Steelers' Elandon Roberts On Benefit Of Playing Close Games
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Elandon Roberts talks about how they can benefit from playnig close games in the first half of the season.
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00:00 That's what I was just telling him, it really is.
00:02 Because, I won't say it's for this game, you know what I'm saying?
00:06 But now you get in those situations in real games, you don't have to execute it.
00:11 And if you don't, it's crucial situations.
00:13 So you're being able to see what kind of team we are in the situations.
00:18 We've been in a lot of them, you know what I'm saying?
00:20 So shoot, if y'all we get in situations late in the season,
00:23 y'all should need to finish, y'all should be on tour.
00:24 Like, hey, we've been here before, you know what I mean?
00:26 >> Game's over.
00:27 >> Yeah, yeah, yeah, we've been here.
00:28 They've been in this situation, and like I said,
00:32 any team in the league wanna come out here, and at the end of the game,
00:36 wanna need it out, every team.
00:38 It don't always happen like that, it don't.
00:41 And when you get in these situations right here,
00:43 you're able to see what type of team you are, offensive, defense, and special teams.
00:47 You know what I'm saying?
00:48 And I feel like we've been able to show you guys that from an offensive,
00:52 defense, and special team standpoint, that we're a tight-knit group.
00:57 >> How much did communication change when Quan went out?
00:59 Did you end up with the green guy?
01:01 >> [LAUGH] Yeah, we practiced that.
01:06 It was kinda funny, because I didn't really know what happened until
01:11 I seen him on the ground.
01:12 And then, yeah, it changed.
01:16 And I'm used to the green guy.
01:18 I've always had the green guy in my career, and stuff like that.
01:22 So it was time to go.
01:23 >> Do you practice that?
01:24 I mean- >> The green guy?
01:25 >> Yeah, when you were saying you've practiced, if Quan goes down, I mean-
01:29 >> Not if they go down, but
01:30 it's been situations that there's one linebacker in the game, and
01:33 we've all been in those situations in practice.
01:35 Stuff like that, I let them take more of them in practice.
01:39 So- >> [LAUGH]
01:40 >> Now I talk, thank you, boy.
01:41 >> Well, this is not a tough problem.
01:43 I mean, you went into this season knowing the cold you're probably gonna have.
01:45 And then you go into this game knowing Quan's gonna have it.
01:47 I mean, is it difficult to adjust on the fly at all for you?
01:50 >> No, no, I know the situation.
01:52 I mean, I've been in situations in practice.
01:54 It's just when you get the opportunity, you know what to do, and
01:57 go out there and skip the call.
01:58 It was easy on that.