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Speaker 1: M all right, uh, Tyson, let's start. Ben Roethlisberger this

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Speaker 1: week said he felt like he was in a train wreck,

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Speaker 1: then a car accident. Hopefully he feels like he just

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Speaker 1: fell off of a bike after that Monday night game.

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Speaker 1: It's a short week for both teams, but for the

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Speaker 1: D line, for you personally, what you were able to

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Speaker 1: do to stop Stakelon Barkley handle their O line. How

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Speaker 1: are you feeling as you head into the Denver game.

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Speaker 1: I'm feeling pretty good after week one. I think, um,

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Speaker 1: you know, for how my body feels, I think it's

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Speaker 1: where it should be. Um, you know, it's it's not

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Speaker 1: a train wreck. Yeah, I think. Uh, for for us,

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Speaker 1: I think that comes down the line, you know, taking

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Speaker 1: that weekend week out, taking those double teams. So as

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Speaker 1: of right now, I'm feeling pretty good. As coach Tomlin said,

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Speaker 1: you guys did not keep it a secret. Your goal

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Speaker 1: was to stop Barkley. Are you surprised how well you

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Speaker 1: guys were able to do. Ben Roethlisberger had more rushing

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Speaker 1: yards than Sapon Barker. I don't know if I'm surprised,

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Speaker 1: but you know, I didn't really know the stats until

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Speaker 1: after the game. But Um, you know, we take a

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Speaker 1: lot of pride in trying to limit eliminate the run.

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Speaker 1: And we knew we we had a tough test last

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Speaker 1: week with stopping him just because of you know, he's

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Speaker 1: you know, one of the top running backs. So for

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Speaker 1: us to do that week one, hopefully we can you know,

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Speaker 1: keep it up and you know, you know, play play

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Speaker 1: even better this week. You said during training camp, playing

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Speaker 1: nose tackle is more of a mentality. Did the mentality

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Speaker 1: change or was it the same as a practice when

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Speaker 1: you're going through drills and going through seven on seven,

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Speaker 1: eleven on eleven in a game? Now, I don't think

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Speaker 1: it changed. I think those you know a lot of

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Speaker 1: those reps that you take kind of prepare you for

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Speaker 1: the game. And I think, um, you know, my teammates,

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Speaker 1: the guys that are giving us a look, um, are

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Speaker 1: doing a great job at that. Whether it's double teams

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Speaker 1: or you know how a certain team will play things. Um,

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Speaker 1: not just the alignement, but running backs kind of getting after.

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Speaker 1: I think they give us a good look too, you know,

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Speaker 1: for what what we should expect on on game days. Lastly,

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Speaker 1: it's just so warm in the backfield. He's had no

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Speaker 1: where in a run. There is just nothing open for

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Speaker 1: business in the interior that defensive line, the defense. Everybody

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Speaker 1: has talked about wanting to play fast, have good communication.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like you guys were able to accomplish

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Speaker 1: that at least take that next step in week one? Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think that was a good first step for us.

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Speaker 1: Play fast, UM, communicating that's always big, you know, that

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Speaker 1: was a big emphasis throughout camp. UM, and for it

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Speaker 1: to be our first week, I think that was a good, um,

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Speaker 1: good stepping stone. I think, you know, we still got

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Speaker 1: a lot to improve on. UM. I think we're always

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Speaker 1: going to play fast, but I think you know, communication

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Speaker 1: and UM, you know, I think weekend in a week

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Speaker 1: after week, I think that will just continue to get better,

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Speaker 1: just with the experiences the young guys are having, UM,

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Speaker 1: just being out there. So I think it'll just continue

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Speaker 1: to get better week after week. Lastly, I wanted to

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Speaker 1: ask you about Mike mun Check, a beloved former Steelers

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Speaker 1: O line coach now with the Denver Broncos. Cam Heyward

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Speaker 1: said he will definitely be a spy for their offense.

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Speaker 1: How much do you think that is real in terms

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Speaker 1: of them trying to prepare for you guys, Yeah, I

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Speaker 1: think I think he definitely has up her hand knowing

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Speaker 1: you know, the ins and outs of a lot of

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Speaker 1: personnel here. Umm is the person that's well respected, you know,

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Speaker 1: from a lot of the players, uh, from a lot

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Speaker 1: of the coaches, this whole organization. But so it will

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Speaker 1: definitely be a challenge. UM. I think it's already a

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Speaker 1: challenge for a lot of teams that he faced because

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Speaker 1: of the knowledge that he has an experience that he

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Speaker 1: hasn't you know, he's going to pass that on to

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Speaker 1: his old line his players. UM. So it'll be a

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Speaker 1: good task for us. UM. We just we we know

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Speaker 1: that we have to be fundamentally sound and you know,

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Speaker 1: we have to play with world technique to try and

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Speaker 1: beat the things that he has planned for us. So

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Speaker 1: we're looking forward to it alright, Tyson, thanks for your time,

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Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Thanks for having me.