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I just believe that we were onthis journey. And so we get the
Green Bay Kansas City, we beatthem, and Uh, as you mentioned,
that's when, as you mentioned earlier, that's when I got that call
and I was like, I'm confused, what's going on? And I didn't
believe it at first. I waslike, this is this can't be real.
And I got that call that hey, you're gonna bench you for the
next nine games if you know youdon't change the injury guarantee. So for
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me, but to be clear here, they it's it's not they don't wanna
bench you because of play. They'resaying they're benching you because they want you
to take out the injury guarantee.Yeah they want they Yeah, they wanna
r push back my injury guarantee andremove it for that the rest of the
year. So that way, ifI get injured, then they don't have
to pay it. But that's why, as a player, it doesn't even
make sense to do that because youthink of those Alex Smith moments and it
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hell, you can even go backto college like Willis McGahee. I believe
it was UH at the U oneof his last games going into the NFL.
He tears everything in or maybe it'sframe go everything in their knee.
I didn't wanna set up a precedentfor players to remove their injury guarantees.
Hold on Steelers Nation. It's tankfor Steelers chalk talk and a little bit
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of golfing around because spring has donesprung. The groundhog was drunk in punk
sat Tommy a few weeks ago.He got no idea what he's talking about,
unless, well, it is SaintPatrick's Day weekend and we might get
crushed by a storm come Monday.That's how things roll in March. How
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are you doing this morning? Didyou go out last night for the Saint
Patrick's Day start festivals? Are youheading to Pittsburg for the parade, the
Big Parade? Well, I recordthis show on Thursday, so I'm already
down at the parade, probably gota few Orange Cities in me, and
I'm probably already screaming. I likethe Dalmatians. Yeah, so I like
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the Dalmatians on the fire truck.They're fun. Hey, we're gonna do
a little Steelers chalk talk this week. Why won't we big to doings going
on? Want to remind you yuahPittsburgh Pirates the opening days in a couple
of weeks, I have I don'tknow about you, but I have gone
to opening days and it's been thirtyone degrees and sleep and rain and snow,
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and I love it because it's openingday for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Spring
springs eternal, hope, springs eternal, something like that that Willie Shakespeare said
something like that, I doth dobelieve springs springs eternal, hope. No,
that was Larry from the Stubenville ElksClub that told me that a couple
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of weeks ago. We're gonna talksome Steelers. We're gonna talk Russell Wilson.
We're gonna talk. I'm so gladhe's gone. Deontay. I'm a
fill in your own adjective there forDeontay Johnson. I could care less if
he's gone. We'll talk about him. We're gonna get into golf here.
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Later on we're gonna head out toGettysburg, Pennsylvania. If you've never gone
to Gettysburg, what are you waitingfor? It is one of the most
historic towns in America. Obviously,it is a lovely town of about five
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thousand people with rolling open countryside withcornfields and just beautiful. And we'll be
talking a little bit later. Whywe're gonna be talking about Gettysburg. You
golfers who listen to the show regularlyknow that you can win a trip to
Saint Andrews, Scotland. Tank Howcan I win a trip to Saint Andrews,
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Scotland. That's easy. Log ontoUSA Scotland Golf dot com USA Scotland
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You will win a trip to Scotland. You will become a winner,
you will become a member of TeamUSA. You will be a champion.
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trip to go play Team Scotland inScotland. Guess what if you ain't believing
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it's true? It all going tothe Webshire USA Scotland Golf dot com.
Chris Gerrard played in our wheeling qualifierour first year two years ago, one
in wheeling at the Wheeling country ClubHi Richie. One in wheeling, won
a trip to the Nationals which isin Latrobe. That year, won his
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flight in La Trobe and was amember of Team USA and went to Scotland
last year. Guess what Chris gotout of the Air Force after twenty five
years, came to Gettysburg where wedid the national championships in twenty twenty three.
He won two years in a row. So I'm taking him back to
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Scotland again to be a member ofTeam USA. If you think you're good
enough to beat Chris in a sixto ten handicap flight, come to Gettysburg
this year for the Team USA NationalChampionships. Somebody please beat this guy.
You could be going to Scotland insteadof Chris. But if he wins again,
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I'll be delighted. He's a puregentleman, air Force bread raised,
true gentleman, true patriot to America. Be glad to take Chris to Scotland
again. So anyway, log onto USA Scotland Golf dot com enter to
win your chance to go to Scotland. All right, a lot going on
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in Steelers Nation this week. It'sgonna ask you a question. All right,
we're all working stiffs. Believe me. If you think I make a
ton of money doing a radio showon Saturday mornings, Jelie's a mistake.
Let me ask you something and youknow you're can answer in your head.
There. I don't care if you'resome kid waking up to deliver the newspaper
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they still do that, or ifyou're working in your twenty second year at
your job, what was your takehome pay this week? Then of course
Uncle Sam's gonna get in your pocket. He's gonna give your money to other
people for things you don't want themto and you're gonna walk away with how
much? Right you know the number? Well, the Denver Broncos. That
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was a horse. We'll pay guaranteedone a wrestle of littleson. Yeah,
starting quarterback for your Pittsburgh Steelers,I don't know. Won't get into that
yet. Thirty nine million dollar guaranteedsalary for twenty twenty four unbelievable. Wilson
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had signed a five year contract withthe Denver Broncos for two hundred and forty
three million dollars. I rounded upa little bit anyway. You get the
point. Let me say that again, five years, two hundred and forty
three million. Datas of that,one hundred and sixty one million was guaranteed.
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You know, there might you know, be some problems, like trading
you out of your contract in thefinal year and shipping you off to Pittsburgh
gladly willingly in paying you thirty ninemillion dollars not to pay for the Broncos.
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So Steelers pick up Russell Wilson atthe bargain basement League minimum price of
like one point five million. Nowthat's a more relatable number, isn't it.
You can relate to one point fiveright, you say this is a
number I could read late to.I mean, over a course of a
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human being's life in America, they'reprobably gonna make a million bucks, right,
especially when Uncle Sam raised the retirementraid to seventy eight to play for
all this crap we're trying to payfor these days, and we'll all be
working to eighty years old. Sorry, you can't die. You gotta keep
working. Thirty nine million dollars.Rustle was guaranteed by the Broncos. They're
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paying him that he gets that.Your stealers picked him up on the cheap
for one point five. So there'sa couple ways to do this analytically and
emotionally. You gotta start with theanalytics of the thing. The numbers.
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The numbers don't lie. So wasthe trade, as far as numbers concerned,
a good deal? Yeah? Absolutely. You are paying a quarterback one
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point five. You have paid MitchTravitsky over five million last year. You
say Travitsky is say Wilson Wilson,Travitsky, Wilson, Travitsky, Wilson one
point five million? Or did youwant Trebitsky back? I think he was
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supposed to make more money this year. Mitch was supposed to make more money.
So when you look at the analytics, Travitsky, Wilson, Wilson one
point five, that makes sense.And I would be remiss here if I
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didn't talk about Mason Rudolph. Iwas at the Christmas game that he won
as starting quarterback. Let's face it, let's be honest. The Steelers don't
have a winning record if Mason Rudolphdoesn't perform at the level he did.
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Was he Joe Montana, No,was he nineteen eighty five bears, one
of my heroes, Jim McMahon,No, was he Mason Rudolph. You're
damn right he was, and hegave you a winning season. Was at
the Christmas game? It was beautiful, It was freezing, and everybody showed
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some class in that stadium. Whenthe game was ending, was singing,
Rudolph the red Nose Reindeer, won'tyou bring me a win tonight? It
was beautiful. The loud speakers playedthe same song. The fans appreciated Mason.
They thanked him, they cheered.It was his long overdue thank you,
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thank you for acting like a gentleman, Mason Rudolph. When the clown,
the classless punk in Cleveland, MilesGarrett, ripped your helmet off and
tried to crush your skull with it. If I did that, was in
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a bar fight in Steubenville, rippeda biker's head off, helmet off his
head and tried to hit him withit. The local DCTCT attorney would probably
foul. I saw it with adeadly weapon charge against me. Now Miles
Garrett against me, defensive player overthe here bs over your well, you
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know, justin average football player andTJ. Watt. Then Miles Garrett of
course accused Mason of racism. Let'snot skate around the issue here, so
I play games. Miles Garrett's excuseand defense was that Mason Rudolph, a
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devout Christian, used the terrible word, and therefore his rage and assault with
a deathly weapon to crush masons skulllike a pumpkin was justified. Loved me.
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Some Marquees Pouncy came to his defensethat night. Russell handed that with
class the whole time. I don'tknow why Mason Rudolph never got his do
here in Pittsburgh, why he nevergot a legitimate start. I saw him
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a couple of times up close incamp, and the kid had a ball.
He had a ball at Oklahoma State. So the Mason Rudolph era is
over, and we all wish himwell in Tennessee. If you're not wishing
Mason Rudolph well, and he's gettingpaid to go down there, pretty good,
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chunk, You're an idiot. You'renot a Steelers fan. You're one
of these social media radio trolls who'sjust not happy with anything. I don't
like milk. I drink buttermilk whatever. You're a moron. So the point
is you're now left with Kenny Pickett. Did the Steelers bring Russell Wilson here
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for one point five million? Again, Trebitsky was paid close to six last
year and he's stunk. You're nowgetting Russell Wilson at won five at the
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very worst. You have a seasoned, high level, high talented quarterback in
Russell Wilson that's been there, donethat. If you've ever been in the
army or Marine corps, they getthe old salty sergeants to whip you into
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shape during basic. You men thathave been down to Paris Island, you
know what I'm talking about. Theydon't put you in the hands of some
child lieutenant who just got out ofthe West Point or the nave ol goad
of me. They give you thegriddle old war veteran who's been down range,
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who knows a thing or two andcan teach the young'uns a thing or
two to stay alive. Hey,you're listening to, well, you're listening
to tank Tandlinger here in fourteen hundredam one oh three point nine Fox Sports
Net, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, hereevery Saturday morning at ten am, just
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ranting and raving about all things blackand gold, Steelers and of course that
game we all love to hate golf, golf, golf. So with Russell
Wilson, you get the grizzled oldunderline, old that that's been there,
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done that now. Russell Wilson cameinto the league in twenty twelve. He
is a little one. He's onlyfive to eleven. You ain't getting no
Ben Roethlisberger. Russell Wilson's five eleventwo fifteen, his third round pick by
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Seattle, seventy fifth overall pick.You know what, they didn't have high
hopes for Russell Wilson. Third round. That ain't first round, that ain't
first in round. Mine, it'sthird round. He comes into the league
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with no high expectations at all.Puts up three thousand yards, three thousand,
three thousand, goes into two fifteen, he's learning something. Puts up
four thousand, four thousand, anotherfour thousand, Then all of a sudden
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he's got the legion of boom outthere. Boom they do wonderful things.
They go to a super Bowl.But as with all players, especially high
end players today, everything comes toan end. Now again, Denver signed
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him to a five year deal twohundred and forty three million. He spent
two years with the Broncos. AsI done mentioned, we're gonna pick it
up when I come back from there. The Seattle career for Russell Wilson isn't
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applicable. I just believe that wewere on this journey and so we get
the Green Bay, Kansas City,we beat them, and uh, as
you mentioned, that's when, asyou mentioned earlier, that's when I got
that call and I was like,I'm confused, what's going on? And
I didn't believe it at first.I was like, this can't be real.
And I got that call that,hey, you're going to bench you
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for the next nine games if youknow, you don't change an injury guarantee.
So for me, but be clearhere, they it's it's not they
don't want to bench you because ofplay. They're saying they're benching you because
they want you to take out theinjury guarantee. Yeah they want they yeah,
they want to push back my injuryguarantee and remove it for that the
rest of the year, so thatway, if I get injured, then
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they don't have to pay it.But that's why, as a player,
it doesn't even make sense to dothat, because you think of those Alex
Smith moments and it hell, youcan even go back to college like Willis
McGahee. I believe it was atthe U one of his last games going
into NFL, he tears everything inor maybe it's Frank Gord everything in their
knee. I didn't want to setup a precedent for players to remove their
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injury guarantees. All right, Welcomeback to Fox Sports Net Wheeling, Pittsburgh.
I'm your host, Randy the Tanktamplingerown touchdown Broncos. Oh. J
Humphries sitting here watching the YouTube RussellWilson twenty twenty three season, evaluating what
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he's got left in the tanks,what he has left as assets. Touchdown
Broncos. Oh, that would havebeen a good game too. I wish
I could have seen that against theRaiders. There are tribals. If you
don't know that about the Denver Broncos. Uh, their arch rival is the
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Raads. Them in Kansas don't getalong a lot, but the Raiders and
the Broncos man they go at it. So we're talking about the Russell Wilson
trade again. He had signed afive year, two hundred and forty three
million dollar contract with the Broncos.He plays two seasons with the Broncos,
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they decide to move on from him. They are obligated to pay him thirty
nine million dollars the bronchis which ledto the Steelers getting him at the bargain
basement MINM League minimum Bryce A onefive. Now, a lot of you
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may not know this, but thiswas the best fit for Russell Wilson,
and I ain't talking about his quarterbackand abilities. When you took down the
Hindz name off the stadium there inthe North Shore, you got yourself a
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new sponsor in an insurance company.You know the name. Sure I'll have
another drink. Sure I'll have anotherdrink stadium. It still just doesn't roll
off your tongue. But that doesn'tmatter to Russell Wilson. He is on
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the board for one of the companieswho invests into Akrossure the business. You
heard that correctly, So Russell Wilson, who'll be suiting up for the Steelers.
In Aker Scherre I'll have another drinkstadium is part of a capital investment
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group who put some of their fundsinto the business Across Sure, the sponsors
of your stadium. I'm not makingthis up. This is real. This
is true. Also with the minorityowner of the Steelers, Thomas Tall,
he's the one that makes all themovies, made the Hangover movies we all
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love, is also on the sameboard of the capital investment group that invested
their money in Accress Sure, I'llhave another drink stadium. So the perfect
fit for Russell Wilson to come toPittsburgh because he knows Thomas Tall, owner
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Steelers minority and he's an investor,i e. Owner in Actress sure of
the business. Why not come toPittsburgh. We'll get on your assets there
at Across Sure I have another drinkstadium. So with all that aside,
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that's why it was a perfect fitthere. Now, why was it a
perfect fit for your Pittsburgh Steelers?And I think it is something happened between
the head coach with the Broncos andRussell Wilson, the guy out in Denmery.
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Ain't no Pete Carroll's he ain't nowwhatever really happened there? I mean
he benched Russell Wilson at one pointin the season. That's hard medicine for
a Super Bowl quarterback to take again. I've been sitting here watching the YouTube
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of Wilson's last two seasons, particularlylast season. He does not play with
diminished skills. No, in fact, he still has crazy legs. He
will still run on you. Hewill still do damage to you with his
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feet. Can you say that aboutMitch Turbinsky, Bye bye? No?
Can you say that about Kenny No, Russell Wilson still has his feet.
This is a huge upside. WhyTank, Why thank god Mack Canada is
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gone. He is an idiot.That guy put on full display for the
entire football world to see. Whetherit's the Canadian Football League, whether it's
this new spring usf fucker well whateverit's called, whether it's a European league,
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whether it's Division three football at ShepherdCollege, whether it's Buba Bison's team,
whether it's the Midget Pony League footballteam in Steubenville, met Canada.
Put himself out there, and hisresume speaks for itself. This guy doesn't
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know what the hell he's doing,hence being fired. If you go back
and listen to Steelers chalk talk onFacebook YouTube, you'll see that the former
quarterback Mike McMahon and I were bothcalling for his head a lot two seasons
ago, two seasons ago, butnot Mike Tomlin and the Steelers they said,
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oh, this is our man,all right. So one last rant
there about Canada. Arthur Smith isin town. Now, why am I
excited about Russell Wilson's mo bill mobility. Well, what we've been led to
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believe, and we'll find out afterfour games, is that Arthur Smith is
a lot smarter than Macnada. ThatArthur Smith's time with the Titans and Henry
the horse down there who's now inBaltimore. Oh boy, we got problems
in River City. Arthur Smith understandsand will utilize not only Nagy Harris the
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correct way. But unlike Mac Canada, who was an idiot and didn't realize
he had a weapon in Jalen Warrenfor two seasons, Macnada, I'll put
Warren into to give Naugy a break. Eight yards ten yards, twelve yards,
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eight yards, twelve yards with noline balking for him. Well,
Nadgy's my guy. I just wutwarning and because I give Najia a break
on occasion, You're an idiot,Matt Canada. Now you have a man
and Arthur Smith supposedly that understands hehas a one to two Miami Dolphins Jim
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kick Larry Zonka punch with his runningbacks. What does this mean? Why
does Russell Wilson's feet and mobility bringinto play? It's called something you haven't
seen for a while. You gotused to jet sweep, Jet sweet,
Jet sweet. I'm at Canada tojet sweep play action pass. Oh my.
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For you people that are listening thatunderstand football, a mobile quarterback like
Russell Wilson with an offensive coordinator thatnow realizes he has two stellar running backs
in Warren and Nodgy, it allwill begin there for your impotent Steelers offense
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the last three seasons. A mobilequarterback who can thrive in a play action
offense with two great running backs.There is great upside to Russell Wilson.
His feet, his mobility are stillthere. So let's go to what counts.
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We saw Ben's arm in the lastcouple seasons, ripped up, surgically
repaired, inability to go downfield.Russell Wilson can still put the money on
the spot. Russell Wilson can stillput the ball down field. Russell Wilson
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still has all the talent at quarterbackto guide an offense. Now, go
back watch the twenty twenty three highlightswith Wilson with the Denver Broncos. This
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will tell you what I'm seeing.Let's go through his stats real quick.
Okay, he only played in fifteengames both seasons. I don't know why.
He had roughly a sixty completion average. He did throw though, for
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thirty five hundred yards and three thousandyards, averaging roughly seven yard's a throw
last season is what you need tohang on to. You've heard the stat
twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions.Twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions. That
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is single handedly better. Of course, he was sacked forty five times twenty
twenty two fifty five times. Idon't know if the Steelers line is much
better than that. Twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions. That is the ratio
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you need to have in a startingquarterback. So as we talk about Russell
Wilson's attributes and upsides in this segment. To close, it out because I
gotta go to commercial. The pricepoint was right at one five. The
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fact that he's a partial owner inAcri. Sure, I'll have another drink
insurance is an upside. I don'tknow what it is. It's an what
we call in the business an intangibleto tank, say tangerine, No,
an in intangentible the bull. Oh, he's intangientible with the bull. His
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feet are still there. His feetare still there, which allows you,
if Arthur Smith has a brain inhis head, unlike Matt Canada, to
use the play action to our advantageand score points. When we come back
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in the third segment, we're goingto talk about evaluating Russell Wilson's arm,
because when you got quarterback, hegot to have an arm. It is
tank. I'll be right back.I think we lose the next week,
and then I think you called meafter that game, and I just believe
that we were on this journey.And so we get the Green Bay,
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Kansas City, we beat them,and as you mentioned, that's when,
as you mentioned earlier, that's whenI got that call and I was like,
I'm confused, what's going on?And I didn't believe it at first.
I was like, this can't bereal. And I got that call
that, hey, you're going tobench you for the next nine games.
If you know, you don't changean injury guarantee. So for me,
but be clear here, they it'sit's not they don't want to bench you
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because of play. They're saying they'rebenching you because they want you to take
out the injury guarantee. Yeah theywant they Yeah, they want to push
back my injury guarantee and remove itfor that rest of the year so that
way, if I get injured,then they don't have to pay it.
But that's why as a player,it doesn't even make sense to do that
because you think of those Alex Smithmoments and it hell, you can even
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go back to college like Willis McGahee. I believe it was at the U
one of his last games going intothe NFL, he tears everything in or
maybe it's frame go everything in theirknee. I didn't want to set up
a a precedent for players to removetheir injury guarantees. It's too as well.
And so it was it was noway I was gonna do that.
And so when they said that we'regonna bench you, we're gonna bench I
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said, all right, that's whatyou wanna do, but that's like extortion.
Yuh, like you got the NFLPA involved, attorneys involved, Like
I obviously I didn't want to,but then then they kept saying it all
the way throughout the week. Sothen I just believe that we were on
this journey. And so we getbeat Green Bay Kansas City. We beat
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them, and uh, as youmentioned, that's when as you mentioned earlier,
that's when I got that call andI was like, I'm confused,
what's going on? And I didn'tbelieve it at first. I was like
this, this can't be real.And I got that call that hey,
we're gonna bench you for the nextnine games if you know you don't change
the injury guarantee, so for me, but be clear here, they it's
it's not they don't wanna bench youbecause of play. They're saying they're benching
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you because they want you to takeup the injury guarantee. Yeah they yeah,
they want to push back my injuryguarantee and remove it for that rest
of the year, so that way, if I get injured then they don't
have to pay it. But that'swhy as a player. It doesn't even
make sense to do that because youthink of those Alex Smith moments and it.
Hell, you can even go backto college like Willis McGahee. I
believe it was at the U oneof his last games going into NFL,
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he tears everything in or maybe afrme everything in their knee. I didn't
want to set up a precedent forplayers to remove their injury guarantees. All
right, Welcome back to Fox SportsNet, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, fourteen hunderd
am one oh three point nine FM. Frequency modulation. Yeah, that's what
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FM stands for. I bet youdidn't know that. I don't know what
AM stands for. Aunt Margaret,no idea. Hey you're listening to Chank
Tantlinger here on Fox Sports Net Wheeling. I'm here every ten am Saturday mornings.
Pay the janitor Larry to leave thekeys under the door mat, and
I sneak in here to the IArt studios. There ain't nobody around to
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stop me. They must, youknow, Craig Boomer, the manager,
must not even listen to the station. They would come down here. Or
Corey, who helps with all theprogramming and basically runs a joint down here,
and Craig runs a joint and theyjust must not listen to their station
on Saturday mornings. I bust inthe joint, pay Larry twenty bucks,
come in here, and I RNTand I rave. I leave. They
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don't know who I am. Theydon't send me, no paycheck, no
nothing. But at least I getto rant and rave and pretend I have
my own radio show. So I'mtag Tantlicker. We're talking about Russell Wilson,
your new quarterback for your Pittsburgh Steelers. Evaluated in the first last segment,
in case you missed it, numberone. The price was right for
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Russell Wilson one point five million.The Broncos are on the hook for thirty
nine million dollars, which make somemore of a jackass than a horse to
Russell Wilson. Why would you lethim go? Eh? Whatever? The
price was right. Again, Comparatively, you paid Mitch Terbitski close to six
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million last year, and how thatworked for you. Now you have Russell
Wilson for one five. We talkedabout his experience, like the old gunnery
sergeant in the Marine Corps. He'dbeen there, he'd done that. He
can advise the younger players porton.Look, your new offensive coordinator is not
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an idiot like Matt Canada. ArthurSmith will utilize not only Naugy Harris,
but Jalen Warren. Matt Canada wasso stupid he left Jalen Warren basically on
a bench for two seasons. Youand I all saw what Jalen Warren had.
Oh here eight yards, nine yard, ten yard Mat Canada going well,
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You know, idiot, the abilityfor the quarterback to have mobile feet
and mobility in a play action isdevastating on a defense. Now you have
to respect his feet. You damnwell better respect Nog Harrison, Jalen Moore
in this season? Are you gonnaget beat up in the middle? Urian
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sideline jackers, especially if we getthis center out of West Virginia, better
respect the run and the pass.Can you tell me that they've had any
respect for our offense the last threeyears at all? Linebackers, huh.
Russell Wilson brings you feet, Thatbrings you the ability in play action,
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which you're gonna see a preponderance of, rather see play action than jet sweep,
jet sweep, jet sweep. Itopens up a little thing we call
the passing game. So we're nowgonna arc to the passing game. All
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right, So Wilson's got feet,he's got agility, he now has weapons
to work with. Well, thinkof it this way. I know the
forty nine ers had McCaffrey, buthad the forty nine ers had Jalen Morren
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and Nodgy Harris. What then askyourself, that's how good they are.
That's how good they are. Nodgeand Jalen had their hands, their feet
tied, I'll say, by anidiot in Matt Canada, and a very
average offensive line. So now thatwe've got some mobility in a quarterback,
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what about his arms strength? Again? Go to the twenty twenty three highlights
on YouTube of Russell Wilson. Youtell me if his arm is still there.
Twenty six touchdowns, passing eight interceptions, playing in that nasty conference,
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nasty the AFC west Man, It'sa brutal conference out there. Russell Wilson
still has zing on his ball.And I talked to some of my friends
in Denver. The only beef aboutRussell Wilson isn't his arm strength. He
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and this goes back to the Seattledays too. He locks onto his primary
receiver. For the most part.He doesn't go to the third read.
But that's okay. If he wasa stand in the pocket quarterback, this
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would be a problem. However,with his mobility, with play action built
into it, Russell Wilson finds hisman more often than not. Again,
twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions lastyear. Combine that with his mobility,
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Combine that with the gunnery sergeant experienceexperience. Now, under normal circumstances at
his point in his career, he'dbe done. He wouldn't be mobile,
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the arm would be a noodle.He'd be happy sitting on the sidelines with
a ball cap. This ain't theRussell Wilson you're getting. You're getting a
Russell Wilson that still has talents notdiminished. What happened in Denver with the
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moroncos we'll never know something went wrongthere. It wasn't his play. Him
and a coach did not get along. Coach benched him. So when you
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look at the package, you gotto say he still got it. So
looking how the Steelers came into RussellWilson twenty six touchdown, eight interceptions.
He still has his feet, hestill has his arm. He has the
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acquired owl wise old owl knowledge ofplaying the game at the highest level.
At the beginning of the clip,you heard Russell just two weeks ago come
out and say what the issue was. Now, I'm not a Sean Payton
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fan. I think he's a clownshow of a coach. So you got
that going on between Russell Wilson andDenver and Sean Payton the clown show.
In the next clip, you're gonnahear Russell two weeks ago saying why things
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went awuyd in Denver? Well,pooh pooh on Denver, and welcome to
Pittsburgh, Russell Wilson. I thinkwe lose the next week, and then
I think you called me after thatgame, and I just believe that we
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were on this journey. And sothe Green Bay Kansas City we beat them,
and as you mentioned, that's when, as you mentioned earlier, that's
when I got that call and Iwas like, I'm confused, what's going
on? And I didn't believe itat first. I was like, this
can't be real. And I gotthat call that hey, we're going to
bench you for the next nine games. If you know you don't change an
injury guarantee, so for me.But be clear here, they it's it's
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not they don't want to bench youbecause of play. They're saying they're benching
you because they want you to takeout the injury guarantee. Yeah they want
they Yeah, they want to pushback my injury guarantee and remove it for
that the rest of the year,so that way, if I get injured,
then they don't have to pay it. But that's why, as a
player, it doesn't even make senseto do that because you think of those
Alex Smith moments and need hell,you can even go back to college like
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Willis McGahee I believe it was atthe U one of his last games going
into the NFL, he tears everythingin or maybe a frame everything in their
knee. I didn't want to seta precedent for players to remove their injury
guarantees too as well, And soit was it was no way I was
going to do that. And sowhen they said that we're gonna bench you,
We're gonna bench I said, allright, that's what you want to
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do, But that's like extortion,like you got the NFL PA involved,
attorneys involved, Like obviously I didn'twant to but then then they kept saying
it all the way throughout the week. So then you know, an agent
talked to the nfl PA. TheNFLP called me, as you know,
and then they talked to the NFL. NFL was like, this can't,
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we can't. This is illegal,he can't do this. And so then
you know, all the way throughoutSaturday, so I was just like sitting
here. I didn't know if Iwas gonna play the final. We had
Monday Night football. So the Broncosmake a huge mistake sign Russell Wilson to
a five year, two hundred andforty three million dollar contract. Then all
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of a sudden, out of nowheresay to him, oh, by the
way, we need to redo yourcontract and take out the part there if
you get Joe thismand that we ain'tpaying you the whole boat now. I
don't know if you've listened to theshow long here, I'm Tank Tantler.
You're listening to Steelers Chalk Talk,Fox Sports Wheeling. I used to work
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for the NFL Players Association, theunion. I worked in the contract research
department. I know a little bitabout contracts. I know a little bit
about the cbas I have friends,old school football players like Conrad Dobler,
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meanest man to ever play ball.Okay, other friends who had concussions and
had mental problems. God rest hissoul, my friend Justin Strelzik. I
do not begrudge any NFL player formaking the money they do. What they
make as an NFL player is pittancecompared to what the owners make. So
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for Russell Wilson can make two hundredand forty three million dollars, so be
it. It's what the market isfor the Denver Broncos to tell him you
are gonna change your contract that ifyou have a catastrophic injury like Bo Jackson,
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like Joe thisman, like Darryl Stingley, we ain't gonna pay you what
the now. I don't know ifany of you guys are union guys out
there. Let's say you worked ina sawmill and you had a union and
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said you get your workers compensation ifyou lob your left hand off with an
axe. Then one day the bosscomes and says, guess what, guys,
we're taking out that little part inyour contract about the workers compensation.
So try not to lob your anypart of your body off That well would
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prohibit you for working from us yourfoot, your arm, your feet,
your hands. We'll let you workwith one eye, though, what would
you say? What would you say? So if you haven't kept up the
speed? Why Russell Wilson is nowPittsburgh Steelers, It's not because of diminished
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skills. His legs are great,his arm is great, his wisdom is
great. The Denver Broncos scrooge.I don't know who you compare them to.
So they benched him, They've vilifiedhim. They figured it was better
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to pay him thirty nine million tocome to Pittsburgh, just in case he
got hurt. Insanity. Now youknow why Russell Wilson is in Pittsburgh.
Denver's folly is Pittsburgh's game. Allright, this is Tank Taylor. We'll
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see you next week. Go golfand have fun. Don't get too drunk
on Saint Patrick's Day. God blessthe Irish, up the Republic
I just believe that we were onthis journey. And so we get the
Green Bay Kansas City, we beatthem, and Uh, as you mentioned,
that's when, as you mentioned earlier, that's when I got that call
and I was like, I'm confused, what's going on? And I didn't
believe it at first. I waslike, this is this can't be real.
And I got that call that hey, you're gonna bench you for the
next nine games if you know youdon't change the injury guarantee. So for
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me, but to be clear here, they it's it's not they don't wanna
bench you because of play. They'resaying they're benching you because they want you
to take out the injury guarantee.Yeah they want they Yeah, they wanna
r push back my injury guarantee andremove it for that the rest of the
year. So that way, ifI get injured, then they don't have
to pay it. But that's why, as a player, it doesn't even
make sense to do that because youthink of those Alex Smith moments and it
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hell, you can even go backto college like Willis McGahee. I believe
it was UH at the U oneof his last games going into the NFL.
He tears everything in or maybe it'sframe go everything in their knee.
I didn't wanna set up a precedentfor players to remove their injury guarantees.
Hold on Steelers Nation. It's tankfor Steelers chalk talk and a little bit
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of golfing around because spring has donesprung. The groundhog was drunk in punk
sat Tommy a few weeks ago.He got no idea what he's talking about,
unless, well, it is SaintPatrick's Day weekend and we might get
crushed by a storm come Monday.That's how things roll in March. How
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are you doing this morning? Didyou go out last night for the Saint
Patrick's Day start festivals? Are youheading to Pittsburg for the parade, the
Big Parade? Well, I recordthis show on Thursday, so I'm already
down at the parade, probably gota few Orange Cities in me, and
I'm probably already screaming. I likethe Dalmatians. Yeah, so I like
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the Dalmatians on the fire truck.They're fun. Hey, we're gonna do
a little Steelers chalk talk this week. Why won't we big to doings going
on? Want to remind you yuahPittsburgh Pirates the opening days in a couple
of weeks, I have I don'tknow about you, but I have gone
to opening days and it's been thirtyone degrees and sleep and rain and snow,
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and I love it because it's openingday for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Spring
springs eternal, hope, springs eternal, something like that that Willie Shakespeare said
something like that, I doth dobelieve springs springs eternal, hope. No,
that was Larry from the Stubenville ElksClub that told me that a couple
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of weeks ago. We're gonna talksome Steelers. We're gonna talk Russell Wilson.
We're gonna talk. I'm so gladhe's gone. Deontay. I'm a
fill in your own adjective there forDeontay Johnson. I could care less if
he's gone. We'll talk about him. We're gonna get into golf here.
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Later on we're gonna head out toGettysburg, Pennsylvania. If you've never gone
to Gettysburg, what are you waitingfor? It is one of the most
historic towns in America. Obviously,it is a lovely town of about five
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thousand people with rolling open countryside withcornfields and just beautiful. And we'll be
talking a little bit later. Whywe're gonna be talking about Gettysburg. You
golfers who listen to the show regularlyknow that you can win a trip to
Saint Andrews, Scotland. Tank Howcan I win a trip to Saint Andrews,
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Scotland. That's easy. Log ontoUSA Scotland Golf dot com USA Scotland
Golf dot Com. There you're gonnalearn about the Team USA versus Team Scotland
Amateur Golf Championships. That's right,amateur golfers, you do not need a
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us GA gain handicap to play inthe Team USA National Championships this August in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Go to thewebsite USA Scotland Golf dot com register to
play in one of five flights.Win your flight in Gettysburg this coming August.
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You will win a trip to Scotland. You will become a winner,
you will become a member of TeamUSA. You will be a champion.
You'll be presented with a beautiful championsword in Gettysburg. Then you'll win a
trip to go play Team Scotland inScotland. Guess what if you ain't believing
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it's true? It all going tothe Webshire USA Scotland Golf dot com.
Chris Gerrard played in our wheeling qualifierour first year two years ago, one
in wheeling at the Wheeling country ClubHi Richie. One in wheeling, won
a trip to the Nationals which isin Latrobe. That year, won his
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flight in La Trobe and was amember of Team USA and went to Scotland
last year. Guess what Chris gotout of the Air Force after twenty five
years, came to Gettysburg where wedid the national championships in twenty twenty three.
He won two years in a row. So I'm taking him back to
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Scotland again to be a member ofTeam USA. If you think you're good
enough to beat Chris in a sixto ten handicap flight, come to Gettysburg
this year for the Team USA NationalChampionships. Somebody please beat this guy.
You could be going to Scotland insteadof Chris. But if he wins again,
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I'll be delighted. He's a puregentleman, air Force bread raised,
true gentleman, true patriot to America. Be glad to take Chris to Scotland
again. So anyway, log onto USA Scotland Golf dot com enter to
win your chance to go to Scotland. All right, a lot going on
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in Steelers Nation this week. It'sgonna ask you a question. All right,
we're all working stiffs. Believe me. If you think I make a
ton of money doing a radio showon Saturday mornings, Jelie's a mistake.
Let me ask you something and youknow you're can answer in your head.
There. I don't care if you'resome kid waking up to deliver the newspaper
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they still do that, or ifyou're working in your twenty second year at
your job, what was your takehome pay this week? Then of course
Uncle Sam's gonna get in your pocket. He's gonna give your money to other
people for things you don't want themto and you're gonna walk away with how
much? Right you know the number? Well, the Denver Broncos. That
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was a horse. We'll pay guaranteedone a wrestle of littleson. Yeah,
starting quarterback for your Pittsburgh Steelers,I don't know. Won't get into that
yet. Thirty nine million dollar guaranteedsalary for twenty twenty four unbelievable. Wilson
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had signed a five year contract withthe Denver Broncos for two hundred and forty
three million dollars. I rounded upa little bit anyway. You get the
point. Let me say that again, five years, two hundred and forty
three million. Datas of that,one hundred and sixty one million was guaranteed.
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You know, there might you know, be some problems, like trading
you out of your contract in thefinal year and shipping you off to Pittsburgh
gladly willingly in paying you thirty ninemillion dollars not to pay for the Broncos.
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So Steelers pick up Russell Wilson atthe bargain basement League minimum price of
like one point five million. Nowthat's a more relatable number, isn't it.
You can relate to one point fiveright, you say this is a
number I could read late to.I mean, over a course of a
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human being's life in America, they'reprobably gonna make a million bucks, right,
especially when Uncle Sam raised the retirementraid to seventy eight to play for
all this crap we're trying to payfor these days, and we'll all be
working to eighty years old. Sorry, you can't die. You gotta keep
working. Thirty nine million dollars.Rustle was guaranteed by the Broncos. They're
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paying him that he gets that.Your stealers picked him up on the cheap
for one point five. So there'sa couple ways to do this analytically and
emotionally. You gotta start with theanalytics of the thing. The numbers.
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The numbers don't lie. So wasthe trade, as far as numbers concerned,
a good deal? Yeah? Absolutely. You are paying a quarterback one
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point five. You have paid MitchTravitsky over five million last year. You
say Travitsky is say Wilson Wilson,Travitsky, Wilson, Travitsky, Wilson one
point five million? Or did youwant Trebitsky back? I think he was
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supposed to make more money this year. Mitch was supposed to make more money.
So when you look at the analytics, Travitsky, Wilson, Wilson one
point five, that makes sense.And I would be remiss here if I
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didn't talk about Mason Rudolph. Iwas at the Christmas game that he won
as starting quarterback. Let's face it, let's be honest. The Steelers don't
have a winning record if Mason Rudolphdoesn't perform at the level he did.
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Was he Joe Montana, No,was he nineteen eighty five bears, one
of my heroes, Jim McMahon,No, was he Mason Rudolph. You're
damn right he was, and hegave you a winning season. Was at
the Christmas game? It was beautiful, It was freezing, and everybody showed
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some class in that stadium. Whenthe game was ending, was singing,
Rudolph the red Nose Reindeer, won'tyou bring me a win tonight? It
was beautiful. The loud speakers playedthe same song. The fans appreciated Mason.
They thanked him, they cheered.It was his long overdue thank you,
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thank you for acting like a gentleman, Mason Rudolph. When the clown,
the classless punk in Cleveland, MilesGarrett, ripped your helmet off and
tried to crush your skull with it. If I did that, was in
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a bar fight in Steubenville, rippeda biker's head off, helmet off his
head and tried to hit him withit. The local DCTCT attorney would probably
foul. I saw it with adeadly weapon charge against me. Now Miles
Garrett against me, defensive player overthe here bs over your well, you
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know, justin average football player andTJ. Watt. Then Miles Garrett of
course accused Mason of racism. Let'snot skate around the issue here, so
I play games. Miles Garrett's excuseand defense was that Mason Rudolph, a
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devout Christian, used the terrible word, and therefore his rage and assault with
a deathly weapon to crush masons skulllike a pumpkin was justified. Loved me.
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Some Marquees Pouncy came to his defensethat night. Russell handed that with
class the whole time. I don'tknow why Mason Rudolph never got his do
here in Pittsburgh, why he nevergot a legitimate start. I saw him
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a couple of times up close incamp, and the kid had a ball.
He had a ball at Oklahoma State. So the Mason Rudolph era is
over, and we all wish himwell in Tennessee. If you're not wishing
Mason Rudolph well, and he's gettingpaid to go down there, pretty good,
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chunk, You're an idiot. You'renot a Steelers fan. You're one
of these social media radio trolls who'sjust not happy with anything. I don't
like milk. I drink buttermilk whatever. You're a moron. So the point
is you're now left with Kenny Pickett. Did the Steelers bring Russell Wilson here
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for one point five million? Again, Trebitsky was paid close to six last
year and he's stunk. You're nowgetting Russell Wilson at won five at the
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very worst. You have a seasoned, high level, high talented quarterback in
Russell Wilson that's been there, donethat. If you've ever been in the
army or Marine corps, they getthe old salty sergeants to whip you into
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shape during basic. You men thathave been down to Paris Island, you
know what I'm talking about. Theydon't put you in the hands of some
child lieutenant who just got out ofthe West Point or the nave ol goad
of me. They give you thegriddle old war veteran who's been down range,
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who knows a thing or two andcan teach the young'uns a thing or
two to stay alive. Hey,you're listening to, well, you're listening
to tank Tandlinger here in fourteen hundredam one oh three point nine Fox Sports
Net, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, hereevery Saturday morning at ten am, just
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ranting and raving about all things blackand gold, Steelers and of course that
game we all love to hate golf, golf, golf. So with Russell
Wilson, you get the grizzled oldunderline, old that that's been there,
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done that now. Russell Wilson cameinto the league in twenty twelve. He
is a little one. He's onlyfive to eleven. You ain't getting no
Ben Roethlisberger. Russell Wilson's five eleventwo fifteen, his third round pick by
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Seattle, seventy fifth overall pick.You know what, they didn't have high
hopes for Russell Wilson. Third round. That ain't first round, that ain't
first in round. Mine, it'sthird round. He comes into the league
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with no high expectations at all.Puts up three thousand yards, three thousand,
three thousand, goes into two fifteen, he's learning something. Puts up
four thousand, four thousand, anotherfour thousand, Then all of a sudden
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he's got the legion of boom outthere. Boom they do wonderful things.
They go to a super Bowl.But as with all players, especially high
end players today, everything comes toan end. Now again, Denver signed
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him to a five year deal twohundred and forty three million. He spent
two years with the Broncos. AsI done mentioned, we're gonna pick it
up when I come back from there. The Seattle career for Russell Wilson isn't
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applicable. I just believe that wewere on this journey and so we get
the Green Bay, Kansas City,we beat them, and uh, as
you mentioned, that's when, asyou mentioned earlier, that's when I got
that call and I was like,I'm confused, what's going on? And
I didn't believe it at first.I was like, this can't be real.
And I got that call that,hey, you're going to bench you
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for the next nine games if youknow, you don't change an injury guarantee.
So for me, but be clearhere, they it's it's not they
don't want to bench you because ofplay. They're saying they're benching you because
they want you to take out theinjury guarantee. Yeah they want they yeah,
they want to push back my injuryguarantee and remove it for that the
rest of the year, so thatway, if I get injured, then
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they don't have to pay it.But that's why, as a player,
it doesn't even make sense to dothat, because you think of those Alex
Smith moments and it hell, youcan even go back to college like Willis
McGahee. I believe it was atthe U one of his last games going
into NFL, he tears everything inor maybe it's Frank Gord everything in their
knee. I didn't want to setup a precedent for players to remove their
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injury guarantees. All right, Welcomeback to Fox Sports Net Wheeling, Pittsburgh.
I'm your host, Randy the Tanktamplingerown touchdown Broncos. Oh. J
Humphries sitting here watching the YouTube RussellWilson twenty twenty three season, evaluating what
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he's got left in the tanks,what he has left as assets. Touchdown
Broncos. Oh, that would havebeen a good game too. I wish
I could have seen that against theRaiders. There are tribals. If you
don't know that about the Denver Broncos. Uh, their arch rival is the
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Raads. Them in Kansas don't getalong a lot, but the Raiders and
the Broncos man they go at it. So we're talking about the Russell Wilson
trade again. He had signed afive year, two hundred and forty three
million dollar contract with the Broncos.He plays two seasons with the Broncos,
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they decide to move on from him. They are obligated to pay him thirty
nine million dollars the bronchis which ledto the Steelers getting him at the bargain
basement MINM League minimum Bryce A onefive. Now, a lot of you
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may not know this, but thiswas the best fit for Russell Wilson,
and I ain't talking about his quarterbackand abilities. When you took down the
Hindz name off the stadium there inthe North Shore, you got yourself a
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new sponsor in an insurance company.You know the name. Sure I'll have
another drink. Sure I'll have anotherdrink stadium. It still just doesn't roll
off your tongue. But that doesn'tmatter to Russell Wilson. He is on
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the board for one of the companieswho invests into Akrossure the business. You
heard that correctly, So Russell Wilson, who'll be suiting up for the Steelers.
In Aker Scherre I'll have another drinkstadium is part of a capital investment
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group who put some of their fundsinto the business Across Sure, the sponsors
of your stadium. I'm not makingthis up. This is real. This
is true. Also with the minorityowner of the Steelers, Thomas Tall,
he's the one that makes all themovies, made the Hangover movies we all
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love, is also on the sameboard of the capital investment group that invested
their money in Accress Sure, I'llhave another drink stadium. So the perfect
fit for Russell Wilson to come toPittsburgh because he knows Thomas Tall, owner
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Steelers minority and he's an investor,i e. Owner in Actress sure of
the business. Why not come toPittsburgh. We'll get on your assets there
at Across Sure I have another drinkstadium. So with all that aside,
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that's why it was a perfect fitthere. Now, why was it a
perfect fit for your Pittsburgh Steelers?And I think it is something happened between
the head coach with the Broncos andRussell Wilson, the guy out in Denmery.
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Ain't no Pete Carroll's he ain't nowwhatever really happened there? I mean
he benched Russell Wilson at one pointin the season. That's hard medicine for
a Super Bowl quarterback to take again. I've been sitting here watching the YouTube
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of Wilson's last two seasons, particularlylast season. He does not play with
diminished skills. No, in fact, he still has crazy legs. He
will still run on you. Hewill still do damage to you with his
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feet. Can you say that aboutMitch Turbinsky, Bye bye? No?
Can you say that about Kenny No, Russell Wilson still has his feet.
This is a huge upside. WhyTank, Why thank god Mack Canada is
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gone. He is an idiot.That guy put on full display for the
entire football world to see. Whetherit's the Canadian Football League, whether it's
this new spring usf fucker well whateverit's called, whether it's a European league,
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whether it's Division three football at ShepherdCollege, whether it's Buba Bison's team,
whether it's the Midget Pony League footballteam in Steubenville, met Canada.
Put himself out there, and hisresume speaks for itself. This guy doesn't
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know what the hell he's doing,hence being fired. If you go back
and listen to Steelers chalk talk onFacebook YouTube, you'll see that the former
quarterback Mike McMahon and I were bothcalling for his head a lot two seasons
ago, two seasons ago, butnot Mike Tomlin and the Steelers they said,
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oh, this is our man,all right. So one last rant
there about Canada. Arthur Smith isin town. Now, why am I
excited about Russell Wilson's mo bill mobility. Well, what we've been led to
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believe, and we'll find out afterfour games, is that Arthur Smith is
a lot smarter than Macnada. ThatArthur Smith's time with the Titans and Henry
the horse down there who's now inBaltimore. Oh boy, we got problems
in River City. Arthur Smith understandsand will utilize not only Nagy Harris the
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correct way. But unlike Mac Canada, who was an idiot and didn't realize
he had a weapon in Jalen Warrenfor two seasons, Macnada, I'll put
Warren into to give Naugy a break. Eight yards ten yards, twelve yards,
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eight yards, twelve yards with noline balking for him. Well,
Nadgy's my guy. I just wutwarning and because I give Najia a break
on occasion, You're an idiot,Matt Canada. Now you have a man
and Arthur Smith supposedly that understands hehas a one to two Miami Dolphins Jim
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kick Larry Zonka punch with his runningbacks. What does this mean? Why
does Russell Wilson's feet and mobility bringinto play? It's called something you haven't
seen for a while. You gotused to jet sweep, Jet sweet,
Jet sweet. I'm at Canada tojet sweep play action pass. Oh my.
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For you people that are listening thatunderstand football, a mobile quarterback like
Russell Wilson with an offensive coordinator thatnow realizes he has two stellar running backs
in Warren and Nodgy, it allwill begin there for your impotent Steelers offense
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the last three seasons. A mobilequarterback who can thrive in a play action
offense with two great running backs.There is great upside to Russell Wilson.
His feet, his mobility are stillthere. So let's go to what counts.
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We saw Ben's arm in the lastcouple seasons, ripped up, surgically
repaired, inability to go downfield.Russell Wilson can still put the money on
the spot. Russell Wilson can stillput the ball down field. Russell Wilson
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still has all the talent at quarterbackto guide an offense. Now, go
back watch the twenty twenty three highlightswith Wilson with the Denver Broncos. This
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will tell you what I'm seeing.Let's go through his stats real quick.
Okay, he only played in fifteengames both seasons. I don't know why.
He had roughly a sixty completion average. He did throw though, for
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thirty five hundred yards and three thousandyards, averaging roughly seven yard's a throw
last season is what you need tohang on to. You've heard the stat
twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions.Twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions. That
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is single handedly better. Of course, he was sacked forty five times twenty
twenty two fifty five times. Idon't know if the Steelers line is much
better than that. Twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions. That is the ratio
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you need to have in a startingquarterback. So as we talk about Russell
Wilson's attributes and upsides in this segment. To close, it out because I
gotta go to commercial. The pricepoint was right at one five. The
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fact that he's a partial owner inAcri. Sure, I'll have another drink
insurance is an upside. I don'tknow what it is. It's an what
we call in the business an intangibleto tank, say tangerine, No,
an in intangentible the bull. Oh, he's intangientible with the bull. His
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feet are still there. His feetare still there, which allows you,
if Arthur Smith has a brain inhis head, unlike Matt Canada, to
use the play action to our advantageand score points. When we come back
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in the third segment, we're goingto talk about evaluating Russell Wilson's arm,
because when you got quarterback, hegot to have an arm. It is
tank. I'll be right back.I think we lose the next week,
and then I think you called meafter that game, and I just believe
that we were on this journey.And so we get the Green Bay,
(33:08):
Kansas City, we beat them,and as you mentioned, that's when,
as you mentioned earlier, that's whenI got that call and I was like,
I'm confused, what's going on?And I didn't believe it at first.
I was like, this can't bereal. And I got that call
that, hey, you're going tobench you for the next nine games.
If you know, you don't changean injury guarantee. So for me,
but be clear here, they it'sit's not they don't want to bench you
(33:31):
because of play. They're saying they'rebenching you because they want you to take
out the injury guarantee. Yeah theywant they Yeah, they want to push
back my injury guarantee and remove itfor that rest of the year so that
way, if I get injured,then they don't have to pay it.
But that's why as a player,it doesn't even make sense to do that
because you think of those Alex Smithmoments and it hell, you can even
(33:52):
go back to college like Willis McGahee. I believe it was at the U
one of his last games going intothe NFL, he tears everything in or
maybe it's frame go everything in theirknee. I didn't want to set up
a a precedent for players to removetheir injury guarantees. It's too as well.
And so it was it was noway I was gonna do that.
And so when they said that we'regonna bench you, we're gonna bench I
(34:12):
said, all right, that's whatyou wanna do, but that's like extortion.
Yuh, like you got the NFLPA involved, attorneys involved, Like
I obviously I didn't want to,but then then they kept saying it all
the way throughout the week. Sothen I just believe that we were on
this journey. And so we getbeat Green Bay Kansas City. We beat
(34:35):
them, and uh, as youmentioned, that's when as you mentioned earlier,
that's when I got that call andI was like, I'm confused,
what's going on? And I didn'tbelieve it at first. I was like
this, this can't be real.And I got that call that hey,
we're gonna bench you for the nextnine games if you know you don't change
the injury guarantee, so for me, but be clear here, they it's
it's not they don't wanna bench youbecause of play. They're saying they're benching
(34:58):
you because they want you to takeup the injury guarantee. Yeah they yeah,
they want to push back my injuryguarantee and remove it for that rest
of the year, so that way, if I get injured then they don't
have to pay it. But that'swhy as a player. It doesn't even
make sense to do that because youthink of those Alex Smith moments and it.
Hell, you can even go backto college like Willis McGahee. I
believe it was at the U oneof his last games going into NFL,
(35:22):
he tears everything in or maybe afrme everything in their knee. I didn't
want to set up a precedent forplayers to remove their injury guarantees. All
right, Welcome back to Fox SportsNet, Wheeling, Pittsburgh, fourteen hunderd
am one oh three point nine FM. Frequency modulation. Yeah, that's what
(35:43):
FM stands for. I bet youdidn't know that. I don't know what
AM stands for. Aunt Margaret,no idea. Hey you're listening to Chank
Tantlinger here on Fox Sports Net Wheeling. I'm here every ten am Saturday mornings.
Pay the janitor Larry to leave thekeys under the door mat, and
I sneak in here to the IArt studios. There ain't nobody around to
(36:06):
stop me. They must, youknow, Craig Boomer, the manager,
must not even listen to the station. They would come down here. Or
Corey, who helps with all theprogramming and basically runs a joint down here,
and Craig runs a joint and theyjust must not listen to their station
on Saturday mornings. I bust inthe joint, pay Larry twenty bucks,
come in here, and I RNTand I rave. I leave. They
(36:29):
don't know who I am. Theydon't send me, no paycheck, no
nothing. But at least I getto rant and rave and pretend I have
my own radio show. So I'mtag Tantlicker. We're talking about Russell Wilson,
your new quarterback for your Pittsburgh Steelers. Evaluated in the first last segment,
in case you missed it, numberone. The price was right for
(36:52):
Russell Wilson one point five million.The Broncos are on the hook for thirty
nine million dollars, which make somemore of a jackass than a horse to
Russell Wilson. Why would you lethim go? Eh? Whatever? The
price was right. Again, Comparatively, you paid Mitch Terbitski close to six
(37:12):
million last year, and how thatworked for you. Now you have Russell
Wilson for one five. We talkedabout his experience, like the old gunnery
sergeant in the Marine Corps. He'dbeen there, he'd done that. He
can advise the younger players porton.Look, your new offensive coordinator is not
(37:34):
an idiot like Matt Canada. ArthurSmith will utilize not only Naugy Harris,
but Jalen Warren. Matt Canada wasso stupid he left Jalen Warren basically on
a bench for two seasons. Youand I all saw what Jalen Warren had.
Oh here eight yards, nine yard, ten yard Mat Canada going well,
(37:57):
You know, idiot, the abilityfor the quarterback to have mobile feet
and mobility in a play action isdevastating on a defense. Now you have
to respect his feet. You damnwell better respect Nog Harrison, Jalen Moore
in this season? Are you gonnaget beat up in the middle? Urian
(38:22):
sideline jackers, especially if we getthis center out of West Virginia, better
respect the run and the pass.Can you tell me that they've had any
respect for our offense the last threeyears at all? Linebackers, huh.
Russell Wilson brings you feet, Thatbrings you the ability in play action,
(38:46):
which you're gonna see a preponderance of, rather see play action than jet sweep,
jet sweep, jet sweep. Itopens up a little thing we call
the passing game. So we're nowgonna arc to the passing game. All
(39:08):
right, So Wilson's got feet,he's got agility, he now has weapons
to work with. Well, thinkof it this way. I know the
forty nine ers had McCaffrey, buthad the forty nine ers had Jalen Morren
(39:28):
and Nodgy Harris. What then askyourself, that's how good they are.
That's how good they are. Nodgeand Jalen had their hands, their feet
tied, I'll say, by anidiot in Matt Canada, and a very
average offensive line. So now thatwe've got some mobility in a quarterback,
(39:59):
what about his arms strength? Again? Go to the twenty twenty three highlights
on YouTube of Russell Wilson. Youtell me if his arm is still there.
Twenty six touchdowns, passing eight interceptions, playing in that nasty conference,
(40:19):
nasty the AFC west Man, It'sa brutal conference out there. Russell Wilson
still has zing on his ball.And I talked to some of my friends
in Denver. The only beef aboutRussell Wilson isn't his arm strength. He
(40:52):
and this goes back to the Seattledays too. He locks onto his primary
receiver. For the most part.He doesn't go to the third read.
But that's okay. If he wasa stand in the pocket quarterback, this
(41:15):
would be a problem. However,with his mobility, with play action built
into it, Russell Wilson finds hisman more often than not. Again,
twenty six touchdowns, eight interceptions lastyear. Combine that with his mobility,
(41:37):
Combine that with the gunnery sergeant experienceexperience. Now, under normal circumstances at
his point in his career, he'dbe done. He wouldn't be mobile,
(42:00):
the arm would be a noodle.He'd be happy sitting on the sidelines with
a ball cap. This ain't theRussell Wilson you're getting. You're getting a
Russell Wilson that still has talents notdiminished. What happened in Denver with the
(42:23):
moroncos we'll never know something went wrongthere. It wasn't his play. Him
and a coach did not get along. Coach benched him. So when you
(42:44):
look at the package, you gotto say he still got it. So
looking how the Steelers came into RussellWilson twenty six touchdown, eight interceptions.
He still has his feet, hestill has his arm. He has the
(43:07):
acquired owl wise old owl knowledge ofplaying the game at the highest level.
At the beginning of the clip,you heard Russell just two weeks ago come
out and say what the issue was. Now, I'm not a Sean Payton
(43:28):
fan. I think he's a clownshow of a coach. So you got
that going on between Russell Wilson andDenver and Sean Payton the clown show.
In the next clip, you're gonnahear Russell two weeks ago saying why things
(43:50):
went awuyd in Denver? Well,pooh pooh on Denver, and welcome to
Pittsburgh, Russell Wilson. I thinkwe lose the next week, and then
I think you called me after thatgame, and I just believe that we
(44:10):
were on this journey. And sothe Green Bay Kansas City we beat them,
and as you mentioned, that's when, as you mentioned earlier, that's
when I got that call and Iwas like, I'm confused, what's going
on? And I didn't believe itat first. I was like, this
can't be real. And I gotthat call that hey, we're going to
bench you for the next nine games. If you know you don't change an
injury guarantee, so for me.But be clear here, they it's it's
(44:35):
not they don't want to bench youbecause of play. They're saying they're benching
you because they want you to takeout the injury guarantee. Yeah they want
they Yeah, they want to pushback my injury guarantee and remove it for
that the rest of the year,so that way, if I get injured,
then they don't have to pay it. But that's why, as a
player, it doesn't even make senseto do that because you think of those
Alex Smith moments and need hell,you can even go back to college like
(44:58):
Willis McGahee I believe it was atthe U one of his last games going
into the NFL, he tears everythingin or maybe a frame everything in their
knee. I didn't want to seta precedent for players to remove their injury
guarantees too as well, And soit was it was no way I was
going to do that. And sowhen they said that we're gonna bench you,
We're gonna bench I said, allright, that's what you want to
(45:19):
do, But that's like extortion,like you got the NFL PA involved,
attorneys involved, Like obviously I didn'twant to but then then they kept saying
it all the way throughout the week. So then you know, an agent
talked to the nfl PA. TheNFLP called me, as you know,
and then they talked to the NFL. NFL was like, this can't,
(45:42):
we can't. This is illegal,he can't do this. And so then
you know, all the way throughoutSaturday, so I was just like sitting
here. I didn't know if Iwas gonna play the final. We had
Monday Night football. So the Broncosmake a huge mistake sign Russell Wilson to
a five year, two hundred andforty three million dollar contract. Then all
(46:02):
of a sudden, out of nowheresay to him, oh, by the
way, we need to redo yourcontract and take out the part there if
you get Joe thismand that we ain'tpaying you the whole boat now. I
don't know if you've listened to theshow long here, I'm Tank Tantler.
You're listening to Steelers Chalk Talk,Fox Sports Wheeling. I used to work
(46:25):
for the NFL Players Association, theunion. I worked in the contract research
department. I know a little bitabout contracts. I know a little bit
about the cbas I have friends,old school football players like Conrad Dobler,
(46:50):
meanest man to ever play ball.Okay, other friends who had concussions and
had mental problems. God rest hissoul, my friend Justin Strelzik. I
do not begrudge any NFL player formaking the money they do. What they
make as an NFL player is pittancecompared to what the owners make. So
(47:15):
for Russell Wilson can make two hundredand forty three million dollars, so be
it. It's what the market isfor the Denver Broncos to tell him you
are gonna change your contract that ifyou have a catastrophic injury like Bo Jackson,
(47:37):
like Joe thisman, like Darryl Stingley, we ain't gonna pay you what
the now. I don't know ifany of you guys are union guys out
there. Let's say you worked ina sawmill and you had a union and
(48:00):
said you get your workers compensation ifyou lob your left hand off with an
axe. Then one day the bosscomes and says, guess what, guys,
we're taking out that little part inyour contract about the workers compensation.
So try not to lob your anypart of your body off That well would
(48:22):
prohibit you for working from us yourfoot, your arm, your feet,
your hands. We'll let you workwith one eye, though, what would
you say? What would you say? So if you haven't kept up the
speed? Why Russell Wilson is nowPittsburgh Steelers, It's not because of diminished
(48:47):
skills. His legs are great,his arm is great, his wisdom is
great. The Denver Broncos scrooge.I don't know who you compare them to.
So they benched him, They've vilifiedhim. They figured it was better
(49:09):
to pay him thirty nine million tocome to Pittsburgh, just in case he
got hurt. Insanity. Now youknow why Russell Wilson is in Pittsburgh.
Denver's folly is Pittsburgh's game. Allright, this is Tank Taylor. We'll
(49:30):
see you next week. Go golfand have fun. Don't get too drunk
on Saint Patrick's Day. God blessthe Irish, up the Republic
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