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Jason Bell on the NFL Dublin Game and hopes for the Steelers in 2025 · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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  Speaker 3: on this year, the historic first NFL game in Dublin,
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  Speaker 3: different guests from the media in Ireland, the UK and
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  Speaker 3: Europe over these last few weeks to look ahead to
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  Speaker 3: this game. No different this week former NFL player now
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  Speaker 3: with SkySports NFL among different outlets. We are delighted to
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  Speaker 3: welcome in Jason Bell to this week's edition of the
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  Speaker 3: Irish Theaters podcast presented by Erlingess. We're delighted to welcome
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  Speaker 3: in a former NFL player turn media extraordin there. Look,
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  Speaker 3: I'm not even giving him the proper intro. We does
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  Speaker 3: so much stuff. A real friend of the game in Ireland,
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  Speaker 3: the uken Europe as well for what he does. Justin
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  Speaker 3: Bell Jison, really really good to have you on here.
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  Speaker 3: I'm really really good to see you the game on.
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  Speaker 3: How are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: All is good man, Always fun to talk to you.
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  Speaker 4: Love everything you're doing growing the game in Ireland, so
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  Speaker 4: much respect for the effort you put in and yeah,
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  Speaker 4: just excited man, love talking the game. When I was
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  Speaker 4: a player, I didn't want it to rush back to
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  Speaker 4: the season. You wanted to take as much time as
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  Speaker 4: you could. But man, on the other side of it
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  Speaker 4: in the media, I'm like, can we get these games
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  Speaker 4: started tomorrow.
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  Speaker 3: At the time of recording, we're like two and a
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  Speaker 3: half weeks out from the preseason starting, So I will
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  Speaker 3: take that. As a player, Gison, what was it like
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  Speaker 3: at this time of the year when you know you're
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  Speaker 3: about to start camp, you're about to go in the
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  Speaker 3: training camp. How do you shift your focus to that
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  Speaker 3: Back in the day.
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  Speaker 4: Well, you've been working so hard, you have this time off,
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  Speaker 4: so walk you go, come away from the facility. You're
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  Speaker 4: doing all of that stuff, And in this time it
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  Speaker 4: was all about fine tuning the things I needed to
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  Speaker 4: work on and getting rest at the same time. I
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  Speaker 4: mean mental rest, physical rest. If you were going to
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  Speaker 4: do a vacation, you did it. You don't want to
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  Speaker 4: you don't want to relax too much, right because you
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  Speaker 4: got training camp around the corner, but yet you know
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  Speaker 4: you need to step away. I would always go somewhere
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  Speaker 4: where I knew I could go back to that moment
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  Speaker 4: in like a meditative state. And what I mean by
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  Speaker 4: that is when I'm laying on the field before practice,
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  Speaker 4: before it's about to start, and I'm stretching, I would
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  Speaker 4: close my eyes and take myself back to the beach
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  Speaker 4: I was on, just for that minute before practice started,
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  Speaker 4: and that really helped me. And I would think about
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  Speaker 4: that on that last vacation I took. But you know,
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  Speaker 4: this time was so valuable getting ready for the season,
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  Speaker 4: making sure you're ready to go. And my body every
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  Speaker 4: year still fills that anxiety and that pressure about the
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  Speaker 4: season starting. And I don't even play anymore, but I
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  Speaker 4: still can't shake it. It's something that's ingrained in my
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  Speaker 4: DNA now.
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  Speaker 3: And it's funnily enough that this weekend is pretty memorable
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  Speaker 3: across the island of Ireland. We've got the Open taking
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  Speaker 3: place in Port Rush, I know you have family and
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  Speaker 3: friends not too far from there. I do want to
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  Speaker 3: touch on one thing before we talk about the football
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  Speaker 3: and Staelers and stuff. Jason and we have got the
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  Speaker 3: national finals this weekend. It's the culmination. It's the Shamrock
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  Speaker 3: Bull in Ireland of the national Championship between UCD Doublin Rebels.
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  Speaker 3: But we've also got a couple of different games and
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  Speaker 3: for the first time ever, we've got female flag football
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  Speaker 3: taken center stage on that big day. I'm not going
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  Speaker 3: to ask you about the teams of South but just
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  Speaker 3: you know you've been very passionate about the growth of
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  Speaker 3: the game here. How impressed do you sort of see
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  Speaker 3: the group in terms of what's happening over here.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm so impressed. First of all, selfishly, I wanted
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  Speaker 4: it to happen. I love the focus over there, and
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  Speaker 4: I've always said it's the people that make the and
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  Speaker 4: it's the fans, and they're so unique, they're so passionate.
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  Speaker 4: It's so fun that you force the focus of different
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  Speaker 4: leagues to go over there and pay attention. And I
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  Speaker 4: think that's been when you talk about the growth of
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  Speaker 4: the game. I give all of the kudos all of
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  Speaker 4: the effort comes from those within the country because the
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  Speaker 4: game has come there, because the fans demand their respect
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  Speaker 4: and they've shown the desire and I'm just so proud
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  Speaker 4: to see that. Anything involved with Ireland obviously I'm invested in.
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  Speaker 4: But this game coming up and what we're about to
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  Speaker 4: see it is going the NFL has no clue. They
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  Speaker 4: do have a clue, but this is going to be outstanding.
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  Speaker 4: I mean you saw by when the tickets went for sale.
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  Speaker 4: I mean it was out of control. Croke Park is
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  Speaker 4: going to be cracking. So I love everything that's happening
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  Speaker 4: right now, that's going to happen in the future, and
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  Speaker 4: that's happening right now in Ireland. I'll be there next week,
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  Speaker 4: you know, so if you see me just walking around,
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  Speaker 4: you know, I'm back home.
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  Speaker 3: I love it. I'm sure we'll try and get a
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  Speaker 3: coffee or something. And for people listening to this wondering
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  Speaker 3: what's this guy talking about it, but being there next week,
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  Speaker 3: you obviously have ties to the Northwest. We've done something
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  Speaker 3: together up and Darry last year and it's sort of
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  Speaker 3: just to echo what you said. I still have people
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  Speaker 3: that come up to me and say I love the
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  Speaker 3: time with Jebell and I think it means a lot
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  Speaker 3: more whenever you have that tire, that connection to the
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  Speaker 3: island and you've mentioned that game. Have you ever had
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  Speaker 3: a chance to be in Krook Park before or have
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  Speaker 3: you just heard around it in that sense, because for
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  Speaker 3: me and I feel like for a lot of people
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  Speaker 3: listening to Steelers fans NFL fans, this is going to
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  Speaker 3: be very akin to like the first game in Munich,
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  Speaker 3: which was obviously legendary sort of in terms of the
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  Speaker 3: fawn atmosphere, and I know you were very excited the
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  Speaker 3: year after in Frankfurt. I feel like it's going to
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  Speaker 3: take it to a different level.
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  Speaker 2: Man.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, no, I've never been there before, but obviously I've
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  Speaker 4: heard about it. I know how big it is, I
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  Speaker 4: know how special it is, so I'm aware of that,
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  Speaker 4: and when I knew the game was going to be
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  Speaker 4: played there, I thought this is going to be spectacular.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 4: One thing, it doesn't matter if you're in a small
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  Speaker 4: bar or in a stadium like Croke Park. These fans
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  Speaker 4: and these people, the energy that comes off of that
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  Speaker 4: island and the people, that is the key with any
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  Speaker 4: sporting event. So I'm just so excited to share that
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  Speaker 4: with the world. A lot of Americans love traveling to Ireland,
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  Speaker 4: a lot of people have connections there. So now that
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  Speaker 4: the game is going to be played there, and especially
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  Speaker 4: because of the Roonies in their commitment with the Steelers
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  Speaker 4: to finally getting there, I mean, the NFL deserves the
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  Speaker 4: best in Ireland's going to give them the best.
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  Speaker 2: You know.
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  Speaker 4: I got a lot of family coming up there, obviously
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  Speaker 4: a lot of tickets I gotta get, and I'm just
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  Speaker 4: I'm just really proud of this moment. So, yeah, my
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  Speaker 4: connection to Ireland is real. I love it, spend a
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  Speaker 4: lot of time there. You know, half my family's there,
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  Speaker 4: so this is this is quite personal.
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  Speaker 3: I look forward to see a few of them in
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  Speaker 3: September and we'll probably talk about the two teams in
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  Speaker 3: the week. Second, I'll a have to osky this as
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  Speaker 3: a guy who's played in the league, what's it like
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  Speaker 3: playing the Steelers? And I know it's not not Heinesfield Night,
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  Speaker 3: but it's awkroa Scher. What was it like going to
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  Speaker 3: Pittsburgh and playing Because even going as a fine and
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  Speaker 3: seeing that city, it's a real blue collar city that
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  Speaker 3: really really loves their sport. Monk.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Pittsburgh's tough.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, yes, it's loud, it's aggressive, and they're a tough,
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  Speaker 4: physical team.
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  Speaker 2: I think they take on.
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  Speaker 4: You know, the city and what it's known for and
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  Speaker 4: what the people are, blue collar, resilient. You feel that
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  Speaker 4: when you play against them, you always know you're gonna
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  Speaker 4: be in for a fight. I mean, I was back
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  Speaker 4: in the day. I had to tackle Jerome business that
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  Speaker 4: didn't work out well for me. Let's just let's just
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  Speaker 4: put it like that. But you know, they they just
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  Speaker 4: The one thing about the Steelers is there's a couple
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  Speaker 4: of teams that you just don't forget. You know exactly
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  Speaker 4: who they are, what they look like, what they stand for,
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  Speaker 4: because they have history.
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  Speaker 2: And that's the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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  Speaker 4: When those guys get on the field, you know what
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  Speaker 4: they're gonna give, you know, so you know they play
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  Speaker 4: the same way their head coaches, no nonsense, discipline. So
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  Speaker 4: that's the thing about them that you gotta love. You
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  Speaker 4: know you're gonna get a great game, and you know
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  Speaker 4: you're gonna get a lot of history, a lot of attitude,
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  Speaker 4: a lot of effort.
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  Speaker 3: And one thing that has changed since you walked out
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  Speaker 3: of the stadium in February in New Orleans, which seems
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  Speaker 3: like last week to me. Now, Aaron Rodgers understand it?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: Firstly, as a player, what's it like when somebody like
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  Speaker 3: that or somebody new comes into the locker room? And secondly,
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  Speaker 3: I'm putting you on the spot there. Secondly, how excited
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  Speaker 3: you to see him play for this team? Especially he's
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  Speaker 3: always going to come to Dublin as well?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean Aaron Rodgers, Right, This is a guy
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  Speaker 4: that a lot of players in the locker room have
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  Speaker 4: watched his whole career, right, so they're like, Wow, Aaron
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  Speaker 4: Rodgers is in here, this guy, former MVP, Super Bowl winner.
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  Speaker 4: When he comes in the locker room, how big of
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  Speaker 4: a character is he? Does he take up all the oxygen?
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  Speaker 4: Not In the Pittsburgh Steelers' locker room, the culture in
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  Speaker 4: the identity is already set. Those players exist, a lot
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  Speaker 4: of them are on defense. That's why this works well
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  Speaker 4: because this is Mike Tomlin's teams. The identity is already there.
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  Speaker 4: Aaron Rodgers is just gonna plug in there. He's got
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  Speaker 4: to fit in. So I think in the other teams
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  Speaker 4: this might not work, This might be annoying, a nuisance
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  Speaker 4: it might take up, like I said, all the air,
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  Speaker 4: but not when with the Steelers in this organization. And
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  Speaker 4: I think he knows that Aaron Rodgers respects Mike Tomlin.
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  Speaker 4: And that is the key with Aaron Rodgers from everything
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  Speaker 4: I've seen, does he respect his coach? And he does.
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  Speaker 4: This team is led by its defense and that attitude.
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  Speaker 4: So how you're not looking for somebody to come in
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  Speaker 4: and lead you. That's not what the Steelers are looking for.
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  Speaker 4: And I think that's why this works. So as a player,
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  Speaker 4: if I was on that team, I would be happy.
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  Speaker 4: I'd say, hey man, we got a guy who can play.
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  Speaker 4: He's proven, but he's just got to plug into this machine.
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  Speaker 4: He doesn't have to be the savior. And I wouldn't
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  Speaker 4: look at him like that because I got guys in
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  Speaker 4: this room, in this building that are the attitude, they
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  Speaker 4: are the identity, and that's the difference. So and you're
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  Speaker 4: gonna see that people are gonna they're not gonna be
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  Speaker 4: enamored with him, they're gonna respect him. But this stealerway
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  Speaker 4: is the stealerway that's already set. So yeah, now he
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  Speaker 4: goes out there and he's making plays and he's he's
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  Speaker 4: doing Aaron Rodgers stuff. It could change quickly. People could
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  Speaker 4: look at him like, okay, all right, you're one of us.
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  Speaker 4: Let's you set the tone now. But right now he's
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  Speaker 4: just plugging into this machine.
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  Speaker 3: We talked about it a little bit last Swher whenever
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  Speaker 3: we were sort of the gatherer over here at home
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  Speaker 3: and stuff. How much do you enjoy being on TV
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  Speaker 3: and seeing the game from another angle? Because I feel
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  Speaker 3: like the NFL season of just pastas and and seeing
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  Speaker 3: the Super Bowl in the Orleans is one thing, but
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  Speaker 3: you have really seem to come into it over the
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  Speaker 3: last year even more and the energy, the passion is there.
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  Speaker 3: Just how much do you enjoy it? Because we've actually
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  Speaker 3: completed the sky Sports, we've a need Phoebe, Jeff and
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  Speaker 3: now yourself phone, so it's great to sort of complete
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  Speaker 3: the Holy Unit and have you on as well.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, so I love it. Obviously. I'm a fan of
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  Speaker 4: the game. That's why I fell in love with it
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  Speaker 4: as a player. When I was a kid, loved watching it.
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  Speaker 4: Remember watching the New York Giants when I was young,
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  Speaker 4: that Super Bowl team, and that's that's when I fell
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  Speaker 4: in love with the game. So what I really appreciate
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  Speaker 4: about football is how much you can learn, even though
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  Speaker 4: you have tons of knowledge. Each year, I'm working on
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  Speaker 4: something something specific about the game that I need to
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  Speaker 4: learn more about, try to become an expert, because all
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  Speaker 4: I'm trying to do is translate and simplify. But I
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  Speaker 4: can only do that if I put in the work
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  Speaker 4: in the same way I put into work every off season.
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  Speaker 4: You know, how are teams playing, what's their philosophy? How
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  Speaker 4: are they attacking this? You know, how are they defending that?
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  Speaker 4: So I spend all off season trying to really figure
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  Speaker 4: that out so when the season starts, I can then
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  Speaker 4: articulate that as best and as best as I'm capable
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  Speaker 4: of to the audience, because that's the key. And I
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  Speaker 4: fell in love with that process. So when you see
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  Speaker 4: the energy, it's it's it's like, oh my gosh, I've
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  Speaker 4: seen this.
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  Speaker 2: This is so cool.
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  Speaker 4: Let me tell you about this thing. And that's how
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  Speaker 4: I feel. You know, I'm just excited about how I
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  Speaker 4: can see the puzzle all fitting together. And I'm talking
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  Speaker 4: to that person at home that is as excited as me,
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  Speaker 4: and the same person that's just trying to learn because
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  Speaker 4: I'm that's what I'm trying to do. If you've ever
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  Speaker 4: had a teacher that's excited about teaching, you probably like
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  Speaker 4: the subject and and that's the way I approach you.
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  Speaker 3: I love it. I love it. I've got two quick
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  Speaker 3: ones to finish up. First one, you know, sort of
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  Speaker 3: just standing on the TV subject. You know, you've worked
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  Speaker 3: on a number of channels in the UK and Ireland.
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  Speaker 3: You know, just generally from when you get over here,
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  Speaker 3: one thing hasra and me and to see him and
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  Speaker 3: you talk about the stater away and you mentioned Coach
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  Speaker 3: Tumblin a few moments ago. Coach Tumblin's been there from
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  Speaker 3: the minute you stopped off the field and went on
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  Speaker 3: to our airwaves over here. How impressed you or of
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  Speaker 3: how impressed are you of him as a leader? I'm
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  Speaker 3: just as a coach generally.
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  Speaker 4: There's so much you can learn from these NFL coaches.
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  Speaker 4: And I am, obviously, like anybody else that's been around
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  Speaker 4: the game, impressed by Mike Tomlin. For a couple of reasons.
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  Speaker 4: He demands respect. He finds a way to reinvent not
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  Speaker 4: only himself but the agenda by saying the same thing
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  Speaker 4: over and over again. You know, like I have to
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  Speaker 4: change things up every year for different players. But he
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  Speaker 4: can do that, and that's the main thing that's very
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  Speaker 4: difficult to do. You know, how many stories can you
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  Speaker 4: tell over and over again. But he finds a way.
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  Speaker 4: He makes he can articulate a goal clear and get
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  Speaker 4: everybody on the same page. And if from any CEO,
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  Speaker 4: whether it's a Fortune five hundred company or the CEO
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  Speaker 4: of your household, if you can do that, people will follow.
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  Speaker 4: And he does that well. He demands a certain the
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  Speaker 4: amount of effort and attention and you understand what that
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  Speaker 4: is as a team and as an individual. I need
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  Speaker 4: you to do this and this is what this requires.
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  Speaker 4: It's very clear. And you go out and do your
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  Speaker 4: job and you respect people who who can tell you
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  Speaker 4: things honestly that are that help you in the long run,
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  Speaker 4: you know, and if they don't work out, you have
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  Speaker 4: no one else to blame. And I think that's the
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  Speaker 4: thing about him, man. He finds a way to win
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  Speaker 4: tough games. You know, is gay And you know when
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  Speaker 4: you talk about his record, no matter what team he
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  Speaker 4: puts on the field, they play hard. So that's the
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  Speaker 4: reason he's there. You got to give the Ruonies a
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  Speaker 4: lot of credit because they they find a way to
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  Speaker 4: find these coaches, you know, Like I mean, they make
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  Speaker 4: great decisions obviously, and they stick behind their decisions in
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  Speaker 4: their coaches. So yeah, I mean he's great to watch.
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  Speaker 4: You have a lot of respect for him and what
• 15:58
  Speaker 4: he's done. He's one of the things I always look at.
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: Man.
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: You look at his record. When when Brian Flores, you know,
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: was out the NFL and he had you know, he
• 16:10
  Speaker 4: had his issue in Miami and all the legal stuff.
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: You see what kind of coach he is. I mean,
• 16:16
  Speaker 4: he's probably one of the best defensive coordinators in the game.
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Now.
• 16:20
  Speaker 4: Mike Tomlin made sure he had a job that year.
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: He made sure he wasn't out of the NFL. He
• 16:24
  Speaker 4: kept him in the NFL because he knew you couldn't
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: let him just go disappear, and he didn't. Those kind
• 16:33
  Speaker 4: of decisions, that kind of forward thinking. That is a
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: man you have to respect, and he has the respect
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: of everyone because of the man he is.
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: I love it. I could imagine I'm sitting here talking
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: about the ball to us as well. Mon just finally right,
• 16:51
  Speaker 3: we're coming to the middle to the end of July here,
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: and we were saying that just off camera it's getting close.
• 16:56
  Speaker 3: We're getting their month just under fifty days night to
• 16:59
  Speaker 3: the just the regular season starts. Give us your crystal ball.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: How do you think we're gonna be in Dublin. We're
• 17:07
  Speaker 3: gonna be in Berlin, London, South Paolo. It's gonna be
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: fun seeing you guys in Dublin for this game. But
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: is it so hard to predict? Because that's the beauty
• 17:16
  Speaker 3: of it, Isn't it? Just don't know what's gonna happen.
• 17:17
  Speaker 3: But is there anything you can say right now? Maybe, Steeters?
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: Why is it you think could hop them this year?
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: You know, I it's very hard to predict.
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: And I'd say the more I know, the more difficult
• 17:29
  Speaker 4: it is. Because I have all these conflicting things in
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: my head. I have a lot of what ifs. You know,
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: I'm really interested in seeing exact First of all, let's
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: start with the international games. They're gonna be great like
• 17:44
  Speaker 4: this this the international Games will be outstanding. I mean,
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: this is where the game's going. I'm so excited with that.
• 17:53
  Speaker 4: But I'm also I can What I'm looking to see
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: is there's going to be a shift in the NFL
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: back to power running football. And I want to see
• 18:02
  Speaker 4: how that looks. Right, everything goes in waves, and right now,
• 18:07
  Speaker 4: I think we the teams that were dominant on offense
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: were teams that could run the ball. And I just
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: think we're gonna see a resurgence of the run game
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: and what that looks like. And it's I'm not this
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: is not you know, it's already happening, But that's gonna
• 18:24
  Speaker 4: be just so interesting. I think what is so great
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: is we are waiting in the AFC, man these quarterbacks, Like,
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: are we all just gonna wait for the playoffs to
• 18:36
  Speaker 4: see which one of these guys in the AFC can
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: do it?
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: You know?
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: I mean that that's that's so we we got that.
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: Who are the NFC guys like, what is what happens?
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: I mean, Jayden Daniels is unbelievable. I mean just you know,
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: I'm looking at Dak Prescott like can Dak? Can Dak
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: get back? You know, Candack can Dack? What's gonna happen?
• 18:56
  Speaker 4: So I would guess, I mean, I've I've skated away
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: from the prediction. But if I was to put it
• 19:02
  Speaker 4: and throw something out there, this might be Lamar's year.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: This might be Lamar's year, This might this might be
• 19:08
  Speaker 4: Lamar's year. You know, he's getting close.
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: I love how you're saying that on the Staters podcast,
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: and I'll just add that. Look, man, the AFC North
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: is going to be very very interesting.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: It's gonna be ours year.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: It's gonna be really interesting to see both teams come out,
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: So we will see, man, And I love the energy.
• 19:26
  Speaker 3: I love the fact that you're coming on here towards
• 19:27
  Speaker 3: the ener July when you should be just resting up
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: before you get back on again. So on behalf of
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: everyone listening to this. Thank you very much, and thank
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: you for what you've done to the game here to
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: get to this point. I'm sure a lot of Steelers
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: fans listening and NFL fans listening look forward to seeing
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: you back on screens in September, and obviously look forward
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: to seeing your face a bit like Calm Heyward when
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: he walked in the Crow Park for the first time.
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: So, I mean, how cool was that? He's a baller? Yes,
• 19:55
  Speaker 4: thank you man, I appreciate Hi. We're gonna have a
• 19:56
  Speaker 4: good year.
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: Man. This won't be the last time we talk, obviously.
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: It's bell Thank you, sir.
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