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Bag alert, bag alert, bag alert, bag alert folks. That's right. We got a loaded episode.

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We got a really loaded episode. Okay. I'm talking about we're going to go in multiple

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different directions, but just know buckle in because guess what? This is going to be

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a long drive. Okay. Pete Warner gets paid. Brandon IU

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would drama continues. Who has the upper hand in these trade talks? Does the trade make

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the Steelers a playoff contender? If if it happens, as well as did the Niners wait a

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little bit too long to trade Brandon IU? Don't you think? I don't know. We'll talk about

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that. As well as how can the Niners stay competitive if they do lose Brandon IU and the most important

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topic of it all, the Pittsburgh Steelers. You are six time, six time, six time, six time,

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six time, six time champions play today in about few hours. So guess what? We got a lot

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to talk about. Okay. Because guess what? I want to watch the Steelers play. Okay. So

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guess what? You know what we always got to do? We got to lock it. But before we do all

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that, okay? I'm still Braga Domes. I'm still your GM. Okay. I am all these things and more.

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But most importantly, I am your host, Kale. Let's lock in.

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All right, folks, let's just get right into the news. Okay. This is episode 22. We are

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only eight episodes away from hitting the 30th mark, the 30th episode of the podcast. We're

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going to keep this thing going. Okay. We're going to give, we'll talk about that, you know,

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when we get to that huge milestone. Okay. But we got to get into these baguettes. Okay.

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Because we got a lot. We got to talk about with this episode. Okay. Because every single

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every time I do it, it always comes to pass. Last week, I think we had two of them. Jordan

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Love got paid the same day. Let's see what happens this week. Okay. So Pete Warner, a

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linebacker for the New Orleans Saints, ain't a three year 22.5 million dollar deal to stay

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with the Saints. Okay. He gets a $5.5 million signing bonus, 17.4 million in total guarantees,

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11.1 in guarantees at signing, and he'll be making 7.5 million a year according to who?

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Spotrack. Okay. Shout out to them. Now, when you look at his, excuse me, when you look

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at his stats, right? For the 2023 season, all he has is one interception, one past

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deflection to from recoveries for tackles for loss and one quarterback hit according

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to who pro football reference. Now, when you look at it, you know, the this was more of

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a role player type of extension. It wasn't necessarily something that, you know, it's

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always going to reset the market or, you know, do anything crazy like that. Like, no, this

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is a routine, you know, extension just to make sure that they lock up a player that,

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you know, contributes, you know, to his respective side of the ball. And, you know, making sure

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that things, you know, stay the way that they are, which I mean, honestly, it's a pretty

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good deal. You know, you're making 7.5 million, you know, this year. So I mean, you know,

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that's actually relatively pretty good. It is. And, you know, you're still on somewhat

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of a pretty good defense. I'm not saying it's an elite defense, but it's a pretty good

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defense. You know, they can give you some problems on a good day. So, you know, I guess

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that's, yeah, that's that's that's really it. You know, I don't think there's really,

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I don't think there's not a whole lot really to talk about it. But, you know, congratulations

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to him. Now, going into the meat and potatoes of this episode, okay, Brandon IEUIC. Yes,

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I know. Yes, I know, I know, I know, you're probably pounding at your table right now.

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You're probably screaming to the top of your lungs. You're probably saying, why are we

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still talking about Brandon IEUIC in August? Well, guess what? We got more things we're

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going to talk about. Okay, we do. I know. I wanted to end just like how you do. I do.

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I really do. Is it going to end? I hope so. I really do because this is starting to get

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old and it's gotten to the point where it's just like, yo, if it happens, it happens.

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If it don't, it don't. Okay, that's where we are at this point with this whole conundrum

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that is this trade. Okay, so these are just a few notes that I just had to, you know,

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take down with this entire situation. Okay, so apparent, well, no, not apparently, but

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according to Diana Rossini, right? She, you know, she tweeted out. I don't know if it

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was yesterday or the day before yesterday, but she basically said, you know, the 49ers

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are looking for a positional player in return, mainly a receiver, but are open to other positions.

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Right? Okay, cool. Now, Adam Schefter reported, right, that the Patriots when they were in

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it, you know, to try to get Brandon IEUIC, the Patriots were willing to make Brandon

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IEUIC the, you know, a top five highest paid receiver, right? But, you know, Jerry Doolack

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of the Pittsburgh Post, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, try saying that five times, right? You know,

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tweeted out that the way that I did it is to prove a point, right? All three of those

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people can go to for football information. Okay, they have their hand on what's going

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on behind closed doors. Okay, they're not this, you know, random entity that, you know,

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you don't know nothing about and they don't have anything credible and they don't, you

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know, they're not well respected within their own industry and whatnot. No, these are people

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who are credible resources that you can take whatever that they are saying to the bank.

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Now, have insiders got it wrong? Yes, of course, things happen, right? But what I'm, but what

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I'm trying to get to you, and I said this in the previous episode is we have to be careful

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on what we put out, especially with a situation like this, right? Because I don't in and this

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is not directly for anybody, but if it is, but if, but if you feel like it is for you

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within it is for you at this point, if you do not have credible information about what's

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going on with this situation or any situation, you should not be putting out any, you should

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not be putting anything out because there was a particular person who will remain anonymous

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who basically was saying, you know, the, you know, for a minute, there were a lot of stealers

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fans that were like, Oh my God, it's done. It's done. It's done. It's done. It's done.

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It's done. And it's like, no, it's not, it's not done until you see a press conference

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for Brandon IEWIC and he is holding another team's jersey that he was traded to. And unless

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they take that picture, this thing is still going. Okay. It is still going. Now, can I

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say, you know, when and where it's going to end? No, I can't because I don't have any

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credible information to report on that. I have to go off of the resources that I know

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and the people that I trust that are, you know, that are credible with whatever information

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that they put out. That's what I have to go with, right? And so the reason why I'm saying

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all this is, you know, you may have, you know, accounts like CTE, you know, ESPN, you know,

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you may have people like Ricky with the picture of the dog with the hat on it. You know, you

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may have this person who says, you know, I'm a part of, you know, NFL draft blood. I mean,

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I'm not bloods NFL draft buzz, not bloods. That's funny. That's a funny one. That's a

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funny joke. But you know, you may have different people who say that they're credible who,

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you know, they may have this blue checkmark to try to validate what with whatever they're

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saying. But the fact of the matter is they don't know anything what they're talking about.

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Okay. If and you know, and this is something that that I want to that I want to repeat

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games to you guys. A lot of the insiders have been quiet on this. Because why this is still

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a very fluid situation. Things are still ongoing. And you know, there's nothing really

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to report on. That's not if the if the credible insiders are not saying anything, right? What

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makes you think that you can put out something and say, Oh, yeah, I have sources that say

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this, this and this. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, that's not what you do. Because

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guess what? It's going to if you they'll see a fan, a fan will will see that tweet and

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they will lose their mind. Right. And so it is, I feel like it is your responsibility

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to make sure that whatever you put out that you think is credible, make sure that you

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make sure that it is credible. Because if it's not credible, you're going to have someone

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like me who's going to get on his podcast, regardless if it's, you know, well known or

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not well known, but this will be well known very soon. Mark my words. It still does not

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give you the right to put out any accurate information. It doesn't. Better yet, it puts

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more pressure on you to make sure that whatever information that you are putting out is credible.

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It's resourceful. And it's true. Because if you don't, your credibility, whatever little

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credibility that you have is gone. And it's hard to get it back. Right. It really is.

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It's like the boy who cried wolf. You can keep on saying that you saw the wolf and nobody

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ever saw it. But the one time that you do see the wolf, guess what? No one's going to believe

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you because why you kept online the, you know, all those other previous times, right? So

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I just had to put that out there. Now, when we look at it with this situation, right,

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Brandon I you again, you know, things have just gotten to a point where it's just really

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messy. It really is. It's messy on just both sides, you know, there was a report, you know,

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probably like in the earlier part of the week that was basically saying that, you know,

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the Steelers really weren't in it. And then it was just between the Patriots and the Browns.

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And then next thing you know, you know, Shepter puts out a tweet basically saying that, you

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know, the Steelers are back in it and that, you know, their conversations are fluid and

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the Patriots back out of it. And it's like, okay, you know, you have a lot going on. But

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at the same time, you know, how is this going to go because it can go anyway. It really

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can't. Because again, the ball is in Brandon IUX Court. It's not in the 49ers Court. It's

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in Brandon IUX Court because he gets to dictate where he wants to go. That's just what it

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is because the Patriots and like I just said, the Patriots were willing, willing to meet

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his financial demands. They were willing to do that. But Brandon IUX didn't want to go

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there. And Brandon IUX has basically said, Hey, I want to go to Pittsburgh. That's what

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he's done. And so the question is, what is it going to take to, you know, to put the

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bowl on this present? That is the question. And I think everybody wants to know because

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whether we realize or not the, the draft stock for Brandon IUX as the days go by is going

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to continue to dwindle, right? Because remember, leading up to the draft, if I'm not mistaken

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and I can be wrong, but leading up to the draft, the Jaguars were trying to get Brandon

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IUX and they were, I think, and I think they were willing to give up their first round

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pick and a player, another receiver, right? And the 49ers said no. So it makes you beg

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the question of what the hell is it going to take for them, you know, for this trade

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to just go down? What's it going to take? Now, I've heard and, you know, I've seen various

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different things that, you know, the 49ers are going to try to, you know, flip, flip

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whatever picks that the Steelers or whoever trade for, you know, trade for him and, you

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know, try to get a receiver. I've seen, you know, they might, they might try to do a three

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way trade. I don't know. I really don't know. I will say this. It's a little bit harder

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to do a three way trade in the NFL than it is in the NBA, for instance, right? Because

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in the NBA draft picks isn't isn't as high as it is in the NFL, right? When we get to

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start talking about first round picks, oh my God, GMs, they, they get buttoned up in

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everything. They borderline want to fight you, right? And, you know, when you look at

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the NBA, they'll throw all first round picks and, you know, this pick and that pick and

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this pick and that pick and, you know, the next three years of a first round picks or

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whatever, just for one player and one thing twice about it. They've done that before.

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A lot of the major trades that we have seen, you know, throughout the years and involved

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a boatload of picks and guess what? They just don't care about it. That value for them isn't

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isn't as high as it is for the NFL, right? And so, you know, it's a situation where,

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you know, as, as the days go by, who is really going to win this situation? Because as of

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right now, if I'm not mistaken, the Steelers are like the, are like the primary team that

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is like really content on trying to get Brandon I you. And we all have seen what Omar Khan

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has done, you know, in the past when it comes to these trades, he's been a beast with it.

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Okay. And he's not showing his hand. And so what you're seeing is a matchup between GMs

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of who was going to blink first. This is a game of GM chicken. This is what that's what

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it is at this point, because it's either the 49ers aren't satisfied with it or this person

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isn't satisfied with it, or it's not working for this person was not working for that side

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or whatever the case may be, right? And, you know, and I'll continue to say this as the

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days go by, if the Steelers are going to win that trade, because guess what? Brandon I you

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is value is going to go down because why you still have to pay him top dollar money. You

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still have to pay him 30 plus million dollars, right? That's what you're going to have to

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pay him. That's what he said that he wanted, right? And so, you know, it went from a first

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round pick, you know, in the earlier part of the year leading up to the draft. But now

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at this point, you could probably give brand now you would for maybe a second or a third

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round pick. And maybe, you know, you probably throw in the player just to sweeten things

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up if you really wanted to. That's what it is at this point. Because you this is what

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I'll say. I'm trying to find the words to say the value of a player will the value of

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a player that does not get traded will continue to go down the more the more that the more

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time passes that he is not trading, right? And you know, whether we want to admit it

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or not, the 49ers are trying to turn water in one. They're not trying to. This is this

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is so this is such a tricky situation. This is such a tricky way to say it. But the 49ers

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are trying to are trying to flip are trying to turn mud into gold bricks. That's what

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they're trying to do, right? And you know, am I saying that they can do it? No. But it's

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just it's just a weird situation. It's just weird. It's it's drawn out. I think people

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are just over it. I think people are just tired of you know, hearing about it. I think

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people are tired of the fake lies and the fake rumors and the fake sources. And I think

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they just want things to just, you know, be done so they can just so we can just move

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on to the preseason games, the cut downs and then the start of regular season. I think

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that's where everybody is at this point. Okay. Now, the real question is if the Steelers

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do get Brandon, are you does that make them a playoff contender? Now in my eyes, I don't

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know. I don't know. I really don't know. And the only reason why I say that is because

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you know, the Steelers have a very tough schedule. They do. They have a very tough schedule,

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right? And the only way that they could really, you know, position themselves to be high within

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the playoffs and potentially, you know, compete to try to win the division is they got to

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come they got to come out of they got to come out of the season guns blazing, right? It's

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not no, you know, going to a two game losing streak or a three game losing streak or whatever

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the case may be, they have to come out of this thing guns blazing, right? And if they

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do not come out of this thing guns blazing, that second half of the season, it's going

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to be a killer. It's going to be a crusher. I'm going to read off exactly the second half

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of the season. I'm going to show you the will not show you when I'm going to tell you the

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match ups, right? Ravens, Browns, Bengals, Browns, Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Bengals. That

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is a gauntlet. That is a gauntlet of a matchups that you're going to have to go up against

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that you are going to have to win. Okay, it's not like how it was in the previous seasons

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where you you go up against some of your divisional rivals in the early parts of the season. No,

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you're going up against them where every single game matters where you have to win them in

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order to not only get into the playoffs, but to have a higher seed in the playoffs to potentially

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get to having, you know, the number one seed will not the number one seed, but a high seed

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enough to where you can probably get a first round by. That's what it is, right? And so,

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you know, the Steelers right now from a roster standpoint, and I'm just, I'm just going to

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be completely honest here. I don't really care. Honestly, they're in a position where

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their defense is a playoff contender, but their offense, I feel like it's still, I don't

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know. I don't know. I really, I can't, you know what? I got it. It just came, the light

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bulb just came on. The plate, the Steelers chances of the playoffs rides on how well

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and what version of Russell Wilson are they going to get, right? Because if you get the

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version of Russell Wilson last year, then there's a chance. There's a chance. I'm not

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saying it's a high chance. Not saying it's a low chance. Not saying it's in the middle

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chance, but I'm saying that there is a chance that they could possibly, you know, make a

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playoff run, right? But if you're getting a Russell Wilson that is showing, you know,

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that he has the clients and significantly, then you're going to have a problem because

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Justin Fields on the other hand, Justin Fields, he has the potential, right? But his mechanics

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and his decisiveness and all those different type of things, they aren't, they aren't

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up to par to where they should be. And so, you know, you're going to need somewhat of

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a veteran quarterback, you know, that can get you a win from some of those games. That's

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what you're going to need. Okay. This isn't, you know, just rainbows and unicorns like

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no, this is going to be a gauntlet. And this is, you know, knock on wood. You better hope

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that nobody suffers a significant injury. So I say all that to say this, if the Steelers

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do get Brandon IE, it doesn't necessarily make them make them a playoff contender, but I

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will say this, that's two or three extra games that they could probably win. That's two or

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three more W's that they could definitely get that definitely, you know, puts the odds

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in their favor to win certain matchups. It does. But to flat out say that, oh yeah, this

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makes them a Super Bowl team or oh, this makes them a playoff calibre team. No, I'm not going

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to say that. I still feel like the Steelers are probably maybe one or two more years away

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from entering their Super Bowl window. I truly believe that the defense is the defense is

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the defense, right? It's about investing into the offense, right? Because and I'll continue

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to beat on this drum. And I know there's Steelers fans out there, they're saying you're not

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a real Steelers fan. I am a real Steelers fan. I am a logical thinking Steelers fan. That's

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the difference, right? Because again, we're going after someone who was looking for 30

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plus million dollars a year while we won't even know who the quarterback is going to

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be next year, right? Because we have two quarterbacks on our roster right now that that that are

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on one year deals, essentially. And so there's going to be a lot of turnover come this this

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offseason, right? You're going to have to figure out are you going to pay Russell Wilson? Are

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you going to pay Justin Fields? Are you going to go after that press card? Are you going

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to go after somebody in the draft, even though me personally will not do that? What are you

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going to do, right? Not to mention you have to figure out are you going to pay? Not as

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you hear us are going to pay Pat Friar move. Are you going to figure out what you're going

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to do with, you know, with other different positions and whatnot? There's a lot of question

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marks that that, you know, will not be answered, you know, already, right? And so investing

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a lot of resources into a receiver when you don't have a quarterback under contract next

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year is just ludicrous. It is ludicrous to me. So and and I've been I've been on the

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I've been on the hill that's been saying it was the point in going after Brandon IEU.

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I know I went on a tangent, but I just had to get this off my chest. What is the point

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in going after Brandon IEU? Right? It's not like we have it's not we have, you know, George

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Pickens is out for the rest of the season, not going to wood or anything like that. Right?

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If that was the case, then, you know, you have to be a little bit more aggressive to try to

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see the deal and, you know, get Brandon IEU right? But if we are run heavy team and we

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have a run heavy offensive coordinator, then why would we want to go after Brandon IEU?

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I'll let you think about that one once this episode once you're done listening to this

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episode. But I say all that to say this. The Steelers have a lot of question marks that

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they have to figure out. And you know, them just making this one move doesn't necessarily

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seal or set them in a place where they are a playoff contender, or they are a Super Bowl

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contender, or they can beat this team, beat that team or whatever the case may be. I that's

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just me. Okay, I'm just I just call it the way that I see it. Now, I think another question

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that doesn't need to be asked is, did the Niners take too long to trade Brandon IEU? Because

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let's be real here, there were teams that were inquiring about Brandon IEU before the

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draft. So what exactly is this problem that we are in right now? Right? Because you knew

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that this was going to be a situation. You knew that he was going to be in a contract

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here with Justin Jefferson and CD lamb and Jamar Chase and T Higgins. Okay, you knew

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that. So if you knew that, then why in the world didn't you guys try to take care of

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it the previous years before? Why didn't you do that? Because now you're in a situation

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where guess what? Not only is he disgruntled with you, he doesn't even want to play with

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you. That's the situation that you're in right now. And you know, from what I've heard, and

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I don't know if this is credible or not. But from what I've heard, they haven't even had

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contract negotiations since May of this year. It's August. Okay, not counting May. That's

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what June, July. That's three months. Three months that you guys have not had a conversation

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about contracts. You should have been traded him by now. What is the point in holding on

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to a player that you have not had contract talks with since May? What is the point in

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holding on to a player when you have multiple teams who are willing to not only meet your

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demands but surpass your demands? What is the point? I don't care that you prioritize

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his player. I don't care that you like this player. I don't care that he plays this X

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role on your team. If a team wants him, and if you're not willing to pay him, let him

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go. Let him go. In the Disney movie, let it go. Let it go. Let him go, man. Just let

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him go. You're taking too long. By now, he should be practicing and learning a new playbook

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and building chemistry with his new quarterback or whatever the case may be. That's just what

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it is. Okay, this is for all the GMs out there, for all the people out there who cover football.

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Let this be a lesson that you cannot, when you see, Jesus, there's so much I have to

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say about this topic. When you see that there is a situation like this that is looming over

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the horizon, nipping in the body immediately. Don't wait till it grows because now they're

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in the situation or now they're desperate. Kyle Shanahan is hating this. He's hating

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this. He cannot stand this. So guess what? The longer that this draws out, the more

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this is going to irritate Kyle Shanahan even more. People don't even realize that not to

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mention you have Christian McCaffrey that is dealing with an injury. You have Ricky Purcell,

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Peersaw that's dealing with an injury. You have players on the offense that are dealing

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with multiple injuries. And guess what? It would be great to have Brandon IEWIC in-camp

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practicing. But guess what? You guys don't want to pay him, nor do you guys want to trade.

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So again, what exactly is going on at this point? That is the question because it's not

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like it's not like the 49ers are in a situation where, oh, we're, we're skilled deprived. We

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don't have as much on the offense and what are we going to do? Oh, what was me? What

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was me? It's not what it is. It's not. You still have George Kittle. You still have Christian

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McCaffrey. You still have Joanne Jennings. You still, you just got Ricky Peersaw, right?

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You just signed Robbie Anderson yesterday. Juju just got released by the Patriots today.

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So you got options, right? Shoo. Go after one of those receivers with the Texans. They got

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a whole bunch for receivers for no reason, right? Do that. Do that. Everybody will want

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to, will want to play for the 49ers because why? They're a Super Bowl team. That means

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that I mean, honestly, the only team that you have to go up against that will probably

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give you problems is who the Eagles and the Lions. That's it. Otherwise, guess what? You

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are literally skipping into the Super Bowl, skipping literally. So again, what is the

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hold up, John Lynch? What is the hold up, Kyle Shanahan? What's the hold up? Because

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the longer that this goes out, the more this makes you guys look like fools. And when you

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guys get fleeced because there's going to happen, I'm not saying it's going to happen

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by the con artists. No, no, no. I'm going to, it is going to happen. But the longer that

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this thing draws out, the worse is going to look on you guys. Because guess what? There's

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teams that are looking for receivers, but I don't even think they're going to be willing

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to go into this fight. I just don't, I just don't believe it personally, but I could be

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wrong personally. So again, it sucks to be them. It sucks to be 49ers. Fool. Now on to

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bigger and better things that we actually care about because why we have football tonight,

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but not just any type of football. Okay, not just any type of team. You know who I'm talking

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about. Now for the people that have their headphones in, you might want to turn it down.

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Just a little bit. Just a little bit. Just give me a hand right now because guess who

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plays tonight? You are six time, six time, six time, six time, six time Super Bowl champion

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Pittsburgh still players play tonight. They go against the Texans in Pittsburgh. We have

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to talk about it. These are just a few things that I just decided to write down just to

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cover. Okay. So the things that I'm looking out for to start things off is the offensive

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line. Right? I want to see how things are going to roll out. Now I know for sure they're

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probably going to, aside from Isaac C. Amalo, probably everybody else is going to play on

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that offensive line. But for starters, I really want to see how things are going to go with

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both Broderick Jones and Troy Fatano. Okay, I really want to see that because, especially

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for Troy, for Troy Fatano, because I'm really interested to see if he really is that good

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like what people have been saying as a right tackle. Okay, I really want to see that. I

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really want to see, you know, is Broderick Jones more comfortable on the left than he

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is on the right or vice versa, whatever the case may be. I really want to see that because

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let's be real her folks. The Steelers invested two first round picks in the both of them and

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back to back drafts. Okay, this thing has to work. It has to work. It has to there's

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no if ands or buts about it. This has to work at this point. Okay, as well as you know,

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maybe I don't know Mason McCormick is going to play or Zach Fraser or or or or Nate Herbie.

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But I just want to see what the offensive line looks like so far with this new scheme

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and whatnot. I want to see are they ready? You know, do you know, do they have chemistry?

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I want to see all those different types of different types of things. Okay, now for the

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next thing, Justin Fields. Now you're probably thinking well, Justin Fields can run and do

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it only. No, I want to see his mechanics. I want to see has his has his mechanics improved.

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I want to see is his decision making improved. I want to see has his play calling improved.

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I want to see all the various aspects of what is needed for an elite quarterback. I want

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to see has that improved because we have seen bits and pieces of it, right? We've seen bits

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and pieces of it, but we have not seen it consistent. That's the part where we're trying

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to get at right now. We want to see more consistency with his play calling with his execution,

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you know, with his decision making all those different types of things, his footwork, all

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of that. We want to see more of that consistently because we live in a time now where if your

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quarterback is not elite, you are not going to go anywhere. You are not going to be successful.

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Okay, that's just where it is. And I truly believe that the Steelers are going to invest

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into Justin Fields long term. And I think, you know, them, them putting him into, you

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know, this preseason game is definitely going to show, you know, is that the right decision?

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Is that the wrong decision? Moving forward. Okay. Receivers specifically for the Steelers,

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I want to see exactly how these, how these receivers look. Okay, because depending on

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how these receivers look, I think we'll have a direct effect on the brand and I you a trade.

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I think if they're just horrible or somebody is seriously hurt and whatnot, I think that

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deal gets done a lot quicker than what it is. I truly believe that. I just want to, I

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mean, George, George Pickens is George Pickens. That's, you know, that's an outlier, but I

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want to see exactly has his route running gotten better. I want to see, you know, just

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his body control. I want to be able to see has he gotten a better, has he become a better

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receiver than he was last year? That is the number one thing that I emphasize the most.

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Have you become a better player in your position than what you were previously? Because if

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you're still doing the same things that you did last year, then to me, you haven't done

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anything, right? And for George Pickens, if he really wants to stick out and if he really

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wants to be an elite receiver, you got to work on your route running, bro. Got to work

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on it because if you cannot create separation at the line of scrimmage, what are you good

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for? Now granted, I mean, you are a bigger receiver and whatnot. That's cool and all.

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But if you get that crazy, that crazy, um, crazy footwork in, man, oh man, that's, that's

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a problem right there. Okay. Now moving forward, the Texas offense. Okay. I want to see exactly

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how does this offense look? How's it going to flow, especially with, you know, their

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acquisition, not accusations, their, um, you know, with the moves that they made in the

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all season to get Joe mixing and Stefan Diggs, I want to see exactly how things are going

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to mesh because that's a very crowded receiver room. And I would not be surprised if somebody

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gets traded fairly quickly. I would not be surprised because they have Nico Collins,

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Farrell Brown, um, Tank Dell, now Stefan Diggs, they got the receiver from the Rams as well.

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And I think they also have Robert Woods. So if I'm not mistaken, they have six receivers,

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six of them. So it's like, it's a crowded room and you already know Stefan Diggs is going

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to get his tank. Dell is going to get his Nico Collins is going to get his right. It's

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just a matter of where everybody else fits in on this puzzle. Um, and the same thing for

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the defense as well. I definitely want to see exactly how does the patch rush look? How

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does the defensive line look and not to mention, um, how does their secondary look? Because

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and I know, you know, people are probably saying, well, you're just throwing a bunch

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of ifs around. No, because on paper, the Texans should be a top 10 roster, right? They got

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the Neil Hunter, they got Will Anderson, right? They got, um, Derek Stingley Jr. They have

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CJ Henderson on the defense, right? Then on the offense, Stefan Diggs, CJ Stroud, Joe

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Mixon. Um, I think they still have Bolton Schultz. If I'm not mistaken, Tank Dell,

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Nico Collins, that is a stacked roster. That's a really good roster. That is a team right

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there that is going to give other teams problems because why they're young, they're hungry

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and they are trying to prove something. Okay. CJ Stroud is going to go on a tear. You heard

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it here first on the 22nd episode called source off on the football junkies podcast. You heard

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it here first. Okay. Um, another thing that, that, that definitely has, has caught my attention

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is the Steelers pass rush. Um, and I can, I can sort of get into a now and cause this

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is somewhat of a breaking news. Marcus Golden, um, has retired. Yeah. Um, Marcus Golden has

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officially retired from the NFL. Um, so now this somewhat puts a hole for the fourth position

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for, you know, for outside linebacker, you know, for a patch rusher. So it's, it's a

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matter of exactly what, you know, how things are going to roll out because, you know, TJ

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Y and Alex Highsmith, that's a given. Okay. They're, they're, they're going to do their

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thing. They're going to be the game records, the mallers that they need to be, right? But

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it's a matter of what's going to happen when you have Nick Herbic and whoever else, because

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now this, you know, this could, you know, speed things up for them to try to maybe go

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after another patch rusher or whatever the case may be at this point, because they, they

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need it because at some point TJ Watts going to need to break Alex Highsmith is going to

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need to break somebody else who have to come in, right? They think you got to keep that

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thing going. You have to not to mention exactly, you know, what's going to happen with Dean

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Lowry and Isaiah Lauer milk and, you know, the Marvin Lee, especially the Marvin Lee

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out because from what I've heard is he has had a really good training camp so far. And

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so I want to see is that going to transition over to the known to the preseason games because

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let's be real here. He is, you know, on the outside looking at, okay, he is trying to

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get a roster spot. His roster spot is not guaranteed at this point. So the pressure

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is on him to show up and show out and to prove why he deserves to be on this roster. Because

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if he doesn't, he's going to get cut. He's going to get cut. Now, granted, I understand

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that the Steelers somewhat hindered his progress because coming out of college, he was a little

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bit of a tweener. He, you know, really didn't have, you know, experience in just one specific,

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you know, position, but at the same time, when you kept on moving him around, you know,

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outside linebacker, you know, D line, you know, in this that the other that it messes

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things up. It does. So definitely want to see exactly how was that going to go? And then,

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you know, finally, Steelers secondary me personally, you know, aside from Joey Porter, junior,

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I do have question marks. Well, and I'll say Jackson, well, no, no, I'll say that. I'll

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say that for, you know, in the coming moment, I do have a lot of questions about the secondary.

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I do. I definitely do because, you know, Joey, Joey Porter, junior is, is, is the light

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for the cornerback room. I just want to see exactly how things are going to go with everybody

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else because beanie Bishop from what I've heard, he has been doing his thing has been

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making plays. He's been consistent, you know, since I think rookie mini camp, if I'm not

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mistaken. So I just want to see how everything else is going to go because after Joey Porter,

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junior, you have Dante Jackson, but is it, you know, what version of Dante Jackson you're

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going to get? You know, is there going to be somewhat of a fall off or not me personally?

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I don't think so. I think he's going to be, you know, fairly good. I do believe that.

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Um, and you know how things are going to go with cams, son, you know, going to be suspended

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for eight games. That's the real question because, you know, you got to figure out what's with

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Darius Rush, what's with Corey Trice and company. You have to figure out all those different

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type of things because let's be real here, folks. There's a lot of good corners that

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are still available in free agency. I keep on saying it stuff on Gilmore, Xavier and

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Howard or Dory Jackson. Who else? Who else? Who else? Um, there's a lot of court. I'll

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just say that there's a lot of corners that are available. And you know, if you need to

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to make a move, make a move. Okay. For any of those type of corners, especially someone

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like a ghillie, if you get a ghillie, that does a lot. You're talking about ghillie is

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what Patrick Peterson was supposed to be for the Steelers. Right. So when that is experienced,

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that has played, you know, at the highest peak, who, you know, has done a lot, but you

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know, can is ready to pass it on to the next generation. That's what he is. Okay. And so,

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you know, I say all that to say this, there's going to be a lot of questions. I do have

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a lot of questions leading into this game. Hopefully they get answered once the game

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is over. Maybe I'll do something, you know, once the game is over or not. I don't know.

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But you know, just, just stay tuned. But as always, if you guys like what you guys are

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football junkies podcast, shout out to Apple podcast, Spotify and all the places that we

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are able to give our football junkies their daily fix. Okay, cool. Now you can follow

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us on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube at football underscore junkies pod. Again, that is football

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underscore junkies pod junkies pod is not space. It is one word together. Okay. Also,

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also, also, also, what else? What else am I, I know, I know there's something I'm forgetting.

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Please, for the for the YouTube people, like, share, subscribe, leave a comment below. What

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do you think about the, what do you think about the episode? Am I right? Am I wrong?

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What are your thoughts? Exactly. You know, I want to, I want to have a healthy, not argument,

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but a healthy conversation about certain things. Okay, let me know, please inform me. And please,

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let me know exactly what you guys want to talk about. Okay, what team, what team that

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you guys want me to cover more because honestly, I'm tired of talking about brand. Are you

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I really am until the trade happens, I might just go on a brand. Now you would strike.

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I might just do that honestly. As always, I hope I gave you guys the fix that you guys

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need. I love you guys. I appreciate you guys so much for being with me on this journey.

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Again, we are eight episodes away, eight episodes away from 30 episodes, right? Do you not know

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that a large majority of podcasts do not even make it to the 20th episode? We are about

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to be 20, 22 episodes in 22, 22 episodes in that deserves a round of applause. Not only

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for, for me, because you know, I definitely put in a lot of work for this. I definitely

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pushed through a lot of things to get to this point. But for y'all for supporting me and

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helping me to get to this point and continuing to, you know, help me to give you guys the

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fix that you guys need. So as always, I love you guys. I appreciate you guys. Please be

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safe out there to all the people that may be impacted by the storm. My thoughts and prayers

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are with you guys. Hopefully you guys, you know, are able to rebuild and, you know, be

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stronger. As always, I love you guys. Peace.