Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Alex Highsmith reacts to the Steelers' "statement win" over the Bengals.
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00:00 >> Yeah, I mean, it felt great to win by a lot and
00:03 to just really handle and control the game.
00:07 And I think we were up 14 to nothing at the first quarter of the game.
00:13 And I think everyone was just saying on the sidelines, we were just preaching,
00:17 we can't let up.
00:18 Cuz we were up 13-0 last week and we let them back in the game and
00:21 we know what the results were.
00:23 But we did a good job of just staying on it.
00:26 And so I think setting that tempo from the jump helped us come up with the victory.
00:30 Yeah, I mean, I just think we were tired of being,
00:34 three game losing streak, it hurts.
00:37 Especially when you work hard and you pour everything into this game.
00:41 And so just to be able to come back and win and
00:43 get a statement win against a division team was huge for us.
00:46 And so we just gotta make that consistent.
00:49 We just gotta build on it next week.
00:51 Like I said, this is only one week.
00:52 And so we just gotta build on that next week.
00:54 We gotta go in and analyze the film and see which ways we can be better.
00:58 I know we won the game today, but there's a lot of ways that we can be better.
01:01 And so myself included, and so we just gotta continue to get better.
01:05 >> Did it even seem like you had two new safeties out there from the way
01:08 that it's been played?
01:09 >> I mean, they did a great job out there for us.
01:12 And just having those guys, Pat and Nero coming out there,
01:17 doing what they did all game.
01:19 It just shows how selfless this team is.
01:21 Guys just coming out and doing whatever it is to help us win.
01:24 And so just shout out to those guys for doing their thing.
01:27 >> TJ and the other outside linebackers having to compensate in any way or
01:32 even additional communication because of all these new inside guys?
01:36 >> Yeah, I mean, I think we've emphasized just communication just all around.
01:42 I think those guys have done a good job in practice.
01:44 And that's what we emphasize on practice is communication.
01:47 They do a good job of pouring in crowd noise during practice to help create
01:51 a game day environment.
01:51 And so that's just really helped those guys.
01:53 But they did a good job of that today.
01:56 >> What do you like better, pick or sack?
01:57 >> That's hard.
02:00 I mean, but I do like picks cuz they don't come very often.