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Speaker 1: Junior took it away from the ballim or receiver. How

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Speaker 2: Joey, how long ago does it feel that you were

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Speaker 1: It feels like a It was actually pretty fast. It's

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Speaker 2: Did you learn anything about yourself?

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Speaker 3: I learned I could do this, Like you know, you

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Speaker 3: just because you never know how it's it gonna go

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Speaker 3: throughout the season. I really figured out, like I told myself, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: At this end, Joey Porter Junior made sure that was

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Speaker 2: After you were drafted by the Steelers, being snubbed from

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Speaker 2: the first round, you said that it was all worth it,

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Speaker 2: the waiting, the process. Is that the same feeling you

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Speaker 3: You know, just as a rookie and you feel like

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Speaker 3: get out there just to show the teammates that you're ready,

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Speaker 1: It didn't really make a difference, you know how it is.

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Speaker 1: We did it right. We did it right. Everything was

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Speaker 2: When you hear people say, oh, the Steelers snuck in

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Speaker 3: What do you say to that, We in the playoffs, Like,

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Speaker 3: I don't care how we got in. We're in the playoffs,

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Speaker 3: It's it's an even playing field when you get to

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Speaker 2: Cam was talking about on his podcast that the off

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Speaker 2: what coach t has started calling them. But he said,

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Speaker 2: also credit to Aaron Curry and your position, coach Graedy Brown.

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Speaker 2: What have you learned from him in your short time

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Speaker 1: Man?

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Speaker 3: Just consistency, That's that's the main thing we always strive for.

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Speaker 3: That's the thing that makes the good ones great. And uh,

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Speaker 3: he really preached that to me when I walked in

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Speaker 3: And we've just been working at those things every day

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Speaker 1: What it looked like so far. What kind of coaches

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Speaker 1: he he's Uh, he always told us he was a

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Speaker 3: So he really hands on and he's really direct in

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Speaker 1: Definitely.

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Speaker 2: I ain't too busy today.

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Speaker 1: Ever need me, I'll have me. I can multi time.

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Speaker 2: What is the back and forth like between you and

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Speaker 3: Like at this point he was like, that's not even

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Speaker 2: What did he tell you about step On Diggs?

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Speaker 1: He's a savvy vet. You know, he's a great round runner.

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Speaker 3: He's been in the league for a long time and

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Speaker 1: You kind of get those things. So I'm really excited.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's another guy on the list that I

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Speaker 3: that's what I usually say, So it's gonna be a

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Speaker 2: Do you pay attention to that now, maybe like as

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Speaker 3: Definitely, I definitely look at the list and stack them

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Speaker 3: Really it's really gonna be one of those top tier

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a great match up.

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Speaker 2: What's the biggest thing that the defense is gonna have

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Speaker 3: Just communicating run to the ball. I feel like that's

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Speaker 3: If we just communicating run to the ball. All has

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Speaker 2: From a secondary perspective, what would it mean to have

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Speaker 2: When you were honored with the Joe Green Great Performance

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Speaker 2: Forward for the Team Rookie of the Year. You said, Hey,

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Speaker 2: my dad didn't win this, I'm gonna have to tell

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Speaker 2: him about it. What did he say when he found out?

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Speaker 3: He told me he already knew about it, which kind

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Speaker 1: I was kind of mad. I don't even know.

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Speaker 3: He told me somebody leaked in the total. I'm like,

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Speaker 3: how they tell you before me, So that kind of

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Speaker 3: congratulating me like he always do.

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Speaker 1: So it was a good little thing.

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Speaker 2: Do you sit back at all and just think, Okay,

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Speaker 2: I've gone through training camp, preseason, playing in the NFL,

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Speaker 2: making starts postseason, and kind of taking this experience that

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Speaker 2: some people don't always get to enjoy making.

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Speaker 1: It this far.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good problem to have that. My dad

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Speaker 3: liked to say, you know, your body's tired, you're drained

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Speaker 3: and everything, But like you said, now, everybody's will be

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Speaker 1: And I'm more excited than anything my rookie year. I'm

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs.

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Speaker 3: I'm going to get a great opponent next to me

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Speaker 3: that's really gonna put my game to the test. So

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Speaker 3: I mean, I can't really complain about this whole situation really,

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Speaker 2: Right, Thanks Joey, thank you,