capacity in that sense.
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Speaker 1: But that being said, we got Chris bos Guy is money,
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Speaker 1: guy is legit. We're gonna hear from coach Tomlin today.
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Speaker 1: We're also gonna hear from Aaron Rodgers ahead of this
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Speaker 1: Monday night football game. Before we do that that ag,
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Speaker 1: let's say jump on our de Lorean and look back
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Speaker 1: a bit. You know, going into Baltimore is one thing,
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Speaker 1: going into Baltimore when there's a lot of talk, a
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Speaker 1: lot of nets around the league. And the Steelers put
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Speaker 1: it up against the Ravens, and yes, I know it
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Speaker 1: wasn't easy at the end. It was hard attack stuff.
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Speaker 1: Towards the end of that game, they won the game
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Speaker 1: like they won the game, and they found a way
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Speaker 1: to get back on top of the North. And most crucially,
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Speaker 1: we see Buffalo defeating Cincinnati. The Browns lose as well,
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Speaker 1: and you know, you see a lot of discourse on
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Speaker 1: the internet the minute in regards to you know about
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Speaker 1: the playoffs and about having, you know, trying to win,
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Speaker 1: trying to get to the top of your conference. It's
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Speaker 1: not gonna matter that much if you win your division
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Speaker 1: and then go out and beat the team this one
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Speaker 1: more games in the playoffs that you have to get in.
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Speaker 1: I think right now it's find a way to win,
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Speaker 1: get in. And certainly last week that looked really really
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Speaker 1: enjoyable performance in the sense of we finally see DK
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Speaker 1: have a bit of a monster game if having a
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Speaker 1: touchdown of course over nearly one hundred and fifty yards
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Speaker 1: on the day itself, but just guys finally sort of
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Speaker 1: taking that little step up. And it feels like throughout
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Speaker 1: that week there was a bit of a wake up
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Speaker 1: Columnost but then again Rogers, it was obvious he was
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Speaker 1: taking a bit of time back to get back to
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Speaker 1: that injury. So far, so good. I loved the Green
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Speaker 1: Bay esque celebration from Rogers where he went mental. But
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Speaker 1: an enjoyable game. You must have been very happy watching that.
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Speaker 1: Do you have a hope again?
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Speaker 2: How do you feel you know, you know, just like
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Speaker 2: what was it in the Sopranos that Sylvia who says,
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Speaker 2: just when you you know you're out, they pull you
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Speaker 2: back in. That's just freezing. What's going on with the
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Speaker 2: Steelers Sainteigel. This year we spoke about, you know, you
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Speaker 2: mentioned a few names are about you know, the AFC
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Speaker 2: obviously Cincinnati and you know Cleveland's and never thereway, but
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Speaker 2: this a FC is absolutely up for grabs. I mean,
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Speaker 2: counsas city's on the ropes. The Chargers haven't looked great,
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Speaker 2: you know, the Broncos, you know, of course they're they're
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Speaker 2: they're sitting in the one seed, but they're easily beat able.
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Speaker 2: The Patriots are under young Drake May. It's wide open,
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Speaker 2: and I think it's time for you know, a nine
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Speaker 2: and six, nine and seven, nine and eight teen to
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Speaker 2: come up and take the reins for the sc and
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Speaker 2: the Super Bowl. And you mentioned about the game as well.
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Speaker 2: You know, Aran Rodgers arguably his best game as a Steeler,
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Speaker 2: I mean over two hundred and eighty yards passing even
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Speaker 2: a Russian scorer in there as well. He really looked
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Speaker 2: in command of that offense, and especially on third downs.
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Speaker 2: You know, we were eight a fifteen on third down,
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Speaker 2: which is our best the year, I believe. And you
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Speaker 2: mentioned as well, DC, I mean unstoppable one hundred and
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Speaker 2: forty eight yards. The Ravens just didn't have an answer
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Speaker 2: for him all afternoon. And you know, statistically as well
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Speaker 2: on the defensive side, it was classic Steelers football, like
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Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter.
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Speaker 1: Because a week before, like the week before against the Bills,
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Speaker 1: And this is something we probably after mention as well,
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Speaker 1: because I know you weren't in the podcast, but you know,
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Speaker 1: for that Bills team to run through that Steelers defense,
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Speaker 1: it was an issue. I think that's what kept me
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Speaker 1: more beast seeing an improvement than that, because it's one
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Speaker 1: thing improving it on one side of the ball, as
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Speaker 1: I'm sure you're going to talk about now that that
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Speaker 1: defense look a lot more at home, even on the run.
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Speaker 2: Exactly. And you know it came up with the clutch
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Speaker 2: player the game. You know, the Ravens were driving for
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Speaker 2: that winning touchdown and you know, all Heismith comes up
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Speaker 2: with a huge sack on the Ravens on the final
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Speaker 2: drive and you know that really you know, then the
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Speaker 2: overturn touchdown late in the game end up being a
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Speaker 2: big difference. You know, you can have your own opinion
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Speaker 2: on it. MC personally, I don't think it was a catch.
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Speaker 2: Maybe it's a beast point of view. But we've had,
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Speaker 2: you know, those calls go against us in the past,
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Speaker 2: so Ravens Vaughan's adversuitly just need to suck it up.
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Speaker 2: But look, we didn't play it perfect. We did make
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Speaker 2: you know, the big players on the day when it're
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Speaker 2: moderned most and you know, that's the kind of win
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Speaker 2: that can define the season. You know, it's been a
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Speaker 2: really rocky a couple of weeks for us, you know,
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Speaker 2: as i'vemagined, but we now find ourselves, you know, a
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Speaker 2: tight grip on that AFC nor if he had another
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Speaker 2: thing the stretch and ultimately that's all the matters the
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Speaker 2: stage of the season.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, before we listen to coach Tomlin here just to
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Speaker 1: mention that you're talking about that final stretch Caedars Monday
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Speaker 1: Night Football, Lions, Browns, Ravens. I don't care who you are.
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Speaker 1: I don't care what team you support or or where
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Speaker 1: your loyalty lies in this league. The Lions in Detroit
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Speaker 1: is a hard game. I know they're having a bit
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Speaker 1: of an up and down season. This is a big,
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Speaker 1: big game on Monday Night for me. And we'll talk
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Speaker 1: about this in a second properly, Doug. It's really try
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Speaker 1: and win free out of the last four or at
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Speaker 1: least two out of the last four, especially getting a
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Speaker 1: Brown's game under your belt in AFC Nor would be
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Speaker 1: crucial because of that extra game against the Ravens in
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Speaker 1: that sense, but definitely starts this week with a big
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Speaker 1: game against the Dolphins, an extra day for Stedars fans
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Speaker 1: to wait for a bit of football. So people are
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Speaker 1: listening to this on a Friday, I hope everybody is
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Speaker 1: a great weekend. Before we look at this game and
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Speaker 1: we give our keys to the game, we're gonna hear
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Speaker 1: from both coach Tomlin and Stedars quarterback Aran Rodgers the
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Speaker 1: Iris Shooters podcast presented by aer Lingus.
9:06
Speaker 3: We talked about activity and productivity and it being a difference,
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Speaker 3: and those are two guys meant a bit highly productive
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Speaker 3: at whooping blocks and making tackles in that space with
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Speaker 3: a high level of consistency, and it was needed as
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Speaker 3: you battle for blades of grass and the field position
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Speaker 3: game in games like that. Largely though, I just I
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Speaker 3: liked everyone's smiling the face of adversity mentality. The environment
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Speaker 3: was a tough and competitive one. Certainly, the Ravens are
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Speaker 3: a worthy dance partner, and we're able to get the
9:36
Speaker 3: job done now as we lean in on Monday Night
9:38
Speaker 3: football this week. We're excited about Monday Night football at Akashure. Certainly,
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Speaker 3: the Dolphins are as high as any team in the NFL.
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Speaker 3: I'll start first with their defense. If you look at
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Speaker 3: these guys statistically over the last five weeks, man, they're
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Speaker 3: tops in football. I'm gonna think they're giving up thirteen
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Speaker 3: point two points per game over that span. Third down
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Speaker 3: conversion rate is like at thirty one percent. They got
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Speaker 3: nine turnovers. I think that's second in football, and so
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Speaker 3: there's some of the very critical statistics that measure how
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Speaker 3: you're playing. They're checking those boxes and that's why they've won.
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Speaker 3: They've been the winners of four straight. When you keep
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Speaker 3: the point total down, you take the ball away, you're
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Speaker 3: good on third down. I think they're twenty two TD
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Speaker 3: raid in the red zone, and so they're stingy in
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Speaker 3: that area as well. They're doing all the things you
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Speaker 3: need to do to play really good defense. I love
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Speaker 3: their linebacker tandem, both highly productive instinct football players, volume tacklers.
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Speaker 3: You better get hats on those guys if you want
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Speaker 3: to make plays. Not only in the running game, but
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Speaker 3: just in the perimeter game, et cetera very active tandem.
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Speaker 3: They leave them on the field quite a bit. They
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Speaker 3: don't go to dime on third down and things of
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Speaker 3: that nature like a lot of teams do this time
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Speaker 3: of year. Twenty and twenty five are gonna be in
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Speaker 3: the middle of everything. I think they've been really solid
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Speaker 3: in the secondary. One stay solidified some of their you know,
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Speaker 3: divisional labor, and I think Maka has been significant in
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Speaker 3: that regard. He's been playing nickel for them, and they've
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Speaker 3: got more depth, certainly at safety than they do at
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Speaker 3: corner and and and Maker's versatility has been an asset
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Speaker 3: to him. He's done an awesome job as a as
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Speaker 3: a guy that plays closer to the line of scrimmage
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Speaker 3: in the nickel position, a guy that blitzes certainly in
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Speaker 3: base he plays free safety, and there's a hub of
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Speaker 3: communication and center fielder back there for him.
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Speaker 4: There.
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Speaker 3: They got two really good, solid veteran corners who do
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Speaker 3: a nice job of keeping things in front of them.
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Speaker 3: They're very aware and instinct players. Raoul has been around
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Speaker 3: a long time, Jones has been around a long time.
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Speaker 4: Now.
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Speaker 3: They're ball guys. You see it. They've taken the ball away.
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Speaker 3: They hunt the ball via the turnovers and uh, punching
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Speaker 3: and collective is really impressive, Really impressive by Bradley Chubb's efforts.
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Speaker 3: You know, I think he missed a significant time amount
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Speaker 3: of time over the last year or two. He certainly
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Speaker 3: appears to have found his footing. He's a challenge for
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Speaker 3: us in terms of the edge rush, particularly with some
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Speaker 3: instability that we have at tackle. It's gonna be a
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Speaker 3: challenge minimizing his impact on the game. But but Chopp
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Speaker 3: is a designated rusher Judon They they've got a quality
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Speaker 3: edge group, and certainly they got some capable guys inside
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Speaker 3: as well. On the offensive side of the ball. I
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Speaker 3: can't say enough about a Chain and their running game
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Speaker 3: and and how they've been playing behind that over the
12:36
Speaker 3: course of the last month or so. When they've been
12:38
Speaker 3: on that win streak. Even last week with Wright, they
12:43
Speaker 3: were able to do similar things that they've done. Uh,
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Speaker 3: they've really anchored down and established a personality there. The
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Speaker 3: offensive line is running off the ball. Uh, they're certainly
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Speaker 3: capable of tacking you vertically down the field. Still, Waddle
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Speaker 3: is a dangerous guy. He's capable of going over the top,
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Speaker 3: He's capable of run after Waller In, particularly in the
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Speaker 3: red zone, is a force to be reckoned with. He's
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Speaker 3: a big body guy, He's good along the inline and
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Speaker 3: so forth in that space, and he's certainly been an
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Speaker 3: asset to him over the second half of the year
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Speaker 3: since his acquisition and activation been a central component of
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Speaker 3: what they do. They utilize a lot of people, They
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Speaker 3: utilize a lot of personnel groups that work to keep
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Speaker 3: you off balanced that way. They got a veteran offensive staff,
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Speaker 3: know a lot of guys on the offensive side of
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Speaker 3: the ball, and so certainly we'll be utilizing the additional
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Speaker 3: time to prepare ourselves, not only strategically, but also just
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Speaker 3: getting really familiar with their personnel, who has been a
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Speaker 3: number of years since we've seen these guys, And certainly
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Speaker 3: I'll take the additional day to get familiar with that
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Speaker 3: component of the matchup as well.
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Speaker 4: Now he had sitting back in August, you wanted one
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Speaker 4: more shot at it. The games like Sundays and what
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Speaker 4: you're going to play the rest of the way. Is
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Speaker 4: that kind of the whole point of it.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, it's been a couple of years since
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Speaker 5: I played in you know, meaningful games in December, so
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Speaker 5: that's why we play. Obviously, you play to win championships,
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Speaker 5: but you got to be in position and playing the
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Speaker 5: right way late in the season. So it's good to
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Speaker 5: be a part of a big time game last Sunday
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Speaker 5: and the rest of these will all be the same.
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Speaker 4: Thomas, would you relish this? Does that manifested anyway? But
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Speaker 4: it wouldn't maybe in October game. No.
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Speaker 5: I mean they're all important, they're all counts the same.
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Speaker 5: I mean, two point win at the Jets Week one
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Speaker 5: looks pretty good, and I think I said that after
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Speaker 5: the game. You know, I went against New England. The
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Speaker 5: way they're playing, they haven't lost on don and things
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Speaker 5: since we beat them, So those are important games that
14:49
Speaker 5: helped you out come December. Aaron, what did you see
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Speaker 5: from your teammates as far as stepping up to the
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Speaker 5: minor the one Sunday? I just felt like we played
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Speaker 5: our game. You know, we were aggressive early on, We
14:59
Speaker 5: get some shots. K had a you know, some splash plays. Obviously,
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Speaker 5: when he's making plays like that, we're a better football team.
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Speaker 5: Getting him involved in the first play wasn't exactly the
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Speaker 5: play call, but I kind of felt when he told
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Speaker 5: me he was thinking about that play Saturday night that
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Speaker 5: I was hoping for a certain coverage so I could
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Speaker 5: give him a shot in the first play of the game.
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Speaker 5: You get us going, and they gave us the coverage
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Speaker 5: I was hoping for, and DK ran a great route
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Speaker 5: and I put the ball in a good spot.
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Speaker 6: You've talked a lot about You've talked a lot about
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Speaker 6: it's in large part because of Mike Ti and what
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Speaker 6: did you see or what did you learn about him
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Speaker 6: in the way that he kind of responded and handled
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Speaker 6: the lockerroom last two weeks especially, No.
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Speaker 5: He's been the same, you know, he's he hasn't changed
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Speaker 5: at all. You know, his meetings are for anybody like
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Speaker 5: myself or Adam coming in or Marquez. You know, it's
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Speaker 5: it's pretty eye opening him Wednesday, Thursday and Friday get
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Speaker 5: in front of the team and talking for you know,
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Speaker 5: thirty plus minutes every single day, and the way that
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Speaker 5: he leads without any notes, and his preparedness every single week,
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Speaker 5: and the way he you know, keeps it tight, tight
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Speaker 5: grasp with the pulse of the team and the energy
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Speaker 5: of the team makes my job a lot easier, is
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Speaker 5: it rare to have.
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Speaker 6: A coach that can be as steady and is kind
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Speaker 6: of same even keel every single day, no matter what's
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Speaker 6: going on in the outside.
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Speaker 5: That's not surprising. I mean, he's been here for how
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Speaker 5: many years, eighteen or nineteen years, never had a losing season.
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Speaker 5: There's got to be something to it, you know. I
16:22
Speaker 5: think every team is looking for that special sauce of
16:24
Speaker 5: a coach who could lead and be consistent and and
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Speaker 5: you know, be involved, understand how to delegate, lead when
16:32
Speaker 5: it needs to be done, and they don't have to
16:35
Speaker 5: fill every space with words. I guess one of his
16:37
Speaker 5: greatest gifts as a head coach is it. In my
16:41
Speaker 5: time here a short time obviously, but I don't feel
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Speaker 5: like he's ever tried to fill a space with unnecessary words.
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Speaker 5: And that might think seem like a small thing, but
16:51
Speaker 5: it's actually, you know, a very meaningful thing that there's
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Speaker 5: just sometimes the more words that are said, the more
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Speaker 5: opportunities for panic or free that can happen. And he's
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Speaker 5: very concise and to the point with the objectives each week,
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Speaker 5: with the opponent that we're playing, and with the expectations
17:08
Speaker 5: for us as a football team. So I think everybody.
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Speaker 5: You know, I have a unique perspective and guys who
17:13
Speaker 5: played elseo have anque perspective coming in here. But the
17:17
Speaker 5: guys that are here should understand how special it is
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Speaker 5: to have a guy like that lean the team.
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Speaker 1: Good to hear from the guys. Monday night football, Tuesday
17:24
Speaker 1: morning football, DOVG. I'm presuming you're like me, you're gonna
17:28
Speaker 1: be to better seven o'clock get up, but a quarter
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Speaker 1: of the one and watching this game one fifteen am.
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Speaker 1: I believe Sky Sports NFL, NFL on the zone or
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Speaker 1: if you're for some reason on a Tuesday morning in
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Speaker 1: your car, OTV Sports up and I mean, if you
17:43
Speaker 1: are fair plenty is but it's on a lot of
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Speaker 1: options to watch this on TV, which is great, Dovog.
17:48
Speaker 1: Since we last, I guess seeing each other in the flesh,
17:50
Speaker 1: one thing has changed in the fact that I got
17:53
Speaker 1: to see the Dolphins play and Spein wasn't a classic
17:57
Speaker 1: game by any stretch of the imagination. But the thing
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Speaker 1: that pressed me with the Dolphins is they're not a
18:02
Speaker 1: classic Dolphins team that we've seen wed on three the years,
18:05
Speaker 1: but they find ways to win, and certainly from that
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Speaker 1: game in Madrid, they beat the Commanders, they go on
18:10
Speaker 1: a bye week, they beat the Saints, and they beat
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Speaker 1: the Jets. And yes, these are low lead teams, I
18:14
Speaker 1: understand that, but they still are going out and doing
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Speaker 1: what they need to do. Like last week against the Jets.
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Speaker 1: Two had an okay game, but they've done very, very
18:23
Speaker 1: well in the run game. They had three different rushing
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Speaker 1: touchdowns from three different guys. One thing they weren't very
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Speaker 1: good at though, was their receiving core with their wide receivers.
18:34
Speaker 1: It wasn't like there wasn't like any you know, massively
18:36
Speaker 1: standout stats there. Defense had a good day against the Jets.
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Speaker 1: Team you would expect and this game is act for sure,
18:43
Speaker 1: you would expect. Seriously, Dabbog in the penultimate home game
18:47
Speaker 1: of the regular season for the Steelers. This this is
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Speaker 1: a game one that we have to win to you know,
18:53
Speaker 1: a game where the Steelers team needs to take control.
18:55
Speaker 1: Color Rush jerseys are back, first off, are easier favorite
18:58
Speaker 1: Steels jerseys and if not, which.
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Speaker 2: Are Yeah, we better doubt. It's hard to beat the
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Speaker 2: the the blacked doubt Steelers home cats have to say,
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Speaker 2: Michael have been waiting for it all year and we're
19:10
Speaker 2: going to get it this week, and it is a
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Speaker 2: really interesting matchup. You know, we come in with a
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Speaker 2: bit of momentum now with that massive win, and but
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Speaker 2: interesting in Miami is you know, quietly dangerous right now.
19:20
Speaker 2: I think the once four straight meaning heavily all that
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Speaker 2: rung game, I'm not really bit of capitalist for the
19:25
Speaker 2: turn around. I mean devon eh Chan and.
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Speaker 1: They're like they're they're a whispering and I know they're
19:30
Speaker 1: not like they're not on the cost here, but they
19:33
Speaker 1: are in with a bit of a whisper of the playoffs,
19:35
Speaker 1: and certainly Miami will be feeling that big time because
19:38
Speaker 1: because of what's happened since the tread Like, you know,
19:40
Speaker 1: this is the weekend where we're going to start to
19:42
Speaker 1: see a lot of movement with those in the hunt.
19:44
Speaker 1: Team's mathematically going out, but they're definitely in with a
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Speaker 1: whisper big.
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Speaker 2: Time, definitely. I Mean, this is a team that looked
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Speaker 2: dead and varied a couple of weeks ago, Mick, and
19:53
Speaker 2: haven't you know, they've really managed to rally really well
19:56
Speaker 2: and it's given them an outside chance of reaching the playoffs.
19:58
Speaker 2: Playoffs you know for the Steelers as well, though, you know,
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Speaker 2: the key is going to be a carying of fagrhythm
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Speaker 2: we saw in Baltimore. You know, if Rogers and that
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Speaker 2: calf can stance thinking, you know, the offensive line gives
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Speaker 2: Rogers time, we should be able to move the ball efficiently.
20:12
Speaker 2: And you know you mentioned about the defense, the Miami
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Speaker 2: defense and very aggressive, you know, very poignant. But at
20:19
Speaker 2: the same time that aggressive can can lead the sort
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Speaker 2: of openings in secondary So that's really what we're We're
20:25
Speaker 2: going to be about trying to move the ball up
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Speaker 2: and down effectively. And then you know, keeping devon chien,
20:30
Speaker 2: you know, keeping a chain around at chain if you
20:32
Speaker 2: like a little bit of player words on there, you know,
20:34
Speaker 2: that's that's really the key to the game.
20:36
Speaker 1: If you like, what do you want to see from us?
20:38
Speaker 1: Because I want to see a bit of a continued
20:40
Speaker 1: progression from that recovery from injury for Aaron Rodgers. I
20:43
Speaker 1: want to see DK get a couple of home touchsdowns
20:45
Speaker 1: on Monday night. You just know that this crowd are
20:48
Speaker 1: going to be fired up for it. And one thing,
20:50
Speaker 1: you know, it hasn't been easy this year. There's been
20:52
Speaker 1: games like that, that Packers game at home, the game
20:56
Speaker 1: against the Bills at home, there have been moments where
20:58
Speaker 1: they cry to think it just had a bit of
20:59
Speaker 1: a time this season. Let's get the crowd on board
21:02
Speaker 1: to get the cry by and I'm sure that we do.
21:04
Speaker 1: The fans will be behind all all the Steelers players,
21:06
Speaker 1: but let's find a way to give them that opportunity
21:08
Speaker 1: early in the game, get control of the game. And yeah,
21:11
Speaker 1: either this game is on overnight for us, let's find
21:14
Speaker 1: a wed to almost get tired and have to go
21:16
Speaker 1: to bettert not furtherly for quarter because the Steelers are
21:19
Speaker 1: up by that much. That's what you want. I want
21:21
Speaker 1: to see a bit more of. I want to say
21:23
Speaker 1: a bit more progression of that run game as well.
21:25
Speaker 1: But if you're gonna start making a bit of a
21:26
Speaker 1: statement on the defense even more so, nice the time
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Speaker 1: to do it.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no, absolutely, you know, I think it's finally time
21:35
Speaker 2: that this run defense, you know, really shines through. You know,
21:37
Speaker 2: if we're going to be able to neutralize the chain,
21:39
Speaker 2: it's going to force two to throw in third long situations,
21:42
Speaker 2: we can make it really ugly for them. So I
21:44
Speaker 2: think defensively, you know, if we can button them up
21:47
Speaker 2: and who is not the greatest, I mean, if he
21:50
Speaker 2: does have a strength. It's probably his pocket presence. But
21:53
Speaker 2: he's not a He's not a great long thrower to
21:56
Speaker 2: the ball. And so I feel like if we can
21:58
Speaker 2: button the chain up, you know, neutralize run game, I
22:01
Speaker 2: feel like it's it's only a matter of time before
22:03
Speaker 2: we get it, get to him. And I mean with
22:05
Speaker 2: you mentioned about Rogers and in the offense, it doesn't
22:07
Speaker 2: need to be a monster game. You know, all he
22:09
Speaker 2: needs is a smart one, which is basically the brand
22:11
Speaker 2: of football he's been playing all year. The Dolphins defense
22:14
Speaker 2: has imagined they're aggressive, but they're vulnerable and you know
22:17
Speaker 2: on extended players, and you know, Rogers' ability to move
22:19
Speaker 2: within the pocket, you know, keeps players you know live
22:22
Speaker 2: and well just need to say as well, Nick, you
22:24
Speaker 2: mentioned about the fans and stuff as well. I think
22:26
Speaker 2: that the Steelers, you know, of course they are a
22:28
Speaker 2: batter team. We are own three on prime time this year.
22:31
Speaker 2: Please get over got win a prime time game? Finally
22:34
Speaker 2: make it one th three. That would be grit.
22:37
Speaker 1: I believe, and I may have this wrong, but I
22:40
Speaker 1: believe from seeing Adam Schefter earlier on in the week
22:44
Speaker 1: on Twitter as I type it in right now on
22:46
Speaker 1: X he put up the current scenarios in terms of
22:50
Speaker 1: what might happen if it continues to play it. I
22:51
Speaker 1: guess obviously a long way to go with the season.
22:54
Speaker 1: Currently as the stands, Steelers are the four seed in
22:57
Speaker 1: the AFC with hosted Chargers in the wild card round. Look,
23:03
Speaker 1: give me a home playoff game. That's all I ask
23:06
Speaker 1: for right now. And I think for us it'll be
23:08
Speaker 1: exciting in January to have that opportunity to at least,
23:11
Speaker 1: you know, talk over a few games haven't been a
23:12
Speaker 1: crack as well, but just a bit of aggression. I
23:15
Speaker 1: think the fans, going back to what you said, the
23:17
Speaker 1: fans need to get a win a Monday, like, get
23:18
Speaker 1: that prime time win and we go from there. And
23:20
Speaker 1: it's hard to believe after this game, we've only got
23:22
Speaker 1: three more regular season games left in the season before
23:25
Speaker 1: it closes the game for another year. And hopefully we've
23:28
Speaker 1: got a deep run in January and hopefully we're meeting
23:30
Speaker 1: each other, right maybe watching the championship game somewhere, Please
23:33
Speaker 1: God touchwood at the end of the month. But look,
23:36
Speaker 1: for me, I think this is comfortable for the stats.
23:39
Speaker 1: I'm going to say twenty seven to ten of the
23:40
Speaker 1: Steers Monday night. I think this is the business end
23:43
Speaker 1: of the season. This is football. Whether you know, we
23:45
Speaker 1: are very lucky to have a lot of progression in
23:47
Speaker 1: this team, whereas we're not seeing Philip Rivers, God rest
23:50
Speaker 1: them or God bless them, almost come back in to
23:53
Speaker 1: this Colts team. It's just been a mad season. But
23:56
Speaker 1: in the year where we're seeing the Broncos and the
23:58
Speaker 1: Patriots challenging the AFC, let's turn the clock back a
24:01
Speaker 1: couple of years more and look at the Steelers challenge
24:03
Speaker 1: even more so in this AFC. Give me a twenty
24:06
Speaker 1: seven to ten victory. Do you agree? Have you got
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Speaker 1: a different mindset in terms of the score?
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Speaker 2: Not gonna surprise you might a do agree. I'm gonna
24:14
Speaker 2: go a bit more conservative. I think twenty four to
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Speaker 2: nineteen Steelers.
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Speaker 1: Are you trying to give me a hard attack on
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Speaker 1: a Monday night? Are you twenty four to nineteen against
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Speaker 1: tu fare bleddy? I like it.
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Speaker 2: I'm just I'm just learning from experience. You know, we're
24:28
Speaker 2: the Steelers. You know, we never make it easy on ourselves.
24:30
Speaker 2: But the same time, that seems when we when we're best,
24:33
Speaker 2: I mean, when these close games almost feel better when
24:36
Speaker 2: we when we win a close game. So you know
24:38
Speaker 2: two is not a He's not he's a warm water quarterback.
24:40
Speaker 2: It's well, you know documented how he doesn't do well
24:44
Speaker 2: when he's playing in cold weather. And I think that's
24:47
Speaker 2: gonna obviously, you know, do us the world of good
24:50
Speaker 2: and you know as well as that, just as you mentioned,
24:52
Speaker 2: you know, a couple of the teams there, you know,
24:53
Speaker 2: a Hume playoff game, the Chargers, Buffalo chances to make
24:57
Speaker 2: revenge on what we've actually already experience. We lost to
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Speaker 2: the Chargers, we lost the Bills, and we beat the
25:02
Speaker 2: coach as well. They are another team that filterning around there,
25:05
Speaker 2: so we've got a lot of chance for you know, redemption.
25:08
Speaker 2: And I feel like this is a good way to
25:10
Speaker 2: start this, you know, win of four games, you know
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Speaker 2: what you imagined as well, two three wins. I reckon
25:15
Speaker 2: two wins should do it. I mean, a look at
25:16
Speaker 2: the Ravens schedule, They've got a more difficult schedule. So
25:19
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, tutting out win the next
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Speaker 2: two three or four games. I think we're in with
25:23
Speaker 2: shout and I'm gonna go twenty four to nineteen. Take
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Speaker 2: it to the bank.
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Speaker 1: We'll see what happens after this Monday night game, and
25:29
Speaker 1: we'll see what our mindset is going into this game
25:32
Speaker 1: in Detroit in week sixteen. But that I know that
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