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Speaker 1: It's your radio home for the Pittsburgh Steelers one o

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Speaker 1: two point five DVE Steelers COLT Sunday one o'clock. All

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Speaker 1: the Black and Gold. And joining us from the Pittsburgh

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Speaker 1: Steelers right now, Wide receiver Calvin Austin's Calvin.

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Speaker 2: How are you, buddy? What's up? I'm doing great, Glad

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Speaker 2: to be on here to talk to you.

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Speaker 1: Every time I see you, I like, you know, make

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Speaker 1: a play or something I talk to my buddies about.

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Speaker 1: I'm like, you know, he was on the show and

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Speaker 1: we were talking about barbecue, and I'm telling you right now,

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Speaker 1: I've never wanted to go somewhere for food vacation as

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Speaker 1: much as I wanted to go to Memphis after I

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Speaker 1: talk to you the first time.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, most definitely.

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Speaker 3: I mean that's one of the I mean, I feel

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Speaker 3: like Memphis had a history, you know it like the Blues. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: you know, we got sports there and everything and a

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Speaker 3: rich history. But I'm like, the food is like, I

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Speaker 3: don't know, It's something I think everybody should at least

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Speaker 3: go and check out at least.

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Speaker 1: One yeah, because everyone's like they show like the Chiefs

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Speaker 1: games and they're like, look at these people with their

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Speaker 1: burnt ends enjoying their barbecue. And I would think Memphis,

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Speaker 1: you know, it gets mentioned amongst the people who are

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Speaker 1: in the know, but like, uh, I think you guys

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Speaker 1: get a little short trifted on the barbecue into things.

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Speaker 3: No, most definitely, and like that's one thing I've realized.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, Kansas City gets all the love, like.

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Speaker 2: Like that's why. I'm like, that's not that's not right.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, come on, I think I think whoever is

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Speaker 3: making that list, I'm like, they got I got to

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Speaker 3: give them some some Memphis barbecue.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Calvin, it's the officials. They like the Kansas City barbecue.

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Speaker 2: I think that's what that look and that would be

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Speaker 2: the perfect thing right there.

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Speaker 1: Well, Calvin, how's your shoulder feeling right now? You're you're

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Speaker 1: back from the injury. Is it it one hundred percent

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Speaker 1: or it's just good enough to go? Where are we at?

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Speaker 2: You know, it's definitely.

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Speaker 3: I would say last week was at a point to where,

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Speaker 3: you know, I feel like every at this point, you know, nobody's.

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Speaker 3: So you know, a lot of that just does require

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Speaker 3: you to just know you're body know what you can

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Speaker 3: able to go.

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Speaker 2: I felt great.

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Speaker 3: I would say, I definitely feel, you know, better this week.

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Speaker 3: I didn't have any setbacks during the game or anything.

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Speaker 3: So I definitely am feeling better this week. So, you know,

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Speaker 3: like I said, nobody's one hundred percent, but I think

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Speaker 3: I'm definitely with my shoulder everything, it's in the best

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Speaker 2: It's good.

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Speaker 4: Calvin, your offense looks like it's been kind of steadily progressing.

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Speaker 4: Do you feel like there's another significant jump within you guys,

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Speaker 4: and are you ready maybe to make it this Sunday?

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Speaker 3: Uh?

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Speaker 3: I think from a standpoint of last week, a lot

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Speaker 3: of times our drives were stalled or we into with

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Speaker 3: banging off to you know, how we've been progressing throughout

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Speaker 3: the season. As long as we stay out of our

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Speaker 2: Just continue to see the strides that our offense takes.

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Speaker 3: And I think one of the biggest things is, just

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Speaker 2: But the main thing is just consistency. You know, whether that's.

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Speaker 3: Okay, let's say we do get three a couple of

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Speaker 2: In the second half it's not. You know, it's not

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Speaker 3: You know, two first downs and moving the ball, and

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Speaker 2: We can we can definitely do better at.

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Speaker 1: So when Aaron Rodgers first got here, I mean there's

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Speaker 1: a period where you guys get to know each other

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Speaker 1: do you think to both actualizing all you know, the

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Speaker 3: You know, I think each practice is super important in

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Speaker 2: Just continue to building trust timing. A big thing with him.

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Speaker 3: Is just continuing to talk, to be on the same

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Speaker 3: So just making sure we're on the same page, whether

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Speaker 3: making sure because that's the biggest thing, because one of

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Speaker 3: his things is, like he always says, is as long

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Speaker 3: and whatever, the drop is, like he good with whatever

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Speaker 5: We've all been sitting here marveling at just listening to

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Speaker 5: Aaron Rodgers and his press conferences and how illuminating he's

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Speaker 5: been about watching film and watching back to see what

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Speaker 5: it like, specifically to watch film with Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 2: It's very detailed, and.

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Speaker 3: It's just I feel like it just pushes you in

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Speaker 3: just because it's like okay, I have this route on paper,

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Speaker 3: like not breaking your old rules and habits, but sort

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Speaker 2: I do I do that. I did, I did my

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Speaker 3: But you know, if you want the ball, all you

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Speaker 2: And you know, you.

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Speaker 3: Usually was thinking, oh, I thought I couldn't you know,

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Speaker 2: You can just tell that. Like I said, he thinks

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Speaker 3: A new way and his his mind is so forward thinking.

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Speaker 3: So it's just super cool to just see how his

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Speaker 4: Calvin versofs is a lot of frustration after the last

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Speaker 4: couple of games. What's the what's the vibe going into

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Speaker 4: this coach game?

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Speaker 2: I was answering that earlier this week.

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Speaker 3: Actually, the viobs are are are how the viobs are good?

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Speaker 3: You know, and especially for the for the team, everybody

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Speaker 3: is very I'll say this, there's not a whole lot

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Speaker 2: On track, or man, what are we gonna or man?

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Speaker 3: You know, it's not that talk. It's a talk of Okay,

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Speaker 3: how are we gonna beat the coach? What are we

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Speaker 3: gonna do? These things we're gonna do? Okay, this is

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Speaker 3: so and then just having eight as our quarterback, there's

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Speaker 2: That your mind has to be clear and ready to go.

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Speaker 3: And so I think that's just our our whole team

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Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, every game is

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Speaker 2: a new game.

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Speaker 3: You know, we can't be sulking and remembering our last

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Speaker 2: Is gonna decide this game.

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Speaker 3: But what we can do is, you know, use the

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Speaker 4: Govin one more thing about the developing relationship with Aaron Rodgers.

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Speaker 4: Are you guys at the point do you feel as

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Speaker 4: if if you have single coverage or dk metcalf as

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Speaker 3: You know, I think, honestly all of us wild I

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Speaker 3: We all feel that way, just because when we're going

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Speaker 2: And so you really don't have a chance to, like,

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Speaker 2: you know, think about that. So I think we're definitely ready.

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Speaker 1: Calvin Austin from the Pittsburgh Sielers brought you by calli

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Speaker 1: Ante Pizza and Draft House, the Pizza Champions this morning

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Speaker 1: on DV. Calvin, thanks for your time this morning. Go

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Speaker 1: get him on Sunday. Man appreciate it.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. We're great to talk to you all always.

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Speaker 1: Man, take care.

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Speaker 2: We'll see him