Welcome inside the locked on Steelers podcast. I'm your host John Ledyard from over at fanragsports.com.

And it is a Thursday morning of Patriots week. So we're starting to get on the edge of our seats.

The anticipation is building for Steelers, Patriots, the matchup that really we've been looking forward to all year as Steelers and Patriots fans.

And if you're a fan of either of those teams, really, go back and listen to yesterday's

podcast, Mark Schofield from Inside the Pylon and a number of other spots.

He was on with me talking Steelers, Patriots.

And I thought it was one of the best locked on Steelers, you know, in Lockdown Patriots.

It was a crossover episode.

But I thought it was one of the best episodes so far because we broke down the matchup and in detail from both of our

perspectives as guys who watch these teams on a consistent basis. But I also thought it's

interesting. We build up and talk about this matchup so much, but I wanted to bring in somebody

who could give a national perspective on the matchup. And obviously it has, you know, NFL wide

implications, Steelers, Patriots, a lot of people picking them to represent the AFC.

So in order to do that, I've brought in Eric Edholm, NFL writer for Pro Football Weekly,

to talk about the Steelers Patriots matchup.

Eric's one of the best in the business.

So Eric, thank you so much for coming on the show today.

Really appreciate you making the time, man.

Yes, my pleasure.

I'm looking forward to the game as well.

And, yeah, maybe it lost a little of its luster, given the Patriots the egg they laid

on Monday night.

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