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Wild Card Monday Awaits! · The Irish Steelers Podcast

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Speaker 1: Everybody. You're very welcome into the Irish Hitters Podcast presented
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Speaker 1: by er Lingus Michael mccaid. Here a little, quick, little
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Speaker 1: podcast this week as we look ahead to what is
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Speaker 1: monumental game, a huge game on Monday night. Any playoff
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Speaker 1: game in Pittsburgh is big, but this game, this wild
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Speaker 1: card game, is just absolutely huge. I cannot wait. But
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Speaker 1: before we start that off, obviously we're represented by our
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Speaker 1: partners over at er Lingus. Befolks, you know a player
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Speaker 1: might go up north into the crowd. We're North. We're
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Speaker 1: FC World champions right now. What a great win last
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Speaker 1: week and I almost wanted to just to take a
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Speaker 1: few days just for people to enjoy themselves from that,
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Speaker 1: Like anybody that's stayed up and watch that game on
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Speaker 1: Sunday night football, Just how much fun was that? You know,
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Speaker 1: we have been so so spoiled this year in a
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Speaker 1: sense of you know, we had the game in Dublin.
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Speaker 1: We had the game in Dublin obviously, and then we
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Speaker 1: seen the Staders play throughout the season and you know,
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of us were going in knowing
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Speaker 1: it was do or die and when you watch that
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Speaker 1: final play and when you think of the feeling that
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Speaker 1: you had whatever they even stepped up and just before
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Speaker 1: they missed the kick, you think to yourself, God, this
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Speaker 1: is it, and it isn't, and it keeps going, and
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Speaker 1: I just I gotta be honestly, you know, I know
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Speaker 1: it's hard in your mouth stuff, but I have loved
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Speaker 1: the last few weeks. And I'm so happy for this team,
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Speaker 1: for Aaron Rodgers, for coach Tumblin, that they get enough
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Speaker 1: opportunity this week in primetime on a Monday night with
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Speaker 1: an extra day's rest as well for themselves. It's just
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Speaker 1: a huge, huge opportunity and really props to everybody that
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Speaker 1: is in Pittsburgh and was in Acrocur Stadium last week.
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Speaker 1: Given that incredible atmosphere, you could hear it in Ireland.
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Speaker 1: Let me make that very very clear. You could hear
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Speaker 1: that over here. You could feel it over here. It
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Speaker 1: was absolutely sensational, and the way that TJ came back,
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Speaker 1: this defense played was absolutely superb. Certainly as an NFL
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Speaker 1: fan first and foremost outside of this, that is a moment.
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Speaker 1: That is a game that will take me a long
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Speaker 1: long time. They forget that's how fun, that's how enjoyable
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Speaker 1: it was. So Yeah, Steelers knew who the Steelers knew
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Speaker 1: going into it. Who do we play? Frankly, beforehand, the
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Speaker 1: game time was announced quickly obviously on Sunday Night Football,
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Speaker 1: so Steelers knew they just have to go in and
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Speaker 1: win and see what happens. And then I faace at
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Speaker 1: Taxans at Home eight pm Eastern, eight fifteen pm Eastern,
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Speaker 1: one fifteen am Local. Before this podcast is over, I
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Speaker 1: am going to tell you my strategy and I'm going
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Speaker 1: to give you some advice Steelers fans in terms of
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Speaker 1: how you can be a wake for that time because, Frankly,
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Speaker 1: let me make it very clear, you know this is
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Speaker 1: a game you want to be awake for a home
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Speaker 1: game and act sure. A home game in the playoffs
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Speaker 1: is something that does not come around every week, folks,
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Speaker 1: for any team, and it's a big, big moment. It
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Speaker 1: is going to be an electric, electric atmosphere before I
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Speaker 1: break down this game against the Texans, and we're gonna
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Speaker 1: actually hear from coach Toumblin and I'll be second. I'd
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Speaker 1: like to remind you if you have a social media
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Speaker 1: Steeters Ireland on Instagram and x as well. We're on
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Speaker 1: TikTok aspell folks at Steelters Ireland. Get your terrible tile,
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Speaker 1: get your Dublin one if you can, folks and wave it.
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Speaker 1: Wave your terrible tile. Tag us in the comments. You
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Speaker 1: can also say you can also tig Steelers Nation Unite
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Speaker 1: and the Steelers as well. We'd love to see some
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Speaker 1: Irish fans twirl those tiles, get it up in the
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Speaker 1: air and just give us the biggest wave of the
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Speaker 1: biggest tour you can get. So we'd love to see
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Speaker 1: some support. We've seen some fantastic support this week and
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Speaker 1: we under so many Steelers fans in Ireland that are
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Speaker 1: going to stay up on Monday night and watch this game.
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Speaker 1: Just so excited mom to be honestly, this is such
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Speaker 1: a huge opportunity for this team. Before I breaked on
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Speaker 1: and look ahead. In my opinion to this game, I'm
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Speaker 1: gonna get the fault from the other guys, hopefully after
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Speaker 1: a win. Next week we're gonna hear from coach Tomlin
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Speaker 1: here on the Iris Shooters Podcast presented by Erlins.
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Speaker 2: They got a really good secondary Petrie. Their safety slash
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Speaker 2: Nickel is very versatile and he displays that versatility on
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Speaker 2: the back end and in safety circumstances and also in
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Speaker 2: his ability to cover in blitz as a nickel. They
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Speaker 2: got a real good linebacker tandem man that's highly active
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Speaker 2: and productive.
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Speaker 3: They minimize big plays.
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Speaker 2: I was just looking at their statistical profile, their top
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Speaker 2: five and most you know, in most statistical categories points.
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Speaker 2: I think they're number one in yards per game, They're
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Speaker 2: in the top five, and in rush defense and pass
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Speaker 2: defense scoring yards, and so certainly they've been top tier
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Speaker 2: and elite in just about all areas all year with
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Speaker 2: that group. That group sets the pace for him. They
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Speaker 2: play with great energy and emotion. They play well as
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Speaker 2: a collective. They have an appetite for rising up in moments.
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Speaker 2: It just seems like every week you're seeing a game
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Speaker 2: changing and game designing plays from their defense. In terms
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Speaker 2: of closing close, close ball games out they make the
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Speaker 2: necessary plays in weighty moments, really in all three phases.
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Speaker 2: I think about a third and fourteen. I think versus
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Speaker 2: Jacksonville where Davis Mills scrambles into the corner of the
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Speaker 2: end zone to give them a late win at home.
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Speaker 2: Versus those guys, for example, But you don't get in
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Speaker 2: this tournament unless you had your moments. You certainly don't
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Speaker 2: win nine straight unless you have continuity and complementary play.
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Speaker 2: They're good in all three phases. I think about Demico
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Speaker 2: Ryans when I watched their tape and how he played
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Speaker 2: the game, and and a tip of the cap to him.
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Speaker 2: I think the Houston Texas played the way play collectively
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Speaker 2: the way that he did. They're tough and smart, they
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Speaker 2: play and play to win. They play with the motion
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Speaker 2: as I mentioned, and so man really excited. Don't take
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Speaker 2: home playoff games, for granted, certainly don't take home Monday
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Speaker 2: night playoff games. To granted, man, it's an honor to
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Speaker 2: be be in this position excited about it. But but
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Speaker 2: I and we show respect to that by training with
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Speaker 2: an edge and preparing with great urgency. And I'm looking
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Speaker 2: forward to a full week of doing so with our collective.
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Speaker 2: Certainly awesome to have DK back, but we're not going
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Speaker 2: to exhale and think that DK automatically with his presence
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Speaker 2: is going to be a difference or the difference. Football
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Speaker 2: is the ultimate team game is going to require great
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Speaker 2: effort from all parties involved.
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Speaker 3: But certainly excited about doing it with.
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Speaker 1: That is coach Tomlin. After the Steelers became AFC North champions,
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Speaker 1: in true Steelers style last week. Incredible moment. You can
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Speaker 1: tell he's pumped for this opportunity. I think any head
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Speaker 1: coach in the league when you get fourteen teams left
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Speaker 1: too and by in twelve and action this week, they
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Speaker 1: don't call the super Wildcard weekend anymore. They call it
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Speaker 1: the Wildcard weekend. That my word. It really is a
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Speaker 1: super weekend. Some huge matchups and the Steelers game is
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Speaker 1: no exception. Folks. What an opportunity this is for the Steelers.
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Speaker 1: DK Metcalf coming back after missing two games is absolutely monumental.
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Speaker 1: I'll talk about that in the second But when you
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Speaker 1: look at this game and when you look at the
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Speaker 1: opportunity that brings, there is just so so much at stick, folks.
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Speaker 1: This is the first ever postseason class between the Steels
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Speaker 1: and the Texans, and history, frankly is squarely on our side.
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Speaker 1: Steelers lead the all time series five and three, including
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Speaker 1: a perfect free in one at home and acrosure. But
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Speaker 1: Houston's only in Pittsburgh actually came back in the twenty
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Speaker 1: and two season. The reason I'm saying that is because
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Speaker 1: that was the first season that the Texans had, that
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Speaker 1: was their inaugural season and that's before most of the
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Speaker 1: players were even born. On this field. At the weekend,
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Speaker 1: the Texans are owing six all time on the road
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. I think you're just happy that they're
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Speaker 1: not playing on the Saturday night, you know, in that sense.
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Speaker 1: But when you combine that with our unbreakable home field,
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Speaker 1: atmosphere or edge, this really feels like a huge opportunity
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Speaker 1: for the Black and Goal to get a win on
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Speaker 1: Monday Night. Steelers have won twenty three straight home games
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Speaker 1: on Monday Night. That is a streaking stretching back to
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Speaker 1: nineteen ninety one, the year I was born. That's how
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Speaker 1: long ago that was. That's before coach Kayer even got there.
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Speaker 1: That that's such a long time ago. Tomlin himself is unbelievable.
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Speaker 1: Twenty two to three in Monday night football. He has
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Speaker 1: never lost a home Monday nither. Aaron Rodgers obviously stepped
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Speaker 1: saying he is looking to win an other Super Bowl.
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Speaker 1: He's won one already. He now has the opportunity in
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Speaker 1: whether it's this year, whether it's next year, whether it's
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Speaker 1: the year after, is a twice out of his career.
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Speaker 1: He is chasing a Lombardi with DK Bacalfe and you
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Speaker 1: think of the cold, loud, unforgiven crowd, this is going
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Speaker 1: to be electric when you look at Houston, and you
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Speaker 1: do have to give them props. I've been really really
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Speaker 1: impressed with the way that Themigo Ryans has coached this team,
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Speaker 1: you know, not just this season, but throughout his time
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Speaker 1: in Houston. They actually have found you know, they find
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Speaker 1: you know, through the injury, like any team has. They've
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Speaker 1: had times where things haven't went their way, but more
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Speaker 1: so other than that, it has went their way. And
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Speaker 1: he's been very, very impressive. You know, Houston's defense is
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Speaker 1: honestly elite second and scoring and they're really really bigging
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Speaker 1: third downs. They suffocate you a third down and that's
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Speaker 1: something that we need to look at this week. Like
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Speaker 1: they are loaded like Daniel Hunter, will Anderson, but whenever
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Speaker 1: the Texans have the ball, their offense ranks middle of
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Speaker 1: the pack in yards per play. They struggle to run
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Speaker 1: just three point nine yards per carry. And lately since CJ.
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Speaker 1: Strada has come back, I mean cjs Stride has come
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Speaker 1: back in after injury, he's looked and he has played
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Speaker 1: quite smartly. But in the cold in Pittsburgh, what an
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Speaker 1: opportunity enter TJ. Andrew cam who we're going to hear
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Speaker 1: from in a minute, and a unit that is second
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Speaker 1: in starting field position the Steelers. We all know how
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Speaker 1: easily and how good we are at forcing to turnovers.
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Speaker 1: Pressurizing stride is going to be huge in this. He
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Speaker 1: has to feel the heat all night. I think that
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Speaker 1: is absolutely huge. And I look at guys that we have,
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Speaker 1: like offensive tackles like try Fanton Knowen, you know, you
10:44
Speaker 1: look at the certain situations on the field, like I
10:48
Speaker 1: want to see Nico Collins be stopped. You look at
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Speaker 1: Joey Porter Jr. He has the size, he has the swagger,
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Speaker 1: Frankly to match him in every way on the field.
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Speaker 1: That could be absolutely huge. The Steelers defense has been
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Speaker 1: lights out in the red zone and unfairred downs. And
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Speaker 1: while Houston don't have that many explosive plays like we've
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Speaker 1: seen last week, Frankly with the Baltimore even say had
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Speaker 1: a few explosive plays and it nearly caught us. We
11:17
Speaker 1: can find a way to shut down that run. So
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Speaker 1: we do need to improve, I think defensively on those big,
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Speaker 1: big plays if they do come. Because Frankly, CJ. Stroud
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Speaker 1: to Baco Ryans this uson offense would have watched that
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Speaker 1: last week and go, how can we stop the Steelers
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Speaker 1: team like that? The Staeers team to find a way
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Speaker 1: like tidy up on that. I think they'll be the
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Speaker 1: first to admit that as well. But they got away
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Speaker 1: bit last week and it's just a matter of continuing
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Speaker 1: to try and find chise a lot. And you have
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Speaker 1: to remember, you know, guys like TJ what we're not
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Speaker 1: in that team for a couple of weeks, two or
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Speaker 1: three weeks, and it takes time to jalagy and it
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Speaker 1: really really does, especially when you're such so much on
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Speaker 1: the line. Before we talk a little bit more about
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Speaker 1: this game, we're gonna hear from Calm Heyward here on
11:55
Speaker 1: the Irishooters Podcast presented by ur Lingus, and then we'll
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Speaker 1: give you some picks.
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Speaker 4: You have more games behind you than you so you
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Speaker 4: don't have any more.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, take the biggest bite now. And you know, uh,
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Speaker 3: you know, I think just really study and you know
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Speaker 3: understand that I'm trying to prep for one game, and
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Speaker 3: you you know, just put the most amount of for
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Speaker 3: a that game. In that game, heavy opportunities aren't guaranteed.
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Speaker 3: You got to make the most of it. I think
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Speaker 3: we we've been open about that. From a young guy,
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Speaker 3: it's the old guy. You don't know what your career
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Speaker 3: is gonna entail, and you got to make the most
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Speaker 3: out of every opportunity to get camp conference.
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Speaker 5: We're pretty public about riding you about your age from
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Speaker 5: time to time, having fun with DJ calls you're forty
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Speaker 5: five after the game the other night. Uh, this just
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Speaker 5: kind of stuff to drive you. Those two are getting
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Speaker 5: up there in aights too. Let's let's not act like
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Speaker 5: there's just some spring chickens, but uh, let me deserve
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Speaker 5: prove every what are you wrolling element to your play?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Uh, it's everybody verse me. Oh that's just how
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Speaker 3: I am. You know, I'm always looking for an extra notch,
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Speaker 3: an extra gear. And it's funny that my teammates and
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Speaker 3: coaches poking Bride and on the other side of it, Caim.
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Speaker 6: What was it like twitch pushing your little brother and
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Speaker 6: Van Zone.
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Speaker 3: Uh, first time I was kind of off the I
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Speaker 3: let the group down. He'd been working on it. But hey,
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Speaker 3: I get to push my brother and everybody gets to
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Speaker 3: cheer cheer me on for it, and you know, happily
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Speaker 3: we got an ends something.
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Speaker 6: Third Mike said, Connord had to relay his message through
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Speaker 6: him to get to you that first time around. What
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Speaker 6: was that?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, he said it under his breath and then he
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Speaker 3: was all because of it, and rightfully so I didn't
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Speaker 3: execute as well, but you know we got it done
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Speaker 3: the second third time, and if we, with death were
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Speaker 3: all eye on a little bit more, I'll be ready
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Speaker 3: to sir.
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Speaker 6: You said that it's in everybody versush mentality that you
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Speaker 6: personally have near the locker room. Has that mentality too?
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Speaker 6: Going in to the clayss Like you said, you didn't
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Speaker 6: think people thought that this team would be here, would
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Speaker 6: be in this position. Is that something that fuels you guys?
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Speaker 3: You know, I think we have a lot of outcasts,
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Speaker 3: a lot of people that you know, trigger people for
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Speaker 3: right or wrong reasons. And you know we're a group
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Speaker 3: that uh backs against the wall. You know, we lack
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Speaker 3: our chances because we're all together, and you know we
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Speaker 3: thrive off of people either counting us out, people not
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Speaker 3: believing in us, and you know, us trying to play
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Speaker 3: our basket ball.
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Speaker 6: You've been around this team a long time. Does it
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Speaker 6: feel like a different level of belief and confidence this
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Speaker 6: year opposed to maybe last year, a couple of years before.
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Speaker 3: Oh no, you know, I think we have a really
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Speaker 3: tight knit group. There are a lot of things guys
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Speaker 3: do that just incorporate everybody and I'm really appreciative of that.
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Speaker 3: That speaks to, you know, the leadership around this group.
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Speaker 3: That speaks to the buy in from everybody, and I'm
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Speaker 3: just thankful for that. You know, there's one or two
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Speaker 3: ways the things to go at different moments in the year,
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Speaker 3: and you know, each step of the way, guys have
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Speaker 3: always you know, chose to be a part of it,
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Speaker 3: and you know, separate.
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Speaker 7: When you talk about leadership, I mean, you've been here
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Speaker 7: for a long time, coaching, been here for a long time.
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Speaker 7: But what's it like when you bring a guy like
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Speaker 7: Aaron who has that experience, Like what have you seen
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Speaker 7: from him in terms of winning over I don't know
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Speaker 7: what that's her word, but like winning over the locker
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Speaker 7: room and then becoming one of the guys that can meet.
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Speaker 4: In the front.
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Speaker 3: You know, the first day he came in, he talked
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Speaker 3: about he wants to serve the group, and I think
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Speaker 3: that spoke a lot to his mindset approaching us. And
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Speaker 3: you know, it's one thing to say with words. It's
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Speaker 3: another thing to you know, take part in everything we
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Speaker 3: do to get to know players offensively, defensively, special teams,
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Speaker 3: you know, even a little you know, you know Herbig
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Speaker 3: and him go back and forth from time to time,
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Speaker 3: but there is a there's a competition that you know,
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Speaker 3: breeds just togetherness amongst everybody in our group. You know,
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Speaker 3: I think offensively and defensively. This is probably the closest
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Speaker 3: we've been in a really long time. A line and
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Speaker 3: d line asking questions, you know, just trying to better
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Speaker 3: everybody in this group. And it's it's great. You know,
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Speaker 3: guys really stepping up, guys getting better. What do Herbig
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Speaker 3: and Rogers call each other the most random stuff, but
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Speaker 3: it's there's probably not two more on the like guys. Yeah,
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Speaker 3: and you know it takes on a life of its own. Man.
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Speaker 3: You know, her Big thinks he's getting under his skin,
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Speaker 3: and you know Aaron's doing the same thing back. But
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Speaker 3: you know, I can't share all the conversations because they're
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Speaker 3: pretty wild. But just know I think, no, I can't
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Speaker 3: share that. I'm not going down that path. But it's
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Speaker 3: it's fun to watch.
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Speaker 2: Uh.
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Speaker 3: You know. One thing I love is Aaron's Aaron's game
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Speaker 3: for competition in every part of us. Uh. And we've
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Speaker 3: been going at it since training camp, and you know's
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Speaker 3: this different guy every day, but everybody's trying to get better.
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Speaker 1: Cam.
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Speaker 4: When Mike was giving you your flowers, any day, he'd
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Speaker 4: mentioned your mentor's keys, ace or in the Aaron, they
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Speaker 4: have something that you're chasing. How much you know, how
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Speaker 4: important is it for you to you know, do you
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Speaker 4: think your Steelers career would be complete without that? The
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Speaker 4: thing that they have that you have MM do some.
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Speaker 3: Ask. We had a different time, uh, you know, in
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Speaker 3: the midst of it all chasing something they have. But uh,
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Speaker 3: we'll see once in the career ends.
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Speaker 1: Wake up to the balls. We'll give you the compas
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Speaker 1: that previous U.
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Speaker 3: Ki, so you might make ricky or portable all right, uh,
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Speaker 3: because we're going to block her ass off and give
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Speaker 3: him the time he deserves. You know, I think it
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Speaker 3: sucks that you put it all on a kicker. We
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Speaker 3: got to block a lot better and you know, tight
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Speaker 3: ends tackles wings. We all got to do our job
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Speaker 3: a little bit better and you know, make sure uh
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Speaker 3: he gets you know, the protection.
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Speaker 7: That needs you and Mike Tomlin have kind of been
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Speaker 7: joining a hit for a long time.
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Speaker 1: Here you have the tradition of.
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Speaker 6: Walking off the field together after games.
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Speaker 7: How did that start? And were you cool with Rogers
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Speaker 7: joining or were you kind of did you feel like
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Speaker 7: when they brought Connor home from the hospital, you realize,
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Speaker 7: you we're gonna have to share your toys with him.
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Speaker 3: There's a lot to unpacked there. First of all, Connor
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Speaker 3: didn't really play with toys. First of all, Connor, the
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Speaker 3: only thing Connor knew was ball, Like that was his
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Speaker 3: first word, and that's all you live by. But bringing
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Speaker 3: Rogers into the fold, you know, after we got that
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Speaker 3: first when in New York, you know, me and Mike
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Speaker 3: ty had talked about he was like, let's bring this
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Speaker 3: old man along with us, and you know, we wanted
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Speaker 3: to give him uh an experience of what it's like
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Speaker 3: to be a Pittsburgh Steeler uh and welcome into that
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Speaker 3: and show him that you know, we're with you along
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Speaker 3: this ride, this journey. You don't have to walk alone. UH.
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Speaker 3: And I think that's our leadership, Like, you know, we
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Speaker 3: have a bunch of leaders, but it's not one guy
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Speaker 3: doing it by itself. It's it's a group of guys.
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Speaker 3: It's a it's a team that really gets the job done.
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Speaker 3: And you know, me and Mike Ty have been doing
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Speaker 3: for a while. It's what we ask of each other.
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Speaker 3: But it's also like we get to stay in the
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Speaker 3: face alone.
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Speaker 1: Cam Heyward on the Irish Theaters podcast presented by er
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Speaker 1: Lingus a guy who was in Ireland this year and
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Speaker 1: knows fine rightly how many Irish fans will be up
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Speaker 1: on Monday night. I was going to say Sunday night, folks.
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Speaker 1: It's Monday night, Tuesday morning our time if you if
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Speaker 1: you really really want to call it Tuesday morning football,
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Speaker 1: one fifteen in the morning on Tuesday morning. Here's my plan.
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Speaker 1: If you're in work, get home, go to bed at seven,
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Speaker 1: get up at twelve forty five, go back to bed
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Speaker 1: at five. That works, folks. I've done it for the
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Speaker 1: Dolphins game and hopefully some Irish Steelers fans will lay
20:45
Speaker 1: appreciate it and be happy with that with that little
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Speaker 1: McQuaid tip. But I'm telling you, like, if you're ever
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Speaker 1: going to say up for a game, this is it.
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Speaker 1: I'm not really a fan of getting up and turn
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Speaker 1: the my WiFi and seeing how the game goes on
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Speaker 1: a you know, a Tuesday morning here, this is this
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Speaker 1: is too important. You know, whoever loses this game, that
21:07
Speaker 1: that's their season done. They don't play in until September. Obviously,
21:10
Speaker 1: we have the mindset and we hope that this team
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Speaker 1: will go the full way, the full direction going the
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Speaker 1: Super Bowl sex they hopefully in Santa Clara. But you know,
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Speaker 1: these are days, these are moments in which you will
21:21
Speaker 1: feel the atmosphere for your TV. So much is on
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Speaker 1: the line. It's not like a six pm or one
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Speaker 1: pm Eastern game throughout the season. As good as they are,
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Speaker 1: this means more. This is a huge opportunity for this team.
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Speaker 1: And I look at you know, the Texans are coming
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Speaker 1: in hot. They've got nine straight wins. But if you
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Speaker 1: start off, they started on flee the wins that they
21:41
Speaker 1: have had of cam and low scoring one score games
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Speaker 1: against so called lester teams in this league. Pittsburgh, we
21:48
Speaker 1: are peaking at the right time. Four wins in the
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Speaker 1: last five, a gritty performance last week, they got it done.
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Speaker 1: They won the AFC North. And there's a never said
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Speaker 1: eye attitude that you can see from coach Tumblin. And
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Speaker 1: you can really see when you hear guys like Pat Fryermouth.
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Speaker 1: When you hear different guys on the offense when they
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Speaker 1: say whatever it takes, you can really sense that coming
22:12
Speaker 1: into this game, I feel like the crowd, I feel
22:17
Speaker 1: like everybody on that sideline. I feel like the players
22:21
Speaker 1: especially honestly like I sort of feel like the defense
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Speaker 1: is gonna show up anyway. I look at the combination
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Speaker 1: of DK being back and Kenny g on the run,
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Speaker 1: and honestly, I props to Calvin Austin last week as well.
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Speaker 1: I look at that trio trying to continue the jail
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Speaker 1: with Aran Rodgers, and I'm sorry, it doesn't matter who
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Speaker 1: you're playing, you must deem to get between twenty five
22:42
Speaker 1: and thirty two to thirty four points in this game
22:45
Speaker 1: to shut it off and stop it. That is the
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Speaker 1: key for this game. If the Steelers can do that,
22:50
Speaker 1: the Steelers win this game. I do think it's tight
22:52
Speaker 1: in typical fashion, but I'm going to take the Steelers
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Speaker 1: to win this game by a touchdown, not a field goal,
22:58
Speaker 1: and let's see what happens with We'll have a fair
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Speaker 1: idea come Monday night where the Steelers will go if
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Speaker 1: they win that game. There is a scenario where they
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Speaker 1: go to Denver. There's a scenario where they can go
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Speaker 1: somewhere else. There's a scenario where if the number two
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Speaker 1: and number three steed loose, the Steelers will be playing
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Speaker 1: at home next week. Again, a lot, a lot would
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Speaker 1: need to happen for that to happen, but let's just
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Speaker 1: focus on one game at a time, folks. I want
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Speaker 1: to thank you for joining me this week, and I
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Speaker 1: remind people just to you check out our social media
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Speaker 1: Steters Ireland on x and on Instagram, show us and
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Speaker 1: twirl those terrible tiles, especially on Sunday and Monday before
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Speaker 1: this game. We'd love to share them to our Instagram
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Speaker 1: story and really make you feel a part of it.
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Speaker 1: From such a long, long way away, you are part
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Speaker 1: of it. You're making a huge, huge difference. There really
23:46
Speaker 1: is nothing like this Steelers fan base in Ireland, and
23:49
Speaker 1: it's time for each and every one of youse to
23:52
Speaker 1: stand up and be counted because this is the NFL Playoffs.
23:56
Speaker 1: It's a wild card weekend and your staters are about
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Speaker 1: to go out and hopefully make history in the way
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Speaker 1: that only the Stayers can do. Hope you have a
24:03
Speaker 1: great weekend, Hope you enjoy the NFL wild Card games
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Speaker 1: and we will chat and we will see you after
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Speaker 1: this game on Tuesday, but we'll talk as well and
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Speaker 1: interact on social media until then. From Michael mcquid for
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Speaker 1: everybody's Staels Ireland. Have a great weekend. I'm gon chatty soon.