FREE AGENCY - This ain't your daddy's NFL!

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Pardon me, I am the technical

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director across from me as a
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my right.
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the screen.
Anyway, that's hockey.

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Jesus, we got Derby in the house
already saying let's go.

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It's it's like the NFL is now in
charge of our lives, are they

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not?
Yeah.

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I mean, come.
On Yeah.

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The next three days they are.
Come on, man.

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I, I, I, I was telling you guys
before we started the show that,

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you know, I, I, I came down here
to do some prep and I was

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watching NFL, the NFL Network
and I got NFL.com up and I'm

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getting dizzy watching this
stuff.

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It happens too fast.
I have all these headlines in

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their eye.
They already feel old.

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They really they?
Some of them are actually.

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Yeah, thanks.
Thanks.

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But you're right.
I mean, you're right.

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It's not for lack of trying.
So what are we going to do?

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Well, look, this this is black
and gold.

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So obviously we're Steelers,
Pirates, Penguins.

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But, you know, there's a lot of
stuff going on and it's going to

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be an exciting spring.
And today is like the official,

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you can kind of announce you're
signing free agents because

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doesn't free agency really start
on Thursday, Wednesday?

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Or or Wednesday.
Well, that's yeah, Wednesday.

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So 48 hour tampering.
Yeah, it's a lot.

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Just change it.
Just change.

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Just give it a frigging day.
I think it had something to do

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with the way the contract's
written.

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Well.
Whatever actually it's, I think

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the idea is, is that they know
it's pressure filled moments, so

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they give you an opportunity to
back out for two days and every

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year about two people back out,
but that's about it.

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Really.
Yep.

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That's interesting.
OK, well, that makes it sound

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reasonable, Right?
Right.

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It still sucks in a way, you
know, it's like the legal

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tampering period.
All right, whatever.

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Yeah, I mean, like, you know,
like for, for example, one year

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the the Eagles signed Frank Gore
and then he backed out and went

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somewhere else.
I remember that.

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Yeah, Arizona or something I.
Remember that.

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All right, listen, let's let's,
let's just dive right into this

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because we're obviously we have
to talk about the Steelers.

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It's.
A free agent frenzy.

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They've made some, they've made
some moves.

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And I mean, one of them I think
is actually a, a, a pretty good

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move.
I want to see what you guys

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think about this.
And that is Michael Pittman

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being brought over from the
Colts cause the Colts can't sign

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him.
Well, they they couldn't really

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sign him because of Alex.
Because they signed somebody.

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Else And so we trade for him and
I'll tell you what, I like this.

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This is I think this is their
best, their best move.

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Absolutely.
It actually, and now you can't

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say that the Steelers don't
spend at the receiver position.

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This, I think, puts them now
like the fourth highest in the

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league, right, in terms of what
they're paying receivers.

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Right.
But Michael Pittman's always

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been very good, and he's never
really had a great quarterback

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either.
He seems to catch everything

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thrown his way.
We know he's a tough guy.

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Remember that time he got
blasted in the in the helmet?

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You know?
So, yeah, I mean, yeah, this was

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like a very welcome surprise.
I didn't see it coming.

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And, and good for the Steelers
for understanding that

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Indianapolis was going to have
to trade him, you know, when

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they signed out Pierce.
Because if other teams knew

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that, or knew it as well as
let's say the Steelers knew it,

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they might have hopped on it.
Yeah, I agree.

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I agree.
There's really nothing you can

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argue with.
Last year, I guess he was

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playing with a back injury and
he just said I'm going to play,

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I don't care if it hurts, I'm
going to play through the pain.

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So that shows that, you know,
he's, he's a tough guy, wants to

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be on the field.
That's, that's, that's an

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excellent sign for the Steelers.
Last year he he had, he had a

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great year, 80 reception, 784
yards, 7 touchdowns.

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The year before, I think he was
injured quite a bit that year.

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I think he had half the season,
well, not half the season he was

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out, but I think he missed the
last six games, still had almost

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70 receptions and the year
before that A1099988.

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So he catches the hell out of
the ball and I I love it.

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He's a big guy 64223, so he's
he's physical, so you're not

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going to be afraid to just throw
it his way and make him go get

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the catch.
So yeah, it's good to have even

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if they're both not clear elite
number one.

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Right, right.
It's good to have two number

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twos.
It's a lot better than last year

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already, and that's twice as
better than the year before for

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sure.
So I mean, they're going in the

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right direction.
I would still, I know we're not

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talking about this as much, but
I'd still like to see them draft

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a a wide receiver, but they
don't have to stretch now.

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No, they don't.
They don't have third, fourth

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round.
Now they can they.

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Can they can wait till some of
some of those the the secondary

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ones drop a little bit that'll
be just as good as they're

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picked in the early second
round.

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And I think that's that's a real
positive for the Steelers.

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Yeah, I mean, I, I like this
move.

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I, I feel the same way you guys
do.

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I, I didn't have to look up his
stats.

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I guess you already had him up,
but I was doing the same thing

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earlier.
I mean, he did have two, we'll

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just call it 1100 receiving yard
seasons, which is pretty good.

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I think the only downside to it
for me is what you talked about

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HJ, like, you know, he's not a
true number one.

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It is it cool to have A1A or A1B
and A1B and not have A1A?

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Yeah, there's only a, there's
only a couple ones in the

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league.
Really.

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Yeah.
True, you know, Yeah.

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And then when?
They say if they go and draft

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somebody, maybe the guy they
draft can turn into a superstar,

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right?
You know, yeah, who?

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Well, who knows about that, but
the keep saving that.

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Draft knows, but that's where
you get them.

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You get them in the draft, you
get them early, right?

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You know?
Or, well, they're definitely

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saving draft capital here that
that it gives them an edge on

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the draft now because they they
don't absolutely have to waste a

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number one pick on a receiver.
Not that it would be wasted, but

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you know what I'm saying.
Three-year 59 million isn't

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isn't terrible either.
No, it's really not.

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But it's still, we were talking
a little bit about this before

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the show too.
I mean, they're getting insane

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money now, though.
I mean, it's just insane.

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Well, yeah, I mean, they gave DK
huge money last year.

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So I mean, the Steelers
understand that you got that's

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what you have to do.
Well, they're all get.

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If you can't draft a good wide
receiver and and keep him for

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three or four years, you have to
pay $30 million.

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Yeah, So what?
Is the Steelers only paid?

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I mean, really this, I mean this
is a receiver that's getting

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essentially 20 million a year.
Yeah, that's that's him on NFL.

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That's actually, that's actually
really good value at the

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receiver position, yeah.
It's.

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I know I like the fact that he
caught.

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When did he catch 7 touchdowns
last year?

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Yeah, 77 touchdowns is 80
receptions, most touchdowns in a

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year for him.
So, and 47 first downs, not bad.

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58.8% of his catches led to a
first down.

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So I mean, it's all good stuff.
It's all good stuff.

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The Steelers still have a
quarterback problem.

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We know that, you know, and last
year they were willing to wait

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out Aaron Rodgers this year.
This, this to me is and I, I

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haven't heard any of this at
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And I'm actually really happy
about that.

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This is not Mike McCarthy's
problem now.

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It is his problem.
But this, this problem was

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created by the previous regime
and, and Tomlin in the way all

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the power he was given, in the
way that he he handled that

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quarterback room with both with
Kolbert and and a little with

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Kahn.
But we all know that.

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So that's history, but good Lord
that you know, Rodgers, it's and

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you guys know I like Aaron,
Aaron Rodgers.

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I actually do.
I find him to be interesting.

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But, you know, give us a
decision by now.

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You had two months.
I mean, to me it's kind of like.

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It's stupid already, like.
Just fucking.

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Just just sign him and say it's
OK for you not to be here.

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You know what I mean?
That that's, that's all it's

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about, Derpy is saying from
YouTube.

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Are there jerseys yet for
Pitman?

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I have no idea.
Of course there.

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Are are there sure there are?
Are there just go on fanatics?

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I'm sure they'll they'll take
your money.

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Now, Derby also has some inside
information here.

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He heard a rumor Queen might be
on his way out now.

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I don't know.
Derpy, we're going to have to

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hold you to this.
Let's let's see how you good

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your sources are.
We'll, we'll follow up on this

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maybe next week.
For some reason they seem to

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know.
They seem to like Queen, I don't

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know why him and Holcomb seem to
be the guy.

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They didn't sign Holcomb.
I know.

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And I I thought.
Why?

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Why?
They have a linebacker problem.

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I think yeah.
And I think there was something

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they they could have saved some
money off the cap by by by

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cutting Queen, but I think that
time passed.

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So I don't know.
I I'd be surprised if they did.

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But let's talk about some other
guys they signed.

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Yeah, let's talk about the
Steelers reinforcing their

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secondary with a cornerback,
Jamal Dean.

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And I think, I think the Grand
Schwabini has an interesting

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story.
And I think he should.

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I think he should tell us the
story you were telling us before

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we started the show.
Well, I, I will start out by

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saying I, I, I have no idea
myself if this guy can, can play

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or not.
I just know that one Bucks fan

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called into Steelers, you know,
radio today and said that they

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felt this guy is terrible.
So I, I don't, I don't know if

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that's true or not.
I have no idea.

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No idea.
But I do know this.

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I'm not 100% sure, but I don't
think I've heard of them before

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today.
Have you?

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No, not that I not that I
recall.

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Really.
But I mean, how many cornerbacks

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do you hear about?
Well, he's not in the good

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cornerback that we've heard
about area in.

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That particular category, you
know, anything you hear.

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From Tampa Bay is Baker Mayfee.
I mean, you don't talk.

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You don't talk about their
defense.

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OK, so.
Let's Beavers are running back.

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OK, so let's dive into a couple
of his stats.

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OK, so.
Yeah, how?

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Would you would you say, would
you say that as long as he plays

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12 or more games a year?
OK, that's cool.

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He's done that his whole season
since 20/19.

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His his whole career since 2019.
Where did where did he go to

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college and where was he
drafting?

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I, I don't see that on this on
this cause it's all NFL stats.

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You would say that interceptions
are a key component to a good

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cornerback.
He has 11 in his career.

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That's.
Pretty good.

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He has not.
He did go one year with, it

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looks like, without an
interception, but other than

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that, out of the seven years
he's played, he six of them.

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He's had at least one
interception.

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Last year he had three.
Oh, somebody's, oh, Amy said.

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The Bucs fan said He was AB the
first four years and AD the last

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three years.
A boss the first four years and.

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No, no, like he was AB like
ABCDE.

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Oh, OK.
You know, so he was good the

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first four years.
Last three years took a turn for

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the worst.
Except that last year he had the

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most interceptions of his career
and one was a pick set.

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How many?
3.

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I thought that's pretty good.
It's not bad.

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I mean, it's not let let's just
say it's not a terrible signing.

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No, no, I mean.
You know, well, look, here's.

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The thing well, here's the
thing.

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I I was surprised that they
left.

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They let Pierre go.
I was surprised by that.

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But look, apparently they feel
that this guy is either a better

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than Pierre or B was more
affordable than Pierre.

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Right.
So we'll see.

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Do you know on Steve, do you
have the ability to look up the

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Pro Football Focus rankings?
No, but I'm looking at the the

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rankings they had for
cornerbacks that were free

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agents.
Yeah.

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And it looks like he was fourth.
Fourth.

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Yeah.
But there it's really not a it's

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not a stellar cornerback free
agency.

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I mean, number #1 would be Jalen
Watson.

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He got signed by the Rams from
Kansas City because Kansas City

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actually signed.
What's his face to a monster

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contract and.
No, Mcduffie went to the Rams,

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Yeah.
Mcduffie went to the Rams.

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Yeah, Mcduffie.
OK, so Mcduffie.

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And so they took both of their
cornerbacks.

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That's interesting.
And Cook, right?

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Didn't the Rams sign Cook?
I don't know.

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All right, we're talking about.
We're talking about.

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Alante Alante Taylor Like who's
he?

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He's he's ranked just above him.
Tariq Woolen for for Seattle.

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I mean, he's considered the. 3rd
He's considered pretty good and.

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Then and then comes, comes in
the guy, the Steelers side.

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So so there you go.
So just below Tariq Woolen.

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So if you think Tariq Woolen was
good, it's he's on par with that

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guy.
Yeah, so we.

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Just we just don't see anybody
playing in the NFC.

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So I mean, it's hard to really
know.

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I mean, I've seen Tariq Wollen
play quite a bit and he's had

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times where people thought he
was a real top tier cornerback

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and then he had some stretches
where he got burnt quite a bit.

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But overall he's been pretty
good.

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You know, I think it's just
there's very few shut down guys

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that never get never get burned,
you know what I mean?

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Very few of those.
So you know, I I guess at this

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point all we can do is put our
trust in the Steelers brain

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trust.
So Jamel Dean ranks 4th among

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all quarterbacks in PFF Great
81.5.

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All.
All quarterbacks like the whole

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year last year.
Allowed just a 46.9 passer

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rating in went and throws into
his coverage OK.

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OK, we'll take him.
Sounds good.

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I'd say that's a good signing
then.

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I mean, that's got to be better
than Pierre.

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It's got to mean, actually, I
think honestly, I think Pierre

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was like in the up three,
honestly, God.

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Are you looking at him?
Look him up.

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I thought he had him right there
got to be a little faster on the

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draw there a little faster.
So if we had it while he's

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We're doing I, I think I do more
clicking than anything else in

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my life now.
I mean, seriously.

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Overall grade. 20 Anyway, you
click the the notifications

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Every Monday night, 7:00 PM
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I would love to read more but
for some reason Chris's Internet

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is blocking me so.
I, I, I, I don't know why dude,

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I, I'm not.
I'm not attempting to block you

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in any way.
I'm just telling you, it says

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DNS says F you.
Wow, that's that's your.

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Internet.
Is that exactly how it says it?

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Yeah, dude, you're come over
here.

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You're so.
You're plugged into the you got.

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A firewall, OK, as you guys are
banning about about about

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nothing.
Well, let's let's talk about

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some of the losses.
So they they lost Isaac Samalu

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today, they lost Kenny Gainwell
today.

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Yeah.
Lose anybody else of

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significance.
Not off the top of my head, but

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but how do you feel about the
Gainwell loss?

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We we were talking and OK, so
you love it.

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Yeah, I mean it.
It means they're they're all in

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on Caleb Johnson, which is what
they should have been last year.

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So I'm glad that he's gone.
I that doesn't mean they're

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going to be better, but at least
we finally get to play our

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rookies.
I.

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Mean, how sure are you that
Caleb Johnson is going to be the

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guy with Mike McCarthy?
I mean.

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How sure am I?
Yeah, 5050.

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OK.
I mean, that's reasonable.

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Yeah, I mean.
You're being way too reasonable.

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I don't know though, I think.
I mean, I mean, he, he, we

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didn't see him run at all last
year, so it's impossible to

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know.
Oh, you're right.

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True, it's.
True, I think he got in like 4

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plays although maybe more than
that but it not much.

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I think the Kenny Gamewell could
be somebody that, you know, will

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be missed.
And this is actually very, very

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good point of of Amy's here is
that Rogers did love Gainwell

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and he loved dumping it off
then, you know, had good hands.

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So now we love Jalen Warren.
So what?

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Yeah, but yeah, but Gainwell did
have that ridiculous catch that

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we did.
Play right, right.

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And, and Jalen, you know, the,
the, the one thing with Jalen

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Warren is he sometimes lines up
on the wrong side and then

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Rogers is to yell at him.
Right, that's true.

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That's true.
Now, now we're getting we're

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getting some info here that it
says the Steelers have signed

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Rico Dowdle really from the
Panthers just happened.

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That's derpy.
I I don't know if it's.

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So is that?
Official.

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I'm trying to I'm trying to find
this on.

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Does that basically mean that
like losing gain?

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Well, there was no point to it.
Yeah, you know what I mean?

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Yeah, yeah.
Although Dowdell I think had it

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was.
I don't know.

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I don't know.
I I'm trying to confirm that.

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Are you trying to confirm that?
Yeah.

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I I can pull it up on my phone
'cause I can't pull it up on my

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computer.
What are you you're blaming me

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for something that I, I, I have
no idea what's going on.

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I got I got rap sheet on the
phone right now.

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Yeah, OK, cool.
Let's get it.

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Not official yet.
OK.

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It says we are signing him
though, yeah. 20. 2 seconds ago.

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OK, really Jordan Schultz?
I guess so.

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You're not going to.
Say that.

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So yeah, we want to hear from
you what it what is your

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reaction to this and how do you
feel about the Steelers?

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You know, crazy, How do you feel
about the Steelers in free

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agency so far?
And it hasn't even really

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officially started so.
I'll tell you what though, it's,

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it's kind of a little bit of a
change, I would say.

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I mean, the Steelers are usually
not very active in free ages.

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They usually wait a few days.
Yeah, yeah, true, you know.

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So they pick off the scrap bin.
Yeah.

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So, you know, I, I think it's a
good sign that things are being

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run different with McCarthy in
charge.

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Yeah, I do like that.
I do like that, definitely.

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I don't know what it's going to
look like come the come the

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season, but, you know, there you
go again with the, I guess say

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Amalu's gone and what are they
gonna do in the draft?

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I mean, everybody that's been
talking about the draft and all

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the mock drafts, now things are
gonna kind of change.

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Well, yeah, all the mock drafts
are gonna change because, you

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know, for example, everybody had
the the Chiefs taking Jeremiah

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Love the running back out of
Notre Dame.

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Now they don't need a running
back.

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That's right.
That's right.

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Not that high.
That's.

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That's that's what I'm hinting
at, which is how is it going to

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affect the Steelers?
I mean, we talk about Caleb

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Johnson.
Well, what what if they want to

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draft a running back?
What if they're working on, you

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know, Jeremiah Love because
they're saving draft capital?

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Well, they're not.
They're not if they just like

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Enrico Dowdell now, they still
have.

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Now they have 3 running backs
again.

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Yeah, Yeah.
So it's just everything's going

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to flip around.
Mike Lawrence is in the house.

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Thanks, Mike.
Do you guys think McCarthy had a

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lot of influence on the free
agent market?

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It is different for the
Steelers.

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I'm going to take that one.
Yes, right.

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For sure.
Yeah, yeah.

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I mean, he's the head coach now
and and their GM is kind of the

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bean counter.
So yeah, you know, you go there

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you go.
So yeah, I think he absolutely

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had some, some, hey, we like
this guy, let's go get him.

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Mm hmm.
Yeah.

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And I and, and I think for
everybody who was not tickled

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pink by the fact that Mike
McCarthy was named the head

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coach, well, at least now you're
and, and I was, you know, but.

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You weren't tickled pink.
I was.

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I was pink.
You your face does look.

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Pink.
But thanks.

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I shaved.
Yeah, I took a shower and shaved

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for you guys.
Wow.

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I'm serious.
I mean, it's nice to see a

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person over there.
Yeah, that's good.

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You know that's good.
Non homeless.

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Looking right, right, Right.
Right, well, right.

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You know, ever since you told me
Amy made that kind of homeless

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comment.
Well, housing.

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Challenged, challenged.
So anyway, for those who weren't

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tickled pink by this, I, I would
say, look, things are already

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different.
I mean, they, they, they, they

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feel different just based on the
perspective that we have here

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where they usually wait at least
24 hours, you know, before they,

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they, they start making moves.
So are the free agents told

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about the five toilet stalls?
Says Chris Chotta.

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I think they probably say we're
working on putting in another 5

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stalls.
Yeah, or, or maybe it's maybe

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it's like we're adding another
one down at the end of the hall.

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They're, they're too busy
planting grass, right?

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Now, yeah, right.
One thing at a time, right?

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Yeah, one thing.
At a time.

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Oh my.
God.

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All right, let's let's talk real
quick about some other things

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that occurred free agent wise.
How about Kenneth Walker going

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to the Chiefs?
How about that?

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I think that stinks just
honestly because, you know, it

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was really nice having a
playoffs without the Chiefs this

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year.
Like I think we all had Chiefs

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fatigue and I was really kind of
getting tired of the Chiefs and

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it was nice to have them down.
But I don't know why, but just

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for some reason my, the fact
that they got Kenneth Walker and

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you know, they'll probably add a
receiver, maybe even Ty Hill

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coming back.
I feel probably draft a high

452
00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:37,520
receipt.
I feel like the Chiefs are going

453
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:39,960
to be back this year.
Yeah, I feel like they can't.

454
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:43,440
You can't keep like Andy Reid
and Patrick Mahomes down for too

455
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:45,240
long.
Now they have one of the best

456
00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,520
running backs in the league.
I mean, yeah, from an offensive

457
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,640
perspective, but their defense
kind of got raided a little bit.

458
00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:53,800
Maybe.
Maybe.

459
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:58,640
So I'm not saying you're not
right, because I, I think I

460
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,240
think yes, they're making the
moves they need to make to

461
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,200
surround once again, Patrick
Mahomes, who's getting older and

462
00:23:04,200 --> 00:23:06,960
now has a, a pretty extensive
injury history.

463
00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,560
You know, they're they're
adjusting and saying we need to

464
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,120
add these pieces.
So yeah, I, I think it puts them

465
00:23:13,120 --> 00:23:17,440
in a much better position.
Am I shocked he what did he get

466
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:19,160
an average like 8 million a
year?

467
00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:23,680
No, No, 15, it was 3 for 45,
yeah. 3 for 45.

468
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:26,080
I'm sorry, I meant 15.
Yeah, I'm, I'm just really.

469
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:27,560
That's a lot of money for a
running.

470
00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:31,080
Back I still feel I I mean, I'm
really surprised that Seattle

471
00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:34,360
wouldn't give 15,000,000 a year
for just three years to their

472
00:23:34,360 --> 00:23:36,120
MVP in the Super.
Bowl Yeah.

473
00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:37,600
I think that's a little
surprised.

474
00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,240
That did shock.
I think they want to play

475
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,640
Charbonnay and they probably
think they can get somebody.

476
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:44,800
They probably want to spend, you
know, top dollar to probably

477
00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,320
make Smith and Jigba the number
one paid receiver.

478
00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,440
Yeah, I'm sure that's part.
Of it for sure.

479
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,880
And they wanted to keep Shaheed.
So, you know, that's, that's

480
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,720
just what they're doing.
Yeah, so.

481
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,760
OK, no, I'm nobody.
I don't think you should be

482
00:23:57,760 --> 00:24:01,040
shocked by that signing.
And you shouldn't be shocked

483
00:24:01,200 --> 00:24:03,080
that the Kansas City Chiefs will
be back.

484
00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:07,080
They were, they were a dynasty
before, you know, falling out

485
00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:11,040
last year, you know, So it'll be
interesting to see how they

486
00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:14,080
morph, what they morph into,
because the last time they they

487
00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:18,760
won the Super Bowl was mostly on
their defense, you know, So they

488
00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:22,120
they've won the Super Bowl
mostly because of their offense

489
00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:24,840
before that.
So I don't know, I don't know

490
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,040
what they're going to be.
And that's that's really going

491
00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:29,320
to be the thing.
And that's such a competitive

492
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:32,320
division.
So they have to keep up with

493
00:24:32,320 --> 00:24:35,000
some of those teams.
But if you if you kind of go

494
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:39,920
with that, you know, that kind
of theory that every year, you

495
00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:43,560
know, there's what, 14 teams in
the playoffs and every year

496
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,240
there's like 6 new teams in,
right?

497
00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:50,600
And then six teams are out.
You know, you could almost book

498
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:52,960
the Chiefs are going to be one
of those teams going back in.

499
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,120
I mean, that that's just my
guess.

500
00:24:55,120 --> 00:24:56,640
Yeah.
You know, assuming Patrick

501
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,080
Mahomes stays healthy.
Right, right.

502
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:02,640
All right.
Who?

503
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:06,240
San Francisco.
Mike Evans.

504
00:25:06,280 --> 00:25:10,440
Mike Evans, I mean, it's like
it's like you can't even you

505
00:25:10,440 --> 00:25:13,960
can't even keep up with it.
This is this is crazy.

506
00:25:13,960 --> 00:25:16,200
I mean, Mike Evans is now in the
49ers.

507
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,840
They that's exactly what they
needed.

508
00:25:17,840 --> 00:25:22,480
Now look, he is like at the.
End of old career at this point.

509
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,360
Yeah, but he's still.
He's still very good.

510
00:25:24,360 --> 00:25:26,320
He.
Still makes an impact, he still.

511
00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:29,760
Gets 1000 yards every.
Yeah, I mean, it's like and,

512
00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:31,720
and, and he can make those
catches.

513
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,960
And that's exactly what a guy
like Brock Purdy Hall of Fame

514
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,800
needs.
And look, you know, you can say

515
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,600
what you want about Shanahan
being a a, a genius and a great

516
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:50,920
coach, which he is, which he is.
Is he going to go down as that

517
00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:53,640
guy that just can't win the
Super Bowl?

518
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:57,160
But always, no matter what, puts
together a great team and a

519
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,040
great scheme.
Well, that's who he is now.

520
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:02,360
That's that's what I'm saying.
He can say all of that, but but

521
00:26:02,360 --> 00:26:05,640
you know, is, is that what he is
destined to be?

522
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,040
Maybe.
I don't know.

523
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,840
I don't know.
But Mike Evans is a guy that a

524
00:26:10,840 --> 00:26:14,240
guy makes a difference in the
locker room and on the field.

525
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,600
So yeah, I, I, I had some.
Headaches in the wide receiver

526
00:26:17,600 --> 00:26:20,640
position, Yes.
I mean, Brandon Iuke, Yeah, he

527
00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:22,600
ghosted.
That and Debo Samuel.

528
00:26:22,600 --> 00:26:24,920
Yep.
Debo went away, right?

529
00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:28,120
And Juwan Jennings, they're
probably going to have to sign

530
00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:30,800
him, right?
He's starting to mouth off about

531
00:26:30,800 --> 00:26:33,440
not making money, so.
Yeah, I know.

532
00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:35,160
I don't know.
They get they got to do

533
00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:37,920
something about this wide
receiver starting to sound like

534
00:26:37,920 --> 00:26:40,680
the Steelers wide receiver.
And So what not.

535
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,760
Quite as bad.
Formerly the Steeler.

536
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,400
Wide.
So what did you guys think of

537
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:50,160
the Morning News where Tua is
released and apparently the

538
00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:55,200
Falcons are interested in Tua
and you know, of course the the

539
00:26:55,200 --> 00:26:58,440
Dolphins sign Malik Willis to a
three-year deal.

540
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:02,640
I don't know, it'll be
interesting to see what happens.

541
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,560
I mean, it just I, I think it's
it's kind of actually, it's kind

542
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:08,240
of a shame and a little bit sad
kind of the fall of Tua.

543
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:11,400
I mean, he's obviously a really
talented quarterback, but you

544
00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:15,040
know it, it's so hard to have
him as your guy knowing that

545
00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:18,800
he's one hit away and while
everybody is one hit away, I

546
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,680
mean, he's like, you know, one
tap to the head away.

547
00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:28,600
Yeah, he's actually one hit away
from being a being a vegetable,

548
00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:31,200
you know what I'm saying?
I mean, like, that's what scares

549
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:32,360
me.
I think the guy should have

550
00:27:32,360 --> 00:27:35,640
retired that that's me.
I mean, you're getting paid a

551
00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:39,720
lot of money, but I.
Feel like that was insensitive.

552
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:41,840
I'm not being insensitive.
I care.

553
00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,000
I I'm caring for it.
It's compassionate.

554
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,920
It's like you're one hit away
from like not being able to walk

555
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,600
maybe again.
You're calling a person a

556
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,000
vegetable.
No, from all right.

557
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:53,320
Can we?
Can we?

558
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,160
Yes, it's just a theoretical,
it's not a real.

559
00:27:58,160 --> 00:27:59,240
Bench, OK.
OK.

560
00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:00,440
Thank you.
So much to.

561
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,280
HJ.
Finally, HJ is.

562
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,600
Back in my corner.
On something On something.

563
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,360
But I mean, don't feel too bad
for Tua.

564
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:12,120
He's still going to get paid $99
million from the Dolphins.

565
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:13,440
Yeah, I guess I.
Don't.

566
00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,160
Well, actually, you know, you
know what he's going to have,

567
00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:20,320
He's going to have the similar a
situation to like Russell Wilson

568
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:22,600
had where like, you know, they
gave.

569
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,440
Him all that guaranteed.
Yeah, Kyler.

570
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,720
Murray Kyler Murray has the same
situation.

571
00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,760
They're going to sign for 1.3
million with somebody, Yeah.

572
00:28:30,760 --> 00:28:32,800
And then the other team's going
to pay him 40 million.

573
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,640
That's crazy.
That's crazy.

574
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,240
That would that would be like me
like me going to work for ALDI

575
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,400
for 8 bucks an hour and Trader
Joe's continues to pay me, you

576
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,800
know $100.00 an hour, which is
not which is not what they pay

577
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:49,000
me He's.
Pat off track, showing that it

578
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,480
doesn't take long for him to go
off track.

579
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:58,120
He's talking hockey in the midst
of free agency frenzy.

580
00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,080
Yeah, Pat, off track.
Listen, slow it down, go back

581
00:29:02,080 --> 00:29:04,880
and start from the beginning.
Yeah.

582
00:29:04,880 --> 00:29:07,200
Malik Willis.
Hey, listen, the guy that made

583
00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:11,520
the NFL.com top one O 1 list, I,
I can't remember his name, you

584
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,720
know, shame on me.
But I was watching him talk

585
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,800
about Malik Willis.
He I, he named Malik Willis his

586
00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,480
number one free agent.
And you know how we all feel

587
00:29:21,480 --> 00:29:24,520
about Malik Willis around here
being, you know, this is a

588
00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:28,520
Steelers show.
Tomlin talked him up, then he

589
00:29:28,520 --> 00:29:31,400
didn't draft him, then he went
to the Titans, then he was crap,

590
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,800
you know, that kind of stuff.
Then he goes to Green Bay as a

591
00:29:33,800 --> 00:29:37,400
total of like 3 starts and now
he's a $20 million man.

592
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,880
I think that's ridiculous, but I
digress.

593
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:47,520
This guy one O 1, the top one O
1 list says he thinks that Malik

594
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:51,640
Willis is absolutely the the
like the steal of the

595
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,560
quarterbacks and he's got all
the tools.

596
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:56,760
He's the best running
quarterback in the league.

597
00:29:56,760 --> 00:30:01,280
He's better than Lamar Jackson.
He's younger of course, but and

598
00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:04,120
he's going to show that this
year and he can make all the

599
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:08,160
throws and all this stuff and
was like you can, you can in

600
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:11,360
that absolutely he is going to
be great.

601
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,360
It's possible.
I'm not saying it's impossible.

602
00:30:14,360 --> 00:30:16,240
I'm not saying it's it's not
impossible.

603
00:30:16,240 --> 00:30:19,200
I have a different opinion.
I'm just, I'm just saying that's

604
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,160
what he said, yeah.
So go ahead.

605
00:30:21,160 --> 00:30:29,120
No, I mean like I will tell you
this, I personally would prefer

606
00:30:29,720 --> 00:30:33,080
that the Steelers signed Malik
Willis as compared to running it

607
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,760
back with Rogers.
Right.

608
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,920
But I look at it sort of in a
too late for that, you're right.

609
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:39,280
But I look at it in a different
way.

610
00:30:39,280 --> 00:30:44,040
I look at it more in terms of
the, if he's great than great,

611
00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,760
we found something.
If he's not, then we get a

612
00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:50,040
quarterback in the top 10 next
year, you know what I mean?

613
00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,960
I sort of look at it like that.
So it's like a win, win, good or

614
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,560
bad, right, Right.
You know what I mean?

615
00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:57,560
And I think that's probably, I
think that's probably how Miami

616
00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,200
looks at it too.
You think?

617
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,760
So yeah, I mean, I think they
they probably have some belief

618
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:06,760
in him because, you know, Jeff
Hatley, who's their head coach,

619
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:09,080
is it?
Hatley or Hatley?

620
00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:13,400
Hatley, I don't know whatever,
but what was he the defensive

621
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,280
coordinator of the Bears last
year?

622
00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:17,040
I think so.
And I think he had to prepare

623
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:21,200
against Malik Willis twice last
year and he he thinks the world

624
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:22,400
of him.
He thinks he's really good.

625
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:25,480
So.
So, you know, they probably have

626
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,200
a good feeling about him.
They're talking as if, no, we

627
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,160
expect him to be the guy, not a
bridge.

628
00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,440
But they know in the back of
their mind if he doesn't work

629
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:37,360
out, then we'll find our
quarterback in the top 10 next

630
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:38,400
year.
Yeah, right.

631
00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:40,840
Yeah.
I mean, you got it spot on.

632
00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:42,160
There's really nothing to add to
that.

633
00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:44,840
Yeah.
Yeah, well, we'll.

634
00:31:44,840 --> 00:31:47,600
Point it out.
When you apply to when you apply

635
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,040
that to the Steelers, though,
that's where it kind of hits

636
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,960
home.
Well I mean the Steelers are

637
00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,760
going to wait around for a 42
year old guy to make his

638
00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:57,400
decision.
You know that that's the one

639
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:03,640
thing where the McCarthy changes
are kind of like, well, it's

640
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,320
the, it's the Rogers connection.
Well, you know, he's he's going

641
00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,640
to, he's going to wait for his
buddy.

642
00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:09,240
He's been talking him up lately.
Yeah.

643
00:32:09,320 --> 00:32:12,720
And I I mean, we're without a
quarterback again.

644
00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,800
So I just don't want to beat
that dead horse.

645
00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:18,680
But the reality is I do like the
thought process.

646
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:22,920
If, if Aaron Rodgers doesn't
come back, they just go sign

647
00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,680
somebody.
And if they suck, they suck.

648
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,520
I don't think we have to worry
about, you know, the got to stay

649
00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:32,360
above 500 record anymore.
That's no longer in play.

650
00:32:32,560 --> 00:32:35,920
That's actually that's that's
actually very freeing for me as

651
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:38,600
a Steeler fan.
Yeah, I can see to.

652
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,400
Think that if the Steelers suck
next year, they could really

653
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:45,640
suck next year and that would be
great because then we would

654
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:49,400
finally get a top ten pick.
It may be in a season that you

655
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:53,160
know has a few better
quarterbacks in in the draft.

656
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,600
So I'm good either way.
I mean, you know, the reality is

657
00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,000
is, you know, we're the
defending AFC North champions,

658
00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,040
so we've already got that title
and everybody's going to be

659
00:33:04,040 --> 00:33:08,040
chasing us next year.
Chris Chotta, Do you think a guy

660
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,000
like McCarthy, who's proven to
be good with quarterbacks can

661
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:13,000
help?
Will Howard?

662
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,880
We will we ever see what the
Steelers have with him?

663
00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,040
No.
Yeah.

664
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,280
I mean, that's that's really.
Difficult.

665
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:25,000
When the the answer, it's tough,
but they didn't draft him to be

666
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,480
the starting quarterback and
and.

667
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:30,120
Something has to happen for him
to become the starting

668
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:32,400
quarterback.
It basically like if Rogers is

669
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:36,800
the guy, he has to get hurt for
him to have an opportunity.

670
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,000
Yeah, yeah.
Or Rogers doesn't come back.

671
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:46,240
They miss out on, say, Daniel
Jones and, you know, Tyler.

672
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:50,240
Mary.
And they got to just go with

673
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:53,360
Mason Rudolph, right Then you
might see it.

674
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:56,400
Right then you might see it.
I don't think that will happen,

675
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:59,000
but well, I don't know.
I.

676
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:00,120
Think.
It's possible.

677
00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:01,960
I think it's definitely
possible.

678
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,600
Yeah, yeah.
I mean, I, I, who knows.

679
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:08,960
I'm, I'm, I'm, I'm tired, you
know, and, and I know this is

680
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,800
kind of like, like you were
saying, it's good either way.

681
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:15,960
This is kind of like a, it's
kind of like a, I don't know, a

682
00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,520
Gimme year for Mike McCarthy.
Like, you got to deal with his

683
00:34:18,520 --> 00:34:22,520
quarterback situation and no
matter what happens, you're

684
00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:25,120
going to come out of it with a
clear direction.

685
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:28,719
So he's going to get a one year
break, no big deal.

686
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:33,400
But it does suck to be in this
situation again, because

687
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,719
honestly, yeah, I don't want to
watch Aaron Rodgers play

688
00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,679
football next year.
I I actually would have rather

689
00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:44,040
watched Malik Willis in a
Steelers uniform.

690
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,159
At least it would have been
exciting and a change.

691
00:34:46,679 --> 00:34:48,800
And I don't want to watch Mason
Rudolph either.

692
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:52,120
I mean, but look, we're not in
control of that.

693
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,120
We're not in control of that.
Do you think there's an

694
00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:57,080
opportunity where you could be
in control of that?

695
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:05,480
No, Amy says.
If we, if you, if we quit, if we

696
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:07,800
get Flack.
I quit watching the.

697
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,280
Steelers.
I heard that about Aaron Rodgers

698
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,360
last year from some people and
they watched the whole season.

699
00:35:14,360 --> 00:35:16,880
Yeah, I'm not so sure about
that.

700
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:19,440
All right, all right.
OK.

701
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,640
Look, any other free agency
moves you guys want to talk

702
00:35:23,640 --> 00:35:28,120
about NFL wise?
I mean, that's the, you know,

703
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:31,560
that that that's the big thing.
I do have to say with the

704
00:35:31,560 --> 00:35:35,560
Steelers losing Samalu, you
could be looking at another year

705
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,760
where they go offensive line in
the first one or two picks.

706
00:35:38,760 --> 00:35:40,720
And what did I say?
You know what, I I'm glad you

707
00:35:40,720 --> 00:35:43,520
bring that up HJ, because a
couple weeks back before I, I

708
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:47,280
had to miss last week's show, we
did a list of our most important

709
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,680
Pittsburgh athletes.
And I see Broderick Jones was on

710
00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:52,320
my list for the Steelers.
And you guys, you guys were all

711
00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:53,720
over me.
And I said it's.

712
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:55,320
Because.
Right.

713
00:35:55,320 --> 00:35:59,840
It's because it's because he's
important, because it it

714
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,680
whatever happens with him is
what will guide the Steelers

715
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:08,400
draft this year after he was
slated to be the heir apparent

716
00:36:08,400 --> 00:36:10,960
left tackle for a generation of
football.

717
00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:15,280
And it's like now if he doesn't
come back, that they probably do

718
00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:17,960
have to draft a tackle pretty
high.

719
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:21,800
You know, they're saying that
it's it's a deep draft for line,

720
00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:27,240
but not left tackle, You know,
So, yeah, I think that I think

721
00:36:27,240 --> 00:36:28,680
they might do that.
You might be right.

722
00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,760
You might.
Have to.

723
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:31,800
Yeah, they might have to.
But here we sit.

724
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:36,600
I am validated just one time.
I wouldn't say you're validated,

725
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:39,680
I think it was still a very
stupid and poor decision.

726
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,640
I.
Always, always we got to get

727
00:36:44,640 --> 00:36:46,320
there.
If you're watching on X, thanks

728
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:48,000
for being here guys.
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729
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:51,320
We're here every Monday night at
7:00 PM Eastern Time.

730
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:55,400
How about Pat Off track brings
terrorism into the show?

731
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,840
Well, I mean.
He's full of facts.

732
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,040
He is.
He's full of facts, Yeah.

733
00:37:01,320 --> 00:37:03,080
And.
It's a, it's a proven.

734
00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:04,960
It's the truth.
That Will Howard was.

735
00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,680
Born two weeks after 9. 11 I
know and and.

736
00:37:07,680 --> 00:37:09,280
Considering we've got to see it
happen.

737
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,960
Considering considering what's
going on in the world right now.

738
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,920
And if you're watching us on
YouTube, please hit subscribe,

739
00:37:16,920 --> 00:37:18,840
click notifications.
You'll know when we're live.

740
00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:22,440
We do drop a podcast right after
the show on the iHeartRadio app,

741
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,480
Apple podcast, Spotify or
anywhere where you get your

742
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:28,360
freaking podcast.
There is one one move that we do

743
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,600
have to talk about that impacts
the Steelers and that's Max

744
00:37:31,600 --> 00:37:34,000
Crosby going to the Ravens.
That's.

745
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:35,480
True, that is.
True.

746
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:38,520
Now think about this, think
about this, that they, and, and

747
00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:43,120
as soon, as, as soon as I saw
this happen, I, I, I immediately

748
00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:47,320
thought about what if the
Steelers had traded TJ Watt?

749
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:53,080
Look what the Raiders got two
first round picks this year and

750
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,800
next year.
And Crosby, who's a little

751
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,640
younger, you know what I mean?
And, and not quite as good, but

752
00:38:00,640 --> 00:38:03,600
he's a motor back there and he,
he, he's damn good.

753
00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,480
You know he's not TJ Watt level.
Yeah.

754
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,560
He's close.
Oh yeah, he's as good.

755
00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:09,840
As he.
He's close.

756
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,880
Right now he is absolutely.
He's probably a little better,

757
00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:17,000
but imagine if they had done
that last year and gotten a just

758
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:19,560
a one first round pick.
That would have been the smarter

759
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:21,560
thing to do well.
Here's the thing about that

760
00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:25,000
whole deal.
Everybody who likes to bash TJ

761
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:27,080
and we do it here.
So you know, we're guilty of

762
00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:29,880
this too.
They say that he doesn't make

763
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,440
that big of a difference.
So is it really?

764
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:36,880
Is it really that important that
the that the Ravens got Max

765
00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:40,000
Crosby, or is it worse that they
lost Tyler Lindemaum?

766
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,320
Yeah, it's true.
I mean, they added and they've

767
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,800
lost that.
That feels like a hateful

768
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,280
deflection, doesn't it?
I.

769
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:51,280
I'm just, I'm, I'm just saying,
I'm just saying that, you know,

770
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:54,600
we hate on the on the defensive
end position and say it really

771
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,600
doesn't affect the team that
much.

772
00:38:56,880 --> 00:38:59,720
Yeah, it's nice to have a good
flashy guy can go back there,

773
00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:02,960
sack the quarterback and, you
know, maybe once every eight

774
00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,520
games get a fumble and scoop and
score.

775
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:09,480
That is fun, no doubt about it.
But in the in the in the scope

776
00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:11,560
of things, is it really that
important?

777
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:18,200
So my who I was praising was
actually the Raiders or, or

778
00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:21,640
actually, yeah, the Raiders for
getting two first round picks.

779
00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,200
I get it.
That's what I'm saying.

780
00:39:23,200 --> 00:39:26,560
Like like, like for what?
He's on the decline.

781
00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:29,560
I mean, look, I love what TJ
Watt did for the Steelers, but

782
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:34,440
let's face it, he's never been
on a long playoff run with the

783
00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,440
Steelers.
They've you know, we know the

784
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,760
track record.
So right, he hasn't made that

785
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:42,000
much of a difference.
So why not trade him?

786
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:45,760
Even if you could trade him now
and get a second round pick, I

787
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,000
don't I don't know that you'd
get a first round pick one.

788
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:51,280
But if you well, but if you got
two first rounds for Max Crosby,

789
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,560
I think you could make the
argument you get one first round

790
00:39:55,240 --> 00:39:56,880
for TJ Watt.
Why not?

791
00:39:57,240 --> 00:39:59,560
Why not?
No, I don't think anybody would

792
00:39:59,560 --> 00:40:01,720
do that it.
Could get like A2 and A4.

793
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,760
Yeah, I don't know, Trey.
Hendrickson's still out.

794
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:06,040
There it's.
Probably better than Watt right

795
00:40:06,040 --> 00:40:07,680
now.
Yeah, you don't have to give

796
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:11,320
anything up for him.
He is. 30 or 31 so he's he's

797
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,120
kind of on that and you have to
give up a lot of.

798
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:18,440
Brad Bradley Chubb is also
available and they say that the

799
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:24,440
Vikings want want to trade.
I think finance wise was a

800
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:28,960
Denard Granard.
Granard I think.

801
00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:31,480
Yeah, Granard.
Whatever, whatever.

802
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:35,480
So that is a significant move in
the AFC North and, and, and will

803
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:37,720
it will it improve Baltimore's
defense?

804
00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:41,200
We'll see, you know, we'll see.
They, they've got other issues.

805
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,760
Their new head coach.
I I've always said bringing in a

806
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:47,880
new head coach in a new system,
you know all bets are off.

807
00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:50,240
Hey, did you hear the move that
Joe Barrow did?

808
00:40:50,720 --> 00:40:52,680
Yes, I did.
Jessica Alba.

809
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:54,960
Yeah, stating Jessica Alba.
Yep.

810
00:40:55,800 --> 00:40:59,000
And he's and he's a a goofball.
I mean if you watch.

811
00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:01,240
She's like 20 years older than
he is, yeah.

812
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:02,560
Yeah, she's 40.
Four.

813
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:04,120
She doesn't look 20 years older,
though.

814
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,880
No, no, no, no.
I think he could have done

815
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:11,480
better.
No, obviously not obviously.

816
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,640
I mean, I, I, I, I think he
could have done a little bit

817
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:16,480
better than Jessica Alba, don't
you?

818
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:19,160
No, I don't think.
So no, you think she's top of

819
00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:20,960
the heap?
Well, you know, Jessica, Jessica

820
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,160
Alba is actually way richer than
he is.

821
00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:24,000
Hey.
Number one.

822
00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:26,120
She's way richer than he is too.
Like she's.

823
00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:28,600
Got that cougar?
She's officially a cougar.

824
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,600
Well, she's got that.
She's got that company.

825
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,600
What's it called?
I don't know it.

826
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:35,480
I don't talking about.
Laurae, I don't know.

827
00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:36,400
I'm making.
I'm making.

828
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:37,880
Yeah, she's got like some
company.

829
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:39,320
It's a monster.
Yeah.

830
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:40,840
Yeah.
Yeah, that's why she doesn't

831
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:42,760
barely act anymore.
Why should she?

832
00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,720
Yeah, right.
They're making money.

833
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,920
Hang out with Joe Burrow, Yeah.
Yeah, I think they do more than

834
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:49,720
hang out.
Is it called The Honest Company?

835
00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,680
Yes, I think that's what it is,
yeah.

836
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,760
I never heard.
I wonder how honest they really

837
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:54,840
are.
I mean.

838
00:41:54,840 --> 00:41:56,840
Probably pretty honest.
Yeah, yeah.

839
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,920
We make things and sell them for
money.

840
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,360
Well, at least you know the name
of the person he's dating,

841
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:07,240
unlike Aaron Rodgers.
Has that really been?

842
00:42:07,240 --> 00:42:09,600
Did he get under wraps?
Did he get married?

843
00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,920
Is that true exactly?
Is that true or not?

844
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:16,280
That's what he said.
I don't know.

845
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,920
Who knows?
Wait a minute, Pat, off track

846
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,600
says should have got Sidney
Sweeney.

847
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:23,200
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that's a little bit more

848
00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:24,720
of in his age range, that's
true.

849
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:29,560
Joe Burrow.
Yeah, Yeah, well, maybe the

850
00:42:29,560 --> 00:42:33,120
maybe the Joe Cole vibes.
That's not Sydney Sweeney's

851
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:34,480
thing.
I feel like she's more like a

852
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,840
bad boy.
Yeah, I would agree with you

853
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,400
there.
I don't think she settles down

854
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:44,800
with just one even man.
Yeah, based on her latest

855
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,240
lingerie line, which I haven't
seen yet, but I've.

856
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:48,760
Heard.
You've heard it's interesting,

857
00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:50,880
you know she has a lingerie
line.

858
00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,000
It's a lingerie line called
Honest.

859
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:53,960
Did you?
Did you?

860
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:57,600
I don't think so did.
You know she had a lingerie

861
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:58,960
line.
No, I did not.

862
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:00,800
You're a liar.
No, I did not.

863
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,760
You're on social media more than
I am.

864
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:07,120
I know Sidney Sweeney and I am a
fan of her work.

865
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:10,040
Yeah, I think she's a good.
She actually is a good actor.

866
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:12,400
She's very.
I I don't disagree with her.

867
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,760
She's got all of the attributes
of a good actress.

868
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:17,440
She makes it happen.
Sorry, good actor.

869
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:20,600
OK, let's move on to something,
hey?

870
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,520
I'm just wanting to say that the
Bengals did something in case.

871
00:43:23,520 --> 00:43:24,760
What did they do?
Thank you.

872
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:26,840
They got they got Jessica Alba,
Yeah, in.

873
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,640
The mix.
Now she's going to be up in the

874
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:31,360
press box.
Yeah, next.

875
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,080
You know what she's got?
Taylor Swift.

876
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:34,800
Listen, Bengals got Jessica
Alba.

877
00:43:34,960 --> 00:43:38,600
This is beautiful, The NFL the.
Pirates got Olivia Livia done.

878
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:42,240
The NFL is unreal because that
this is going to happen.

879
00:43:42,480 --> 00:43:45,120
The Honest Company is going to
be some sort of, there's going

880
00:43:45,120 --> 00:43:47,280
to be some sort of official
partnership.

881
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,880
You watch for sure.
This is an opportunity for

882
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:56,960
Jessica Alba and like probably
some sort of dream, if I may,

883
00:43:57,040 --> 00:43:58,400
for Joe Burrow.
Yeah.

884
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:04,360
By the way, in 15 minutes, on
the mound for USA Tonight is

885
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:08,760
Paul Skeen, OH.
So let's let's just talk a

886
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,120
little pirates real quick.
As they face Mexico.

887
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,840
Real quick, real quick, because
the draft or not the draft,

888
00:44:15,840 --> 00:44:18,040
excuse me, free agency friend
frenzy.

889
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:20,960
By this time next week, it's
going to be like the balloons

890
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,080
popped and we pretty much know
everything.

891
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,840
So we'll do more Pirates next
week.

892
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:29,640
But yeah, there's a big raging
debate over Connor Griffin.

893
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:32,880
And should he start the year
with the Pirates?

894
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:35,760
And I'm kind of split on that.
And I don't want to talk too

895
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,680
long because we're getting close
to the playoffs in hockey.

896
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,520
And HJ, I'm sure has a lot to
say.

897
00:44:40,520 --> 00:44:42,680
There's been a lot going on with
the Penguins.

898
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,640
I saw somewhere where they have
one of the more difficult

899
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:49,560
schedules in their last what, 19
games or 21 games?

900
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:50,800
Something like that.
Here's 5.

901
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,760
Here's Here's the big.
Question with Connor Griffin,

902
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:55,560
OK.
I guess we are going to talk

903
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:56,440
about it a little bit.
Yeah, we.

904
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,880
Should well, he's he's blasting
the ball he's hitting home runs,

905
00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:06,400
but I I'm looking at him right
today and he does only have a

906
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:10,640
182 average in the spring right.
So that's not great right.

907
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,960
This is the question is, is you
want him to start the season

908
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:18,240
because, well, I look, there's a
few reasons why he could start

909
00:45:18,240 --> 00:45:22,080
the season #1 is more talented
than what they have, yeah.

910
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:23,960
Right.
He's a more talented fielder

911
00:45:24,560 --> 00:45:26,360
than what they have.
Yeah, he's more talented than

912
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,160
what they have.
I guess on the flip side of it,

913
00:45:30,280 --> 00:45:36,520
the, the risk of it is by
bringing him up maybe a little

914
00:45:36,520 --> 00:45:45,240
early, Do you sort of, you know,
have him with sort of confidence

915
00:45:45,240 --> 00:45:48,040
questions?
If he hits 220 and 20 homers, do

916
00:45:48,040 --> 00:45:51,040
you want that to be his rookie
year?

917
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:54,000
You know, so that it it's just a
a thing to think about.

918
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,680
You know, I, I, I think.
Versus versus, you know, he goes

919
00:45:56,680 --> 00:46:01,200
to AAA, you know, he hits 350
and a bunch of bombs and then he

920
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:05,640
comes up like, you know, you
know, maybe 1/3 or midway

921
00:46:05,640 --> 00:46:09,040
through the season and then has
a strong finish, you know, going

922
00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,240
in the next year.
Yeah, he's still a teenager.

923
00:46:11,440 --> 00:46:13,000
Yeah, I mean, he is, that's the
thing.

924
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:15,720
That's absolutely part of it, no
doubt about.

925
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:19,480
I, I, I think, and I could be
wrong about this, you know, they

926
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:24,520
make comparisons to Ken Griffey
junior, not, not, not a

927
00:46:24,520 --> 00:46:28,320
directly, but as far as like
teenager to major leagues.

928
00:46:30,160 --> 00:46:36,120
But you know, it, it, it just
seems to me like you, you got

929
00:46:36,120 --> 00:46:40,400
to, you got to, you got to prep
him for a career.

930
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:44,760
And I have said in the past that
putting him up here, I think

931
00:46:44,760 --> 00:46:47,040
would be good.
But, you know, Ben Charrington

932
00:46:47,040 --> 00:46:50,640
said something today about, you
know, 100 at bats latest.

933
00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:54,520
Really 98 at bats above high at
high A.

934
00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,720
And and it's like, yeah, I think
he needs a little more time.

935
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:04,960
I mean, he he is 19 and let's
let's I'd love to see him.

936
00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:07,040
I, you know, I'm conflicted.
I'd love to see him play.

937
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:09,080
I'd love to see him play in a
pirate's uniform.

938
00:47:09,080 --> 00:47:11,520
I think it'd be a great story.
I actually happen to think that

939
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:14,920
he might have a rough start, but
he would settle in because he

940
00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:16,680
just has seems to have that
mentality.

941
00:47:16,840 --> 00:47:19,560
But I also realized that what
you said, if you bring him up

942
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:23,800
here and he bats O 87, you know,
are are, is he the next Henry

943
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:25,760
Davis?
I mean that now, Henry Davis was

944
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,520
never touted to be as good as
Conor, right?

945
00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:29,600
But I I think you understand
what I'm saying.

946
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,280
So we're going to talk about
this unless you have anything

947
00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:33,800
you want to add to that.
HJ No.

948
00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:35,800
I was going to say the same
thing about Cherrington.

949
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:38,840
Was kind of walking it back
today, this past week really.

950
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:40,560
Yeah.
Well, I don't think Cherrington

951
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,560
ever put out there that he would
be on the OR that they would

952
00:47:43,560 --> 00:47:45,520
even consider.
Him, he didn't, But you know,

953
00:47:45,520 --> 00:47:48,920
when he did finally speak about
it, it was, hey, let's pump the

954
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,320
brakes on this kid.
He's going to be great.

955
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:53,560
Let's pump the brakes.
Let's just give him a little bit

956
00:47:53,560 --> 00:47:56,320
of space.
Yeah, Pat, Off Track is telling

957
00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,120
us now that the honest this
company is valued at $550

958
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:01,920
million.
Congratulations, Jessica Alba.

959
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:05,000
That's an old Taylor.
Swift look, you've got an open

960
00:48:05,000 --> 00:48:09,120
invitation to come on the show
anytime you want and talk NFL,

961
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:11,080
because obviously you're an NFL
fan.

962
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,760
And she's got a split of amongst
3 kids, yeah.

963
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:16,720
That's a lot.
She's going to have to make more

964
00:48:16,720 --> 00:48:19,920
than.
Those kids are all right.

965
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:23,040
Let's not get down that road.
All right, Hockey Jesus, Hockey

966
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:26,120
Jesus is right next to me, right
over there, right down there.

967
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:29,280
Hockey Jesus is on the porch at
the sports sports podcast.

968
00:48:29,720 --> 00:48:33,800
He talks to Yin's guys after
every single Penguins game and

969
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,480
he talks about their game and
their season and what's going

970
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,800
on.
And he he just doesn't stop.

971
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:40,120
He's like the little engine that
could.

972
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:41,880
We had some fun earlier this
week.

973
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:46,800
He was live down at PPG Paints.
I was just behind the glass, as

974
00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:50,120
they like to say, but hockey
Jesus, take it away.

975
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:52,000
Tell us what's going on with the
Pens right now.

976
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:55,080
Oh boy, it's been exhausting.
There's been so much going on.

977
00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,120
Plus you had the trade deadline
thrown in there.

978
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:03,000
So let's see, where do we start?
I guess we can start with what

979
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:06,720
happened last week.
Last week they lost a tough game

980
00:49:06,720 --> 00:49:10,680
in in Boston. 21 really was kind
of a boar's fest.

981
00:49:10,680 --> 00:49:14,040
There was just not a lot of
action and Boston just kind of

982
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,600
put the clamps on and the
Penguins just couldn't score.

983
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,760
And this is going to be the
problem with the Penguins if

984
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:24,440
they don't find secondary
scoring with both with with sit

985
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:30,560
out in this case, because then
the Thursday game came and

986
00:49:30,720 --> 00:49:33,200
Buffalo, I don't know what
Buffalo's been drinking lately,

987
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,680
but they've been getting into a
lot of melees.

988
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:41,880
And Darlene and Gino got into a
little spat and Gino brought out

989
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,680
the hatchet and got five games
for it.

990
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:48,800
So whether you like the whether
you like it or not, my take is

991
00:49:48,800 --> 00:49:51,080
online.
You can go and listen to it, but

992
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:55,760
essentially I I agree that he
should have been suspended, but

993
00:49:56,080 --> 00:49:59,880
I also agree that the NHL is a
joke when it comes to making

994
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:01,560
that consistent across the
board.

995
00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:05,320
Absolute joke.
But Buffalo kicked our ass 51,

996
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:08,920
which is probably probably
because we kicked their ass

997
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:14,000
right before the the Olympic
break, 5:00 to 2:00.

998
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,960
So I think it was just our the
comeuppance and Buffalo's

999
00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:19,440
playing great now.
They're probably the best team

1000
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:23,600
in a league right now as far as
the way they're playing as a

1001
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,840
team.
And so we had Philadelphia come

1002
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:30,000
in on set on Saturday.
The great thing is I was at the

1003
00:50:30,000 --> 00:50:34,000
game on Thursday and Saturday,
So I got to see the the debacle

1004
00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:38,200
on Thursday and then on Saturday
kind of had the same feel.

1005
00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:43,440
Only the difference was Penguins
would score and then they'd give

1006
00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:47,040
up a goal, they'd score, then
they give up a goal, they score,

1007
00:50:47,040 --> 00:50:50,680
then they give up a goal.
And it was disheartening because

1008
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:53,080
every time you're like, OK,
they're finally going to get get

1009
00:50:53,080 --> 00:50:56,120
some distance between them and
Philly and they just could never

1010
00:50:56,120 --> 00:51:00,080
do it.
And of course, you go to shoot

1011
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,920
out and you're going to lose in
a shootout against Philadelphia

1012
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:05,000
because they got this guy named
Trevor Zeigris.

1013
00:51:05,560 --> 00:51:08,360
He doesn't miss it.
Is it is ridiculous.

1014
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,040
He doesn't miss.
He's really phenomenal.

1015
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:17,360
So so they get a point out of it
and that's so you're like, OK,

1016
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:18,680
at least they got a point out of
it.

1017
00:51:19,080 --> 00:51:24,040
And then Sunday comes along and
they're down 3 nothing.

1018
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:25,200
It's a.
Nice win.

1019
00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:28,680
It's near the end of the second
period and you're like, oh boy,

1020
00:51:28,840 --> 00:51:32,840
they're really falling apart and
they get a they scratch back by

1021
00:51:32,840 --> 00:51:35,760
getting the goal.
Then they scratch back some more

1022
00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:40,000
with a backhanded goal from
Connor Dewar.

1023
00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:42,840
And they just, they just kept
coming.

1024
00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:47,000
I mean, that's the thing about
that I love about this team.

1025
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:51,360
So Gino was out, of course, that
was his second second serve

1026
00:51:51,360 --> 00:51:54,240
suspension game.
And they just, they just kept

1027
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:56,240
coming.
They they're they're not afraid

1028
00:51:56,240 --> 00:52:02,760
of trying hard the whole game.
They play a full 60 minutes and

1029
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:05,800
honestly, I thought they were
out playing Boston most of the

1030
00:52:05,800 --> 00:52:08,480
game.
It's just that they just weren't

1031
00:52:08,480 --> 00:52:12,040
getting timely goaltending.
They were making some boneheaded

1032
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,920
plays.
Like I don't think that Muse had

1033
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:18,000
the right lines out there where
he had Avery and Ben Kindle

1034
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,320
together and Pavel Zaka just
absolutely abused them.

1035
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:25,000
He he made some goals.
He had a hat trick on set on

1036
00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:30,160
Sunday and it's a it's been an
up and down week for the

1037
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:32,800
Penguins.
But overall, I mean, they've

1038
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,840
they've played fine.
They've played, they've played

1039
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:39,360
fine without Sid.
By the way, did you know that it

1040
00:52:39,360 --> 00:52:48,760
was a their first 3 gold deficit
overcome without Crosby and

1041
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:53,360
Malkin in the lineup since 2001
two. 1001 yeah, I did see that

1042
00:52:53,360 --> 00:52:55,560
stat.
It's something you know, yeah,

1043
00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:59,040
they're, they're playing hard
and they're getting points.

1044
00:52:59,600 --> 00:53:02,120
So the.
Guy who's who's really stepped

1045
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,640
it up is Carlson.
I think he's just.

1046
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:07,920
Yeah, he is playing well.
And I think the good thing that

1047
00:53:07,920 --> 00:53:12,640
that Muse did in the last game
was he got Sammy Gerrard not

1048
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:14,960
playing with Latang.
Those two guys cannot play

1049
00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:16,400
together.
They're not good.

1050
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:21,680
So they brought up that Solulov
and they played Gerard with him,

1051
00:53:21,680 --> 00:53:23,040
and I think that worked out
well.

1052
00:53:23,040 --> 00:53:25,680
So, and you can play Clifton
with him too.

1053
00:53:25,680 --> 00:53:29,120
So I think that's going to work
out OK as far as the defensive

1054
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:31,960
pairings go.
But as far as the scoring goes,

1055
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:34,240
they're going to have to keep
keep going.

1056
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:38,000
The fourth line's been
phenomenal as always, but when

1057
00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:40,040
the fourth line's your best
line, that's a problem.

1058
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:45,240
And I think Rex is getting
better at the center position

1059
00:53:45,320 --> 00:53:49,000
playing on the first line.
I think you have to keep it that

1060
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,080
way.
Chinikov seems like he can play

1061
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:54,480
up on the first line and and
Mark nailed this one.

1062
00:53:54,480 --> 00:53:57,880
Grand Schwabini had his had his
crystal ball out for this one

1063
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:00,760
that Chinikov's a star.
He's on.

1064
00:54:00,960 --> 00:54:06,320
He's good his.
Shot his speed, his his sense of

1065
00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:09,200
the ice.
He just, he's got all, he's got

1066
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:12,520
all the right tools and his shot
is by far the best.

1067
00:54:13,320 --> 00:54:17,520
It's just a rocket ship.
And so, yeah, so I think that's

1068
00:54:17,520 --> 00:54:20,600
helped kind of solidify the
first line.

1069
00:54:20,920 --> 00:54:23,760
And the second line is just
going to be a hodgepodge until,

1070
00:54:24,560 --> 00:54:27,320
until the second and third line
are going to kind of trade off

1071
00:54:27,320 --> 00:54:30,240
of each other.
We Novak and Kendall and the and

1072
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:32,600
the likes of Bantha.
They've got some good play from

1073
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,680
Novak lately.
I told you, Tommy Novak is a

1074
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:37,360
solid guy.
The only problem that I have

1075
00:54:37,360 --> 00:54:39,800
with Tommy Novak is he's so
soft.

1076
00:54:39,800 --> 00:54:43,280
He goes down so easily.
Yeah, he can get pushed around

1077
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,600
by a tough team, and that'll be
a problem in the playoffs

1078
00:54:46,840 --> 00:54:48,640
because they're all tough teams
in the playoffs.

1079
00:54:48,680 --> 00:54:51,240
If they make it now, they're
trending for 100 points.

1080
00:54:51,240 --> 00:54:56,920
Like I said in my last, my last
HJ, if you didn't catch it, you

1081
00:54:56,920 --> 00:54:59,120
know you can.
Not this week.

1082
00:54:59,120 --> 00:55:00,640
We got to talk about this for a
second.

1083
00:55:01,840 --> 00:55:04,040
We'll come back to why not this
week.

1084
00:55:04,720 --> 00:55:08,760
But yeah.
So the Penguins have played

1085
00:55:08,760 --> 00:55:10,800
fine.
They've played good without Sid,

1086
00:55:11,080 --> 00:55:14,720
and they've only got three more
games without Gino.

1087
00:55:14,920 --> 00:55:20,040
He'll be back in time for the
Monday away game in Colorado and

1088
00:55:20,040 --> 00:55:22,000
Sidney Crosby is making the
trip.

1089
00:55:22,360 --> 00:55:26,840
So it is possible you might see
Sid either in that Avalanche

1090
00:55:26,840 --> 00:55:29,520
game with Malkin.
I'm sure he wants to play

1091
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:34,520
against his buddy Nate Dogg.
And and they play Carolina right

1092
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:37,400
after that.
But the three games before that,

1093
00:55:37,600 --> 00:55:40,960
Carolina, Vegas, Utah's playing
pretty good.

1094
00:55:41,960 --> 00:55:44,840
Oh, boy.
And they they shellacked Vegas

1095
00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,800
at home 5 nothing.
So they're going to be looking

1096
00:55:46,800 --> 00:55:50,840
for some revenge at home on that
on this coming Thursday.

1097
00:55:51,240 --> 00:55:52,960
It's it's going to be
interesting.

1098
00:55:53,240 --> 00:55:56,360
I do like how the Penguins have
played off this whole what are

1099
00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:58,960
they going to do with Malkin
next year question that always

1100
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,200
comes around.
I love, I love what Dubis said.

1101
00:56:01,200 --> 00:56:02,520
About Yeah, yeah.
What?

1102
00:56:02,520 --> 00:56:05,240
Did he say?
He basically said that, you

1103
00:56:05,240 --> 00:56:09,240
know, we need to concentrate on
the season right now and and

1104
00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:13,080
winning this year and you know,
things are working and we don't

1105
00:56:13,080 --> 00:56:16,840
we don't want to have a
distraction for Gino or the

1106
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:20,600
Penguins.
But what he said explicitly was

1107
00:56:20,800 --> 00:56:23,240
we're going to do what's right
for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

1108
00:56:23,240 --> 00:56:26,800
Right, which was which I think
is right and.

1109
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:29,360
And that could mean they're
going to re sign him or they

1110
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:32,560
could mean they can let him go
because you can see both sides

1111
00:56:32,560 --> 00:56:35,640
of that argument.
You know, it's it's a it's a

1112
00:56:35,640 --> 00:56:38,560
tough decision, but I think
Dubis already knows what he's

1113
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:40,040
going to do.
He's just not.

1114
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:41,120
He's just.
Not I.

1115
00:56:41,160 --> 00:56:44,120
I think he's I think he's going
to re sign him because I, I, I

1116
00:56:44,120 --> 00:56:45,880
think I.
Don't think it's the opposite.

1117
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:46,520
I really.
Yeah.

1118
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,040
But it's interesting, you know
the Here's the thing.

1119
00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,280
But he wants him to sign.
Yeah, but China is the easy

1120
00:56:51,280 --> 00:56:52,560
thing.
Well, then bring in another

1121
00:56:52,560 --> 00:56:54,080
Russian.
I think that connection was

1122
00:56:54,080 --> 00:56:55,880
huge.
I think that's just me now.

1123
00:56:56,160 --> 00:56:57,720
Shinikov's playing great with
Algino.

1124
00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:02,200
Honestly, I think the thing
about Malkin, I mean, obviously

1125
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:05,960
he's not the same player when he
was a dominant player, right?

1126
00:57:06,520 --> 00:57:10,200
Sure, he show still has flashes.
He's yeah, I mean, he's he's a

1127
00:57:10,200 --> 00:57:14,440
serviceable player, right?
But I also think the one thing

1128
00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:18,640
about him, he's such a dumb
player at times.

1129
00:57:18,640 --> 00:57:23,080
Oh yeah, bad Genos, we call him.
Yeah, he really takes bad

1130
00:57:23,080 --> 00:57:26,640
penalties and and can really
change the momentum of the game

1131
00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:28,720
on his own in a bad way.
He can he.

1132
00:57:29,040 --> 00:57:31,920
Has.
So, so therefore, that's kind of

1133
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:36,080
why I think like, you know, if
right now he's just kind of, you

1134
00:57:36,080 --> 00:57:40,240
know, let's say like a fairly
decently above average player.

1135
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:43,000
You don't.
You don't want a guy who's, you

1136
00:57:43,000 --> 00:57:45,200
know, also brings a lot of
negatives too.

1137
00:57:45,400 --> 00:57:48,880
Yeah, the only, the only issue
you have and and it's sad that

1138
00:57:48,880 --> 00:57:51,760
you have to say this, but it's
true because they played so long

1139
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:54,560
together, right?
Is that how does Sidney Crosby

1140
00:57:54,560 --> 00:57:58,000
feel about not re signing Gino
when he knows he wants to come

1141
00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:00,240
back?
You know, sign at a really small

1142
00:58:00,240 --> 00:58:03,800
level, you know, 4 million.
Do you think he would?

1143
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:06,800
Oh yeah, you think he'd sign at
a real small?

1144
00:58:07,000 --> 00:58:09,520
Oh yeah, he'd sign it.
He I think the I think the

1145
00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:15,040
problem is he wants a two year
deal at like 3 or 4 million, but

1146
00:58:15,200 --> 00:58:17,840
they only want to give him a one
year deal at like 3 or 4

1147
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,960
million.
So I think that's the thing like

1148
00:58:20,960 --> 00:58:23,040
they don't want it.
They don't want it to go past

1149
00:58:23,040 --> 00:58:26,280
next year because they're going
to have guys by that point who

1150
00:58:26,280 --> 00:58:29,560
can fill in for him next year.
It it doesn't look like they

1151
00:58:29,560 --> 00:58:32,360
have that second line center
right now unless they're

1152
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,560
planning on going get one in the
in the free agency in the

1153
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:38,320
offseason this year.
And that's just too far away to

1154
00:58:38,320 --> 00:58:40,720
think about.
But that could have been that

1155
00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:44,240
could be the plan to go get a
Jason Robertson or somebody like

1156
00:58:44,240 --> 00:58:47,160
that, put him on the second.
Now Robertson's a winger, so

1157
00:58:47,160 --> 00:58:52,120
he's not a center, but it it it
could fill out Gino position and

1158
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:55,120
you move Kendall up the center
of Robertson on the second line.

1159
00:58:55,520 --> 00:58:57,240
You know, you you could do that
for sure.

1160
00:58:57,760 --> 00:58:59,600
So it's it's really hard to
know.

1161
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:03,920
But Amy was talking about the a
fight that happened this.

1162
00:59:03,960 --> 00:59:05,120
Yeah.
Did you know about that?

1163
00:59:05,280 --> 00:59:09,840
Oh yeah, actually, this was in
the I think she's probably

1164
00:59:09,840 --> 00:59:14,000
talking about the the Boston
Tampa Bay game.

1165
00:59:14,240 --> 00:59:17,160
It had over 100 minutes in
penalties.

1166
00:59:17,200 --> 00:59:21,960
That's crazy.
And they had fifteen goals, 15

1167
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:23,680
goals in 100.
Yeah, yeah, that's right.

1168
00:59:23,880 --> 00:59:27,200
Yeah, the 87 game.
Yeah, 8. 7 And it was like back

1169
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,040
and forth, it was 4 nothing
Buffalo.

1170
00:59:29,280 --> 00:59:36,400
And then it was it was 64 Tampa
Bay, then I think it was 74

1171
00:59:36,400 --> 00:59:38,840
Tampa Bay and then they came
back to win 8 seven.

1172
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:42,920
Yeah, that's why I say Buffaloes
playing really well.

1173
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:45,440
But you know what?
All those shenanigans, they're

1174
00:59:45,440 --> 00:59:49,080
fun.
I'm not a big fan of all all all

1175
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:51,720
that, you know.
I think the point she was making

1176
00:59:51,720 --> 00:59:54,760
was, you know, when you were
talking about the how nothing is

1177
00:59:54,760 --> 00:59:57,720
consistent Like here, here
there's a fine of 5000.

1178
00:59:57,720 --> 00:59:59,080
There's no suspension.
Right.

1179
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:02,000
And you can even go back to
there was there was a game

1180
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:07,560
between the New York Devils and
the New York Rangers where a

1181
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:11,520
Rangers guy literally
headshotted this guy right at

1182
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:15,200
the blue line, took it, took his
head right off and.

1183
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:17,680
So of course, you know that's
going to start a fight.

1184
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:20,760
Well, the guy that got hit was
on the ice and the guy was kind

1185
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:24,600
of getting up from him and he
was whacking him with the stick

1186
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:27,320
just like Gino did, only he was
sitting down.

1187
01:00:27,320 --> 01:00:32,480
When he's doing it, nothing.
Not even, not even a, not even

1188
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:37,200
a, not even a fine, not even a
call up, not even a a hint of a

1189
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,000
suspension and he's whacking him
with his stick.

1190
01:00:40,720 --> 01:00:43,600
On.
On the head, you know, it's it's

1191
01:00:43,600 --> 01:00:45,920
that's what's ridiculous about
the NHL.

1192
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:49,720
These refs just decide, well,
that was a good hockey play, so

1193
01:00:49,720 --> 01:00:52,240
we're not going to suspend it
versus Gino.

1194
01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:54,160
You know, that wasn't a good
hockey play.

1195
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:58,640
He was just reckless, you know,
and it's just like, just shut

1196
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,120
up.
Just just admit that you're

1197
01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:04,000
going to find certain players
because you don't like the way

1198
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:06,080
they play.
And that's that'll be that.

1199
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:14,200
Well, I think the year is now
Don't don't the Penguins have a

1200
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:16,960
pretty tough.
They do, they think they have,

1201
01:01:17,040 --> 01:01:18,440
they have.
They have the hardest schedule

1202
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:19,840
left in the league.
Right, 19 in.

1203
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:21,280
Terms of 20.
Games left.

1204
01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:23,600
Intent and yeah, opponents
winning any.

1205
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:25,680
Time you have to play the
Avalanche twice.

1206
01:01:25,880 --> 01:01:29,600
Right, there you go.
Dallas, Carolina three times.

1207
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:32,160
I mean, Carolina's number one
team in the East.

1208
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:34,640
Avalanche are the number one
team in the West.

1209
01:01:34,640 --> 01:01:40,400
There's five games right there.
I mean, so I mean, throw in

1210
01:01:40,400 --> 01:01:44,000
Ottawa's in there, the Islanders
are in there.

1211
01:01:44,320 --> 01:01:47,520
The games that are going to
matter are like if they can, if

1212
01:01:47,520 --> 01:01:51,000
they can steal a game against
Carolina or even get a loser

1213
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:56,120
point, if they can win at home
when they play Winnipeg, you

1214
01:01:56,120 --> 01:01:58,240
know, those are going to be the
games that they're going to have

1215
01:01:58,240 --> 01:02:01,760
to win because they really have
a tough time against teams that

1216
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:06,400
they also play like Ottawa and
the Islanders and even Detroit

1217
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:09,520
to some level.
And then after that, the good

1218
01:02:09,520 --> 01:02:12,200
thing is it looks like Florida's
going to be out of the playoffs.

1219
01:02:12,200 --> 01:02:14,120
So by the time they play
Florida, they might.

1220
01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:15,640
That's kind of surprising,
isn't?

1221
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:19,040
It super surprise.
Pat off track way too much

1222
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:22,320
fighting.
Lightning were butt hurt because

1223
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:25,160
the Sabres beat them six to two
in their barn.

1224
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:28,320
Is this some sort of hockey
jargon that I'm not familiar

1225
01:02:28,320 --> 01:02:29,360
with?
No, they weren't butt hurt.

1226
01:02:29,480 --> 01:02:32,160
Yeah.
I mean, it's, I think it's Pat

1227
01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:33,440
being off track.
Yeah, I know.

1228
01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:36,880
Yeah, no, he's right.
I mean, the Sabres beat the

1229
01:02:37,200 --> 01:02:40,360
Tampa Bay in in Tampa Bay.
I know that.

1230
01:02:40,440 --> 01:02:43,320
So Tampa Bay when they come up
and beat their ass.

1231
01:02:43,480 --> 01:02:44,240
Right.
Well, that's what.

1232
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:45,960
I'm saying that's what Tampa Bay
does.

1233
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:48,800
They rough people up when they
don't like a team.

1234
01:02:49,160 --> 01:02:52,040
Like they went after Tage
Thompson right away and they

1235
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:56,080
went after Darlene right away.
Now, Dalene, Darlene, sorry, I

1236
01:02:56,080 --> 01:02:58,400
don't, I'm starting not to like
this guy.

1237
01:02:59,240 --> 01:03:01,720
The more I see him, I think he's
a dirty player.

1238
01:03:01,960 --> 01:03:05,960
He likes to cross check guys
when you know, when nobody's

1239
01:03:05,960 --> 01:03:08,120
looking and he never gets a
penalty for it.

1240
01:03:08,480 --> 01:03:11,320
I have a feeling he's a he's a
talker on the ice too.

1241
01:03:11,320 --> 01:03:14,960
So there's no way that Hagel
lost his shit like that.

1242
01:03:16,240 --> 01:03:18,640
There's no way he lost his shit
like that just because he got

1243
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:21,240
cross checked twice.
I'm I'm just saying it like it

1244
01:03:21,240 --> 01:03:26,040
is so you know, and then Darlene
turtles just like he turtled on

1245
01:03:26,040 --> 01:03:28,680
on Gino.
I don't know, not a big fan of

1246
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:31,400
him, but I get it.
You know, everybody rallies

1247
01:03:31,400 --> 01:03:34,920
around the the the the captain.
If it was my captain and he was

1248
01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:37,920
in in people are beating the
shit out of Sidney Crosby.

1249
01:03:38,240 --> 01:03:41,120
I I would definitely want
somebody to go beat somebody's

1250
01:03:41,120 --> 01:03:42,120
ass.
And that's what happened.

1251
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:45,640
It was just a lot of ass beat
and going on and, and like I

1252
01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:48,680
said, Buffalo is a really good
team this year and it it's

1253
01:03:48,680 --> 01:03:52,520
taking teams by surprise and
they're rallying around it.

1254
01:03:52,520 --> 01:03:55,160
I mean, Lindy Roof called out
the team in December and said

1255
01:03:55,160 --> 01:03:58,440
they're too soft and this is how
they're going to RIP their this

1256
01:03:58,440 --> 01:04:01,160
is how they're going to reply.
And I think that's I think

1257
01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:03,360
that's good hockey.
I think that's good for the

1258
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:06,440
Buffalo Sabres fans love it.
I mean, the fans were going

1259
01:04:06,440 --> 01:04:10,440
absolutely ape shit over it.
So I mean, it's it's fun for

1260
01:04:10,440 --> 01:04:11,440
hockey.
It really is.

1261
01:04:11,440 --> 01:04:13,320
So I I don't have a problem with
any of it.

1262
01:04:13,480 --> 01:04:17,120
Not my grand a hockey that I
like to watch but but I get the

1263
01:04:17,120 --> 01:04:20,720
entertainment value of.
All right, that was Hockey

1264
01:04:20,720 --> 01:04:23,680
Jesus, who preaches on the porch
after every Penguins game.

1265
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:27,320
You can follow him at the Sports
Sports Podcast on YouTube.

1266
01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:29,400
Hit that subscribe button, click
notifications.

1267
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:33,200
You'll know when we're live.
Can we can we talk about one

1268
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:34,840
thing before we leave the
hockey?

1269
01:04:35,120 --> 01:04:37,680
Sure, sure.
It's it's looking like I will

1270
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:40,640
not be doing Hockey Jesus for
the next three games.

1271
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:42,160
Why?
Oh no.

1272
01:04:42,520 --> 01:04:45,240
Well, I'm going to be on an
island and from what I

1273
01:04:45,240 --> 01:04:48,320
understand the island has very
bad Wi-Fi.

1274
01:04:48,520 --> 01:04:50,360
Oh, oh, you're talking about
what I am.

1275
01:04:50,880 --> 01:04:53,280
It's honored Turks.
On there and Turks Caicos.

1276
01:04:54,600 --> 01:04:56,560
Look at you.
We're gonna have a good look at

1277
01:04:56,600 --> 01:04:56,840
you.
I'm.

1278
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:00,040
Leaving early tomorrow so.
Good for you.

1279
01:05:00,040 --> 01:05:01,160
What?
Are your drinks?

1280
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,200
Fun.
Yeah, I'm off the rest of the

1281
01:05:03,200 --> 01:05:04,720
week.
I only drink when I'm.

1282
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:08,800
Off, you know that, Yeah.
So yeah, so the away game

1283
01:05:09,320 --> 01:05:15,560
Carolina, the away game in Vegas
and the away game in Utah look

1284
01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:18,280
like they're going to be out for
the hockey cheeses, although.

1285
01:05:18,280 --> 01:05:19,760
You're still going to see,
right?

1286
01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:20,840
You're still going to see.
Yeah, I'll.

1287
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:22,640
Probably I'll I'll definitely
follow it.

1288
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:25,240
Yeah, I, I and.
If I get a chance to be able to

1289
01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:28,120
jump on, I absolutely will and
just don't know how well it's

1290
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:30,320
going to happen.
You know, not this discussion.

1291
01:05:30,320 --> 01:05:34,360
We have we have quality issues
sometimes, so we got to have the

1292
01:05:34,360 --> 01:05:35,760
right quality.
For the hockey.

1293
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:37,240
Understood.
Understood.

1294
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,600
I I, I seem to Remember Me
having the same potential issue

1295
01:05:40,600 --> 01:05:44,360
every time I go on vacation, yet
somehow I, I, I end up making

1296
01:05:44,360 --> 01:05:45,280
it, yeah.
You come.

1297
01:05:45,280 --> 01:05:46,920
Once in a while I destroy the
show.

1298
01:05:47,720 --> 01:05:50,880
You come in and windstorm.
I just want to give my fans a

1299
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:51,680
warning.
Story.

1300
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:55,760
Yeah, yeah.
HJ watch out for the donkeys.

1301
01:05:55,760 --> 01:05:57,880
They can bite.
OK, Thanks for that.

1302
01:05:57,880 --> 01:05:59,640
Listen, I've been to the Turks a
few times.

1303
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:02,320
I don't remember the donkeys
thing but obviously but my wife

1304
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:04,040
and I pretty much stay in.
The Yeah, you were.

1305
01:06:04,120 --> 01:06:06,240
Well, you're staying at the Ritz
Carlton.

1306
01:06:06,280 --> 01:06:08,440
There's no donkeys.
There are no donkeys at the.

1307
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:11,240
Ritz Yeah, Steve might be
staying in a donkey hotel.

1308
01:06:11,240 --> 01:06:14,720
I will.
Absolutely be looking out for

1309
01:06:14,720 --> 01:06:15,480
the donkeys.
Thanks, Dad.

1310
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:24,840
Steve in his donkey hotel.
That was one of the best ever.

1311
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:26,560
Honest to God.
Honest to God.

1312
01:06:26,560 --> 01:06:30,480
OK, Listen, great show tonight.
We're moving on.

1313
01:06:30,480 --> 01:06:33,680
Napoleon was exiled to an island
twice, says Pat.

1314
01:06:33,680 --> 01:06:39,840
Off track.
That's that's totally

1315
01:06:39,840 --> 01:06:41,800
ridiculous, like.
But he was.

1316
01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:44,040
What were you talking?
I mean, when I see Napoleon, my

1317
01:06:44,040 --> 01:06:46,360
first thought was Napoleon
Dynamite, and then I'm kind of

1318
01:06:46,360 --> 01:06:48,600
excited and then I see he's
talking about the actual

1319
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:51,600
Napoleon and I'm like, what are
you talking about all?

1320
01:06:51,680 --> 01:06:52,720
Right, all right, listen, this
is.

1321
01:06:52,720 --> 01:06:55,080
Sanity.
This is this is this is for the

1322
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:58,960
boys here, somebody wrote on our
board outside our freezer at

1323
01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:00,800
work.
They they like to put these

1324
01:07:00,800 --> 01:07:04,280
questions up just to have fun.
Name the worst movie you've ever

1325
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:05,600
seen.
Quality and story.

1326
01:07:05,680 --> 01:07:08,120
Story.
I was the first person to write

1327
01:07:08,120 --> 01:07:10,600
something underneath that you
know exactly what I wrote.

1328
01:07:10,720 --> 01:07:12,040
I thought you said Napoleon
Dynamite.

1329
01:07:12,040 --> 01:07:14,840
I thought you said Napoleon
Dynamite was was building on

1330
01:07:14,840 --> 01:07:16,600
you.
Well, not really.

1331
01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:18,840
I decided against that.
And I put.

1332
01:07:19,120 --> 01:07:21,240
I put Napoleon Dynamite up
there, right?

1333
01:07:21,240 --> 01:07:23,120
That's OK, it just shows that
you lack humor.

1334
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:24,960
That's true.
I do completely.

1335
01:07:24,960 --> 01:07:26,520
I am completely.
Humorless you.

1336
01:07:26,760 --> 01:07:28,720
You know you have a life without
laughter.

1337
01:07:28,760 --> 01:07:35,160
Now, this is the of course I
laughed this entire hour plus.

1338
01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:38,840
All right, what?
We're watching the count report.

1339
01:07:39,120 --> 01:07:42,200
This is what we're watching.
We're going to have the Grant

1340
01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:46,160
Robini after he sneezes.
After I sneeze.

1341
01:07:46,160 --> 01:07:49,080
Yes.
Tell us very quickly.

1342
01:07:49,080 --> 01:07:50,880
Bless you again.
It's a sneeze attack.

1343
01:07:50,880 --> 01:07:53,480
There you go, Kabam.
What we're watching.

1344
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:55,160
What is it?
OK, Well, everybody.

1345
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:57,720
We have two tonight, by the way.
Everybody, I want to thank you

1346
01:07:57,720 --> 01:08:02,400
for watching the program
tonight. 136 strong.

1347
01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:06,560
We appreciate that you are here.
That is Jerome Bettis plus one

1348
01:08:06,560 --> 01:08:10,040
hundo.
And what we're talking about

1349
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:13,160
here is look, we realize it's
the offseason.

1350
01:08:13,160 --> 01:08:14,840
You need something to watch,
right?

1351
01:08:14,840 --> 01:08:17,680
Unfortunately, you know, today
is a fun day because it's free

1352
01:08:17,680 --> 01:08:21,319
agency football.
But most days we don't got much

1353
01:08:21,319 --> 01:08:23,160
right.
And in the past, the Pirates

1354
01:08:23,160 --> 01:08:26,319
haven't given us much.
And you know, thankfully the,

1355
01:08:26,319 --> 01:08:29,720
the Pens are giving us a good
show, but what else are you

1356
01:08:29,720 --> 01:08:32,200
going to watch, right?
And it's so damn hard.

1357
01:08:32,240 --> 01:08:36,720
It's hard to to pick shows
because you pick them and then

1358
01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:40,800
if they don't turn out great,
you feel like the bottom of the

1359
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:45,080
barrel wasted time.
We give you your time back.

1360
01:08:45,680 --> 01:08:48,760
All you have to do is tune into
us at the end of every show.

1361
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:50,479
We're going to tell you what
we're watching.

1362
01:08:50,479 --> 01:08:52,319
We're going to tell you 2 thumbs
up.

1363
01:08:52,319 --> 01:08:55,160
That means it's a lock.
We're going to tell you 2 thumbs

1364
01:08:55,160 --> 01:08:58,080
down.
That means if you watch it, it's

1365
01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:01,000
your fault.
Or we're going to tell you, you

1366
01:09:01,000 --> 01:09:03,920
know, thumb up, thumb down.
That might be a scenario where

1367
01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:08,520
it's like, hey, if you like, you
know, ROM coms, you'll like it.

1368
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:11,720
If you don't, you won't.
You know, that's kind of how we,

1369
01:09:11,720 --> 01:09:15,120
we, we roll here.
So all the choices, Hulu,

1370
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:19,279
Netflix, Amazon Prime, I mean,
it just goes on and on and on.

1371
01:09:19,800 --> 01:09:24,200
We're going to tell you what
we're watching and Chris, we're

1372
01:09:24,200 --> 01:09:31,080
going to start it off with you.
The TD that would be me watch

1373
01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:32,800
something called.
Interesting.

1374
01:09:32,800 --> 01:09:37,000
I I I saw this and I thought
about it, but I did not. 56

1375
01:09:37,040 --> 01:09:42,040
days, 56 days and it is on
Amazon Prime, OK.

1376
01:09:43,200 --> 01:09:47,080
How about the 1st 55 days?
They were excellent, excellent.

1377
01:09:47,160 --> 01:09:52,560
And then they got 56 was tragic.
OK.

1378
01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:56,160
Now let me tell you I I did
this.

1379
01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:57,760
I had gem and I write this up
for me.

1380
01:09:57,760 --> 01:09:59,520
I told gem and I what I thought
of 50 do.

1381
01:09:59,520 --> 01:10:00,800
You not have a.
Brain.

1382
01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:01,760
Yes.
No, I don't you.

1383
01:10:01,760 --> 01:10:04,520
Can't think for yourself?
Now I want to read this because

1384
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:08,040
because it I.
Just you think he's giving an AI

1385
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:10,800
answer to what he watched.
But I.

1386
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:13,200
An AI response to his.
The world is going.

1387
01:10:13,240 --> 01:10:14,840
Crazy.
No, no, no.

1388
01:10:14,880 --> 01:10:17,600
It's Oh my God.
AI response to my feelings.

1389
01:10:17,680 --> 01:10:20,160
Oh my God, He.
Can't explain them properly.

1390
01:10:20,280 --> 01:10:23,440
Imagine 2 strangers meet.
Strangers meet at a store and

1391
01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:26,800
decide to go for two by moving
in together right as a massive

1392
01:10:26,800 --> 01:10:29,240
lockdown hits.
Go for 2 Football reference,

1393
01:10:29,240 --> 01:10:32,280
right?
It's a 56 day Sprint that starts

1394
01:10:32,280 --> 01:10:35,240
as a romance but turns into a
crime scene by the end of the

1395
01:10:35,240 --> 01:10:37,000
game.
There's a body in the apartment

1396
01:10:37,440 --> 01:10:39,760
and the police are trying to
figure out who blew the

1397
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:42,520
coverage.
Sports related?

1398
01:10:42,560 --> 01:10:45,000
No, that's a no good.
That's a no go.

1399
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:50,280
Tell us what you think, people.
People turn in to listen to us,

1400
01:10:50,280 --> 01:10:59,400
not computers.
OK awful 56 days on prime is I

1401
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:06,400
actually give it 2 thumbs up and
why we're done we're.

1402
01:11:06,400 --> 01:11:07,760
Done.
We know nothing about it.

1403
01:11:07,760 --> 01:11:11,800
No this stupid.
AI basically it is, it starts

1404
01:11:11,800 --> 01:11:16,400
out the day there's a murder
discovered and then it goes back

1405
01:11:16,400 --> 01:11:20,240
to 56 days prior.
So it's, it's really good and,

1406
01:11:20,240 --> 01:11:23,560
and one of the things the AI
respect Bond said That's true.

1407
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:26,160
It's a total 2 minute drill.
It jumps between the past and

1408
01:11:26,160 --> 01:11:28,520
the present.
So it's kind of like you start

1409
01:11:28,520 --> 01:11:31,520
with the murder and then it goes
all the way back to where a

1410
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:35,280
young woman meets a young man in
New York City.

1411
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:40,440
The young man has a history and
he's essentially the the child

1412
01:11:40,440 --> 01:11:43,240
of a billionaire who got in some
trouble when he's a teenager and

1413
01:11:43,240 --> 01:11:46,080
now he's kind of living
undercover, so to speak.

1414
01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:48,840
But what you find out is
somebody else took the fall for

1415
01:11:48,840 --> 01:11:50,560
him.
So it's like not illegal that

1416
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:52,760
he's out in public.
He's just trying to hide his

1417
01:11:52,760 --> 01:11:55,400
identity and he meets this young
lady.

1418
01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:57,480
They start, they strike up a
love affair.

1419
01:11:57,840 --> 01:12:03,240
And then throughout the series,
the the twists and the turns,

1420
01:12:03,960 --> 01:12:07,560
you go back and forth from the
day that they discover a body in

1421
01:12:07,560 --> 01:12:09,920
what ends up being his
apartment.

1422
01:12:11,040 --> 01:12:14,000
And it builds on the history and
it's really twisted and.

1423
01:12:14,000 --> 01:12:15,080
You.
I'm gonna change course.

1424
01:12:15,080 --> 01:12:18,600
I think I like the AI.
Version Thank you very much. 2

1425
01:12:18,600 --> 01:12:21,640
thumbs up for 56 days.
I'm telling you, it's it's, it's

1426
01:12:21,640 --> 01:12:23,160
actually, it's actually pretty.
Good.

1427
01:12:23,240 --> 01:12:24,160
You have to.
You have to.

1428
01:12:24,600 --> 01:12:28,000
You have to get through the 1st
2 episodes for character

1429
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:29,760
development but.
Isn't that really 8 episodes?

1430
01:12:30,320 --> 01:12:32,680
10 episodes.
No, I believe it's only 6.

1431
01:12:32,800 --> 01:12:34,440
I believe it's only 6.
OK.

1432
01:12:34,440 --> 01:12:36,880
Yeah, and the acting is really
good.

1433
01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:44,240
So 56 days on process, I'm going
to give that A2 thumbs up as

1434
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:48,320
well as you could as you could
see from the attractiveness of

1435
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:49,720
the actors.
Yeah, that's what I figured.

1436
01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:51,000
Yeah, it's pretty good, Pretty
good.

1437
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:54,080
OK, the Grand Swabini.
What we're watching, this is

1438
01:12:54,080 --> 01:12:56,200
something now is this, this is
another season.

1439
01:12:56,480 --> 01:12:59,200
This is the final season, season
3.

1440
01:12:59,360 --> 01:13:05,000
I thought I watched the entire
thing 1-2 and three Tell Me Lies

1441
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:10,360
on Hulu.
And Chris, you'd you'd probably

1442
01:13:10,360 --> 01:13:13,480
be excited to know that sex is
pretty intense in this one.

1443
01:13:13,480 --> 01:13:14,320
Great.
Awesome.

1444
01:13:15,040 --> 01:13:18,840
I will tell you this is just one
of those.

1445
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:28,920
This is definitely a a a
difficult to to.

1446
01:13:28,960 --> 01:13:32,040
Describe you know there is
something called AI that you

1447
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,320
could just type it in and it
would describe it for.

1448
01:13:34,360 --> 01:13:36,480
You you're probably right.
Yeah, I am exactly.

1449
01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:40,520
So any anyway, basically
basically what this is like this

1450
01:13:40,520 --> 01:13:45,160
whole thing I think starts out
like, you know, at a wedding and

1451
01:13:45,160 --> 01:13:49,400
it's with all these people who,
you know, live together and hung

1452
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,920
out in the same circles in
college, but most of it takes

1453
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:56,640
place back in college, OK.
You know, they're kind of

1454
01:13:56,640 --> 01:14:01,680
looking back, right?
And it's basically about, you

1455
01:14:01,680 --> 01:14:05,720
know, the relationships with
these people and some of these

1456
01:14:05,720 --> 01:14:09,000
relationships are really screwed
up.

1457
01:14:09,160 --> 01:14:15,480
I mean, big time screwed up.
There's a lot like this is one

1458
01:14:15,480 --> 01:14:18,080
of those things where there's a
guy in the show, his name is

1459
01:14:18,080 --> 01:14:24,520
Steven and you think like he may
be the worst person in the

1460
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:28,120
world.
Like you couldn't even imagine

1461
01:14:28,120 --> 01:14:32,400
it.
And it gets like season 1 and

1462
01:14:32,400 --> 01:14:37,280
season 2 were kind of like fun
and and a lot of, you know, a

1463
01:14:37,280 --> 01:14:40,400
lot of interesting stuff kind of
happened and and they're really

1464
01:14:40,400 --> 01:14:43,120
good.
Season 3, the final season, it

1465
01:14:43,120 --> 01:14:50,880
was very bizarre because I hated
that Steven so damn much that I

1466
01:14:50,880 --> 01:14:53,920
felt like I, I didn't even want
to watch it because I hated

1467
01:14:53,920 --> 01:14:56,640
Steven that much.
It wasn't like it's, it's like,

1468
01:14:56,640 --> 01:14:58,960
this is what it is.
It's so dark.

1469
01:14:59,480 --> 01:15:05,360
It's so dark that I would say to
to Amy, my wife, I would say I

1470
01:15:05,360 --> 01:15:06,960
got to take a couple days off
from it.

1471
01:15:06,960 --> 01:15:07,760
Really.
Yeah.

1472
01:15:07,760 --> 01:15:11,280
It's like it's so dark.
Like like at the end, like at

1473
01:15:11,280 --> 01:15:13,880
the end of those episodes,
you're just like, I just think

1474
01:15:13,920 --> 01:15:17,160
everybody in the world is evil
and horrible.

1475
01:15:17,440 --> 01:15:20,560
And I I just like if I were
these people, I'd want to do

1476
01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:22,760
myself in, you know what I mean?
Like.

1477
01:15:23,080 --> 01:15:24,360
Let me ask you.
Let me ask you.

1478
01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:26,040
Yes.
You hated Stephen.

1479
01:15:26,040 --> 01:15:29,160
Yes.
Was that a Stephen with aph or

1480
01:15:29,160 --> 01:15:31,960
Avi?
Believe it's AV, but I can't be

1481
01:15:31,960 --> 01:15:32,960
sure.
All right, so.

1482
01:15:33,000 --> 01:15:34,520
You know there's no chance of
projecting.

1483
01:15:34,520 --> 01:15:37,160
But so here's the thing, while
the last season, like there,

1484
01:15:37,160 --> 01:15:39,320
there were just, there were
episodes where it was just like,

1485
01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:41,760
it's just difficult.
It's just difficult to get

1486
01:15:41,760 --> 01:15:44,040
through it.
But then I have to tell you

1487
01:15:44,280 --> 01:15:46,960
like, and, and I was like, I
went through the entire last

1488
01:15:46,960 --> 01:15:52,080
season basically saying I, I
don't like it.

1489
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:54,600
I'm not going to like this last
season, right?

1490
01:15:55,760 --> 01:16:00,280
The last 20 minutes, like pretty
much like the big ending scene,

1491
01:16:01,200 --> 01:16:03,960
was one of the most phenomenal
endings to a show.

1492
01:16:03,960 --> 01:16:06,040
Ever.
Yeah, I apparently you just beat

1493
01:16:06,040 --> 01:16:09,000
your microphone.
It was, it was unbelievable.

1494
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:11,520
Tying it all together made the
whole thing worth it.

1495
01:16:11,640 --> 01:16:12,480
Brought it all together.
Yeah.

1496
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:14,080
Made the whole thing worth.
So that's a 2.

1497
01:16:14,120 --> 01:16:16,600
That's a 2 thumbs up.
That's a 2 thumbs up.

1498
01:16:16,600 --> 01:16:20,000
I would say this is a watch it
with your wives show.

1499
01:16:20,040 --> 01:16:22,600
Even better.
It's a watch it with your wives

1500
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:26,480
show they they might like it a
little bit more than you, but.

1501
01:16:27,040 --> 01:16:28,680
The sex is great.
Yeah.

1502
01:16:28,680 --> 01:16:31,120
And if you're and if you know,
and if you're kind of into like

1503
01:16:31,200 --> 01:16:34,120
dark shit, this is dark.
Awesome.

1504
01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:35,560
I like the dark.
Stuff, Yeah.

1505
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:39,840
OK, before we head out of here,
I want to thank Tobu Jack for

1506
01:16:39,840 --> 01:16:42,000
being here on YouTube.
Click that subscribe button,

1507
01:16:42,000 --> 01:16:47,920
buddy.
By the way, awesome Tobu Jack

1508
01:16:47,920 --> 01:16:50,120
has a question that we'll,
we'll, we'll just look, we're

1509
01:16:50,120 --> 01:16:52,360
going to talk more about this in
the future, but I wanted to get

1510
01:16:52,360 --> 01:16:55,400
this guy's comment on screen.
Thoughts on Dado and Warren

1511
01:16:55,400 --> 01:16:59,000
being utilized as a 1-2 punch
like Gibbs and Montgomery?

1512
01:17:00,200 --> 01:17:01,920
I think I'd just rather have
Gibbs and Montgomery.

1513
01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:02,720
Right.
Exactly.

1514
01:17:03,720 --> 01:17:05,120
Well.
They're no longer on the same

1515
01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:06,720
team.
Anymore, that is true exactly.

1516
01:17:06,720 --> 01:17:08,360
They're the.
New Gibbs in Montgomery.

1517
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:09,680
Exactly.
That's right.

1518
01:17:09,680 --> 01:17:11,280
We'll.
Do it that way.

1519
01:17:11,400 --> 01:17:13,840
Toby Jack, thanks for that.
Come back next week.

1520
01:17:15,520 --> 01:17:17,920
I'm the technical director.
That's the grand Schwabini and

1521
01:17:17,920 --> 01:17:20,680
hockey Jesus.
This has been the sports, sports

1522
01:17:20,680 --> 01:17:22,520
black and gold.
Thanks for being here.

1523
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:24,840
If you haven't already, hit that
subscribe button, click

1524
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:27,360
notifications.
I'm dropping the podcast right

1525
01:17:27,360 --> 01:17:30,240
after the show on the
iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast,

1526
01:17:30,240 --> 01:17:32,560
Spotify, or anywhere you get
your friggin podcasts.

1527
01:17:32,920 --> 01:17:35,080
And you're going to be watching
our shorts and our clips and our

1528
01:17:35,080 --> 01:17:39,920
reels all over Instagram,
TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and

1529
01:17:39,920 --> 01:17:42,000
all that stuff.
So find us everywhere.

1530
01:17:42,280 --> 01:17:45,400
We'll see you next week.
That's it for the grand

1531
01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:48,480
Schwabini hockey Jesus.
I'm your TD.

1532
01:17:48,480 --> 01:17:50,400
I am out.
Base.

1533
01:17:50,760 --> 01:17:52,400
Jablonski.