Speaker 1: Welcome to Pittsburgh, and just take me through the process
Speaker 1: of how you now became a stealer?
Speaker 2: Was able to you know, hit your agency have the opportunity,
Speaker 2: and you know what better organization to be a part
Speaker 2: of than to put that still on you your chest,
Speaker 2: so you know it w it was kind of a
Speaker 2: no braining if presented the opportunity. I always wanted to
Speaker 2: be a stealer. I to be honest, It's it's just
Speaker 2: a it's just a pleasus to guard cause he put
Speaker 2: me here at the right time. And you know, I'm
Speaker 2: I'm ecstatic about it, uh me and my family and
Speaker 2: I'm just ready to get to work.
Speaker 1: Why did you say you always wanted to be a stealer?
Speaker 2: Just because the foundation that's being laid way before me,
Speaker 2: Uh like all the uh still a long. I just
Speaker 2: knew what the pillars of being a stealer was all about,
Speaker 2: you know, and uh, you know the city of Pittsburgh already,
Speaker 2: UH always heard like how blue collar was, and that's
Speaker 2: that's how I always, you know, was raised and uh
Speaker 2: just hard working. And it was just like man like
Speaker 2: got the opportunity, it was like a dream come true.
Speaker 2: So I was ready to just come and be a
Speaker 2: part of the family.
Speaker 1: What do you know specifically about this defense that they
Speaker 1: currently have.
Speaker 2: Obviously they got a lot of new you know stuff
Speaker 2: with their defense, but at the same time, just they
Speaker 2: out there enjoying playing football, you know, they all playing
Speaker 2: with each other, enjoying doing what they doing. They led, well,
Speaker 2: I'm just trying to come here. First, get my teammates trust,
Speaker 2: get my coaches trust, do whatever I need to do
Speaker 2: to get their trust, and then from that standpoint, you know,
Speaker 2: just earn the right to you know, be a stealer.
Speaker 1: Take me through what type of linebacker you are that
Speaker 1: Steelers fans can expect to see.
Speaker 2: I think they're they can expect the type of linebacker
Speaker 2: that's gonna do his job. Do it well, do what
Speaker 2: my coaches aks me to do, through what my team
Speaker 2: expect me to do. I'm very aggressive. I love to hit,
Speaker 2: I love to run, I love to cover. I just
Speaker 2: love to play football. That's what being a Stiller is
Speaker 2: all about. You got guys out there that love playing
Speaker 2: for each other, love playing for the city of Pittsburgh,
Speaker 2: you know. So it's just like it's no better feelings.
Speaker 2: So what you're getting out of me it's a guy
Speaker 2: that's ready to adapt to the foundation that was already laid.
Speaker 1: In terms of when you were in New England. I
Speaker 1: had read that Dante high Tower used to call you
Speaker 1: guys the Boogeyman. What did it take to be in
Speaker 1: that group?
Speaker 2: Yeah, So when the Boogeyman came about, it's just you know,
Speaker 2: every year, you know, something is different about your defense,
Speaker 2: something is different about the people that's on it, and
Speaker 2: sometimes the scheme is different. So for that particular year,
Speaker 2: like we was able to end the OTAs and training camp,
Speaker 2: we just start calling each other the Boogieyman, you know,
Speaker 2: because you never knew what you was gonna get out
Speaker 2: of who because we had so many different nuances of
Speaker 2: that defense back then. So you know, we just created that,
Speaker 2: uh identity like you never know who's gonna sack you,
Speaker 2: You never know who's gonna run stuff, you never know
Speaker 2: who's gonna catch interception, and so for quarterbacks and running
Speaker 2: backs and even Olana like, yeah, you don't know who coming,
Speaker 2: so we just popping up on you like the Boogeyman,
Speaker 2: you know, And that's how it kind of came about.
Speaker 1: I like that last for you, you have caught a
Speaker 1: touchdown pass from Tom Brady. Explain your stint on offense
Speaker 1: and is that something that you want to continue well
Speaker 1: with that.
Speaker 2: I just think it was just being a good teammate.
Speaker 2: You know, we had I was a captain at that time.
Speaker 2: We had a lot of guys go down from a
Speaker 2: fullback standpoint, so it was kind of like, hey, you know,
Speaker 2: I was just trying to help out and I had
Speaker 2: a certain play that I went out for a route
Speaker 2: and it was just so happy that we came back
Speaker 2: to Toime was like, hey, he was wide open, So
Speaker 2: I'm gonna call the player again in the second half.
Speaker 2: If you open, I'm throwing you the ball.
Speaker 1: I don't Does it make you nervous?
Speaker 2: Nah, not really, you're excited. I kind of was like, yeah,
Speaker 2: I he gonna throw the ball, you know, but I
Speaker 2: was like, okay, like and he threw it cause I
Speaker 2: even it's funny cause I joked through it him about it.
Speaker 2: I was like, you threw it, i'm'a sco and he
Speaker 2: was like alright and kind of laughed. He said alright,
Speaker 2: and I I was actually joking and he threw it.
Speaker 2: I turned, I said, oh, yeah, I'm gonna scow like
Speaker 2: I I didn't care who was around. I was going score,
Speaker 2: so nah, it w It was funny. But that was
Speaker 2: just me just being a great teammate and at that time,
Speaker 2: that's what the team needed and stuff like that. So
Speaker 2: you know, I was like, you know, I still had
Speaker 2: my defensive role and I was able to help my
Speaker 2: team and be on the offensive side.
Speaker 1: That's very cool. Thank you very much for your time.
Speaker 2: Oh most definitely