Steelers' Markus Golden Prepared To Start Against Ravens
Pittsburgh Steelers' OLB Markus Golden is prepared to start against the Baltimore Ravens if Alex Highsmith can't play.
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00:00 do your job with them and be able to contain them and make sure you're gonna be able to
00:03 make those big splash plays like you always make it.
00:06 So that's it mostly, just getting out there, doing your job and making sure you just be
00:10 able to be at the spot to contain them.
00:11 Have you faced him before?
00:12 Have you gone up against him?
00:13 No, no, I've never played against him, not at all.
00:14 But of course I've seen a lot of film of him and been able to watch him over the years.
00:18 He's a great player.
00:19 I'm excited to go up against him.
00:20 One of the main objectives for the front office over the offseason is improving the outside
00:25 linebacker depth.
00:26 Do you feel like you and Nick can step in and help out if that's the case?
00:31 Like I said, man, I've been playing in this league for a long time.
00:34 I'm doing the same thing, same preparation as I always do.
00:37 Alex is a great player and stuff.
00:38 Hopefully he'll be able to go.
00:39 But as far as me, I'm changing up.
00:40 I'm going harder than I always do.
00:41 Yesterday, TA talked about Nick Herbig and how the game's kind of coming to him.
00:47 What did you see from him as far as growth is concerned over these last couple of weeks?
00:50 He's working hard every day.
00:51 It's started practice, man.
00:52 That's how you go to practice.
00:53 The game is just one of the days of the week.
00:54 So no matter what happens in the game, he's still coming back the next week, working every
00:59 week to get better.
01:00 When you're doing it like that, you've got a bright future.
01:01 He's going to keep going.
01:02 Going from playing 20 snaps to playing 60 snaps or something, is that something you've
01:03 done for a long time in this league?
01:04 Is it the Rambo set?
01:05 It's football, man.
01:06 I go hard every day.
01:07 I don't practice like I'm halfway in practice.
01:08 I practice every day going hard.
01:09 It's football.
01:10 You don't have to make it that difficult.
01:11 You've got to go out there and know what you're doing.
01:12 Go out there and play football.
01:13 It's football.
01:14 It's football.
01:15 You don't have to make it that difficult.
01:16 You've got to go out there and know what you're doing.
01:17 Go out there and play football.