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Speaker 1: It's your radio home of the Pittsburgh Steelers one O

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Speaker 1: two point five DVE. Our next guest is brought to

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Speaker 1: you by calli Ante Pizza in Draft House, the Pizza

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Speaker 1: of Champions from the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ladies and gentlemen.

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Speaker 2: Keanu Benton on Lall, what's that, Yato?

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Speaker 3: How are you doing? How you doing doing? Good?

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Speaker 2: Man?

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Speaker 1: Feeling good in Steeler Nation after the big win against

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Speaker 1: the Colts last weekend. You know, and much has been

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Speaker 1: made about Jalen Ramsey's speech to the team on Saturday

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Speaker 1: night being a catalyst for the performance that the defense

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Speaker 1: put in against the hottest offense in the league.

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Speaker 2: Is that your experience as well?

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Speaker 1: Did it really have that much impact for you and

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Speaker 1: the rest of the not just the defense, but the

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Speaker 1: team to have heard his words on Saturday night?

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Speaker 4: I mean, I feel like everybody you know was kind

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Speaker 4: of thinking it, but he was the guy who put

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Speaker 4: the worst together to say it.

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Speaker 3: But it was a good one for sure.

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Speaker 5: And when you say thinking it enough of this time

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Speaker 5: to start playing ball, was that the gist of it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, basically just start playing ball and having fun with it,

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Speaker 4: you know, having that energy that we had when we

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Speaker 4: first started playing.

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Speaker 3: This game that we love.

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Speaker 4: So I feel like we went out there and we

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Speaker 4: did that, had energy on the big plays, on the

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Speaker 4: small plays, and let that trinkle down to a wine.

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Speaker 1: And what like degree of what he had to say

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Speaker 1: addressed maybe people who didn't understand what it is to

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Speaker 1: have the identity of the Pittsburgh Steelers, because there's this

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Speaker 1: speculation that he was trying to reinforce the Steeler way.

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Speaker 4: Uh huh, Yeah, it's just yeah, he kind of talked

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Speaker 4: about him looking at the Steelers from the outside end

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Speaker 4: and wanted to be a part of it, and we

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Speaker 4: wasn't living up to that standard as of late, so

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Speaker 4: we just had to figure out a way, you know,

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Speaker 4: to be better and bring.

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Speaker 3: Back that steel curtain.

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Speaker 4: And it was just the energy that we had and

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Speaker 4: the energy that you have on game day, I feel

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Speaker 4: like helps you have a better day and a more

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Speaker 4: productive and physical.

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Speaker 3: Defense for sure.

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Speaker 5: Keanu, would you say the defensive line took that to

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Speaker 5: heart the most because you gots set the tone.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, we were always supposed to set the tone,

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Speaker 4: and I feel like we've been lacking in that area.

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Speaker 3: And same with everybody in the room. You know, we

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Speaker 3: gotta produce more.

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Speaker 4: I feel like we we do our jobs, but you know,

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Speaker 4: just the production wasn't there. But when we all communicating

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Speaker 4: and confident in what we're doing, we get out We

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Speaker 4: get out there and get after it.

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Speaker 3: For sure. How do you do it again, Keanu?

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Speaker 6: Because you know you had that great game up in

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Speaker 6: New England where you turned the Patriots over a bunch.

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Speaker 6: Then there was a little bit of a gap and

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Speaker 6: then you know, obviously the turnover parade on Sunday, how

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Speaker 6: do you keep that going when you go out to LA.

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Speaker 4: I think it's just staying confident and not trying to.

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Speaker 3: Do too much.

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Speaker 4: I feel like we got another great game plan this

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Speaker 4: week and being simple and just going out there and

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Speaker 4: playing still a ball again and being able to hit

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Speaker 4: somebody in the mouth and make them actually play football.

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Speaker 1: What is the biggest challenge that Justin Herbert and the

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Speaker 1: Chargers offense presents to the Steelers D.

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Speaker 3: I feel like Justin is a great quarterback.

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Speaker 4: He's a guy who can really extend plays, whether that's

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Speaker 4: extending to throw or extending to run. But we gotta

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Speaker 4: find a way as a defensive line front seven to

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Speaker 4: keep him in the pocket and we know the run

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Speaker 4: game is gonna come with it, and when Justin Herbert

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Speaker 4: drops back, we gotta make sure to put him down

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Speaker 4: and out let him extend those plays.

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Speaker 3: You giving the speech tomorrow night, No, because.

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Speaker 4: I don't plan on being the last person in the room.

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Speaker 2: Keanu Benton with us right now. Did you grow up

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Speaker 2: in Chicago or were you just born in Chicago?

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Speaker 4: So I was born and I kind of grew up

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Speaker 4: in Chicago in Wisconsin. I moved to Wisconsin in middle school,

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Speaker 4: so it was two hours away. So we went back

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Speaker 4: home back to Chicago every weekend.

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Speaker 3: But I lived in Janesville, Wisconsin.

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Speaker 1: Okay, because I have friends in Chicago and there's a

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Speaker 1: constant argument about which pizza is better, Chicago pizza or

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh pizza.

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Speaker 3: I didn't know Pittsburgh was known for pizza.

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Speaker 2: O, Ben, we got to get you some pizza.

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Speaker 4: I mean, no, not Chicago New York debate.

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Speaker 2: Yes, No, Pittsburgh's got great pizza. There's like seven It

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Speaker 2: doesn't have like its own style. It's just that's true.

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Speaker 2: It's just pizza. Yeah, We've got a lot of good

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Speaker 2: pizza joints.

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Speaker 5: But are New York's flat and big in Chicago's Deep Dish.

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Speaker 1: Because deep Dish to me is not like pizza, right,

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Speaker 1: because deep dish is like a castle roll almost, you

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Speaker 1: know what I mean.

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Speaker 2: It's like chili. Chili's not soup, know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got you.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think that like it should even be

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Speaker 1: in the argument. And they're always sending that Malonado's pizza

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Speaker 1: and it's you know, it's good, don't get me wrong,

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Speaker 1: but it's you know, it's no Fiories or Bedamo or

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Speaker 1: Slice or one of the eight hundred great pizza places

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Speaker 1: we got here.

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Speaker 2: We gotta get you on, get some pizza.

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Speaker 1: What Like, what do you what's the Pittsburgh food you

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Speaker 1: got turned on to in your years here that you're like, Noah,

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Speaker 1: this is this is something I'm always gonna want to eat.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I really, it's not gonna lie. I haven't

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Speaker 3: got turned on too.

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Speaker 4: Much eat the main things that like Chipotle and stuff.

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Speaker 3: I don't. I don't know about.

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Speaker 4: Pittsburgh food like that. I tried that for many bros.

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Speaker 3: And it wasn't for me.

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Speaker 2: Is too much stuff on it?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah that for me, it's like, yeah, try another one. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm telling you they got. There's a couple of those sandwiches.

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Speaker 1: I think you you would really dig well. I hope

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Speaker 1: someone takes you around and get it, shows you some

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh place.

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Speaker 2: Get to Caliente. Yeah, there you go Calliente Pizza in

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Speaker 2: Draft House. That place is awesome.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I ain't been well.

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Speaker 2: All right, Well, is Wisconsin going to beat penn State

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Speaker 2: in a couple weeks?

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Speaker 3: I pleased the fit. That's know.

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Speaker 5: How's the fishing in these parts?

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Speaker 3: Keanu? He said again, I could hear it.

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Speaker 5: How's the fishing in western Pennsylvania?

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Speaker 3: Uh, it's decent.

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Speaker 4: Actually, a couple of weeks ago, I went up to Erie.

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Speaker 4: I usually like to go up to Erie, and we

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Speaker 4: did some night fishing for walleye and I did pretty good.

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Speaker 4: But usually I'll waded on my off day, but I

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Speaker 4: haven't went this year yet. I'll usually wade onlike the

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Speaker 4: Ohio or allegany.

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Speaker 1: Uh So I grew up in Erie and people are

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Speaker 1: they said that this is a better record year for

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Speaker 1: walleye up there.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, it was amazing. I ain't never caught that

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Speaker 4: many big in my life.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, now are you eating them? Because I love walleye?

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Speaker 1: I think that is good like deep Fried Walleye is delicious.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I do from from Erie, not from out.

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Speaker 1: Here though, right Yeah, probably don't want to eat those ones.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, perm has an eerie Walleye sandwich. I think you

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Speaker 5: ought to.

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Speaker 1: See can New venting from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hey man,

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Speaker 1: thanks for making time for us this morning. UH, and

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Speaker 1: congrats on a great effort against the Colts and UH,

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Speaker 1: let's hope that this portends good things going forward. Big

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Speaker 1: game Sunday night. Wishing you the best of luck. Thanks

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Speaker 1: so much, Keanu, Thank you for having me