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Speaker 1: Like with fake seituation pressure going deep down the field

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Speaker 1: for next Yep.

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Speaker 2: He counted his head.

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Speaker 1: He is, Wow, why did it make sense for you.

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Speaker 2: To come to Pittsburgh? I think it was just the organization.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Me and mister Tomlin had a great talk, even dating

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Speaker 2: back to uh you know, at the combine. I remember

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Speaker 2: our meeting very vividly, and you know how good of

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Speaker 2: a coach he was, how good of a person he was,

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Speaker 2: and just the organization in general is very historic and

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Speaker 2: uh no better division I think than the AC North.

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Speaker 2: So you know, just decided to bring my talents here.

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Speaker 1: What do you remember about that combine meeting with him?

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Speaker 2: One thing that stuck out to me was the way

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Speaker 2: he complimented me on my playstyle, even when I was

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Speaker 2: in college and even after the combine, just meeting him

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Speaker 2: after the games or before the games, he would always

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Speaker 2: compliment me about my play style. So that just really

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Speaker 2: stuck out to me. That another you know, opposing team's

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Speaker 2: head coach would take the time out of his day

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Speaker 2: or you know, his game plan just to come up

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Speaker 2: to me and you know, just compliment me just meant

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Speaker 2: a lot to me.

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Speaker 1: He always says he's a football junkie. There was a

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Speaker 1: lot of those clips going around from NFL films of

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Speaker 1: when the Steelers and Seahawks played each other, and you know,

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Speaker 1: he would say, gotta double him, cover that guy. What

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Speaker 1: does that mean when you see something like that.

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Speaker 2: Well, he knows who I am as a person and

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Speaker 2: as a player, and you know, I don't have to,

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Speaker 2: you know, try to sell myself on anything. Like you said,

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Speaker 2: he's a football junkie, so he watches enough film and

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Speaker 2: he knows a good player when he sees one.

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Speaker 1: Kas he is man.

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Speaker 2: He is here, hustle, don't sleep on him just to

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Speaker 2: be in the same realm or just to be complimented

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Speaker 2: as such. That just meant the world to me.

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Speaker 1: What do you know about an Arthur Smith offense?

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Speaker 2: I think it's a very West Coast centric offense to

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Speaker 2: where he's gonna feed the ball to the X receiver.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna run the ball heavy, so you know you

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Speaker 2: gotta have.

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Speaker 1: Receivers that can block physicality exactly, Yes, mam. He preaches

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Speaker 1: that all the time. In terms of the players. Has

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Speaker 1: anybody reached out.

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Speaker 2: To you who do you know?

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Speaker 1: Just from being in the football world.

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Speaker 2: Cam Heyward reached out to me. Pat reached out to me,

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Speaker 2: and Cal and Austin reached out to me and just

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Speaker 2: told me how excited they were that I was joining

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Speaker 2: the team. And you know, I just reached back out

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Speaker 2: with the same excitement that can't wait to be back

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Speaker 2: in Pittsburgh with them, and you know, just started to

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Speaker 2: get to know all the rest of my teammates.

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Speaker 1: Did coach talk to you about coming from an NFL

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Speaker 1: bloodline something that he covets and enjoys.

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Speaker 2: No, man, he didn't bring on my pops, but you know,

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Speaker 2: just my my pops definitely instilled the physicality aspect of

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Speaker 2: my game into me.

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Speaker 1: Though. What's the best piece of advice that he gave

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Speaker 1: you in terms of football?

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Speaker 2: Always work hard, and I think the hard work is

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Speaker 2: a good foundation for you know, everything that proceeds after,

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Speaker 2: you know, with my play style, So always working on

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Speaker 2: my craft, always trying to get better, and you know,

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Speaker 2: always just trying to win football games, no matter what

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Speaker 2: the case may be.

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Speaker 1: I know, in previous offseasons you've taken acting classes, learned

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Speaker 1: sign language, or you have to any the soft season.

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Speaker 2: No, just trying to refine my skills and acting and

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Speaker 2: sign language. Got to get back on my al my

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Speaker 2: asl grind this offseason.

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Speaker 1: Okay, in culinary school, where did your love of cooking

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Speaker 1: come from?

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Speaker 2: Just watching my parents cook growing up. If football didn't

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Speaker 2: work out, that was my second coming, I think was

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Speaker 2: becoming the chef.

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Speaker 1: So what's the best thing you can make?

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Speaker 2: H You got to ask my fiance that I think

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Speaker 2: she's she's the best judge of my food at the moment.

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Speaker 1: What do you like to make?

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Speaker 2: I like the experiment with chicken or southern flavors, so

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Speaker 2: putting a little spin on southern comfort foods?

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Speaker 1: Is there anything else you want Steelers fans to know

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Speaker 1: about you that they might not be able to find

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Speaker 1: on Google.

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Speaker 2: Besides, I'm just here to win football games and do

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Speaker 2: whatever it takes to help this team and organization win. No, ma'am,

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Speaker 2: I think that starts me go all

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Speaker 1: Right, thank you, thank you,