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Neil Reynolds on the Steelers season and hopes for Paris · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: As an official airline partner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Aer
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  Speaker 2: Aer Lingus Hey everybody, you're very welcome into the Irish
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  Speaker 2: Steelers podcast presented by Aaron Lincoln as we reach the
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  Speaker 2: week before the NFL regular season starts for the Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 2: Steelers next weekend against the Atlanta Falcons. There's some really,
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  Speaker 2: really big news this week and Steelers Nation Ireland, get ready.
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  Speaker 2: Following the first ever NFL Dublin game in 2025, the
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  Speaker 2: Steelers are bringing the excitement of the NFL back to
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  Speaker 2: Dublin as they have announced the return of the Falchus
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  Speaker 2: Steelers watch party presented by by Aer Lingus, Heinz, Ticketmaster
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  Speaker 2: and UPMC. Fans in attendance can watch the Steelers clash
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  Speaker 2: with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in true black and gold
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  Speaker 2: style in Kennedy's Pub, home of the brand new Steelers station,
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  Speaker 2: on Sunday the 18th of October. I was there last week.
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  Speaker 2: It's a phenomenal place to have a watch party. This
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  Speaker 2: is the third time the Steelers have hosted a fan
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  Speaker 2: party in Ireland with the event scheduled to begin at
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  Speaker 2: 4pm ahead of the 6pm kick-off and fans who attend
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  Speaker 2: can expect a jam-packed programme of live entertainment and sport. Also,
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  Speaker 2: a Steelers alumni will be in attendance on the night
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  Speaker 2: and the event will also feature live coverage of the
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  Speaker 2: match across multiple screens as well as analysis and hospitality,
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  Speaker 2: live music and giveaways as well. All in a special
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  Speaker 2: atmosphere featuring Steelers game day traditions. Folks, the tickets are
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  Speaker 2: on sale now in the link in the bio or
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  Speaker 2: you can check out Steelers Ireland social channels as well
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  Speaker 2: and I really cannot wait to see loads of you
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  Speaker 2: down there. I know tickets are going fast. So make
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  Speaker 2: sure you pick up your tickets now. As we look
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  Speaker 2: ahead to the season next week, I am absolutely delighted
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  Speaker 2: to welcome in a phenomenal guest to this podcast, who
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  Speaker 2: I'm sure everybody knows. He is the face of the
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  Speaker 2: NFL in the UK and Ireland, the host of Sky
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  Speaker 2: Sports NFL. Let's hear from Neil Reynolds this week on
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  Speaker 2: the Irish Cedars podcast, presented by Aer Lingus. Okay, we've
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  Speaker 2: got Neil Reynolds this week as we get set for
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  Speaker 2: the Cedars regular season start next week. And Neil, You're very,
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  Speaker 2: very welcome, my man. I know each year you like
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  Speaker 2: to have a mini vacation before the season starts. And
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  Speaker 2: this is the last thing that you're doing before you
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  Speaker 2: get that mini vacation. I'm presuming that you're not flying
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  Speaker 2: to Pittsburgh, though.
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  Speaker 3: I am not. I'm flying to northern Spain for four
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  Speaker 3: nights with the family. So literally straight from here, straight
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  Speaker 3: to City Airport. So you I've had a long to
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  Speaker 3: do list today. I didn't mean to keep pushing you
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  Speaker 3: to the bottom of it. I feel like it's best,
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  Speaker 3: save the best till last. So literally, talk to you,
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  Speaker 3: click leave meeting, run out the door. That is going
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  Speaker 3: to be me. So yeah, but it's just a little break,
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  Speaker 3: but I think, you know, I'm ready for the season now.
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  Speaker 3: We've spoken before. We're both really excited and quite rightly so.
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  Speaker 3: We love it at this time of year. So ready
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  Speaker 3: to go.
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  Speaker 2: Ready to go. And I'm sure fans that are listening
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  Speaker 2: in will know There's going to be a lot of
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  Speaker 2: Steelers games on Sky Sports this season. You can check
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  Speaker 2: out the socials for that there. Look, Neil, obviously you
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  Speaker 2: didn't get a chance to go to La Trobe this year,
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  Speaker 2: but you were there last year and you were in Dublin.
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  Speaker 2: When you hear, and we'll maybe talk about Coach Tomlin
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  Speaker 2: in a second, but when you hear about Coach McCarthy
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  Speaker 2: coming in and his opportunity now to work again with
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers in that legendary setting, what was the first
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  Speaker 2: thing that came to your mind whenever you heard that
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  Speaker 2: Mike McCarthy was going to be the head coach of
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  Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers?
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  Speaker 3: Um, proven winner. I think the fact that he's done
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  Speaker 3: it with Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay and they paired
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  Speaker 3: to win a Super Bowl. I think he did very
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  Speaker 3: well in Dallas considering they didn't have a complete roster.
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  Speaker 3: There are certain coaches that you know are tried and tested.
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  Speaker 3: There are of course young coaches being rolled out across
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  Speaker 3: the NFL as well. I think you can have both
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  Speaker 3: types and I think what the Steelers have is a
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  Speaker 3: proven winner. somebody who knows how to create good offensive football.
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  Speaker 3: He's going to lead his team. So I think it's
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  Speaker 3: all positive. I think you see a lot of stuff like, oh, well,
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  Speaker 3: Mike McCarthy and Aaron Rodgers combined to win a Super
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  Speaker 3: Bowl 15 years ago. They still know what it takes.
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  Speaker 3: X's and O's change from year to year, but approaches
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  Speaker 3: to seasons can be kind of set in stone. Those
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  Speaker 3: can be kind of, your kind of standards and your goals.
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  Speaker 3: And I think both these men, although longer in the
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  Speaker 3: tooth than other head coach quarterback combinations around the NFL,
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  Speaker 3: are going to prove to be successful.
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  Speaker 2: You have known him and you've been able to have
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  Speaker 2: conversations on a first name basis with Aaron Rodgers a
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  Speaker 2: number of times throughout the years. How cool do you think,
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  Speaker 2: if you take your glasses off and maybe watch this
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  Speaker 2: from a fan's perspective, how cool is it to see
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  Speaker 2: him go one more year with the Cedars?
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  Speaker 3: I was really excited to see him come back. I
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  Speaker 3: thought he played well last year and I think he's
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  Speaker 3: still got things to offer. Um, I think we will
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  Speaker 3: miss the legends of the game when they're gone. Like
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  Speaker 3: we missed Tom Brady, Drew Brees. I was really pleased.
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  Speaker 3: I think to see him come back with, uh, increased weapons, uh,
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  Speaker 3: for that attack that I, I, I really like Aaron.
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  Speaker 3: I get on well with him. I, um, I'm a journalist.
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  Speaker 3: He's a player. We're not friends. But he introduced me
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  Speaker 3: to one of the players of the Steelers in Dublin
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  Speaker 3: last year. He was like, it's my friend Neil. So
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  Speaker 3: I'll take it. I'll take it. But look, I think
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  Speaker 3: he's very well respected in locker rooms. I think he's
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  Speaker 3: popular in NFL locker rooms. I think the people that
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  Speaker 3: talk about Aaron Rodgers aren't in those locker rooms. So
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  Speaker 3: they're looking from the outside. I can't profess to know
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  Speaker 3: him greatly, but I like the person that I meet
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  Speaker 3: every time I see him. And so, from a personal
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  Speaker 3: point of view, from a player point of view, I'm
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  Speaker 3: glad he's back.
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  Speaker 2: Were you surprised when you heard that the Steelers were
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  Speaker 2: going to travel to Europe again? Obviously, no doubling game
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  Speaker 2: this year, but to go to Paris is pretty cool.
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  Speaker 2: I know, and I'm probably going to announce this for
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  Speaker 2: you here and feel free to expand on it, but
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be in Paris with Sky Sports for
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  Speaker 2: that historic game. And to see a team that had
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  Speaker 2: only played in London in 2013, and now suddenly two
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  Speaker 2: years in a row, they go to the Irish capital
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  Speaker 2: and later go to the French capital. For a fan,
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  Speaker 2: for an analyst, for a presenter, that is going to
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  Speaker 2: be a very, very cool moment, that game in Paris
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  Speaker 2: in October.
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  Speaker 3: It is going to be very special because, first of all,
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  Speaker 3: Steelers games are just instantly iconic for me. I think
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  Speaker 3: I've been fortunate to go to a couple in Pittsburgh.
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  Speaker 3: I've been to I've seen from afar I didn't get
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  Speaker 3: to go to Dublin but I was out there for
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  Speaker 3: the week leading up to it I know how well
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  Speaker 3: their fans travel I know how colourful the games look
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  Speaker 3: and you've only got to delve into the history a
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  Speaker 3: little bit to know this is one of the special
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  Speaker 3: franchises in the NFL it's a team that moves the
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  Speaker 3: needle no matter what season who's playing under centre who's
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  Speaker 3: the head coach this is one of the NFL's iconic
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  Speaker 3: franchises so to pair that a historic team with a
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  Speaker 3: historic moment. I is really cool. The other thing I
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  Speaker 3: would say is I think, you know, starting with the late,
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  Speaker 3: great Mr. Dan Rooney, there was always an eye on
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  Speaker 3: international with the, with the dealers. You know, I spoke
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  Speaker 3: to him, a fan rally in, in Regent street many
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  Speaker 3: years ago now, and he would came up on stage
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  Speaker 3: with the commissioner fan rally in Trafalgar square. The Steelers
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  Speaker 3: weren't even playing in that one. And he was there. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I think one of the, one of the custodians of
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  Speaker 3: the league, one of the guardians of the league, the
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  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh Steelers, for them to have this kind of openness
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  Speaker 3: to international games, Dublin, now Paris, I think it really
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  Speaker 3: bodes well because there are certain teams, like I say,
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  Speaker 3: that kind of can guide and influence. I do think
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  Speaker 3: the Steelers are one of those. I think they're one
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  Speaker 3: of those strong teams. If they support the NFL internationally,
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  Speaker 3: And I'm not saying other teams won't, but I think
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  Speaker 3: it just makes it easier for everyone to kind of
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  Speaker 3: get on board with what we're doing internationally.
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  Speaker 2: I can't wait to share a baguette with you, my friend,
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  Speaker 2: in Paris later on in October. C'est bon. C'est bon, oui, oui.
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  Speaker 2: Or apparently it's way, way, but we will have to
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  Speaker 2: try and get on that before the watch parties on
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  Speaker 2: the 18th of October. I'll talk about that at the
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  Speaker 2: end of the podcast. Neil, obviously probably one of the
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  Speaker 2: biggest things generally around the league this week is the
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  Speaker 2: final 53 on the rosters being announced. probably the biggest
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  Speaker 2: standing point is I'm not sure if you've seen this
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  Speaker 2: but the Steelers have kept four quarterbacks in the roster
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  Speaker 2: Drew Allard, Will Howard, Mason Rudolph as well the first
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  Speaker 2: thing that I thought was not why is it four
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  Speaker 2: quarterbacks the first thing I thought was what an opportunity
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  Speaker 2: especially for Will Howard and especially Drew Allard just out
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  Speaker 2: of college football to learn from Aaron Rodgers and what
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  Speaker 2: is most likely his final season like that's incredible.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that's what it is it's a passing
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  Speaker 3: of the baton if you will um And Rodgers isn't necessarily,
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  Speaker 3: from my understanding of how he kind of leads, isn't
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  Speaker 3: necessarily going to sit there and say, look at this,
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  Speaker 3: look at that. But you can learn so much from
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  Speaker 3: watching him, you know, how he studies, how he carries
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  Speaker 3: himself on the field, the kind of coolness that he
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  Speaker 3: plays with. I think this is a good opportunity for
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  Speaker 3: these young quarterbacks. I don't think it's a negative reflection on, oh,
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  Speaker 3: we're worried Aaron's going to get hurt. I don't think
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  Speaker 3: it's that. I think it's... it's these are like young
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  Speaker 3: guys we like we're going to eventually move into a
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  Speaker 3: period of transition yeah our starting quarterback himself has said
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  Speaker 3: it's a farewell tour this is the last go around
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  Speaker 3: the Steelers would be remiss to not prepare for 2027
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  Speaker 3: and beyond so you know if you can carry them
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  Speaker 3: If you can develop them, you can't have enough good quarterbacks.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously, the Sky Sports schedule is TBC, and we're not
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  Speaker 2: asking you to leak the 18 weeks and tell us
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers are on a good week, Neil. But what
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  Speaker 2: I will say to people listening is that Thursday night
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  Speaker 2: football game against the Browns on the 1st of October,
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  Speaker 2: 2nd of October, will be on Sky Sports. And a
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  Speaker 2: Paris game will be as well. So at least two
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  Speaker 2: out of the first seven weeks, the Steelers are going
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  Speaker 2: to be on Sky Sports minimum. How proud are you
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  Speaker 2: of how much Sky Sports has grown since you've sat
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  Speaker 2: in that seat to now? Because the opportunity for Steelers
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  Speaker 2: fans to watch games, whether it's at 6 o'clock or
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  Speaker 2: 9 o'clock, is growing every year and it gets more
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  Speaker 2: fans aboard as well over here in Ireland.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we've pushed the envelope every year. There's
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  Speaker 3: going to be more games in the US this season.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to go to four of the six international
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  Speaker 3: games on this side of the pond. But it's not
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  Speaker 3: just that. It's, you know, in 6 p.m. window, you
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  Speaker 3: can watch our main game or you can watch a
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  Speaker 3: couple of others in their entirety. You can watch Red
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  Speaker 3: Zone 925. You can watch the game we're bringing you
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  Speaker 3: from the studio or two others. You know, you can
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  Speaker 3: have a multi screen approach now through Sky Sports to
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  Speaker 3: watch your games. You know, this is this is game
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  Speaker 3: changing from what we used to have. It's light years away.
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  Speaker 3: from where we were when I first started there at
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  Speaker 3: Sky Sports, where we'd show one game, we'd have no
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  Speaker 3: highlights to show you, maybe a couple of touchdowns at halftime.
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  Speaker 3: And now we can offer you up multiple games in
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  Speaker 3: the same window. You can watch ours or you can
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  Speaker 3: watch both or you can have three games on at
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  Speaker 3: the same time. This is really incredible to see that happen.
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  Speaker 3: And we've pushed our kind of ambition to bring more
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  Speaker 3: people into the NFL family and Donald King Sue's back
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  Speaker 3: for a fourth year. That's a guy who's one of
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  Speaker 3: the very best defenders in NFL history. And we, you know,
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  Speaker 3: when he talks about what he wants to do every year,
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  Speaker 3: sky's one of the first things he wants to do.
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  Speaker 3: So we're very proud that, you know, we were able
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  Speaker 3: to entice somebody like that to come over.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: So we'll just keep pushing, keep growing. And yeah, we love,
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  Speaker 3: we love the fact that people now, even though they're
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  Speaker 3: not just watching our studio, we're providing that opportunity to
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  Speaker 3: go and watch different games.
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  Speaker 2: The Steelers have a lot of primetime games folks and
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  Speaker 2: anything bar Netflix is on Sky Sports so I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: minimum you'll see a lot of them this season. A
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  Speaker 2: lot happening over here. I know Neil you're aware of
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  Speaker 2: the NFL itself putting the flag kit into every school
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  Speaker 2: but the Steelers recently had their island wide flag football
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  Speaker 2: competition around different schools. How cool is it to see
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  Speaker 2: teams like the Steelers go into a market in Ireland
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  Speaker 2: for example and and bring that game and help grow
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  Speaker 2: that game. Because I know your son didn't just play
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  Speaker 2: it like yourself, but he's also a coach as well.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's vital. It's the next step. We have a
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  Speaker 3: wonderful fan base, 100% in the UK and Ireland, and
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  Speaker 3: the island of Ireland. And it is people of all ages,
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  Speaker 3: but we're kind of having this injection of young fans because...
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  Speaker 3: The teams like the Steelers are getting footballs in the
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  Speaker 3: hands of boys and girls. You know, the flag kits
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  Speaker 3: are going out to the schools through NFL. And so
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  Speaker 3: I think when you play something, kind of play it
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  Speaker 3: in the playground or after school, you know, mum and
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  Speaker 3: dad might switch it on for you on a Sunday night.
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  Speaker 3: And then there you are. You're away. Your journey begins.
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  Speaker 3: So I love the fact that the teams don't just say, oh, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: we're going to we're going to market on the island
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  Speaker 3: of Ireland. And then you don't really follow it up.
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  Speaker 3: I think just saying, well, we want you to show
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  Speaker 3: games on Sky. I don't think the Steelers do that.
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  Speaker 3: And I think the teams that look to come over
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  Speaker 3: and do things, they are really making an impact. So
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  Speaker 3: I just think all these things, whatever it is, watch parties,
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  Speaker 3: flag football, touch points, because we're 4,000 miles away from
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  Speaker 3: the games for the most part. Bring the Pittsburgh Steelers
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  Speaker 3: to us. you know, and then the fandom will go
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  Speaker 3: back in that direction. And that's what I think teams
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  Speaker 3: are recognising and they're doing.
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  Speaker 2: I have two quick ones to finish off before you
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  Speaker 2: get to go in your hall, isn't it? First one,
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  Speaker 2: you've interviewed a long list of people, legends, etc. If
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  Speaker 2: there was one Steelers figure, past or present, that you
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  Speaker 2: could sit down with and talk to, who would it
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  Speaker 2: be and why? I've put you on the spot there.
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  Speaker 3: That is an easy one. And people in Pittsburgh will
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  Speaker 3: know him. And actually, if you'd have said who's the
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  Speaker 3: most interesting interview you've ever done, period, forgot about the
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  Speaker 3: team or anything, it would have been a Pittsburgh Steeler.
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  Speaker 3: So the great running back from the team of the 70s,
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  Speaker 3: not Franco Harris, God rest his soul, Rocky Blyer. Rocky Blyer,
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  Speaker 3: what a story. So I wrote a book on the
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  Speaker 3: 50 toughest players in pro football history. I spoke to Rocky,
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  Speaker 3: who was an incredible figure. This Rocky was basically on
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  Speaker 3: the Steelers. goes to Vietnam, fights in that war, has
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  Speaker 3: kind of half of his foot blown off, loses toes,
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  Speaker 3: comes back, can barely run 100 metres without being out
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  Speaker 3: of breath, wanting to throw up. And he goes on
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  Speaker 3: to become a multiple Super Bowl champion. And he tells
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  Speaker 3: me the stories. He's literally powering in fields, hiding while
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  Speaker 3: all these bombs are going off. And, you know, these
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  Speaker 3: are things when you, we see these things happen miles
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  Speaker 3: from home. But when you listen to somebody describe what
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  Speaker 3: they're going through, this man stared down death, stared down
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  Speaker 3: significant injury, and came back to be a Super Bowl champion.
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  Speaker 3: So everyone who's listening in Pittsburgh will definitely know who
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  Speaker 3: he is. I hope a lot of the Steelers fans
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  Speaker 3: know who he is. If you don't, do yourself a
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  Speaker 3: favor and learn about the life and times of Rocky Blyer.
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  Speaker 2: What an answer. I'm going to put you on the
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  Speaker 2: spot finally, just to say, We've both talked about it
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  Speaker 2: over our coffee this week. We know how crazy this
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  Speaker 2: division is in the AFC North. How do you expect
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers just finally to do this season, Neil, if
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  Speaker 2: you had to put a dart on the board and
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  Speaker 2: say it's going to be this or it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be that?
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  Speaker 3: I think the team won 10 games last year and
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  Speaker 3: into the playoffs. And I think that's the kind of
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  Speaker 3: standard I would expect from the Steelers. It's a hugely
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  Speaker 3: competitive conference. So I would say about 10 wins again
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  Speaker 3: And a playoff spot is definitely within their grasp. I
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  Speaker 3: like Baltimore in the AFC North a lot this year
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  Speaker 3: to bounce back. But I do think Pittsburgh have a
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  Speaker 3: standard and they know how to win games. And it
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  Speaker 3: doesn't matter to me that it's the oldest roster in
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  Speaker 3: the NFL. The still average age is 27, right? It's
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  Speaker 3: not like they're all unable to run and make plays.
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  Speaker 3: So I like what's them. I like what they've added.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: and I think they are going to be in the
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: playoff mix, and all you've got to do is get
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: in the dance, and then you've got a chance.
• 17:20
  Speaker 2: Ringo, you're bang on. How's your GCSE? You're leaving, start French. Good? No, no.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: I was not very good at any GCSEs, but that's
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: a podcast for another day, I think.
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: I can't wait to see you, and I know a
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: lot of Steelers fans will see Neil in Paris at
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: the end of October. Neil, good luck on Sky Sports
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: this season, and I encourage Steelers fans to check out
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: the Steelers games on Sky Sports. When they're on, we'll
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: publicise it, on social media. For now, Neil, thank you
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: so much, man.
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: What's French for you're welcome? I don't know.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: I'll just say it.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: Merci.
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Merci.
• 17:54
  Speaker 3: Merci, monsieur.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Great to hear from Neil and folks, just a reminder
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: that Steelers Station at Kennedy's Bar and Restaurant in central
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: Dublin will host the Steelers Falsha Steelers Party on Sunday
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: the 18th of October. Get down, Join us. It's the
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: Bucks against the Steelers in a great watch party with
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: a lot of special things to come on that there.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: Tickets are limited. The link is in the bio in
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: this podcast. Or, of course, you can check out the
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: link on Steelers Ireland social channels, Steelers Ireland on X,
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: on TikTok, and on Instagram. I'll see you there. That
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: time is going to fly in, folks. And I tell
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: you what, it's exciting. The next time we're back, we're
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: looking ahead to an actual regular season NFL game for
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: the Pittsburgh Steelers. It's been a long eight or nine months,
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: hasn't it? The Falcons on top next week in week
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: one of the NFL season from myself, from Neil, from
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: everybody involved with this Irish Steelers podcast. We will chat
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: to you soon. All the best.