Speaker 1: Lamar in the gun, there's a snap, he throws it
Speaker 1: past for the end zone Ittor, except that Joey Porter
Speaker 1: Junior took it away from the ballim or receiver. How
Speaker 1: about that you got jost of Steelers great past.
Speaker 2: Joey, how long ago does it feel that you were
Speaker 2: at Saint Pancient College training camp and going against George
Speaker 2: Pickens every day?
Speaker 1: It feels like a It was actually pretty fast. It's
Speaker 1: like a blink. Just so much has happened in the
Speaker 1: past couple of months. It's just like crazy.
Speaker 2: Did you learn anything about yourself?
Speaker 3: I learned I could do this, Like you know, you
Speaker 3: always have second guesses when you're coming into the league,
Speaker 3: just because you never know how it's it gonna go
Speaker 3: throughout the season. I really figured out, like I told myself, Yeah,
Speaker 3: I could do this sport like I fell in love
Speaker 3: with the spoy at a young age, and I feel
Speaker 3: like I could continue to do it.
Speaker 1: At this end, Joey Porter Junior made sure that was
Speaker 1: not a touchdown.
Speaker 2: After you were drafted by the Steelers, being snubbed from
Speaker 2: the first round, you said that it was all worth it,
Speaker 2: the waiting, the process. Is that the same feeling you
Speaker 2: have waiting to be a starter, definitely.
Speaker 3: You know, just as a rookie and you feel like
Speaker 3: you got a lot to prove, you always want to
Speaker 3: get out there just to show the teammates that you're ready,
Speaker 3: that you have rised and everything like that. And I
Speaker 3: just put my head down and went to work every
Speaker 3: day and never got lacks days ago, because you never
Speaker 3: know what your name's gonna get caught, Like, well, my
Speaker 3: name got called. I didn't even expect it to get caught,
Speaker 3: but I was already so ready and prepared.
Speaker 1: It didn't really make a difference, you know how it is.
Speaker 1: We did it right. We did it right. Everything was
Speaker 1: perfect about it, the whole thing.
Speaker 2: When you hear people say, oh, the Steelers snuck in
Speaker 2: the playoffs.
Speaker 3: What do you say to that, We in the playoffs, Like,
Speaker 3: I don't care how we got in. We're in the playoffs,
Speaker 3: and that's all that matters.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 3: It's it's an even playing field when you get to
Speaker 3: that point in my eyes, So we're all excited we
Speaker 3: got in and we're just gonna go to work.
Speaker 2: Cam was talking about on his podcast that the off
Speaker 2: the couch guys they deserve the credit. That's kind of
Speaker 2: what coach t has started calling them. But he said,
Speaker 2: also credit to Aaron Curry and your position, coach Graedy Brown.
Speaker 2: What have you learned from him in your short time
Speaker 2: here with him?
Speaker 1: Man?
Speaker 3: Just consistency, That's that's the main thing we always strive for.
Speaker 3: That's the thing that makes the good ones great. And uh,
Speaker 3: he really preached that to me when I walked in
Speaker 3: the building. He told me the things that I needed
Speaker 3: to work on and when I need to get better at.
Speaker 3: And we've just been working at those things every day
Speaker 3: and we're pretty proud of.
Speaker 1: What it looked like so far. What kind of coaches
Speaker 1: he he's Uh, he always told us he was a
Speaker 1: math teacher, so he feel like he coaches like a
Speaker 1: math teacher.
Speaker 3: So he really hands on and he's really direct in
Speaker 3: what he say, and you're gonna feel his presence in
Speaker 3: the room.
Speaker 1: Definitely.
Speaker 2: I ain't too busy today.
Speaker 1: Ever need me, I'll have me. I can multi time.
Speaker 2: What is the back and forth like between you and
Speaker 2: coach Tomlin When you say, all right, the opposing team,
Speaker 2: I went their number one wide receiver.
Speaker 1: He was like, is that even a question?
Speaker 3: Like at this point he was like, that's not even
Speaker 3: a question, you already know what the assignment is and
Speaker 3: h the first time was Hopkins and he was like, yeah,
Speaker 3: I gotta I gotta sleep on that. I'll come back
Speaker 3: to you to tomorrow and everything like that. And luckily
Speaker 3: he gave me that heads up and that nod. So
Speaker 3: we just have that good relationship where he knows what
Speaker 3: I want, I know what he wants, and we're just
Speaker 3: gonna keep working.
Speaker 2: What did he tell you about step On Diggs?
Speaker 1: He's a savvy vet. You know, he's a great round runner.
Speaker 3: He's been in the league for a long time and
Speaker 3: been doing great things, things that I already knew just
Speaker 3: to being a fan of the game watching house Stephane's
Speaker 3: been playing throughout the years.
Speaker 1: You kind of get those things. So I'm really excited.
Speaker 3: You know, it's another guy on the list that I
Speaker 3: get to go against and put them on the list,
Speaker 3: that's what I usually say, So it's gonna be a
Speaker 3: fun match up.
Speaker 2: Do you pay attention to that now, maybe like as
Speaker 2: a whole, just the different guys that you've had to face.
Speaker 3: Definitely, I definitely look at the list and stack them
Speaker 3: like how I did against them, where I ranked them
Speaker 3: in my head and stuff like that. So I definitely
Speaker 3: think Diggs is up there in that list, like with
Speaker 3: Devontae Adams and all those dudes.
Speaker 1: Definitely, So it's.
Speaker 3: Really it's really gonna be one of those top tier
Speaker 3: performances for me that I need, and it's gonna be great.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a great match up.
Speaker 2: What's the biggest thing that the defense is gonna have
Speaker 2: to do this week?
Speaker 3: Just communicating run to the ball. I feel like that's
Speaker 3: the main thing that you got to do to be
Speaker 3: a great defense. And if we bring that to any
Speaker 3: type of game, we're gonna be in a good position.
Speaker 3: If we just communicating run to the ball. All has
Speaker 3: to the ball. I don't see nobody beating us.
Speaker 2: From a secondary perspective, what would it mean to have
Speaker 2: Mika Fitzpatrick back in the lineup?
Speaker 3: I mean it means a lot, you know, to have
Speaker 3: meeting back. He's an All Pro hop of safety, he
Speaker 3: makes great plays. Just to have him back as a
Speaker 3: leader as a general on the field put us everybody
Speaker 3: in the right position. It's definitely great around these times,
Speaker 3: definitely in the playoffs. So we're all excited to have
Speaker 3: Mink back.
Speaker 2: When you were honored with the Joe Green Great Performance
Speaker 2: Forward for the Team Rookie of the Year. You said, Hey,
Speaker 2: my dad didn't win this, I'm gonna have to tell
Speaker 2: him about it. What did he say when he found out?
Speaker 3: He told me he already knew about it, which kind
Speaker 3: of bummed me out.
Speaker 1: I was kind of mad. I don't even know.
Speaker 3: He told me somebody leaked in the total. I'm like,
Speaker 3: how they tell you before me, So that kind of
Speaker 3: ruined it. But he was still happy for me and
Speaker 3: congratulating me like he always do.
Speaker 1: So it was a good little thing.
Speaker 2: Do you sit back at all and just think, Okay,
Speaker 2: I've gone through training camp, preseason, playing in the NFL,
Speaker 2: making starts postseason, and kind of taking this experience that
Speaker 2: some people don't always get to enjoy making.
Speaker 1: It this far.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a good problem to have that. My dad
Speaker 3: liked to say, you know, your body's tired, you're drained
Speaker 3: and everything, But like you said, now, everybody's will be
Speaker 3: able to be in this position, are able to see
Speaker 3: this position, So he kind of can't take it for granted.
Speaker 1: And I'm more excited than anything my rookie year. I'm
Speaker 1: in the playoffs.
Speaker 3: I'm going to get a great opponent next to me
Speaker 3: that's really gonna put my game to the test. So
Speaker 3: I mean, I can't really complain about this whole situation really,
Speaker 3: all
Speaker 2: Right, Thanks Joey, thank you,