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Speaker 1: and intercepted Darius Slay shot for shot.

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Speaker 2: Fix shit Off. Explain to me why Pittsburgh made sense

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Speaker 2: for you to come.

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Speaker 1: Here in free agency.

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Speaker 3: Just a great opportunity, man. I always talk about Mike

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Speaker 3: d a lot, well, coach Tom Blin a lot.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 3: He's one of the coaches I always, you know, look

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Speaker 3: forward to playing with if I got the chance to.

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Speaker 2: Uh.

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Speaker 3: I've been seeing him doing great things for this organization.

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Speaker 3: And you know, yeah, man, he and he wins, and

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Speaker 3: I'm a winner and I like being the winner. So

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Speaker 3: why not?

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Speaker 1: Did you have any interactions with him?

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Speaker 2: Sometimes he talks to guys on the sidelines, pregame, post game,

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Speaker 1: That sticks out all the time.

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Speaker 3: And Uh, he always is, you know, chopping up man.

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Speaker 3: He always mentioned to me off for sure. They had

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Speaker 3: a lot of respect for me.

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Speaker 2: You said on your podcast about that though. It was

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Speaker 2: it TJ and Kim Hayward who were reaching out trying

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Speaker 2: to recruit you. Uh did any players have to reach

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Speaker 2: out this time?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 3: Not too much. A little bit by me, I know, Cam,

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Speaker 3: because we just talk a lot, you know, and he

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Speaker 3: from g you know, he was from the state of Georgia.

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Speaker 3: You know which best football at But uh, he had

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Speaker 3: UH hit me up, said, man, come on, man, you

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Speaker 3: know I come on to the Stillers. And you know

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Speaker 3: he always do that every time. So uh and I'm like, man,

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Speaker 3: that's what it might be looking like. I I wanna

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Speaker 3: come there, you know, if I I gotta. If I

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Speaker 3: get the chance to come there, I'll be there.

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Speaker 2: Who's gonna be the first Pittsburgh Steeler you have on

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Speaker 2: your podcast?

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Speaker 3: Ooh man, if you can pack at I I mean,

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Speaker 3: I'm going straight d to the DV Room'm gonna get

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Speaker 3: a little little poorter, little Joey. Okay, see, you know,

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Speaker 3: chop it up with him a little bit to pick

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Speaker 3: his brain. Man. Uh ands and just you know, help

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Speaker 3: him all. Let him know I'm here to help him

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Speaker 2: How would you describe your relationship with uh, not your

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Speaker 2: new op defensive coordinator, but an old defensive coordinator now

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Speaker 2: current in Carol Austin.

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Speaker 3: Oh Man, great man ta. Uh. You know he had

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Speaker 3: me at a young age, uh, my second year in

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Speaker 3: You know he kind of like uh at that time

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Speaker 3: we could sider here in one of the corner gurus

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Speaker 3: cause we called him that. And with him just believe

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Speaker 3: in it and trusting me in and and let me

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Speaker 3: go out there and execute at a young age and

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Speaker 3: uh playing at a high level. Uh, you know, he

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Speaker 3: had me. I can say he has m helped me

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Speaker 3: make a lot of money in this game, even though

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Speaker 3: I know I'll put the work in. But he was always,

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Speaker 3: you know, on me, coaching me and making sure I'm

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Speaker 3: own the rock, my details and everything, so I don't

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Speaker 3: spend nothing less. And with him being in his building

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Speaker 3: for show, maybe feel even safer about coming.

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Speaker 1: How would you describe him as a coach?

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Speaker 3: Uh, great coach man. Well, detail, He's always been detailed.

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Speaker 3: Uh he suspect excellence, you know what I'm saying. So

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Speaker 3: that's what I like about him. Man, He's just a

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Speaker 3: great dude. Man, He's he's hisself every day and uh

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Speaker 3: he's not gonna change and and that's why I'm in

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Speaker 3: the same way. So he we understand each other very well.

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Speaker 3: So I'm just looking forward to getting back to work

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Speaker 3: with him.

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Speaker 1: So do you owe him dinner now that you're in Pittsburgh?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, dinner always on me. Every time I

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Speaker 3: told him that. It's never they it's never on him.

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Speaker 3: It's always on me.

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Speaker 2: As you said, Uh, Calvin Johnson, do you have any

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Speaker 2: good practice stories or just stories of going again somebody

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Speaker 2: like that.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Uh, that's how I got better. Uh because the

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Speaker 3: fact that you know, ta and he got there. He

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Speaker 3: made sure that, uh even on practice squad uh practice

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Speaker 3: webs when the officer got going. He made me get

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Speaker 3: the great reps I need to get to prepare me

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Speaker 3: to be that kind of you know, corner for this team.

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Speaker 3: He did a great job with that. And that's how

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Speaker 3: you know I got my you know confidence, uh, my

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Speaker 3: a high level. Cause Calvin officuely is one of the

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Speaker 3: greatest to ever do it. So yeah, man, I c

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Speaker 3: I contribute to a lot of my sisters to hims

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Speaker 2: You already mentioned Joey Porter Junior. Uh, just some of

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Speaker 2: the younger guys that are in the secondary when did

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Speaker 2: you become comfortable being that veteran leader who can take

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Speaker 2: guys under his wing and help them.

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Speaker 1: Like so many have helped you. Uh.

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Speaker 3: After my guy Rashien Mathis returned, uh when I was

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Speaker 3: in Detroit, he kind of grew me and told me, uh,

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Speaker 3: you know, just gonna be your position one day as

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Speaker 3: and just helping mentor younger guys. And that's the main

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Speaker 3: thing you need to be doing. You know. I know

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Speaker 3: it's all about winning and and uh and trying to

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Speaker 3: do whatever, but it's way more exciting, way more feeling

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Speaker 3: better that didn't helping another guy be successful as well.

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Speaker 3: So that's why I've been taking into every team I

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Speaker 3: know went to is you know, make sure I mentor

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Speaker 3: to younger guys because you know, we're want to everybody

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Speaker 3: to be a winner, all right

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Speaker 2: So Slight, we're just calling you, all right, assass