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Steelers Player Quotes
Veteran offensive linemen Maurkice Pouncey and Marcus Gilbert took rookie linemen out to dinner at the Capital Grille.  Pouncey felt that the young players needed an opportunity to get to know their teammates and vice versa.  “I just think it’s my time to start looking after the young guys, time to breed them,” said Pouncey. “All the kids look good and listen well. They are a fun group. They like to laugh a lot. I like them.”  Rookie center B.J. Finney said, “It was a great time…For those guys to reach out to us and let us know they were here for us to help us out, if we had questions we could come to them. They welcomed us to Pittsburgh from a veteran standpoint”

Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt is looking forward to the upcoming OTAs and plans on proving he owns a spot at the position.  “(OTAs are) going to be very valuable,” said Tuitt. “Everything we do is important. I think for me, especially for the team, they will be able to see I did get better, I worked hard, I studied my butt off to make sure I am ready to play for this defense and help the Steelers win some games and the Super Bowl.”

Steelers defensive lineman Cameron Heyward isn’t expecting new defensive coordinator Keith Butler to have any major tweaks to what the team does in 2015.  “I don’t think there are going to be too many changes,” said Heyward. “It’s going to be the same details. We will have a couple of new wrinkles, but we won’t share them now.”

 

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