00:00Well, Falcons and Steelers, as we discussed at the top of the show, it's the last ride for Aaron Rodgers.
00:05This is the big line mover of the week, a game that looked like it could be three or three
00:09and a half, maybe four,
00:10has moved up to five and a half with the news that Tua Tonga-Vailoa will not start and backup
00:16Cooper Rush will.
00:17Pittsburgh in the offseason doing a lot of revamping.
00:20It is the first season without Mike Tomlin as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
00:25Who knows how that will work out with Micah Montgomery? I don't know.
00:30I think that this could be a challenging year for Pittsburgh.
00:33But at the same time, if you were going to get a team on the schedule in week one and
00:37you said,
00:37give me the team with maybe the worst quarterback going in the NFL, no disrespect to Cooper Rush,
00:42but I think this is probably it. I mean, I would imagine the Steelers have to win this game, Joe,
00:46but it's a lot of points.
00:48Yeah, a soft opening for Mike McCarthy here as the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach.
00:53I think we would agree on that. I got this at under 41 and a half before it moved down
00:58to the 40 and a half on Friday.
00:59And it was because once I heard it was an oblique issue for Tua, I knew he wasn't playing and
01:03we have to pivot to Cooper Rush.
01:04And I knew Cooper Rush wasn't 100% either ready to go.
01:07So you're in a spot here where this is going to be, I think, one of your classic Pittsburgh Steeler
01:12kind of games, right?
01:13It's going to be 16-10 or, you know, 20-13. It's going to be a bit of a slog,
01:20I would imagine.
01:21I am interested to see Rico Dowdle, who was the big offseason signing for them.
01:25I do think he has some touchdown equity today and a pretty good number.
01:27You're getting more than two to one for him to find the end zone today.
01:30I think that's the guy they're looking for when you get into that goal line area, not so much Jalen
01:35Warren.
01:35So keep an eye on Dowdle, his usage in that game, and what that backfield split looks like in week
01:40one, at least, with Jalen Warren.
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