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Paudie Clifford and his love for the Pittsburgh Steelers · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Folks, Welcome into the Irish Theaters podcast. Finally, last week
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Speaker 1: football came back and the Pittsburgh Steelers are un beat
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Speaker 1: in the NFL preseason. Michael mcway delighted to be joined
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Speaker 1: as always on this podcast. We got full house this week,
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Speaker 1: we've got Jimmy English Dave McKey. First off, down in Trahada.
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Speaker 1: How are we doing, Jimmy, You're doing good.
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Speaker 2: I'm very well made better Michael by the fact that
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Speaker 2: theaters put on a decent performance last well early earlier
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Speaker 2: on Saturday morning art time, so not looking. It was
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Speaker 2: great to see. Great to be the boys and back
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Speaker 2: and go back in the field and get a taste
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Speaker 2: of real football after what seemed like endless months without it.
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Speaker 2: So as long as they keep it up and carry
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Speaker 2: carry it into the regular season, I'll be a happy man.
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, sir, and we go from Live up to Tron.
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Speaker 1: We got a collidub Man here. Indeed, good to see
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Speaker 1: you against sir. And obviously, as we said, one of
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Speaker 1: the one the preseason. Well we'll talk about it more
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Speaker 1: in deedshill the second.
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Speaker 3: But great to see yeah, another week another week, Dan
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Speaker 3: megl and finally we've got to see some Staters football
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Speaker 3: was really hobby with what I've saying, and as Jimmy says,
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Speaker 3: you know, it's finally good to be able to you know,
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Speaker 3: get get some football.
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Speaker 4: The review.
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Speaker 1: So in fact the Lord like the Lorton did, Like
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Speaker 1: the Lorton did Week one of GAGO, I have to
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Speaker 1: say that, and I guess you know, and this is
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Speaker 1: All you have to just sign up and you can
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Speaker 1: watch for free. Coming up with this weekend as well, Jimmy,
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Speaker 1: I watched the game on Friday night, seamless easy, actually
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Speaker 1: quite good to see the Steelers' own home foolage, which
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Speaker 1: was cool and definitely recommend it eating for people Jimmy
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Speaker 1: that maybe aren't Steelers fans by trade, but just just
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Speaker 1: the game to the team. It was a real way,
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Speaker 1: it was a real positive way of getting into Stags football.
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Speaker 4: For the Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, I mean it's fantastic to have it on Diego
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Speaker 2: Michael and kind of bring the Steelers not just the
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Speaker 2: Steels with the NFL and general to the wider Irish market.
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Speaker 2: So I mean it's great in that where Garth were
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Speaker 2: spreading the game and you know they put on a
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Speaker 2: decent enough performance. I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw.
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Speaker 2: I mean looking at Kenny Pickett. He only played two series,
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Speaker 2: I think, but he was sharp, he was confident. You know,
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Speaker 2: there was no hesitation in his trows, and so it's
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Speaker 2: great to see him in that form and you know
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Speaker 2: he's gonna be need to be the key to our
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Speaker 2: success this year. I think everything, everything you know, is
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Speaker 2: on his shoulder, and we have to keep the key
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Speaker 2: piece of the position and offense and defense and the
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Speaker 2: skilled players. But it's all on it's all lined on
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Speaker 2: Kenny making that making that step up, and based on
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Speaker 2: a limited sample of playing time, I like what I.
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Speaker 1: Saw absolutely and like going going from much to me
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Speaker 1: said there Dad, like looking at how I guess First off,
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Speaker 1: I Kenny played. Didn't see him for a lot of Again,
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Speaker 1: this is the same with any team in the preseason.
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Speaker 1: We don't see the starters for such a long period
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Speaker 1: time in games. But Kenny had he was upmost of
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Speaker 1: the quarter looks solid, look fresh. That's touchdown play to
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Speaker 1: George Pickens does stands out. It does stand out, but
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Speaker 1: going into it, even the offense when it not all
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Speaker 1: the time, but whether it had different quarterbacks on the field,
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Speaker 1: seemed to go quite well. And the Staders get the
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Speaker 1: wind have twenty seven to seventeen and you got to
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Speaker 1: take a w in pre season. But definitely definitely a
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Speaker 1: positive feel a round that. Like you I sort of
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Speaker 1: said the party are like just on the interview here
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Speaker 1: that there's been a let's talking about Kenny Pickett on
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Speaker 1: this offense, albeit in one quarter of a preseason game,
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Speaker 1: but here ticket and run.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just very very impressive first out and if
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Speaker 3: you look like Michael, you know, to win it's you know,
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Speaker 3: twenty seven to seventeen.
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Speaker 5: But yeah, it was.
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Speaker 3: It was a it was a good win if you
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Speaker 3: if you look back at it, it was good to say.
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Speaker 3: Finally the pick Att the Pickens connection with we've spoken
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Speaker 3: about so for so long on the podcast, you know,
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Speaker 3: with with John Is getting a touchdown pass of his
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Speaker 3: own as well as that, you know you've mentioned about
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Speaker 3: all the quarterbacks, you know, Mason Rudolph. You know what
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Speaker 3: did we say whatever you want about him. When he
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Speaker 3: comes in, he does a bit of a job and
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Speaker 3: he proved he's probably moved up the DAP chart to
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Speaker 3: QB two potentially after that. And now Trubisky struggled a
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Speaker 3: little bit, and so yeah, it was good to see
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Speaker 3: him throwing bombs on the sideline. And also, you know
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Speaker 3: what we mentioned last week in the podcast, Craig was
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Speaker 3: matching Calvin Austin third. He's absolutely rapid and he he
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Speaker 3: caught that bomb and he run in for a touchdown.
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Speaker 3: So offensively, very very impressive. Although we're coming up against
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Speaker 3: the box that's you know, they're not they're pretensey fighting
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Speaker 3: for the first overall pick in next year's draft. Maybe
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Speaker 3: it doesn't matter though the preseason wins, it doesn't matter
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Speaker 3: who it's against. You gotta take it and you you
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Speaker 3: got to take the positives from it. So yeah, so far,
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Speaker 3: so far, so good. And obviously we roll on the
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Speaker 3: next week and yeah.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you're you're you're banging on there, Dave
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Speaker 2: on two point. First of all, Calvin Awston, my god,
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Speaker 2: they're there. There was a steel your promise. That mean
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Speaker 2: he just emerged as the second best receiver on the team.
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Speaker 2: Although the anti Johnsy, you know, the Athon Johnson did
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Speaker 2: not have a bad night at all. He definitely improved
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Speaker 2: as as his catch ratio, which is which is something
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Speaker 2: he struggled with. So fantastic to see the speed that
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Speaker 2: cal also brought at the game and just that deep threat,
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Speaker 2: that fast tread. That's something that we've been lacking a
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Speaker 2: receiver for for a long time now. Is that pure
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Speaker 2: you know, c a speed And also I would definitely
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Speaker 2: agree with you bet basically Rudolph in my eyes is
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Speaker 2: definitely QB two at the minute. And Mitch Trubisky was
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Speaker 2: just off killed her and I know, and this is
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Speaker 2: gonna be a recurring name for us over the next
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Speaker 2: couple of weeks. It's just the preseason. But you know,
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Speaker 2: the preseason is when QB, QB two, QB three spots
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Speaker 2: are sealed to look absolutely with like Michael said, but
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Speaker 2: we'll take the w one run at this stage.
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Speaker 1: Just that going and Jimmy and what you said that.
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Speaker 1: But Calvin Wilson, like guy that was obviously came in
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Speaker 1: the fourth for Island twenty two and was injured last year,
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Speaker 1: finally getting this chance to show what he could do,
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Speaker 1: integrated easily into that team, even with different backs there,
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Speaker 1: and that like that was probably the biggest plus for
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Speaker 1: me in the offense. Obviously going forward in that first
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Speaker 1: game of the preseason you almost have you said there
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Speaker 1: about going and being prudent, not expecting to see too
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Speaker 1: much in that first game, and when Austin bursts with speed,
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Speaker 1: he made it look easy, man, And that's that. That's
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Speaker 1: serious plus as well. I guess lads, you know just
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Speaker 1: whoever wants to jump in here. Defensively as well, Nick
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Speaker 1: Herbert had won the half sacks Quincy rags as well,
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Speaker 1: and different guys that had a very very good defensive performance.
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Speaker 1: And look, albeit it's the Buccaneers going through your period
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Speaker 1: transition in the offseason, but this is the Steeters team
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Speaker 1: to put up twenty seven points in the gust of
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Speaker 1: three quarters in a preseason game and you have to
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Speaker 1: take that and you have to go from there. But
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Speaker 1: defensively it looked decent all the time.
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Speaker 6: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Absolutely, Kwan Alexander, who gave me the Falcons. I believe
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Speaker 2: in linebacker he had I think he had a monster
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Speaker 2: hit at one stage during the game. That bodes well
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Speaker 2: for our linebacking corps. And I believe that there was
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Speaker 2: an interception as well, But it was good to see
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Speaker 2: the defense playing strong and make it their tackles and
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Speaker 2: make a big rays.
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Speaker 5: Yeah.
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Speaker 3: Can I just come back on it as well. Keanny Benton,
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Speaker 3: second round pick out of Wisconsin, was outstanding. I thought
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Speaker 3: he sort of jumped off the screen. He looked very impressive.
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Speaker 3: He recorded a couple of tackles as well on a
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Speaker 3: star sheet. But as say, he came across very eager
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Speaker 3: and determined to stand out, and that's what you like
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Speaker 3: to see in the rookies as well. He looks he's
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Speaker 3: going to be a real, real hardful for offensive lineman
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Speaker 3: as well as that Nick Herbig.
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Speaker 5: You mentioned that Michael, he recorded one and a half sacks.
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Speaker 3: You know, if you put the number ninety Jersey on him,
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Speaker 3: I honestly thought you could have mistaken him for TJ.
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Speaker 3: It's crazy like he's you know, we mentioned on the
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Speaker 3: podcast a couple of weeks ago he's been working a
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Speaker 3: lot with TJ with his hands movements.
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Speaker 5: And his head movement.
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Speaker 3: I think your friend Baldi as well on AX mantioned
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Speaker 3: about his pal movement speed. He sort of puts off
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Speaker 3: it with the offensive name and it's really proven to
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Speaker 3: be a really, really good start. So it's been obvious
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Speaker 3: that he has been working out with TJ and it's
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Speaker 3: good to see.
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Speaker 1: We will talk about, you know, the games going forward
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Speaker 1: whenever we look at a little preview ahead of the
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Speaker 1: second week of preseason. We've got a great guest today.
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Speaker 1: We've got a guy who is a massive Staters stamp,
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Speaker 1: but also one of the best GAF footballers in Arda
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Speaker 1: and in Paudy Clifford, who won the Al Arted last
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Speaker 1: year with Karen here, it's party on the Irish Theaters
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Speaker 1: podcast this week on the Iris Staiers podcast, where the
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Speaker 1: light is a welcome not only a Staters stand but
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Speaker 1: also a GAF footballer in Paudy Clifford to the podcast.
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Speaker 1: Party first off, a warm welcome in for first appearance
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Speaker 1: on the Irish Theaters podcast.
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Speaker 4: How getting I'm okay, I'm okay, very very happy to
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Speaker 4: be had great.
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Speaker 1: The hobby on Pody and we appreciate your time, especially
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Speaker 1: at this point in the year. Tell us how does
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Speaker 1: a lad not just from County Carry but from Foss
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Speaker 1: become a Pittsburgh Staters fan, Because you know, for people
8:53
Speaker 1: that are listening to this you're you're you're quite like
8:56
Speaker 1: it's it's it's it's a beautiful county, but it's a
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Speaker 1: very rural county, so all could talk to us about
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Speaker 1: your story becoming the.
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Speaker 6: Fun I suppose I just remember growing up watching and
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Speaker 6: I actually can't remember how I got interested in it,
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Speaker 6: but I just took a liking till obviously know the
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Speaker 6: tactical side.
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Speaker 4: Of things and everything like that, and then I just
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Speaker 4: I think that it was probably a gold generation for
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Speaker 4: the Steelers when I was when I probably got into
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Speaker 4: the first with legendary players like Palamado and Big Ben
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Speaker 4: and players like that. So I suppose, yeah, I just
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Speaker 4: took a liking to the Steelers and they seem to
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Speaker 4: have success then as I was, as I was, as
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Speaker 4: I was getting more interested, and yeah, I just have
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Speaker 4: been a lot of Steelers found ever since. Yeah, I
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Speaker 4: just I just probably think it comes down to the
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Speaker 4: team that they had at the time when I when
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Speaker 4: I got into the around the two thousands, probably the
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Speaker 4: the late two thousands.
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Speaker 2: And I've ever had a chance to attend an NFL game.
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Speaker 4: I have, I've been to a few. I've never been
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Speaker 4: to a Steelers game, so that's obviously rook.
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Speaker 5: I read somewhere party that I didn't know.
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Speaker 3: Actually I heard someone actually told me that you were
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Speaker 3: in the States for a bit. Did you try it
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Speaker 3: American football? And if you did, what did you think
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Speaker 3: of that? Like, if you maybe enjoyed it, would you
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Speaker 3: consider maybe swapping the green and gold of Kerry Fortsburg?
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Speaker 4: Maybe? Well, I actually didn't play. I didn't play much
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Speaker 4: of it over there, but I we we we've played
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Speaker 4: a bit. We've played a bit here where we got
10:35
Speaker 4: when maybe Taylor twelve fell us together and we played
10:38
Speaker 4: in our in the local school, the local school pitch.
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Speaker 4: We played all on the fossil pitch as well, so
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Speaker 4: proper games of six and six and loved it. Talist.
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Speaker 4: But obviously it's unrealistic at this stage.
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Speaker 3: I know if there's a deadly future own fans, but
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Speaker 3: would love to hear that there if you were flopping
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Speaker 3: over give us a bit of.
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Speaker 4: A bit of pace for years, Yeah, Jane, would be
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Speaker 4: very interesting. See if anyone ever does, like actually make
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Speaker 4: a roster. Obviously kicking is kicking is different, but actually
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Speaker 4: as an a kind of about what would you call
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Speaker 4: it outfield NFL, there probably will never happen but it
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Speaker 4: will be interesting.
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Speaker 1: He's always say at some point that that's really interesting.
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Speaker 1: You're talking about playing it locally, and obviously we've got
11:22
Speaker 1: the local the local league over here, and at the
11:25
Speaker 1: time of recording that, this weekend there's the European Flag
11:28
Speaker 1: Football Championships and Limericks, so there is a lot going
11:31
Speaker 1: on locally. And I'm sure at some point, you know,
11:33
Speaker 1: was Fawso might have a team, I guess Pobbly. You've
11:35
Speaker 1: mentioned there about some legendary players for the Staters, And
11:40
Speaker 1: if you're talking about a ten to fifteen year period
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Speaker 1: of being a fan of this team, what has been
11:45
Speaker 1: your most memorable or enjoyable moment to date supporting the
11:48
Speaker 1: Staters if you had to pick.
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Speaker 4: One, Yeah, I suppose a Super Bowl that was just
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Speaker 4: an unreal game from start to finish. Really James Harrison
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Speaker 4: touchdown and uh the Centaurion Homes such that was just yeah.
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Speaker 4: That that that has to be the highlight.
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Speaker 2: That was actually the first Steeters game that I ever watched, Bonnie,
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Speaker 2: and that's you know, that's what that's what got me
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Speaker 2: into the team, into the sport in general. So you know,
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Speaker 2: if you could pick anyone, any player from Steelers history,
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Speaker 2: Who will be your favorite player from that period of
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Speaker 2: time and also who would be your your favorite player
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Speaker 2: from the from the kind of the moderate Sediars team
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Speaker 2: with the current roster.
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Speaker 4: Paul Malu is my favorite. That's an easy one. I
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Speaker 4: just love the way he played and she just was
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Speaker 4: an unbelievable player. He put everything on the line for
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Speaker 4: for the Steelers and its Hall of Fame speech was
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Speaker 4: just unbelievable. If she if you've heard it, and then
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Speaker 4: at the moment, probably Minka, I f it's faster exact.
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Speaker 4: He's the best, probably the best safety in the NFL,
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Speaker 4: and there's a lot of the obviously Pickens I'm really
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Speaker 4: the first thing. What Pickens is going to be. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: I'm excited for for I like him out the card players,
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Speaker 4: but Polo Matu and and obviously a b when he
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Speaker 4: was when he was in his prime, maybe it was
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Speaker 4: obviously one of the best receivers of all all time.
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Speaker 4: Definitely probably the best Seeders receiver, even though our talent wise,
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Speaker 4: the name of it, he.
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Speaker 3: Has to be if you can just shift focus, you know,
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Speaker 3: the Memorial Day and Crow Park, you know a few
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Speaker 3: months ago, I wasn't there myself. Unfortunately I haven't played
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Speaker 3: in Grope Park and so many times, you know, as
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Speaker 3: a player for Kerry and also FOSA, did you ever
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Speaker 3: imagine you'd spend time on the pitch on the the
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Speaker 3: Steelers umbrella and like, what was it sort of like,
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Speaker 3: you know, shifting from being a player and just getting
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Speaker 3: to actually were you know, the Steelers jersey on the pitch.
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Speaker 5: What did it feel like?
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Speaker 4: It was? It was surreal really, Like I actually, as
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Speaker 4: he said, I never expected, but I was over the
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Speaker 4: moon when I got the call. I left the house.
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Speaker 4: I left the house that marning at half five, drove
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Speaker 4: to Madog, got the trade up and I was in.
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Speaker 4: I was there for about half eight, but definitely worked
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Speaker 4: it. It was just it was a series day and it
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Speaker 4: was just great to be involved in any way. Really
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Speaker 4: the Steelers, obviously, being being a fan, you saw.
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Speaker 1: That going from not probably I feel bad. I think
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Speaker 1: we all mess each other that day, but that was
14:14
Speaker 1: that was some day, you know, obviously looking at what
14:17
Speaker 1: the NFL has done in London and even in Germany
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Speaker 1: over the last few years, and then that event, like
14:21
Speaker 1: that was the first time a team ever had a
14:24
Speaker 1: marketing launch outside of the US, but to actually do
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Speaker 1: it in HQ as well. From that, now they now
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Speaker 1: have a real perspective here where they have this podcast
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Speaker 1: and they're they're intending on having a fan party here
14:37
Speaker 1: this year at some point the opponent, the TBC. How
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Speaker 1: impressed have you been with just the just with the
14:42
Speaker 1: Steelers effort so far, and because you've ever foreseen the
14:45
Speaker 1: day where there might be a fan party somewhere in
14:48
Speaker 1: Ireland at some point during the season actually hosted by
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Speaker 1: the team.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was very impressed. Like Derektia take it very
14:56
Speaker 4: serious and it's not just a box ticking exercise. Yeah,
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Speaker 4: I'm really excited really to see what comes next. And
15:03
Speaker 4: I'm seeing all the things you said there. It's a
15:06
Speaker 4: great time to be a Steelers fellow.
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Speaker 2: Arned obviously, as part of that marketing launch, if you
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Speaker 2: want to go body, the Steelers had former quarterback Cordeles
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Speaker 2: Stewart over. You know what was it like to meet
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Speaker 2: a former player and kind of interact with him?
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Speaker 5: You know what was that like?
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Speaker 4: Yeah? He was like just very friendly and very like
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Speaker 4: just kind of interested in what I was doing, and
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Speaker 4: he gave me a tip a tip and I was
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Speaker 4: actually throwing the ball as well, it turns out I
15:37
Speaker 4: was doing it all wrong. But he he he gave
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Speaker 4: me a tip and he was actually very very very
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Speaker 4: set out and all was actually it was it was
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Speaker 4: great to meet him.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's definitely not and Nac showing the perfect spirals,
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Speaker 2: So I'm sure you're able to get some insight on him.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, definitely. Well, I don't think it's given me the
15:55
Speaker 4: perfect spiral, but it definitely helped me some bit.
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Speaker 3: Okay, Yeah, And honestly, you know, we're sort of in
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Speaker 3: the middle of training champ up at the minute.
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Speaker 5: You know, we're playing our pre seasons games.
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Speaker 3: If your challenge just sort of talked to us about,
16:04
Speaker 3: you know, your pre season and stuff with with the
16:06
Speaker 3: club and obviously with Kerry as well, how do you
16:08
Speaker 3: think that sort of if you can compare that with
16:11
Speaker 3: you know, if you're looking the videos online and stuff
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Speaker 3: with the Steelers that seem to be enjoying themselves, is
16:15
Speaker 3: it the sort of the same sort of Viber and
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Speaker 3: Cherry and Fosa like obviously the cold January nights and
16:20
Speaker 3: stuff like that. It doesn't really appears as so, but
16:23
Speaker 3: maybe can you sort of shine some light into that?
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and not as enjoyable anyway. Training the col the
16:32
Speaker 4: cold nights, you can barely shoot your hands. I think
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Speaker 4: it's totally different than what the to doing. The only
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Speaker 4: thing is I saw was the social media videos are
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Speaker 4: showing the good parts. They obviously have a lot of
16:46
Speaker 4: tough I have a lot of tough sessions as well
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Speaker 4: to get themselves ready.
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Speaker 1: But it was pretty cool to see the first game
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Speaker 1: of the season on ge A goin as for someone
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Speaker 1: just had it on the TV to put it on.
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Speaker 1: It was very handy. Be handy lads that we had
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Speaker 1: every g HI or not just just for the theaters
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Speaker 1: this season and double ball collection. It was great to
17:04
Speaker 1: see that game on there as well. Party And have
17:07
Speaker 1: you tried to persuade David or anybody else in the
17:09
Speaker 1: family is dark sporting the theaters yet or is this going
17:11
Speaker 1: to be a working progress during the season. No.
17:15
Speaker 4: I My my mom always used to be stay up
17:19
Speaker 4: to wash the Super Bowls and the AFC Championship games.
17:23
Speaker 4: I think she just didn't want me to stay up
17:24
Speaker 4: my own will be lonely. But I saw as she
17:28
Speaker 4: you could have called her one, but not David. David
17:32
Speaker 4: is not as to your side. He's not a big
17:34
Speaker 4: NFL fign but he's kind of get he kind of
17:36
Speaker 4: gets into here and there, but he's not a big
17:39
Speaker 4: NFL fan yet.
17:40
Speaker 2: Anyway, that was some dedication on you know, behalf of
17:44
Speaker 2: your your mom party to stay up with you. That
17:46
Speaker 2: that's great they had the company in those lonely early
17:49
Speaker 2: hours because it could be a lonely, dark, lonely place.
17:52
Speaker 2: I know it all too well, buddy. You know, we're
17:54
Speaker 2: only a couple of weeks away now from the start
17:57
Speaker 2: of the regular season and we're all we're chomping at the.
18:00
Speaker 5: Bit here for for some proper football.
18:02
Speaker 2: But you know, as a fine kind of what are
18:04
Speaker 2: your expectations for the Seilers as we entered the second
18:08
Speaker 2: year where Kenny Pigot under center.
18:11
Speaker 4: Yeah, Like I suppose it's it's it's very hard to predict.
18:14
Speaker 4: Like if if Picket plays well, we obviously should have
18:19
Speaker 4: should have a very good season. I think it's probably
18:21
Speaker 4: all on Picket really, because I think we have all
18:26
Speaker 4: the other pieces. It's just we don't know what Pickets
18:28
Speaker 4: really going to be like. And obviously the the AFC
18:32
Speaker 4: being so tough, and our division as well is very tough,
18:38
Speaker 4: especially the quarterbacks in the A f C and in
18:40
Speaker 4: our division are just top class. So that's probably going
18:44
Speaker 4: to make it tough. But well, we're all for the best.
18:47
Speaker 4: Hopefully Picket plays well and you'd be hoping we'd have
18:50
Speaker 4: a good season.
18:51
Speaker 3: Then I'll just say it's just really hopeful that and
18:55
Speaker 3: going forward we're going to get that good season. You know,
18:57
Speaker 3: we're all looking forward tobviously starting but just obviously finally partly,
19:02
Speaker 3: can you just give us like a bold prediction for
19:04
Speaker 3: the Steeler the head of the new season. Obviously we
19:05
Speaker 3: did a podcast a few weeks ago about bold predictions
19:08
Speaker 3: and have you have you got any in mind maybe
19:11
Speaker 3: that you want to you want to share of us.
19:13
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I think. I think we're Steelers are
19:16
Speaker 4: going to make the playoffs. Anyway, I did all a
19:20
Speaker 4: hot ball I can get, but I think we're going
19:23
Speaker 4: to make the playoffs, and I expect Picks to play
19:27
Speaker 4: very well. I don't I know that's not a bold prediction,
19:30
Speaker 4: but I think he's been he's nearly been nearly forgotten
19:34
Speaker 4: about from from other other fan bases under pundits. I
19:37
Speaker 4: don't think they give him any respects. I hope he
19:39
Speaker 4: proves a round. I'd rather just look bard seeing what
19:42
Speaker 4: he can do, and I'm fairly calful he'll have a
19:46
Speaker 4: very good season. I just don't know what his peak is,
19:48
Speaker 4: though I know he probably you probably think the same.
19:52
Speaker 4: It's like, yeah, I don't know what his peak is,
19:54
Speaker 4: and I'm excited to see it, but I'm not sure.
19:57
Speaker 3: Yeah, I couldn't agree more if you look at it
19:59
Speaker 3: like he's he's really getting sort of like disrespected and
20:03
Speaker 3: compared to all the other quarterbacks. But yeah, it is
20:06
Speaker 3: sort of like a question about his pick. But I
20:08
Speaker 3: couldn't agree more.
20:09
Speaker 1: It'll be great to see how Canny the team to
20:12
Speaker 1: do against the Niners in just a few weeks time.
20:14
Speaker 1: And that's a beauty, but a lot it's a body
20:16
Speaker 1: like I mean your Pat McAfee this morning and different
20:18
Speaker 1: shows like Good Morning Football praising the Steels and can
20:20
Speaker 1: you pick it in that offense for highly perform for
20:23
Speaker 1: a good part of that game on Saturday. So the
20:25
Speaker 1: sky is a limit, I guess finally, body, just to
20:28
Speaker 1: round up the inevitable question. And we're just talking as
20:32
Speaker 1: as friends as fans here, and you were in HQ
20:37
Speaker 1: obviously dying with Cordellen and on the group in May.
20:40
Speaker 1: You must it must have been through your mind, how
20:42
Speaker 1: how good would it be here around the van and
20:45
Speaker 1: to actually see a Steeters game or an NFL gaming
20:49
Speaker 1: Crooker at some point in the future, maybe after you
20:51
Speaker 1: hang them up.
20:52
Speaker 4: Yeah, I know it'll be a dream come true, really,
20:54
Speaker 4: especially if it'll be a dream come true to see
20:56
Speaker 4: Steeers face and Croker and I just saw it happened
21:01
Speaker 4: someday hopefully.
21:02
Speaker 1: Party, I feel like we'll be shotting at someone at
21:04
Speaker 1: some point going through this season at some point, but
21:07
Speaker 1: certainly I hope, hope you enjoy the first few weeks
21:11
Speaker 1: of the season, but appreciate you coming on in such
21:13
Speaker 1: a busy time and we will chat these SIMI thanks
21:15
Speaker 1: for having.
21:15
Speaker 4: Me on, yet deny that tonight to be alan that
21:17
Speaker 4: I was to talk about the Steelers.
21:25
Speaker 5: Great to hear from Party.
21:26
Speaker 1: I already found out maybe a year with Potty was
21:28
Speaker 1: a big Steelers fan. And you can see just the excitement.
21:31
Speaker 1: I hope people are listening to the podcast, but you
21:32
Speaker 1: can see the excitement when he was talking about his
21:34
Speaker 1: time of park and it really meant an awful lot
21:36
Speaker 1: to Falls and just for people that were there. And
21:39
Speaker 1: I think Polly had a great day and I sense
21:41
Speaker 1: he hopes to have a day like that again at
21:42
Speaker 1: some point in Grook Park where he's not playing but
21:45
Speaker 1: he's watching the team that he loves playing his dead Yeah.
21:47
Speaker 3: Like you mentioned that Thenner Michael, you know, most of
21:49
Speaker 3: his days out and grow Park, he's enjoyed you know,
21:52
Speaker 3: lefting Sam of iron stuff and obviously he's looking forward to,
21:56
Speaker 3: you know, the day that hopefully the Steelers are you know,
21:58
Speaker 3: are eventually in Ireland and you know with the same
22:00
Speaker 3: with hopefully we get fun of its and stuff and
22:02
Speaker 3: let's just expand on the sport. So it's good to
22:05
Speaker 3: get our own stars, you know, as you say, you know,
22:07
Speaker 3: Pauty's a massive star over here and it's good to
22:08
Speaker 3: get him on it and shows exactly what he thinks
22:11
Speaker 3: about it and he's loving every minute of it behind
22:14
Speaker 3: the scenes as well. So yeah, could couldn't agree more
22:17
Speaker 3: of the thing he said there about you know expanding
22:19
Speaker 3: and hopefully before you know, but we'll have des out
22:22
Speaker 3: and group Parker's.
22:22
Speaker 1: House and Jimmy great great to hear from from Polly
22:25
Speaker 1: as well, just talking about his experiences and he he
22:28
Speaker 1: watched the first of ball. He watches the same as
22:31
Speaker 1: the one that you watched, so that's you know, you
22:33
Speaker 1: shared it with a Shandon Jimmy.
22:35
Speaker 5: Yeah, absolutely, Michael.
22:36
Speaker 2: It was pretty decent enthusiasm for the sport in general
22:40
Speaker 2: and the Stels and you know he was he showed
22:42
Speaker 2: his dedication as a fan when he talked about staying
22:46
Speaker 2: up to watch the the a SC Championship games, which
22:49
Speaker 2: which I said that that they are cod in the
22:51
Speaker 2: only place in January morning. So he absolutely compacted to
22:56
Speaker 2: the seed ball and he really showed the passion for
22:58
Speaker 2: the Steelers at and America, which and you know, I say,
23:02
Speaker 2: I think it would be a great ambassador for the
23:04
Speaker 2: sport of American football and Island, for the NFL in
23:06
Speaker 2: Ireland and help to broaden the reach of the game.
23:10
Speaker 2: So and just you know a sound lab as well.
23:13
Speaker 1: Really absolutely absolutely, and we have got a great game
23:18
Speaker 1: Coller this week in the second week of the preseason.
23:19
Speaker 1: It's great because we started this podcast off lot and
23:22
Speaker 1: we really just started talking with different things that we
23:25
Speaker 1: extact the bull predictions, things we're looking forward to training
23:27
Speaker 1: camp and now we've had some football and it obviously
23:31
Speaker 1: a very positive performance so far in terms of how
23:34
Speaker 1: this is how the preseasons well we got the first
23:36
Speaker 1: home preseason game coming up this weekend. It is on
23:39
Speaker 1: ge A go on Saturday night at eleven thirty pm
23:43
Speaker 1: Irish time. If you're on the island of Ireland, whether
23:45
Speaker 1: that's north south of the border, folks, you can sign
23:47
Speaker 1: up for a free account and log in and watch
23:49
Speaker 1: the game for free, and please do so. It's it's
23:52
Speaker 1: it's the it's the full covers that you get. If
23:55
Speaker 1: you're in Pittsburgh, you get the whole market feed and
23:59
Speaker 1: I fairly enjoyed it last week. And Jimmy start with
24:03
Speaker 1: yourself before we go in the whole conversation yere. You know,
24:06
Speaker 1: the Bills have got their own things to obviously worry
24:08
Speaker 1: about going into their own division this season, and talking
24:10
Speaker 1: about Buffalo is a different time for a different podcast,
24:13
Speaker 1: but certainly for any team going into the Orchestra Stadium,
24:16
Speaker 1: don't want to lay that a marker, because this really
24:19
Speaker 1: is for the starters anyway. For most teams, it's gonna
24:23
Speaker 1: be the last chance that you get to see certain
24:24
Speaker 1: players play before Week one, because a lot of them
24:26
Speaker 1: will take that third week off, depending on the team,
24:29
Speaker 1: And just sort of wondering first off and what do
24:33
Speaker 1: you expect to see from this game this weekend. I
24:36
Speaker 1: guess for me, Mike, he would be the seedies that
24:38
Speaker 1: continued progression of the offense. I'd like to see Kelly
24:40
Speaker 1: play that more personally, I know, you know, if if
24:43
Speaker 1: he looks confident and they get a good series out there,
24:45
Speaker 1: like the coach Tom Will, you know, maybe maybe tempted
24:49
Speaker 1: to go Okay, well, that's enough. I'd like to see
24:53
Speaker 1: just just a bit more.
24:54
Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree that longer.
24:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, there was there was no rust on
24:59
Speaker 2: certainly anyway last week. And I think, like you said,
25:01
Speaker 2: Michael Moore, more the same would be great, just to
25:05
Speaker 2: see continued growth and progression and build on the victory
25:08
Speaker 2: against Tampa Bay. And I think week two might be
25:12
Speaker 2: used as a bit of a battleground for that second
25:16
Speaker 2: string quarterback position. And I think we'll see a lot
25:18
Speaker 2: more of Trubisky. We'll see a lot more well than
25:20
Speaker 2: Mason Rudolph and Tanner Morgan, you know, I know, And
25:25
Speaker 2: I'll put my hand up here, I stay might claim
25:28
Speaker 2: that he will be the third spring quarterback going into
25:30
Speaker 2: the season. I take that right back he was. He
25:33
Speaker 2: didn't have any bearing in the game down and Tampa Bay.
25:36
Speaker 2: That's absolutely fine. So I think we will see a
25:39
Speaker 2: closer competition for the QB two spot. I'd like to
25:42
Speaker 2: see more big plays out of out of Calvin Austin.
25:46
Speaker 2: And I'd also like to see, you know, a second
25:49
Speaker 2: string running back emerge. And I think and Anthony mcferland's
25:55
Speaker 2: touchdown last week was great and so yeah, again just
25:58
Speaker 2: continue with continue to build.
26:00
Speaker 1: They have to score on for what Jimmy said there,
26:02
Speaker 1: and we were all very positive with Calvin Austin. And
26:05
Speaker 1: we've talked in previous podcasts about going and going for
26:07
Speaker 1: the rbt R for the ANAMC. Farland not it's a
26:10
Speaker 1: preseason game last week at the books, but not a
26:13
Speaker 1: serious leader in the run game last week at all.
26:16
Speaker 1: Really you had if it was slow, but it was not.
26:21
Speaker 1: It's not a massive negative because the preseason. I guess
26:25
Speaker 1: for us, we'd I'd like to see how the Buffalo
26:27
Speaker 1: defense it sort of performs against the Steelers run game.
26:32
Speaker 1: I mean, could we see Army McFarland and maybe Darias
26:35
Speaker 1: Haggins have a better day on Saturday night. But then again,
26:39
Speaker 1: if you're having a if you're having games where Calvin Austin,
26:41
Speaker 1: it's getting some catches getting a couple of scores or
26:43
Speaker 1: getting one or two touchdowns in the preseason game. It
26:46
Speaker 1: started that confidence. Keep Kenny out, have maybe George Pickens,
26:49
Speaker 1: Calvin and Andy Johnson on that field that regular points
26:53
Speaker 1: and and give them that confidence. This is their only
26:55
Speaker 1: opportunity they able to actually have them on this field
26:58
Speaker 1: before they played the Niners the few weeks. So it's
27:00
Speaker 1: a massive moment this weekend. If you're gonna rest guys
27:03
Speaker 1: rested in the third game, maybe I'm not proude the US.
27:05
Speaker 5: No, You're You're just right, Mago. It's it's good thinking
27:08
Speaker 5: about it.
27:09
Speaker 4: You know.
27:09
Speaker 3: With the run game as well, you know Whatony mcfarley
27:11
Speaker 3: managed at the bag himself a touchdown, which is great.
27:14
Speaker 3: But obviously with the run game as well, we were
27:16
Speaker 3: Another player wanted the match was Dornell Washington. Again, he
27:19
Speaker 3: was potentially in the in the run game and six
27:24
Speaker 3: foot seven, two hundred and sixty six pounds. The guy
27:27
Speaker 3: is just an absolute monster, and he played his part
27:29
Speaker 3: in the run game. You know, I think Jalen Warren
27:31
Speaker 3: he broke off for a nice run, specifically because Darnell
27:34
Speaker 3: Washington moved the entire Bucks D line over the left.
27:37
Speaker 5: I thought that was amazing, but.
27:40
Speaker 3: He he's going to be a massive thing for the
27:42
Speaker 3: wrong game. It's supposed to comes down to the fact
27:45
Speaker 3: that doesn't really matter who's behind us. It's just about
27:48
Speaker 3: getting that offensive line right for for for the run
27:51
Speaker 3: game and obviously for the past game as well, but
27:54
Speaker 3: as well as you know, there's ten in the.
27:55
Speaker 5: Preseason week two.
27:57
Speaker 3: Even when Jimmy said there's going to be a bottleground,
27:59
Speaker 3: that's sort of given me a light head thinking about it.
28:00
Speaker 3: I just don't want any injuries. Please, no injuries. That's
28:03
Speaker 3: always going to be the main thing. But again, it's
28:05
Speaker 3: another chance for a rookies to impress. This came against
28:08
Speaker 3: indebtably a tougher opposition, the Bills. You know, they won
28:11
Speaker 3: their first pre season up against the Coats. Josh Allen
28:14
Speaker 3: didn't play a single snop, but they did have relatively
28:17
Speaker 3: a few stars out there, particularly on the defensive side.
28:20
Speaker 3: So it's just important, you know, we keep our feet
28:22
Speaker 3: in the ground, as coach Tomlin said, and we're not
28:24
Speaker 3: gonna wear out our haunts, partner ourselves in the back.
28:26
Speaker 5: It's just not gonna happen.
28:28
Speaker 3: It's just important we keep our feet in the ground
28:30
Speaker 3: and concentrat and playing at that high level with no injuries.
28:33
Speaker 3: So it's a good idea maybe getting a few more
28:35
Speaker 3: starters out there, but again the most important thing is
28:37
Speaker 3: no injuries.
28:38
Speaker 1: Just wrapping up lads. Firstly, Jimmy, just any of her
28:41
Speaker 1: keys of this game that you see going in this
28:43
Speaker 1: week in the preseason clutter against the Bills, you know,
28:46
Speaker 1: we would like For me, I want to see the
28:47
Speaker 1: knowledge played a bit more. Not enough knowledge for me
28:50
Speaker 1: last week, albeit of course it's the first week at
28:52
Speaker 1: preseason that color Hayward at twelve stops last week. For me,
28:56
Speaker 1: he needs to be on the field a bit more,
28:57
Speaker 1: like we put them all in a bit more this
28:58
Speaker 1: week and get some more action as well.
29:00
Speaker 2: Absolutely, he had a couple of great grabs, but I
29:02
Speaker 2: guess the books what I recall, and you know he
29:05
Speaker 2: had a fantastic He had a great touchdown grab last
29:08
Speaker 2: year in Atlanta. And absolutely, I mean he's completely underutilized,
29:14
Speaker 2: and I think it's because of his position. He's kind
29:17
Speaker 2: of caught a back kind of h back, tight end,
29:20
Speaker 2: well back kind of hybrid position. But he's proven himself
29:23
Speaker 2: to be to be a weapon when when he's targeted.
29:28
Speaker 2: He's a safe pair of hands and he's a very
29:30
Speaker 2: competent blocker, so I agree with that to definitely see
29:33
Speaker 2: him get get it added in more the mix, and yeah,
29:37
Speaker 2: more Nagy, always more Nagy bringing on and let's let
29:41
Speaker 2: the big man, big man rumble and you know do
29:44
Speaker 2: what he does.
29:45
Speaker 1: Let the big line rumble, Dave, and I ast you
29:47
Speaker 1: won't see it.
29:48
Speaker 5: Just again, just see him again.
29:50
Speaker 3: Really get the rookies on the field, get them playing
29:52
Speaker 3: first first team snops and obviously hopefully see more of
29:56
Speaker 3: the first round of Prett BRODERC Jones, another player he
29:58
Speaker 3: was he was impress but there's definitely some things to
30:01
Speaker 3: work on from there.
30:03
Speaker 5: But yeah, apart from that.
30:04
Speaker 3: Just just just get through no injuries, play at a
30:07
Speaker 3: high level, and let's just let's just bring on September already.
30:12
Speaker 1: Absolutely, and I know, I guess, I guess. One important
30:14
Speaker 1: thing to says but all lots here is that the
30:15
Speaker 1: Staiers have done also a lot of good work in
30:18
Speaker 1: the community locally and also in their other marketing area
30:21
Speaker 1: of Mexico with flag football. On this weekend is the
30:25
Speaker 1: European Flag Football Championships. And the reason we're said that
30:27
Speaker 1: is because it takes place in Limerick in Ireland that
30:30
Speaker 1: I know it'll be interesting and cool to see what
30:32
Speaker 1: the Sailors do eventually hopefully in the Irish market as well.
30:36
Speaker 1: And we're we're certainly looking forward to hearing sooner but
30:38
Speaker 1: hopefully soon. About the watch party, I think Jimmy's given
30:42
Speaker 1: it solid left too very excited for that. Boys, and
30:45
Speaker 1: the game, folks against the Bills is on Saturday evening.
30:48
Speaker 1: It is at half eleven Irish time. If you want
30:51
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30:57
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30:59
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31:01
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31:12
Speaker 1: here we go and boys enjoy the second game of preseason,
31:15
Speaker 1: and everyone listening, hope you enjoy the second game of
31:17
Speaker 1: preseason and we'll be back next week to recap that
31:20
Speaker 1: and look ahead in the last game of preseason. Chatty
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