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Patrick Queen & Payton Wilson on playing in Ireland - and France! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Everybody, You're very welcome into the Irish Theeeters Podcast. We're
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  Speaker 1: entering the second week of the NFL preseason and the
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  Speaker 1: good news is the Pittsburgh Steelers are still undefeated. You
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  Speaker 1: may have seen the other night the Steelers got the
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  Speaker 1: dub at Home and Acrasher Stadium in Pittsburgh over Ireland's
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  Speaker 1: Don Wheeland and the Green Bead Packers. So want to
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  Speaker 1: know the start the NFL preseason and you're all very
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  Speaker 1: very welcome in. Before we start off, we've got a
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  Speaker 1: great interview coming up today on the podcast. But folks,
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  Speaker 1: just to euro where. Obviously, we're entering the second week
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  Speaker 1: of the preseason, which means the Steelers play a football
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  Speaker 1: game on late Friday night early Saturday morning at midnight
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  Speaker 1: Irish time. The Steelers are going to go up against
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  Speaker 1: the New York Jets at home in Pittsburgh, and the
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  Speaker 1: Jets lost their first preseason game last week. Steelers obviously
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  Speaker 1: with a win on the bounce. The reason I'm saying
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  Speaker 1: that is, of course you want to watch it, but
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  Speaker 1: if you're an Irish Steeters fan on the island of Ireland,
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  Speaker 1: that game is free on the Steelers website. That information
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  Speaker 1: will be shared on social media and across Steelers Island
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  Speaker 1: platforms ahead of the game. Would entice everyone to check
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  Speaker 1: it out. It's a free stream, free football, and an
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  Speaker 1: opportunity to see some fantastic talent get ready for the
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  Speaker 1: new season and also some young talent like quarterback Drawller
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  Speaker 1: for example, get some reps and get experience in this
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  Speaker 1: league for the Pittsburgh Steelers. So that Steelers Jets game
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  Speaker 1: is free for Steelers fans across the island of Ireland
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday morning late Friday night midnight kickoff time. We're
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  Speaker 1: going to be back at some stage on Saturday or
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  Speaker 1: on Sunday recap in the game of a special guest.
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  Speaker 1: But today we've got an absolutely fantastic duo to speak to.
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  Speaker 1: Last week, of course, we had Keanny Benton obviously congrats
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  Speaker 1: to him on his new contract that news just came
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  Speaker 1: out the other day, and his best friend Nick Herbig
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  Speaker 1: joined us. I'll tell you what it's as good. This week, folks,
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  Speaker 1: we have got Steelers stars Patrick Quinn and pet and
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  Speaker 1: Wilson joining us. Hope you enjoy the interview and enjoy
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  Speaker 1: the preseason game which is coming up for free for
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  Speaker 1: Steeters fans. This weekend. Here's Patrick and Peyton chapon to Steeters.
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  Speaker 1: Aren't for people watching, for Irishteeters fans listening. Delighted to
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  Speaker 1: be here deep in the heart of Saint Vincent College
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  Speaker 1: for Steelers training camp with two very special guests, pet
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  Speaker 1: and Wilson. Patrick Quin, guys, you're very very welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Hi d doing good, Thanks for having us.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks for coming over last year, and we will talk
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  Speaker 1: about that in Louis second, but probably just starting with yourself, Pitton,
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  Speaker 1: how special is this place because there's not many teams
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  Speaker 1: anymore in the NFL actually really go into camp. Moh,
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  Speaker 1: this is a really special setup here, isn't it.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's different than, like you said, most places. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: we're here for literally three weeks straight and you don't
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  Speaker 2: really see anyone but your teammates, to coaches and the
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  Speaker 2: people in the building. So I mean it's a great
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  Speaker 2: oppertun unity to get better as a team. But I
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  Speaker 2: don't think there's any place that we can get closer.
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  Speaker 2: I think if we were leaving every single day, it
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  Speaker 2: just feel like in season. You know, we're here, we're
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  Speaker 2: together pretty much from six thirty am, seven thirty am
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  Speaker 2: to eight o'clock, nine o'clock at night, so you definitely
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  Speaker 2: you don't really have a choice but to build a
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  Speaker 2: bond with your teammates and your brothers.
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  Speaker 1: Puch, was it like walking down and then walking up
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  Speaker 1: those famous steps after practice and the amount of fans
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  Speaker 1: that are here screaming your nem and sort of just
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  Speaker 1: looking to see you as well?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, the walk sucks, going up and down the stairs
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  Speaker 3: on your legs hurt, But I mean it's exciting. I
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  Speaker 3: think the amount of fans that we have at these
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  Speaker 3: practices is really exciting, you know, for them to get
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  Speaker 3: a glimpse of how we go about our early day,
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  Speaker 3: but also knowing that they're taking the time out of
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  Speaker 3: their day to come out and support us. So it's
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  Speaker 3: a real cool thing. And socially being down here in Theatrol,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you're not in the actual city where we
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  Speaker 3: play at, but it's just a good vibe, say.
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  Speaker 1: With yourself and just for the booth of you guys
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  Speaker 1: in second but obviously you guys playing Dublin last year
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  Speaker 1: and we'll talk about that game and just in the
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  Speaker 1: Wei Sacon were you aware of, but just stop really
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  Speaker 1: special connection that the Steelers have to the Island of
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  Speaker 1: Ireland before the game or is this something that's been
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  Speaker 1: spoken to you guys at a team level.
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  Speaker 3: Me personally, I really didn't know much about it until
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  Speaker 3: Mike Tomas started talking about it before the game. You know,
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  Speaker 3: we had like a whole meeting and Art came in
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  Speaker 3: and started talking about it. Man, you kind of see
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  Speaker 3: the importance behind it, just learning all the history from it.
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  Speaker 3: So it was a cool thing though to learn.
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  Speaker 1: Awesome. Was it your first time in Ireland?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was my first time. I'm pretty sure I
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  Speaker 2: added the country. So it was a pretty cool experience
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  Speaker 2: for me. Like you said, I didn't know the history
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  Speaker 2: too much. But coach Mike Tomlin he really addressed it
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  Speaker 2: and he made sure that we knew the relationship that
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  Speaker 2: the Steelers had with Ireland. So it was pretty cool
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  Speaker 2: to go over there and play and be able to
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  Speaker 2: represent the Steelers in that way.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk a wee bit about that game. It was
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  Speaker 1: hard to believe it's almost a year old. If not
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  Speaker 1: the high fast time flights. You two both put all
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  Speaker 1: the show in Crew Park, peeting with yourself like a
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  Speaker 1: career high thirteen tackles. The call him is a record
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  Speaker 1: twenty two point four eight mile Perarchia Steine of Jordan
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  Speaker 1: Oddison at the one yard line talked us about that
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  Speaker 1: playing what it was like with it was fan's Finkle Park.
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  Speaker 2: It was really cool just the fans in general. We
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  Speaker 2: kind of joke about it. But when you play a
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  Speaker 2: game over here, like they cheer at certain times. You know,
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  Speaker 2: if your team does well, they cheer. But over there
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  Speaker 2: they were just cheering the whole time. So that was
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  Speaker 2: that was different, But it was really cool, And I
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  Speaker 2: mean that play is just kind of the culture that
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  Speaker 2: we have built. I think if anybody else was in
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  Speaker 2: that position, they had done the exact same thing every
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  Speaker 2: every day we practice. We we we finished, We finished
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  Speaker 2: to the end zone. It's great having DK around because
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  Speaker 2: you get to chase him around. He's pretty fast. But
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a culture that we have here
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  Speaker 2: and the and the grit and the willingness that we're
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  Speaker 2: willing to play with.
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  Speaker 1: I think anybody would tell a BOFE lads the performance
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  Speaker 1: defensively on that last five in the slack game. Just
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  Speaker 1: stand on the sideline watching that and seeing the titles.
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  Speaker 1: We was just very very special that Patrick, you had
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  Speaker 1: a great start to the game, and I'm saying it
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  Speaker 1: because you sacked Carson Wentzey believe in the first few
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  Speaker 1: minutes that really sat the tone go and I think
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  Speaker 1: you might have got that cry going after the terrible titles.
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  Speaker 1: Were we able at the start?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah? It was crazy.
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  Speaker 3: You know, it was just something that we actually just
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  Speaker 3: put in that week because you know, Tej and Alex
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  Speaker 3: and all those guys on the edge just get chipped.
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  Speaker 4: Pretty much all every third down or any passing down.
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  Speaker 3: So there's something that we put in and it was
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  Speaker 3: just exciting just to you know, try to get our
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  Speaker 3: team fired up, get the fans fired up, and just
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  Speaker 3: going out there and making them play for our team.
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  Speaker 1: We all know that Staters fans travel probably the best
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  Speaker 1: in the league, so so well, so I'm gonna get
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  Speaker 1: you guys in trouble night for both of You's where
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  Speaker 1: does an atmosphere and Dublin runk up in terms of
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  Speaker 1: what you've experienced in the league so far.
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  Speaker 3: I don't play it in some Electric games, but I
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  Speaker 3: think that was probably top two or three for sure.
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  Speaker 3: I think it was just like like you said, like
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  Speaker 3: it's the entire time. Like I even talked about it
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  Speaker 3: after the game. Like it's the entire time they're into it,
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  Speaker 3: like first down, second third, third down, you're like holding
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  Speaker 3: your helmet trying to hear everything that's going on, like
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  Speaker 3: you're trying to talk to the team that you got
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  Speaker 3: a shout like it was just every single play, every
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  Speaker 3: single play, every single play is like loud, so it
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  Speaker 3: was talk to the third for me.
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  Speaker 1: I said, simpers Alfie.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just a cool experience. Like I said,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think I'd ever been out of the country
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  Speaker 2: before then, so just to go out of the country
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  Speaker 2: in itself was pretty cool. And then to play a
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  Speaker 2: game over there was awesome. And like you said, that
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  Speaker 2: atmosphere was second to none. Maybe you know, we Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 2: always does a great job with that atmosphere. But whether
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  Speaker 2: we're on the home, whether we're home or away, it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't matter. But that was a really cool atmosphere In Ireland.
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  Speaker 1: You're both welcome back anytime you like you're talking about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the first time out of the country, you're
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  Speaker 1: going to Paris that are on this year? Yes, sir,
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  Speaker 1: how's your French week?
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  Speaker 2: No? Not very good, not very good.
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  Speaker 1: No, I saw the France iconic stadium. Have you seen
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  Speaker 1: much of about before. That is going to be a
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  Speaker 1: cracker of a game. The first Every Game in Front
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  Speaker 1: scene took a French connections as well ordership the city
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  Speaker 1: of New Orleans. You guys are really wouldn't try and
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  Speaker 1: spoil the party?
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  Speaker 2: Ye, yes, sir, yes, sir. I'm really excited, just similar
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  Speaker 2: to last year. Just excited to get over there and
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  Speaker 2: play with these guys. Excited to see you guys in Paris.
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  Speaker 2: Are you studying up in the French?
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  Speaker 1: Oh?
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  Speaker 4: So Louisiana. So it's like he goes a little bit
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  Speaker 4: in there and stuff, so I know a little.
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  Speaker 1: Bit, but nothing crazy Like I'm going to make a
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  Speaker 1: mental note for the press covers and the Friday and
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  Speaker 1: Parslan it's ark Go and Sevan sort of seeing the crack.
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  Speaker 1: It's great for Stads fans internationally to get you guys
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  Speaker 1: over again and people listen to this and watching this.
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  Speaker 1: Some of the Irish fans are going to fly over
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  Speaker 1: for that, and then there's also a big representation across Europe.
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  Speaker 1: So it's going to be great in terms of this year.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously there's a whole new mantra, there's new leadership in
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  Speaker 1: terms of coaches. If we start with the defensive coordinator
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  Speaker 1: and pitting Patrick Graham covied, what's he been like over
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  Speaker 1: the first few weeks? And I know we're very already
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  Speaker 1: in camp, but what's he been like so far?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he's been great, very very detailed in his approach.
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  Speaker 2: I really enjoy his schematics and the way that he's
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  Speaker 2: installing it. He's he's honestly a really really good coach.
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  Speaker 2: He teaches things really well and he gets on you,
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  Speaker 2: but it's all out of love and you can tell that,
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  Speaker 2: And I really just enjoy his intensity and like I said,
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  Speaker 2: his detail every practice is second to none.
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  Speaker 4: How does he compare Patrick, Yeah, I think you could
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  Speaker 4: tell he loves the gang.
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  Speaker 3: It's just like from the first day, in the way
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  Speaker 3: he talks about it and the way he approaches it,
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  Speaker 3: you can tell he's really truly got a little for
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  Speaker 3: the game. And like Peyton said, like he's so detailed
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  Speaker 3: about every single thing, and he'll get on you about it,
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  Speaker 3: but it's in a way that you're gonna be able
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  Speaker 3: to learn it and accept it and be able to,
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  Speaker 3: you know, be better moving forward. So I think he's
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  Speaker 3: probably one of the best DC's I ever been around.
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  Speaker 3: As far as just getting his players understand and knowing
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  Speaker 3: the game, but him knowing the game and knowing like, hey,
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  Speaker 3: we're gonna get.
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  Speaker 4: Guys to move around, so we got to go up.
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  Speaker 4: We can all go out there have fun.
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  Speaker 1: It's could be exciting to see. And you mentioned earlier
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  Speaker 1: all about the representation and you know, speaking about that
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  Speaker 1: importance of Ireland coach Tomlan talking about it before the
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  Speaker 1: doubling game, the phenomenal work he has done through at
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  Speaker 1: the years and now with a new head coach and
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  Speaker 1: coach McCarthy once he been.
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  Speaker 2: Like, so far, it's been great. Obviously the scheduling and
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  Speaker 2: stuff is a little bit different. The way we practice
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  Speaker 2: is a little bit different. But honestly, just like I
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  Speaker 2: said about PG Patrick, Grammy's very detailed. I really enjoyed
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  Speaker 2: the schedule. It it feels like it's it's made for the players.
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  Speaker 2: I think that he does a really good job in
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  Speaker 2: his detail.
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  Speaker 1: Were you excited whenever you heard the news that he
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  Speaker 1: was going to take over.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean you know the history of him, what
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  Speaker 3: he's being able to accomplish as a coach, and like
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  Speaker 3: Peyton said, you know a guy like that that has
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  Speaker 3: did something that is going to be detailed in his work,
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  Speaker 3: like he has everything in detail to the freaking second
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  Speaker 3: throughout the day. So it's great having him. Obviously, like
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  Speaker 3: I said, looking out, we've seen all he accomplished, so
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  Speaker 3: you want to try to, you know, accomplish what he
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  Speaker 3: accomplished and be able to help him like he knows
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  Speaker 3: that he knows how to lead the way. So now
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  Speaker 3: it's just the point of following him and just you know,
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  Speaker 3: being able to use what he's teaching us for me.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm sure you both agree. It was that press
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  Speaker 1: conference when he was emotional about how much it actually
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  Speaker 1: meant to him. He's obviously very local as well. It's
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  Speaker 1: just going to be so exciting to see what happens
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  Speaker 1: for a couple of quick ones for each year. Before
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  Speaker 1: we finished off, Patrick, you called twenty twenty five like
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  Speaker 1: a dying year and said, this year is going to
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  Speaker 1: be your best as a Steeler. You must be up
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  Speaker 1: going into this year, And yeah, I am.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, you know, especially the first year I came in
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  Speaker 3: and kind of left off where I left from my
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  Speaker 3: old team, and then last year it was just I
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  Speaker 3: started off hide and then just fell off. So but
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  Speaker 3: I'm not how a correct Like I said in the
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  Speaker 3: view about it, I know how to correct that. I
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  Speaker 3: know how to go about it. My coaches know how
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  Speaker 3: to help me. And it's just the point of me
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  Speaker 3: trusting them and them trusting me, and we'd be able
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  Speaker 3: to collaborate on that and just for me to go
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  Speaker 3: out there and have a stellar year.
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  Speaker 1: Pitton, how are you using last season this field to
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  Speaker 1: make this year your best yet?
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  Speaker 2: Kind of like he said, you know, I'm excited to
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  Speaker 2: be out there every snap with him. Uh when you
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  Speaker 2: watch him play at the end of the game, you
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  Speaker 2: see he's sometimes he's got blood on him, his chim
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  Speaker 2: strap's all messed up, and it's just because he's trying
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  Speaker 2: so hard. He's out there every play and he's given everything.
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  Speaker 2: So I just want to, you know, get to that
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  Speaker 2: point every single game, not not two games in the
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  Speaker 2: one game I'm doing this or that. You know, I
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  Speaker 2: wanna be out there with him every game and just
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  Speaker 2: I'm super excited for for PG and his schematics and
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  Speaker 2: you know the way that he's trusting his players and
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  Speaker 2: just letting us go play. I'm super excited for this year.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's gonna be a good one.
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  Speaker 1: Just Finally we say good crack, good fun in Ireland. Red,
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  Speaker 1: who's the best crack? The best fun in the locker room?
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  Speaker 1: If you had a name, one guy age and you
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  Speaker 1: can't name each other?
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  Speaker 2: If you if you can, if you want, I'll go first.
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  Speaker 2: I think Christian Kuntz. Yeah, Christian Kuntz is he's quite
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  Speaker 2: We've got a lot of characters, actually we do.
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  Speaker 4: Man, Oh no, that's tough.
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you what we'll do. I'll ask him pars
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  Speaker 1: that's dead, and we'll see the crack. We'll see the
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  Speaker 1: crack man, lads. Even though we came off the field
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  Speaker 1: and done this. So we're both obviously very very appreciative,
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  Speaker 1: fans appreciative, but like, let's just take this chance to
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  Speaker 1: wish you the very very best luck this season, and
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  Speaker 1: before you know, we'll all be having a little rendezvous
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  Speaker 1: in France at the end of October. Thank you both
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  Speaker 1: very much for joining us.