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  Speaker 1: Irish airline aer Lingus will proudly serve as the presenting
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  Speaker 1: partner of Steelers Ireland twenty twenty five. Airlingus's growth in
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  Speaker 1: You're very.
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  Speaker 2: Welcome, everybody. You're very welcome into this week's edition of
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  Speaker 2: the Irishtatters podcast presented by er Lingus. We are here
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  Speaker 2: just under ten days now to the NFL game, obviously
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  Speaker 2: in Dubleco Park, Steelers Vikings. Before we do that, we've
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  Speaker 2: got a massive matchup to talk about this weekend. Steelers
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  Speaker 2: obviously going to face the Patriots on the East Coast
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  Speaker 2: before they head over next week. Before we start, folks,
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  Speaker 2: at erlingus dot com. Season debut. Very very nice to
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  Speaker 2: welcome back mister Jimmy English on this podcast. Jimmy, it's
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  Speaker 2: good to see you again. I know you're very very
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  Speaker 2: excited for what's to come over in the next few weeks.
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  Speaker 2: But how are you doing? First of all, all I'm great.
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  Speaker 3: Mick devided to be back in the podcast if heels
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  Speaker 3: like forever since we were last here talking Steeters football
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  Speaker 3: with yourself, you say ten days there. I still can't
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  Speaker 3: believe that it's almost here. It's going to be an
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  Speaker 3: absolutely magical you know, a couple of days in the
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  Speaker 3: city center, seeing all the Steers fans coming coming across
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  Speaker 3: for the game, and also welcoming the wider European and
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  Speaker 3: international NFL community to Dublin. So really really looking forward
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  Speaker 3: to it. It's going to be an absolute blast. And yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna have a game in our hands and Crow
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  Speaker 3: Park against the Vikings, that's for sure.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to talk about that. At a different
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  Speaker 2: spot that I asked, I asked the of this obviously Heimateuruman,
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  Speaker 2: like lifelong Steaders fan, you live and you're from quite
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  Speaker 2: close to new what does the prospect and I know
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  Speaker 2: we've got weekly coming up before we talk about that,
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  Speaker 2: what does the prospect of next week mean to you
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  Speaker 2: as a fan outside of all the hoopla?
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  Speaker 3: And it's lucky, It's just it's it's kind of a culmination,
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  Speaker 3: mick of I suppose NFL fandom in Ireland have to
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  Speaker 3: get our very own game here. And it's somebody who's
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  Speaker 3: been watching the game for our god knows how long
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  Speaker 3: at this stage, and so I was since I was
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  Speaker 3: a teenager. It's it's gonna be a very very special
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  Speaker 3: moment when the Seders touchdown in Ireland. And I just
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  Speaker 3: I've been dreaming about this day since I was a
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  Speaker 3: young fan and walking out into the field under the
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  Speaker 3: sideline crow Park. It's just going to be incredibly special.
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  Speaker 3: So I don't know how many more ways I can
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  Speaker 3: say how special it's going to be, like, it's just.
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  Speaker 2: Going to be.
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  Speaker 3: I think, and I think I speak for a lot
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  Speaker 3: of a lot of NFL fans in Ireland, another majority
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  Speaker 3: of NFL fans in Ireland when I say that, it's
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  Speaker 3: just it's something we've all been waited for. It something
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  Speaker 3: we've all been looking forward to, even now for so long.
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  Speaker 3: So when it does arrive, hopefully we'll be able to
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  Speaker 3: just relish it and cherish it and it'll be a
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  Speaker 3: lasting memory that we all have for the rest of
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  Speaker 3: our lives.
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  Speaker 2: Bengal, you couldn't said that any better month. If we
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  Speaker 2: look back in week two, me and the were very
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  Speaker 2: optimistic last week in the podcast and when it came
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  Speaker 2: to it, when it came down to it, obviously, look,
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  Speaker 2: you can win, you can lose, you can tie. In
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  Speaker 2: week two, obviously a thirty one and seventeen loss in
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  Speaker 2: the home opener Lacacheur against against Seattle. Jimmy, you never
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  Speaker 2: want to lose a game, especially when it's so early
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  Speaker 2: into the season. What was your sort of thoughts on it,
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  Speaker 2: because for me, it was certainly like you know, definitely
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  Speaker 2: when in feeling very positive about it, and it did
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  Speaker 2: seem to sort of go away towards that, you know,
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  Speaker 2: at the end of the third, start of the fourth,
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  Speaker 2: and it looked already at that point like it was
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  Speaker 2: one of those games where it just wasn't going to happen,
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  Speaker 2: especially when it went to twenty four to fourteen. I
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  Speaker 2: guess in one sense, obviously, Look, you can't hide away
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  Speaker 2: from the fact that there's disappointment there. Of course I
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  Speaker 2: feel that as well. But I think for any team,
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  Speaker 2: whether you're two and oho right now, I row on two.
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  Speaker 2: It's the start of the season. It's going to take time.
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  Speaker 2: That Jaley got a new quarterback. But obviously you want
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  Speaker 2: to come back to that very very quickly. What was
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  Speaker 2: your faults on the game?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think, Michael, you know, we had a great
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  Speaker 3: win against the Jets in New Jersey in Week one.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, a fantastic battle, two quarterbacks going at two.
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  Speaker 3: You know, good teams going at it, and obviously it
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  Speaker 3: wasn't perfect. You know, a lot of things that needed
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  Speaker 3: to be cleaned up, which I had hoped anticipated we
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  Speaker 3: would have done for the home opener against Seattle. So
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  Speaker 3: there was definitely a feeling of positively in my side
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  Speaker 3: going into that game. You know, Aaron Rodgers, you know,
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  Speaker 3: showed he was reeling back the years in the game
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  Speaker 3: against the Jets. So the offense showing a lot of
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  Speaker 3: potential defense, you know, a few things to clean up.
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  Speaker 3: So to suffer that loss against Seattle was quite disappointing,
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  Speaker 3: but look, it is early days in the season. We're
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  Speaker 3: one on one now. I think some of the things
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  Speaker 3: that that jumped out of me, you know that that
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  Speaker 3: our top priority used to be fixed as soon as possible,
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  Speaker 3: our first and foremost pass protection. Aaron Rodgers obviously has
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  Speaker 3: a great arm. You know, he's he's a surefire Hall
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  Speaker 3: of Fame quarterback, but he's not as mobile as he
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  Speaker 3: once was. And while he was able to evade pressure
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  Speaker 3: when it mattered against the Seahawks, he still took four sacks.
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  Speaker 3: That's eight sacks now in two games, which is just
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  Speaker 3: not good enough when you're when you're trying to orchestra
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  Speaker 3: a new offense and get you know, fitted into a
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  Speaker 3: new offense, So offensive line definitely needs to play better,
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  Speaker 3: and then run defense as well. I mean, the Steelers
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  Speaker 3: proude themselves on smash meouw football stopping the run, stuff
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  Speaker 3: in the run, and I know TJ. Watt came out
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  Speaker 3: after the game and said, we have you know, the
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  Speaker 3: defense had to be better stopping the run. There was
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  Speaker 3: one point where kena Walker just dancing into the end
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  Speaker 3: zone in the fourth quarter, and I suppose struck a
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  Speaker 3: dagger into the hearts of any comeback attempts. So those
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  Speaker 3: are the glaring I think priorities that need to be
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  Speaker 3: addressed going into this game against the pat against the Patriots,
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  Speaker 3: and then look, Caleb Johnson, We're not going to dwell
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  Speaker 3: on that incident too much, but I think that but we.
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  Speaker 2: Can't ignore it either, Like we can't ignore it, can we?
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  Speaker 2: Like I mean I fell for the guy, you know,
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  Speaker 2: especially in the home opener as well, but you know
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  Speaker 2: I felt for Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, it looks it's you can kind of give
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  Speaker 3: him some sort of some sort of benefit of the doubt,
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  Speaker 3: but again, he can't have mistakes like that in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: And that really did kind of scupper I think that
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  Speaker 3: was the beginning of the end for US against the Seahawks.
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  Speaker 3: The Seahawks got a massive momentum swing. Obviously the air
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  Speaker 3: went out of the crowd. They're and acroture, so look
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  Speaker 3: a lot to clean up. But again there are I
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  Speaker 3: mean there was, there's plenty of right spots as well.
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  Speaker 3: You know, our backup linebackers played incredibly well. Nick Kerbick
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  Speaker 3: had his first career interception. Jack Sawyer had his first
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  Speaker 3: career sack as a rookie. I mean, so definitely lots
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  Speaker 3: to be optimistic about. But I would give I would
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  Speaker 3: give us honestly, I've had to give a letter grade
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  Speaker 3: or would give this steeers a C minus right now
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  Speaker 3: and had the season has started, So if you can
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  Speaker 3: bring it up to a B against the Patriots, I'll
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  Speaker 3: be much happier.
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  Speaker 2: We'll definitely take it for people listening as well. And
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  Speaker 2: just in terms of what Jimmy said with Jack Sawyer
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  Speaker 2: at College Football National Champion with Ohio State last week
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  Speaker 2: there against the Sea, six tackles for solo, two tackles
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  Speaker 2: for lost, one sack. That was one guy that we
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  Speaker 2: talked about Jimmy on a group chat. Just so we're
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  Speaker 2: talking about sort of some of the positives from the game,
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  Speaker 2: I felt like, not strange, but I guess now whenever
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  Speaker 2: you don't have the luxury of having some sort of
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  Speaker 2: preseason snaps, and it's one of the things we talked
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  Speaker 2: about one in the week one as well. You know,
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  Speaker 2: you don't know how this offense is gonna work, so yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it does take time to gel. Obviously, as I said,
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  Speaker 2: Sawyer a big, big spot on this team, and I'd like,
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  Speaker 2: I'm not saying he's an elite player, but certainly was
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  Speaker 2: very very you know, he performed very well against the
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  Speaker 2: actually like sort of go completely agree with in terms
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  Speaker 2: of her big fantastic to see and it's almost madd
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  Speaker 2: you sort of expect him to have got that before,
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  Speaker 2: but to see his first one, especially at home, is great. Look,
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  Speaker 2: we're we're gonna talk about it obviously on the over
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  Speaker 2: end of hearing from coach Tomlin here before we look
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  Speaker 2: ahead of this Patriots game, Jimmy, But for me, like,
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  Speaker 2: did you not find that as an NFL fan, did
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  Speaker 2: you not find it absolutely crazy that Aron Rodgers was
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  Speaker 2: under center? And look, regardless of a result, if looking
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  Speaker 2: at the whole season over eighteen weeks, he looks still
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  Speaker 2: very mobile. He's got a lot of speed for a
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  Speaker 2: guy in his forties. Definitely promising there if we can
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  Speaker 2: get those things together.
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  Speaker 3: Now, yeah, absolutely. I mean he was even the commentary
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  Speaker 3: team on for the game, we're saying how he was
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  Speaker 3: rolling back the years and showing flashes of his old self.
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  Speaker 3: So it was great to see. I mean, I still
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  Speaker 3: haven't gotten used to see the seeing Aaron Rodgers wearing
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  Speaker 3: the black and goal. To be perfectly honest with you,
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  Speaker 3: hopefully by the time that Dublin game comes around, we'll
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  Speaker 3: have out of adjusted to having Aaron Rodgers as the
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  Speaker 3: Steelers quarterback. But he definitely brings potential to the offense,
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  Speaker 3: especially with the addition of a weapon like DK Metcalf,
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  Speaker 3: who you know we saw got his first his first
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  Speaker 3: career touchdown as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers. I
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  Speaker 3: would definitely like to see DK stretch the field a
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  Speaker 3: lot more. I think that's where he was. He was
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  Speaker 3: brought in to be a deep threat, to be our
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  Speaker 3: number one wide receiver and to give us, you know,
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  Speaker 3: that that kind of that act, that that that weapon
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  Speaker 3: that he that he provides as a receiver. So but
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  Speaker 3: I think in order for that relationship between Aaron Rodgers
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  Speaker 3: and DK to Gel Rogers is going to need a
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  Speaker 3: lot more time in the pockets. So again, lots to
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  Speaker 3: be positive about, but definitely lots to improve. But yeah, look, look,
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  Speaker 3: you have your future Hall of Famer with the resume
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  Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers has as your signal caller under center. You
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  Speaker 3: have to like our chances for the rest of the season.
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  Speaker 2: I couldn't agree more. Let's look ahead at this pictures game.
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  Speaker 2: You give our picks, give our keys, and give our thoughts.
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  Speaker 2: After hearing from coach Tomlin's weekly press conference ahead of
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  Speaker 2: this big week for the game on the road to New.
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  Speaker 4: England, certainly there's some things, you know. I often say
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  Speaker 4: two is a pattern, and we've got two games under
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  Speaker 4: our belt, and so I see some things that certainly
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  Speaker 4: need our attention, and so I'm excited about getting to work.
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  Speaker 4: As far as the game and how it unfolded, it
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  Speaker 4: was less than stellar in a lot of areas, but
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  Speaker 4: we certainly had an opportunity to win until the deep
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  Speaker 4: pump moments of the game, and certainly I thought it
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  Speaker 4: was some significant plays that really shaped how that game
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  Speaker 4: unfolded down the stretch offensively after that big play to Jalen.
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  Speaker 4: We turned the ball over in the tight red. We
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  Speaker 4: spent a lot of time working in the tight red
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  Speaker 4: as an offensive unit because we realize how significant that
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  Speaker 4: space is in terms of determining unit performance and thus
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  Speaker 4: the outcome of games. We oftentimes talk about it searching
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  Speaker 4: for the four point swing. We don't want to settle
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  Speaker 4: for field goals as an offense. We certainly want to
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  Speaker 4: make our opponents settle for field goals as a defense
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  Speaker 4: in that space. But as you know, we turned the
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  Speaker 4: ball over, and I thought that was really significant in
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  Speaker 4: terms of how the game unfolded. You know, on a
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  Speaker 4: special team, certainly the lack of judgment by a young
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  Speaker 4: return man was a significant play in the game. Is
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  Speaker 4: as I mentioned after the game, a lot of times, man,
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  Speaker 4: when you're in close ball games, particularly early in the year,
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  Speaker 4: there's a play in that space, in that special team
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  Speaker 4: space that often shapes or turns a game. It helped
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  Speaker 4: us in a positive way with the play by Kenny
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  Speaker 4: Gamewell with the Jets, and certainly the game the other day,
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  Speaker 4: it was a never negative outcome. I thought our defense
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  Speaker 4: wore down some, particularly as the game went on. We
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  Speaker 4: had to desire to improve our run defense, and I thought,
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  Speaker 4: particularly initially we did, but as an attrition component to
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  Speaker 4: the game, and our lives got a little thin at
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  Speaker 4: various points in the game. I thought we felt the
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  Speaker 4: effects of that. I know certainly we were somewhat limited
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  Speaker 4: with some of the schematics that we would like to
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  Speaker 4: deploy because we had some new people in there, and
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  Speaker 4: we're relatively new to this season, and so we weren't
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  Speaker 4: as good as I'd like for us to be in
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  Speaker 4: terms of our midstream adjusting in terms of some of
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  Speaker 4: those things. And so I'm excited about getting a collective
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  Speaker 4: back to work here with a six day preparation cycle
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  Speaker 4: and an effort to address some of those things.
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  Speaker 2: Good to hear from coach tomat on the Irishoaters podcast
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  Speaker 2: presented by Erlingus. And obviously a lot of TV stuff
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  Speaker 2: going on. It was nice this week that the Steelers
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  Speaker 2: Vikings gave in Week four will be on Virgin Media
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  Speaker 2: one for fans across that in the Ireland. Obviously you
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  Speaker 2: can watch that game next weekend on Channel five even
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  Speaker 2: Northern Ireland on across the Sky Sports NFL as well,
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  Speaker 2: but for fans this weekend, Steelers Patriots a key Week
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  Speaker 2: three game. Now steae are sitting one on one on
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  Speaker 2: the season after two weeks. Jimmy, this game is going
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  Speaker 2: to be on sky Sports this weekend at six o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: I believe part nfl UK it's going to be on
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  Speaker 2: the sky Sports Football channel, so a little different football
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  Speaker 2: for those people in that channel this week. Did you
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  Speaker 2: get a chance to catch much of the Patriots Dolphins
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  Speaker 2: game of Week two because I actually watched that on
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  Speaker 2: one of the Channel five broadcast Jimmian. For me, it
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  Speaker 2: was two different elements. We knew going into that game
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  Speaker 2: that the Patriots will be that team famously in September
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  Speaker 2: where they have to stand in the sunlight when Miami
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  Speaker 2: are covered and Lads Florida is no joke heath wise.
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  Speaker 2: I know the Staateers had a very warm time and
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  Speaker 2: when the Pittsburgh in the preseason, but the Patriots really
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  Speaker 2: had a good way out in that game for a
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  Speaker 2: long time. But the Dolphins, Jimmy came back and came
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  Speaker 2: back and came back and nearly took that game. That
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  Speaker 2: being said, we're going up against team this weekend that's
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  Speaker 2: put thirty three points on the board, albeit against the
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  Speaker 2: struggle in Miami Dolphins team, but on the road in
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  Speaker 2: their division, certainly not a team to toy with as
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  Speaker 2: we go in the Week three and really frankly needing
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  Speaker 2: the win to get the two and one to get
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  Speaker 2: that playing in Dublin. What's your thoughts ahead of this game?
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  Speaker 3: Nick, I didn't actually realize how many weapons the Patriots have.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you're looking at Trevion Henderson. You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: just such a dynamic running back as and he really
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  Speaker 3: flashedding that game against the dophense as a rookie. He's
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  Speaker 3: got speed, he's got you know, vision, he's and the
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  Speaker 3: way that the Steelers have kind of allowed the run
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  Speaker 3: game to build them them in the past couple of games.
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  Speaker 3: We're gonna have to shoot him down and shut him
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  Speaker 3: down fast along with Ramandre Stevenson. So run defense, you know,
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  Speaker 3: look you can kind of that kind of is negated
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  Speaker 3: by some of the injuries we've had to our defensive starters.
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  Speaker 3: You know, Patrick Queen went down against the Seahawks. Alex
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  Speaker 3: Heismith is out for a few weeks or of high
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  Speaker 3: ankle sprain, and so gaps are gonna have to be
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  Speaker 3: filled on defense there to stop the run. Cam Hayward.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's just got missed in the past couple
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  Speaker 3: of games in the middle of that defensive line, as
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  Speaker 3: are some of our big run stoppers. So we need
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  Speaker 3: we need to we need to pull the medical metaphorical
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  Speaker 3: finger out and hopefully coach Tomlin has you know, got
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  Speaker 3: in there and lit a fire under them in practice
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  Speaker 3: this week, because you know, as I said earlier, for
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  Speaker 3: a team that prides himself as run stoppers and as
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  Speaker 3: you know, as a ferocious defense, they have been noticeably
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  Speaker 3: absent in the past couple of weeks. You have also
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  Speaker 3: had the likes of Matt Collins, who played for the
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  Speaker 3: Bills previously. He's a he's a great wide receiver. So
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  Speaker 3: I'm Stefan Diggs, who mightn't be in his prime anymore,
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  Speaker 3: but it's still instead a threat. And so again we're
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  Speaker 3: gonna have our hands full, you know, with pass defense
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  Speaker 3: as well. And again some injuries to the likes of
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  Speaker 3: Joey Porter and Deshaun Elliotts, so hopefully they can get
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  Speaker 3: healthy and come back. So defense is gonna have to
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  Speaker 3: just gonna have to magically reappear against the Patriots on
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  Speaker 3: Sunday afternoon. Sunday Evening offense. You know, again I said
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: earlier past protection is absolutely key here. We have to
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: give Rogers enough time to find his receivers downfield. Gen
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: Larren has been great in the passing game the past
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: couple of weeks. I'd like to see our run game
• 16:05
  Speaker 3: get a few more yards. He is obviously there our
• 16:07
  Speaker 3: number one running back now our future back, and he
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: look he's greater running between the tackles. He has an
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: additional burst, he has the strength. So I think our
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: offensive line has two jobs to do this weekend against
• 16:20
  Speaker 3: the Patriots, first and foremost keeping Aaron Rodgers upright and
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: off the ground, but also making coals for Jalen Larreen
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  Speaker 3: to rack up some yards. So there's definitely work to
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: be done on both sides of the ball, and hopefully
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: we won't be relying too often on the boot of
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: of Boswell.
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  Speaker 2: I think you've sort of put it there very very
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: well in terms of everything covered with the bass with
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: offense and defense. For me, certainly, it's like an edition
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: of Madden twenty two. For anybody that's deep in their
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: NFL fantasy leagues right now. You know, guys like Austin
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: Hooper guys like as you mentioned, Stephan Diggs not forgetting
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: as well Hunter Henry, a guy that Drake May relied
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: on so much last year. So it's one of those
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: things like I think it's important to say the people
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: that are listening and maybe as well people and you're very,
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: very welcome if you are, if you're getting into this
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: over the next few weeks. Because of the game coming
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: to Dublin, this is not going to be an easy test.
• 17:10
  Speaker 2: We know that New England have obviously a new head
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: coach and Vabel obviously a legend around those parts. They're
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: going to obviously want to win this game and they're
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: gonna want to put a statement down against an Aaron
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: Rodgers led offense. And I look at how to even
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: though he struggled at times last week, if I think
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: you have an interception against the Patriots as well, he
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: still was able. He had a pretty good completion average
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: just in terms of percentages, but still was able to
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: get three hundred and fifteen yards in the day. And
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: I guess if we start off Jimmy with our keys
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: to the game here each before we make our game picks,
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: like it's obviously going to be a bit stopping Drake May.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: But if we can see over two games that there
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: are teams there that can get you know, yards, get
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: points up against the Patriots, this is going to be
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: a game where we have to not just rely on
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: the run, but we have to see an enhanced version
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: or a more comfortable version. I guess than Week two
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: of Aaron Rodgers were those third down passes, those second
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: and short yard of situations where they weren't maybe followed
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: through last week, and ater sure they're followed through this
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: week because we both know what happens if Drake May
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: gets off to a good start, if that count tossco
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: goes their way, it could be one that you're fighting
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: back from from the start. Is there any key to
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: the game that stands out for you? And if I
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: say twenty four to seventeen to Pittsburgh and a two
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: and one record getting on that Erlinka's flight to Dublin,
• 18:26
  Speaker 2: what's your game pick in that way?
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I would definitely take that makeup, I would take
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: the win at this stage. I think for me, you
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: mentioned Drake May there and preventing him from getting after
• 18:36
  Speaker 3: how start, pass rush has been obviously quite absent as well.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: You know, the past couple of weeks, I think we've
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: only think we might only have three sacks across two games.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: I'm not entirely sure about that, but TJ. Wat is
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: going to have to put this defense on his back.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: You know, he's the second second highest paid nine quarterback
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: in the league. He got that massive deal for a reason.
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: He has a reputation as a game wrecker, and he
• 19:00
  Speaker 3: hasn't really wrecked any games over the past couple of weeks.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: So I would like to see him get more pressure
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: on Drake, may throw him off his rhythm, prevent him
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: from selling his feet, and prevent him from, you know,
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: stopping from making us being able to make those big
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: plays down the field. So pass rush is going to
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: be the key to the game here, and I think
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: just playing the stake free football mental errors cost us
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: against the Seahawks. Calvin Austin obviously had a drop in
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: the end zone the resulted in a Seahawks interception last
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: week in Acroshure. So just things like that, playing steak
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: free football is going to be absolutely crucial to this one.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers has only played against the Patriots in the
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: regular season six times, and I fully agree with what
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: you're saying with Calvin Austin as well and trying to
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: utilize him. He has a very important year ahead as
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: we all know. Contractionly wise, did you give again pick?
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: Do you want to give a score before we go?
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: I'm gonna go with the Steelers just about winning this
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: one and I'm gonna go Pittsburgh Steelters twenty one, New
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: England Patriots fourteen.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: I love it. Just to let people know that this
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: game is only on Sky Sports this weekend. It is
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: not on NFL Game Passed on the Zone. If you're
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: in Ireland or in the UK, you can listen to
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: the game as well on OTB Sports Radio. Jimmy, we
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: will see you at some stage next week in Dublin
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: and you're gonna be very very excited. Hopefully we see
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: and hopefully you see a lot of people listening to
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: this podcast with a two to one record and folks
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: wh use a hashtag Steers Ireland to get involved, especially
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: over the next week. But for now, here we go.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: Thanks millionaire for your time.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Here we go.
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