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HR1: The Latest · In the Locker Room presented by Neighborhood Ford Store (Pittsburgh Steelers)

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  Speaker 2: And thanks very much for being with us in the
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  Speaker 2: locker room. I think we're going to hold off on the,
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  Speaker 2: are we going to hold off on the, We'll let
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  Speaker 2: Max do that next segment, the emergence of Optimus Prime,
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  Speaker 2: because we have a special guest joining us in the
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  Speaker 2: locker room. I don't want this to be in any
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  Speaker 2: way telling you to go find the Colts broadcast on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: We want you to find the Steelers broadcast on Sunday.
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  Speaker 2: But Matt Taylor is a play-by-play man for the really
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  Speaker 2: excellent Colts broadcast and is joining us now. Um, Matt,
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  Speaker 2: first of all, I want to say, thanks for being
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  Speaker 2: with us. Secondly, I will be huddling with you to
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  Speaker 2: make sure I have the myriad of interesting names in
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  Speaker 2: your roster pronounced correctly for the game on Sunday.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Anytime the Colts have a couple of guys, it seems
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  Speaker 4: like every, every roster nowadays as the game becomes more
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  Speaker 4: international and more global, uh, the phonetics are, uh, even more, uh,
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  Speaker 4: no pun intended, more, more pronounced and more important. And, uh, Yeah,
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  Speaker 4: that's a big part of every pregame ritual now is
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  Speaker 4: to make sure you get these names right because they're
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  Speaker 4: coming from every part of the globe nowadays.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, the Bengals have the all-initial team. Like everybody in
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  Speaker 2: their team is B-J or D-J or J-D or B-F
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  Speaker 2: or whatever. And then the Colts have the pronunciations that
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  Speaker 2: are interesting. We'll get to those. What about this? Matt,
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  Speaker 2: tell me about this Colts team because when you guys
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  Speaker 2: came to Pittsburgh last year, The team was really in
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  Speaker 2: good shape. I think they were 7-1 at the time.
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  Speaker 2: Lost to the Steelers, won the next week, then lost
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  Speaker 2: seven in a row. Daniel Jones was hurt. Obviously, that
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  Speaker 2: was a huge part of that. Lost the first two
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  Speaker 2: games this year, so suddenly you're looking at a nine-game
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  Speaker 2: losing streak, but have won the last two. So, where
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  Speaker 2: does this team sit? You know, under Shane Steichen, it's
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  Speaker 2: been 9-8, 8-9, 8-9. I think the Probably the tendency
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  Speaker 2: is to look at them as kind of an average
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  Speaker 2: football team, which is not a horrible thing, obviously. Two
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  Speaker 2: and two this year. Where do they sit, Matt? What
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  Speaker 2: do we expect to see here?
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  Speaker 4: Well, you laid it out pretty well right there. There's
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  Speaker 4: been a lot of highs. There's been some lows. It's
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  Speaker 4: definitely been a roller coaster last 17 or 18 months
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  Speaker 4: with this franchise. You mentioned it, you know, getting off
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  Speaker 4: to that great start last year, seven and one. and
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  Speaker 4: they were just beating the you-know-what out of teams. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: their average margin of victory through the first 10 games
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  Speaker 4: last year was 14.5, which, you know, I mean, you
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  Speaker 4: just don't see that in the NFL. And then, unfortunately,
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  Speaker 4: the reality was they lost some of their key players
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  Speaker 4: on both sides of the ball at the most inopportune time.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the schedule heated up on them down the
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  Speaker 4: stretch of that season, and they played the biggest games
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  Speaker 4: of the year, without Daniel Jones and DeForest Buckner and
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  Speaker 4: Charverius Ward and Sauce Gardner and some other guys. And
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  Speaker 4: so they lost their last nine games or seven games,
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  Speaker 4: I should say, last year. And five of those games
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  Speaker 4: were decided by one score. So they were right there.
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  Speaker 4: But listen, coulda, woulda, shoulda, man. I mean, there's no
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  Speaker 4: more victories in the NFL. So, I mean, it was
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  Speaker 4: just a really disappointing way to end the year. The
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  Speaker 4: Colts last year became... the first team in NFL history
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  Speaker 4: to start eight and two or better and not make
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  Speaker 4: the playoffs. So, I mean, it was just a really
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  Speaker 4: dubious way to end the year. And then this year
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  Speaker 4: they lose their first two games. And, you know, one
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  Speaker 4: of those was a 33 to 30 overtime loss to
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  Speaker 4: Kansas city, a game they probably should have won and
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  Speaker 4: didn't make enough plays. And unfortunately the early part of
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  Speaker 4: this year, you had some themes that, that came back up,
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  Speaker 4: not being able to win close games, not being able
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  Speaker 4: to close games out against the better competition in the
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  Speaker 4: AFC and really league-wide. So they've won their last two,
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  Speaker 4: which is good. But to be fair, those two teams
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  Speaker 4: that they've beaten, the Texans and the Commanders combined one
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  Speaker 4: and seven. Those offenses are terrible. The Colts played them.
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  Speaker 4: They played Houston without Nico Collins. They played the Commanders
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  Speaker 4: last week without Terry McLaurin. They were used a third
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  Speaker 4: string quarterback for most of that game last week in London.
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  Speaker 4: If you guys got up early to watch that game,
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  Speaker 4: it wasn't pretty. So, you know, listen, two and two
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  Speaker 4: is good, but this is a huge test for the
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  Speaker 4: Colts to go on the road and play a good
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  Speaker 4: Pittsburgh team. And like you said, go back to the
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  Speaker 4: scene of the crime from last year where they were
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  Speaker 4: riding high. And then after that Pittsburgh game, you know,
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  Speaker 4: DeForest Buckner got banged up in that game, had the
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  Speaker 4: neck injury and just, that game kind of like set
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  Speaker 4: the tone in a bad way for the Colts. After
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  Speaker 4: that game, things just slowly started to unravel in a
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  Speaker 4: bad way down the stretch.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, and Matt, I think that's kind of, you know,
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  Speaker 5: where we kind of leave it, right? It was a
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  Speaker 5: tale of two teams kind of going in and separating
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  Speaker 5: manners last year. But like you said, coming in this
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  Speaker 5: year and looking at kind of where the team stands,
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  Speaker 5: you know, I look at last week and, I think
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  Speaker 5: having DeForest Buckner, Latu, and all those guys kind of rallying,
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  Speaker 5: how do you think the team is adjusting to going on?
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  Speaker 5: Because normally teams that go on the international trip usually
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  Speaker 5: take the bye after that. And obviously the Colts forego
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  Speaker 5: that in their scheduling. How do you think that's going
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  Speaker 5: to affect them with that time change and coming back
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  Speaker 5: onto these and then having to travel really again after
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  Speaker 5: you get back home?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's interesting. I mean, both the Colts and the
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  Speaker 4: Commanders last week, neither team elected to take their bye.
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  Speaker 4: Neither team wanted to have an early bye week five
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  Speaker 4: this early in the season, which you can understand. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: it just makes for a long back half of the season,
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  Speaker 4: if you will, if you want to put it that way.
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  Speaker 4: So yeah, that's a theme of this game. You've got
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  Speaker 4: a team on long rest in those Steelers on nine days,
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  Speaker 4: and then the Colts on, I don't know if it's
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  Speaker 4: short rest, but shorter rest because of the eight or
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  Speaker 4: nine hour flight home back from London and then, you know,
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  Speaker 4: acclimating to a couple of different time zones. You know,
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  Speaker 4: I'm not, I don't pretend to be a world-class professional
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  Speaker 4: NFL athlete, but only speaking for myself, guys, you know,
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  Speaker 4: I just got back to normal last night. You know,
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  Speaker 4: I just now kind of slogged off the sluggishness of,
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  Speaker 4: you know, a short week and, you know, being, displaced for,
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  Speaker 4: for that short of time and then having to come
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  Speaker 4: back on Eastern time zone. So, you know, I think
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  Speaker 4: it's probably fair to say that guys are just now
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  Speaker 4: kind of getting back into, you know, their normal routines
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  Speaker 4: and feeling good about where they're at from a body
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  Speaker 4: acclimation standpoint. So we'll see how it manifests itself. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: I think now it's, it's a storyline, but I think
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  Speaker 4: once you get to, you know, noon or one o'clock on,
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  Speaker 4: on Sunday, I think all that kind of goes out
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  Speaker 4: the window and then you got, you have guys just
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  Speaker 4: playing football and then May the best team win, and
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  Speaker 4: the team that makes the fewest mistakes is probably going
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  Speaker 4: to be the winner. And then for the Colts in
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  Speaker 4: that regard, you've got to clean up the turnovers. When
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  Speaker 4: you talk about mistakes, the Colts have been so plagued
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  Speaker 4: with giveaways the last couple of games. I mean, Daniel
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  Speaker 4: Jones has five turnovers the last two games, and that's
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  Speaker 4: not good going into that environment in that stadium with
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  Speaker 4: the crowd and that defense, which already has eight takeaways,
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  Speaker 4: number two in the NFL. So that's something that's got
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  Speaker 4: to be cleaned up, especially last year. Colts had six giveaways,
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  Speaker 4: five sacks on Daniel Jones. It was just a nightmare
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  Speaker 4: trying to move the ball consistently against that defense.
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  Speaker 6: One of the sore spots on the defense is there
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  Speaker 6: at the safety position. Obviously, we're hoping we'll get back
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  Speaker 6: to Sean Elliott soon. We know you guys have Ty Warren,
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  Speaker 6: a big time tight end who I followed in college
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  Speaker 6: and continue to follow. I think he's had a productive
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  Speaker 6: career thus far. Do you feel like he needs to
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  Speaker 6: be more utilized for the Colts to have a more stable,
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  Speaker 6: I guess, a more opportunistic chance on winning Sunday?
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  Speaker 4: Well, I mean, it's kind of a catch-22 so far
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  Speaker 4: with Warren. He's got 23 catches already, which is, I think,
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  Speaker 4: second most among tight ends league-wide in terms of grabs.
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  Speaker 4: So he's been heavily utilized where you want to see
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  Speaker 4: Tyler Warren be more impactful is just yards per catch.
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  Speaker 4: He's got 23 grabs for less than 10 yards per
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  Speaker 4: catch in terms of an average this year. So that's
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  Speaker 4: the biggest problem for the Colts. I mean, Warren's kind
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  Speaker 4: of a microcosm of that is, you know, Colts, they
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  Speaker 4: lost Alec Pierce. You know, you guys know Pierce is
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  Speaker 4: such a great dynamic receiver. He can really stretch the defense.
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  Speaker 4: It's not just the plays that Pierce produces down the field.
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  Speaker 4: It's the threat of Pierce because he's out there every play,
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  Speaker 4: and the defense has to respect that. So they've lost
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  Speaker 4: that component of their offense, which made them really special
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  Speaker 4: last year in those first 10 games that we talked
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  Speaker 4: about when everybody was healthy. And you're feeling the negative
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  Speaker 4: effect of Pierce in his absence. I mean, the Colts
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  Speaker 4: only have nine completions all year over 20 yards, and
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  Speaker 4: Daniel Jones has yards per attempt number hovering. just under six.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, last year he was at 8.1. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: that's a drastic difference, as you guys know, in terms
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  Speaker 4: of being able to move the ball. So, you know,
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  Speaker 4: the Colts right now from a, I guess you would
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  Speaker 4: call it from an identity standpoint on offense, they're a
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  Speaker 4: very long drive, possession, you know, run the ball team.
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  Speaker 4: You know, they want to score in 8, 9, 10 plays,
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  Speaker 4: milk some clock. get some key third down conversions because
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  Speaker 4: they're just not the explosive offense that they could have
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  Speaker 4: been last year when Pierce was healthy, which means you
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  Speaker 4: got to stay on schedule. You know, you got to
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  Speaker 4: run the ball well on first and second down. And
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  Speaker 4: anything that could disrupt you can really set you back.
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  Speaker 4: You know, a tackle for loss, a sack, a penalty,
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  Speaker 4: obviously a takeaway, which is so concerning when you play
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  Speaker 4: the Steelers defense. So you can't get behind on the chains.
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  Speaker 4: And you also can't get behind on the scoreboard from
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  Speaker 4: a stylistic standpoint on who the Colts are right now
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  Speaker 4: on offense without Alec Pierce.
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  Speaker 2: Interesting offseason in that the Colts traded Michael Pittman to
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers and signed Keenan Allen kind of to take
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  Speaker 2: his place. Somewhat similar receivers, I think, big guys. You
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  Speaker 2: expect him to make catches. You expect him to pick
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  Speaker 2: up first downs. We haven't really seen, Matt, Michael Pittman
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  Speaker 2: at his best. I was really– I was bullish on
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  Speaker 2: that pickup for the Steelers because he's a big target.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen him be an excellent blocker. He has a
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  Speaker 2: reputation for having sure hands, although he's had a couple
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  Speaker 2: of drops this year. Hasn't really quite caught hold, but
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  Speaker 2: when he's playing well and when he's healthy and when
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  Speaker 2: he's got a rapport with Aaron Rodgers at his best,
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  Speaker 2: how would you describe Michael Pittman to Steelers fans?
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  Speaker 4: Well, just backing up a little bit from a Colts standpoint,
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  Speaker 4: You know, this was a weird offseason for the Colts
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  Speaker 4: in free agency because, you know, it hasn't worked out
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  Speaker 4: with Anthony Richardson. So the franchise quarterback, you know, from
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  Speaker 4: a perfect world standpoint for the Colts, Anthony Richardson would
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  Speaker 4: be this team's quarterback and he'd be on the last
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  Speaker 4: year of a rookie contract. Well, Daniel Jones was on
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  Speaker 4: a one-year deal last year and hit free agency again.
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  Speaker 4: So the Colts had to pay that quarterback position back.
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  Speaker 4: they had to pay that guy way more than they
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  Speaker 4: wanted to much earlier than they wanted to because of
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  Speaker 4: Anthony Richardson, not being the starter here. So when you
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  Speaker 4: pay Daniel Jones or the quarterback spot, 40 plus million
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  Speaker 4: dollars a year, and then you re-sign Alec Pierce, which
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  Speaker 4: I thought was the right move to do for the Colts.
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  Speaker 4: When you pay Pierce north of $ 25 million a year,
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  Speaker 4: you got to have, you have to make some tough decisions.
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  Speaker 4: and that's where Pittman kind of fell by the wayside
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  Speaker 4: for the Colts because it was going to be tough
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  Speaker 4: to pay the quarterback 40-plus, another receiver 25-plus, and Pittman
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  Speaker 4: was under contract for, I believe, just over $ 21 million
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  Speaker 4: a year. So had to make a tough call there,
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  Speaker 4: and so it really wasn't because they wanted to rid
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  Speaker 4: themselves of Michael Pittman or they didn't value him at all.
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  Speaker 4: It was financials more so than anything else. But when
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  Speaker 4: Pittman's playing well, I mean, Pittman's got the fifth most
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  Speaker 4: targets and catches in Colts history. And this is going
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  Speaker 4: to sound like I'm sliding him, but it's really a compliment.
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  Speaker 4: You know, Pittman historically, you know, around here, we used
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  Speaker 4: to say Pittman is like a tight end and a
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  Speaker 4: wide receiver's body. because he's big, he's strong. Like you said,
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  Speaker 4: he's bought into the running game. He's a really physical
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  Speaker 4: and willing blocker on the outside. So he's good, you know,
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  Speaker 4: just for the mentality of the offense. But he makes
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  Speaker 4: a lot of his catches historically between the numbers and
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  Speaker 4: 15 to 20 yards down the field and his yards
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  Speaker 4: per catch number they're they're kind of in line with
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  Speaker 4: a tight end you know somewhere between 10 and 15
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  Speaker 4: yards not like a number one wide receiver so it
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  Speaker 4: was kind of a polarizing guy in that regard around
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  Speaker 4: here for the Colts because as far as the Colts
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  Speaker 4: offense was concerned he was the number one target but
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  Speaker 4: a lot of fantasy football owners looked at him and
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  Speaker 4: say well he's not truly a number one guy because
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  Speaker 4: of the yardage the yards per catch and you know,
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  Speaker 4: the run after the catch stuff, the big plays, that's
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  Speaker 4: just not who Pittman, that's not who he is in
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  Speaker 4: terms of production. So I think if Steelers fans know
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  Speaker 4: that now going forward, that might change your perspective on
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  Speaker 4: what to expect out of Pittman. But I mean, he's
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  Speaker 4: one of the best leaders or was one of the
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  Speaker 4: best leaders here for the Colts, completely bought into the
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  Speaker 4: running game and just a really down and dirty physical
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  Speaker 4: receiver that can do a lot of different things.
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  Speaker 7: No, love that insight.
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  Speaker 5: And I think for our listeners out there and Steelers Nation,
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  Speaker 5: I think that's a very key thing to understand because
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  Speaker 5: I think.
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  Speaker 7: People look at it and you see big, tall, fast receiver.
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  Speaker 5: He's got to be the stretch the field guy and
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  Speaker 5: he's the one that's going to run away and burn
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  Speaker 5: with you.
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  Speaker 7: But I think that was a great insight.
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  Speaker 5: So we really appreciate that from someone who's covered him
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  Speaker 5: for multiple years and us just getting.
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  Speaker 7: To know him indeed. And, you know, I want to look,
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  Speaker 7: I want.
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  Speaker 5: To turn to the defensive side of the ball and
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  Speaker 5: just kind of, where you see the progression of this
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  Speaker 5: defense and, and kind of, kind of what's your kind
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  Speaker 5: of expectation is for this group. I know, you know,
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  Speaker 5: dealing with some injuries, but you know, how do you
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  Speaker 5: see this group kind of progressing and, and, and how
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  Speaker 5: they've done so far this season?
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  Speaker 4: Well, it's been a tale of two, two different sets
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  Speaker 4: of games. You know, the first two games, they play
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  Speaker 4: the chiefs and the Ravens, and you've got two great
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  Speaker 4: quarterbacks there and Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes. And unfortunately
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  Speaker 4: those two guys feasted, you know, the, The Chiefs and
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  Speaker 4: Ravens combined for over 1,000 yards against the Colts. The
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  Speaker 4: Colts gave up a lot of big plays in the
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  Speaker 4: passing game, and there was some miscommunication. They had some
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  Speaker 4: green dot communication errors between the linebacker. It seems like
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  Speaker 4: forever ago for NFL standards, but Colts week one, they
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  Speaker 4: were having their green dot communicator be the safety cam
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  Speaker 4: bind them, and it was a disaster. Colts couldn't get
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  Speaker 4: lined up in time, couldn't get lined up right. They
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  Speaker 4: were giving up big plays. So they changed that really
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  Speaker 4: quick and pivoted, and now it's the linebacker, Akeem Davis-Gaither,
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  Speaker 4: taking on that role. That seems to have smoothed out
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  Speaker 4: a little bit. The big plays have been, they're still
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  Speaker 4: showing up, but they're not nearly as prevalent as they
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  Speaker 4: were the first two games. But like I said, the
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  Speaker 4: last two games, you're playing two-bet offenses. And to the
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  Speaker 4: Colts credit, they're holding those teams down. Colts have given
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  Speaker 4: up just a hair over 500 yards combined the last
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  Speaker 4: two games after giving up over a thousand yards the
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  Speaker 4: first two games. So, you know, it's one of those
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  Speaker 4: things where I don't really feel like we know who
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  Speaker 4: the Colts are yet because they've either played, you know,
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  Speaker 4: future Hall of Fame quarterbacks or they've played, you know,
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  Speaker 4: two bad offenses that can't get out of their own
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  Speaker 4: way a little bit. So, We'll find out more on Sunday,
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  Speaker 4: but I think the strength of that unit so far
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  Speaker 4: is their interior pass rush and their defensive tackles. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: across the board, those guys are balling out. DeForest Buckner
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  Speaker 4: is back coming off the neck surgery, and he looks
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  Speaker 4: like he did four or five years ago. Heck, maybe
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  Speaker 4: even better based on the way he's playing, and they
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  Speaker 4: really have good depth this year for the first time
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  Speaker 4: in a long time on the inside. They've got Adetamu Adebare,
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: who's really, really quality. Jerry Tillery, who they picked up
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: in the offseason in free agency, he's given them some
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: nice run. What they need to find is consistency on
• 17:30
  Speaker 4: the outside because I think they only have 10 sacks
• 17:33
  Speaker 4: on the year, and one and a half of that
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: total is coming from the outside. You know, the defensive ends,
• 17:38
  Speaker 4: you know, Layatu, Latu, and Arden Key, and Key's out.
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: Key's going to miss some time with a hamstring injury.
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: He's not going to play on Sunday. So the Colts
• 17:47
  Speaker 4: have got to figure that part of the defense out.
• 17:51
  Speaker 6: Let's talk about the secondary. Sauce Gardner was supposed to
• 17:54
  Speaker 6: be one of your bright spots, obviously coming off the
• 17:57
  Speaker 6: trade from the Jets. How would you assess his time
• 18:00
  Speaker 6: thus far as a Colt?
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: Well, it's been up and down. I mean, the Colts,
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: they picked him up at the trade deadline last year
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: and gave up two first-round picks to do so, which
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: I personally loved it. I love going bold like that
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: to get what I always call a premium player playing
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: a premium position. But Early dividends, they didn't pay off
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: last year because he got hurt, so he missed the
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: last couple of games of the season last year with
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: a calf injury. And this year, he's been either not
• 18:32
  Speaker 4: tested or has given up some big plays. Last week
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: in Washington, he had maybe, at least statistically anyways, one
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: of the worst games of his career. He allowed five
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: completions for 117 yards and a touchdown of 47 yards. And,
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: you know, what kind of raised some red flags there is, again,
• 18:51
  Speaker 4: it's Washington. You know, you gave up two big plays
• 18:54
  Speaker 4: to guys like Traylon Burks and Deami Brown. No disrespect
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: to those guys, but it's not like giving up over
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: 100 yards and a touchdown to, you know, Jamar Chase
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: or Justin Jefferson, right? I mean, all due respect to
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: those guys. So, you know, he knew he didn't play
• 19:09
  Speaker 4: very well last week, and he owned it a little
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: bit and actually used the word embarrassed multiple times, said
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: he was embarrassed about that production. So I think in
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: theory on paper, the Colts have two elite shutdown corners
• 19:24
  Speaker 4: on opposite sides of the field and, and Charverius Ward
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: and sauce Gardner. And I think for the most part,
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: those two guys have played well this year. What's hurt
• 19:33
  Speaker 4: the Colts is the middle of the field, given a
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: big plays on long developing routes because the pass rush
• 19:40
  Speaker 4: has given time for those routes to develop. You know,
• 19:42
  Speaker 4: the long crossers or the deep overs in the middle
• 19:46
  Speaker 4: of the field have really hurt the Colts when it
• 19:48
  Speaker 4: comes to trying to cover for a long time late
• 19:51
  Speaker 4: in the down you know speedy receivers who can get
• 19:53
  Speaker 4: open for guys that can get them to football like
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: in the first two games with Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: Well that is Matt Taylor outstanding play-by-play man for the
• 20:03
  Speaker 2: Indianapolis Colts Matt I look forward to seeing you on
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Sunday Thanks very much for your time and insight, man.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Really appreciate it.
• 20:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah, likewise, guys. Good to be with you and looking
• 20:13
  Speaker 4: forward to it.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: All right, that is Matt Taylor, Indianapolis Colts. Big, big
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: game for these two teams. Every game, of course, is
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: a big game in the AFC North. We're going to
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: dive into this weekend's action within the division when we
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: continue here in the locker room on the Steelers Audio Network.
• 20:33
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• 20:37
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• 20:48
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• 21:02
  Speaker 7: Oh, you know what time it is. I mean, obviously
• 21:04
  Speaker 7: we had a guest.
• 21:05
  Speaker 5: We had the great play-by-play for the Indianapolis Colts, Matt
• 21:08
  Speaker 5: Taylor joining us. So Optimus, you know, gives us a
• 21:13
  Speaker 5: opportunity for the greatest 45 minutes. Not necessarily the power hour,
• 21:18
  Speaker 5: but the power three-quarter hour. So with that, we now
• 21:23
  Speaker 5: say adieu to hour number two, a.k.a.
• 21:26
  Speaker 7: The power three-quarter hour.
• 21:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, the first 15 minutes in the books. Time for
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: our AFC North preview as we look forward to the
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: games in the division that are big ones brought to
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: you by your neighborhood fortune. The F-150 is the official
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: truck of the Pittsburgh Steelers. So we know about the
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Steelers coach. We're going to be talking a lot about that.
• 21:46
  Speaker 2: It is a big game when you think about positioning
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: in the AFC. You go down the standings. Buffalo is
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: at 3-1, but in the AFC East, you have one
• 21:58
  Speaker 2: 2-2 team. That's New England. Of course, the Steelers have
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: already lost to them. I know we're a long way
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: away from looking at playoffs. Still, we're doing that now.
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: Pittsburgh and Cincinnati are 2-2. Indianapolis is 2-2. Denver's 2-2.
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: There's a lot of.
• 22:15
  Speaker 3: Teams.
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: There's some 0-4 teams maybe separating themselves in the wrong direction.
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: But at 2-2, you want to begin to separate yourselves.
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: If you're the Steelers, you already have one non-conference AFC loss.
• 22:26
  Speaker 2: You definitely... you don't want to make it two non-division losses.
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: I mean, you have two conference losses already. So it's
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: a big game for the Steelers. We know that. But
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: as we look at the other games around the division, Max,
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: beginning with the Bengals and the Dolphins, this one would
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: seem to me, with the Bengals being six-and-a-half-point favorites, to
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: be one you can almost automatically chalk up in the
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: win column. They get Miami because of where the team's
• 22:58
  Speaker 2: finished in their respective divisions a year ago. So the
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: Steelers have a first-place schedule. The Bengals get a team.
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: So the Steelers get the Eagles and the Broncos and
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: the top-flight teams because of that first-place finish. The Bengals
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: get the Dolphins. And I would think this is– you
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: can't chalk up anything in the win column yet, but
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: I've got my pen hovered over another W here for
• 23:23
  Speaker 2: the Bengals.
• 23:25
  Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you have to just go ahead and
• 23:28
  Speaker 5: say this is going to be a street fight for
• 23:29
  Speaker 5: the rest of the division for the rest of the year. And,
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: you know, the Bengals are sitting in the catbird seat.
• 23:35
  Speaker 5: But the good thing is at least we have a
• 23:36
  Speaker 5: victory over them right now. I think that's the biggest
• 23:39
  Speaker 5: thing that we can look forward to is that, hey,
• 23:43
  Speaker 5: you know, we're going to have to climb our way
• 23:45
  Speaker 5: out of it because of the first place Cleveland Browns.
• 23:48
  Speaker 7: Does that seem.
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: Weird for everybody to say? It's hard to say.
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: It does not roll off the tongue very easily. So
• 23:57
  Speaker 5: I get it, but at the same time, I mean,
• 24:00
  Speaker 5: this is one where, you know, when you win a
• 24:03
  Speaker 5: division comes a first-place schedule, and that's what we have
• 24:07
  Speaker 5: to kind of get ourselves resigned to the fact that
• 24:09
  Speaker 5: it's going to be tough sledding, especially the second half
• 24:11
  Speaker 5: of the year. It's going to be a challenge, and
• 24:14
  Speaker 5: we're going to have to make sure that we're on
• 24:16
  Speaker 5: top of our P's and Q's And you've got to
• 24:18
  Speaker 5: win the games that you can because it's going to
• 24:20
  Speaker 5: come some games, like you said, later in the year
• 24:23
  Speaker 5: that this division race and a playoff spot is going
• 24:26
  Speaker 5: to matter that we have to be in position to
• 24:29
  Speaker 5: be successful.
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: You know, Willie, I probably would have chalked this– I
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: probably would have just scratched this off without any further
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: conversation at all. But we were talking about belief yesterday,
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: the power of belief in your own football team. And
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: I believe you said you think– that the Dolphins are
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: showing some belief in what they're doing as they try
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: to rebuild. It's clearly a rebuild season for them. I
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: think I've categorized that correctly, your comments from yesterday. And
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: if so, does that make them a little bit of
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: a dangerous team at home where the Bengals better make
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: sure they're ready to go?
• 25:08
  Speaker 6: Yeah, because Jeff Halfley, who was the defensive coordinator for
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: the Green Bay Packers, is now the head coach of
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: the Miami Dolphins. he has been able to show his
• 25:16
  Speaker 6: superpower and allowing that defense to come into fruition. And
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: now they're playing not only scrappy but tough and valid.
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: The scoreboard normally doesn't show because the offense is behind.
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: They don't really have a lot of pieces. And they're
• 25:28
  Speaker 6: deficient in a lot of areas. Nevertheless, man, when he
• 25:33
  Speaker 6: took the job as head coach of the Miami Dolphins,
• 25:35
  Speaker 6: he said he wasn't worried about the naysayers. He wasn't
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: worried about everybody talking about what they didn't have. They
• 25:42
  Speaker 6: just wanted to focus on what they do have. And
• 25:44
  Speaker 6: what they do have is Malik Willis, that quarterback who
• 25:46
  Speaker 6: they brought in from the Green Bay Packers, who they
• 25:49
  Speaker 6: feel has the ability to be the future for them.
• 25:52
  Speaker 6: They feel like they have an offensive line that's starting
• 25:54
  Speaker 6: to grow. They have Caden Proctor, who they brought in
• 25:56
  Speaker 6: from Alabama.
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: The big fella can move.
• 25:59
  Speaker 6: He's playing left tackle for them. And overall, man, they'll
• 26:02
  Speaker 6: continue to make way with what they have. Defensively, I
• 26:05
  Speaker 6: talked about Jacob Rodriguez, the linebacker they drafted out of
• 26:09
  Speaker 6: Texas Tech.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: He had 18.
• 26:10
  Speaker 6: I think he had– the stat could be wrong, so
• 26:13
  Speaker 6: excuse me. But I think he had, damn near, 15
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: or 16 tackles Sunday. And their defensive line is playing better.
• 26:21
  Speaker 6: Charles Robinson continues to be a factor for them.
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: So they feel like they have a defense.
• 26:25
  Speaker 6: They're building– they have pieces, and there's a foundation there.
• 26:30
  Speaker 6: If you're the Dolphins, sure, nobody's looking for you, right?
• 26:34
  Speaker 6: Let's just be honest. But you have to feel optimistic
• 26:37
  Speaker 6: about what you have right now, especially going into this draft.
• 26:40
  Speaker 6: about what you can continue to build upon and hopefully
• 26:43
  Speaker 6: get some free agents in the building that can help
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: you kind of trend upwards. But nevertheless, it's always going
• 26:48
  Speaker 6: to be a scrap against the Bengals because we know
• 26:50
  Speaker 6: what the offense can do, led by Joe Burr. But
• 26:53
  Speaker 6: this won't be an easy game for the Bengals. I
• 26:55
  Speaker 6: expect this game to be a lot more tougher than expected,
• 27:00
  Speaker 6: especially with the injury to Jamar Chase.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: Yeah, Rodriguez, by the way, 14 tackles a week ago.
• 27:05
  Speaker 2: And so, yeah, and again, The Dolphins, you know, playing
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: teams a little bit better and a little bit tighter
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: over the last couple of weeks. Listen, love to see
• 27:14
  Speaker 2: them spring an upset on the Bengals. That would be fantastic. Willie,
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: one you're going to have a close eye on, obviously,
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: is the 3-1 Browns visiting the 1-3 New York Jets. And,
• 27:27
  Speaker 2: you know, I'm a little surprised, but the Jets are
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: slight favorites in this game over the Browns.
• 27:37
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Rob. Go ahead again. I apologize. You're coming
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: in and out.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: Oh, not at all. I was just going to say,
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: I'm surprised as we take a look at our second
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: AFC North matchup with the Browns on the road at
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: the Jets that the Jets are slight favorites over the Browns.
• 27:50
  Speaker 3: Man, it's... This game is for the Jets. This is...
• 27:58
  Speaker 3: This is a big game.
• 27:59
  Speaker 6: And I don't know how to... I'm trying to be...
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: I'm trying to compact this a little bit. This is
• 28:03
  Speaker 6: a big game for the organization.
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: Um.
• 28:06
  Speaker 6: Up until the game against the Bears, the team, the
• 28:09
  Speaker 6: front office, and everybody felt like, yeah, the Jets may
• 28:13
  Speaker 6: have lost some games against the Packers and obviously the
• 28:17
  Speaker 6: Bears and in Detroit. But there was a consensus coming
• 28:20
  Speaker 6: out of the Detroit game that they were the type
• 28:22
  Speaker 6: of team that was trending in the right direction. They
• 28:25
  Speaker 6: were able to take the Packers into overtime. They lost
• 28:29
  Speaker 6: that one, unfortunately. They go on the road to Detroit.
• 28:32
  Speaker 6: They hold up strong, actually get back in that game
• 28:35
  Speaker 6: and rally strong in the fourth quarter. They end up
• 28:37
  Speaker 6: losing that game, too. There's a better offense in the
• 28:40
  Speaker 6: Detroit Lions. And then they go to Buffalo, and they
• 28:44
  Speaker 6: get absolutely floored.
• 28:46
  Speaker 3: I mean, they get run over. They get beat up.
• 28:49
  Speaker 6: It was an ugly game. It was probably one of
• 28:51
  Speaker 6: the worst games, historically, the Jets have ever played, I think,
• 28:55
  Speaker 6: in NFL history. It was really, really bad. So you
• 28:58
  Speaker 6: talk about all the optimism they walked into that Chicago
• 29:02
  Speaker 6: game with.
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: People are now.
• 29:04
  Speaker 6: Questioning what this team is, who are they, what they
• 29:07
  Speaker 6: can do. And even if Aaron Glenn is capable of
• 29:11
  Speaker 6: being the head coach for the New York Jets next year.
• 29:13
  Speaker 6: So going into the game against the Browns, people want
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: to see how this team will respond. Because one of
• 29:19
  Speaker 6: the things the Jets did in the offseason was bring
• 29:21
  Speaker 6: in a lot of veteran leadership led by Demario Davis.
• 29:25
  Speaker 6: You're talking about Minkah Fitzpatrick, X Steeler. Joseph Asai, who
• 29:30
  Speaker 6: once was a Bengals, who's now playing for the Jets.
• 29:32
  Speaker 6: They brought in a lot of veteran leadership, and they
• 29:34
  Speaker 6: wanted to see this veteran group kind of help stabilize
• 29:38
  Speaker 6: this young locker room because it's just, dude, still have
• 29:40
  Speaker 6: a young locker room. But there's now at the point
• 29:42
  Speaker 6: where we talk, you know, we like to throw out
• 29:44
  Speaker 6: the word middle class. They have a lot of the
• 29:46
  Speaker 6: nucleus of the Jets is the middle class. A lot
• 29:49
  Speaker 6: of guys who have played three to four or five
• 29:50
  Speaker 6: years who are kind of moving into the prime of
• 29:53
  Speaker 6: their career. They have a lot of guys who are
• 29:55
  Speaker 6: a little bit on the back nine of their career
• 29:56
  Speaker 6: but still can play at a high level like a
• 29:58
  Speaker 6: DeMario Davis. And so there's a lot of eyes on
• 30:03
  Speaker 6: this game. People know who the Browns are. They put
• 30:05
  Speaker 6: up a great fight, a great show on Thursday night.
• 30:07
  Speaker 6: This isn't about the Browns. This is about the Jets
• 30:10
  Speaker 6: and how they respond to the Browns because we know
• 30:13
  Speaker 6: what the Browns can do.
• 30:13
  Speaker 3: We know how they're built.
• 30:15
  Speaker 6: But there's a lot of questions going into this game
• 30:18
  Speaker 6: and a lot of people looking for answers because if
• 30:20
  Speaker 6: the Jets look anything like they look like or played
• 30:24
  Speaker 6: anything like the way they played against Chicago, man, heads
• 30:26
  Speaker 6: will roll. It was not a good game for the
• 30:28
  Speaker 6: New York Jets. It was a regression, and it was
• 30:32
  Speaker 6: honestly sad to see because I think a lot of
• 30:34
  Speaker 6: people were looking at this Jets team and saying, hey, yeah,
• 30:39
  Speaker 6: this is what their record is, but this is not
• 30:41
  Speaker 6: how they're playing. Well, they went into Chicago, and they
• 30:44
  Speaker 6: were erased off the field, so this is going to
• 30:46
  Speaker 6: be an intense one for the Jets.
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and there was no Caleb Williams in that game.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: You know, look, so the total yardage was 492 to 157.
• 30:54
  Speaker 2: That is super lopsided, but We mentioned this earlier in
• 30:59
  Speaker 2: the week, Willie. I don't know if I can ever
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: remember seeing a game, and I'm sure it's happened. Some
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: of these stats are being parsed up more, so snap
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: count is one of these things that people talk about.
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: How are the players getting a snap count? What are
• 31:14
  Speaker 2: the team snap counts? How many plays are you running?
• 31:16
  Speaker 2: That sort of stuff. The Bears ran 89 plays, and
• 31:22
  Speaker 2: the Jets ran 32. I can't ever remember. I'm sure
• 31:27
  Speaker 2: it's happened. It's not a stat I've kept that close
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: to track of until recently, but that is just, whoa, man.
• 31:35
  Speaker 2: That is a beatdown.
• 31:38
  Speaker 6: They went 0-7 on third down and couldn't run the ball.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: They didn't have Brees Hall.
• 31:44
  Speaker 6: They did have Garrett Wilson and Kenyon Sadiq, who looks
• 31:47
  Speaker 6: to be a superstar, a future superstar in the league,
• 31:52
  Speaker 6: and for the New York Jets. Just overall, defensively, they just,
• 31:54
  Speaker 6: I mean, it was bad. They owned them in the
• 31:57
  Speaker 6: town possession. It was bad from the first quarter to
• 32:00
  Speaker 6: the fourth quarter, and it's nothing to Jets. They just
• 32:03
  Speaker 6: look like the varsity playing the freshman team.
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: It was just rough. It was just a bad day
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: for the Jets overall.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: Max, any thoughts on that Browns-Jets game?
• 32:15
  Speaker 5: Listen, can they just show something? I think that's the
• 32:21
  Speaker 5: biggest thing, Will, and I know it's tough when you're thinking.
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: About your guys and and what all they have.
• 32:29
  Speaker 5: To prove, and you have to look at year two
• 32:34
  Speaker 5: of Aaron Glenn.
• 32:35
  Speaker 7: Is this the right project? Is this the right experiment?
• 32:37
  Speaker 5: But I think also not having Brees Hall once again,
• 32:39
  Speaker 5: I think already puts kind of you guys in a
• 32:42
  Speaker 5: position where you're turning to other options. How good can
• 32:47
  Speaker 5: Garrett Wilson be, and how good can he be that guy?
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: But you're right.
• 32:51
  Speaker 5: Kenyon Sadiq, Mason Taylor, you're now dealing with a team
• 32:55
  Speaker 5: that has– all of the tight end properties to be good,
• 33:00
  Speaker 5: but you need that field stretcher to be competent and
• 33:04
  Speaker 5: be a guy who can help take some of that
• 33:07
  Speaker 5: relief off of the intermediate game so you have more options.
• 33:10
  Speaker 5: And I think, you know, with this Cleveland team, the
• 33:12
  Speaker 5: way that they blitz, I think is what the biggest
• 33:15
  Speaker 5: issue is going to be, right, is how do you
• 33:17
  Speaker 5: protect against a team that can play man and can
• 33:21
  Speaker 5: send four and five, and can the offensive line really
• 33:23
  Speaker 5: hold up to what they're doing in this game? Because
• 33:27
  Speaker 5: we just saw it on Thursday night, and now they've
• 33:28
  Speaker 5: had nine days to kind of chew on it and
• 33:31
  Speaker 5: get even healthier before this game. So I think it's
• 33:35
  Speaker 5: tough sledding for the Jets and for the Browns who
• 33:40
  Speaker 5: finish fourth. You know, they're getting a complimentary schedule that's
• 33:43
  Speaker 5: going to help them kind of ease them into the
• 33:45
  Speaker 5: rest of the season.
• 33:46
  Speaker 2: Well, when you think about, look, we know how, Fans go, right?
• 33:49
  Speaker 2: So the minute the Steelers beat the Bengals, now everyone's posting, hey,
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: look at all the injuries that have happened to the
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: other teams. Look at the quarterbacks the Steelers are facing
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: over the next four or five weeks and, you know, blah, blah.
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: We always do that as fans, right? Hey, look at this.
• 34:03
  Speaker 2: You're always looking at things through, you know, if you're
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: a Steelers fan, black and gold colored glasses. If you're
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: a Cleveland Browns fan, what are they, brown and orange?
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: I don't even know what those colors are.
• 34:14
  Speaker 7: Yeah, brown and orange.
• 34:15
  Speaker 2: Brown and orange colored glasses. So if you're them, you're thinking, okay, look,
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: we got smoked by Jacksonville week one. I get it.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: But Deshaun Watson's playing better. You beat Tampa Bay. Okay,
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: they were kind of a middle-class team. You beat Carolina. Okay,
• 34:30
  Speaker 2: they're kind of a middle-class team. You beat the Steelers
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: at home. That's always a big victory. You had the Jets. Boy,
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: you'd love to be 4-1 against the Jets coming home
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: to face Baltimore with Tennessee on the horizon. You know
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: that's what fans are thinking right now, right? So... The
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: team better not think that because Willie, you think the
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: Jets might give him some trouble this week. And Willie's
• 34:53
  Speaker 2: not alone. They're favored. The Jets are favored in this game.
• 34:55
  Speaker 2: I know they're at home, but I have to say
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: that kind of surprises me a little bit. Not that
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: I pay much attention to that. That just means what
• 35:03
  Speaker 2: people think about it, you know?
• 35:05
  Speaker 6: Well, I think one– a couple things. One– I think
• 35:09
  Speaker 6: the books expect the jets to play the Browns. I
• 35:11
  Speaker 6: guess it's a super bowl because of what they did
• 35:13
  Speaker 6: in Chicago too. It's supposed to be really bad weather.
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: In New York.
• 35:17
  Speaker 3: It's supposed to be rainy and messy.
• 35:19
  Speaker 6: Um, and three on top of that, you know, the
• 35:23
  Speaker 6: jets right now, when you talk about what they do
• 35:26
  Speaker 6: really well, well, it's the ability to.
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: Run the ball. Yeah.
• 35:29
  Speaker 6: They, I mean, they were stagnant against the bears, but
• 35:31
  Speaker 6: the expectation is what the two running backs to have
• 35:34
  Speaker 6: and Breland Allen and Isaiah Davis, uh, that they can make, Hey, um,
• 35:38
  Speaker 6: And I think they just feel like, listen, if the
• 35:41
  Speaker 6: Jets don't do anything, it may be over for them.
• 35:45
  Speaker 6: And so this is a situation where I think the
• 35:47
  Speaker 6: books know that the Jets are going to probably come
• 35:49
  Speaker 6: out and have to, without a doubt, put their best
• 35:52
  Speaker 6: foot forward.
• 35:53
  Speaker 2: So the last game is the Ravens, and they're at
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Atlanta on Sunday night. Atlanta looks completely different with Michael
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: Penix on board, Max, and also– It looks like Lamar
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: Jackson is probably not going to play. Trending in the
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: direction of not playing. Those factors have Atlanta and Atlanta
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: being at home and they're playing better, a three-point favorite
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: in the game. And then, you know, this is an
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: interesting stretch for the Ravens because back-to-back AFC North games
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: at Cleveland, home against Cincinnati. Then you're at Buffalo, and
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: then you're taking on Jacksonville on Sunday night. So you're
• 36:33
  Speaker 2: 3-1 heading into this very interesting stretch of of five
• 36:37
  Speaker 2: games and probably, you know, they, they, they would, you know,
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: this is a big game for them, but they, they,
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: you know, I think Ravens fans would probably without Lamar
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: for at least a week, probably be happy to go
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: three and two in that five game stretch. And, and
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: a victory over the Falcons would go a long way
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: to doing that for them.
• 37:00
  Speaker 5: It, it, it absolutely would. Especially when you see how,
• 37:04
  Speaker 5: they're playing right now, right? I mean, I think that's
• 37:06
  Speaker 5: the other thing that you look at and you say, man,
• 37:08
  Speaker 5: this Atlanta team, you know, we're feeling very, very good
• 37:11
  Speaker 5: that we got them week one, right? Because then it
• 37:14
  Speaker 5: looks like a better victory later in the year because
• 37:18
  Speaker 5: of the fact that we've just had, you know, kind
• 37:22
  Speaker 5: of some mediocre play at times and we're kind of
• 37:24
  Speaker 5: up and down. So it's like, well, when all things
• 37:26
  Speaker 5: are equal, we'd rather have gotten this team. So if
• 37:29
  Speaker 5: you can get advantage of taking it on a team
• 37:32
  Speaker 5: full strength like that, that, that, that's, that's an even
• 37:34
  Speaker 5: better look. But I think, you know, this Falcon squad has,
• 37:38
  Speaker 5: has the weapons. We knew they had the weapons coming
• 37:40
  Speaker 5: into this game. They just didn't show them against us
• 37:42
  Speaker 5: because he had a third string quarterback that's trying to
• 37:44
  Speaker 5: figure out his way and trying to figure out, you know, what, what,
• 37:47
  Speaker 5: what the offense is because you find out that Tua
• 37:50
  Speaker 5: can't go.
• 37:50
  Speaker 7: And then, and then, you know, he's having back spasms.
• 37:54
  Speaker 7: Like there was so many things.
• 37:55
  Speaker 5: And now that kind of all things are equal and
• 37:56
  Speaker 5: they're kind of getting their footing in the NFC South,
• 37:58
  Speaker 5: that's very winnable.
• 38:00
  Speaker 7: You're like, okay, This is a big game.
• 38:03
  Speaker 5: So I would love to see how this plays out
• 38:07
  Speaker 5: on Sunday, but I think you're right.
• 38:08
  Speaker 7: It's going to be one that's going to be fun
• 38:09
  Speaker 7: to watch.
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: The Ravens are interesting to me also, Willie, because they're
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: 20th in the league in allowing 24 points per game. Yeah,
• 38:20
  Speaker 2: they beat the Colts, who the Steelers are going to see,
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: in Indy in Week 1. They lost to New Orleans.
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: They beat Dallas in a shootout 34-31. They beat Tennessee,
• 38:32
  Speaker 2: but it wasn't overly convincing. I mean, it was a
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: solid victory, and you lost Lamar in that game, so
• 38:37
  Speaker 2: I understand why maybe you played things close to the
• 38:40
  Speaker 2: vest a little bit, but I'm not sure where the
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: Ravens are right now as a team, and I'm sure
• 38:45
  Speaker 2: that they're trying to figure out where they are as well.
• 38:47
  Speaker 6: Well, they're struggling to get off the field on third down, honestly,
• 38:51
  Speaker 6: and the pass rush for them right now hasn't been awful,
• 38:54
  Speaker 6: but it's just been stagnant at times, and I think
• 38:56
  Speaker 6: there's an impression that, you know, that they want to
• 39:00
  Speaker 6: get back to being the defense where they not only
• 39:03
  Speaker 6: play complimentary football, but they want to get back to
• 39:06
  Speaker 6: being the bullies on the block.
• 39:08
  Speaker 3: And I'm not sure they have that type of personnel.
• 39:13
  Speaker 6: Right now we talked about Kyle Hamilton kind of being
• 39:15
  Speaker 6: the bright spot on their defense because his ability to
• 39:17
  Speaker 6: play not only over the top but in the box.
• 39:21
  Speaker 6: He's a havoc at the line of scrimmage, so he's
• 39:23
  Speaker 6: been able to have an impact in that regard. And
• 39:25
  Speaker 6: then at certain spots there, they're dealing with some injuries.
• 39:28
  Speaker 6: So overall, man, I think defensively, they're looking to find
• 39:35
  Speaker 6: their identity as well. Matt, a beak way has, you know,
• 39:38
  Speaker 6: he's been clear. He's been into the lineup back in
• 39:41
  Speaker 6: the lineup, but overall, man, it's, it's a situation where
• 39:45
  Speaker 6: I think they feel they are, They've got to get
• 39:47
  Speaker 6: healthier on that side of the ball, but they've also
• 39:50
  Speaker 6: got to find a way to get to the quarterback
• 39:54
  Speaker 6: without blitzing, and they haven't been able to do so.
• 39:57
  Speaker 2: Okay, so up next, that's our AFC North preview. Up next,
• 40:00
  Speaker 2: we are each going to pick one game that intrigues us.
• 40:04
  Speaker 2: We're going to let Willie go first because I think
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: his game and my game might be the same. You
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: know how I am. I'm intrigued by all the games,
• 40:11
  Speaker 2: as you guys let me know last week. Yes, you're
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: a super intriguing guy. I'll pick one. I promise I'll
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: only pick one. That's up next when we continue in
• 40:19
  Speaker 2: the locker room here on the Steelers Audio Network.
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: This is In the Locker Room with Rob King, Max Starks,
• 40:30
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• 40:42
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• 40:51
  Speaker 5: Final segment of the day, and we all know what
• 40:54
  Speaker 5: time it is.
• 40:55
  Speaker 2: Ring the trumpets. That's right.
• 41:00
  Speaker 5: Final segment here in the bell lap hour of our show.
• 41:06
  Speaker 7: And, of course, Rob, we finish off with a bang.
• 41:09
  Speaker 7: Had a great show. Two guests today, right?
• 41:12
  Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
• 41:13
  Speaker 5: Very big moment for us here, a double-segmented day with guests.
• 41:19
  Speaker 5: Talking about and previewing this Colts game we're going to
• 41:21
  Speaker 5: have this weekend. So excited about it. And, of course,
• 41:24
  Speaker 5: we'll get into the rest of our previews. Now I
• 41:28
  Speaker 5: turn it over to you, Rob.
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so we are looking at the games that intrigue
• 41:35
  Speaker 2: us most over the course of the weekend. What are
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: the games? And we each only get to choose one. Luckily,
• 41:41
  Speaker 2: my list is only six games long, this guy, not
• 41:44
  Speaker 2: including this team. Oh, that's good. Well, that's because there's
• 41:46
  Speaker 2: bye weeks, Rob. I've got room to take whatever you
• 41:49
  Speaker 2: guys don't want to take. So, Willie, we are going
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: to start with you. What game intrigues you the most
• 41:56
  Speaker 2: this weekend and why?
• 42:00
  Speaker 3: Well, I'm a stake assistant. I'm a stake assistant, and
• 42:03
  Speaker 3: I'm going to be honest. It is the Raiders and Patriots. Yeah.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: I knew it.
• 42:08
  Speaker 3: I knew it. I knew it.
• 42:12
  Speaker 7: Can't let it go.
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: Can't let it go.
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: Yep. Well, I can't, man, because there was a.
• 42:19
  Speaker 6: Legit optimism that the Raiders were going to come back
• 42:22
  Speaker 6: and beat the Chiefs in that game. Obviously, it didn't happen,
• 42:24
  Speaker 6: but you still have to be– we don't like to
• 42:25
  Speaker 6: stack or count moral victories, but this was a moral
• 42:28
  Speaker 6: victory for the Raiders considering they were a team at
• 42:31
  Speaker 6: the beginning of the season where people were like, hey,
• 42:35
  Speaker 6: When is Mendoza going to play? How early does he play?
• 42:37
  Speaker 6: What do they look like? Nobody gave this team a chance,
• 42:40
  Speaker 6: and now we're saying, man, this is a whole different
• 42:43
  Speaker 6: narrative about this team because of the play of Kirk
• 42:45
  Speaker 6: Cousins and Clint Kubiak and how the defense is starting
• 42:47
  Speaker 6: to respond and how some of their depth, and that's
• 42:50
  Speaker 6: what's not talked about this team at all, their depth
• 42:53
  Speaker 6: has been good. Their depth has been able to step
• 42:56
  Speaker 6: up and fill holes and play well.
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: So now you're going.
• 42:59
  Speaker 6: Against a Patriots team who battled in the first half
• 43:02
  Speaker 6: Didn't play well, but Drake may wield that team to
• 43:05
  Speaker 6: victory against the Bills. And so we're looking at two
• 43:10
  Speaker 6: AFC teams that may be in the playoffs, two quarterbacks
• 43:13
  Speaker 6: that may be seeing each other in the playoffs.
• 43:15
  Speaker 3: So I'm just interested.
• 43:17
  Speaker 6: I think it just makes for, we always like to say,
• 43:19
  Speaker 6: styles make fights, man.
• 43:20
  Speaker 3: This should be a good fight.
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: And I got to tell you, every year there is,
• 43:24
  Speaker 2: last year, the Patriots were interesting, the Jaguars were interesting,
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: the Bears were interesting. New blood is always interesting. By
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: the way, I think it's one of the things that
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: works against the Steelers on a national stage is that it's,
• 43:38
  Speaker 2: you know, they're not the new blood. They've been around
• 43:40
  Speaker 2: for a while and that sort of thing. So I
• 43:43
  Speaker 2: do think that, you know, are the Raiders, who are
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: this year's teams that are going to emerge? Because two
• 43:49
  Speaker 2: or three teams will emerge. It happens every single year.
• 43:52
  Speaker 2: You can pretty much bet on it. And not that
• 43:55
  Speaker 2: I condone gambling, but you can pretty much say, hey,
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: there's going to be some teams that emerge. Willie, you
• 44:03
  Speaker 2: got me really interested in the Raiders.
• 44:07
  Speaker 3: I'm telling you, Rob, get your popcorn ready. It's going
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: to be the show.
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: All right, Max, you're up. You're going to have your
• 44:14
  Speaker 2: number two.
• 44:16
  Speaker 5: You know what I'm going to go with? I'm going
• 44:18
  Speaker 5: to go with the Texans and the Titans. And I
• 44:23
  Speaker 5: say that because we're finally going to get a victory
• 44:29
  Speaker 5: for it.
• 44:30
  Speaker 2: I got six games on my list.
• 44:32
  Speaker 3: That's because you got six games.
• 44:34
  Speaker 7: I had to pick one that you weren't going to use.
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: Well, you had five others you could have taken.
• 44:39
  Speaker 3: You picked the Bumble.
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: Wow.
• 44:43
  Speaker 5: But my thing is, you always want to see what's
• 44:46
  Speaker 5: the catalyst for a team and what it could do.
• 44:49
  Speaker 5: getting a victory and how that can springboard the rest
• 44:52
  Speaker 5: of the season.
• 44:52
  Speaker 7: So, I mean, yes. Is it, is it not the sexes?
• 44:54
  Speaker 6: Yes.
• 44:55
  Speaker 5: We can go pick a Kansas city chiefs team, or
• 44:57
  Speaker 5: you can pick one of these top targets and say,
• 45:00
  Speaker 5: Oh yeah, the Eagles game. But I want to see,
• 45:02
  Speaker 5: you know, I like seeing these teams because I think
• 45:04
  Speaker 5: sometimes these are the springboards that they need to be successful.
• 45:07
  Speaker 5: And I want to see if they're actually going to respond.
• 45:10
  Speaker 5: So that's why I picked that game.
• 45:11
  Speaker 2: It's my game.
• 45:12
  Speaker 7: Let me pick my game.
• 45:13
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 45:13
  Speaker 2: Willie. I think I, I understand where Max is coming
• 45:17
  Speaker 2: from and, There are probably only about 14 or 15
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: other games I'm more interested in watching.
• 45:24
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 45:24
  Speaker 2: Well, first let me say this.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: I apologize.
• 45:27
  Speaker 7: I don't think you can.
• 45:28
  Speaker 2: Have 15 other games.
• 45:28
  Speaker 3: I apologize on behalf of Max.
• 45:30
  Speaker 2: Thank you, Willie. All right. I didn't hear what Willie
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: was saying. I didn't hear what Max was saying. So
• 45:34
  Speaker 2: I will say this. From a professional standpoint, like my job,
• 45:39
  Speaker 2: I would watch that game because they're both opponents of
• 45:41
  Speaker 2: the Steelers coming up. So I would watch that game.
• 45:44
  Speaker 2: If I was at home and it was on, I'd
• 45:46
  Speaker 2: turn it on. Um, I'm not going to be home
• 45:49
  Speaker 2: and I'm not going to tape it. I'll watch him.
• 45:50
  Speaker 2: I'll watch him. We're getting ready to play him. Um,
• 45:53
  Speaker 2: so man, oh man.
• 45:55
  Speaker 3: So, uh, okay.
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: I'm going to sort of run down the games that
• 45:57
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to pick.
• 45:58
  Speaker 3: All right. Can I do that?
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: Am I allowed to do that? Run down the games.
• 46:02
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to name my game. I'm not going
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: to pick the bears and Packers. Although I find that
• 46:06
  Speaker 2: to be an interesting game. Um, I am not going
• 46:10
  Speaker 2: to pick the, uh, I'm not going to pick the
• 46:14
  Speaker 2: Ravens and Falcons, even though I think that's an interesting game.
• 46:17
  Speaker 2: I'm not going to pick the Bills and Rams on
• 46:20
  Speaker 2: Monday night, although I think that's also going to be
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: an interesting game. I am going to pick the 49ers
• 46:26
  Speaker 2: at 4-0, visiting the 3-1 Seattle Seahawks. It's the game
• 46:32
  Speaker 2: of the week, guys. Come on, seriously.
• 46:34
  Speaker 3: That's a really good game. That's a heavyweight fight.
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: Okay, that's the– I mean, I am taking– the chalk here, right?
• 46:42
  Speaker 2: I am taking the favorite, but that is I will
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: be getting home quickly, of course, obeying the speed limits
• 46:49
  Speaker 2: at all times to see as much of that game
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: as I possibly can on Sunday.
• 46:55
  Speaker 7: No, that'll be a good one.
• 46:56
  Speaker 2: No disagreement. Like that game doesn't need my, as Mike
• 46:59
  Speaker 2: Tomlin would say, that game needs no endorsement from me.
• 47:02
  Speaker 3: Or from anybody else.
• 47:04
  Speaker 6: If you're a fan of the league, you understand the importance,
• 47:07
  Speaker 6: not only of the division game, but two teams right now.
• 47:10
  Speaker 6: who are playing at a high level and talking about
• 47:12
  Speaker 6: Brock Purdy in that office and line who are absolutely
• 47:15
  Speaker 6: killing it. The emergence of George Kittle and Kyle Shanahan.
• 47:20
  Speaker 6: I mean, everything's working for the Niners right now. So,
• 47:24
  Speaker 6: Seattle continues to do Seattle type things. And so, yeah,
• 47:27
  Speaker 6: this is, this is the main event.
• 47:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 47:30
  Speaker 2: I think, you know, there's always, there's always a reason
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: to turn on a game, like even Sunday morning. I
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: won't be able to see that either. Cause I'll be
• 47:37
  Speaker 2: down at the stadium getting ready for the game. Like,
• 47:40
  Speaker 2: how are the Eagles going to respond to the news
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: that Lane Johnson retired and you just traded your two-time
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: Pro Bowl center to the Baltimore Ravens? Like, you know,
• 47:49
  Speaker 2: that interests me from afar, but that's a box score
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: interest to me. I'll look at the box score in
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: that one and be like, okay, what happened? Because I'm
• 47:56
  Speaker 2: really high on the Jaguars, and I think the Eagles
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: are really, really in an interesting spot after the moves
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: they just made.
• 48:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't know if they're in an interesting spot.
• 48:08
  Speaker 3: I think they're desperate, but.
• 48:10
  Speaker 6: I think there, if anything, this is an offense that
• 48:14
  Speaker 6: really needs some retooling, and there's a lot of distractions.
• 48:17
  Speaker 6: Not distractions, though. Let me be fair when I say this.
• 48:20
  Speaker 6: There's a lot of things that they're going through internally
• 48:23
  Speaker 6: that I think is affecting their product. And so if
• 48:27
  Speaker 6: you're the Eagles right now, you know right now you're
• 48:30
  Speaker 6: still struggling to get to the quarterback with your rush.
• 48:32
  Speaker 6: You have some guys playing out of position. And offensively,
• 48:35
  Speaker 6: you know, when you lose Saquon Barkley, and it was
• 48:38
  Speaker 6: a lot put on Tank Bisbee to kind of be
• 48:40
  Speaker 6: the stabilizer for that offense, and he did a fair
• 48:43
  Speaker 6: enough job. They just got to be more efficient between
• 48:46
  Speaker 6: the 20s, man. So much of their scoring happened last
• 48:50
  Speaker 6: week because the defense was able to get the ball,
• 48:53
  Speaker 6: turn over the ball, and get the offense back the
• 48:55
  Speaker 6: ball on short field. So we have to see Jalen
• 48:58
  Speaker 6: Hurst just play a lot better. I thought the game–
• 49:02
  Speaker 6: prior to this one, he looked frustrated. He was pressing,
• 49:05
  Speaker 6: trying to fit the ball into tight windows in the
• 49:08
  Speaker 6: middle of the field, and he didn't seem comfortable. And
• 49:10
  Speaker 6: I think he's been back-to-back weeks where he's looked frustrated.
• 49:13
  Speaker 6: And it's up to Nick Sirianni and Sean Manning, the
• 49:16
  Speaker 6: offensive coordinator, to really figure out what works best for
• 49:19
  Speaker 6: this offense right now. now, because you talk about the
• 49:21
  Speaker 6: injuries that's kind of depleted his team. No Goddard, no
• 49:23
  Speaker 6: Devontae Smith, Lane Johnson is no longer, it looks like
• 49:27
  Speaker 6: he's hanging it up. Cam Juergens is now with the Ravens.
• 49:31
  Speaker 6: Saquon being hurt. His team is dealing with a lot
• 49:34
  Speaker 6: in real time, so It's up to Nick Ceriani and
• 49:38
  Speaker 6: Sean Manning to figure out what they can do well
• 49:40
  Speaker 6: so they can put points on the board and not
• 49:42
  Speaker 6: lean so heavily on their defense.
• 49:43
  Speaker 3: For sure.
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: Big test for them. Interesting weekend, as always. Our thanks
• 49:47
  Speaker 2: to Jerry Dulac for joining us in the locker room.
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  Speaker 2: Our thanks to Matt Taylor, play-by-play man for the Indianapolis Colts.
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  Speaker 2: Our thanks, as always, to our esteemed producer and part-time
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  Speaker 2: DJ the last couple days, Justin Miller. For being with us. Wicca, Wicca, Juan.
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  Speaker 2: For Max Starks, for Willie Colon, I'm Rob King. We
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  Speaker 2: thank you for being with us in the locker room
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  Speaker 2: here on the Steelers Audio Network.