STEELERS AND PENGUINS, OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS?

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Jesus.

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I'm not sure.
Oh, that's right.

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How do you point like that way?
Yeah, I don't.

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Yeah, it's weird.
It's weird, it's weird.

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Now for everybody who tuned into
last night's post game show,

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thank you very much.
One of our one of our great

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shows of all time, I think and.
There was a lot of angst.

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We love doing it.
There was a lot of angst.

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You're absolutely right.
So we're going to, we're going

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to kind of glaze over a little
bit of that angst because I

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think we got it out last night
and it's probably been talked

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about like crazy.
You know, the bullet points are

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easy.
The defense was absolutely

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horrible and atrocious.
Tomlin didn't coach very well at

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all.
He never does.

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Rogers was frustrated.
The offense kind of stalled and

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they ended up losing the game
because they kicked too many

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field goals that sound good.
Good, good synopsis.

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You know the the one thing I did
go back and look at was the

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Steelers had to lead in the 4th.
Quarter by 10 points.

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Yeah, by 10 points.
No, it wasn't 10 points because

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on the very first play of of the
fourth quarter, they ran in a

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touchdown.
And that's what that's what gave

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them the lead.
OK, But it there was, you know,

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five points.
Yeah.

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And I, I forgot that they had
the lead for that long because

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it felt like once Green Bay got
the lead that they just had it

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the whole game.
Yeah, yeah.

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It was just so disappointing to
go back and watch that again.

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Although, you know, one thing
that we didn't mention from

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yesterday, because it was going
on while we were on the air, was

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when Tomlin was asked, you know,
basically what went wrong with

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the game.
I thought two of his comments

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were just very bizarre to me.
One was I'd like to congratulate

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Green Bay on their victory.
What the Hell's that?

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Right?
Yeah.

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I don't understand.
You know, I mean, it was weird.

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And then the other thing was
that he comes out, you know, and

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look, this is 100% true that you
don't win games against good

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teams kicking field goals and
not scoring touchdowns.

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It's 100% true, But it's
probably not the first thing you

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want to do is come at the
offense When the offense

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actually did do enough to
potentially win the game.

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Yeah, but then the 20. 25
points.

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And the defense.
Right 35253525I don't have.

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Any Yeah.
That's right.

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And the defense, which is his
baby, was really the one that

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has been letting them down week
after week, week, you know?

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Week after week.
So it's like he he seems to like

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he doesn't take responsibility
for the defense as much as he

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should.
Yeah, he threw in some, he threw

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in some very Tomlin like
sentences about from coaching

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because he was asked a question
about schematics later on in in

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the talk and he threw out a
couple things about well, yeah,

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it starts with the scheme of
course, but it also with the

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players executing.
But you know, the scheme is the

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coaches blah, blah, blah.
When he says coaching and the

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coaches, though, I get a sense
that he's not talking about.

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No, it doesn't seem like it.
Yeah, although I, I think he

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would argue differently.
I, I, I really do.

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I mean, I don't think he's that
egotistical.

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I, I, I, I don't, but I, I think
he dances around a lot.

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I mean, if let's imagine this
was, I mean, I could say Jim

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Mora, you know, but let's
imagine this was even like a

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Mike Vrabel or you know, dare I
say it, a Bill Belichick.

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They would have come right out
and said, look, the defense is

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horrible.
It.

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Starts.
It starts with me.

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We got to rethink how we're
doing this, you know, because

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you can only ask the players to
do too much, you know, and the

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X, the, the execution.
Pardon me?

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Also leaves a lot to be desired,
you know, and and he didn't do

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that.
No, he didn't do that.

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He never does.
He, he never takes, he never, he

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never takes responsibility for
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He never says, you know, we're
going to have to make the

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defense different.
We're going to have to do

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something different.
He just congratulates the other

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team and, you know, points out
that we didn't score enough

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points.
Right.

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Congratulations.
Way to go, head coach.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think everybody's tiring of

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it.
Yeah, yeah, well, I mean, that's

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that's all we got last night on
the post game.

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That's all we got all day in the
comments on the shorts.

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Fire Tomlin, fire Tomlin, fire
Tomlin, fire Tomlin.

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And as we've said before, that's
just not going to happen.

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I mean, I I, I, you know, I'm
I'm with you HJ on that.

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It's not, it's not in the
Steelers DNA to ever truly fire

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a head coach because, you know,
at least starting with Chuck

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Knoll, which was in the late
60s, early 70s, they haven't.

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They've only had three coaches.
So, you know, it is what it is.

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But HJ wants to talk about
something.

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I mean, since everybody likes to
pretend, I mean, I'm going to

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let you, I'm going to let you
bring this up, Jake, HJ, this

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was your, this was your baby.
Let's see what everybody.

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We going to do this before we
get into the quarterback thing

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you want to talk about.
Yeah, because I, I want to do

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the Steelers stuff.
Then we're going to move on to

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some AFC quarterbacks that I
think maybe at this point you

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look back and say the Steelers
should have done that.

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You guys may or may not disagree
with me, then we'll do our porch

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picks, then we'll go into Hockey
Jesus, and then we'll take it

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out with what we're watching.
All right, that sounds good.

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So everybody today, at least on
everything that I've been

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listening to, has like likes to
go into the land of theory.

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Like everybody knows we should
fire Tomlin there.

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Everybody knows that Tomlin
won't be fired.

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And it seems like a circular
conversation where it's just

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like you want to talk about it,
but you can't talk about it.

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So rather than just talk about
Tomlin, my question to you guys

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and to the fans out there is
this What do you think would

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help the Steelers in the long
run?

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You have two choices.
Either Tomlin gets fired or

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retires or the Rooneys sell the
team to somebody else.

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That's my question to you.
Do you, what do you think in the

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long run would be better for the
franchise, for the logo, for the

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Steeler, for the Steeler Nation?
What do you think would be

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better long term?
What do you think about that,

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Mark?
I'll go with Tomlin, fired or

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retired simply because, look,
I'm going to say that the

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younger generation of Rooney's
has not been very good.

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Certainly they're not their
father, OK?

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However, I also know that there
are some really, really bad

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owners in sports.
And so I don't know that you

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want to put yourself in a
position where, you know, you

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get the next Dan Snyder, you
know, or something like that.

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I also think that people can
learn and they can grow, right?

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And maybe maybe what they learn
and grow out of this is that OK,

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maybe there was a time where you
have a coach for 20 years, but

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maybe that time has sort of gone
past for the most part now.

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And we just need to, you know,
kind of, you know, like act like

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the other teams out there if if
you've got a if you've got a

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good coach, you know, maybe they
end up being there like 710

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years, but that's probably going
to be about it.

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You know, that that message
grows old.

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And so maybe they will learn
from that and make a good choice

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with the next coach.
Yeah, I come from the background

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of the absolute worst owner in
the history of not only the NFL,

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but probably pretty damn close
to professional sports in the

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United States anyway.
Well hot damn Penguins scored.

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Sorry.
Hot damn.

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So you know, to have ownership
like the Rooney family, I think

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is a privilege as a sports fan.
We all know they benefit

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monetarily like crazy.
So, so I, I, I think it would be

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better for Tomlin to move on.
I, I, I, I think that the

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current, you know, Art Rooney,
the second, you know, I don't

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know if he's a bad owner yet.
I don't think he'll, I, I don't

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think he'll ever be a bad owner
from the standpoint of not

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wanting to try to win.
I think he might just be a bad

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owner of, you know, less risk
taking more real conservative in

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a in a time when the NFL is
starting to take more risks,

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especially on the monetary side
of the ball with the expansion,

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it looks like in Europe and and
you know, and the different type

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of offenses and he's kind of
stuck in the past.

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I'd I'd be interested in seeing
what he has a son that works

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high up with the team.
Supposedly.

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Right, so I'd be.
I mean there, there are a lot of

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other Rooney.
'S coming out right, right.

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So I, I don't know, I mean, you
can't speculate on what would

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happen there, but but you know,
I, I have to say that it's not

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a, it's not a bad thought to
think that maybe the ownership

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is so stale that this is just,
this is just a problem that's

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going to exist forever.
As long as we stay slightly

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relevant and in the mix through
most of the seasons, we're going

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to have a very profitable
franchise.

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But at what point does the
mystique and the and, and the

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worldwide recognition of a brand
wear off?

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Because it does, it does, right?
Right now, the Steelers are

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still probably one of the one of
the most popular jerseys sold on

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the planet, if not the most,
other than a big soccer team.

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So, you know, what point does
that mystique wear off?

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I mean, I, I don't know, the
Cowboys have been selling a lot

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of shit for a lot of years and
they've sucked for a long time

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now.
They, they, they.

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Haven't made the playoffs,
right, Right.

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So I know how.
Long it.

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It's an interesting concept.
HJ What?

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What do you what do you think?
I think the the issue that I

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have with the Rooneys is it
doesn't seem like they have a

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legacy plan like you.
You don't hear who's who's up

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and coming next.
Like it looks like art the third

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really just wants to continue
until he's going to be in his

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grave.
And I don't think that's AI

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don't think that's a good idea
for the logo.

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I don't think that's a good idea
for the franchise.

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And it seems like the next thing
that they're more worried about

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is how much, how much money are
we going to get for the next

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upgrades to the next stadium?
Or do we need to get a new

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stadium that's a that's you
know, a Dome or something like

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that?
They're they're not really

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thinking, to me, it seems like
they're thinking less and less

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about how to put a good product
on the field and how to make the

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product on the field look
better, if you know what I mean.

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Yeah.
So that's where that's where I'm

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like, maybe if you just had
somebody else who had more

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passion for what the Steelers
used to be coming in, taking

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over this franchise and worrying
more about what's going on on

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the field as opposed to what's
going on in the press box or, or

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where are we going to be playing
next and those sorts of things.

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That's that's that's where where
I was going now.

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I agree.
I think your trepidations are,

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are well said because you could
get somebody who is absolutely

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horrible and we just sink this
franchise and you know what,

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people would still come so they
would still make their money and

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that's that's really what it
would come down to.

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I do think the Rooneys are still
passionate about the Steelers.

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I just don't know how stale it
has become for them because

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they've made so many millions of
dollars off of the Steeler

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franchise.
I don't think they know anything

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else.
So to I, I just hope that the

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next person they bring in is
somebody new with some new ideas

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is and that will, that will that
will take us over this.

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We got to deal with a head coach
for 20 years because my daddy

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did it that way.
You know, and you know what the

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other thing is with with the
Rooneys, like they're they're

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like invisible, like you never
see them.

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You barely ever get a comment
from them.

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And I know a lot of owners are
like that, but it doesn't have

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to be that.
Way not not Jerry Jones.

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I mean, right.
I mean, I, I feel like I I.

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Guess I'd rather have it that
way than have Jerry Jones.

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Right, like that.
True, but I mean, you know,

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like.
Every offseason would be really

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exciting, though.
Like, like, for example, like,

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you know, a lot of a lot of
owners, you know, after the

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season we'll do a state of the
team address, right?

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Does Rooney do that?
Yeah, he, he, he, he has a a

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Rooney press conference at.
Not really.

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I know what you.
Mean it's not a it's not well,

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it's not a big deal the way
these guys are, but it.

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But he does do a he does do a
press conference where he takes

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and it's usually him and and and
the GM in this case Omar Khan,

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but he does.
I listened to it last year.

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Yeah.
Yeah.

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But he is.
It's amazing.

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And it it actually kind of
clicks that that he would really

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love Tomlin so much because it's
almost as if he's adopted some

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Tomlinisms on his own.
Right you.

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Know like they feed off it you
you would you agree with me HJ?

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Yeah, I.
Yeah, it's the whole hey.

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It's like they it's like they
believe in each other and

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they're starting to believe
their own bullshit.

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Yeah, if you get into the
playoffs, that's you just got to

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get it.
Yeah, and we.

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Believe in Mike is Mike's always
got in those playoffs.

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He's never had a losing record.
It's like they just start to

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believe.
That but the but at the end of

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the.
Everybody can see it on the

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field.
It doesn't feel that way.

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I will say this though, and this
kind of felt a little bit, and

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again, I want to, I want to talk
about this a little bit as well.

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This almost feels like a
pirate's type of response at the

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end of last year.
Rooney did not go down the road

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of what they were so famous for
in the previous year, which was

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saying, you know, the goal is to
get to the playoffs.

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And then Steelers Nation went
nuts and was like, no, the goal

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is to win a Super Bowl.
You know, like.

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He did back off of that and then
make a statement.

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I'm not quoting him, but this is
what I remember.

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If anybody remembers from that
press conference at the end of

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last year, he pretty much said
playoff games, winning or

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losing, making, just making the
playoffs is not what this

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organization is about.
He did say that, however, what

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he didn't say was we're going to
go win Super Bowls.

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So I was like, OK, but you
stopped short.

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You stopped short of saying our
goal is to win the Super Bowl

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every year.
Instead, you said winning a

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playoff game isn't good enough.
We've we, we've got to go

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further.
And it's like, all right, so you

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acknowledged it, but really are
we turning into the Pirates?

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And that's one of the things I
wanted to bring into this that

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that are the Penguins on the
upswing now and and and the and

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the Steelers on the downswing.
I mean, you know what, what

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happens after Mike Tomlin?
You know, we don't, we don't

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know.
And we don't even know if

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there's going to be an after
Mike.

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Yeah, we don't even know when
that's going to be.

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That's the thing.
Like with the Steelers, there's

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there's you can't think about
the future because you have no

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idea what the future is going to
bring.

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You just assume that it's going
to bring more older quarterbacks

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and more Mike Tomlin and more
defense, right?

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And to me, it's stale.
Yeah, it's just stale at this

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point.
And without the splash plays,

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it's borderline boring.
Yeah, so we're going to move on

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here for a second in a second,
but I want to thank you.

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I I wanted to talk about
something here.

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I wanted, I wanted to compare
some things and, and I'm just

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going to put this up here and
and then I'll tell you what,

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I'll tell you guys what it's all
about.

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So these are that looks like a
Canva.

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It's a Canva.
I I got a Canva I'm going to

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have.
I'm going to have to put my

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glasses on.
I'd have to apologize for any

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typos.
You.

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You.
Realize this Canva looks exactly

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like an Excel spreadsheet.
It well, it is.

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It's a canvas spreadsheet.
Got you.

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But I made it in canvas.
OK, so and maybe Canva will

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decide that it's worthy to
sponsor our show since I'll make

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them all in.
Tell us more about this Canva.

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OK, so this Canva I'm looking at
guys now.

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At the bottom you'll see Caleb
Williams and there's a reason

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why.
OK, so I watched these three

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quarterbacks play this weekend.
I watched Bonex basically and

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the and the Broncos defense
destroy the Cowboys.

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I watched Drake May destroy
whoever they beat, which I can't

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remember who what Cleveland.
And then I watched Dylan Gabriel

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not do that great against you
know who.

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So Knicks and may their rookie
years were last year.

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The Steelers could have drafted
them maybe.

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I don't know what.
And I'm not going down draft

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picks.
I don't need anybody emailing us

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or telling me like no they
couldn't have because they they

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missed this pick or whatever.
Well, definitely they couldn't

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have.
Because May went third overall,

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Knicks went twelve overall, so
they couldn't have drafted

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those.
OK, so I guess my point is

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you're looking at this and
you're saying instead of

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exploring a young quarterback,
let's throw Jackson Dart in

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there this past year, OK,
instead of looking at that, I

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don't have his stats up here,
but Caleb Williams was a couple

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years ago and he was the number
one pick.

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He was two years ago.
So you look at these stats and

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this these are the stats through
the season.

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I, I would take any of these
quarterbacks except Dylan

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Gabriel over Aaron Rodgers right
now, because if they were

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playing this way, we'd be
winning games the same way and

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we'd have a young up and coming
quarterback to build around.

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Now we, we, we bet the house on
an overpriced defense that is

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just not going to turn around
and we have to start all over

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again next year with a
quarterback.

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And what happens?
What happens if it's big if?

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What happens if?
The Steelers do make the

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playoffs and win a playoff game.
I know that's a huge if right

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now, too many things to fix.
But what happens if that

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happens?
And then Aaron Rodgers says I

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want to give it one more shot.
Then it's going to happen.

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We are right, right?
And then we it's almost it's.

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We delay.
That's the thing.

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I mean, like, I know, like, for
example, you know, Steve has

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kind of approached this season
and and I don't think there's

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anything wrong with it in terms
of, you know, for the very

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beginning, like, hey, let's be
positive.

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Let's let's let's let's get with
this and get on board the train

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and let's see if they can do
something right and nothing

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wrong with that at all.
But as we're kind of getting the

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sense for what the Steelers are,
which is honestly not much

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different than last year, they
got, they got a better

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quarterback and some better
offensive weapons, but the

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defense is actually probably
even worse than last year.

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Seemingly.
You know, yeah, so.

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Statistically for sure.
Yeah, so it's so it's kind of

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evened out, right.
And the way I sort of look at it

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and and I, I hate to say this
because, you know, you never

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want to root for your team to
lose, but I almost just feel

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like if the Steelers were to do
that, if they were to get hot,

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play a little better on the
defensive side of the ball, get

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to the playoffs, win a playoff
game, then they waste another

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year.
You know, like they they really

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have to, you know, they have to
find some new young quarterback

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that they can build around and,
you know, look like next year's

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wasted anyway, because if that's
what they do, get a new

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quarterback.
I mean, no rookie quarterbacks

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going to win the Super Bowl.
I mean, probably Jaden Daniels

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was the closest thing you had to
that, Kurt.

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Warner was the closest, well,
he, but he played backup for a

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year I think in.
That, but he's he's like an

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anomaly because he wasn't even
drafted.

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You know, he was like stocking
shelves.

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He was just kind of like, nobody
realizes dude was awesome.

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Except me and Charles, and we
won our fantasy league, Yeah.

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But the bottom, the bottom line
is, is that I just feel like the

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more we, the more the Steelers
go with the let's sign the aging

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veterans who might have
something left that just puts

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you further away from where you
want to be, which is getting

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back to having a young, good
football team on the rise.

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Yeah.
Well I hate the burst strip

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bubble, but the the Steelers did
try and draft the quarterback in

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2022.
They drafted a first round pick

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#20 overall who turned out to be
garbage.

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Can he pick it OK?
So, so they did try and go down

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that route, that route and it
failed miserably.

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But the reality is that they
have to go down that route

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because I'm looking, I'm looking
at the just the AFC, right?

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May 1st round pick, number three
overall.

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Allen first round pick #7
overall. 2A first round pick #5

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overall.
Justin Fields first round pick

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#11 overall.
Burrow first round #1 Lamar

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Jackson first number 32, the
lowest on this list.

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I'm not even going to talk about
Dylan Gabriel because he's not

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going to be in the league in a
couple years.

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Dan Jones.
Daniel Jones, first round pick,

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6th overall pick.
Trevor Lawrence, first number

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one overall.
CJ Stroud, first number two

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overall.
Cam Word, first number one

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overall.
Knicks first number twelve

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overall.
Herbert, first number six.

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Mahomes, first number 10.
Geno Smith, Not a really first

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round, not not really a starting
quarterback, just in there

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because somebody's got to play
for Vegas.

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Second round, 39 overall.
So that's the thing about the

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Steelers, as long as they want
to be in the middle, they're

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never going to get a chance to
even draft these guys.

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And they don't move up.
They're not going to move up to

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get a first Round Top five pick
because that means they would

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have to, you know, basically
trade their first round,

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probably somebody of importance
in their second and third round

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pick.
They're just not going to do

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that.
And the reality is, based off of

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their history, I wouldn't want
them doing it.

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Mike Tomlin thought that Ken
Pickett was a a, was going to be

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the superstar, was going to be
the next Ben Roethlisberger.

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He has no idea how to draft the
quarterback.

445
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:55,200
Look at what Denver did.
OK, This is the model.

446
00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,480
In my opinion.
Everybody has a model they want

447
00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:59,560
to follow.
Follow what Denver did.

448
00:24:59,880 --> 00:25:05,800
Denver went out and they got,
they got, oh crap, the the

449
00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:08,640
quarterback that we had Russell
Wilson, right, they said he's

450
00:25:08,640 --> 00:25:10,400
going to be our quarterback in
the future.

451
00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:12,920
Realized immediately they made a
mistake.

452
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,680
So what did they do?
Not only did they get rid of

453
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,560
him, they got rid of they they
got rid of the head coach who

454
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,480
thought that was a good idea.
Got rid of both of them.

455
00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:23,840
Now.
Now they got Sean Payton in

456
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,200
there who said, I'm going to
draft the quarterback because we

457
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,880
sucked last year.
Got Bonex.

458
00:25:30,120 --> 00:25:32,960
And look at what they're doing.
They're tearing it up and

459
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,600
they're doing it with offense.
They did.

460
00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:39,040
Have Peyton did have Wilson for
one year and and then right.

461
00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,280
And he knew it was garbage and
and that's the reason he ended

462
00:25:42,280 --> 00:25:46,200
up getting Bo Nicks in 2024,
because he was such garbage.

463
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:51,560
But also, but also remember too
now the the big difference is

464
00:25:51,560 --> 00:25:56,440
the evaluation which Sean Payton
has and Tomlin doesn't because.

465
00:25:56,440 --> 00:25:58,680
He knows how to.
A lot of people thought that Bo

466
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:04,280
Nicks went too high or I'm so
too low when when he was drafted

467
00:26:04,280 --> 00:26:07,360
12th, a lot of people had him as
like a back end of the first

468
00:26:07,360 --> 00:26:10,760
round type pick, right.
So but he took his his chance on

469
00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:11,320
him.
Yeah, he.

470
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,040
Knew he knew what kind of
quarterback he wanted to play

471
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,080
and he knew if it would fit the
system.

472
00:26:16,120 --> 00:26:17,400
Right.
And that's what Andy Reid did

473
00:26:17,400 --> 00:26:19,600
with Pat Mahomes.
Nobody thought Pat Mahomes was

474
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,320
going in the in the top ten.
You know, they were thinking

475
00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:25,880
1516.
But Andy Reid, wherever he was,

476
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,600
maybe at like 20, he's just
like, I can't chance it.

477
00:26:29,600 --> 00:26:31,120
I got to move up and get this
guy.

478
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,040
Yeah, he moved up 10 spots, you
know.

479
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:35,240
Homes, That's right.
Yeah, that's understanding what

480
00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:37,560
you're what you're looking at.
That's a good scouting

481
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:39,440
department and a great head
coach, right?

482
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:42,520
Well, they have a plan and
that's, you know, that's that's

483
00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:46,040
why, that's why even if the
Steelers would tank, which that

484
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:49,120
that's not what they want to do.
I don't know that I would feel

485
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:52,520
comfortable with having Mike
Tomlin make that pick because he

486
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,920
did it at 20.
And that was just, that was

487
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,720
horrendous.
Because you know, we can, we

488
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,920
know what he looks like.
We know his talent.

489
00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,040
He he's across the hall.
We, we've seen him for four

490
00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,800
years.
We know what kind of a leader

491
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:07,560
he's going to be.
That.

492
00:27:07,680 --> 00:27:10,280
Worked out great by.
The time by the time it was

493
00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:13,280
over, he couldn't wait to get
out of.

494
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,320
Town.
Right.

495
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:15,760
And then he wins the Super Bowl
with him.

496
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,040
I mean, he was the Super Bowl
winning quarterback.

497
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,880
He didn't win anything.
Come on now.

498
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:20,800
He did.
Come on.

499
00:27:22,120 --> 00:27:23,920
He took the last.
He took the last snap.

500
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:26,640
He was the winning quarterback
for the Super.

501
00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:32,200
Bowl, let me put it to you this
way, and I am 100 percent, 100%

502
00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:36,520
accurate on this.
I have the same set of talent

503
00:27:37,120 --> 00:27:39,560
that Kenny Pickett has to take
that last snap.

504
00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:41,200
Yeah, I can do that.
You think?

505
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,640
You think you could take a?
You think you could take a snap

506
00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:45,360
from the center?
I can take a snap from the

507
00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:48,120
center and I can get my knee on
on the ground.

508
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,960
Well, I can tell you I'm the
only guy here has ever taken a

509
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:53,080
snap from the center.
Yeah, and I believe you could do

510
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:53,720
it.
Thank you.

511
00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,520
That's cool.
Kenny Pickett's no better than

512
00:27:57,520 --> 00:28:01,160
Mark Schwab as a quarterback.
I'm so glad we settled that now,

513
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:02,800
and we'd love to.
Hear you.

514
00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:04,640
Where do you where do you like
to put your hands?

515
00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,280
Behind the center, Chris.
I prefer to be in shotgun.

516
00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:14,360
Yeah, that's my answer too.
That's my answer.

517
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,360
Too man all right, follow us on
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518
00:28:17,360 --> 00:28:20,320
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519
00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,160
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520
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:28,600
right now every Monday night at
7:00 PM Eastern Time and I'm

521
00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,320
going to drop the podcast like I
do right after the show.

522
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,960
We want your comments.
Last night we did a post game

523
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:37,000
show.
Remember Steelers play 1:00,

524
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:41,560
1:00 So this Sunday our post
game show is going to be after

525
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:45,000
right after the game.
We'll tease that as well as we

526
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,000
always do.
I want you guys to do some of

527
00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,200
the teasers.
You know, I, I do the teasers.

528
00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:51,600
Can you do?
You're a better, you're a better

529
00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:52,880
teased than we are.
I'm a.

530
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,160
Better, can you actually do
something for the show?

531
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,040
All right, I'll.
I'll try.

532
00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,560
I'll, I'll.
You know, one last one last

533
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:03,400
thing with this quarterback
situation.

534
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:06,880
Please let's change the subject.
Go ahead.

535
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:10,920
Aaron Rodgers was drafted in
2005.

536
00:29:11,680 --> 00:29:16,200
The next highest one would be
Geno Smith, and that was in

537
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:20,160
2013.
That was eight years past where

538
00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,240
he got drafted.
And then the the guy next that

539
00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:28,360
next to him is Patty Mahomes.
Can you believe it?

540
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,560
He's the third oldest
quarterback in the AFC right

541
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,920
now.
Wow, that's crazy, isn't it?

542
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:37,400
Actually, actually it is.
I, I don't know that I'd call it

543
00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,760
crazy, but I would call it an
interesting made-up statistic.

544
00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,920
No, I'm just kidding.
An interesting statistic.

545
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,360
No, but I mean, that just goes
to show you how out of touch the

546
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,640
Steelers are with the
quarterback situation.

547
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,960
Yeah, like right now they're
they're probably, you know,

548
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:55,320
trying to recruit Rogers for
another year.

549
00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:56,920
Yeah.
And if not, they're probably

550
00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:01,200
looking at somebody, somebody
like Kirk Cousins saying, OK,

551
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,040
maybe he wants to play.
Yeah, you know, maybe he wants

552
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,840
to pastor, but.
That's what they're doing now.

553
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,280
That's that's that's that's
their response for the offense.

554
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,440
I know and it's and they have so
much money tied up in this

555
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,240
defense now.
I don't know that they can get

556
00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,840
get out of many all a lot of
these contracts.

557
00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,640
So this is the team we're going
to have for the next few years.

558
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,640
So it better it better work out
for them in the next next few

559
00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:28,080
games or we could be looking at
the freefall.

560
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:29,880
Swabini.
Yes Sir.

561
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:33,600
I feel like HJ needs a hug.
Then give them one.

562
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,000
Yeah, no, I was hoping maybe no.
No, no.

563
00:30:36,920 --> 00:30:37,640
There's no.
Hugging.

564
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:38,720
Going.
No, no hug.

565
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:41,680
We all have our own computers.
We're all grown men.

566
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,360
All right, well, we're doing a
virtual.

567
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,240
We're doing a virtual hug right
now because.

568
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,800
I get my hugs from hot.
Going on to the going on to the

569
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,280
porch picks right here last week
we had Vikings and Chargers.

570
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:55,840
All three of us took the
Chargers correctly.

571
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,680
Cowboys at Broncos.
Mark and Chris took the Broncos.

572
00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,600
Steve took the Cowboys.
Boy, that was a bad.

573
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,840
Packers at Steelers.
Mark took the Packers, Steve and

574
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,640
Chris took the Steelers.
So Steve ended up 1 and 2, Chris

575
00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,000
was two and one and the grand
Schwabeanie.

576
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:15,880
There he go.
There he comes, Grand

577
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:20,720
Schwabeanie's back.
We're in the table, so currently

578
00:31:20,720 --> 00:31:24,680
HJ is still in the lead at 14
and 10, but the TD and the Grand

579
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:28,360
Schwabeanie are right behind him
at 13 and 11.

580
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,320
So this week for porch picks,
Wait, I got to get my I got to

581
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:35,120
get my notepad ready because I
had to switch pages.

582
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,360
OK, this week for porch picks,
what do we do?

583
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,880
Well, we pick the Thursday night
game, the Sunday night game, and

584
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,560
a random Sunday game.
We tally it all up and at the

585
00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:46,960
end of the season we get
bragging rights and I I still

586
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,160
think somebody has to do
something stupid on camera, like

587
00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:52,400
eat hot wings.
Because you're immature.

588
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,280
It's not.
You say that every time, but

589
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:55,240
you're a.
Child.

590
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:58,720
Steve is the only person and who
followed through on a bet.

591
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,400
You need a diaper.
What was that bet about?

592
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:03,320
Do you remember where you had to
eat all the hot wings?

593
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:04,720
I'm.
Pretty sure it had to do with

594
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,040
some kind of picking so it went
on and I ended up in last place.

595
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:09,440
I'll tell you what, you know
what we got to do.

596
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,480
Whoever loses this year, we're
going to in honor of him is

597
00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:15,120
we're going to do that again now
of.

598
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:19,120
Course, it might be me.
Is the risk that you would be.

599
00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:21,880
Why didn't we do it last year?
You were in last place.

600
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:23,760
Last.
Year I You know what you owe us

601
00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:24,760
I.
Mean I can't even eat.

602
00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:27,440
I can't even eat hot wings.
Yeah, I can't even eat like a

603
00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,000
mile of hot wings.
Why?

604
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,840
Because I just.
I don't take well to the spice.

605
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:36,560
You all right?
All right, let's that's enough

606
00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:37,520
of that.
Porch picks.

607
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:43,560
OK this week Thursday night game
Who'd have thought before the

608
00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:50,440
season this would be kind of a
like God it is the Ravens at the

609
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,680
Dolphins the.
Ravens at the fish, the bird and

610
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:55,720
the fish.
The bird and the fish.

611
00:32:55,760 --> 00:33:00,640
At Dolphins.
OK, who's got who's got what?

612
00:33:01,560 --> 00:33:03,720
Who's starting you do being your
3 and up?

613
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:12,160
Because I, well, I got to say,
even though Miami had a big win

614
00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:16,360
this week, I, I think they are
in quite a bit of disarray.

615
00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:18,680
I think the Ravens are probably
feeling a little better about

616
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:23,120
themselves getting a win right
before Lamar Jackson comes back.

617
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:31,000
And I think it is the Ravens.
The bird will dive into the

618
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:32,440
ocean and get the fish.
I don't.

619
00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,480
Think Ravens do that.
They don't, but, you know, just

620
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,800
roll with it.
That would be seagulls.

621
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:40,720
All right.
Well, who did you say?

622
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:42,040
You.
Oh, no, you went for, you know.

623
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:44,040
OK, go ahead.
H no, you're next.

624
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:46,360
I'm next.
You went, you went one.

625
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:47,880
Two and one I went you.
Went two and one.

626
00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:50,360
I went one and two.
This, this is easy.

627
00:33:50,360 --> 00:33:52,280
This is for me, this is the
Ravens.

628
00:33:52,600 --> 00:33:55,680
Even if Huntley plays, the
Dolphins are a dumpster fire.

629
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:59,200
And I it it looks like what's
his?

630
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,640
What's his name?
Trevor, OH.

631
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,520
No, Lamar Jackson looks like
he's coming back.

632
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,000
So Chris is going with the
Ravens.

633
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:08,639
What's your pick?
Your pick in the?

634
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:12,040
Comments Baltimore has to win
this game if they want to have

635
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,080
any shot at catching the
Steelers, even though the

636
00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:16,080
Steelers could be a free fall at
this point.

637
00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:19,960
So I got it.
I, I got to go with Baltimore

638
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,480
just because they got, they got
to roll off about four or five

639
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,679
in a row.
I I hope I'm wrong.

640
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,920
Oh, Mike Lawrence.
Mike Lawrence, I think, is

641
00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:32,880
starting to lose it a little bit
and I can't blame them.

642
00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:34,840
Yeah, yeah.
You know Mike, I.

643
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,000
It is possible they lose their
next six games.

644
00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,199
Mike isn't wrong.
Mike.

645
00:34:38,199 --> 00:34:40,239
Followed us over to YouTube from
Facebook.

646
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,159
I feel like we're kind of on our
picks, but I want to, I want to

647
00:34:43,159 --> 00:34:45,679
address, you know, these
comments you got in here and,

648
00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:48,880
and, and we, you know, we, we,
we analyzed this game last night

649
00:34:48,880 --> 00:34:52,199
and of course it's going to be
analyzed for the next week until

650
00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:55,400
we move on to who do we play the
Colts right at 1:00.

651
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,240
So Mike said our secondary sucks
more than Halloween vampires,

652
00:34:59,240 --> 00:35:01,960
kind of funny.
And then he says, don't like

653
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,560
being negative.
We could lose our next six

654
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,320
games.
Listen, it's the NFL.

655
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:07,240
We could lose the rest of our
games too.

656
00:35:07,240 --> 00:35:10,040
I mean, I'm not making light of
the fact that that there's some

657
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:13,480
negativity here.
But you know, it's early enough

658
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:17,760
in the season that you don't
know.

659
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:19,960
It's a week, it's a weekly.
It's a one week.

660
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,520
The Sky's falling the next week.
It's maybe they figured

661
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:25,200
something out.
Week to weekly?

662
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,520
Absolutely.
Now you sound like Tomlin.

663
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,320
We're only thinking about this
week.

664
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,120
We don't care about what happens
after.

665
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:37,920
All right, so let's go on to the
next game, which is the Sunday

666
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:42,920
game.
The Sunday game is the Chiefs at

667
00:35:43,240 --> 00:35:45,200
the Bills.
At the Bills.

668
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:48,280
Yeah, and this is the look, even
though it doesn't have the

669
00:35:48,280 --> 00:35:51,720
pizzazz of the last couple
years, because both of these

670
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,400
teams have been somewhat
struggling this year, especially

671
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:58,560
the Bills on defense.
This is still a big game in the

672
00:35:58,560 --> 00:35:59,360
AFC.
Sure.

673
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:03,560
Huge game, Sure.
So Schwaber, Chiefs and Bills

674
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,200
and your pick in the comments,
We want to know who you think's

675
00:36:06,200 --> 00:36:10,040
going to win.
This is a rough one, yeah.

676
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:12,360
This is a this is a pick em game
you.

677
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:14,960
Could pick em game you.
Could just toss a coin in the

678
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:17,760
air and say heads in Kansas City
tails.

679
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:22,640
It's Buffalo.
I'm gonna go with the Kansas

680
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:26,920
City Chiefs.
I I, as sad as I am to say it,

681
00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:30,480
you know, I was kind of maybe
hoping that that their, their

682
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,120
luck would have run out this
year and they'd start, you know,

683
00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,040
a little backslide, but it looks
like they.

684
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,200
Started that way.
Looks like with some healthy

685
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,480
receivers, they're still pretty
formidable.

686
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:45,480
You got Josh Allen, who can't
seem to beat Pat Mahomes.

687
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,600
And to be honest, even though
the even though the Bills, you

688
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:52,520
know, had a really nice game
this past week and I believe

689
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,920
that the running background for
like 216 yards.

690
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,120
Yeah, James Cook had a monster.
It's hard to do that two games

691
00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,600
in a row, so I'm I'm.
Going.

692
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:06,600
To go with the Chiefs.
OK.

693
00:37:06,720 --> 00:37:10,280
I'm going to go with the bills.
I'm going to go with the bills.

694
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:17,040
I think that this is this is the
game where there is, if you

695
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:21,160
could even approach this kind of
thought about this is the game

696
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,000
where there is no pressure on
Josh Allen.

697
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,720
He's played a lot of games
against the Chiefs where

698
00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:35,000
everything was on the line.
Their defense is bad and I do

699
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,160
think it has the potential to be
a very high scoring game.

700
00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,360
But I think the Bills are going
to pull this one out merely

701
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,320
because of that fact.
And it's a home game.

702
00:37:43,880 --> 00:37:47,520
The hard part about this is the
Bills are going to be tied with

703
00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:51,640
the with the Patriots in their
division and Kansas City's

704
00:37:51,640 --> 00:37:55,360
struggling to to keep up with
the Chargers and the Broncos.

705
00:37:55,800 --> 00:38:00,520
So the reality is Kansas City's
got to win this game more than

706
00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:05,400
the Bills have to win this game.
Boy, this is this is a really

707
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,160
difficult one.
I think I was going to go with

708
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:10,080
Buffalo, but I think I am going
to go.

709
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:14,440
I think I am going to go with
the Chiefs just because I think

710
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,240
Buffalo schedule gets a little
bit easier.

711
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:19,800
They get to play Pittsburgh
soon, so I'm going to go with

712
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:23,320
the Chiefs.
All right, there you have it.

713
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:29,520
HJ takes the Chiefs.
OK, the final game Sunday night,

714
00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:34,600
Sunday Night Football, the
Seattle Seahawks at the

715
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:38,800
Washington Commanders.
Your pick in the comments.

716
00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:43,800
Any any insight?
Will Jayden Daniels be back in

717
00:38:43,800 --> 00:38:47,080
this game?
No idea they're getting ready to

718
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,320
start their Monday night journey
to a loss to.

719
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,760
Kansas City Who's who's playing?
Who's playing the the Sunday

720
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:57,040
night game?
Sunday night, Seahawks at

721
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,600
Commanders.
Seahawks at.

722
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:00,520
Game what?
Why is he out for this game?

723
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,360
I don't know.
I don't know.

724
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,480
You don't follow the team.
You're assuming that I am a some

725
00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:09,200
sort of rabid Commanders fan
because I used to be a Redskins

726
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,120
fan.
And you, you've been assuming

727
00:39:11,120 --> 00:39:13,040
this for years.
You're thinking like somehow I'm

728
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:15,480
hiding my emotions.
I have no emotions about this

729
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:16,800
team whatsoever.
None.

730
00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:19,280
Mainly because they're
commanders.

731
00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,120
Yeah, because they changed the
name because it's it's

732
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,720
ridiculous.
That's my that's my opinion and

733
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,240
I'm sticking to it.
I wish them well.

734
00:39:28,240 --> 00:39:30,560
I hope they win.
If they change the name back to

735
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,240
Redskins, I will be all over
this team once again.

736
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,000
You will not hear the end of it.
I can't do it.

737
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:40,680
I just can't do it.
Steve, do you have any update on

738
00:39:40,720 --> 00:39:44,280
Jayden Daniels?
I believe he's going to play

739
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,640
next week.
OK, inactive tonight, yes, so

740
00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,480
it's at.
Washington Yes, Seahawks at

741
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:59,320
Washington.
All right, I'm going to go

742
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,320
Commanders.
I mean, everything's telling me

743
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:05,160
not to, but my guess is they're
going to lose this game tonight.

744
00:40:05,640 --> 00:40:07,360
They're going to slip to three
and five.

745
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:10,480
They're not that bad of a team.
I think they're A-Team that's

746
00:40:10,480 --> 00:40:13,720
going to make a play for the
playoffs with a fresh Jaden

747
00:40:13,720 --> 00:40:19,720
Daniels back and the receivers
back, I think at home on a, you

748
00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:23,920
know, national game.
I think the the the the

749
00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,880
commanders will right the ship a
little bit.

750
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,080
I'm, I'm, I'm going to say the
commanders because it's a must

751
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:43,400
win for them, but I'm telling
you their defense is, is almost

752
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,920
as embarrassing as as the
Steelers defense.

753
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,120
It's not that.
Yeah, it's.

754
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:48,960
It is pretty bad.
Well, they're old.

755
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:51,880
Yes.
So I'm going with the commanders

756
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,160
though, because it's a must win
and Daniels will be back, I'm

757
00:40:55,160 --> 00:40:57,760
sure.
And the receivers are back and

758
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,000
they, they, they got to light it
up at least one game.

759
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,560
HJ.
Well I I picked the commanders

760
00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,640
not to make the play offs so
therefore they will lose this

761
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:09,560
game to Seattle and Seattle will
win.

762
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,680
Too much Darnold, you're saying?
Well, I mean, they're on the bye

763
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:16,360
week.
I mean, Seattle's, Seattle's

764
00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,400
already proven they can play on
the East Coast.

765
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,160
They beat the shit out of the
Steelers.

766
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,040
I don't think that's going to be
a problem for them.

767
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:28,480
And I agree with Chris, I think
Washington's defenses as porous,

768
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:31,200
maybe not as porous as the
Steelers, but not very.

769
00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,200
It's not very good.
Yeah, they don't have and they.

770
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,240
Don't have the Seahawks hat are
the real deal.

771
00:41:35,240 --> 00:41:39,120
They they got a they got a, they
got a full body team, both

772
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:41,920
offense and defense.
So I'm going to stick with, I'm

773
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,000
going to stick with the Hawks.
Able bodied.

774
00:41:44,000 --> 00:41:46,880
All right, there's the porch
picks for this week.

775
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,240
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776
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777
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778
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779
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781
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782
00:42:10,640 --> 00:42:13,080
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783
00:42:13,080 --> 00:42:18,120
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784
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,840
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786
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:27,320
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787
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:29,960
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There is a hockey game going on

788
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:34,760
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789
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,720
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790
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:40,160
So HJI listened to your last
couple.

791
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,720
You know, it's kind of hard
because you're settling into the

792
00:42:43,720 --> 00:42:51,720
beginning of a season.
Feliz Navidad?

793
00:42:51,880 --> 00:42:55,040
What?
Feliz Navidad?

794
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,800
It's not my birthday.
But.

795
00:42:58,760 --> 00:43:00,480
It's Christmas.
I don't know for Jesus.

796
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,920
That's that's, that's, that's
Mexican Christmas.

797
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,000
It's never.
Do I lose Mexican to you?

798
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,000
It's.
Never too early to start

799
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:10,080
celebrating Christmas.
I, I and I give you the Lord.

800
00:43:10,160 --> 00:43:17,000
There, HJ, HJ, what has been the
biggest surprise for you thus

801
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,640
far from the Penn season?
All right, so HJ is going to

802
00:43:19,640 --> 00:43:21,120
take it away here.
Go for it.

803
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,400
HJ Well, I'm I'm glad you
brought that up Chris Chotti,

804
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:25,800
because that's one of the things
I like to cover with you in the

805
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:30,120
next 5 minutes this year.
So far this this year has

806
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:31,880
already had some some good
things.

807
00:43:32,160 --> 00:43:35,320
It's brought up some new talent.
It's got Ben Kendall and

808
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:38,720
Harrison Brunick Brunick look
bad tonight by the way, on one

809
00:43:38,720 --> 00:43:41,680
of the two goals.
So and the pens are tied 22.

810
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:45,720
It's had nostalgia like they've
had the past three years, right.

811
00:43:46,040 --> 00:43:48,360
The Hall of Fame game very well
done.

812
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:52,360
Le Tang got his 600 assists.
Crosby's the all time points

813
00:43:52,360 --> 00:43:56,040
leader for the Penguins.
Now both that's both regular

814
00:43:56,040 --> 00:43:59,240
season and playoffs.
The surprises.

815
00:43:59,240 --> 00:44:01,560
So I think this is I think this
is what you're getting at.

816
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:04,200
Chris Shotta.
What what surprises me, the

817
00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,000
second line chemistry was was a
big surprise to me.

818
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:13,400
I did not see Bantha Malkin and
Brazeau playing so well

819
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,200
together.
I mean, immediately their, their

820
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:16,840
chemistry has been off the
charts.

821
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,560
And that's why you're saying
there.

822
00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:21,720
It seems to me the untrained eye
that the chemistry is good.

823
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,560
The chemistry is off the charts
with that second line.

824
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,960
It's just, it's really
unbelievable.

825
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:31,400
So I, I just, I think I, I think
that was a big surprise.

826
00:44:31,400 --> 00:44:34,920
The other thing is that has been
a big surprise has been the

827
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,640
goaltending.
I mean, as a, as a team, they're

828
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:41,080
like a 9/17 save percentage.
That's, that's really good.

829
00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:44,800
If you can do that all year
long, you're going to be, you're

830
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,760
going to be in a good position.
I, I know tonight that the

831
00:44:48,760 --> 00:44:51,840
goaltending doesn't look that
good and it's going to fall

832
00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:55,600
back, but they're not.
I, I don't think that Jarry and

833
00:44:55,600 --> 00:44:58,680
Sheila are together that good,
but they're playing off of each

834
00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:01,480
other right now.
Meaning like, I think Jarry's

835
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,440
worried that Sheila could take
it over and Sheila wants to take

836
00:45:04,440 --> 00:45:07,040
it over.
So I think he's trying hard to

837
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:11,520
to get to that that first that
to be the first goalie.

838
00:45:11,800 --> 00:45:14,400
So I think that's been working
great.

839
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,840
The other thing that's been a
surprise are the defensive

840
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:19,640
pairs, with Witherspoon and Shay
coming in.

841
00:45:19,720 --> 00:45:22,800
Witherspoon update please.
Witherspoon Update Witherspoon

842
00:45:22,800 --> 00:45:28,440
got a goal the other night.
Witherspoon, for those in The

843
00:45:28,640 --> 00:45:31,560
Who have interests, is now my
favorite Pittsburgh Penguin, and

844
00:45:31,560 --> 00:45:34,320
we'll be getting updates on him
every.

845
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,360
The Wetherspoon update, he's,
he's been, he's been very good.

846
00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:41,120
I mean, and the thing about
Wetherspoon that's been very

847
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:45,200
good is he's been, he's been, he
hasn't had to make up for

848
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:49,280
Carlson mistakes.
So, so I, I think that's

849
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,760
probably why he's been, he's
been better than advertised.

850
00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:55,600
At what point do we start
calling him Spoon?

851
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,320
But never.
OK, I say right now.

852
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:01,360
All right.
The spoon spoon.

853
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:03,520
Did the greasy spoon get one in?
Spoon.

854
00:46:04,600 --> 00:46:06,880
I don't know, Spoon.
I don't know if you'd put it

855
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:08,840
that way, Chris.
I don't know if he'd appreciate

856
00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,240
greasy spoon.
Well, you know, every time you

857
00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:13,760
hear a spoon, I think, you know,
hey, let's go down to the greasy

858
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,040
spoon.
My own Geno get it over to a

859
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,800
spoon.
The other thing that the other

860
00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:21,360
thing this year has already had
was there have been some

861
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:22,960
questions that have already been
answered.

862
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,840
I think I had.
I wasn't unsure if the muse

863
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,920
system was going to, was going
to work out because nobody

864
00:46:29,920 --> 00:46:32,040
really knew what kind of system
he was going to play.

865
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,400
And I'm not a, I'm not an X's
and O's type of guy when it

866
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:38,000
comes to hockey.
But I can tell you the system he

867
00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,200
runs is so much better than
Sully's because you're not,

868
00:46:41,440 --> 00:46:44,960
you're not beholden to have
every defenseman pinch down in

869
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:49,480
and join the play every time.
It's it, it's it's OK if you

870
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:53,320
don't join the play, But when
you do join the play, it seems

871
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:55,240
like everybody's getting back
the cover.

872
00:46:55,520 --> 00:47:02,320
And it just has been, it's just
been a more team, better team

873
00:47:02,320 --> 00:47:05,560
environment when it comes to
defensive play.

874
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:11,200
And four, checking the things in
the future that we still got to

875
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,840
look forward to.
Something's going to give.

876
00:47:14,640 --> 00:47:18,520
I think the answers on keeping
whether whether Brunicki and

877
00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:20,920
Kendall are going to stay
tonight, they're playing.

878
00:47:20,920 --> 00:47:24,240
I think that means that they
have two or three more games to

879
00:47:24,240 --> 00:47:26,160
play before they have to make a
decision.

880
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:29,880
They're going to have to
overcome some adversity.

881
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,360
Let's face it, at some point
they're going to have a three or

882
00:47:32,360 --> 00:47:34,680
four-game losing streak.
How are they going to respond to

883
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:36,880
that?
The goaltending's eventually

884
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:39,600
going to fall back.
How they going to get that back?

885
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:43,400
And eventually Carlson's going
to be the human hand grenade and

886
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,040
give up pucks and start going
the other way.

887
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,520
So I think it'll be interesting
to see how they were they

888
00:47:49,520 --> 00:47:52,920
respond to things like that.
Now maybe, maybe, maybe I'm

889
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,760
wrong.
Maybe the immune system is such

890
00:47:54,760 --> 00:47:58,960
that Carlson can't really just
screw things up that badly.

891
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:03,160
And he seems to he seems to play
well in this system anyways.

892
00:48:03,400 --> 00:48:06,640
He doesn't have a goal on the
year, but you can tell he's he's

893
00:48:06,640 --> 00:48:10,360
up in the play and he's
definitely contributing with the

894
00:48:10,520 --> 00:48:13,600
assist.
So that's been that's been very

895
00:48:13,600 --> 00:48:15,720
good.
The other thing they're going to

896
00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:19,440
have to they got worrying were
that's a worry right now is

897
00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:22,240
Raquel's going to be out six to
eight weeks.

898
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:25,320
Yeah, he broke a broke a bone in
his hand.

899
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,680
He had to go.
He had to get surgery done on it

900
00:48:27,680 --> 00:48:29,760
today.
So it must have been a must have

901
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,000
been a compound fracture or they
probably had to put some pins in

902
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,720
it.
It looked like it was on his

903
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:39,400
left hand.
So he shoots, he shoots right.

904
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,640
So it doesn't matter.
It's still going to be, it's

905
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:44,560
still going to, it's still going
to be a problem for them.

906
00:48:44,840 --> 00:48:47,360
The good thing about that
problem is now you're going to

907
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:52,880
see guys like Calendar Kendall
and and Koeven and probably play

908
00:48:52,880 --> 00:48:55,840
on that first line
intermittently that and that's

909
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:59,000
assuming the Kindle stays and
I'm assuming he's going to stay

910
00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,640
in the mix.
So that's going to that's a big

911
00:49:02,640 --> 00:49:03,880
loss.
They did lose.

912
00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:08,000
They did lose Caleb Jones also
to a big injury.

913
00:49:08,160 --> 00:49:12,040
I mentioned this in in one of
the post games, the after the

914
00:49:12,040 --> 00:49:16,920
Florida game, he took a nasty
hit into the boars thanks to the

915
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:19,920
rat.
He he he, he basically jammed

916
00:49:19,920 --> 00:49:23,440
them right into the boards.
And so he's going to be out long

917
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:25,240
term.
What do you think of the

918
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:29,480
improved play of Achari?
Well, because he's playing on

919
00:49:29,480 --> 00:49:31,800
the fourth line where he
belongs, that's the thing.

920
00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:37,400
On the fourth line, you got him
and you got Lazat and Dewar.

921
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:41,240
Lazat plays with some spunk.
Yeah, he's a water bug.

922
00:49:41,240 --> 00:49:43,680
That's what I call him.
He's he's, he's the, he's the,

923
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:45,600
he's the water bug.
He's the guy that causes

924
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:48,040
problems and those are fourth
line guys.

925
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:49,400
That's exactly where they
belong.

926
00:49:49,400 --> 00:49:52,120
If you put those guys up on the
third line, they're they're

927
00:49:52,120 --> 00:49:53,720
garbage.
They're that's not where they

928
00:49:53,720 --> 00:49:55,400
belong.
They belong on the fourth line.

929
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:58,560
They need to stay on the fourth
line and they need to find some

930
00:49:58,560 --> 00:50:01,000
chemistry with the third line,
something that's going to work.

931
00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:06,480
I think having Kovinen up here,
I'd love to see a young kid line

932
00:50:06,480 --> 00:50:09,560
on the third line.
You know, maybe Kovinen be on a

933
00:50:09,560 --> 00:50:13,840
wing with Kendall and maybe even
Hollander.

934
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,400
But one of those three guys
probably going to have to play

935
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:19,400
up on the first line now that
the racks is out.

936
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:22,520
So there is still some more
nostalgia to come.

937
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:24,680
You know, Sid's going to get his
seventeen hundredth point.

938
00:50:24,680 --> 00:50:27,480
He may have already got it
tonight because there are two

939
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,720
points on the board, but I I
don't think he was.

940
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:32,920
I think he was in on the first
one but not the second one.

941
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,240
If he gets 2 points, he'll have
1700.

942
00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:45,080
Gino's looking to be the 25th
player of all time in points and

943
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:49,280
the Latang is looking to become
the 20th all time points for the

944
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,320
defenseman.
So those are things that are

945
00:50:51,320 --> 00:50:55,240
definitely going to come up in
the season and you know, just

946
00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:57,760
something to look forward to.
As far as the Penguins, I mean

947
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,440
they're six and three.
I mean, that's an incredible

948
00:51:00,440 --> 00:51:04,320
start for this team, better than
I think anybody was expecting.

949
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:08,840
And everybody's, everybody's
complaining almost like, oh man,

950
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:10,240
now we're not going to get
Gavin.

951
00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:13,800
McKenna, you know.
To me, it's like Sidney Crosby

952
00:51:13,800 --> 00:51:16,760
in the playoffs is much more
important to me than than

953
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:19,960
getting Gavin McKenna.
I know in the long run he he'd

954
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:23,360
be a good replacement for Sid,
yadda, yadda, yadda.

955
00:51:23,640 --> 00:51:25,800
You know, I don't.
How's that go?

956
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:30,000
6-7 you know, I don't really
care. 61 I don't really care.

957
00:51:30,080 --> 00:51:32,280
I don't really.
Care about Gavin McKenna?

958
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,720
I just want, I just want Sidney
Crosby to make the playoffs.

959
00:51:35,720 --> 00:51:39,120
Or like my wife says, 6 * 2 or
20.

960
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,400
Well.
Try to figure that out.

961
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:44,600
No, no, thank you.
You.

962
00:51:44,600 --> 00:51:45,920
Should just stick to selling
houses.

963
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:51,200
Yes, such as my life.
And that's the and that's the

964
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,560
Penguins update.
I'll give you an update on the

965
00:51:53,560 --> 00:51:55,880
game tonight.
Like I said, it's 22 and they're

966
00:51:55,880 --> 00:51:57,920
the 1st.
Looks like a lot of bad

967
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:00,520
goaltending and a lot of sloppy
play.

968
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,320
All right, Hockey Jesus preaches
on the podcast after every Pens

969
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:06,200
game and throughout the Stanley
Cup playoffs.

970
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,200
You can subscribe right now to
the Sports Sports podcast at the

971
00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,720
Sports Sports Podcast on
YouTube.

972
00:52:12,720 --> 00:52:14,680
Click that subscribe and
notifications button.

973
00:52:14,680 --> 00:52:17,400
You'll know when he's live after
the Pens game, giving you a

974
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:19,200
little bit of recap.
They're only about 10 minutes

975
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:22,440
unless he's got a lot to say,
which is he always has a lot to

976
00:52:22,440 --> 00:52:24,200
say, but.
No, I I cut it down.

977
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,000
I cut it.
I cut it down in 10 minutes.

978
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:30,360
He's pretty good, yeah, at at
muting himself when, when when

979
00:52:30,360 --> 00:52:32,640
he's supposed to.
If something really terrible

980
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:34,880
happens, it will definitely go
past 10.

981
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:37,880
One last thing for Chris Chaud.
If the Pens play out of their

982
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:42,320
mind all year, any chance Malkin
returns or are the two mutually

983
00:52:42,320 --> 00:52:45,560
exclusive?
Well, the the organization has

984
00:52:45,560 --> 00:52:50,200
already said that they are not
signing Gino at the end of the

985
00:52:50,200 --> 00:52:54,480
year and Gino has not said that
he is retiring at the end of the

986
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:56,800
year.
So that's some drama that still

987
00:52:56,800 --> 00:53:00,400
needs to unfold.
So stay tuned on that Chris, cuz

988
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:05,360
I don't know and nobody knows.
And I don't know either.

989
00:53:06,200 --> 00:53:09,640
So if you haven't hit that
subscribe button, do it right

990
00:53:09,640 --> 00:53:13,120
now and grab the podcast right
after the show.

991
00:53:13,120 --> 00:53:15,520
I'm going to drop it anywhere
you get your podcasts.

992
00:53:16,040 --> 00:53:21,000
Wrapping up tonight's party is
something we like to call what

993
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:23,960
we're watching.
You want me to do it?

994
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:27,080
You want to do a Chihuahua?
Why is it a question?

995
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,000
Because it's always a question.
Sometimes you want.

996
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,280
To do it sometimes you don't.
Should it be all right?

997
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:34,600
Do it.
Direct the show.

998
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:36,360
Go ahead, do it.
OK, I've got it.

999
00:53:36,520 --> 00:53:37,760
I've got it from here.
Thank you.

1000
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:42,920
Thank you, Captain.
I'm the captain now as we go

1001
00:53:42,920 --> 00:53:47,120
into probably the most exciting
part, I'm.

1002
00:53:47,120 --> 00:53:50,160
Sorry I have to stop your
exciting part of the show.

1003
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:54,600
Sure, it looks like Marquez
Valdez scanling plans to sign

1004
00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,720
with the Steeler.
Oh, I was on that last night,

1005
00:53:56,720 --> 00:53:58,600
wasn't I boys?
You were this morning.

1006
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,000
And it looks like it looks like
it's going to happen.

1007
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:04,040
So he couldn't play for the
Browns, but now he can play for

1008
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:05,960
the Steelers.
He can, he can.

1009
00:54:06,080 --> 00:54:08,920
He can run fast and maybe catch
a long ball, yeah.

1010
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:11,840
Hey, hey, man, there's.
Our number 2 wide receiver.

1011
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:15,360
Congratulations first.
Let's do it this way.

1012
00:54:15,360 --> 00:54:19,640
Breaking news, Marquez Valdez
stance scandaling or whatever

1013
00:54:19,640 --> 00:54:23,000
the hell his name.
Is emergency pod Marcus Valdez

1014
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,840
scandaling assigned with the
Pittsburgh Steelers?

1015
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:31,360
And we now move on to what we
are watching.

1016
00:54:32,120 --> 00:54:35,760
So what does this mean?
This is the part of the show

1017
00:54:35,760 --> 00:54:39,600
where we give back to our
community, to our fans, to our

1018
00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:43,960
audience, to our loved ones.
We know how hard it is to find a

1019
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:47,120
good show, especially when
you've been watching a great

1020
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:50,720
show and then it comes to an end
and you just say, gosh darned

1021
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:52,640
it, what am I going to watch
next?

1022
00:54:53,280 --> 00:54:56,920
Well, I have No Fear.
Your team is here.

1023
00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:02,000
We are going to let you know. 2
thumbs up if it's good, two

1024
00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:05,040
thumbs down if it's bad.
We save you the time.

1025
00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,560
You don't have to watch the
trailers, you don't have to read

1026
00:55:08,560 --> 00:55:11,640
reviews.
You just use these earbuds.

1027
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:16,000
You listen to the guys on the
sports porch and they will pave

1028
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:17,440
the way.
For you to.

1029
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:22,440
Be a hero, not a 0.
We got you covered.

1030
00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:27,040
All right, all right, perfect,
perfect intro H JS going first

1031
00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:29,360
tonight.
HJ watched something.

1032
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:33,360
This is called.
Allen Iverson.

1033
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:37,800
It's a it's a documentary on
Alvin Allen Iverson, not just

1034
00:55:38,040 --> 00:55:42,560
not just his career with the
Philadelphia 76ers and the

1035
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:44,760
Denver Nuggets.
And we changed that.

1036
00:55:45,920 --> 00:55:49,080
It's it, it's really about his
whole life.

1037
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:52,200
And there were a lot of things
about his life that I didn't

1038
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:56,360
know that were like, wow, that
would that's like shocking.

1039
00:55:56,360 --> 00:56:00,960
Like, you know, did you know he
was arrested as a, as a, as a 17

1040
00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:04,320
year old and they waited, they
put him on trial until he turned

1041
00:56:04,360 --> 00:56:06,400
18 so they could trial him as an
adult.

1042
00:56:07,120 --> 00:56:09,080
There were some nefarious things
going on there.

1043
00:56:09,080 --> 00:56:11,280
I did actually look that up a
little bit more.

1044
00:56:11,600 --> 00:56:15,120
They, they, they, let's just put
it this way in this documentary,

1045
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:18,200
they take the Ivers inside
completely.

1046
00:56:18,360 --> 00:56:21,240
They, they don't show the other
side very much, but it's OK

1047
00:56:21,240 --> 00:56:22,720
because I like the way they've
done it.

1048
00:56:22,720 --> 00:56:26,680
They, all his friends are in
this, all his family's in this.

1049
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:29,640
I think it's really well done.
I think it, it paints him in a,

1050
00:56:29,880 --> 00:56:35,080
in a pretty bright light.
And I just, I just forgot what a

1051
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:38,840
force he was in the NBA for
like, what, five years?

1052
00:56:38,840 --> 00:56:46,760
Six years from like what, 9094
to maybe 2 thousand 2001 when he

1053
00:56:46,760 --> 00:56:50,880
was just just dominant and his
free fall from there.

1054
00:56:52,320 --> 00:56:57,080
But it's really I if you if you
like anything about the NBA, if

1055
00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,520
you actually you just like a
good story about a guy who

1056
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:04,600
starts with literally nothing.
This guy came from nowhere.

1057
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:07,920
His mom did whatever he, he did
whatever he could.

1058
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:11,960
His mom did whatever he could to
put Bunny, you know, on the

1059
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:16,280
table so that they could put
food in their mouths and to make

1060
00:57:16,280 --> 00:57:22,200
it big to, to hit the big time
to be #1 NBA player and, you

1061
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:24,840
know, and then just try and live
a normal life after that.

1062
00:57:25,040 --> 00:57:28,120
This is for you.
I, I give it 2 thumbs up.

1063
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:31,560
I think it's excellent.
Did they get into the crossover

1064
00:57:31,560 --> 00:57:33,560
on Jordan?
Yeah, they do.

1065
00:57:33,720 --> 00:57:37,280
They actually, They actually, if
you watch, if you watch it, you

1066
00:57:37,280 --> 00:57:40,280
will find out how he learned to
do the crosswalk.

1067
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:41,960
Really.
Oh, that's interesting.

1068
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:43,120
Yeah.
There it is.

1069
00:57:43,560 --> 00:57:48,040
It is a very interesting story.
HJ recommends 2 thumbs up Allen

1070
00:57:48,040 --> 00:57:51,760
Iverson his biography
documentary on.

1071
00:57:51,840 --> 00:57:54,240
Friday he he's still alive.
Yes, yes.

1072
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,760
Well, I mean, yeah, I didn't
mean to imply it.

1073
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:06,280
The grand schwa beanie, this is.
I mean, here we are, right back

1074
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:08,400
to violence and drugs and
everything else.

1075
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:10,240
I'm sure it was only.
A matter of time.

1076
00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:12,720
No drugs in this one.
Oh wow, drugs at all?

1077
00:58:12,720 --> 00:58:13,640
What?
Really.

1078
00:58:13,640 --> 00:58:17,400
Yeah.
This is just a flat out nuclear

1079
00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:18,280
war.
Oh.

1080
00:58:18,960 --> 00:58:22,200
OK, Yeah, yeah, no drugs needed
when you're in a nuclear.

1081
00:58:22,200 --> 00:58:25,760
War yeah now I Idris Alba was
the star of this one he's the

1082
00:58:25,760 --> 00:58:29,200
president and I I do love me
some Idris Alba.

1083
00:58:29,200 --> 00:58:35,160
I think he's a cool dude.
I got to say, I'm going to go 2

1084
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:40,560
thumbs down on this one.
And, and the reason for it is,

1085
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:43,880
you know, I'm, I'm into these
end of the world things.

1086
00:58:44,000 --> 00:58:50,960
I, I, I really enjoy them And I,
I, I, I kind of felt like they

1087
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:55,960
tried a little too hard to maybe
even make this a little artsy.

1088
00:58:56,560 --> 00:59:00,720
Like, so for example, I'm, I'm
like, I don't care if, if this

1089
00:59:00,720 --> 00:59:02,680
ruins it for anybody.
I'm just going to tell you,

1090
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:04,800
right?
Let me put it to you this way.

1091
00:59:04,800 --> 00:59:08,320
Spoiler alert, spoiler.
Alert turn it off now if you

1092
00:59:08,320 --> 00:59:11,080
want to watch yeah.
Bottom line is if you watch this

1093
00:59:11,080 --> 00:59:18,400
movie, OK, let's just say that
there is a nuclear warhead

1094
00:59:18,520 --> 00:59:22,040
headed for the United States in
a major city in the United

1095
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:25,600
States, OK?
It's pretty clear it's going to

1096
00:59:25,600 --> 00:59:27,000
hit.
All right.

1097
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:32,760
We don't know if it does.
We don't know who fired it.

1098
00:59:33,640 --> 00:59:39,080
We don't know who survives.
I mean, like, you know, it was

1099
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:43,160
more like, it was more like
about like following three

1100
00:59:43,160 --> 00:59:47,040
different people, like the
president, the, you know, the

1101
00:59:47,040 --> 00:59:54,000
Secretary of State and like some
woman who's like, you know, in

1102
00:59:54,000 --> 00:59:58,200
these places where they make
decisions about, hey, let's

1103
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:02,400
intercept this bomb, right?
And, and the weird thing about

1104
01:00:02,400 --> 01:00:06,920
it was in a way, it was kind of
artistic, the way they did it.

1105
01:00:07,560 --> 01:00:10,480
But I almost felt like, all
right, I'm watching this for two

1106
01:00:10,480 --> 01:00:15,880
hours and I'm kind of watching
the same movie three times over.

1107
01:00:16,000 --> 01:00:17,920
Oh boy.
You know what I mean?

1108
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:20,480
Like one of those that's gross.
Like, you know, it's kind of

1109
01:00:20,480 --> 01:00:24,560
like, oh, like like before you
were watching the girl, right?

1110
01:00:25,240 --> 01:00:28,440
And and she's, you know, when
she's on the phone, you just

1111
01:00:28,440 --> 01:00:31,240
hear the president.
You don't see him, but then you

1112
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:34,840
see the president reacting to
what he's saying on the phone

1113
01:00:34,840 --> 01:00:37,960
like an hour later.
It's just kind of like.

1114
01:00:38,080 --> 01:00:41,440
Yeah, I've seen this.
Part now I don't know, man, you

1115
01:00:41,440 --> 01:00:43,360
know.
Well, what you're saying is it's

1116
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:47,000
the classic back and forth, same
time frame but different

1117
01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:48,760
perspective.
But it's kind of hard to.

1118
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:50,240
Follow.
But I will say this, there was

1119
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:53,840
one interesting piece that I got
out of this that I had no idea

1120
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:57,640
about.
Did you guys know that, you

1121
01:00:57,640 --> 01:01:01,720
know, there's there's two places
in the United States where there

1122
01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:07,040
is a nuclear bunker where, you
know, so basically like there

1123
01:01:07,040 --> 01:01:11,200
are people that are on a list,
you know, to survive and they

1124
01:01:11,200 --> 01:01:14,320
get flown to these bunkers and
they go underneath try to

1125
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:16,760
survive.
Did you know that one's only

1126
01:01:16,760 --> 01:01:18,960
three hours away from here?
Yep, I didn't know that.

1127
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:21,600
I didn't know that it's in.
It's in Adams County,

1128
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:23,600
Pennsylvania.
Yeah.

1129
01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:27,360
So like we would be the people
who would, like, drive over

1130
01:01:27,360 --> 01:01:29,400
there as the buses go in.
Like what is it?

1131
01:01:33,120 --> 01:01:34,760
I'm on the list.
I'm on the list.

1132
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:38,520
But I didn't, I didn't realize
that.

1133
01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:40,960
And then I looked it up online.
I'm like, Oh yeah, there it is.

1134
01:01:41,480 --> 01:01:45,720
You know, so that was kind of
interesting, but, you know.

1135
01:01:45,920 --> 01:01:47,320
But we don't have to worry about
that.

1136
01:01:47,320 --> 01:01:49,320
Yeah, it it it wasn't worth your
time.

1137
01:01:49,400 --> 01:01:50,960
A.
House of Dynamite.

1138
01:01:51,240 --> 01:01:54,160
It wasn't worth your time.
Now, I will say this now that

1139
01:01:54,160 --> 01:01:57,840
I've given it a negative review,
if you actually watch it, you

1140
01:01:57,840 --> 01:02:00,360
might actually kind of like it.
You know what I mean?

1141
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:03,280
Because our standards the stand
down so low, I've.

1142
01:02:03,280 --> 01:02:04,920
Lowered the standard.
It might be worth.

1143
01:02:04,960 --> 01:02:07,040
Watching Yeah, Yeah.
Interesting.

1144
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:09,400
I'm not watching.
It All right, Thank you, Grant

1145
01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,360
Soabini.
I watched something, I completed

1146
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:14,800
it.
I just love this stuff.

1147
01:02:16,160 --> 01:02:19,840
It's on Netflix.
Philadelphia versus the Mafia

1148
01:02:20,040 --> 01:02:24,160
What what not to love?
Mob War Philadelphia versus the

1149
01:02:24,160 --> 01:02:26,880
Mafia on Netflix.
It's a three-part series.

1150
01:02:26,880 --> 01:02:28,800
This is drugs, right?
Oh yeah.

1151
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:33,360
Come on.
Gangs, violence, murder.

1152
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:38,360
Organized, disorganized mayhem.
Not you guys, you guys for you

1153
01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:40,760
guys who are watching the show.
And if you haven't already, hit

1154
01:02:40,760 --> 01:02:41,480
the subscribe.
What?

1155
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,520
Am I here to amuse you?
Am I here to am IA Clown?

1156
01:02:44,840 --> 01:02:46,560
I heard he'll amuse you.
No, I.

1157
01:02:46,560 --> 01:02:49,320
Just I'm a funny, I'm a funny
guy, I.

1158
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,480
Just thought it was funny.
Get the fuck out of here.

1159
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:55,880
OK, All right, that's enough.
That's enough of that.

1160
01:02:55,880 --> 01:03:00,040
All right, listen.
This was about a period of time

1161
01:03:00,040 --> 01:03:06,200
in Philadelphia between the
years of like 89 and like up

1162
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,160
into the 2000.
Sound familiar?

1163
01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:10,280
We were there.
Well, you were there.

1164
01:03:10,640 --> 01:03:14,160
And this was right after Nikki
Scarfo got put away forever.

1165
01:03:14,400 --> 01:03:16,680
There was a power vacuum in the
Philly mob.

1166
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:20,320
And the Philly mob was a little,
they're, they're a little

1167
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:23,400
crazier, a little more, I would
say a little more passionate

1168
01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:27,680
than say the New York, the
traditional New York mob.

1169
01:03:28,560 --> 01:03:31,880
It's more like Boardwalk Empire.
In how they settled everything,

1170
01:03:31,880 --> 01:03:37,920
which was just a lot of murder.
And it was about how the FBI,

1171
01:03:38,720 --> 01:03:43,840
along with local law, law
enforcement planned to take down

1172
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:48,440
the mob in Philly over time.
And there were some characters

1173
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,200
in it that, that I, I, I
remember the name Joey Merlino

1174
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:53,760
when we lived in Philly.
He was a big mob guy.

1175
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:56,800
Think he still he might be in
jail right now.

1176
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:00,000
I don't exactly remember but.
I was too busy studying.

1177
01:04:00,000 --> 01:04:04,280
Listen, we all we all watch or I
think a lot of us, you know,

1178
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:06,360
really enjoy these, these mob
stories.

1179
01:04:06,360 --> 01:04:09,120
They get romanticized and you
know, we can talk.

1180
01:04:09,200 --> 01:04:12,120
There's thousands of mob movies
out there, some that are great,

1181
01:04:12,120 --> 01:04:14,720
some that are not, and shows and
all this kind of stuff.

1182
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:16,840
But these documentaries are
fantastic.

1183
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:19,480
But I think one of that, we
always equate it with either the

1184
01:04:19,480 --> 01:04:22,120
Sicilian mob and the New York
mob.

1185
01:04:22,200 --> 01:04:24,240
And that's kind of they're the
main characters.

1186
01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:28,520
This was kind of cool because it
showed how Philadelphia was a

1187
01:04:28,520 --> 01:04:33,080
major player in all of this and
how some in the in the New York

1188
01:04:33,080 --> 01:04:36,040
mob actually were like those
those mob guys down at Philly,

1189
01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:39,520
they're they're nuts, you know.
So it's a good one.

1190
01:04:39,520 --> 01:04:41,160
It's a good one.
If you like this kind of stuff.

1191
01:04:41,160 --> 01:04:44,120
I would definitely give it two
thought.

1192
01:04:44,120 --> 01:04:47,480
I was going to say 3 thumbs up.
Well, you don't want to.

1193
01:04:47,480 --> 01:04:49,000
You don't want to raise the
third one.

1194
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,000
What's it called again?
That's a bad idea, it's called

1195
01:04:53,640 --> 01:04:56,760
That'll get us banned.
It's called mob war.

1196
01:04:57,040 --> 01:05:03,080
Philadelphia versus the Mafia.
Yep, Yep.

1197
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:05,000
Good.
Two thumbs up.

1198
01:05:05,040 --> 01:05:09,160
Two thumbs up.
All right, guys, listen, it's

1199
01:05:09,160 --> 01:05:12,400
been a rough week football wise,
but not a bad week hockey wise.

1200
01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:14,280
Maybe we can sneak one out this
Sunday.

1201
01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:16,760
Yeah, maybe we can rub one out
this Sunday.

1202
01:05:16,760 --> 01:05:18,680
What do you think?
I'd rather sneak it.

1203
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,960
Rub out a victory.
Well, I think most of the time

1204
01:05:20,960 --> 01:05:22,640
when you're rubbing it, you are
sneaking it.

1205
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:25,320
Sneaking it in.
Let's see if we can play some

1206
01:05:25,320 --> 01:05:29,280
defense this week.
Why if I'm not getting any see

1207
01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:30,720
if?
We can keep them under 30.

1208
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,160
You've been watching the sports
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1209
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:35,360
Thank you very much.
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1210
01:05:35,360 --> 01:05:37,400
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1211
01:05:37,400 --> 01:05:41,280
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1212
01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,240
to be back even before that
because we're going to do our

1213
01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:47,040
post game show after the
Steelers Colts this Sunday at

1214
01:05:47,040 --> 01:05:51,680
1:00 PM for Hockey Jesus, for
Grant Swabini.

1215
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:54,920
I'm your technical director and
I am out.

1216
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:58,080
See you in later.
Goodbye.