Speaker 1: The new quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers Ladies and Gentlemen,
Speaker 1: number three, Russell Wilson.
Speaker 2: Russ, it's been a few months since you joined the team.
Speaker 2: When family and friends ask, what are you talking about
Speaker 2: the Steelers experience, Oh.
Speaker 3: Man, just the organization. The culture here is amazing.
Speaker 1: I think the best part is the fan base and
Speaker 1: how much they love football, how much they love, you know, winning,
Speaker 1: how much they love the process of just all the
Speaker 1: teams coming together. You know, I be able to go
Speaker 1: to Pirates schemes and everybody's wearing black and yellow room
Speaker 1: for the Pirates, but also rooting for the Steelers and
Speaker 1: vice versa. It's just obviously hockey two. It's just for
Speaker 1: some all time greats and legends in this city, from
Speaker 1: the city and that played here.
Speaker 3: And I'm just grateful just to be a part of it.
Speaker 4: You know, starts aren't always ideal, but that's like life.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 4: Russ woke up today. Man, his calf was tight. It
Speaker 4: was my decision to sit him down today. Really, I
Speaker 4: looked at it as a good thing for collective of
Speaker 4: talents for the office, a challenge and an opportunity to
Speaker 4: get to know Russ a little bit man create a
Speaker 4: little short term misery for him, opportunities for others. And
Speaker 4: so that's the story there.
Speaker 2: When you have to deal with starting training camp off
Speaker 2: a little slow, finally getting back on the practice field.
Speaker 2: What positives can you take away from that experience?
Speaker 1: I think the best part was, you know, for me,
Speaker 1: is to be able to really spend time with the guys.
Speaker 1: You know, I was, you know, having to do rehab
Speaker 1: early in the mornings and also you.
Speaker 3: Know, at the afternoons and at night.
Speaker 1: And the best part is Saint Vincent, you know, just
Speaker 1: being around here, being around the this this college, and
Speaker 1: just to be able to take it in and sit
Speaker 1: out on the back porch and have snack with the
Speaker 1: fellows and talk and laugh and play with no games,
Speaker 1: but also talk ball and watch film late at night.
Speaker 1: You know, all those things create the bond and the camaraderie.
Speaker 1: And being able to come out here since you know
Speaker 1: all the history here and all the great teams that
Speaker 1: have won Super Bowls on that same practice field, that
Speaker 1: means a lot, you know, and I think you're able
Speaker 1: to really understand the tradition of what the Pittsburgh Steelers
Speaker 1: means to us.
Speaker 2: Getting a chance to work with Arthur Smith. How would
Speaker 2: you describe his offense and what it's going to look
Speaker 2: like this See, we're gonna.
Speaker 3: Start with our physicality.
Speaker 1: I think that it's just Arthur is a tremendous teacher,
Speaker 1: his ability to communicate and everything else, and one of
Speaker 1: the things that he really wants to have us, you know,
Speaker 1: come out right out of the gates with is our
Speaker 1: physicality and just our approach tru mentality of how we
Speaker 1: how we want to go about our games and how
Speaker 1: we want to play.
Speaker 3: Our practices have been an all time high, you know, just.
Speaker 1: Every day is going hard and coach Tomlin really helps
Speaker 1: set that tone, but all Arthur does as well when
Speaker 1: we're doing a good job of that.
Speaker 2: What is something that you've learned from him?
Speaker 1: I think one of the best things I've learned from
Speaker 1: Arthur is just his understanding of the game and how
Speaker 1: he sees it, you know, and I think, you know,
Speaker 1: our ability to come together and see that see the
Speaker 1: same way, see the same play. Maybe there's something I've
Speaker 1: seen differently and he sees it a certain way, and
Speaker 1: then we you know, we we say, Okay, that's that's
Speaker 1: the best way to do this play.
Speaker 3: I think that's been really cool.
Speaker 1: And you know, I think he has a tremendous ability to.
Speaker 3: To express his personality and meetings. He does a great
Speaker 3: job of that.
Speaker 1: You know, he's just he's a funny dude and I
Speaker 1: just love love being around him.
Speaker 2: Now, whether or not you play during one of the
Speaker 2: preseason games, what do you personally want to accomplish?
Speaker 1: I think the most important thing about the preseason games
Speaker 1: for anything else, is being able to put on the
Speaker 1: pathsage with your teammates, be in the locker room, create
Speaker 1: a habit. You know, just give me my thirteenth year
Speaker 1: and I remember going back to my rookie year, and
Speaker 1: I need to have great habits going to the stadium.
Speaker 3: What is that going to look like? What is what
Speaker 3: is the day?
Speaker 1: What is the night going to look like? What's my
Speaker 1: what's my order of process of getting ready? What's the
Speaker 1: when does the quarterbacks go out there? And how much
Speaker 1: time do I need to have to warm up? So
Speaker 1: taking that seeing how we do it here, and then
Speaker 1: really you know, thinking through that whole process and doing
Speaker 1: that with your teammates and building that out and thinking
Speaker 1: through that, I think that's the fun part. I think
Speaker 1: the other fun part is seeing guys be successful. You know,
Speaker 1: you always want your teammates to be successful. Those are
Speaker 1: the moments that get cherished.
Speaker 3: You cherish guys, first touchdowns, those are the things.
Speaker 1: And and then I think, finally, you really want to
Speaker 1: get in the ins all a lot, you know, that's
Speaker 1: that's the other thing.
Speaker 3: You want to win the games. You want to get
Speaker 3: in the insole a lot.
Speaker 1: That's that's what we're that's our mission as an offense
Speaker 1: is to be able to score a lot of touchdowns
Speaker 1: and be explosive and every way.
Speaker 3: All right, thanks as appreciate it. Thank you so much.